A6 The BulleTin • Wednesday, May 12, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers
BASKETBALL
NBA, Teams TBA
NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Utah Jazz
NBA, Teams TBA
GOLF
European PGA Tour,
Betfred British Masters, First Round
HOCKEY
NHL, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
SOCCER
Italian Serie A, Sassuolo vs Juventus
Premier League, Chelsea vs Arsenal
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Italian Open, Men’s & Women’s 2nd Round
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
Time
9 a.m.
noon
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
MLB
MLB
ROOT
4:30 p.m. ESPN
6 p.m. NBCSNW
7 p.m.
ESPN
5:30 a.m.
GOLF
6 p.m.
NBCSN
11:30 a.m. ESPN2
12:10 p.m. NBCSN
9 a.m.
1 a.m.
3 a.m.
ROOT
TENNIS
TENNIS
THURSDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
MLB, Regional Coverage
College, Missouri at Mississippi State
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners
BASKETBALL
NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Phoenix Suns
EQUESTRIAN
Horse Racing, America’s Day at the Races
GOLF
European PGA Tour, Betfred British Masters,
Second Round
PGA Tour, AT&T Byron Nelson, First Round
SOCCER
Premier League, Aston Villa vs Everton
Deutsche Pokal, Final: RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund
Premier League, Manchester United vs Liverpool
Women’s College, NCAA Tournament, First Semifinal
Women’s College, NCAA Tournament, Second Semifinal
Mexico Primera Division, Santos Laguna vs Monterrey
SOFTBALL
College, SEC Tournament -- TBA vs Florida
College, SEC Tournament -- TBA vs Missouri
College, SEC Tournament -- TBA vs Arkansas
College, SEC Tournament -- TBA vs Alabama
College, Washington at Stanford
College, Oregon State at Utah
College, UCLA at Arizona
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Italian Open, Men’s & Women’s Round of 16
ATP/WTA, Rome: ATP & WTA Singles Quarterfinals,
ATP Doubles Semifinal 1, WTA Doubles Quarterfinals
ATP/WTA, Rome: ATP & WTA Singles Quarterfinals,
ATP Doubles Semifinal 1, WTA Doubles Quarterfinals
Time
TV
9 a.m.
MLB
noon
MLB
4 p.m.
MLB
5:30 p.m. ESPNU
7 p.m.
MLB
7 p.m.
ROOT
7 p.m.
NBCSNW
noon
FS2
5:30 a.m. GOLF
12:30 p.m. GOLF
9:55 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
3 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
NBCSN
ESPN2
NBCSN
ESPN2
ESPN2
FS1
9 a.m.
SEC
11:35 a.m.
SEC
2:10 p.m.
SEC
4:45 p.m.
SEC
5 p.m.
PAC12
5 p.m.
PAC12
7 p.m.
PAC12
9 a.m.
ROOT
1 a.m.
TENNIS
3 a.m.
TENNIS
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
SOFTBALL
Oregon gains ground in polls after series split with
Arizona — Oregon softball gained ground in the polls after
splitting a weekend series with Arizona. The Ducks (33-15,
11-10 Pac-12) are No. 11 with 468 points in the NFCA coaches
poll and No. 12 with 277 points in the USA Softball poll af-
ter taking two of four games against the then-No. 7/10 Wild-
cats, who dropped to No. 8/11. That’s up from No. 12 with 460
points and No. 12 with 260 points last week for the Ducks, re-
spectively. Oregon wraps up the regular season at Cal (17-16,
3-8 Pac-12) starting Thursday at 3 p.m.
Oregon’s Brooke Yanez named NFCA national pitcher
of the week — Oregon softball ace Brooke Yanez earned na-
tional recognition for her play over last weekend’s series against
Arizona. Already named Pac-12 pitcher of the week, Yanez was
named NFCA national pitcher of the week on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Oregon baseball moves up in polls after sweeping
Washington — Oregon baseball moved up in the polls fol-
lowing a series sweep of Washington. The Ducks (30-11, 14-7
Pac-12) are No. 9 in the USA Today coaches poll and NC-
BWA, No. 10 in d1baseball.com, No. 12 Collegiate Baseball,
No. 15 in Baseball America and No. 16 in Perfect Game after
beating the last-place Huskies in all three games this weekend.
