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Main 8 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, May 31, 2014
Columnists, Our Views, Letters to the Editor
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Winlock Mayor’s Raise Appears to Be Well-Deserved Pay increases for elected officials can often raise the ire of residents unhappy with the pace of progress and what they see as wasteful spending in their communities. Those responses would be unwarranted in Winlock, where councilors agreed this week to boost the monthly allotment provided to their leader. Lonnie Dowell earned the title of mayor during the 2013 general election, edging out former mayor Don Bradshaw. The Winlock native and 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy struck a chord with voters as he promised to operate in the best inter-
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est of the cash-strapped South Lewis County town without allowing a personal agenda to affect his decisions. Since taking office, Dowell has proven he isn’t afraid to put in long hours for a meager paycheck. Before the council’s decision to increase his monthly salary from $250 to $500, he was already becoming a constant presence at Winlock City Hall, contributing far beyond the part-time expectations of the city.
In fact, Councilor Sarah Gifford estimated he was putting in full-time hours. Part of his efforts have been to travel to events and conferences where the city may be able to make connections and learn information that will better the standing of the Egg City. Dowell couldn’t attend an upcoming Association of Washington Cities meeting because his travel fund had already been exhausted. The council countered by increasing that budget from $250 to $1,000. The increase in pay might seem miniscule to some and wasteful to others.
We believe the council made the right decision to provide a financial vote of confidence for Dowell, who by all accounts has exceeded expectations and done a wonderful job of representing his constituents since his election. He’s further proof of the value of political newcomers and the fresh ideas and zeal they can bring to government, municipal and otherwise. There’s a hefty dose of truth in the words of Jonny Day, a Winlock resident and a member of the local planning commission. “If there is an opportunity for
the mayor to go to a function that could open doors, that’s a wise investment,” Day said. “If we do the same thing and expect things to get better, that’s not going to happen.” Winlock, like many cities of its size, is grappling with the lingering impacts of a recession that has tested municipalities and pushed reserves to their limits. Investing in a leader who has proven he’s willing to go above and beyond the minimum requirements of his position is a testament to both his work ethic and the confidence the council has in him.
Commentary: Forks in the Road
Celebrating the Best of the Misfits Categories Citizens of this blessed swath of Southwest Washington again stand simultaneously — both united and divided — shouting from the proverbial rooftops, “This is the best _________ in all the land!” The Best of Lewis County nomination process is churning forward. Residents will decide everything from their favorite sandwich and Asian cuisine to the best dentist and tattoo artist. Makeshift campaigns will emerge through social media, pushing voters to The Chronicle polls like those annoying petitioners outside Walmart. Despite the comprehensive list of categories available this year, some segBy Eric Schwartz ments of our colorful society have been left in the cold, unable to bask in the warm glow of the adulation and respect of their voting peers. So, without further delay, here are my selections for Best of Lewis County — Misfits Edition. Best Nachos: All of them. How can I play favorites when it comes to the undisputed champion of unhealthy appetizers? These bastions of flavor and caloric excess are all deserving of the combined praise consistently provided to its individual components. Bless the cheese, the chips, the chives and all their merry compatriots. In the Bible, King Solomon settles a dispute between two women each claiming ownership of an infant. He offers to cut the child in half and give each of them a portion. The true mother relents, offering to give up the baby in the interest of its life. The other seems oddly OK with the violent judgement of Solomon. If the disagreement was focused on nachos, I’d be the second mother. Half is better than nothing. Strongest Drink: I once swallowed a mouthful of gasoline while attempting to siphon fuel from a junker SUV to a friend’s newly purchased boat. My eyes burned and my throat contracted in a vain, reflexive attempt to prevent the incursion of the vile liquid from further invading my digestive system. Until recently, this was only a repressed memory. It was jolted to the surface after ordering a whiskey and Coke at the Hub Bar and Grill in Centralia. The working man’s watering hole is known for many strengths, including a magnificent staff and a sweet sledgehammer of a breakfast. Count robust cocktails among its multifaceted repertoire. But first, brace yourself for the consequences of willingly swallowing
a refreshment capable of powering a combustion engine. Best Hill: In a land of frequent flooding, this category holds special meaning. It’s often said the affluence of our area can be seen on the looming peaks that form the borders of its many valleys. Still, the best hill isn’t a residential enclave. It’s Seminary Hill in Centralia, a nature-lover’s delight that features miles of trails and seemingly endless opportunities for even frequent visitors. The natural area narrowly edges Centralia City Manager Rob Hill to win the category. Best Sign: At first, this would appear to be a heavyweight bout between the politically-centered Hamilton Sign along Interstate 5 in Napavine and the weather-tested plywood creation perpetually displayed in the truck of local curmudgeon Chuck Haunreiter. One consistently posts ultra-conservative missives and critiques of liberal leanings. The other puzzlingly seeks to eviscerate a popular, conservative local radio host. In the end, though, neither wins the title. Instead, the nod goes to the many makeshift signs along U.S. Highway 12 near Rochester, pointing us all in the direction of the true meaning of the coming Fourth of July holiday — fireworks. Explosions and colorful pyrotechnics do much more to celebrate the qualities of our country than negative messages splayed across frequently-seen manifestations of discontent. Best Coffee: As I write this, I feel the weight of a thousand eyes all invested emotionally or financially in the well being of one of more than a dozen local java junctions. My endorsement of a specific business could spell the end of friendships, the criticism of my peers and the need for a disguise when acquiring my next caffeinated fix. Some say shop local, pressing for allegiance toward non-franchised outlets operated by Lewis County residents. Others note that even the big chains employ local workers. Weighing this against my own experiences, I solemnly announce that the best coffee shop is … YET TO BE DETERMINED. Best Coffee Shop and Best Barista are not misfit categories, after all. The absence of required voter disclosure is the lifeblood of democracy and the protector of difficult choices. Instead, you be the judge while keeping all your friendships intact. Submit your nominations and votes at http://bestoflc.chronline.com/. •••
Commentary: VanTuyl’s Views
Lewis County Power Rankings Editor’s Note: Saturday columnist John McCroskey will return to this space next week. In the meantime, we present this slightly irreverent take on local news as presented by Sports Editor Aaron VanTuyl. His admittedly nonsensical sports related power rankings have been a hit online. We asked him to provide similar treatment on the news side.
