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East Oregonian
SPORTS BRIEFS
Coleman earns Benny
Award for wrestling
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Hermiston native Bob
Coleman earned Ore-
gon State University’s
Most Inspirational Award
for wrestling during the
Benny Awards on Wednes-
day night.
Cole-
man won
a Pac-12
title at 184
pounds
a n d
advanced
Coleman
to
the
N C A A
Wrestling Championships.
He finished the season
with a 17-16 record.
Coleman, a junior, also
earned his first Pac-12
Wrestling All-Academic
selection in March.
The 2016 graduate of
Hermiston High School is
an agricultural business
management major carry-
ing a 3.06 GPA.
MCC golf honors
Hermiston’s
Garrett
McClannahan and Mad-
ison McClannahan were
selected to the Mid-Co-
lumbia Conference honor-
able teams.
Garrett,
a
senior,
advanced to the 3A state
tournament at Indian
Summer Country Club
in Lacey, Washington.
He shot an 87 in the first
round to make the cut.
He then shot an 80 on the
second day to finish with
a 167 and tied for 45th
place.
Madison, a sophomore,
earned a trip to the girls
3A state tournament at
Hawks Prairie Golf Course
in Lacey. She shot a 109 in
the first round, missing the
cut.
Angela Park of South-
ridge was named the girls
Player of the Year, while
Carter Sheets of Richland
earned the honor for the
boys.
Game: Bucks will take
on top-ranked Panthers
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backed their pitching staff
with timely hitting and and
stellar defense.
“We are a team, not
one guy,” Haguewood
said. “We have guys who
contribute day in and day
out. I’m proud of the way
they have come together.
They have one last game
to go to battle with their
buddies.”
The Panthers (24-
4), beat Thurston 1-0 in
the semifinals, getting a
solid outing from 6-foot-5
senior Kaleb Kantola.
Central will start senior
Ruben Cedillo against the
Bucks.
“We have a deep pitch-
ing staff,” Roberts said.
“We are confident in our
next guy up.”
Roberts said he has not
seen Pendleton play, but he
has gotten a few scouting
reports.
“From what I’ve heard,
they will have solid pitch-
ing,” he said. “We are not
taking them lightly. Their
ranking (No. 9) might not
show it, but they are a
good team.”
The one advantage the
Panthers may have Satur-
day, is they have played
three games at Volcanoes
Stadium this spring, while
the Bucks have never been
there.
Haguewood has been
there twice in 2A/1A title
games with Weston-McE-
wen in 2012 and 2014.
“The field is deeper,
and the sounds are differ-
ent because it is next to
the freeway,” Haguewood
said.
With the semifinals
Tuesday and the finals Sat-
urday, Roberts said his
kids were ready to play the
next day.
“There is that antici-
pation,” he said. “We just
have to keep them loose
and focused. The last
thing we we say to them,
is remember to have fun,
make a good memory and
enjoy it.”
Roberts: Making his
championship debut
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three strikeouts along the
way.
“He shut down a very
high-quality
team,”
Haguewood said. “He
keeps his pitch count
down. That’s always a
good thing to do.”
This isn’t Roberts’ first
showing on a prestigious
Pendleton team. Last fall,
he was a quarterback for
the varsity football team,
which went undefeated
in league play and made
it all the way to the 5A
state semifinals. And in
the winter, he was a guard
for the basketball team,
whose state playoff run
ended with a semi-con-
solation game against
Crater.
Although football is his
sport of choice, he’s been
playing baseball ever since
he could swing a bat hard
enough to hit a ball off a
tee. He’ll play Pendle-
ton Legion baseball in the
summer before rejoining
the Bucks for his last year
of high school.
“We practice every day.
We enjoy getting better
with each other,” he said.
“I love pitching for this
team. We’ve got a lot of
good leadership from our
seniors.”
The Bucks left Friday
morning for Keizer, where
they’ll vie for Pendleton
baseball’s first-ever state
title. Although they are
coming in as the under-
dogs against the No. 1
team in the 5A division,
Roberts is eager for the
opportunity he’s been
given.
“I feel a lot of things
at once — I’m happy,
excited, nervous — just
put those all together,” he
said. “I’m ready to go.”
