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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, July 6, 2019 Football: Larry Wright was an offensive lineman at North Salem Continued from Page B1 had forgotten he played in the game until my grandma (Kay) reminded him about it. She brought out all these articles and photos.” Larry Wright was an all- state offensive lineman for North Salem High School, and later played at Univer- sity of Oregon before he was drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. It has been 55 years since Larry Wright played in the Shrine Game, but he still has his jersey, and proudly wore it for a photo with his grandson. Surgery changes everything Wright grew up playing soccer, and was on a select team in Milton-Freewater when he was 11 years old. When he was 12, he began having pains in his left thigh. He eventually was diagnosed with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), where the growth plate is not fully developed, and that results in slippage of the overlying end of the femur. The first surgery in 2012 impacted his mobility, but he refused to let it beat him. He continued to play soccer, wrestle and rodeo. “It’s a lot better to think positively than negatively,” Wright said. “It affects your entire life.” He had two additional surgeries in high school, the last being in March 2018. After his sopho- more year, Wright trans- ferred from Mac-Hi to Weston-McEwen, and switched from soccer to football. The 5-foot-8, 210- pound Wright was a Blue Mountain Conference hon- orable mention pick as an offensive lineman his senior year, as well as team captain for the TigerScots. He also continued to Tennis: Coco Gauff still undefeated Continued from Page B1 who is 30, before getting past Hercog, 28. When a reporter wanted to know how Gauff might spend the prize money she’s already earned of about 175,000 pounds ($220,000), she replied: “I mean, I can’t buy a car, because I can’t drive.” That made her giggle, as did some of the other things she said at her news con- ference through a perma- nent smile, including her unprompted opening line about Jayden Smith’s new album, her plea for tickets to a Beyonce concert and pok- ing fun at her mother, Candi, for the way she waved her arms overhead when Fri- day’s victory was over. “Please tell me she’s a meme,” Gauff said. “I’m so excited to go on Instagram.” Next up: A fourth-round matchup against 2018 French Open champion and former No. 1 Simona Halep, who eliminated two-time major champ Victoria Aza- renka 6-3, 6-1. Other women’s contests Monday will be No. 3 seed Karolina Pliskova against Karolina Muchova, No. 8 Elina Svitolina against No. 24 Petra Martic, and Dayana Yastremska against Zhang Shuai, who defeated former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2. The top half of the men’s draw, meanwhile, saw more in its series of upsets, leav- ing defending champion Novak Djokovic with what seems like little resistance in his road to the final. The No. 1 seed got a brief test Friday before quickly right- ing himself and getting past Hubert Hurkacz 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. No one else on that side of the bracket is ranked higher than 17th; that’s the spot held by Milos Raonic, who is also the only other player who ever has been to a Grand Slam final. Those exiting Friday included last year’s run- ner-up, No. 4 Kevin Ander- son, who was knocked off by No. 26 Guido Pella 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Pella beat 2017 run- ner-up Marin Cilic last year at Wimbledon and now will face 2016 runner-up Raonic, who beat Reilly Opelka of the U.S. 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1. No. 10 Karen Khachanov, No. 11 Daniil Medvedev and No. 19 Felix Auger-Alias- sime all lost. “It’s impossible to say who is going to figure things out more than the others to do what it takes to win Slams,” Anderson said. That could be said of Gauff, of course, but she sure is looking like someone who can go far in the com- ing years. She has a big serve, dial- ing it up to 118 mph on Fri- day — only Hercog and Serena Williams have hit one faster this week — and good groundstrokes off both wings, along with some touch and guile. And what she possesses, above all, is some real calm amid a storm. As Hercog perfectly put it: “She’s probably older in her head than the numbers show.” Baseball: Diamondjaxx sweep Spokane in opener Continued from Page B1 The comeback was bol- stered by Louden Marsa- lis, who singled on a hard ground ball to right field that drove in a run. Two more runs were scored on the throw. Cooper Roberts dou- bled on a line drive to left field for two RBIs, allow- ing Pendleton to briefly pull even. But Northwest Advan- tage wasn’t done, and would shoot ahead for the sec- ond and final time just one inning later. The team, comprised of players from various Wash- ington high schools, posted two more RBI-singles to escape with the win in the bottom of the fifth. Kyle Field struck out four Northwest batters, but also let slip six runs over four innings, which was too much for Pendleton to recover from. Hodgen Distributing fought through another tie in their day’s closer against Mt. Spokane, but