with his own future tied up in maritime shipping interests — casually dropping pennies all over the tracks.
2. The Working Man: The city of Centralia has put a ban on panhandling! FINALLY. How many times have I pulled to a stop at the Harrison Avenue interchange, seen an able-bodied fella standing on the curb with a “Money PLZ THX” cardboard sign, and been Esteemed Chronicle Editor absolutely powerless to keep my Eric Schwartz has been asking window rolled up and those last for some time four dollar bills in my pocket? At now that I last, the City Council is looking write a column out for what’s best for me! But refor the news ally, the passage of this law seems section. Negoredundant. You know why people tiations constand on the curb with a sign? tinue, but I’ve Because someone’s giving them agreed upon money and a reason to stand there. a tryout, proWhen the ants start crawling vided I could By Aaron VanTuyl around on my counter, I clean it write whatever up with bleach and they go away I want and that it run while I’m in Yakima. Here, for a few days. Solution: Spray the panhandlers with bleach, and they, then, are what could at some too, will go away for a few days. point become regular Opinion You’re welcome, City Council. page filler — the Lewis County Power Rankings. There’s no real 3. Latrines: Between 10 and criteria and I’ll admit right now that I only rarely read all the way 12 septic systems on Coal Creek through a story, so with that out Road in Chehalis have failed. A few thoughts: 1. I’ll go ahead of the way here we go. and flush any of the puns I was planning on using to wipe up 1. Bus Travel: There’s been a recent rash of train derailments this section of the list. You’re in along the Puget Sound & Pacific trouble if that’s all you were hoping for. 2. Between failing septic railroad. Personally, I’d think anything beyond one derailment systems and train derailments, I’m wondering if the Twin Cities every, oh, 50 years or so would have fallen into a timewarp and be a rash, but then again I’m been taken back to the 1930s or no train engineer (conductor?). Score another point for forms of something. If so: Hi, Aberdeen! transportation featuring a steer- Those derailed trains were carrying jobs out of Grays Harbor! ing mechanism, I guess, and Enjoy having a local economy mourn the dwindling fortune while it lasts! The irony of writof Cornelius Vanderbilt. Count me among the skeptics standing that sentence in a newspaper ing alongside the derailed train is not lost on me. scoffing and explaining to any 4. Spencer Nichols: Pe Ell’s one that’ll listen that “THIS IS WHY I DRIVE AN AUTOMO- mayor decided against hiring BILE!” while completely ignorformer Granite Falls police chief ing the fact that while the train Tony Domish, though he said was derailed a dozen cars within the decision had nothing to do a 10-mile radius probably drove with The Chronicle’s story on into the ditch. I just hope the Domish’s colorful work history — Eric Schwartz is the editor of The derailments aren’t the product of which included something about an antitrain maniac — perhaps looking up pictures of women Chronicle.
sans clothing on government time, along with a handful of additional “Eh, that’s probably not something a cop should be doing” instances. Domish was going to replace Pe Ell’s last town marshal, who had resigned after an arrest on suspicion of DUI. There were two MORE applicants for the job, whom Domish apparently outshined in the hiring process and who have to be feeling just great about themselves at this point. There’s only two solutions to this problem, my Pe Ell friends: 1. Divvy up the town money set aside for a marshal and use it to buy everyone in town a Taser, a set of handcuffs and about a dozen extra keys to keep on file at the Pe Ell Pub. 2. “Pe Ell Town Marshal Joe Nelson.” 5. Pot Dealers: The Centralia City Council, along with banning begging, has extended its moratorium on pot stores by six months. Hear that, guys? You’ve got another six months to get registered for those online business classes or order that set of real estate DVDs. As for anyone on the other end of those transactions ... You’ve got six months to keep buying without somewhere around 10 percent of your purchase price going to the city’s coffers and funding its efforts to ban panhandling. At least I assume that’s how municipal economics work, based on the reporting of young Kyle Spurr. 6. Under Armour: The athletic apparel giant, which has a store in Centralia, unveiled its line of X-Men-themed shirts to coincide with the opening of X-Men: Days of Future Past. The shirts cost $60, which is an awful lot to expect out of the marginal demographic that covers both comic book nerds and people with enough confidence in their body image to wear skin-tight shirts. •••
Aaron VanTuyl is a proud Adna native and the sports editor for The Chronicle. He can be reached at (360) 807-8229 or avantuyl@chronline. com. His views in no way represent those of The Chronicle.