Haney suspended for
women’s golf comment
NEW YORK (AP) —
Swing coach Hank Haney
has been suspended from
the SiriusXM PGA Tour
Radio channel because of
saying on his show that
a Korean would proba-
bly win the U.S. Women’s
Open and that he couldn’t
name six players on the
LPGA Tour.
He then said he would
go with “Lee” and if he
didn’t have to mention a
first name, “I’d get a bunch
of them right.”
Haney, who coached
Tiger Woods for six of his
majors from 2004 to 2010,
apologized on Twitter.
A statement from the
PGA Tour and SiriusXM
said the comments were
insensitive and do not rep-
resent the views of either
party. The statement
says Haney has been sus-
pended. Haney says he
accepts the suspension and
apologized again.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Things to know about NCAA baseball regionals
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — The
NCAA baseball tourna-
ment opens Friday with play
in 16 double-elimination
regionals. Regional winners
advance to best-of-three
super regionals next week,
and the final eight go to
the College World Series in
Omaha beginning June 15.
Some of the top story lines:
WHO’S HOT
Central Michigan has
won 18 games in a row
and is in the NCAA Tour-
nament for the first time
since 1995. The Chippewas
(46-12), who play Miami in
the Starkville (Mississippi)
Regional, need one win to
tie the school record in coach
Jordan Bischel’s first sea-
son. Other teams with dou-
ble-digit streaks are Jack-
sonville State (12) and No.
1 national seed UCLA (10).
No. 2 national seed Vander-
bilt has won 22 of its last 23.
AP Photo/Butch Dill, File
Vanderbilt’s JJ Bleday smiles as he greets teammates after his solo home run during the third
inning of the Southeastern Conference tournament NCAA college baseball game against LSU
on Saturday, May 25, in Hoover, Ala.
WHO’S NOT
Arizona State, which
won 21 straight to start the
season, has lost five of its
last seven. Baylor has lost
four of five, Duke seven of
10, Florida six of 11, Mich-
igan seven of 12, Louisville
six of 10 and Auburn 11 of
17.
TCU pitcher Nick Lodolo,
Baylor catcher Shea Lange-
liers, West Virginia pitcher
Alek Manoah, Texas Tech
infielder Josh Jung, Clem-
son shortstop Logan David-
son, North Carolina first
baseman-outfielder Michael
Busch, North Carolina
State shortstop Will Wilson
and Campbell pitcher Seth
Johnson.
CURSE OF THE 1 SEED
NAME YOU KNOW
The last No. 1 national
seed to win the champion-
ship was Miami in 1999,
the first year of the current
tournament structure. Ore-
gon State was a No. 3 seed
when it won the title last
year. The most recent No. 1
to reach the College World
Series finals was Texas in
2009.
Mississippi State senior
center fielder Jake Mangum
is the Southeastern Confer-
ence’s all-time hits leader
(372) and is three hits from
becoming the first Bull-
dogs player to collect 100
in back-to-back seasons.
Mangum bats leadoff and
has reached base in 212 of
235 career games started.
FEELING A DRAFT
At least a dozen projected
first-round picks in the Major
League Baseball draft Mon-
day through Wednesday are
in the tournament, including
the likely No. 1 selection,
Oregon State catcher Adley
Rutschman. Others are Ari-
zona State outfielder Hunter
Bishop, California first base-
man Andrew Vaughn, Van-
derbilt outfielder J.J. Bleday,
NAME YOU DON’T KNOW
Campbell’s Seth John-
son has gone from being
a light-hitting shortstop in
junior college to potential
first-round draft pick as a
pitcher. He hadn’t pitched
since middle school before
begging his coach at Louis-
burg College in North Car-
olina to give him a chance
last year. He totaled six
innings over five appear-
ances, striking out 11 and
walking none. Johnson
transferred to Campbell
and though his 3-3 record
and 4.72 ERA are modest,
he’s touched 98 mph and is
consistently in the low 90s
with a four-pitch repertoire.
UCLA’s Jack Ralston share
the national lead with 11
wins apiece.