That’s up from Nos. 11-21 last week. Oregon, which is No. 10
in RPI, travels to Utah (12-26, 6-16 Pac-12) for a three-game
series starting Friday at 5 p.m.
Beavers largely ignored again by most college base-
ball polls — The Oregon State Beavers have yet again been
ignored by most of the major college baseball polls. The Bea-
vers, once ranked in all six major polls, have landed in the
top 25 of just one — the National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association Top 30 — for the second consecutive week. And
they dropped one spot, from No. 22 to No. 23, in that poll de-
spite winning two of three games against USC last weekend.
Oregon State just missed enough votes to earn a top 25 nod in
the USA Today Coaches Poll, falling two spots short, but were
not mentioned in the D1.baseball.com Top 25, Baseball Amer-
ica Top 25, Collegiate Baseball Top 30 and Perfect Game Top
25. But the Beavers (31-15, 13-8 Pac-12) remain in the thick of
the race for the regular season conference championship, sit-
ting in fourth place with three weeks to go. Oregon State trails
first-place Arizona (16-8) by just 1 1/2 games.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Tuesday night are:
7 8 20 36 39 22 x 3
Oregon
Lottery
results
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
As listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites
ON DECK
Prep Sports
Wednesday, May 12
Baseball: Redmond at The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at
Molalla, 4 p.m.; Cascade at sisters, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at
Kennedy (dh), 2:30 p.m.
Softball: Molalla at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Cascade at sis-
ters, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: Mountain View at summit, 4 p.m.; Crook
County at Redmond, 3 p.m.
Girls tennis: summit at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Redmond
at Crook County, 3 p.m.; Pendleton at Ridgeview, 3 p.m.
Girls golf: Bend invitational at Bend Golf Club, 1 p.m.
Track and field: Mountain View invitational, noon.
Thursday, May 13
Baseball: Bend at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; sisters at
summit, 4 p.m.; estacada at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Western
Christian at Culver, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: Bend at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at
estacada, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: Bend at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; district
meet at sisters, 10 a.m.
Girls tennis: Mountain View at Bend, 4 p.m.; Molalla
at sisters, 10 a.m.
Friday, May 14
Baseball: Mountain View at Bend, 4:30 p.m.; Redmond
at Ridgeview (dh), 3 p.m.; Creswell at la Pine (dh), 2 p.m.
Softball: Mountain View at Bend, 4:30 p.m.; Ridgeview
at Redmond (dh), 3 p.m.
Boys golf: Ridgeview invitational at eagle Crest Re-
sort, noon.
Track and field: Molalla at Madras, noon.
PREP SPORTS
Baseball
Monday’s Late Games
Gladstone 14, Madras 3
Tuesday’s Games
Mountain View 11, Ridgeview 1
Redmond 10, Bend 9
Pendleton 11, Crook County 1
la Pine 16, Creswell 2
Softball
Monday’s Late Game
sweet home 10, sisters 2
Tuesday’s Games
Ridgeview 21, Mountain View 2
Bend 14, Redmond 2
Pendleton 15, Crook County 0
Creswell 16, la Pine 11
Monday’s Late Box Score
Portland 140, Houston 129
HOUSTON (129)
Martin Jr. 5-9 2-2 15, Tate 3-11 6-6 12, Olynyk 5-12 10-
10 21, augustin 6-10 5-6 21, house Jr. 3-6 0-0 6, Jeffries
1-2 0-0 2, lamb 1-1 0-0 3, Oliver 6-10 0-0 13, Brooks
6-9 0-0 18, Thomas 6-15 4-4 18. Totals 42-85 27-28 129.
