A6 The BulleTin • Thursday, January 13, 2022
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SCOREBOARD
THURSDAY
SOCCER
spanish super Cup semifinal,
atletico Madrid vs. athletic Club Bilbao
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, seton hall at dePaul
Men’s college, stanford at Washington st.
Women’s college, auburn at Florida
Women’s college, nebraska at indiana
Men’s college, southern Miss. at louisiana Tech
Men’s college, Ohio st. at Wisconsin
Men’s college, unC-asheville at Winthrop
Women’s college, Texas a&M at south Carolina
Men’s college, Butler at Georgetown
nBa, Golden state at Milwaukee
Women’s college, Michigan at Penn st.
Men’s college, rice at Western Kentucky
Men’s college, Georgia st. at south alabama
Men’s college, s. illinois-edwardsville at e. illinois
Women’s college, Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Men’s college, indiana at iowa
Men’s college, Oregon at uCla
Women’s college, arizona at Oregon st.
nBa, Portland at denver
Men’s college, Byu at Gonzaga
Men’s college, loyola Marymount at san Francisco
Men’s college, saint Mary’s (Ca) at Pepperdine
Men’s college, Colorado at arizona
Men’s college, Oregon st. at southern Cal
BASEBALL
roberto Clemente Professional league semifinal,
Caguas vs. santurce
GOLF
PGa Tour, sony Open in hawaii
asian Tour, singapore international Championship
HOCKEY
nhl, Philadelphia at Boston
nhl, seattle at st. louis
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SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
Oregon State women’s game vs. Arizona State post-
poned — Because of COVID-19 issues within Arizona State’s
program, the Sun Devils’ women’s basketball game at Ore-
gon State on Saturday is postponed. Five of the Beavers’ first
six Pac-12 games have been postponed due to COVID issues.
Oregon State (7-3) is scheduled to play No. 7 Arizona at 7 p.m.
Thursday in Corvallis. None of OSU’s five postponements
have yet to be rescheduled.
Ducks men’s game against Colorado rescheduled —
Oregon’s home game against Colorado has been rescheduled,
again. The Ducks will host the Buffaloes in Eugene on Jan. 25
at 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Pac-12 Network.
The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 30, and had been
rescheduled once for Jan. 3, but COVID-19 protocols for each
program forced the postponement of both dates.
SOCCER
2 Timbers players earn national team call-ups —
Yimmi Chara’s offseason will include some friendly compe-
tition. The Portland Timbers’ midfielder has been called up
by the Colombian National Team for a friendly match against
Honduras, the Colombian Football Federation announced
this week. A native of Cali, Colombia, Chara has been a part
of the Colombian National Team off and on for parts of the
last eight years. Chara will rejoin the national team in Barran-
quilla, Colombia, for training camp, before the team travels
to Miami to face Honduras. The match, which is part of Co-
lombia’s preparation for World Cup qualifiers, is scheduled
for 2 p.m. Sunday. Chara has played in Portland since 2020,
when he joined brother Diego after a decade-long pursuit by
the Timbers. He has recorded 10 goals and 15 assists in 51
matches with the Timbers. Timbers midfielder Andy Polo
also earned a national team call up this week, joining the Pe-
ruvian National Team for friendly matches against Panama
(Jan. 16) and Jamaica (Jan. 20).
— Bulletin wire reports
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
12 21 22 30 33 24
Oregon
Lottery
results
as listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
THURSDAY
Boys basketball: Summit at Mountain View, 6:30
p.m.; Redmond at The Dalles, 6:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: Mountain View at Summit, 6:30
p.m.; The Dalles at Redmond, 6:30 p.m.; Madras at Riv-
erdale, 6 p.m.
Wrestling: Summit at Bend, 7 p.m.; Mike Shinkle
Memorial Tournament at Crook County, 5 p.m.; The
Dalles at Redmond, TBD.
FRIDAY
Boys basketball: Bend at McKay, 6:30 p.m.; Rid-
geview at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.; Crook County at Hood
River Valley, 6:30 p.m.; Sweet Home at Sisters, 7 p.m.;
Colton at Culver, 4:30 p.m.; Prospect at Trinity Luther-
an, 5 p.m.
Girls basketball: McKay at Bend, 6:30 p.m.;
Ridgeview at Pendleton, 5 p.m.; Sweet Home at Sisters,
5:30 p.m.; Colton at Culver, 6 p.m.
Wrestling: Oregon Classic at Deschutes County Fair
& Expo Center, Redmond, TBD.
Swimming: Juniper Invite at Juniper Swim & Fit-
ness Center, Bend, TBD.
