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NCAA WOMENS TRACK
Thomas Boyd/The Associated Press
The Southern California women’s team accepts the team tro-
phy at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Champi-
onships Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Hayward Field, Eugene.
NC A&T’s Cambrea
Sturgis sweeps NCAA
women’s 100 and 200
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian, File
Heppner’s Jackson Lehman (15) romps to a long yardage touchdown during a March 12, 2021, 46-0 shutout against the
Stanfi eld Tigers at Stanfi eld. Lehman, and teammate Jayden Wilson, will play in the East-West Shrine All-Star Game in
Baker on Aug. 7.
Heppner’s Wilson, Lehman
headed to Shrine Game
Pilot Rock’s Mike
Baleztena to help
coach East team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
H
EPPNER — After a year
hiatus because of the COVID-
19 pandemic, the East-West
Shrine All-Star Game is back
on track.
The 69th annual edition of the game
will be played Aug. 7, in Baker City.
Game time is 7 p.m.
Heppner High School had quarter-
back/defensive back Jayden Wilson and
wide receiver/outside linebacker Jackson
Lehman were selected to the East team.
They were the only two local players
extended an invitation.
Coaching the East team will be Vic
Lease of Mazama (4A), Josh Gary of
Sutherlin (3A), Jake Cochran of Coquille
(2A) and Pilot Rock’s Mike Baleztena
(1A).
The group of coaches was selected
for the 2020 game, but when that got
canceled, they were asked to lead the
2021 team.
The East players, along with those
from the West team, will report to camp
Aug. 1 at Eastern Oregon University in
La Grande.
The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Wilson,
who will play college football at Linfi eld
University, helped the Mustangs to a
5-0 record during a makeshift COVID
season.
He threw for 562 yards and ran for
337.
During his junior year, Wilson
helped the Mustangs average 41 points
a game, while limiting opponents to just
7.5. They won the 2A state title with a
12-7 victory over Kennedy, and fi nished
EAST-WEST SHRINE ALL-STAR GAME
EAST TEAM
Jonah Staigle, OL/DL, Joseph; Garrett
Olson, WR/MLB, South Wasco County;
Jace Haagen, QB/DB, Coquille; Jayden
Wilson, QB/DB, Heppner; Jackson
Lehman, WR/OLB, Heppner; Wyatt
Dyer, RB/MLB, Bandon; Logan Price,
OL/DL, Lakeview; Vicente Arteaga, RB/
MLB, Vale; Marcus Fullbright, RB/OLB,
Santiam Christian; Elijah Blankenship,
QB/DB, Siuslaw; Andrew Hill, OL/DL,
South Umpqua; Kristian Fralich, WR/
DB, Cascade Christian; Josh Davis, RB/
MLB, Southerlin; Haydn Hilderbrand,
OL/DL, Crook County; Dawson Smith,
OL/DL, Klamath Union; Joe Northcutt,
WR/DL, Henley; Tristan Lee, QB/DB,
Mazama; Cole Brosterhous, WR/DB,
Mazama; Justin Lang, RB/OLB, Estaca-
da; Mason Van Arsdall, OL/DL, Baker;
Sabastian Peiff er, RB/MLB, Gladstone.
with a 13-0 record.
Wilson ear ned
fi rst-team Blue Moun-
tain Conference and
all-state honors at
quarterback and defen-
sive back. He also was
the East Oregonian
Lehman
Player of the Year.
The state title, and awards that came
with it, were earned on the fi eld.
Wilson threw for 1,282 yards and 23
touchdowns, and ran for 797 yards and 14
touchdowns. Defensively, he had 32 tack-
les, three interceptions and three fumble
recoveries.
Lehman (6-3, 195), who will play
college football at Eastern Oregon
University, was one of Wilson’s top
receivers with 207 yards. He also was a
leader on defense with 28 tackles and an
interception.
As a junior, Lehman was a fi rst-team
WEST TEAM
JJ Neece, QB/OLB, Mapleton; Max
Brown, OL/DL, Camas Valley; Brandon
Reed, QB/MLB, Salem Academy; Brady
Traeger, RB. OLB, Kennedy; Cole Boen,
OL/OLB, Kennedy; Cameron Miethe,
RB/OLB, Knappa; Dylan Irwin, RB/MLB,
Monroe; Sam Irwin, OL/DL, Warrenton;
Keenan Graham, QB/DB, Amity; Josh
Wart, WR/OLB, Amity; Sterling Bruce,
OL/DL, Rainier; Riley Sangermano, QB,
DB, Junction City; Bryer Moore, OL/
DL, Junction City; Andrew Teubner,
RB/OLB, Seaside, David Kanoff , WR/
DB, Cascade; Noah Niblett, WR/DB,
Marshfi eld; Aiden Tyler, QB/DB, Sweet
Home; Luke Patterson, WR/DB, Marist;
Eki Grover, OL/DL, Marist; Miquel
Niemi, RB/OLB, Tillamook; Cameron
Wessel, OL/DL, Sisters; Eliott King, RB,
MLB, Banks.
BMC receiver and
linebacker, and earned
first-team all-state
honors as a tight end
(345 yards, 7 TDs),
and was a second-team
selection at linebacker
Wilson
(42 tackles, 2 intercep-
tions).