PORTLAND (140)
Covington 2-5 0-0 6, Powell 9-17 7-9 28, nurkic 10-14
2-2 22, lillard 11-20 6-6 34, McCollum 8-17 6-8 28,
Jones Jr. 4-6 3-3 11, leaf 0-1 0-0 0, Giles iii 0-0 0-0 0,
elleby 0-1 0-0 0, little 0-0 0-0 0, Kanter 2-5 2-5 6, Blevins
0-0 0-0 0, simons 1-6 2-2 5. Totals 47-92 28-35 140.
Houston
33 30 37 29 — 129
Portland
50 29 32 29 — 140
3-Point Goals—houston 18-38 (Brooks 6-9, augustin
4-6, Martin Jr. 3-3, Thomas 2-7, Olynyk 1-2, Oliver 1-3,
house Jr. 0-2, Tate 0-4), Portland 18-40 (McCollum
6-10, lillard 6-11, Powell 3-8, Covington 2-5, simons
1-4). Fouled Out—houston 1 (Jeffries), Portland none.
Rebounds—houston 44 (Martin Jr. 9), Portland 47
(Kanter 10). Assists—houston 30 (Tate 8), Portland 30
(McCollum 7). Total Fouls—houston 26, Portland 18.
A—1,939 (19,393)
BASEBALL
Boys Tennis
MLB
Tuesday’s Results
summit vs. Bend, late
Girls Tennis
Tuesday’s Results
Bend vs. summit, late
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
x-Phila.
47
22
.681
x-Brooklyn
45
24
.652
y-Milwaukee
43
25
.632
new york
38
30
.559
atlanta
38
31
.551
x-Miami
38
31
.551
Boston
35
34
.507
Charlotte
33
36
.478
indiana
33
36
.478
Washington
32
37
.464
Chicago
29
40
.420
Toronto
27
42
.391
Orlando
21
47
.309
Cleveland
21
48
.304
detroit
20
50
.286
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
y-utah
50
19
.725
x-Phoenix
48
20
.706
x-l.a. Clippers
46
23
.667
x-denver
45
24
.652
Portland
40
29
.580
dallas
40
29
.580
l.a. lakers
38
30
.559
Memphis
36
33
.522
Golden state
36
33
.522
san antonio
33
35
.485
new Orleans
31
38
.449
sacramento
30
38
.441
Minnesota
22
47
.319
Oklahoma City
21
48
.304
houston
16
53
.232
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday’s Late Games
Golden state 119, utah 116
Portland 140, houston 129
Tuesday’s Games
Minnesota 119, detroit 100
denver 117, Charlotte 112
l.a. Clippers 115, Toronto 96
Miami 129, Boston 121
Brooklyn 115, Chicago 107
indiana 103, Phila. 94
Memphis 133, dallas 104
Orlando at Milwaukee, late
new york at l.a. lakers, late
Oklahoma City at sacramento, late
Phoenix at Golden state, late
Wednesday’s Games
Washington at atlanta, 4 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
san antonio at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.
new Orleans at dallas, 6 p.m.
Portland at utah, 6:30 p.m.
houston at l.a. lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
l.a. Clippers at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at indiana, 4 p.m.
Orlando at atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Phila. at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
san antonio at new york, 4:30 p.m.
denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
GB
—
2
3½
8½
9
9
12
14
14
15
18
20
25½
26
27½
GB
—
1½
4
5
10
10
11½
14
14
16½
19
19½
28
29
34
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
W
L
Boston
22
15
new york
19
16
Toronto
18
16
Tampa Bay
19
18
Baltimore
16
20
CENTRAL
W
L
Chicago
19
13
Cleveland
19
14
Kansas City
16
17
Minnesota
12
20
detroit
10
24
WEST
W
L
Oakland
22
15
houston
18
17
seattle
18
17
Texas
18
20
los angeles
16
18
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST
W
L
new york
17
13
Phila.
