A6 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASKETBALL
Time
TV
NBA G League, Lakeland Magic vs Westchester Knicks noon
ESPN2
Men’s College, Saint Louis at VCU
3 p.m.
CBSSN
Men’s College, Teams TBA
4 p.m.
ESPN
Men’s College, West Virginia at TCU
4 p.m.
ESPN2
Men’s College, UCF at SMU
4 p.m.
ESPNU
Men’s College, Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
4 p.m.
ROOT
Men’s College, LSU at Georgia
4 p.m.
SEC
Men’s College, Illinois at Michigan State
4 p.m.
FS1
NBA, Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks
4:30 p.m.
TNT
Men’s College, St. John’s at Villanova
5 p.m.
CBSSN
Men’s College, Teams TBA
6 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2
Men’s College, Ole Miss at Missouri
6 p.m.
SEC
Men’s College, Connecticut at Georgetown
6 p.m.
FS1
NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets
7 p.m.
TNT
HOCKEY
NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals
4 p.m.
NBCSN
SOCCER
Premier League, Leeds United vs Southampton
9:55 a.m. NBCSN
UEFA Champions League, Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea noon
CBSSN
WEDNESDAY
BASKETBALL
Women’s College, Rutgers at Michigan State
NBA G League, Memphis Hustle vs G League Ignite
Women’s College, Ohio State at Penn State
Men’s College, Seton Hall at Butler
Men’s College, Marquette at North Carolina
Men’s College, Temple at South Florida
Men’s College, South Carolina at Mississippi State
NBA, Golden State Warriors at Indiana Pacers
Men’s College, Indiana at Rutgers
Men’s College, DePaul at Creighton
Men’s College, Cincinnati at Tulsa
Men’s College, Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Men’s College, Xavier at Providence
NBA, Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz
Men’s College, Fresno State at UNLV
HOCKEY
NHL, New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers
NHL, Los Angeles Kings at St. Louis Blues
SOCCER
SheBelieves Cup -- Canada vs Brazil
SheBelieves Cup -- United States vs Argentina
Time
noon
noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
8 p.m.
TV
BIG10
ESPN2
BIG10
CBSSN
ESPN2
ESPNU
SEC
ESPN
BIG10
CBSSN
ESPNU
SEC
FS1
ESPN
FS1
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN
NBCSN
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
FS1
FS1
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
Oregon women’s basketball drops in AP poll ahead of
final week of regular season — Oregon women’s basket-
ball dropped in the AP poll after losing to Stanford and split-
ting its trip to Los Angeles. The Ducks (13-6, 10-6 Pac-12) are
No. 14 with 294 points in the AP poll, down from No. 13 with
377 points last week, following losses to Stanford and at UCLA
and win at USC. Oregon is scheduled to host Oregon State in
the regular season finale on Sunday (3 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
CORONAVIRUS
Steelers coach Tomlin announces his COVID-19 situa-
tion — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is dealing with
COVID-19. Tomlin said Monday that he’s experienced “min-
imal symptoms” and remains in “good health.” The 48-year-
old Tomlin did not disclose when he tested positive for the
novel coronavirus. The team sent employees and staff home
last Wednesday as a precaution after someone in the facility
tested positive. Tomlin said he expects to be back in the office
“soon” and will continue to work virtually until he is cleared
to go back to work in-person. The Steelers are in the midst of
a busy offseason and are still working to determine how quar-
terback Ben Roethlisberger fits into their 2021 plans.
Iona season halted again — Iona’s first season under
Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is halted again, this time un-
til the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. The
Gaels, who recently returned from the longest pause in Di-
vision I this season, announced Monday they won’t be able
to play their final five conference games because of a positive
COVID-19 result by a Tier I member of the program. Subse-
quent quarantine and isolation protocols left them without
the required number of players. Iona returned from a 51-day
pause on Feb. 12 against Manhattan, its first game since Dec.