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Northwest
The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, May 31, 2014 • Main 11
Solar Energy Brightens; Panels Work in Cloudy Northwest Powering Up: Tenino Man Among Those Proving Overcast Skies Don’t Stop Photovoltaic Cells From Pumping Out the Watts
“I’m cranking out the watts right now.” David Watterson
Tenino resident after installing solar panels
By Craig Sailor The Olympian
At some point just about every homeowner gives a thought to solar energy. Who wouldn’t like to power their house with the sun, watch their electric meter run backwards and never pay for a kilowatt again? And then the clouds set in. This is the Northwest, after all, not sunny Arizona. But the sun finally is rising for good on solar power. Costs have come down, efficiency has gone up and financial incentives are increasing the return on investment.
Mythbusting In California, Hawaii or Arizona solar panels can be seen on many rooftops, but in the Northwest you’re more likely to see Sasquatch than a solar electric array. Dispelling the notion that there’s not enough sun to make a solar power system worthwhile is job number one for solar advocates. Solar power will be one of the many topics covered at this weekend’s Mother Earth News Fair at the Washington State Fair Events Center in Puyallup. The two-day event focuses on living green. “It absolutely does work here,” Puget Sound Energy’s Jake Wade said of solar power. There’s no substitution for direct sunlight, he said. But summer’s long days and lower energy needs (compared with power sucking Phoenix and Las Vegas) enable solarequipped customers to produce more power than they need. High heat makes photovoltaic solar panels less efficient. So, the Northwest’s cool days help solar cells produce more energy. And while overcast skies are not as productive as direct sun they make orientation and pitch of solar panels far less important. (The light is multidirectional.) “I’m cranking out the watts right now,” Dave Watterson of Tenino said on a sunny day last week. In 2011 Watterson installed a 6.48 kilowatt system. Pleased with the results, he added another 2.88 kilowatts in 2013. His average $250 a month electric bill is now $70. He’d like to get it to zero. “I’d have to add a few more kilowatts and I didn’t have the space on my roof to do it,” he said. PSE has 2,021 solar producing customers. Solar energy now accounts for 1.13 percent of total U.S. capacity, according to figures just released by the U.S. Department of Energy. Since 2010 solar capacity increased by 418 percent across the nation.
Net Energy Metering While Northwest summers might be a solar paradise what happens during winter’s short, dark days when the furnace runs day and night? That, say solar proponents, is when the beauty of net energy metering comes in to play. NEM allows utility customers who generate their own renewable energy (including wind and hydro) to earn credits for
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South Sound Solar employees, from right, Aaron Bonfield, Daniel Kuni and Brian Jones install one of 10 Itek solar panels on the roof of an Olympia home.
surplus power they deliver to the grid. The Department of Energy cites NEM as one of the main drivers of the increased popularity of solar energy. The system is simple. During the summer the energy a solar customer produces is sent back to the utility company. Meter discs actually spin backward. In the winter, when more energy is needed than produced, it’s subtracted from the customer’s account. “It’s like using the utility as an infinitely efficient battery,” said Wade, who is PSE’s net metering program manager. Some customers, if they have a big enough system and/or are energy conservative, wind up paying nothing for their electricity. However, they still pay a small monthly bill to the utility for service. On a sunny day last week the disc in Dohn and Chris Swedberg’s meter was spinning furiously in reverse. The 49 panels on the west facing roof of their house overlooking the Tacoma Narrows and the south facing roof of their garage were creating more than enough energy to fully power their home — with the air conditioner running. Dohn, an architect, designed the home to take advantage of passive solar energy long before he installed the PV panels. It sits snug against the site’s slope and has most of its windows on the south and west sides.
