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THE BULLETIN • FrIday, aprIL 9, 2021
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NFL
Former player
killed 5, then self
ROCK HILL, S.C. — For-
mer NFL player Phillip Ad-
ams fatally shot five peo-
ple including a prominent
doctor, his wife and their
two grandchildren before
later killing himself, au-
thorities said Thursday.
York County Sheriff
Kevin Tolson told a news
conference that inves-
tigators had not yet de-
termined a motive in the
mass shooting Wednes-
day.
“There’s nothing right
now that makes sense to
any of us,” Tolson told a
news conference.
Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70,
and his wife, Barbara, 69,
were pronounced dead
at the scene Wednesday
along with grandchildren
Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah
Lesslie, 5, the York County
coroner’s office said.
A man who had been
working at the Lesslie
home, James Lewis, 38,
from Gaston, was found
shot to death outside,
and a sixth person, who
was not identified, was
hospitalized with “serious
gunshot wounds,” author-
ities said.
Tolson said evidence
left at the scene of the
shooting led them to
Adams as a suspect. He
said they went to Adams’
parents’ home, evacu-
ated them and then tried
to talk Adams out of the
house. Eventually, they
found him dead of a sin-
gle gunshot wound to
the head in a bedroom,
he said.
A person briefed on
the investigation told The
Associated Press earlier
Thursday that Adams had
been treated by Lesslie,
who lived near his par-
ents’ home in Rock Hill.
Adams killed himself after
midnight with a .45-cal-
iber weapon, said the
person, who spoke on
condition of anonymity
because he wasn’t autho-
rized to speak publicly.
Adams, 33, played in
78 NFL games over five
seasons for six teams. He
joined the 49ers in 2010
as a seventh-round draft
pick out of South Carolina
State, and he went on
to play for New England,
Seattle, Oakland and the
New York Jets before fin-
ishing his career with the
Atlanta Falcons in 2015.
As a rookie late in the
2010 season, Adams suf-
fered a severe ankle injury
that required surgery .
Later, with the Raiders, he
had two concussions over
three games in 2012.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Down to
the wire
Ridgeview edges Redmond
on penalty kicks to reach
IMC championship match
BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
REDMOND —
T
wo 40-minute halves, two
10-minute overtime periods
and one round of penalty kicks
Tuesday evening were not enough to decide
who would advance to the Intermountain
Conference tournament championship.
Then, in the second round of PKs,
Ridgeview sophomore midfielder Hope
Williams-Orlando’s attempt got past
Redmond goalkeeper Alyssa McConnell to
give the Ravens the victory over the Panthers
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in girls soccer.
Ridgeview’s Selena Gallacher (10) takes a shot to score during the first half against Redmond on Wednesday night.
“Myself and our other coaches, we saw everything
that we have been working towards at this moment,”
said Ridgeview coach Nic Sedor. “The determination
and perseverance they’ve shown, I’m so glad the girls
were rewarded with this win. It feels good to come
out on top. Redmond is a quality team and they re-
ally pushed us.”
The win was the Ravens’ fourth in a row and first
over Redmond this season. Ridgeview finally started
to see positive results after starting the season with
five losses and two ties. Four of those five losses were
decided by one goal — including matches against
Summit and Bend High.
“There were a lot of games this season where we
“The determination and perseverance they’ve
shown, I’m so glad the girls were rewarded with
this win. It feels good to come out on top. Redmond
is a quality team and they really pushed us.”
— Nic Sedor, Ridgeview girls soccer coach
felt, ‘Man, these girls deserved this win,’ but it just
didn’t come through,” Sedor said. “It finally came
through tonight.”
Ridgeview had to come back twice in the match
to earn the victory, once in regulation and once
GOLF | THE MASTERS
Beavers’ defense on a mission to
fix its glaring takeaway problem
BY NICK DASCHEL
The Oregonian
TENNIS
French Open is
delayed 1 week
— Associated Press
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
— Associated Press
PARIS — For the sec-
ond year in a row, the
traditional French Open
schedule is being dis-
rupted by the coronavirus
pandemic.
The clay-court Grand
Slam tennis tournament
said Thursday it will push
back the start of this sea-
son’s event by one week
because of surging virus
cases in France.