PREPS
Boys basketball
Tuesday’s late results
Mountain View 85, South Salem 83 OT
Santiam 47, Culver 32
Chiloquin 57, Gilchrist 38
Wednesday’s results
La Pine at Lakeview, late
Salem Academy at Culver, canceled
Trinity Lutheran at Central Christian, canceled
Girls basketball
Tuesday’s late results
Mountain View 46, South Salem 42
Bend 40, Sprague 18
Stayton 45, Sisters 24
Santiam 35, Culver 32
Chiloquin 60, Gilchrist 7
Wednesday’s results
Salem Academy at Culver, late
Trinity Lutheran at Central Christian, canceled
FOOTBALL
NFL playoffs
FRIDAY
SOCCER
Premier league, Brighton vs. Crystal Palace
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, Buffalo at Ball st.
Men’s college, nebraska at Purdue
Women’s college, Villanova at dePaul
Men’s college, Manhattan at iona
nBa, Golden state at Chicago
Men’s college, VCu at st. Bonaventure
Men’s college, akron at Kent st.
Men’s college, davidson at richmond
Women’s college, stanford at Colorado
Men’s college, Michigan at illinois
nBa, dallas at Memphis
Men’s college, Fresno st. at unlV
GOLF
PGa Tour, sony Open in hawaii
asian Tour, singapore international Championship
GYMNASTICS
Women’s college, Georgia at Kentucky
Women’s college, Oklahoma at utah
WRESTLING
College, Michigan at Ohio st.
College, nebraska at Minnesota
College, arkansas-little rock at Oregon st.
HOCKEY
Men’s college, Western Michigan at Colorado Coll.
Men’s college, st. Cloud st. at denver
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
7
America’s Line
ON DECK
10:55 a.m.
20 32 33 41 46
The estimated jackpot is now $8.3 million.
WILD-CARD ROUND
Saturday’s Games
Las Vegas at Cincinnati, 1:30 p.m. (NBC)
New England at Buffalo, 5:15 p.m.(CBS)
Sunday’s Games
Phila. at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. (FOX)
San Francisco at Dallas, 1:30 p.m. (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m. (NBC)
Monday’s Game
Arizona at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
(Odds released Jan. 12; home team in CAPS)
NFL WILD CARD ROUND
FAVORITE
OPEN CURRENT O/U UNDERDOG
Saturday
BENGALS
61/2
51/2
49
Raiders
BILLS
41/2
4
44
Patriots
Sunday
BUCS
81/2
81/2
461/2
Eagles
COWBOYS
3
3
501/2
49ers
CHIEFS
13
121/2
461/2
Steelers
Monday
RAMS
41/2
4
491/2
Cards
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Chicago
27
11
.711
Brooklyn
25
14
.641
Miami
26
15
.634
Milwaukee
26
17
.605
Phila.
23
17
.575
Cleveland
24
18
.571
Charlotte
23
19
.548
Toronto
20
18
.526
Washington
22
20
.524
Boston
21
21
.500
New York
21
21
.500
Atlanta
17
23
.425
Indiana
15
27
.357
Detroit
9
31
.225
Orlando
7
35
.167
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phoenix
31
9
.775
Golden State
30
10
.750
Memphis
29
14
.674
Utah
28
14
.667
Dallas
22
19
.537
Denver
20
19
.513
L.A. Lakers
21
20
.512
L.A. Clippers
21
21
.500
Minnesota
20
21
.488
Portland
16
24
.400
Sacramento
16
27
.372
San Antonio
15
26
.366
New Orleans
15
26
.366
Oklahoma City
13
27
.325
Houston
12
31
.279
Tuesday’s Late Games
New Orleans 128, Minnesota 125
L.A. Clippers 87, Denver 85
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 112, Orlando 106
Boston 119, Indiana 100
Charlotte 109, Phila. 98
Miami 115, Atlanta 91
New York 108, Dallas 85
Houston 128, San Antonio 124
Cleveland 111, Utah 91
Brooklyn at Chicago, late
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, late
GB
—
21/2
21/2
31/2
5
5
6
7
7
8
8
11
14
19
22
GB
—
1
31/2
4
91/2
101/2
101/2
11
111/2
15
161/2
161/2
161/2
18
201/2
Thursday’s Games
Golden State at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at Denver, 7 p.m.
Men’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W
L
Pct
Arizona
2 0 1.000 12
1 .923
UCLA
2 0 1.000 10
1 .909
Southern Cal
3 1 .750 13
1 .929
Colorado
3 1 .750 11
3 .786
Stanford
2 1 .667
9
4 .692
Oregon
2 2 .500
9
6 .600
Washington St. 2 2 .500
9
6 .600
California
2 3 .400
9
7 .563
Washington
1 2 .333
6
7 .462
Arizona St.
