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E AST O REGONIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS B1 Local players selected for All-State Series Zack Henrichs, Lino Covarrubia and Tanner Sater will play 3 games this weekend By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian MCMINNVILLE — The high school baseball season is offi - cially over, but for three Colum- bia Basin players, their season has been extended. Irrigon’s Zack Henrichs and Lino Covarrubia, and Weston-McEwen’s Tanner Sater, were selected to play in the 3A/2A/1A All-State Series on Saturday and Sunday at Lin- fi eld College in McMinnville. All three will play on the East Team. Covarrubia “I’m really excited,” Hen- richs said. “I went and watched my buddy Austin (Rice) his senior year, and I thought, ‘This is a blast.’ I wanted to play. This is my goal.” Henrichs, who has signed with Blue Mountain Community Col- lege, was selected to pitch and play the infi eld, while Covarrubia and Sater are outfi elders. “My coach told me he was going to put me in for it, but I didn’t want to get my hopes up,” Sater said. “He said I had a really good chance, and Henrichs I really wanted it. When he called and told me, I was pretty excited.” For Corvarrubia, a center fi elder, the games are the end of his playing days. “I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “This is pretty much it for me. It will be fun to play with Zack one last time. I’m kind of waiting to see where they put me — I’ll play anywhere.” Henrichs, who has a per- fect game and a no-hitter to his credit this season, is hoping to get a few innings on the mound. “I don’t think Sater I will be pitching at Blue Mountain, so let’s see what I can do, one last time.” The last Irrigon player to be selected to play in the series was Rice in 2017. “I’m really excited to get to go with Lino and play together one last time,” Henrichs said. Henrichs was a fi rst-team See All-State, Page B2 Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament to return for its fourth year By JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and Kyle Lowry kept fi nding answers for every big shot by Stephen Curry and the beat-up Warriors, and the Toronto Rap- tors grabbed a pivotal road win in the NBA Finals by beating Golden State 123-109 on Wednesday night for a 2-1 series lead. Curry scored a playoff career-best 47 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists, but couldn’t do it all for the two-time defend- ing champions, down starters Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson and key backup big man Kevon Looney because of injuries. Leonard scored 30 points, Lowry contrib- uted 23 with fi ve 3-pointers and Green had 18 points with six 3s after Pascal Siakam got the Raptors rolling early as Toronto shot 52.4% and made 17 from deep. Splash Thompson missed his fi rst career playoff game after straining his left hamstring late in Game 2, while Looney is out the rest of the series after a cartilage fracture on his right side near the collarbone that also happened Sunday. Durant, a two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP, is still out because of a strained right calf. Golden State hopes to get healthier by Game 4 on Friday night back at Oracle Arena. The Warriors trailed 96-83 going into the fi nal quarter then Curry’s three free throws at 10:37 made it a seven-point game before back- to-back baskets by Serge Ibaka. Siakam scored 18 points and established the momentum for Toronto from the tip, hitting his fi rst three shots and setting a tone for a defen- sive effort that stayed solid without the foul problems that plagued the Raptors in Game 2. Golden State greatly missed not only Thompson’s touch from outside but also his sti- fl ing defense. Raptors coach Nick Nurse challenged his team to produce more defensive stops in order to get out in transition — “make them miss more,” he said. Ibaka produced six blocked shots in the effort. “We’re at a point in the series we’ve got to get out and guard these dudes,” Nurse said. Curry shot 14 for 31 including 6 of 14 on 3s while making 13 of 14 free throws in his sixth career 40-point playoff performance. Nurse pulled out a box-and-one to try to stymie Curry in Golden State’s 109-104 Game 2 win, then the Raptors made Curry’s short- handed supporting cast try to beat them this time — and it sure worked. TIP-INS Raptors: All fi ve Toronto starters scored in double digits and Fred VanVleet added 11 off the bench. ... The Raptors began 10 for 14 and scored 12 early points in the paint. .. For- mer Warriors G Patrick McCaw, who departed after last season in contract dispute, drew boos from the crowd when he checked into the game late in the fi rst. Staff photo by Kathy Aney, File The image of Ashlee Hodgen overlooks Bob White Field during 2018’s Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament. Hodgen Distributing center fi elder Ty Beers waits for a hit to come his way. By BRETT KANE East Oregonian AP Photo/Frank Gunn Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) drives for the basket as Golden State Warriors for- ward Draymond Green (23) defends during the fi rst