The BulleTin • Tuesday, March 23, 2021 A7
Sweet 16
DEAR ABBY
Dear Abby: My older sis-
ter moved in with me after
she was placed on furlough
because of the pandemic. I
was resistant to her moving
in because she likes to run the
show, has taken financial ad-
vantage of every family mem-
ber, never admits she’s wrong
… and I was worried she’d
take over. But I wanted to help
her save money, so I said yes.
Now it’s like I’m walking
on eggshells. Every time I
make a simple request, she
accuses me of trying to act
like her mother! After six
months she asked if I’d prefer
she move in with our par-
ents, and I said yes. Now she’s
upset, and my parents are
begging me to let her stay be-
cause they don’t want to deal
with her. I just want my peace
back. What should I do?
— Tired Little Sister
Dear Tired: I’ll tell you
what NOT to do. Do not re-
lent. She asked if you’d prefer
she move in with your par-
ents, and you answered her
honestly. Set a date for her to
be out and stick to it. It will
save your sanity.
Dear Abby: I’m a very
hands-on person, recently re-
tired, and I would like to do
volunteer work. Sounds sim-
ple, right? Well, it seems no
one needs volunteers. I have
been looking for something,
preferably ecological in na-
ture, for two years. But when-
ever I inquire, I’m flooded
with appeals for money. I was
hoping you might give me
some more ideas.
— Broke but Available
Dear Broke: You describe
yourself as hands-on with an
interest in things that are eco-
logical. Because your efforts
are not needed at the organi-
zations you contacted, mod-
ify your search.
Would you be interested in
helping to keep your neigh-
borhood clean and free of
trash, starting a vegetable
garden to feed the needy, per-
forming yard and gardening
chores for elderly members of
your community who can no
longer do it themselves? How
about teaching a class in ecol-
ogy at a community center?
If that is not to your liking,
would you deliver meals to
shut-ins for a while? An an-
imal hospital or pet rescue
group may be able to use a
willing hand in exercising the
animals in their care. The op-
tions are there. Sample them
until you find something to
your liking.
Dear Abby: I am a
40-something woman and
have been with my partner for
four years. I am the mother of
three boys; he’s a father of two
girls. We live at my house.
Whenever his youngest
comes to visit (she’s 16), she
insists on his every second of
attention. He eats it up. It’s so
frustrating. They both ignore
the fact that I am here. It’s very
upsetting and, I don’t think it’s
normal. What about you?
— Miffed in Michigan
Dear Miffed: Have you
discussed this with your
partner? I don’t know how
often the girl comes to visit,
but clearly she is starved for
her father’s attention. I don’t
think you should begrudge
it unless her visits last for an
extended period. Of course,
your partner and his daugh-
ter should be respectful and
not treat you like an old piece
of furniture or a servant, but
you might be less upset if you
use some of that time to pur-
sue interests or relationships
of your own.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
with double teams in the sec-
ond half, stretching the lead
to 76-57 to all but put it out of
reach.
“It’s a hard team to cover in
so many different ways,” Mc-
Caffery said. “We tried man,
zone, press with moderate suc-
cess — not enough.”
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By Madalyn Aslan
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
“We just said keep our foot
on the gas,” Duarte said. “We
did and it was a lot of fun.”
The Ducks’ sweet offensive
movements left the Hawkeyes
(22-9) flailing, one game short
of the Sweet 16 for the fourth
time under Fran McCaffery.
Luka Garza played like
a two-time All-American,
bulling in for three-point plays,
hitting mid-range jumpers and
dropping in the occasional
3. He capped his stellar col-
lege career by tying the Iowa
NCAA Tournament record
with 36 points and grabbing
nine rebounds before receiving
a nice ovation from the limited
crowd allowed in Bankers Life
Fieldhouse.
Joe Wieskamp added 17
points, but the rest of the
Hawkeyes weren’t of much
help to the big fella, sending
them out of the bracket early
with other top seeds Illinois,
Ohio State and Texas.
