A6 THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021
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TV
MLB preseason, Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh
10 a.m.
MLB
MLB preseason, L.A. Dodgers at Chicago White Sox 1 p.m.
MLB
MLB preseason, San Diego at Chicago Cubs
6 p.m.
MLB
BASKETBALL
NBA, Milwaukee at Philadelphia
4 p.m.
ESPN
NIT, Toledo vs. Richmond
4 p.m.
ESPN2
NIT, Western Kentucky vs. Saint Mary’s
6 p.m.
ESPN2
NBA, L.A. Clippers at Dallas
6:35 p.m.
ESPN
SOFTBALL
College, North Dakota at Florida
4 p.m.
SEC
HOCKEY
NHL, Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN
NHL, Edmonton at Calgary
7 p.m.
NBCSN
SOCCER
Copa do Brazil, Salgueiro AC vs. SC Corinthians 5:20 p.m.
FS2
FOOTBALL
AFL Premiership, Richmond vs. Carlton
12:30 a.m. (Thu) FS2
GOLF
European Tour, Kenya Open
3 a.m. (Thu)
Golf
Prep sports
Wednesday, March 17
Volleyball: Ridgeview at Redmond, 6:30 p.m.; Ma-
dras at North Marion, 6 p.m.; Sweet Home at Sisters,
6:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Summit at Mountain View, 4 p.m.;
Crook County at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Madras
at North Marion, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Bend at Summit, 6 p.m.; North Marion
at Madras, 4 p.m.
Cross-country: Redmond at Crook County, TBD;
Ridgeview at Hood River Valley, TBD.
Thursday, March 18
Football: Culver at Gervais, 5 p.m.
Volleyball: Bend at Summit, 6:30 p.m.; Sisters at
Woodburn, 6 p.m.; La Pine at North Lake/Paisley, 6 p.m.;
Central Christian at Chiloquin, 2 p.m.; Hosanna-Triad at
Central Christian, 4 p.m.
Boys soccer: Redmond at Pendleton, 4 p.m.; Hood
River Valley at Ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Molalla at Estaca-
da, 6 p.m.; Sisters at Stayton, 7 p.m.
Girls soccer: Pendleton at Redmond, 4:30 p.m.;
Ridgeview at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m.; Stayton at
Sisters, 6 p.m.
Cross-country: Clash in the Cascades at Sisters, TBD.
PREPS
THURSDAY
WRESTLING
College, NCAA Division I Championships
College, NCAA Division I Championships
College, NCAA Division I Championships
College, NCAA Division I Championship
BASEBALL
MLB preseason, Washington at N.Y. Mets
MLB preseason, Chicago Cubs at Cleveland
College, Texas A&M at Florida
GOLF
PGA Tour, Honda Classic
European Tour, Kenya Open
SOCCER
Women’s college, Nebraska at Illinois
Women’s college, Minnesota at Penn St.
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
United States vs. Costa Rica
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
Mexico vs. Dominican Republic
Women’s college, USC at UCLA
BASKETBALL
NCAA First Four, Drake vs. Wichita St.
NIT, NC State vs. Davidson
NIT, SMU vs. Boise St.
NCAA First Four, UCLA vs. Michigan St.
NBA, New Orleans at Portland
HOCKEY
Women’s college, NCAA semifinal, teams TBD
NHL, Pittsburgh at New Jersey
BOXING
Ring City USA
SAILING
America’s Cup
FOOTBALL
AFL Premiership, Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs
Volleyball
8 a.m.
11 a.m.
3 p.m.
6 p.m.
ESPNU
ESPNU
ESPN2
ESPN2
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
MLB
MLB
SEC
11 a.m.
3 a.m. (Fri)
Golf
Golf
12:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
3:25 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:50 p.m.
7 p.m.
Big Ten
Big Ten
FS1
FS1
Pac-12
TBS
ESPN
ESPN
TBS
NBCSNW
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
ESPNU
NBCSN
6 p.m.
NBCSN
8 p.m.
NBCSN
1 a.m. (Fri)
FS2
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for
late changes made by TV or radio stations.
SPORTS BRIEFING
SOFTBALL
Oregon softball moves up to season-high in polls
ahead of Pac-12 play — Oregon softball moved up in the
polls ahead of Pac-12 play. The Ducks (16-1) are No. 4 with
691 points in the NFCA coaches poll and and No. 4 with 431
points in the USA Softball poll after beating Sacramento State
twice and Oregon State once last weekend. That’s up from
No. 5 with 658 points and No. 6 with 386 points, respectively,
last week. Oregon opens Pac-12 play with a four-game series
against Utah starting Friday.