Going Green “The greenest watt is the watt you never use,” Wade said. Combining green power generation with conservation is the most efficient energy model. “True net zero requires a change in lifestyle,” said Kirk Haffner. The 50-year-old Olympia-based solar installer has had a life-long interest in solar but didn’t start his company until 2008. He now has 12 employees. Haffner is a solar evangelist. His Olympia office is fully solar powered (his most recent utility bill was $10.16 and only covered administrative costs), his home uses solar heated water and he turned a Ford Escort into a solar powered car (it runs on solar charged batteries). Despite Haffner’s gung-ho attitude he dissuades customers who simply want a lower energy bill. Instead, he encourages them to get an energy audit first. Those who do install solar almost always change the way they consume energy as well, he said. “This industry causes people to look at how they produce and consume energy,” he said. That includes low energy lighting, weatherization and energy effi-
cient appliances. When Watterson went solar he also installed LED lights, a ductless heat pump and an energy efficient hot water system. He also bought an electric car. “It’s a challenge to see how much you can save,” Watterson said. Watterson and Haffner are not the only solar enthusiasts with electric cars. In fact, electric vehicles are proving to be a common incentive for switching to solar power, said Robert Grothe of North West Solar Group, a Tacoma based nonprofit solar advocacy organization. “It doesn’t take that much solar to cover your electric vehicle,” Wade said. PSE estimates that it would take a 3 kilowatt array to power a typically driven electric vehicle averaged over a year. David Lee, a resident of Tacoma’s North End, has 28 PV panels that produce 6.3 kilowatts of energy. The 4-feet-by-4-feet panels are made by Silicon Energy of Marysville. He has no regrets going solar and plans on increasing the size of his system soon. “It’s the right thing to do. It’s the sustainable thing to do. It’s the economical thing to do,” Lee said.
Cost Each 1,000 watts of PV solar panel produces about 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. The typical home in Western Washington uses 900 to 1,000 kilowatt hours per month, Wade said. To be completely net zero that home would need an array that produced 10 to 12 kilowatts. The median size of a solar system for a PSE customer is 4 to 5 kilowatts, he said. The biggest stumbling block for most solar power seekers is cost. A full system could set a homeowner back $30,000. But costs have dropped dramatically in recent years. In 2008, when Haffner first started his business, a system cost $8-10 per watt to install. Now, it’s $3-5 per watt installed. Most of his clients spend $20,000 to $30,000. When Watterson first looked at solar in 2003 he said it was only for the rich. But by 2011, prices had dropped and he was able to fund 100 percent of his system with a credit union loan designed specifically for solar systems. And while prices could continue to drop, Haffner said, they’ve stabilized. The solar panel industry is highly competitive. Federal prosecutors last week indicted five Chinese military officials for stealing industrial secrets from Hillsboro, Oregon, based solar
panel manufacturer SolarWorld. tached an awning to his house Other factors driving cost in- made of solar panels. He plans clude choice of product and dif- on adding another soon. Roof mounted systems come ficulty of installation. with flashing that prevents leaks. Haffner uses only systems that Tech Advances are guaranteed and warranted The heart of any solar sys- not to leak. tem is its PV cells. The delicate silicon-based wafers are interIncentives connected and assembled in to But wait, there’s more. If free sturdy panels, usually about 40 inches by 65 inches. Depend- power isn’t a strong enough ating on manufacturer and model traction the financial incentives the panels can produce from don’t end there. Aside from NEM, Washing200 to 300 watts. After quality of the panels, buyers should be ton utility companies administer concerned with efficiency, price, an incentive program that buys warranty and aesthetics, Haffner the energy produced by individuals and companies (up to said. Panel maker SunPower sets $5,000 per participant per year) the market record at 21.5 percent regardless of whether it goes to efficiency. That means that 21.5 the grid or is used by the custompercent of light hitting the cells er. If the solar equipment used is is output as energy in ideal, labo- made in Washington, then the ratory conditions. That’s almost kilowatt hours produced is paid a doubling since the Carter ad- at 54 cents. If out-of-state equipministration when the president ment is used, then it drops to 15 famously installed panels on the cents. Watterson used BellinghamWhite House roof. They were later removed by President Ronald made Itek panels for his project and is able to receive the 54 cents. Reagan. Scientists have recently an- The incentive program runs nounced the development of through 2020. In 2013 PSE paid cells that absorb different wave- just under $1.9 million to its solar lengths of sunlight and achieve customers. David Lee displays the checks efficiency in excess of 40 percent. But those cells are years he has received from the city of from production and affordabil- Tacoma next to his converter. ity. The development does mean His latest was for $2,940. Meanthat fewer cells will be needed to while, over at the Narrows the achieve the same power output Swedbergs have maxed out the $5,000 annual payment. They of today’s systems. Another breakthrough came estimate they produce $5,200 in inverter efficiency. The in- worth of energy in a year. Additionally, a solar power verter is what converts DC power (which the panels produce) to AC customer can take 30 percent of power (for home use.) Once at 80 the system cost off their federal percent efficiency they now run income tax bill. That means a $30,000 system would end up up to 97 percent. Up until the early 2000s bat- costing $21,000 after taxes. Furteries were required but are now thermore, all parts and instalno longer needed. Batteries still lation costs are sales-tax free in can be added to a system but add Washington. When it comes time to sell cost and are not needed with NEM. Batteries are a must for off your home a solar PV system will add to its value. The Lawrence grid systems. Berkeley National Laboratory found in 2013 that a home with a Placement solar system added $24,000 to its The optimum location for sale price compared with homes solar panels is a south facing, without systems. pitched roof, Haffner said. That takes advantage of the most light. Pushback A west facing roof is the next best Solar energy might be a vicchoice but is 15 percent less protim of its own success. Utility ductive. A roof pitch of 30 to 35 de- companies have recently begun grees is optimum. (That equates to push back against NEM in the to a roof rising 7 to 8 vertical Sun Belt states. Politicians in California inches over 12 linear inches.) Even if a property owner has and other sunny states are unplenty of land a roof provides a der pressure from utilities and ready-made, engineered struc- their lobbyists to retool incenture and needs the least amount tive programs. The companies of wiring. At least 75 percent of say renewable energy customers Haffner’s customers place their need to share the costs of energy panels on roofs. If a roof isn’t at transmission and distribution. the right pitch or orientation the Environmentalists say the tradipanels can be racked to the cor- tional utility business models are rect placement. However, that under threat. Wade said PSE is looking will add to the cost. Other locations include pole closely at the situations in the and ground mounted panels but Sun Belt states. He acknowledges both of those also add to instal- that the battles will be fought lation costs. Some advanced pole there before they come, if ever, to systems allow the panels to track the Northwest. But, he said, PSE will not stand in the way of rethe sun through the day. Some of Haffner’s clients get newable energy. “If this is the direction our creative. He’s installed panels on car ports, pergolas and even on customers are going then this is a chicken coop. David Lee at- the direction we’re going.”