“It’s heartbreaking, so sur-
real, it kind of hit me all at once
that this is the last time I’ll put
on this jersey and that hurts a
lot,” Garza said. “I feel bad that
I wasn’t able to lead this team
to where it needs to go.”
The Ducks managed to nav-
igate a difficult season full of
pauses and injuries to win their
second straight Pac-12 regu-
lar-season title.
Oregon earned a No. 7 seed
in Indianapolis and faced what
was expected to be a difficult
Soccer
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“It can be a challenge when
you’re playing the same op-
ponents,” Grignon said. “But
we can’t become complacent.
We’ve just got to keep moving,
even if we’re playing Mountain
View and Bend every game.
Since there’s no postseason, it’s
tough to have an important
goal. But winning every game,
and conceding a small amount
of goals are big goals of ours.”
Ian Emry had the lone goal
for Bend, off a penalty kick in
the 52nd minute that made
Darron Cummings/AP
Oregon’s Eric Williams Jr. (50) dunks in the game against Iowa Monday.
Big picture
Oregon was considered one
of the bracket’s most dangerous
middle seeds and sure showed
why against Iowa. The Ducks
will be tough to oust the rest
of the tournament if they keep
playing like this.
Iowa had one of the best
players in college basketball
but still found itself short of the
Sweet 16. Garza will have his
No. 55 retired after the season,
but he will be missing a 16 on
his resume.
opener against VCU and its
Havoc defense. But the Ducks
learned during their pregame
meal that they would advance
without playing a game, leav-
ing them with a huge break
before facing the No. 2 team in
the region.
Nerves? Rusty? Nope.
The Ducks went on the at-
tack from Richardson’s open-
ing layup and used quick ball
movement to set up open looks
throughout the first half.
Oregon hit seven 3s — two
by Figueroa late — made 22 of
37 shots and used a 10-0 run to
lead 56-46 at halftime despite
having three players in foul
trouble.
“The shots were falling, the
energy was going,” Altman
said. “Our guys were making
plays for each other and we
were getting a lot of good looks
because the ball was moving.”
The biggest problem was
stopping Iowa’s best player.
Garza had 12 points in the
first seven minutes, even with
Oregon shading a defender to-
ward him in the post, and 20
by halftime. He shook off the
smaller Ducks bouncing off
him as he hit 8 of 10 shots and
the lone 3 he attempted.
The Ducks kept soaring on
offense and swarmed Garza
the score 5-1. But Barker then
scored his two goals within
about 2 minutes to quickly put
the Storm ahead 7-1.
“The boys came out and cre-
ated some good opportunities,”
Kidder said. “It’s a pretty new
team. It’s a young group. For a
lot of these guys, it’s their first
significant varsity minutes.
They’re doing good, for what
this season’s lacked.”
Kidder said the main focuses
this season are to prepare the
underclassmen for the season
next fall, and to make sure the
seniors enjoy their last year of
high school soccer.
“We can’t become complacent. We’ve just got to keep moving,
even if we’re playing Mountain View and Bend every game.”
times in his coaching career,
and was 0-4. Closest he’d ever
been to an NCAA Tournament
win is a five-point loss. Think
about this, too: Oregon State
was 25-to-1 to win the Pac-12
Tournament. But here they
are in Indianapolis, clutching
two tournament wins and still
playing basketball while Duke,
North Carolina and Kentucky
are home.
Think about the wonderful
absurdity of it all.
Tinkle read that column
about his family and shot me a
note, “I really don’t like it when
your columns bring tears to
my eyes.”
Family. Team. Resilience.
Oregon State has caught
lightning in a bottle.
Said Tinkle: “Don’t dare tell
us ‘no.’”
No. 8-seed Loyola Chicago is
not to be trifled with. The pro-
gram is playing with a pile of
house money, too. This Sweet
16 match-up is sort of like
Rudy meeting Cinderella. It’s
Rocky Balboa against Seabis-
cuit. I’m not sure how Amer-
ica is going to root should
it be close down the stretch.
