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Newspaper Page TextB2 SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, December 12, 2019 AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File In this Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, Washington Nationals’ Anthony Rendon throws out Houston Astros’ George Springer during the third inning of Game 6 of the base- ball World Series in Houston. Angels, Anthony Rendon reach $245M, 7-year deal RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer SAN DIEGO — Third baseman Anthony Ren- don and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a $245 million, seven-year con- tract Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associ- ated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced and was subject to a successful physical. Rendon is the third prized free agent to strike a big-money deal at this week’s baseball winter meetings. He’ll join three- time MVPs Mike Trout and Albert Pujols on a team that’s made just one postseason appearance in the past decade. The Angels had missed out on free agent right- hander Gerrit Cole, who agreed to a record $324 million, nine-year contract with the New York Yan- kees on Tuesday night, a person familiar with the deal told the AP. “With our flexibility, if we miss a big player, there’s still very talented players that are accessi- ble in the free agent and trade market right now,” Angels general manager Billy Eppler said earlier Wednesday. Rendon, who has played all seven of his major league seasons with Wash- ington, drove in a career- best 126 runs while help- ing the Nationals capture the franchise’s first World Series championship this year. His 19.9 Wins Above Replacement, per Fan- graphs, over the past four seasons trails only Trout, Boston’s Mookie Betts and Milwaukee’s Chris- Photo contributed by Michael Nejara Hermiston’s Jazlyn Romero throws the javelin Saturday at the 3A State Track and Field Championships in Tacoma in May 2019. Romero won the state title with a throw of 144 feet, 11 inches. tian Yelich among position players. Rendon is the latest big- money signing by owner Arte Moreno, following Pujols, Shohei Ohtani, Josh Hamilton and C.J. Wilson. “We’re within some structure of a budget and a payroll forecast that you relatively want to be near and then we just take those opportunities to Arte and see if he’ll grant us the per- mission to do those things,” Eppler said. “There’s good players out there and play- ers that warrant some size- able contracts. I know the players that he likes.” The Nationals had remained in contact with the 29-year-old Rendon’s representatives Wednes- day, according to general manager Mike Rizzo. “The third base mar- ket specifically is an active market,” Rizzo said. “There are several teams that are in the mar- ket for that particular posi- tion. I think it will move fairly rapidly, not only in the free-agent market but in the trade market I think we’ll see some activity.” After the news broke, Nationals shortstop Trea Turner tweeted video of himself kicking around a T-shirt featuring a picture of Rendon’s face and the message: “Anthony is my favorite player.” It marks the fourth big free-agent deal of the off- season pulled off by agent Scott Boras. Infielder Mike Moustakas joined the Cin- cinnati Reds on a $64 mil- lion, four-year contract, then right-hander Stephen Strasburg reached a $245 million, seven-year con- tract Monday to stay with the Nationals before Cole’s pending signing came together a day later. Javelin: Romero threw 144 feet, 11 inches at state Continued from Page B1 that yet. There is so much more for her to learn.” Strot has done more than help Romero with her throwing. She also has a girls only weight- lifting class at the school. Romero and softball player Bailee Noland started the program as freshmen four years ago. “They were the only two freshmen in the class,” Strot said. “To see them sign- ing today (Noland will play softball at Salt Lake Com- munity College) is special.” Both players said the program has made a differ- ence in preparing them for the future, both physically and mentally. With Romero, Oregon State is a getting an athlete with a solid foundation. Romero threw a personal best of 151 feet, 9 inches at the Mid-Columbia Confer- ence district meet in Herm- iston, then threw 143 feet at the District 8 meet in Rich- land to earn the top seed to state. At state, she won gold with a toss of 144-11 — more than 15 feet further than the next competitor. Michelle Coombs holds the Hermiston school record with a mark of 155-11, set in 2008. Breaking that record is on Romero’s list of things to do come spring. Romero also made visits to Washington State Univer- sity and University of Ari- zona before selecting OSU. Romero just started her senior year of basketball for the Bulldogs. It hasn’t quite hit yet that this is the end of that road. “The thing with this, I grew up playing basketball my whole life,” she said. “Track fell in my lap. If I had a chance to go Pac-12, I’m not going to turn that down. I think I will look back and I will miss