“This postponement
will give us a little more
time to improve the health
situation and should allow
us to optimize our chances
of welcoming spectators
at Roland Garros,” said
Gilles Moretton, the pres-
ident of the French tennis
federation.
The French Open was
scheduled to start on May
23, will now get underway
on May 30.
Last year’s tournament
was pushed back to Sep-
tember because of the
pandemic, with crowds
limited to 1,000 per day.
during penalty kicks.
Redmond was first on the board with a goal from
freshman Jillian Bremont midway through the first
half. Less than five minutes later, Ridgeview re-
sponded with a goal from Selena Gallacher. There
would not be any more goals through regulation and
two overtime periods.
The game came down to penalty kicks. After the
first rotation of five, the match remained tied as
each team converted three of five PK attempts. Mc-
Connell made two saves, giving Rory Eldridge and
Dagne Harris opportunities to win the game for the
Panthers. Yet, both attempts missed the mark.
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Justin Rose tees off on the 12th hole during Thursday’s first round of
the Masters in Augusta, Georgia.
Rose torches tough Augusta
for 65 and a 4-shot lead
BY DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even be-
fore the Masters began, it was
obvious Augusta National in
April was nothing like it was in
November. Far less clear was
which course Justin Rose was
playing Thursday.
Rose made seven birdies and
an eagle during a torrid 10-
hole stretch for a 7-under 65
and a four-shot lead, his low-
est score at Augusta National
in one of its toughest opening
rounds.
It started with a nice hop off
the mounds left of the green on
the par-5 eighth that set up a
10-foot eagle. Only two of his
birdie putts were outside 8 feet.
He holed a 12-foot par putt on
the one green he missed. Not
bad for a 40-year-old from En-
gland playing for the first time
in a month while resting an ail-
ing back.
His 65 looked even better on
a day so tough only 12 play-
ers broke par, and the average
score was 74.5.
“Listen, I didn’t know where
my game was going into this
week,” Rose said. “I’ve been
working hard. I could have
played the last two tourna-
ments, but I was really trying
to prepare hard for this Mas-
ters.”
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A bowl is the goal for Ore-
gon State football this season,
which among other things
means the Beavers defense
must make a significant move
forward.
In three years under coach
Jonathan Smith and defen-
sive coordinator Tim Tibesar,
OSU’s defense has taken baby
steps of improvement. Last
season, Arizona State was the
only team to amass more than
500 yards offense against the
Beavers.
That’s hardly worth a pa-
rade, or even a yay! Oregon
State was among the Pac-12’s
worst in total and scoring de-
fense in 2020. The Beavers’
defense struggle to get of-
fenses off the field, as oppo-
nents converted third downs
at a healthy 46.2% last season.
Only winless Arizona had
fewer sacks and takeaways
than OSU.
Tibesar feels optimistic
about what’s ahead for 2021,
but acknowledges the work.
“As far as the amount of
talent and depth, the most
we’ve had since coach Smith
and I have been here,” Tibe-
sar said.
“So that’s exciting for us.
We’ve got some steps to make
before we can get there.”
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Oregon State’s Omar Speights (36) tries to bring down Washington
State’s Deon McIntosh (3) in the 2020 Pac-12 season opener in Cor-
vallis in November.
One longstanding prob-
lem Oregon State is address-
ing this spring is takeaways.
Through 30 games of the
Smith era, the Beavers have 30
takeaways, among the lowest
totals among FBS teams. Last
year, OSU created only six
takeaways, and just one fum-
ble recovery.
Takeaways are a key stat for
winning teams, because they
often create short-field scor-
ing situations and significant
swings of momentum.
In regard to increasing
fumbles and fumble recover-
ies, the end goal may be diffi-
cult to achieve this spring and
August camp.
“We’re trying to create
more violence on the ball car-
rier when we make tackles,”
Tibesar said.
Doubtful the coaches want
to see myriad aggressive tack-
les of teammates, but the Bea-
vers can drill the fundamen-
tals that put them in position
come game day.
“We’re trying to get our
guys to cut loose and play fast
and be more aggressive in
their approach to the tackle,”
Tibesar said.
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