Seattle Council to Take Historic Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Monday By The Seattle Times
A special committee of the Seattle City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $15 minimum-wage ordinance, setting the stage for a historic vote Monday by the full council. Council members agreed to delay the start date for the phased-in wage increase from Jan. 1 to April 1 to give businesses more time to plan for the change. They also voted to give the city discretion to set lower minimum wages for minors and for apprentice and training programs. A standing-room-only crowd packed with union members, fast-food workers and 15 Now activists openly booed the adoption of what they considered business-friendly amendments and waved signs that said “Mc-
Donald’s Doesn’t Need a PhaseIn” and “No Corporate Loopholes.” But the crowd also cheered and applauded the final vote, recognizing that Seattle on Monday could become the first major city in the country to put all workers on a path to reach $15 an hour over the next seven years. Even though several of her proposed amendments were voted down, including a speeded-up timeline to reach $15, Councilmember Kshama Sawant declared victory. “Today is a historic day for low-wage workers, for the labor movement, and for anyone who believes, as I do, that no one who works should have to live in poverty,” Sawant said on the steps of City Hall after the committee vote. Councilmember Sally Clark,
who chaired the Select Committee on the Minimum Wage, said the amended proposal largely stuck to the compromise plan reached by Mayor Ed Murray’s committee of business, labor and community leaders after four months of negotiation. “I think the question is whether the core principle of raising the $15 minimum wage will be achieved. It will be,” Clark said. Several members of the mayor’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee urged council members to not weaken their proposal. Pramila Jayapal, an immigrant-rights advocate and candidate for state Senate, called the mayor’s plan the result of “principled compromises and excruciating trade-offs.” David Freiboth, executive secretary of the King County
Labor Council, was more blunt, saying the mayor’s committee would have adopted a training wage “over my dead body.” Murray added the youth-wage provision without the consent of the committee, saying it paralleled the state minimum-wage law. Several owners of Subway franchises complained to the council that they were being treated as large businesses under the ordinance even though they ran a single store and had fewer than 10 employees. “I’m not McDonald's. I’m not a wealthy franchiser. I’m not Subway. I pay them for the use of the name. That’s it,” said Matthew Hollek, who runs a Subway store in Ballard. The ordinance requires businesses with more than 500 employees to start paying a $15
minimum in 2017, with an additional year to reach that level if they provide health care. Small businesses will have up to seven years to reach $15 and can count some tips and health-care benefits for up to 11 years. In all cases, workers would begin seeing raises in April. Clark proposed the delay in the start date for the ordinance, saying there could be competing ballot measures that wouldn’t be decided until November, giving the city and businesses just two months to start paying a higher wage. 15 Now is gathering signatures for a charter amendment that imposes a Jan. 1 date for businesses with more than 250 workers to start paying $15 an hour and a three-year phase-in for smaller businesses.
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Nation/World Nation in Brief Medicare Ban on Sex Reassignment Surgery Lifted SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare can no longer automatically deny coverage requests for sex reassignment surgeries, a federal board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures are medically necessary for some people who don’t identify with their biological sex. Ruling in favor of a 74-yearold transgender Army veteran whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services review board said there was no justification for a three-decade-old agency rule excluding such surgeries from treatments covered by the national health program for the elderly and disabled. No statistics exist on how many people might be affected by the decision. Gary Gates, a demographer with The Williams Institute, has estimated that people who self-identify as transgender make up 0.3 percent of the U.S. adult population. Over 49 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare.