basket- ball, but right now, I’m still playing.” Softball: Noland struck out 56 batters over 88 innings Continued from Page B1 Her junior year, she was named to the Mid-Columbia Conference’s first team as a utility player. On the mound, she was 10-5 with a 4.06 ERA. She had a 2-to-1 strike to walk ratio, and struck out 56 bat- ters over 88 innings. At the plate, she led the Bulldogs with 46 hits and a .575 average. She hit 31 sin- gles, five doubles, one tri- ple, and nine home runs. She also scored 30 runs and had 35 RBIs. She struck out just nine times in 80 at-bats. Defensively, she committed just two errors in 27 games. “Her coaches know what she can do,” Greenough said. “She will find a way to get on the field, and isn’t afraid of hard work.” SLCC plays in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, and is a regular participant in the NJCAA tourney. They also play a strong presea- son schedule, which includes games against Idaho State University, Weber State, Utah State and BYU. Staff photo by Kathy Aney, File Hermiston’s Bailey Noland receives a welcome at home plate after hitting a home run during a game against Kamiakin on April 12, 2019. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE THURSDAY, DEC. 12 Boys basketball Nixyaawii vs. Stanfield (at Umatilla, Columbia River Clash), 2 p.m. Riverside at Mac-Hi (Columbia River Clash), 3:30 p.m. Irrigon vs. Grant Union (Columbia River Clash), 5:30 p.m. Faith Bible at Umatilla (Columbia River Clash), 7 p.m. Echo vs. Powder Valley (at North Powder High School), 8:30 p.m. Girls basketball Mac-Hi vs. Riverside (at Umatilla, Colum- bia River Clash), 1 p.m. Nixyaawii vs. Stanfield (at Umatilla, Columbia River Clash), 3:30 p.m. Faith Bible at Umatilla (Columbia River Clash), 5:30 p.m. Irrigon vs. Grant Union (at Umatilla, Columbia River Clash), 7 p.m. Echo vs. Powder Valley (at North Powder High School), 7 p.m. Boys wrestling Chiawana at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Girls wrestling Chiawana at Hermiston, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 13 Boys basketball Pendleton at Putnam, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Pasco, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m. Elgin at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Heppner at Portland Christian, 7:30 p.m. Umatilla, Nixyaawii, Stanfield, Riverside, Irrigon at Columbia River Clash (at Uma- tilla), TBD Klickitat/Glenwood, Dayville/Monument at Ione/Arlington (at Arlington) Girls basketball Long Creek/Ukiah, Pendleton (FR) vs. Helix (at Arlington High School), noon Echo vs. Jordan Valley (at North Powder High School), 3 p.m. Hermiston at Pasco, 5:45 p.m. Elgin at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Heppner at Portland Christian, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Kennedy, 6 p.m. Pendleton vs. North Eugene (at The Dalles), 6:30 p.m. Klickitat/Glenwood, Dayville/Monument at Ione/Arlington (at Arlington), TBD Nixyaawii, Stanfield, Riverside, Irrigon, Umatilla, Mac-Hi at Columbia River Clash (at Umatilla), TBD Boys wrestling Hermiston, Pendleton Muilenburg Tour- nament at La Grande Echo at Calhoun Classic, Nyssa Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville SATURDAY, DEC. 14 Boys basketball Echo vs. Imbler (at Powder Valley High School), 11:30 a.m. Helix vs. Klickitat/Glenwood (at Arling- ton), 1:30 p.m. Heppner at Cove, 3 p.m. Pilot Rock at Cove, 5:30 p.m. Kennewick at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Stanfield, Riverside, Umatilla, Irrigon at Columbia River Clash (at Umatilla), TBD Ione/Arlington at Arlington Snowball Tournament, TBD Girls basketball Echo vs. Imbler (at Powder Valley High School), 10 a.m. Helix vs. Klickitat/Glenwood (at Arling- ton), noon Heppner at Dufur, 1:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Cove, 4 p.m. Kennewick at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Arlington Snowball Tournament, TBD Stanfield, Riverside, Umatilla, Irrigon, Nixyaawii, Mac-Hi at Columbia River Clash (at Umatilla), TBD Weston-McEwen at Kennedy Clas- sic, TBD NWAC women’s basketball BMCC vs, Centralia at Lane CC, 4 p.m. Boys wrestling Hermiston, Pendleton at Muilenburg Tournament at La Grande Irrigon, Riverside at Granger Tourna- ment, 10 a.m. Echo at Calhoun Classic, Nyssa Girls wrestling Hermiston at Warden Invite, 10 a.m. Riverside at Granger Tournament, 10 a.m. North x-Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati SUNDAY, DEC. 15 BMCC vs. Everett at Lane CC, 2 p.m. NFL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L New England 10 3 Buffalo 9 4 N.Y. Jets 5 8 Miami 3 10 South W T 0 0 0 0 Pct .769 .692 .385 .231 L T Pct PF 338 274 226 221 PA 168 212 301 399 PF PA 8 8 6 4 5 5 7 9 0 0 0 0 .615 .615 .462 .308 317 318 296 230 309 255 295 337 Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5:20 p.m. W L 11 2 8 5 6 7 1 12 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .846 .615 .462 .077 PF 430 259 273 198 PA 236 242 291 325 NBA STANDINGS T 0 0 0 0 Pct .692 .462 .385 .385 PF 371 258 236 289 PA 281 366 261 251 Pct .462 .462 .231 .154 PF 334 297 188 247 PA 267 