BASEBALL
Little League World Series eyes possible return — A
year after the pandemic forced the Little League World Se-
ries to be canceled, organizers are hopeful the late-summer
Classic will return this August. “We are planning as if we
are going to have a tournament season,” said Steve Keener,
the president and CEO of Little League International. A plan
that must include figuring out a way to safely bring together
players from all over the globe. Little League has established
a Pandemic Response Commission dedicated to figuring out
how to pull off the two-week spectacle in Williamsport, Penn-
sylvania.
BASKETBALL
Study: NCAA Tourney teams still have racial gradua-
tion gap — A diversity report released Tuesday found that a
significant graduation gap continues to exist between white
and Black basketball players for the teams competing in this
year’s NCAA Tournament, particularly on the men’s side. The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central
Florida examined the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the
teams competing in the upcoming NCAA Tournament and
found that white male student-athletes graduated at a rate 13.5
percentage points higher than Black male student-athletes.
The gap was 6.1% on the women’s side.
OLYMPICS
Tokyo torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and cau-
tion — Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the
Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble
could imperil the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over
four months. The relay will crisscross Japan for the next four
months with 10,000 runners carrying the torch. It’s also a
symbolic curtain raiser for the postponed Olympics, and there
is no room for error. The relay links all 47 Japanese prefectures
and presents a real risk of spreading the virus, particularly
with much of the organizational staff coming from Tokyo,
where the COVID-19 outbreak has been most severe in Japan.
— Bulletin wire reports
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Tuesday night are:
10 41 46 52 69 8
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The estimated jackpot is now $93 million.
As listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites
Tuesday’s Games
Crook County vs. The Dalles, late
North Marion vs. Madras, late
Creswell 3, La Pine 0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-18)
Culver vs. Sheridan, late
North Lake/Paisley vs. Gilchrist, late
Central Christian 3, Trinity Lutheran 0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-19)
Boys soccer
Monday’s Late Game
Ridgeview 4, Mountain View 0
Tuesday’s Games
Redmond vs. Summit (JV), late
La Pine 8, Bend (JV 2) 1
Girls soccer
Monday’s Late Game
North Marion 8, Madras 0
Tuesday’s Games
Crook County vs. Summit (JV), late
Summit vs. Sisters, late
Redmond vs. Ridgeview, late
Molalla vs. Estacada, late
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
28
12
.700
Brooklyn
27
13
.675
Milwaukee
25
14
.641
Miami
22
18
.550
Charlotte
20
18
.526
Boston
20
19
.513
Atlanta
20
20
.500
New York
20
21
.488
Chicago
18
20
.474
Indiana
17
21
.447
Toronto
17
22
.436
Washington
14
24
.368
Cleveland
14
25
.359
Orlando
13
26
.333
Detroit
10
29
.256
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Utah
29
10
.744
Phoenix
26
12
.684
L.A. Lakers
26
13
.667
L.A. Clippers
26
15
.634
Denver
23
16
.590
Portland
22
16
.579
San Antonio
20
16
.556
Dallas
20
18
.526
Golden State
20
20
.500
Memphis
17
19
.472
New Orleans
17
22
.436
Oklahoma City
17
23
.425
Sacramento
15
24
.385
Houston
11
27
.289
Minnesota
9
30
.231
Monday’s Late Games
Milwaukee 133, Washington 122
Charlotte 122, Sacramento 116
San Antonio 109, Detroit 99
Brooklyn 117, New York 112
L.A. Clippers 109, Dallas 99
Phoenix 122, Memphis 99
Denver 121, Indiana 106
L.A. Lakers 128, Golden State 97
Tuesday’s Games
Utah 117, Boston 109
Atlanta 119, Houston 107
Chicago 123, Oklahoma City 102
Miami 113, Cleveland 98
Phila. 99, New York 96
New Orleans at Portland, late
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, late
Wednesday’s Games
Brooklyn at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Phila., 4 p.m.
Sacramento at Washington, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
Golden State at Houston, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Denver, 6 p.m.