Missouri AG: State Could Make Lethal Injections ST. LOUIS (AP) — The growing suspicions surrounding where states obtain lethal injections have motivated the Missouri attorney general to propose something never previously tried — establishing a lab where the state can make its own execution drugs. The idea, if widely adopted, could remove shadowy compounding pharmacies from the nation’s execution system and offer a reliable supply of the deadly chemicals that have become hard for prisons to obtain. State legislative leaders said Friday that the proposal deserves consideration. Chris Koster first suggested a state-run drug lab Thursday in a speech to the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Shinseki Resigns Amid Vets’ Health Care Woes By Julie Pace AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama’s Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a “lack of integrity” in the sprawling health care system for the nation’s military veterans. Obama, under mounting pressure to act from fellow Democrats who are worried about political fallout in the fall elections, praised the retired four-star general and said he accepted his resignation with “considerable regret.” But the president, too, focused on increasingly troubling allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths at veterans hospitals around the country. Emerging from an Oval Office meeting with Shinseki, a stone-faced Obama said the secretary himself acknowledged he had become a distraction as the administration moves to address the VA’s troubles, and the president agreed with him. “We don’t have time for distractions,” Obama said. “We need to fix the problem.” One of Shinseki’s last acts as secretary was to hand the president an internal accounting that underscored just how big the problems have become. It showed that in some cases, VA schedul-
“We don’t have time for distractions. We need to fix the problem.” President Barack Obama
commenting on resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki
ers have been pressured to fake information for reports to make waiting times for medical appointments look more favorable. “It is totally unacceptable,” Obama said. “Our vets deserve the best. They’ve earned it.” The president appointed Sloan Gibson, the No. 2 at the Veterans Affairs Department, as temporary secretary as the search for a permanent successor began. Obama also asked Rob Nabors, a top White House aide who has been dispatched to the VA to oversee a broad review, to stay for the time being. Gibson, who has been Shinseki’s deputy for about three months, was formerly president and chief executive officer of the USO, the nonprofit organization that provides programs and services to U.S. troops and their families. Gibson is the son of an Army Air Corpsman who served in World War II and grandson of a World War I Army infantryman. Republicans in Congress said the shake-up wasn’t enough to solve problems at an agency that has been struggling to keep up
with a huge demand for its services — some 9 million enrolled now compared to 8 million in 2008. The influx comes from returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, aging Vietnam War vets who now have more health problems, a move by Congress to expand the number of those eligible for care and the migration of veterans to the VA during the last recession after they lost their jobs or switched to the VA when their private insurance became more expensive. “One personnel change cannot be used as an excuse to paper over a systemic problem,” said House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, who had held off in calling for Shinseki’s resignation. “Our veterans deserve better. We’ll hold the president accountable until he makes things right.” The massive bureaucracy at the VA has come under intense scrutiny over the past month, following allegations that 40 patients died while awaiting care at a Phoenix hospital where employees kept a secret waiting list to cover up delays.
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Man Charged With Stealing Human Skin From Hospital PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical company sales representative was charged with stealing more than $350,000 worth of human skin over a period of several years. Gary Dudek, 54, of Wallingford, was arrested Monday and charged with theft, receiving stolen property and tampering with records. Authorities say he worked until September as a sales representative for a regenerative medicine firm, managing accounts for the bioscience department of Mercy Philadelphia Hospital. In that role, Dudek was allowed to order the skin grafts for the hospital whenever he wanted. Authorities said the hospital only needed a few grafts at a time. Dudek, however, ordered more than 200 without authorization from November 2011 through July that the hospital never received, investigators said.
Thousands Flee Syrian Cities Ahead of Election BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people have fled government-held Syrian cities after opposition fighters warned they will attack during next week’s presidential election to disrupt the vote, opposition activists said Friday. The Syrian government presents the June 3 polls, in which President Bashar Assad is widely expected to secure a third sevenyear term, as a means to end the 3-year-old conflict that has killed more than 160,000 people. The Syrian opposition and its Western allies have denounced the vote as a farce aimed solely at lending Assad a veneer of electoral legitimacy. Civilians have escaped the government-held northwestern city of Idlib, which is blockaded by rebels on three sides, after the Islamic Council, a military and civil body in rebel-held areas, ordered them to leave by midnight Friday. The city, besieged by rebels for more than two years, has witnessed frequent clashes.
Pakistan Arrests Four Suspects in Woman’s Stoning ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police said Friday that they have arrested four more people in connection with the killing of a pregnant woman who was beaten and stoned to death by her family for marrying without their permission. The police arrested the four men late Thursday from their village in the Nankana district, said Nayab Haider Rizvi, the police spokesman in Lahore. Police have already arrested the woman’s father and say he has confessed to the killing. They are looking for two of her brothers. The 25-year-old was on her way to court with her husband on Tuesday when they were attacked by a group of her relatives who objected to her marriage. During the assault she was hit on the head with bricks from a nearby construction site and died.
Thai Coup Chief: Elections May Be at Least a Year Away
Panel: Baker Must Make Cakes for Gay Weddings DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The unanimous ruling from the seven-member commission upheld an administrative law judge’s finding in December that Jack Phillips violated civil rights law when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012. The couple sued. “I can believe anything I want, but if I’m going to do business here, I’d ought to not discriminate against people,” Commissioner Raju Jaram said.