23. That was supposed to begin a stretch of 10 games in 22
days before the MAAC Tournament in Atlantic City, New
Jersey. Pitino said he had tested positive during the previous
pause, estimating that about half the team has had the coro-
navirus this season. Iona hired the winner of national cham-
pionships at Kentucky and Louisville last March, during an
outbreak of the virus in Iona’s city of New Rochelle, New
York. The Gaels swept Monmouth over the weekend and were
scheduled to play Marist on Wednesday.
Dr. J gets vaccinated — Julius “Dr. J” Erving is the latest
NBA legend to reveal that he’s gotten vaccinated against the
coronavirus, doing so Monday. Much like Kareem Abdul-Jab-
bar, Gregg Popovich and Bill Russell before him, Erving made
the announcement in the form of a video distributed through
the league. “We were never afraid to take the big shot,” Erving
said in the video. Erving turned 71 on Monday, meaning he
is well within the current age guidelines for vaccine eligibility
as established by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion. The video he appears in also includes short clips of Jerry
West, Dave Bing and Wayne Embry receiving their vaccina-
tions. The league has released these videos in an effort to help
encourage the public to receive the vaccine when they are eli-
gible and it is available in their community.
— Bulletin wire reports
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The numbers drawn Monday night are:
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results
The estimated jackpot is now $2.3 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
SPRING IN THE AIR
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
20
11
.645
Brooklyn
20
12
.625
Milwaukee
18
13
.581
Indiana
15
14
.517
Toronto
16
15
.516
Boston
15
15
.500
New York
15
16
.484
Charlotte
14
15
.483
Chicago
14
16
.467
Miami
13
17
.433
Atlanta
13
17
.433
Orlando
13
18
.419
Washington
10
17
.370
Cleveland
10
21
.323
Detroit
8
22
.267
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Utah
24
6
.800
L.A. Lakers
22
9
.710
L.A. Clippers
22
10
.688
Phoenix
20
10
.667
Portland
18
12
.600
San Antonio
16
11
.593
Denver
16
14
.533
Golden State
16
15
.516
Dallas
14
15
.483
Memphis
13
14
.481
New Orleans
13
17
.433
Sacramento
12
18
.400
Oklahoma City
12
18
.400
Houston
11
18
.379
Minnesota
7
24
.226
Monday’s Games
Chicago 120, Houston 100
Dallas 102, Memphis 92
San Antonio at Indiana, ppd
Charlotte at Utah, late
Miami at Oklahoma City, late
Phoenix 132, Portland 100
Washington at L.A. Lakers, late
Tuesday’s Games
Atlanta at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Boston at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.
Golden State at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Phila. at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Portland at Denver, 7 p.m.
Washington at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
GB
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2
4
4
4½
5
5
5½
6½
6½
7
8
10
11½
GB
—
2½
3
4
5½
6
8
8½
9½
9½
11
12
12
12½
17½
Men’s College
THE AP TOP 25
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Gonzaga (60)
22-0
1596
1
2. Baylor (4)
17-0
1540
2
3. Michigan
16-1
1472
3
4. Ohio State
18-5
1370
4
5. Illinois
16-5
1356
5
6. Alabama
18-5
1196
8
7. Oklahoma
14-5
1150
9
8. Villanova
14-3
1132
10
9. Iowa
17-6
1088
11
10. West Virginia
15-6
1014
13
11. Florida State
13-3
967
16
12. Houston
18-3
921
6
13. Creighton
16-5
836
14
14. Texas
13-6
730
12
15. Virginia
15-5
690
7
16. Virginia Tech
14-4
545
18
17. Kansas
17-7
532
23
18. Texas Tech
14-7
477
15
19. Southern California
18-4
423
17
20. Arkansas
17-5
346
24
21. Loyola Chicago
19-4
288
22
22. San Diego State
17-4
222
25
23. Wisconsin
16-8
200
21
24. Missouri
14-6
149
20
25. Tennessee
15-6
145
19
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 92, Belmont
80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53, LSU 32, Brigham Young 19,
Drake 19, UCLA 17, Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Car-
olina 6, Wichita State 6, Boise State 5, Toledo 4, UC Santa
Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, Winthrop 2, Xavier 2.
MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Record
Pts
1. Gonzaga (27)
22-0
795
2. Baylor (4)
17-0
771
3. Michigan (1)
16-1
737
4. Illinois
16-5
657
5. Ohio State
18-5
648
6. Villanova
14-3
608
7. Alabama
18-5
589
8. Oklahoma
14-5
552
9. Florida State
13-3
490
10. Houston
18-3
483
11. Creighton
16-5
468
12. Iowa
17-6
465
13. West Virginia
15-6
462
14. Virginia
15-5
361
15. Virginia Tech
14-4
314
16. Texas
13-6
308
17. Texas Tech
14-7
224
Prv
1
2
3
5
4
7
9
10
16
5
12
14
15
8
17
13
11
Marquette 65, Creighton 41
Prairie View 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58
Sam Houston St. 63, Lamar 55
Stephen F. Austin 82, Cent. Arkansas 59
Pacific 67, San Diego 65
HOCKEY
NHL
Ross D. Franklin/AP
With mothballed and retired passenger planes in the background at
Phoenix Goodyear Airport, pitchers for the Cleveland Indians warm up
during a spring training practice on Monday in Goodyear, Arizona.
18. Southern California
18-4
218
18
19. Kansas
17-7
168
24
20. Arkansas
17-5
134
28
21. Oklahoma St.
14-6
132
22
22. Loyola-Chicago
19-4
124
23
23. Oregon
14-4
115
25
24. Wisconsin
16-8
105
21
25. San Diego State
17-4
96
26
Dropped out: No. 19 Missouri (14-6); No. 20 Tennes-
see (15-6).
Others receiving votes: Missouri (14-6) 83; Tennessee
(15-6) 74; Purdue (15-8) 64; Belmont (24-1) 45; Drake (22-
2) 22; UCLA (16-5) 17; Clemson (13-5) 16; LSU (14-6) 13;
Winthrop (20-1) 9; Brigham Young (17-5) 9; Boise State.
(18-4) 8; Wichita State (13-4) 7; North Carolina (14-7) 5;
Connecticut (10-6) 3; Seton Hall (13-9) 1.
Morehead St. 56, SIU-Edwardsville 48
S. Illinois 67, Valparaiso 64
SE Louisiana 78, Texas A&M-CC 75
Sam Houston St. 77, Lamar 71
Texas State 57, Arkansas St. 52
N. Colorado 89, Warner Pacific 60
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 66, Pepperdine 61
Women’s college
No. 19 Southern Cal 72, Oregon 58
THE AP TOP 25
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Connecticut (28)
18-1
748
1
2. North Carolina State
15-2
685
4
3. Texas A&M (1)
20-1
684
5
4. Stanford (1)
20-2
660
6
5. South Carolina
18-3
638
2
6. Louisville
20-2
599
3
7. Baylor
17-2
588
7
8. Maryland
16-2
539
9
9. Arizona
15-2
522
10
10. UCLA
13-4
459
8
11. Indiana
14-4
425
14
12. Michigan
13-2
415
11
13. South Florida
13-1
398
12
14. Oregon
13-6
294
13
15. Ohio State
13-4
287
15
16. Arkansas
17-7
276
18
17. Georgia
17-4
257
22
18. West Virginia
17-3
244
19
19. Kentucky
15-6
231
17
20. Tennessee
13-6
206
21
21. Gonzaga
19-3
186
16
22. South Dakota State
19-2
125
23
23. Missouri State
15-2
93
25
24. DePaul
13-5
85
19
25. Rutgers
10-3
50
-
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 16, Northwest-
ern 11, Florida Gulf Coast 8, Stephen F. Austin 6, Virginia
Tech 5, South Dakota 3, Georgia Tech 3, Brigham Young
3, Marquette 1.