Miami at Memphis, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
GB
—
1
2½
6
7
7½
8
8½
9
10
10½
13
13½
14½
17½
GB
—
2½
3
4
6
6½
7½
8½
9½
10½
12
12½
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DEALS
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BASKETBALL
HOCKEY
Men’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT
FIRST FOUR
Thursday’s Games
In Bloomington, Ind.
Mount St. Mary’s (12-10) vs. Texas Southern (16-8),
2:10 p.m.
Norfolk St. (16-7) vs. Appalachian St. (17-11), 5:40 p.m.
In West Lafayette, Ind.
Wichita St. (16-5) vs. Drake (25-4), 3:27 p.m.
Michigan St. (15-12) vs. UCLA (17-9), 6:57 p.m.
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF
Washington 29 19 6 4 42 103
N.Y. Islanders 30 19 7 4 42 87
Pittsburgh
29 18 10 1 37 94
Boston
27 15 8 4 34 73
Philadelphia 26 14 9 3 31 88
N.Y. Rangers 27 11 12 4 26 76
New Jersey
26 9 13 4 22 65
Buffalo
28 6 18 4 16 60
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
28 20 6 2 42 102 67
Florida
28 19 5 4 42 99 81
Carolina
28 20 7 1 41 97 72
Chicago
30 14 11 5 33 92 98
Columbus
30 11 12 7 29 80 99
Dallas
25 9 9 7 25 72 68
Nashville
29 12 16 1 25 71 97
Detroit
30 9 17 4 22 68 99
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
26 19 6 1 39 85 57
Minnesota
27 18 8 1 37 86 64
Colorado
26 16 8 2 34 78 60
St. Louis
28 14 9 5 33 88 92
Los Angeles 27 11 10 6 28 79 78
Arizona
29 12 13 4 28 70 88
San Jose
26 11 12 3 25 76 91
Anaheim
29 8 15 6 22 63 95
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
30 19 9 2 40 102 79
Winnipeg
28 17 9 2 36 93 82
Edmonton
31 18 13 0 36 103 91
Montreal
28 13 8 7 33 90 76
Calgary
29 14 12 3 31 80 85
Vancouver
32 14 16 2 30 89 102
Ottawa
32 10 20 2 22 85 127
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 Late Games
Calgary 4, Edmonton 3
Vegas 2, San Jose 1
Tuesday’s Games
Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2
Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1
Detroit 4, Carolina 2
Minnesota 3, Arizona 0
Tampa Bay 4, Dallas 3, SO
Anaheim at Colorado, late
Wednesday’s Games
Vancouver at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.
Montreal at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Vegas, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
GA
88
67
82
65
87
76
84
97
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with INF
Maikel Franco on a one-year contract. Optioned INFs Ry-
lan Brannon and Tyler Nevin, OFs Yusniel Diaz and Ryan
McKenna and RHP Ashton Goudeau to Norfolk (Triple-A
Southeast). Reassigned C Taylor Davis to Twin Lakes camp.
Placed RHP Hunter Harvey on 60-day IR.
BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHPs Eduard Bazardo
and John Schreiber and C/INF Connor Wong to alternate
training site.
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHPs Matt Manning,
Franklin Perez and Alex Lange, INF Zack Short and OF
Christin Stewart to Toledo (Triple-A Midwest). Reassigned
INF Kody Clemens to the mini-camp.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned C Sebastian Rivero
and P Tyler Zuber to Omaha (Triple-A East).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Sam Delaplane
to Tacoma (Triple-A West) and RHP Juan Then to Everett
(High-A West). Re-assigned RHP Moises Gomez and LHP
Ian McKinney to the minor league camp.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned INF/OF Vidal Brujan,
Summit
Continued from A5
This year would have been a
new challenge for the Storm.
Since moving up and join-
ing the Class 6A ranks in 2018,
the perennial 5A state title con-
tender found itself in a similar
position in the state’s highest
classification — in the state
tournament where the state’s
best teams and players meet.
“You get there and the girls
there are 5 inches taller than
the girls you have played all
season,” said senior Harper
Justema. “We are typically the
only team not from Portland,
so there are about 300 kids
from Portland teams who band
together and cheer against you,
and you have the sheer mag-
nitude of 600 people cheering
against you.”
Although the Storm have
advanced to the final weekend
of the season in previous years,
they have yet to break through
in 6A. In six tournament games
the past two seasons, the Storm
have only won two matches
and have yet to reach the cham-
pionship match, as they have
six times under Waskom, hoist-
ing the 5A state championship
trophy in 2011 and 2015.