The East and West teams each have
22 players. There were no alternates
chosen this year.
Though the West won the last game
43-10 in 2019, the East leads the series
33-31-3.
According to Shriners International,
the game is the largest fundraiser in
Oregon for the Shriners Hospital and is
considered the second-largest athletic
moneymaker for Shriners Hospitals in
North America.
For tickets, contact Forrest Hatch at
f4knight@comcast.net.
The Associated Press
EUGENE — Cambrea
Sturgis of North Carolina
A&T swept the women’s
100 and 200 meters Satur-
day, June 12, in the NCAA
outdoor track and fi eld cham-
pionships at Hayward Field,
Eugene. Southern Califor-
nia won its third outdoor
women’s national title,
with Texas A&M fi nishing
second.
Sturgis won the 100 in a
wind-aided 10.74 seconds,
the fastest all-weather time in
NCAA history. She then ran
the 200 in 22.12, a personal
best.
North Carolina A&T was
third in the 1,600 relay. The
Aggies men also fared well at
the meet, with Randolph Ross
winning the 400 in 43.85 and
a third-place team fi nish.
“We can go out there and
do it if we put our minds to
it,” she said about compet-
ing for the historically Black
college.
USC’s Anna Cockrell
won the 100 and 400 hurdles,
becoming just the second
woman to pull off the double
in those events in the NCAA
meet.
“Ever since I came to
college this was my dream
honestly, to double. I know
only one other person had
done it before me,” Cock-
rell said. “I don’t think it has
sunken all the way in yet, I
fi nished my interview for 400
hurdles down there and then I
burst into tears.”
Texas A&M freshman
Athing Mu won the 400 in
49.57, a national collegiate
record.
BYU senior Anna Camp
won the 1,500 in a person-
al-best 4:08.53 ahead of a
strong field that included
Colorado’s Sage Hurta, the
the women’s indoor mile
champion. Hurta finished
second.
“I knew Sage was crazy
fast, so my goal was to sit on
her shoulder for a lot of the
1,500 and win,” Camp said.
“My legs felt good, I was just
hopeful that I could outrun
her through that push,” Camp
said.
Air Force’s Mahala
Norris, who grew up in Rose-
burg, won the steeplechase
in 9:31.79. Also, North Caro-
lina State’s Elly Henes won
the 5,000 in 15:28.05, and
Virginia’s Michaela Meyer
took the 800 in a person-
al-best 2:00.28.
On June 11, LSU won its
fi rst men’s team title since
2002.
The NCAA championship
was among the fi rst major
meets at Hayward Field since
it underwent an extensive
renovation.
The U.S. Olympic team
trials get underway at
Hayward next week. Sturgis
is among the college athletes
hoping for a spot on the team
for Tokyo.
ON THE SLATE
TUESDAY, JUNE 15
Prep boys basketball
Hermiston at Chiawana, 7 p.m.
Pendleton at The Dalles, 6:30 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Stanfi eld, 6 p.m.
Prep girls basketball
Chiawana at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
The Dalles at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
BMC playoff s: Heppner vs. Union, at
Riverside, 5 p.m.
Prep bowling
Pasco at Hermiston, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
Prep boys basketball
Walla Walla at Hermiston, 7p.m.
McLoughlin at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m.
Riverside at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Prep girls basketball
Hermiston at Walla Walla, 7 p.m.
Riverside at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
McLoughlin at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m.
Prep wrestling
Hermiston at MCC Championships,
TBD
THURSDAY, JUNE 17
Prep boys basketball
Redmond at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Prep girls basketball
Pendleton at Redmond, 6:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Heppner at district tournament, Cul-
ver, TBD
SPORTS SHORT
OSU football headed to Providence Park to play Montana State in 2022
By NICK DASCHEL
The Oregonian
CORVALLIS — Oregon State
plans to move its Sept. 17, 2022,
home game against Montana State
from Reser Stadium to Portland’s
Providence Park.
It is the fi rst time the Beavers
have played in Portland since 1986.
Oregon State athletic direc-
tor Scott Barnes said he saw an
opportunity to move a 2022 game
because of Reser Stadium’s west
side construction project. The
Beavers play seven home games
in 2022.
Construction begins at the
conclusion of the 2021 football
season, with completion slated for
spring of 2023. Construction will
halt during the 2022 season, but
most, if not all, of Reser’s west side
won’t be available to fans.
Without the west side, Reser
Stadium has a seating capacity
near 33,000. The 2022 season is
the only schedule year aff ected by
construction.
Providence Park is expected
to have seating capacity close to
its current soccer limit of 25,218
seats.
“We have such a large alumni
base in Portland that we think this
is a wonderful opportunity for our
university to engage our alumni,”
Barnes said.
Details of the game and
festivities are in the planning
stages. Game time for Montana
State-Oregon State will be deter-
mined early next summer when
the Pac-12 announces television
times.
Oregon State’s last appear-
ance in Portland was 1986, when
the Beavers lost to UCLA 49-0
on Nov. 1. OSU also played in
Portland in 1984 and 1985, both
conference games.
The Beavers regularly played
in Portland during the 1960s and
1970s.
Allied Works/Contributed Photo
Oregon State plans to move its Sept. 17, 2022, home game against
Montana State from Reser Stadium to Portland’s Providence Park.