half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals on Wednesday in Oakland, Calif. Warriors: Curry’s 17 fi rst-quarter points matched his most in the period for the postsea- son. He also did so on April 27, 2014, against the Clippers. ... In the fi rst half, Curry was 4 of 8 from 3-point range the rest of the Warriors 1 for 11. ... Draymond Green’s streak of dou- ble-doubles ended at a career-best six games. A 12th overall this postseason would match Den- ver’s Nikola Jokic for most in the 2019 playoffs. ... Tim Hardaway from the Warriors’ “Run TMC” era attended the game. WARRIORS INJURIES Durant went through extensive workouts both Tuesday and Wednesday at the practice facility with the hope he would do some scrim- maging Thursday. While the Warriors weren’t scheduled for a regular practice Thursday, coach Steve Kerr said some of the coaches and younger players might be called upon to give Durant the full-speed court work he still needs before being medically cleared to return. He missed his eighth straight game since the injury May 8 in Game 5 of the Western Confer- ence semifi nals against the Rockets. Thompson was hurt in Game 2 on Sunday and was to be evaluated by the training staff before tipoff. He didn’t end up warming up on the court. Thompson did some running and shooting earlier in the day but Kerr said the Warriors weren’t going to play him “if there’s risk” of fur- ther damage at this stage of the series. Thomp- son is averaging 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists this postseason, including 23.0 points through the fi rst two fi nals games. PENDLETON — For some Bucks, baseball is a two-season sport. Pendleton baseball fans can expect to see some familiar faces back on the fi eld starting during Friday’s three-day Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament. Kyle Field, Cooper Roberts, Tucker Zander, Ty Beers, Tanner Sweek, Cur- tis Simons and Blake Swanson of the Buckaroos and Logan Weinke of Pilot Rock are all joining the Pendleton-based Hodgen Distrib- uting team. The team got together for their season’s fi rst practice on Wednes- day, and spent the day gearing up for their weekend-long tourna- ment. Summer ball teams from Hermiston, Pasco, La Grande, Baker City, Vancouver, Meridian, and Clark County will also com- pete this weekend. The tournament is in its fourth year, and celebrates the life and legacy of Ashlee Hodgen, an avid Buckaroo athletics supporter who passed away in July of 2015. “What Ashlee loved was to watch the kids play baseball,” said tournament director and Hodgen Distributing assistant coach Tra- vis Zander. “We’re playing fi ve games in three days. Ashlee was all about inclusion — she wanted to see every kid on the roster play- ing the game.” Hodgen played softball, volley- ball, and basketball for the Echo Cougars until she graduated in 2009. Her father Mike Hodgen works with Pendleton’s varsity baseball team on pitching and fi eld maintenance, and far more often than not, Ashlee could be seen right alongside him. “She was loyal,” Mike Hodgen said. “Even though she graduated from Echo, she was a true green and gold Buckaroo. In her eyes, a Buck never had a bad day. She was always positive. As a coach, I’d always talk to her about my concerns with the team after prac- tice, and she was always quick to tell me that they were trying their best.” Gate proceeds from the tour- nament will go toward the Ash- See Baseball, Page B2 SPORTS SHORTS NCAA moving men’s 3-point line to international distance INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 3-point line is moving back in men’s college basketball. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced Wednesday that the arc will be moved to 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches for the 2019-20 season, match- ing the international distance. The change will not go into effect in Division II and III until 2020-21 due to the potential fi nancial impact on schools. The committee said the line was moved to make the lane more available for drives from the perim- eter, to slow the trend of making 3-pointers so prevalent and to create more offensive spacing by requiring the defense to cover more of the court. The international line was used on an experimental basis in the National Invita- tional Tournament the past two seasons. Teams attempted 23.1 3-point shots in the 2019 NIT compared to 22.8 in the 2018-19 regular season. The 3-point shooting per- centage also dropped 2.2% to 33%. The 3-point line was last moved in 2008- 09, extending a foot to 20 feet, 9 inches. AP File Photo Paris in springtime? French Open rainout sinks schedule PARIS (AP) — The second full- day washout at the French Open since 2000 made a mess of the schedule Wednesday and raised the pos- sibility that the Grand Slam tournament will not fi nish on time. Tournament director Guy Forget said there is a chance that the women’s singles fi nal could be delayed from Saturday to Sunday. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam site without a covered court; a retractable roof is expected to be added to the main stadium before next year’s tournament at the facility in western Paris.