It was not long after walking
off the courts at Liberty High
School at the 6A state tour-
All-Americans
Continued from A5
“Thinking about me as a
freshman coming to Baylor and
not knowing what I’m getting
myself into, having no expec-
tations for how well I’m going
to be or how good I’m going to
be — it means a lot to come full
circle,” said Butler, the Big 12
player of the year and a third-
team All-American last season.
It is the first time Baylor,
which earned a No. 1 seed for
the NCAA Tournament, has
had a first-team All-American.
“These awards are just team
awards,” said Butler, who with-
drew from the NBA draft to
return for his junior year. “I
wouldn’t be here without my
teammates just playing with me
and giving me confidence. It’s
been nice.”
Kispert withdrew from the
draft and led his team to a No.
1 overall seed, along with help-
ing the Bulldogs finish a per-
fect regular season. He joined
Dan Dickau, Adam Morrison
and Kelly Olynyk as first-team
All-Americans from Gonzaga.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Summit volleyball coach Jill Waskom talks about how to defend the net
with her players during practice last week at Summit High School.
nament in 2019 that Summit
aimed its focus at taking down
the Portland-area schools and
claiming a state championship.
Then COVID-19 came to
the United States, and high
school sports seasons were
postponed and postponed
again. Practices were sporadic,
sometimes months apart from
one another. And once they
started back up, the decision
was made not to host state
championships — a blow to a
team with title aspirations.
For seniors Justema and
Sauer, this year’s season is not
one they envisioned — rowdy
fans in the stands for the big-
gest games and working toward
the end goal of a title.
The new high school real-
ity was no more apparent than
when Summit faced off against
cross-town rival Bend High
last week. Normally a full gym
for when the Lava Bears and
Storm face off, this time it was
an empty gym.
“We have one of the bigger
student sections that you will
see at a volleyball game, but it is
just a totally different picture,”
Justema said.
Normally a crowd helps de-
liver energy to the players, but
not this year with the limited
crowd capacity. Yet the five-set
match — which Bend High
nearly stole after falling be-
“He’s the epitome of a college
athlete. He’s a poster child for
the term student-athlete, great
student, great ambassador for
the program, our school and
college athletics in general,”
Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.
“It’s all been because of the
work, the time he’s put in, and
his growth physically and men-
tally. He’s just an unbelievable
guy.”
So is Garza, the big man
from Iowa, who came up two
votes of being a unanimous
choice last season. In fact, he’s
been so dominant that the
school’s career scoring leader
will have his No. 55 jersey re-
tired at the end of the season.
Like the Hawkeyes, the
Fighting Illini had never had a
first-team pick until Dosunmu
came along. The two-time All-
Big Ten guard led them to the
conference tournament title
last weekend and a No. 1 seed
in the NCAA tourney.
Joining those veterans —
seniors Garza and Kispert,
juniors Butler and Dosunmu
— is Cunningham, the favor-
ite to be chosen first overall
in the NBA draft. The fresh-
man forward helped engineer
an upset of Baylor in the Big
12 tourney and will lead the
fourth-seeded Cowboys into
the NCAA Tournament.
“Oklahoma State, last year
wasn’t the year that they were
proud of,” Cunningham said,
“but I know there’s a bunch of
guys that wanted to win and
were going to do everything
that it took to win. So having
a group of guys like that, with
the coach we have and staff we
have, that’s what I want to sur-
round myself with.”
Second team
While the first team was full
of upperclassmen, the second
team belonged to college bas-
ketball’s youth.
There was Suggs, the fresh-
man who led Gonzaga to
high-profile wins over Kansas
and Iowa early in the season,
and Timme, the sophomore
who went from key reserve
to crucial starter for the West
Coast Conference champs.
Joining them were a trio of
post players: Kofi Cockburn
OF Josh Lowe, INFs Kevin Padlo and Taylor Walls, RHPs
Drew Stotman, Brent Honeywell and Luis Patino, LHPs
Shane McClanahan and Brendan McKay to Durham (Tri-
ple-A Southeast).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP J.B. Bu-
kauskas, OF Stuart Fairchild and INF Geraldo Perdomo to
Reno (Triple-A West).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP Yoan Aybar,
INF/OF Bret Boswell and RHPs Ryan Castellani, Justin Law-
rence and Jose Mujica to Albuquerque (Triple-A West).