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Ansun Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Texas, left, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, New York, celebrate after being named co-champions of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday in Oxon Hill, Maryland. When it was all done, each had won $30,000 in cash as co-winners of the Scripps Spelling Bee. Both are Indian-American, making it seven years in a row and 12 out of 16 that a speller of Indian descent has taken home the trophy.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, Wife Gift $120 Million to Schools in California By Barbara Ortutay AP Technology Writer
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. The couple’s gift will be spread over the next five years and is the biggest allocation to date of the $1.1 billion in Facebook stock the couple pledged last year to the nonprofit Silicon Valley Community Foundation. “Education is incredibly expensive and this is a drop in the bucket. What we are trying to do is catalyze change by exploring and promoting the development of new interventions and new models,” Chan said in an interview at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters. The first $5 million of the $120 million will go to school districts in San Francisco, Ravenswood and Redwood City and will focus on principal training,
classroom technology and helping students transition from the 8th to the 9th grade. The couple and their foundation, called Startup: Education, determined the issues of most urgent need based on discussions with school administrators and local leaders. Zuckerberg and Chan, a pediatrician, discussed the donation in an exclusive interview Tuesday with the Associated Press. It was Chan’s first significant step into the public spotlight and the couple’s premier interview together. The two met while studying at Harvard and married in their Palo Alto backyard on May 19, 2012 — the day after Facebook’s stock began publicly trading in a rocky initial public offering that now seems a distant memory. In 2010, they joined Giving Pledge, an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett to get the country’s richest people to donate most of their wealth.
“I’m really focused on connecting the world. That’s my main thing, and you’re primarily focused on children,” said Zuckerberg, turning to Chan. “And we’re able to do some of this work together, which is neat... There are interesting overlaps.” Chan, 29, and Zuckerberg, 30, have made philanthropy a central theme of their life together. The two made the largest charitable gift on record for 2013. That $1.1 billion donation was on top of another $500 million the couple gave a year earlier to the Silicon Valley foundation, which helps donors allocate their gifts. “I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And that’s been a part of me for as long as I can remember,” said Chan, fresh from a pediatrics residency shift at the University of California, San Francisco medical center, where she works primarily with underserved, immigrant families.
BANGKOK (AP) — In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, the head of the military junta said Friday that it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first. Army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha repeated warnings against protests or resistance to the army’s May 22 takeover, saying they would slow the process of bringing back “happiness” to the Thai people. A return to democracy will not happen if there are still “protests without a true understanding of democracy,” he said. The speech was meant to reassure Thais that the army has a plan to keep the country stable and restore democracy.
Israeli Troops Stop Palestinian Suicide Bomber JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops manning a checkpoint inside the West Bank on Friday caught a would-be Palestinian suicide bomber en route to an attack after being alerted by the fact that he was wearing a heavy coat on a hot day. Soldiers called on the man to stop, and a search revealed explosives connected with wires strapped around his torso, Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a military spokesman, said. The man told the soldiers he had intended to carry out a suicide bombing. The explosive belt was later detonated by military sappers. Lerner said it was not yet known whether the man was acting alone or if he belonged to a Palestinian group like Hamas or Islamic Jihad, which carried out suicide bombings on buses and in cafes in the years that followed the Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, in 2000. Lerner said it was also not clear what the intended target was.
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State 2B Softball Roundup / Sports 4-5
Sports editor: Aaron VanTuyl Phone number: 807-8229 e-mail: avantuyl@chronline.com
2A Softball
Boucher Brilliant as Bearcats Make Semis STILL PERFECT: Boucher Strikes Out 16 as Undefeated W.F. West Beats Colville, 5-1, in State Quarterfinals
“That’s awesome,” she said, after learning of her stat line. “I don’t even know anything. I just go out there.” She had a good measuring stick with which to compare herself, at least early on. Colville pitcher McKenna Cabbage By Aaron VanTuyl struck out five over the first two avantuyl@chronline.com innings without giving a hit, putting one runner on via walk SELAH — The pitcher’s duel and letting the Bearcats put one lasted into the third inning. Afball in play over that span. Her ter that, Mattie Boucher took offense spotted her a 1-0 lead in control and never let go. the first frame when Jessi Whit The senior pitcher struck out mire led off the game with a 16 without giving up a walk in double, stole third and scored on the undefeated Bearcats’ coma wild pitch. plete-game 5-1 win over Colville As has been the pattern, Pete Caster / p caster@chronline.com in the semifinals of the State 2A though, the W.F. West lineup W.F. West’s Mattie Boucher delivers a pitch to a Colville batter during the third inning of a State 2A Softball Tournament quar- fastpitch tournament. needed just one good look at terfinal game at Carlon Park in Selah on Friday afternoon. Boucher pitched a complete game, gave up 5 hits, struck out 16 Not that Boucher, to her credit, was keeping track. and walked no one as the Bearcats beat Colville, 5-1. please see Bearcats, page S3