18
17
atlanta
17
18
Miami
15
19
Washington
13
17
CENTRAL
W
L
st. louis
21
14
Milwaukee
19
16
Chicago
17
18
Cincinnati
16
17
Pittsburgh
15
20
WEST
W
L
san Francisco
22
14
san diego
19
16
los angeles
18
17
arizona
16
19
Colorado
12
22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday’s Late Games
l.a. angels 5, houston 4
san Francisco 3, Texas 1
Tuesday’s Games
san Francisco 4, Texas 2
Cleveland 3, Chicago Cubs 2
n.y. yankees 3, Tampa Bay 1
Oakland 3, Boston 2
n.y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2
Toronto 5, atlanta 3
Kansas City at detroit, late
l.a. angels at houston, late
Minnesota at Chicago White sox, late
seattle at l.a. dodgers, late
Pct
.595
.543
.529
.514
.444
Pct
.594
.576
.485
.375
.294
Pct
.595
.514
.514
.474
.471
GB
—
2
2½
3
5½
GB
—
½
3½
7
10
GB
—
3
3
4½
4½
Pct
.567
.514
.486
.441
.433
Pct
.600
.543
.486
.485
.429
Pct
.611
.543
.514
.457
.353
GB
—
1½
2½
4
4
GB
—
2
4
4
6
GB
—
2½
3½
5½
9
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore (harvey 3-2) at n.y. Mets (Walker 2-1),
9:10 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (davies 2-2) at Cleveland (McKenzie 1-1),
10:10 a.m.
Kansas City (duffy 4-2) at detroit (Mize 1-3), 4:10 p.m.
n.y. yankees (Cole 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Fleming 2-3),
4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Kaprielian 0-0) at Boston (Rodríguez 5-0),
4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Ryu 2-2) at atlanta (Fried 1-1), 4:20 p.m.
l.a. angels (heaney 1-2) at houston (urquidy 3-2),
5:10 p.m.
Minnesota (happ 2-0) at Chicago White sox (Keuchel
1-1), 5:10 p.m.
seattle (dunn 1-0) at l.a. dodgers (urías 4-1), 7:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Toronto at atlanta, 9:20 a.m.
Kansas City at detroit, 10:10 a.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White sox, 11:10 a.m.
n.y. yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.
Oakland at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Texas at houston, 5:10 p.m.
Cleveland at seattle, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday’s Late Games
arizona 5, Miami 2
san Francisco 3, Texas 1
san diego at Colorado, ppd.
Tuesday’s Games
san Francisco 4, Texas 2
Cleveland 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 2
n.y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2
Toronto 5, atlanta 3
Phila. at Washington, late
st. louis at Milwaukee, late
san diego at Colorado, late
Miami at arizona, late
seattle at l.a. dodgers, late
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore (harvey 3-2) at n.y. Mets (Walker 2-1),
9:10 a.m.
Cincinnati (Gray 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Cahill 1-4), 9:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (davies 2-2) at Cleveland (McKenzie 1-1),
10:10 a.m.
san diego (snell 1-0) at Colorado (Gomber 2-4),
12:10 p.m., 1st game
san diego (darvish 3-1) at Colorado (Gray 4-2), 3:10 p.m.,
2nd game
Phila. (Wheeler 3-2) at Washington (lester 0-1), 4:05 p.m.
Toronto (Ryu 2-2) at atlanta (Fried 1-1), 4:20 p.m.
st. louis (Gant 2-3) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 2-1),
4:40 p.m.
Miami (Rogers 4-2) at arizona (Gallen 1-1), 6:40 p.m.
seattle (dunn 1-0) at l.a. dodgers (urías 4-1), 7:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Toronto at atlanta, 9:20 a.m.
Phila. at Washington, 10:05 a.m.
st. louis at Milwaukee, 10:40 a.m.
san Francisco at Pittsburgh, 3:35 p.m.
Cincinnati at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.