Re-assigned RHP Jesus Tinoco, C Willie MacIver to the mi-
nor league camp.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with INF
Travis Shaw. Placed INF/OF Mark Mathias on 60-day IR.
Optioned RHP Phil Bickford to Nashville (Triple-A South-
east). Reassigned OF Dylan Cozens, INF Zach Green, C
Payton Henry, INF/OF Pablo Reyes, LHP Aaron Ashby and
RHP Zack Brown to minor league camp.
NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Sam McWilliams
and OF Khalil Lee to Syracuse (Triple-A East).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned INFs Rodolfo Castro,
Liover Peguero and Oneil Cruz, RHPs Roansy Contreras, Max
Kranick and Nick Mears. Reassigned RHPs Cody Bolton,
Quinn Priester and Jandel Gustave, C Jason Delay, OFs Cal
Mitchell, Travis Swaggerty and Canaan Smith-Njigba, INF
Nick Gonzalez and INF/OF Mason Martin.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Reggie Lawson
to San Antonio (Double-A South).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed OT Kelvin Beachum
to a two-year contract.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Re-signed LB Chris Board to a
one-year contract.
BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with LB Tyler
Matakevich on a one-year contract extension.
CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with DE Mario
Edwards Jr. on a three-year contract extension.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed S Braandon Wilson
to a two-year contract extension.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Waived LB Curtis Bolton, DT An-
drew Brown and WRs J’Mon Moore and Damion Ratley.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Re-signed LB Vince Biegel.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released DT Shamar Stephen.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Released CB Adoree Jackson
and RT Dennis Kelly.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled Ds Brandon Davidson
Henri Jokiharju from the minor league taxi squad. As-
signed F Rasmus Asplund and D Jacob Bryson to the
minor league taxi squad.
CAROLINA HURICANES — Recalled D Joey Keane
and G Beck Warn from the minor league taxi squad.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Signed LW Josiah Slavin
to a two-year entry-level contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Waived LW Mikhail
Grigorenko.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Waived RW Paul Byron.
SAN JOSE SHARKS — Assigned G Kris Oldham, D
Chaz Reddekopp and Fs Kyle Topping, Krystof Hrabkik
and Joseph Garreffa to San Jose (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Waived RW Jimmy Vesey.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS — Signed D Daniil Miro-
manov as free agent to a one-year, entry level contract.
WINNIPEG JETS — Waived G Anton Forsberg.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FORT LAUDERDALE CF — Named Darren Powell as
head coach.
hind 2-0 — was as intense has
they have been in the past with
packed gyms. Summit won
the fifth-and-decisive game to
claim the match 3-2.
“It is super different, we have
to create our own energy,” said
junior Kate Doorn. “One of our
goals is to stay super loud be-
cause there isn’t a student sec-
tion to be loud for us. In a way
it makes it more intense be-
cause we have to focus on vol-
leyball when there are no fans.”
Justema, Sauer, Kendall and
Doorn all said that what made
this team a championship con-
tender was not just the team’s
physical traits or past success,
but the chemistry it has been
able to foster, especially over
the last year.
The Storm’s goal has shifted
from a state title to simply en-
joying the time with one an-
other. If there is one thing they
have learned the last year, it’s
that time together is not always
guaranteed.
“I love this team and every-
one loves each other so much,”
Kendall said. “It makes it spe-
cial because we all play for each
other because we don’t know
when it is going to continue or
if it is going to stop. So we push
each other every moment and
enjoy every moment of it.”
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of Illinois, Hunter Dickinson
of Michigan and Evan Mobley
of USC.
“Very proud of Evan, his
development,” Trojans coach
Andy Enfield.
“He’s really improved as a
player throughout the season
and we are going to need him
to play at a high level starting
the end of this week.”
Third team
Baylor’s Mitchell was joined
on the third team by Quen-
tin Grimes, the high-scoring
guard from Houston; Herb
Jones of Alabama; Cameron
Krutwig of mid-major darling
Loyola Chicago; and Chris Du-
arte of Oregon.
Just like the first- and sec-
ond-team All-Americans, their
teams also will be playing in the
NCAA Tournament this week.
“You never want to take win-
ning for granted,” said Krut-
wig, a member of the Ramblers
team that reached the Final
Four in 2018. “We put a lot of
hard work into it. But we were
sitting there saying, ‘There’s so
much more to go.’”