Three players are batting
better than .400 — Oregon
State’s Rutschman (.419),
Vanderbilt third baseman
Austin Martin (.414) and
Creighton first baseman
Jake Holton (.405).
BIG BOPPERS
Seven players in the tour-
nament have hit at least 20
homers: Vanderbilt’s Ble-
day (nation-high 26), Geor-
gia Tech’s Kyle McCann
(23), Arizona State’s Bishop
(22), Mercer’s Kel John-
son (22), Miami’s Alejandro
Toral (22), Arizona State’s
Spencer Torkelson (21) and
Southern Mississippi’s Matt
Wallner (21).
MAKING THEIR PITCH
MARTIN’S LAST CHANCE
The top six ERA teams
are in the tournament:
UCLA (2.59), Oregon State
(2.98), Texas A&M (3.04),
Fordham (3.08), Georgia
(3.10) and UC Santa Bar-
bara (3.21).
UCLA leads the nation
with 11 shutouts, 6.16 hits
allowed per nine innings
and 1.06 walks/hits per
innings pitched. The Bru-
ins are in the top 10 in
strikeout-walk ratio (3.12)
and strikeouts per nine
innings (10.5). Louisville’s
Reid Detmers, Vanderbilt’s
Drake Fellows, Fresno
State’s Ryan Jensen, Oma-
ha’s Payton Kinney and
Florida State, at 42 in
a row, owns the longest
active streak of NCAA
appearances. Mike Martin
has led the Seminoles to the
national tournament each
of his 40 years as coach
and has made it to the CWS
16 times. He retires after
the season, making this his
last chance to win his first
national championship.
Vanderbilt, at 14 straight,
has the second-longest
streak of appearances, fol-
lowed by Florida (12) and
Clemson (11).
Omaha of the Summit
League is in the tournament
for the first time.
CHASING .400
SCOREBOARD
NBA PLAYOFFS
FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Golden State vs. Toronto
Thursday, May 30
Toronto 118, Golden State 109, Toronto
leads series 1-0
Sunday, June 2
Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5
Toronto at Golden State, 6 p.m.
Friday, June 7
Toronto at Golden State, 6 p.m.
Monday, June 10
x-Golden State at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Thursday, June 13
x-Toronto at Golden State, 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 16
x-Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m.
NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE
STANLEY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Boston 1, St. Louis 1
Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2
Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis 3, Bos-
ton 2, OT
Saturday, June 1: Boston at St. Louis,
5 p.m.
June 3: Boston at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
June 6: St. Louis at Boston, 5 p.m.
June 9: Boston at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
June 12: St. Louis at Boston, 5 p.m.
MLB
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
W
L
Pct
GB
Philadelphia
33 23 .589
—
Atlanta
30 26 .536
3
New York
27 28 .491
5½
Washington
24 32 .429
9
Miami
19 35 .352
13
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
31 23 .574
—
Milwaukee
32 25 .561
½
Pittsburgh
27 28 .491
4½
St. Louis
27 28 .491
4½
Cincinnati
26 30 .464
6
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
37 19 .661
—
San Diego
29 27
.518
8
Colorado
28 27 .509
8½
Arizona
28 29 .491
9½
San Francisco 22 33 .400 14½
———
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3
San Francisco 3, Miami 1
Colorado 11, Arizona 10, 10 innings
Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 5
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Milwaukee (Chacin 3-6) at Pittsburgh
(Archer 1-5), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-5) at Balti-
more (Cashner 5-2), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Corbin 5-2) at Cincinnati
(Mahle 1-5), 4:10 p.m.
Detroit (Turnbull 2-4) at Atlanta (Foltyne-
wicz 1-3), 4:20 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Darvish 2-3) at St. Louis
(Mikolas 4-5), 5:15 p.m.
Toronto (Jackson 0-2) at Colorado (Mar-
quez 5-2), 5:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 4-3) at Arizona
(Duplantier 1-0), 6:40 p.m.