But anyone who understands
where Tinkle’s team started its
journey has to be pulling for
another Beavers’ upset.
Tinkle shed a few more tears
after Sunday’s win. He’s coach-
ing with a pair of glassy eyes
these days. The season, and the
pandemic, has been especially
taxing. Coaches everywhere
preach things such as resilience
and work ethic. But it’s a beau-
tiful thing to actually see those
things put to work.
So yeah, a men’s basketball
team from Corvallis, coached
by a man named Tinkle, ad-
vanced to the Sweet 16 of the
Omoruyi’s lift
Every team needs a player
who does a little bit of every-
thing and isn’t afraid to do the
dirty work.
Eugene Omoruyi is that
player for Oregon.
The physical 6-foot-6 Cana-
dian had a superb all-around
game, finishing with 17 points,
six rebounds, five assists, two
steals, two blocked shots and
lots of grit.
“Eugene’s our most physi-
cal player,” Altman said. “He
battled his tail off in there de-
spite giving up 5, 6 inches and
20-something pounds.”
— Alex Grignon, Summit High junior
Bend (2-2) also plays Moun-
tain View and then Summit
twice more.
“Playing the same team
more than twice is never that
much fun, but we’re keeping
the season going and giving the
kids a chance to play, and giv-
ing them an outlet,” said Bend
coach Nils Eriksson. “Our kids
did pretty well.”
The Lava Bears host Moun-
tain View on Friday, and Sum-
mit hosts Mountain View on
March 31.
The Bears and Storm play
again on April 3 at Summit,
and then match up for the
third time in the season finale
on April 5 at Bend.
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OSU
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Who’s going to stop Ore-
gon State? Who’s going to tell
the Beavers they don’t belong
today? Those have become
questions to ask. OSU has de-
voured those kinds of doubts
in the last two weeks. The Bea-
vers are on a mission. They’ll
be the first to tell you they were
a dumpster fire on the court in
December.
January was an improve-
ment. February was a little bet-
ter. Then, came March, and
OSU has suddenly morphed
into something unmistakably
dangerous on the court — a
team that believes it belongs in
this bracket.
Oregon State disposed of
a No. 5 seed and a No. 4 seed
in a span of a few days. It also
has wins earlier this month
over Oregon, UCLA and Colo-
rado. We’ve all seen outrageous
things happen in sports, but I
challenge you to examine Ore-
gon State’s story and not come
away grinning.
That’s what great runs in
sports do, isn’t it? They make
you immerse yourself in joyful
and ridiculous outcomes. They
make you question all that you
know and wonder what you
overlooked. I know I am do-
ing just that. But nobody could
have imagined any of this hap-
pening to Tinkle and Co. this
season. Especially not those
who had front-row seats for
OSU’s shaky beginning.
My column written in the
wake of Oregon State’s open-
ing-round victory over Tennes-
see was about Tinkle’s family,
who is always there. His wife
and three kids were wring-
ing their hands and watching
the clock bleed out on Friday
during that opening-round
win. It struck me as I observed
the scene that none of us really
knows how difficult it is to get
to the NCAA Tournament, let
alone win a single game here.
But Tinkle’s family knows and
maybe now yours does, too.
OSU went 39 years without
a victory in the NCAA Tour-
nament. Tinkle had qualified
for the big dance four other
NCAA Tournament on Sun-
day. The Beavers are having a
blast. I hope you are, too.
Someone alert the studio
heads and get Ray Liotta some
lifts. Hollywood screenwriter
Mike Rich is an Oregon State
alum and booster. Rich wrote
Seabiscuit and Miracle and
Finding Forrester. He falls out
of bed and lands on comeback
stories. He’ll know just what
to do with this Oregon State
outfit.
I adore the images of Tinkle
hugging his players after the
wins on the court. I love the
confidence on display during
games. And I think it’s brilliant
that someone in the program
thought to bring a tape mea-
sure to shoot around on Sun-
day.
“10 feet,” a voice cried.
Then, the Beavers climbed
another mountain together.
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