OREGON (14-4)
Lawson 1-3 0-2 3, Omoruyi 3-10 3-3 9, Duarte 5-8 0-0
11, Richardson 2-8 1-2 5, Figueroa 5-11 0-0 14, Williams
6-13 1-2 14, Kepnang 1-1 0-0 2, Terry 0-2 0-0 0, Hardy
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 5-9 58.
SOUTHERN CAL (18-4)
Goodwin 1-1 0-0 2, E.Mobley 5-7 1-3 11, E.Anderson
2-9 1-2 6, Eaddy 8-14 2-2 24, White 3-6 1-2 7, Peterson
6-12 1-2 15, Agbonkpolo 2-5 2-2 7. Totals 27-54 8-13 72.
Halftime —Southern Cal 43-22. 3-Point Goals —Ore-
gon 7-17 (Figueroa 4-6, Lawson 1-2, Williams 1-2, Du-
arte 1-3, Hardy 0-1, Terry 0-1, Omoruyi 0-2), Southern
Cal 10-21 (Eaddy 6-11, Peterson 2-4, Agbonkpolo 1-2,
E.Anderson 1-2, White 0-2). Rebounds —Oregon 25
(Williams 9), Southern Cal 35 (Peterson 11). Assists —
Oregon 10 (Duarte 4), Southern Cal 17 (E.Anderson 8).
Total Fouls —Oregon 16, Southern Cal 11.
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
Stanford
18 2 .900 21 2 .913
Arizona
13 3 .813 15 3 .833
UCLA
11 4 .733 13 4 .765
Oregon
10 6 .625 13 6 .684
Oregon St.
6 6 .500 8 6 .571
Colorado
8 8 .500 10 9 .526
Southern Cal
8 9 .471 10 10 .500
Washington St. 8 10 .444 10 10 .500
Arizona St.
5 9 .357 10 9 .526
Utah
4 15 .211 5 15 .250
Washington
3 12 .200 6 12 .333
California
1 11 .083 1 14 .067
Monday’s Game
No. 6 Stanford 62, No. 10 Arizona 48
SCORES
Monday’s Games
Charleston Southern 78, Presbyterian 77, OT
Duke 85, Syracuse 71
Elon 73, William & Mary 54
Gardner-Webb 69, SC-Upstate 58
Jackson St. 63, Grambling St. 59
Liberty 74, North Alabama 54
Louisiana-Lafayette 76, Texas-Arlington 74
Louisiana-Monroe 68, UALR 64
Mercer 88, The Citadel 52
New Orleans 88, Cent. Arkansas 63
Northwestern St. 86, Houston Baptist 80
UAB 117, Rust College 45
UNC-Greensboro 77, W. Carolina 56
Drake 74, Evansville 63
E. Kentucky 87, SE Missouri 65
SCORES
Monday’s Games
Lehigh 71, Lafayette 57
Notre Dame 59, Pittsburgh 48
St. Bonaventure 72, Duquesne 55
Stony Brook 58, Albany (NY) 46
Alcorn St. 73, Alabama A&M 64, OT
Austin Peay 65, E. Kentucky 49
Jackson St. 82, Grambling St. 66
Louisiana-Monroe 62, UALR 44
McNeese St. 73, Houston Baptist 55
Nicholls 72, Northwestern St. 65
North Alabama 89, Bellarmine 76
SE Louisiana 51, Abilene Christian 46
Southern U. 64, Alabama St. 47
Butler 73, Xavier 61
Jacksonville St. 61, SIU-Edwardsville 47
PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
Southern Cal
13 3 .813 19 4 .826
UCLA
12 3 .800 16 5 .762
Oregon
9 4 .692 14 5 .737
Colorado
11 6 .647 17 7 .708
Stanford
10 7 .588 14 9 .609
Arizona
9 8 .529 15 8 .652
Oregon St.