301 310 362 West W y-Kansas City 9 Oakland 6 Denver 5 L.A. Chargers 5 L 4 7 8 8 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas Phila. Washington N.Y. Giants W L T 6 7 0 6 7 0 3 10 0 2 11 0 South W y-New Orleans 10 Tampa Bay 6 Carolina 5 Atlanta 4 L 3 7 8 9 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .769 .462 .385 .308 PF 344 378 300 300 PA 296 381 360 343 North Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit L 3 4 6 9 T 0 0 0 1 Pct .769 .692 .538 .269 PF 309 339 243 287 PA 270 249 232 335 West W L T San Francisco 11 2 0 Seattle 10 3 0 L.A. Rams 8 5 0 Arizona 3 9 1 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Pct .846 .769 .615 .269 PF 397 341 311 272 PA 229 321 262 374 W 10 9 7 3 Thursday, Dec. 12 N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Miami at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 10 a.m. New England at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Phila. at Washington, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Jacksonville at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. L.A. Rams at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 Indianapolis at New Orleans, 5:15 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Boston Philadelphia Toronto Brooklyn New York W 17 18 16 13 4 L 6 7 8 11 20 Pct .739 .720 .667 .542 .167 GB — — 1½ 4½ 13½ Southeast Miami Orlando Charlotte Washington Atlanta W 18 11 11 7 6 L 6 13 16 16 19 Pct .750 .458 .407 .304 .240 GB — 7 8½ 10½ 12½ Central Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland W 21 16 10 9 5 L 3 9 14 17 19 Pct .875 .640 .417 .346 .208 GB — 5½ 11 13 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Dallas Houston San Antonio Memphis New Orleans W 16 16 9 8 6 L 7 8 14 16 18 Pct .696 .667 .391 .333 .250 GB — ½ 7 8½ 10½ Northwest Denver Utah Oklahoma City Minnesota Portland W 14 14 11 10 10 L 8 11 12 14 15 Pct .636 .560 .478 .417 .400 GB — 1½ 3½ 5 5½ Pct .880 .731 .458 .435 .200 GB — 3½ 10½ 11 17 Pacific W L L.A. Lakers 22 3 L.A. Clippers 19 7 Phoenix 11 13 Sacramento 10 13 Golden State 5 20 ——— Wednesday’s Games Houston 116, Cleveland 110 Indiana 122, Boston 117 L.A. Clippers 112, Toronto 92 L.A. Lakers 96, Orlando 87 Charlotte 113, Brooklyn 108 Chicago 136, Atlanta 102 Utah 127, Minnesota 116 Memphis 115, Phoenix 108 New Orleans at Milwaukee, late Oklahoma City at Sacramento, late New York at Golden State, late Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Boston, 5 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Detroit at Mexico City, 6 p.m. Portland at Denver, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Miami, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Chicago, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Memphis, 5 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. New York at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Antonio vs. Phoenix at Mexico City, 2 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at Memphis, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 6 p.m. NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Boston Montreal Buffalo Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Ottawa Detroit GP W L OT Pts GF GA 32 20 6 6 46 109 81 32 15 11 6 36 104 105 32 15 11 6 36 101 97 30 15 10 5 35 106 101 32 15 13 4 34 104 104 29 15 11 3 33 105 93 32 13 17 2 28 86 100 32 7 22 3 17 67 129 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 33 23 5 5 51 120 N.Y. Islanders 29 20 7 2 42 86 Philadelphia 30 17 8 5 39 96 Carolina 31 19 11 1 39 103 Pittsburgh 31 17 10 4 38 104 N.Y. Rangers 30 15 12 3 33 94 Columbus 30 12 14 4 28 76 New Jersey 30 9 16 5 23 74 GA 95 69 85 85 85 94 93 111 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central St. Louis GP W L OT Pts GF GA 32 18 8 6 42 94 88 Colorado Winnipeg Dallas Nashville Minnesota Chicago 30 31 32 29 31 31 19 19 18 14 14 12 8 10 11 10 12 13 3 2 3 5 5 6 41 40 39 33 33 30 111 92 84 98 92 84 84 83 76 93 101 98 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 33 18 11 4 40 91 80 Edmonton 33 18 11 4 40 100 99 Calgary 33 17 12 4 38 91 98 Vegas 33 16 12 5 37 98 94 Vancouver 31 15 12 4 34 104 95 San Jose 33 15 16 2 32 89 114 Anaheim 31 13 14 4 30 82 92 Los Angeles 32 12 18 2 26 80 103 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s Games Washington 3, Boston 2 Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT Philadelphia at Colorado, late Thursday’s Games Boston at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Nashville at Buffalo, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Vegas at Dallas, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Buffalo vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veter- ans Memorial Coliseum, 10 a.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 10 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 1 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 1 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 4 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Boston at Florida, 4 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Arizona, 5 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 7 p.m.