Miami at arizona, 6:40 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Pittsburgh
56 37 16 3 77 196 156
x-Washington 56 36 15 5 77 191 163
x-Boston
56 33 16 7 73 168 136
x-n.y. islanders 56 32 17 7 71 156 128
n.y. Rangers
56 27 23 6 60 177 157
Philadelphia
56 25 23 8 58 163 201
new Jersey
56 19 30 7 45 145 194
Buffalo
56 15 34 7 37 138 199
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Carolina
56 36 12 8 80 179 136
x-Florida
56 37 14 5 79 189 153
x-Tampa Bay
56 36 17 3 75 181 147
x-nashville
56 31 23 2 64 156 154
dallas
56 23 19 14 60 158 154
Chicago
56 24 25 7 55 161 186
detroit
56 19 27 10 48 127 171
Columbus
56 18 26 12 48 137 187
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Vegas
55 39 14 2 80 185 124
x-Colorado
54 37 13 4 78 186 132
x-Minnesota
54 35 14 5 75 178 149
x-st. louis
54 25 20 9 59 158 167
arizona
56 24 26 6 54 153 176
los angeles
54 21 26 7 49 142 159
san Jose
55 21 27 7 49 151 193
anaheim
56 17 30 9 43 126 179
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Toronto
54 35 13 6 76 182 140
x-edmonton
54 34 18 2 70 178 147
x-Winnipeg
55 29 23 3 61 166 152
x-Montreal
55 24 21 10 58 156 164
Calgary
52 23 26 3 49 138 149
Ottawa
55 22 28 5 49 153 187
Vancouver
51 21 27 3 45 135 169
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.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday’s Late Games
Colorado 2, Vegas 1
st. louis 2, los angeles 1, OT
Tuesday’s Games
Washington 2, Boston 1
Winnipeg 5, Vancouver 0
Wednesday’s Games
edmonton at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
los angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at st. louis, 6 p.m.
Vegas at san Jose, 6 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Minnesota at st. louis, 5 p.m.
los angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary, 6 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
ny City FC
2 1 1
7
9
new england
2 1 1
7
5
new york
2 2 0
6
7
Orlando City
1 0 3
6
5
nashville
1 0 3
6
6
Columbus
1 0 2
5
3
atlanta
1 1 2
5
5
Montreal
1 1 2
5
6
inter Miami CF
1 1 2
5
5
Phila.
1 2 1
4
3
d.C. united
1 3 0
3
4
Toronto FC
0 2 1
1
4
Chicago
0 3 1
1
3
Cincinnati
0 2 1
1
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
seattle
3 0 1
10 10
san Jose
3 1 0
9 10
la Galaxy
3 1 0
9
8
Vancouver
2 1 1
7
5
sporting KC
2 1 1
7
6
Colorado
2 1 1
7
5
Real sl
2 1 0
6
6
austin FC
2 2 0
6
5
FC dallas
1 1 2
5
6
la FC
1 1 2
5
5
houston
1 1 2
5
5
Portland
1 3 0
3
4
Minnesota united 0 4 0
0
3
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s Games
Columbus at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
new england at Phila., 4:30 p.m.
Montreal at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
sporting KC at houston, 5:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
seattle at san Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
Chicago at d.C. united, 5 p.m.
GA
3
5
5
2
4
1
4
6
5
4
9
8
9
10
GA
2
5
8
3
6
5
4
5
5
4
5
8
10
DEALS
Tuesday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
naTiOnal BaseBall hall OF FaMe — named Jeff
idelson interim president.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
PhiladelPhia 76eRs — signed F Gary Clark to a two-
way contract.
Women’s National Basketball Association
COnneCTiCuT sun — Waived G aleah Goodman and
F Brianna Fraser.
las VeGas aCes — Waived Fs lauren Manis and
shakayla Thomas.
MinnesOTa lynX — Waived G linnae harper.
seaTTle sTORM — Waived Fs natalie Kucowski and
Tamera young.
neW yORK liBeRTy — Waived G Valerie higgins.
WashinGTOn MysTiCs — Waived F G’mrice davis.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
aTlanTa FalCOns — Released K elliott Fry.