Miami (Smith 3-2) at San Diego (Lucchesi
3-3), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Arrieta 5-4) at L.A. Dodg-
ers (Maeda 6-2), 7:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
New York
Tampa Bay
Boston
W
36
35
29
L
19
19
27
Pct
.655
.648
.518
GB
—
½
7½
Toronto
21
35
.375
15½
Baltimore
17
39
.304
19½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
37
18
.673
—
Cleveland
28
28
.500
9½
Chicago
27
29
.482
10½
Detroit
21
32
.396
15
Kansas City
19
37
.339
18½
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
37
20
.649
—
Oakland
29
27
.518
7½
Texas
27
27
.500
8½
Los Angeles
26
29
.473
10
Seattle
24
34
.414
13½
———
Thursday’s Games
Boston at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.
Tampa Bay 14, Minnesota 3
Kansas City 4, Texas 2
Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 4
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Boston (Sale 1-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ
4-3), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-5) at Balti-
more (Cashner 5-2), 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Berrios 7-2) at Tampa Bay
(TBD), 4:10 p.m.
Detroit (Turnbull 2-4) at Atlanta (Foltyne-
wicz 1-3), 4:20 p.m.
Kansas City (Duffy 3-1) at Texas (Jurado
1-2), 5:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 4-4) at Chicago White
Sox (Covey 0-4), 5:10 p.m.
Toronto (Jackson 0-2) at Colorado (Mar-
quez 5-2), 5:40 p.m.
Houston (Peacock 5-2) at Oakland (Fiers
4-3), 7:07 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 4-4) at Seattle (Leake
3-6), 7:10 p.m.
NCAA BASEBALL REGIONALS
At Morgantown, W.Va., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Duke (31-25) vs. Texas A&M
(37-21-1), 1 p.m.
Game 2 — Fordham (38-22) at West Vir-
ginia (37-20), 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 11 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, Noon
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — UNC Wilmington (32-29) at
North Carolina (42-17), 11 a.m.
Game 2 — Liberty (42-19) vs. Tennessee
(38-19), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. vs. Game 4
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Greenville, N.C., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Campbell (35-19) vs. N.C.
State (42-17), Noon
Game 2 — Quinnipiac (29-27) at East
Carolina (42-15), 3 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 8 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 1 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, Noon
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Louisville, Ky., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Illinois State (34-24) vs. Indi-
ana (36-21), 11 a.m.
Game 2 — UIC (29-21) at Louisville (43-
15), 3 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 8 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 1 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, Noon
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Athens, Ga., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Florida State (36-21) vs. FAU
(40-19), Noon
Game 2 — Mercer (35-27) at Georgia (44-
15), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, Noon
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Atlanta, Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Coastal Carolina (35-24-1) vs.
Auburn (33-25), Noon
Game 2 — Florida A&M (27-32) at Geor-
gia Tech (41-17), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, Noon
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 3 p.m.
At Nashville, Tenn., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — McNeese (35-24) vs. Indiana
State (41-16), 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Ohio State (35-25) at Vander-
bilt (49-10), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
Monday, June 3
x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 4 p.m.
At Starkville, Miss., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Southern (32-22) at Missis-
sippi State (46-13), 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Central Michigan (46-12) vs.
Miami (39-18), 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
At Oxford, Miss., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Clemson (34-24) vs. Illinois
(36-19), 1 p.m.
Game 2 — Jacksonville State (37-21) at
Mississippi (37-25), 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
At Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — CCSU (30-21) at Arkansas (41-
17), 11 a.m.
Game 2 — TCU (32-26) vs. California (32-
18), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
At Baton Rouge, La., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Southern Miss. (38-19) vs. Ari-
zona State (37-17), 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Stony Brook (31-21) at LSU
(37-24), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
At Oklahoma City, Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Nebraska (31-22) vs. UConn
(36-23), 10 a.m.
Game 2 — Harvard (27-14) at Oklahoma
State (36-18), 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 4 p.m.
At Lubbock, Texas, Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Army (35-24) at Texas Tech
(39-17), 1 p.m.
Game 2 — Florida (33-24) vs. Dallas Bap-
tist (41-18), 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.
At Corvallis, Ore., Friday, May 31
Game 1 — Michigan (41-18) vs. Creigh-
ton (38-11), 1 p.m.
Game 2 — Cincinnati (30-29) at Oregon
State (36-18-1), 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2
loser, 1 p.m.
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2
winner, 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 2
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4
loser, 12 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m.