this time, they came out on top. The two teams stayed tied at 1-1 from the third inning onward until Pendle- ton came to life in the bot- tom of the fifth, scoring three runs. Ty Beers doubled to right field, driving in Michael Flores. Curtis Simons crossed home on a wild pitch one at-bat later, and Logan Weinke’s following fly fall to center field allowed Beers to score. “We had a little more enthusiasm in the sec- ond game,” Armstrong said. “When Coop’s on the mound, he brings it out of the rest of the team. He’s always throwing strikes, pitching to contact, and putting the ball in play. It’s always a good ball game when the pitcher’s throwing strikes.” Roberts, an incom- ing Pendleton High School senior, threw a complete game and finished the day with six strikeouts, with just two hits and one run given up along the way. “Coop has shown us, throughout the high school season and even now, that he’s capable of finishing a game,” Armstrong said. “Any time you put a ball in his hands, he’ll deliver.” team was like a big fam- ily. I didn’t experience that with soccer. I wish I would have played football for four years.” Wright also is a mem- ber of the Boy Scouts. He earned his Eagle Scout badge, re-roofing the Amer- ican Legion Hall in Mil- ton-Freewater as his proj- ect. He went on to earn additional badges to finish the scouting program with three palms. The next chapter Photo courtesy of Sharee LaRue-Wright An X-ray shows the five screws that helped stabilize Patton Wright’s hips. wrestle, and was a three- time state qualifier. “I played soccer for a long time, but I had other commitments that made it difficult to keep up with it,” Wright said. “I love foot- ball — the mix of a physi- cal game and the camara- derie. I got a lot of yellow cards in soccer, so it was an easy transition. The football Wright is headed to East- ern Oregon University, where he will play baritone sax in the jazz band and study nursing. He would like to be a critical care nurse, possibly at a Shriners Hospital. “When I was younger, I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Wright said. “When the radiologist figured out what was wrong with my hip, I thought I wanted to do that job. Then I realized you sit in a room all day staring at screens. I’m a people per- son, I want to help people. I want to be the first person you see.” Wright graduated with a 3.98 GPA and earned sev- eral scholarships to help with school. Once he com- pletes his courses at EOU, he plans to continue in the nursing program at Oregon Health & Science Univer- sity in Portland. But first, he has one more game to play, and he’s giv- ing it his all. Each player selected to the Shrine Game is asked to raise $300, with contrib- utors honored in the game program. Wright earned $1,385. “Words cannot describe how this opportunity to give back impacts me,” Wright said. “I don’t even know where to start. I have found that actions speak louder than words.” Pendleton 16U girls soccer places 2nd in Richland Photo contributed by Kirsten Lovercheck From left to right: Shae Wyland, Sage Wyland, Ashtyn Larsen, Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky, Reilly Lovercheck, Kelsey Lover- check, Addison Bonzani, and coach Cesar Argueta pose after taking second place at Richland’s Beat the Heat soccer tourna- ment on June 28, 2019. Registered in the freshman division, the team won three games and tied one. SCOREBOARD SOCCER 2019 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts x-France 3 0 0 7 1 9 x-Norway 2 1 0 6 3 6 x-Nigeria 1 2 0 2 4 3 South Korea 0 3 0 1 8 0 x-advanced to second round THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 6 At Nice, France England vs. Sweden, 8 a.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 7 At Lyon, France United States vs. Netherlands, 8 a.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 10 5 5 35 37 26 D.C. United 8 5 7 31 25 21 Montreal 9 8 3 30 24 31 Atlanta 9 7 2 29 24 20 New York City FC 7 1 8 29 30 19 New York 8 7 3 27 30 24 Toronto FC 6 8 5 23 30 33 New England 6 8 5 23 22 36 Chicago 5 7 7 22 31 28 Orlando City 6 9 3 21 25 25 Columbus 5 12 2 17 16 28 Cincinnati 3 13 2 11 15 42 WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles FC 12 2 4 40 44 15 LA Galaxy 11 7 1 34 26 22 FC Dallas 8 7 5 29 29 25 Seattle 8 5 5 29 27 24 Minnesota United 8 7 3 27 33 27 Houston 8 6 3 27 26 22 Real Salt Lake 8 8 2 26 25 28 San Jose 7 7 4 25 29 30 Portland 6 8 2 20 25 28 Vancouver 4 7 8 20 21 25 Colorado 5 10 4 19 29 38 Sporting Kansas City 4 7 7 19 28 34 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Thursday, July 4 FC Dallas 2, D.C. United 0 New England 2, Colorado 1 LA Galaxy 2, Toronto FC 0 Saturday, July 6 Orlando City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota United at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 7 New York at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Portland at New York City FC, 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 12 New England at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Houston, 6 p.m. San Jose at LA Galaxy, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 13 Columbus at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Minnesota United, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Colorado at Portland, 8 p.m. Sunday, July 14 Atlanta at Seattle, 1 p.m. New York City FC at New York, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS WIMBLEDON RESULTS LONDON (AP) — Results Friday from Wimbledon at The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in parentheses): MEN’S SINGLES Third Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. Ugo Humbert, France, def. Felix Auger Aliassime (19), Canada, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. David Goffin (21), Belgium, def. Daniil Medvedev (11), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Guido Pella (26), Argentina, def. Kevin Anderson (4), South Africa, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Milos Raonic (15), Canada, def. Reilly Opelka, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1. Roberto Bautista-Agut (23), Spain, def. Karen Khachanov (10), Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Benoit Paire (28), France, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2). WOMEN’S SINGLES Third Round Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, def. Maria Sakkari (31), Greece, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2. Petra Martic (24), Croatia, def. Danielle Rose Collins, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, def. Anett Kontaveit (20), Estonia, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, def. Su-Wei Hsieh (28), Chinese Taipei, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Simona Halep (7), Romania, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-3, 6-1. Cori Gauff, United States, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Shuai Zhang, China, def. Caroline Wozni- acki (14), Denmark, 6-4, 6-2. Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, def. Vik- torija Golubic, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3. MEN’S DOUBLES First Round Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, def. Jamie Murray, Britain and Neal Skupski (10), Britain, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Second Round Lukasz Kubot, Poland and Marcelo Melo (1), Brazil, def. Matt Reid, Australia and Alex de Minaur, Australia, 6-7 (11), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (10). Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil and Divij Sha- ran, India, def. Sander Gille, Belgium and Joran Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Nicolas Mahut, France and Edouard Rog- er-Vasselin (11), France, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina and Joao Sousa, Portu- gal, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5. Aisam Qureshi, Pakistan and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil and Mate Pavic (4), Croatia, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Henri Kontinen, Finland and John Peers (8), Australia, def. Robert Lindstedt, Swe- den and Tim Puetz, Germany, 4-6, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-4. Rajeev Ram, United States and Joe Salis- bury (12), Britain, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia and Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Frederik Nielsen, Denmark and Robin Haase (16), Netherlands, def. Ken Skupski, Britain and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 7-6 (14), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2). Michael Venus, New Zealand and Raven Klaasen (3), South Africa, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia and Jordan Thompson, Australia, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Horia Tecau, Romania and Jean-Julien Rojer (5), Netherlands, def. Fabrice Mar- tin, France and Hugo Nys, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebas- tian Cabal (2), Colombia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan and Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Second Round Abigail Spears, United States and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium and Johanna Larsson (12), Swe- den, 6-3, 6-3. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic and Nicole Melichar (7), United States, def. Desirae Krawczyk, United States and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 6-4, 6-4. Latisha Chan, Chinese Taipei and Hao- Ching Chan (9), Chinese Taipei, def. Ali- son van Uytvanck, Belgium and Greet Minnen, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1. Elise Mertens, Belgium and Aryna Sabalenka (6), Belarus, def. Aleksan- dra Krunic, Serbia and Shuko Aoyama, Japan, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4. Saisai Zheng, China and Ying-Ying Duan (13), China, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Yifan Xu, China and Gabriela Dabrowski (4), Canada, def. Arina Rodionova, Aus- tralia and Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-1. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany and Demi Schuurs (8), Netherlands, def. Alicja Rosolska, Poland and Astra Sharma, Aus- tralia, 6-3, 6-0. Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic and Katerina Siniakova (2), Czech Republic, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine and Aliak- sandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 4-1, ret. MIXED DOUBLES First Round Denys Molchanov, Ukraine and Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria and Anastasia Pavly- uchenkova, Russia, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4. Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands and Zhaoxuan Yang, China, def. Naomi Broady, Britain and Jonny O Mara, Brit- ain, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Marcus Daniell, New Zealand and Jen- nifer Brady, United States, def. Nick Kyr- gios, Australia and Desirae Krawczyk, United States, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-5. Henri Kontinen, Finland and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil and Abigail Spears, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams, United States and Fran- ces Tiafoe, United States, def. Scott Clay- ton, Britain and Sarah Beth Grey, Brit- ain, 6-2, 6-3. Shuko Aoyama, Japan and Christopher Rungkat, Indonesia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France and Alize Cornet, France, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Philipp Oswald, Austria and Monique Adamczak, Australia, def. Kevin Krawi- etz, Germany and Sabrina Santamaria, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Artem Sitak, New Zealand and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Ken Skupski, Britain and Darija Jurak, Croatia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Katy Dunne, Britain and Joe Salisbury, Britain, 7-5, 7-6 (8). Su-Wei Hsieh, Chinese Taipei and Cheng-Peng Hsieh, Chinese Taipei, def. Miyu Kato, Japan and Ben Mclachlan, Japan, 6-4, 6-4. Asia Muhammad, United States and Luke Bambridge, Britain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States and Alison Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Eden Silva, Britain and Evan Hoyt, Brit- ain, def. Leander Paes, India and Saman- tha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Saisai Zheng, China and Joran Vliegen, Belgium, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark and Kaitlyn Christian, United States, 6-3, 7-5. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times PDT East New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore Central Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit Kansas City West Houston W 57 50 46 33 26 W 54 48 41 28 30 W 55 L 29 39 41 56 61 L 32 38 43 54 59 L 33 Pct .663 .562 .529 .371 .299 Pct .628 .558 .488 .341 .337 Pct .625 GB — 8½ 11½ 25½ 31½ GB — 6 12 24 25½ GB — Oakland 48 40 .545 7 Texas 47 40 .540 7½ Los Angeles 45 44 .506 10½ Seattle 38 53 .418 18½ ——— Friday’s Games Kansas City 7, Washington 4, 11 innings Baltimore 4, Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4, 11 innings L.A. Angels 5, Houston 4 Oakland 5, Seattle 2 Saturday’s Games Texas (Chavez 3-3) at Minnesota (Pineda 5-4), 11:10 a.m. Baltimore (Cashner 8-3) at Toronto (Rich- ard 1-4), 12:07 p.m. Kansas City (Sparkman 2-4) at Washing- ton (Scherzer 8-5), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Porcello 5-7) at Detroit (Zimmer- mann 0-5), 1:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bieber 7-3) at Cincinnati (DeS- clafani 5-4), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-4) at Tampa Bay (Snell 5-7), 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 11-2), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-2) at Houston (Cole 8-5), 4:15 p.m. Oakland (Bassitt 5-3) at Seattle (Gonzales 9-7), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Boston at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Kansas City at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Texas at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Oakland at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times PDT East W L Pct GB Atlanta 52 36 .591 — Philadelphia 46 42 .523 6 Washington 45 42 .517 6½ New York 39 49 .443 13 Miami 32 53 .376 18½ Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 47 42 .528 — Chicago 46 42 .523 ½ St. Louis 43 42 .506 2 Pittsburgh 42 45 .483 4 Cincinnati 41 44 .482 4 West W L Pct GB Los Angeles 60 29 .674 — Colorado 44 42 .512 14½ Arizona 43 45 .489 16½ San Diego 42 45 .483 17 San Francisco 39 47 .453 19½ ——— Friday’s Games Kansas City 7, Washington 4, 11 innings Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 6, 10 innings Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 2 Saturday’s Games Kansas City (Sparkman 2-4) at Washing- ton (Scherzer 8-5), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Houser 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Agrazal 1-0), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bieber 7-3) at Cincinnati (DeS- clafani 5-4), 1:10 p.m. Miami (Smith 3-4) at Atlanta (Fried 9-3), 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 11-2), 4:15 p.m. Philadelphia (Arrieta 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-4), 4:15 p.m. St. Louis (Mikolas 5-8) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-7), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (Gray 9-5) at Arizona (Ray 5-6), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Paddack 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 7-4), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Miami at Atlanta, 10:20 a.m. Kansas City at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.