7 9 .438 11 11 .500
Washington St. 7 10 .412 14 10 .583
Utah
6 9 .400 9 10 .474
Arizona St.
4 8 .333 7 11 .389
Washington
4 13 .235 5 17 .227
California
3 15 .167 8 17 .320
Monday’s Games
No. 19 Southern Cal 72, Oregon 58
Tuesday’s Games
Washington at Arizona St., 6 p.m.
Monday’s Box Score
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston
16 11 3 2 24 51 36
Washington 17 9 5 3 21 58 60
N.Y. Islanders 18 9 6 3 21 44 43
Philadelphia 15 8 4 3 19 51 51
Pittsburgh
16 9 6 1 19 51 53
N.Y. Rangers 16 6 7 3 15 40 42
New Jersey
13 6 5 2 14 36 37
Buffalo
15 5 8 2 12 37 46
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida
17 12 3 2 26 59 48
Carolina
17 12 4 1 25 64 47
Tampa Bay
16 11 4 1 23 58 38
Chicago
19 9 6 4 22 55 56
Columbus
19 8 7 4 20 55 64
Dallas
13 5 4 4 14 41 37
Nashville
17 7 10 0 14 40 57
Detroit
20 5 12 3 13 39 64
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
19 10 7 2 22 59 59
Vegas
15 10 4 1 21 45 34
Colorado
14 9 4 1 19 44 29
Los Angeles 17 8 6 3 19 54 48
Arizona
17 7 7 3 17 44 49
Minnesota
14 8 6 0 16 38 36
San Jose
16 7 7 2 16 45 58
Anaheim
18 6 9 3 15 34 50
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
20 14 4 2 30 72 54
Edmonton
20 12 8 0 24 72 62
Winnipeg
18 11 6 1 23 61 49
Montreal
17 9 5 3 21 57 47
Calgary
19 9 9 1 19 50 54
Vancouver
22 8 12 2 18 65 78
Ottawa
20 5 14 1 11 47 80
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Monday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2
Calgary 3, Toronto 0
Florida 3, Dallas 1
Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2
Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0
Anaheim at Arizona, late
Vegas at Colorado, late
Minnesota at San Jose, late
Tuesday’s Games
Buffalo at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
BOSTON RED SOX — Claimed RHP Joel Payamps off
waivers from Toronto. Placed OF Franchy Cordero on
the COVID-19 injured list.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Brad
Brach on a minor league contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP
Trevor Rosenthal on a one-year contract. Designated
CF Dustin Fowler for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with SS Fer-
nando Tatis on a 14-year contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Announced the resignation of
president and CEO Kevin Mather.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHPs Yonny Chirinos and
Oliver Drake on the 60-day IL. Agreed to terms with RHPs
Chaz Roe and Collin McHugh on minor league contracts.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with 3B
Asdrubal Cabrera on a one-year contract. Placed RHP
Luis Frias on the injured list.
ATLANTA BRAVES — Claimed OF Phillip Ervin off waivers
from the Chicago Cubs.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Brett
Anderson on a one-year contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed LT Anthony Castonzo
on the reserve/retired list.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR River Cracraft to
a one-year extension.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS — Named Sola Winley executive vice president and
chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer.
ATLANTA UNITED — Loaned F Adam Jahn to Orange
County SC (USL Championship). Acquired M Franco
Ibarra from the Argentino Juniors (Argentine Primera).
NASHVILLE SC — Acquired D Nick Hinds from Seattle
in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.
MLB | SPRING TRAINING
Players who opted out excited for ‘21
BY JAKE SEINER
AP Baseball Writer
David Price spent much of
2020 in front of his television,
watching from afar as his Los
Angeles Dodgers chased an
elusive World Series champi-
onship.
Trepidation about playing
baseball through a pandemic
trumped his urge to play — but
that doesn’t mean the 2012 AL
Cy Young Award winner never
thought about an early return.