1 2 .333
5
8 .385
Oregon St.
1 3 .250
3 11 .214
Utah
1 5 .167
8
8 .500
Wednesday’s Game
California at Washington, late
Thursday’s Games
Stanford at Washington St., 2 p.m.
Oregon at No. 3 UCLA, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at No. 6 Arizona, 8 p.m.
Oregon St. at No. 5 Southern Cal, 8 p.m.
Utah at Arizona St., ppd.
TOP 25 SCORES
Wednesday’s Games
No. 8 Duke 76, Wake Forest 64
No. 10 Michigan St. 71, Minnesota 69
No. 12 LSU 64, Florida 58
No. 14 Villanova 64, No. 17 Xavier 60
Women’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W
L
Pct
Colorado
2 0 1.000 13
0 1.000
Stanford
2 0 1.000 11
3 .786
Arizona
1 1 .500 11
1 .917
Southern Cal
1 1 .500
8
4 .667
Oregon
1 1 .500
8
5 .615
Washington St. 1 2 .333
9
5 .643
Utah
0 0 .000
8
3 .727
Oregon St.
0 0 .000
7
3 .700
Washington
0 0 .000
5
3 .625
Arizona St.
0 0 .000
8
5 .615
UCLA
0 1 .000
5
4 .556
California
0 2 .000
9
4 .692
Thursday’s Games
California at Utah, 6 p.m.
No. 7 Arizona at Oregon St., 7 p.m.
Arizona St. at Oregon, ppd.
TOP 25 SCORES
Wednesday’s Games
No. 10 UConn 92, Butler 47
Kansas 70, No. 13 Texas 66, OT
No. 23 Oklahoma 83, No. 14 Baylor 77
No. 24 South Florida 75, Tulane 62
HOCKEY
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida
36 24 7 5 53 142 108
Tampa Bay
38 24 9 5 53 128 110
Toronto
34 23 8 3 49 116 86
Boston
33 20 11 2 42 104 85
Detroit
37 16 16 5 37 101 125
Buffalo
35 10 19 6 26 92 125
Ottawa
29 9 18 2 20 79 107
Montreal
35 7 24 4 18 74 128
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina
33 24 7 2 50 115 73
N.Y. Rangers
37 23 10 4 50 107 94
Washington
37 20 8 9 49 125 104
Pittsburgh
35 21 9 5 47 116 90
Columbus
34 16 17 1 33 108 122
Philadelphia
35 13 15 7 33 90 119
New Jersey
36 14 17 5 33 105 126
N.Y. Islanders 28 10 12 6 26 64 80
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
37 24 11 2 50 117 99
Colorado
33 22 8 3 47 143 109
St. Louis
36 21 10 5 47 126 98
Minnesota
33 21 10 2 44 122 102
Dallas
33 18 13 2 38 97 96
Winnipeg
33 16 12 5 37 99 99
Chicago
36 13 18 5 31 87 121
Arizona
33 7 23 3 17 72 128
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
39 23 14 2 48 138 117
Anaheim
39 19 13 7 45 117 110
Los Angeles
36 18 13 5 41 100 94
San Jose
37 20 16 1 41 105 114
Calgary
33 17 10 6 40 104 83
Edmonton
34 18 14 2 38 113 111
Vancouver
35 16 16 3 35 91 100
Seattle
35 10 21 4 24 97 131
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per
conference advance to playoffs.
Tuesday’s Late Games
Pittsburgh 4, Anaheim 1
Toronto 4, Vegas 3, SO
San Jose 3, Detroit 2, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Boston 5, Montreal 1
Dallas 5, Seattle 2
Minnesota at Edmonton, ppd.
Toronto at Arizona, late
Thursday’s Games
Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Seattle at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Montreal at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Calgary, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Yankees’ Rachel Balkovec living the
‘American dream’ with manager role
“The players that I’ve
worked with, whether
they like me, they don’t
like me, they like what
I’m saying, they don’t like
what I’m saying, I do feel
like they respect me.”
BY JAKE SEINER
aP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK — Rachel
Balkovec is aware of the nega-
tivity in her social media feeds
and tries to leave it there. Her
sisters see it, too, and can’t
help but pass along certain
disparaging reactions to her
barrier-breaking journey.
“It’s hilarious to me,” Balk-
ovec said. “Because it’s the
American dream.”
In the clubhouse? She hasn’t
seen any of that toxicity there.