CleVeland BROWns — Claimed K Chase Mclaughlin
from new york Jets. Waived K Matthew McCrane.
denVeR BROnCOs — agreed to terms with OT Ryan
Pope.
indianaPOlis COlTs — Waived lB anthony Butler.
signed dT antwaun Woods to a one-year contract.
Kansas CiTy ChieFs — Re-signed Ol andrew Wylie to
his one-year tender.
las VeGas RaideRs — signed WR Caleb scott.
lOs anGeles RaMs — Claimed ls Matt Orzech off
waivers from Tennessee.
neW enGland PaTRiOTs — signed Ol Will sherman
and WR Tre nixon to four-year contracts.
neW ORleans sainTs — signed dB Trill Williams.
PiTTsBuRGh sTeeleRs — signed de Calvin Bundage.
Tennessee TiTans — agreed to terms with dB Quen-
tin Meeks.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
PhiladelPhia uniOn — signed F daniel Gazdag to a
two-year contract with option for a third and fourth year
in exchange for an undisclosed transfer fee.
COLLEGE
hOFsTRa — named Tom Parotta assistant men’s bas-
ketball coach.
OUTDOORS
Leigh Perkins, who took Orvis
beyond fly fishing, dies at 93
BY WILSON RING
Associated Press
The man who transformed
the Vermont-based Orvis com-
pany from a niche fly-fishing
supply company into a global
retailer of outdoor supplies, ap-
parel and protector of the en-
vironment has died. Leigh H.
Perkins was 93.
The Sunderland-based Or-
vis company says Perkins died
May 7 in Monticello, Florida.
The cause of death was not re-
leased.
An online tribute pub-
lished on the company’s web-
site said Perkins was a lifelong
outdoorsman who hunted or
fished more than 250 days a
year into his 90s who had a
reverence for nature and con-
servation.
The company says that Per-
kins began donating 5% of pre-
tax profits to conserving fish
and wildlife.
While Orvis is based in
Sunderland, not far from the
headwaters of the Batten Kill
— one of the most famous
trout streams in the state — the
company’s reach goes across
the world.
“He followed that fly rod to
Brian Grossenbacher/Orvis
In this undated photo provided by Orvis, Simon Perkins, left, sits with
his grandfather Leigh Perkins.
all corners of the world and
he made connections and re-
lationships to both places and
people across the globe,” Simon
Perkins, Leigh Perkins’ grand-
son and the current president
of Orvis, said Tuesday.
Simon Perkins is the third
generation of his family to lead
the company.
Christopher Saunders, a
project coordinator for the
Vermont Department of Fish
and Wildlife, who describes
himself as a passionate fly fish-
erman, said the legacy of Leigh
Perkins is considerable for both
the sport of fly fishing and Ver-
mont.
Saunders said Vermont was
a cradle of the fly fishing indus-
try, but over the years the focus
of the world moved west. Per-
kins made sure fly fishing in
Vermont remained prominent.
“To this day people still
make pilgrimages to go to Or-
vis and fly fish on the Batten
Kill river and surrounding ar-
eas,” Saunders said.
“He obviously was commit-
ted to more than the bottom
line,” Saunders said. “There
was a lot of focus on educa-
tion.”
In 1966, Perkins began what
the company describes as the
world’s first fly-fishing schools,
first in Vermont and then else-
where. Saunders said those
schools helped introduce thou-
sands of anglers to fly fishing.
Perkins was born in Cleve-
land in 1927, but went to col-
lege in western Massachusetts.
His mother imbued him with a
love of the outdoors and hunt-
ing and fishing.
Orvis, founded in 1856 by
Charles F. Orvis, was a niche
business with 20 employees
and $500,000 in annual sales
when Perkins bought it in
1965. Over the next 27 years,
Perkins transformed it into a
retail and mail-order business
with sales that topped $90 mil-
lion.
Since then, the company es-
timates it’s grown fourfold.
Perkins is survived by his
wife Anne, four children, a
number of stepchildren, grand-
children and great-grandchil-
dren.