“It definitely crossed my
mind,” Price said Friday from
Dodgers spring training in
Glendale, Arizona. “But I
didn’t want to just come back
to be back. I wanted to come
back to stay.”
Sixteen months since his
last competitive game, Price
is indeed back, just like many
of the nearly 20 big leaguers
who opted out of the corona-
Preps
Continued from A5
“From a coaching stand-
point, we are not too focused
on wins and losses and the
quality of soccer,” said Summit
boys soccer coach Ron Kid-
der, whose team played for the
Class 6A state title each of the
previous two seasons. “The
primary goal is to just provide
a place for these guys to play
and have fun.”
While most schools in Cen-
tral Oregon are back practic-
virus-shortened 2020 season
— a list including All-Stars like
San Francisco’s Buster Posey,
Milwaukee’s Lorenzo Cain, the
New York Mets’ Marcus Stro-
man and Washington’s Ryan
Zimmerman.
Traded from Boston to the
Dodgers last February, the
35-year-old Price pitched in
spring exhibitions for LA be-
fore deciding to go home. In-
stead of playing, he did what
many Americans have done
with their unexpected time —
he watched a lot of TV.
“On the West Coast, base-
ball starts at 10 a.m.,” he said.
“I had baseball on TV all day
long, East Coast games and
West Coast games.”
Coming back after all that
wasn’t a hard decision.
“I feel like our team and
MLB handled it extremely
well,” Price said. “I know they
had a lot of protocols they had
to go through. The training
staff were bending over back-
wards to keep guys COVID
free.
“We have a lot more infor-
mation on it now,” he added.
“All of that played into the de-
cision to play this year. I knew I
wanted to play this year.”
Nationals right-hander Joe
Ross echoed that sentiment.
He hasn’t pitched since starting
Game 5 of the 2019 World Se-
ries, passing on a chance to de-
fend the title because of all the
uncertainties at the time about
the effectiveness of MLB’s pro-
tocols.
After early season outbreaks
on the Cardinals and Marlins,
MLB adjusted its safety guide-
lines and successfully played
through the end of the season.
The league has enhanced its
protocols this spring, including
the introduction of electronic
contact tracing wristbands for
players to wear around team
facilities.
“Everything so far has been
going great,” Ross said. “It’s
kind of a normal, quote-un-
quote, spring training as far
as being back on the field and
stuff like that.”
Teams have concerns about
overtaxing pitchers after last
year’s abbreviated workloads,
and those apprehensions are
even stronger for pitchers like
Ross who didn’t pitch at all. It
doesn’t help that the 27-year-
old has a checkered health his-
tory, including Tommy John
surgery in 2017.
“We have to be very careful,”
Washington manager Dave
Martinez said. “I know it’s
been (3½) years since he’s had
Tommy John, but we want to
keep him healthy.”
ing in preparation for games
and matches starting next
week, three volleyball teams
still do not know what their
season will entail, or when it
will start.
Culver, Madras and Crook
County all have their fingers
crossed that good news is on
the other side of the newest
county risk level updates set to
be released this week.
Both Crook and Jefferson
counties are in extreme risk,
which means indoor sports
like volleyball are prohibited
due to indoor capacity restric-
tions.
A move from extreme to
high risk would make it possi-
ble for the three teams to begin
competing, while remaining in
extreme would all but force the
athletic departments to move
volleyball to later in the year.
The OSAA gave volleyball
teams the option to move their
seasons to later in the school
year if teams cannot play due
to their county’s risk level.
“We are hoping to get
dropped down into high level
this week,” said Culver athletic
director Shea Little. “Fingers
crossed.”
But the disappointment and
frustration of shortened, de-
layed seasons is no longer the
focus — the return to action is
at the forefront now.
“We are past that,” Kidder
said. “Now we are at a new
phase where we are out play-
ing soccer and being back on
the field with some semblance
of normalcy.”
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