Balkovec was introduced
Wednesday as manager of
the New York Yankees’ Low
A affiliate in the Florida State
League. In taking over the
Tampa Tarpons, Balkovec will
become the first female man-
ager in the history of affiliated
baseball, an appointment 10
years in the making for the for-
mer college softball player.
“If you know my story and
you have a pulse, I think it’s
pretty hard not to get behind
what’s going on here,” she said.
Nearly a decade after chang-
ing her name on resumes to
disguise her gender and break
into baseball, the 34-year-old
has smashed several barriers
en route to this title. She was
the first woman to serve as a
full-time minor league strength
and conditioning coach, then
the first to be a full-time hitting
coach in the minors.
This promotion — a year af-
ter former Yankees employee
Kim Ng became the majors’
first female general manager
with the Miami Marlins — is
different.
Balkovec will run the club-
house in Tampa, charged with
overseeing the development of
future big leaguers for one of
the most famous sports fran-
chises in the world.
“The players that I’ve
worked with, whether they like
me, they don’t like me, they
like what I’m saying, they don’t
like what I’m saying, I do feel
like they respect me,” she said.
It’s a trust she’s earned via
an unusual route — one that
didn’t exist 20 years ago, but
not just because of her gender.
A former softball catcher at
Creighton and New Mexico,
Balkovec has a master’s degree
in kinesiology from LSU and
another in human movement
sciences from Vrije Univer-
sity in the Netherlands. She’s
worked in strength and con-
ditioning with the St. Louis
— Rachel Balkovec, new
manager of the New York
Yankees’ Low A affiliate
dustin Bradford/Getty images/Tns file
Rachel Balkovec tips her hat as she is announced as a coach before the
All-Star Futures game in July at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. On
Wednesday Balkovec was announced as the new manager of the New
York Yankees’ Low A affiliate in Tampa, Florida.
Cardinals and Houston As-
tros since first breaking into
pro ball in 2012, and also
spent time at Driveline Base-
ball, a data-driven center that
has trained numerous major
leaguers. She’s an expert in per-
formance science, precisely the
expert teams are coveting.
When the Yankees hired her
as a minor league hitting coach
in 2019, she was at the fore-
front among women break-
ing into uniformed jobs, but
she was hardly the only coach
without a traditional playing
background.
Hitting 95 mph isn’t the
same skill as teaching some-
one else to, and as teams have
shifted their focus in the hir-
ing process to reflect that, it’s
created a pathway for women
like Balkovec or Alyssa Nak-
ken, part of the San Francisco
Giants’ major league coaching
staff since 2020.
“There wasn’t a ton of de-
bate as to whether baseball was
ready or the world was ready,”
said vice president of baseball
operations Kevin Reese, who
made the decision to promote
Balkovec. “We’re trying to find
the best people and put them
in the best position to have an
impact here.”
Reese, introduced Wednes-
day under a new title after be-
ing promoted from senior di-
rector of player development,
helped hire Balkovec in 2019
and has been overwhelmingly
impressed with her expertise
and ability to lead.
General manager Brian
Cashman has had a woman as
an assistant general manager
since hiring Ng in 1998. When
she left in 2001, Jean Afterman
was appointed to the role and
has been there since. Balkovec
has expressed interest in one
day working in the front office
and potentially becoming a
GM herself.
“The sky’s the limit,” Cash-
man said. “She’s determined.
She’s strong. She’s got persever-
ance.”
She’s needed it. After serv-
ing her temporary role with St.
Louis in 2012, she began apply-
ing for baseball jobs with what
she knew was a rock-solid re-
sume. And yet, only one team
responded.
Her point of contact with
that club said his bosses
wouldn’t let him hire a woman
in a strength and conditioning
role.
Even worse, that person
called around to other teams
with vacancies, and they all
told him the same.
One of her sisters suggested
changing her name to “Rae
Balkovec” on her resume, and
the tactic worked to at least
get hiring managers on the
phone. The Cardinals brought
her back as a full-time strength
and conditioning coordinator
in 2014.
She’s seldom had issues with
players related to her gender —
“so little it’s hardly worth men-
tioning,” she said.
The job ahead of her,
though, is the same as any
other skipper — get the most
out of the players in her club-
house.
“My goal is really to know
the names of the girlfriends,
the dogs, the families of all the
players,” she said. “My goal is
to develop them as young men
and young people who have an
immense amount of pressure
on them. My goal is to sup-
port the coaches that are on
the staff.
“We’re going to be talking
more nuts and bolts of pitch-
ing and hitting with them, and
defense. It’s really just to be a
supporter, and to facilitate an
environment where they can
be successful.”