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Hodgen Distributing places third in Baker
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
BAKER — Pendleton’s Hod-
gen Distributing may have swept
the fi rst day of Baker’s Elkhorn
Classic baseball tournament, but a
repeat was out of the question.
On Saturday, the Pendle-
ton-based 17U American legion
team held a brief 2-2 tie with their
Baker hosts before falling 7-2. The
Pendleton team would fi nish the
day with another big blow — a
12-4 defeat to the La Grande Leg-
acy Legends.
“It wasn’t a good day for us,”
Hodgen Distributing coach Tra-
vis Zander said. “It’s tough to win
when you only score six runs in
two games.”
Following the two Saturday
defeats, Pendleton turned around
and took down Owyhee for a
third place award to cap off the
weekend.
Baker jumped out to an early
two-run lead in the bottom of the
fi rst inning, but Pendleton was
quick to pull even with two runs
in the following inning. Tucker
Zander singled with a shallow line
drive near shortstop, and Logan
Weinke was quick to drive him
home with a double to right fi eld
on the next at-bat. Weinke scored
off Ty Beers’ ground ball to tie
things up.
With Kyle Field on Pendleton’s
mound, Baker put up three runs
in the top of bottom of the third
to stay ahead for good. Spencer
Shirtcliff was walked, and then
reached third on Spencer Smith’s
ensuing bunt. Baker posted two
back-to-back singles, and Warner
Robertson was hit by a pitch to
drive in the third and fi nal run of
the inning.
It was enough to keep Pendle-
ton down for the rest of the game.
Despite allowing seven runs
over fi ve innings, Field collected
See Baseball, Page B2
WOMENS’ WORLD CUP
ROUND OF 16
USA 2, SPAIN 1
CRAMP
SWIMS
SOLO
AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
United States’ Megan Rapinoe scored
twice on penalty kicks against Spain at
the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims,
France, on Monday. USA won 2-1.
Photo contributed by Mike Weber
Melinda Cramp swims in the girls 200 meter breaststroke at the Ted Walker Invitational meet on Saturday in The Dalles.
PHS sophomore
places third in 200
meter backstroke in
Dalles-hosted meet
Rapinoe scores twice,
Americans give up fi rst
goal of tournament
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
By MIKE WEBER
For The East Oregonian
T
HE DALLES — For
Pendleton Swim Asso-
ciation member Melinda
Cramp, competing in a
summer meet solo isn’t
really something that she prefers to
be doing. But the incoming Buckaroo
sophomore seemed to enjoy herself
while competing in the 68th Annual
Ted Walker Invitational meet June
21-23 in The Dalles.
Cramp, 15, was one of a total of
381 athletes representing 16 teams
that were swimming in the North-
ern Wasco County Parks & Recre-
ation long course (50 meter) pool in a
summer swim meet over the weekend.
Cramp’s other Pendleton teammates
were participating in a meet in Spo-
kane at the same time, but she decided
to travel to The Dalles with her mom
Michelle and enter a different event.
“It’s fun swimming at this meet,
because I always enjoy swimming
U.S. advances
to face host
France in the
quarterfi nals
Photo contributed by Mike Weber
Melinda Cramp competes in the girls 50 meter freestyle at the Ted Walker Invita-
tional in The Dalles on Saturday.
at The Dalles, but it’s sad not being
together with my team, and I kind
of feel somewhat lonely here,” said
Cramp, who started competing with
the PSA squad at age 10.
“At the same time, I feel like I’m
representing my team very well, even
though they’re at another meet. This
isn’t the fi rst time that I’ve been to a
meet by myself. I’ve swimmed unat-
tached a couple of times before at
other meets so I’m kind of accustomed
to it. I heard that it was kind of cold in
Spokane, so I’m glad I came here and
I had lots of fun in The Dalles.”
Cramp entered a total of six indi-
vidual events, with three each on Sat-
urday and Sunday. It’s the third time
she’s competed at The Dalles sum-
mer swim meet. The windy weather
See Cramp, Page B2
REIMS, France — Spain tested the
United States like no other team at the
Women’s World Cup.
The Spaniards played an aggressive
and physical game that made the U.S.
look disorganized at times before pulling
out a 2-1 victory on Monday.
It could have been just what the Amer-
icans needed: France is waiting.
Megan Rapinoe converted a pair of
penalty kicks to set up the United States’
much-anticipated quarterfi nal rendez-
vous with the hosts.
The tense match was knotted at 1 until
Rapinoe’s second penalty kick put the
defending champions ahead in the 75th
minute.
“I think we showed just a lot of grit and
experience, to be honest, in this game,”
Rapinoe said. “Obviously as we get into
these knockout rounds it’s more stress-
ful, there’s more pressure, the games are
more intense. Every team lifts its level.”
Rapinoe’s fi rst came in the seventh
minute to the cheers of the U.S. sup-
porters melting in temperatures that
reached nearly 90 degrees at the Stade
Auguste-Delaune. They were quieted a
short time later when Jennifer Hermoso
tied it up for Spain with the fi rst goal the
Americans had allowed in France.
See USA, Page B2
SPORTS SHORTS
Mutombo records Ebola messages
NEW YORK (AP) — Unable to send
disease fi ghters to help battle one of the
deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history, U.S.
health offi cials are turning to basketball
hall of famer Dikembe Mutombo for help.
Mutombo, regarded as one of the great-
est defensive players in NBA history and
a well-known philanthropist in his native
Congo, recorded radio and video spots
designed to persuade people to take pre-
cautions and get care that might stop the
disease’s spread.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention began posting the spots
Monday on its YouTube channel and on
the agency’s website . Offi cials are trying
to get radio and TV stations in the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo to air them.
About 2,100 people have been reported
ill — and nearly 1,500 have died — since
an Ebola outbreak was declared in August
in eastern Congo.
‘Jeopardy!’ champ playing in
World Series of Poker events
LAS VEGAS (AP) — “Jeopardy!” cham-
pion and professional sports gambler James
Holzhauer made his World Series of Poker
debut on Monday, with plans to donate half
his winnings to charity.
Holzhauer was competing in a No-Limit
Hold’em event and planned to partner later
Holzhauer
in the day with Poker Hall of Famer Mike
Sexton in another contest, said tournament
spokesman Seth Palansky.
Holzhauer told tournament offi cials he planned to donate
winnings to a Las Vegas nonprofi t for homeless displaced
and disadvantaged high school students, called Project 150.