2B Baseball
Tigers in the Championship Hunt NEW TERRITORY: Napavine Makes First Finals in Program History With 3-1 Win Over Asotin; DeSales Shuts Out Adna in Semifinals By Luke Kilgore lkilgore@chronline.com
Napavine's baseball history has never included a trip to the state finals — until now. The Tigers showed up prepared, took advantage of early opportunities and held on to for a 3-1 victory over the Asotin Panthers in the State 2B Baseball Tournament semifinals on Friday at Centarlia's Ed Wheeler Field. To prepare for the Panthers, the Tigers did their homework. Upon digging, Napavine coach Bryan Bullock and his team found that Asotin struggled on the fielding side of things, notching 66 errors on the season. The studying also turned up quality in the Panthers' pitching in Beau Magnuson — a senior ace with a fastball reportedly reaching upwards of 90 miles per hour. Asotin, however, opted to place Alan Trimmell on the mound, to the surprise of the Tiger squad. "We had prepared for Trimmell as well as their hard thrower in Magnuson," Bullock said. "We worked hard all week on two game plans offensively. We wanted to make them work for it and make defensive outs against us, not strikeouts. We knew they were prone to making errors so it was a big thing for us to put the ball in play." Putting the ball in play worked out quite well. Two consecutive errors in the first frame led to a Cole Doughty run and a 1-0 lead. The momentum continued for Napavine as freshman Sam Fagerness' RBI double brought in another Tiger run in the second frame. Looking at a 2-0 deficit going into the third, the Panthers responded with a run via Tiger error and efficient base running from right-fielder Carson Jagannath. The Tigers were quick to answer back, with a Brady Woodrum RBI to score Jensen Lind-
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Napavine’s Sam Fagerness enjoys his team’s 3-1 victory over Asotin Friday afternoon in the State 2B baseball semifinals at Ed Wheeler Fied.
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Napavine’s Mac Fagerness dives to make a tag on Asotin’s Carson Jagannath at second base Friday afternoon during State 2B semifinal action at Ed Wheeler Field.
say. The single came as one of Woodrum's 2 for 2 performance from the plate. The Asotin errors ended there, but the damage was already done. Both sides stayed air-tight on defense and not another run was scored for
the remainder of the contest. Napavine freshman shortstop Mac Fagerness had a hand in six of the final eight outs of the ballgame, including orchestrating a double play from a pop fly in the final inning. Doughty, who worked all seven innings,
followed up the double play by striking out Magnuson to seal the first title-game appearance in Tiger history. Doughty finished with four strikeouts and scattered seven hits. "For me, personally, I just
wanted to come out and throw strikes and give our defense a chance to make plays," Doughty said. "We just did what we needed to do and that gave us the win. It's awesome that we're in the finals now and we have the opportunity to do something really special." The finals will be no easy feat for the Tigers as they face the DeSales Irish, a team that has been to the state finals a whopping 22 times since 1985. Of those 22 visits, 18 have resulted in titles. Bullock recognized the challenge but remained confident in his team. "We are definitely going to be respecting our opponent tomorrow," Bullock said. "DeSales is a team that's won an unbelievable amount of state championships in the 2B classification so not only will it be an honor to be please see Baseball, page S2
The Final Word
Delivery Ali Graham pitches against White River during the State 2A Softball Tournament at Carlon Park in Selah on Friday. W.F. West beat White River, 5-3, and Graham struck out nine.
Richard Sherman Lands Soup Endorsement Deal
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CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Richard Sherman’s offseason now includes another major endorsement deal: the latest NFL player to be featured as part of Campbell’s Chunky Soup “Mama’s Boy” campaign. Campbell’s senior brand manager, Neeli Straiges, said Friday that Sherman had been on Campbell’s radar since the start of last season. Sherman will be fea-
tured in ads that also star his mother, Beverly. Shooting begins in Los Angeles this weekend. Straiges says the ads will air beginning in August. Campbell’s campaign featuring NFL players started in 1997 and last year featured Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews.
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Miscues Doom Rochester in Semifinal Loss By Aaron VanTuyl avantuyl@chronline.com
YAKIMA — Between the Warriors’ mishaps in the field and Naches Valley’s adventures on the basepaths, the State 1A Baseball Tournament semifinals here Friday night wasn’t going to stay a tight game forever. Credit Rochester that, despite its seven errors, it was able to stay within 2 runs of Naches Valley until the sixth frame. The Rangers broke free for 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth and finally took advantage of the opportunities Rochester presented in what turned out to be a 7-2 semifinal win. The outcome puts Naches Valley in today’s State 1A championship game at 7 p.m., while Rochester and Kiona Benton will play for third and fourth place at 1 p.m. “We would have liked to play a little better, just because we’d like to play for the championship,” Rochester coach Jerry Striegel said, “but you can’t take anything away from those guys. They put pressure on us, hit the ball hard, and some of those errors were caused by things where maybe we should have made plays.” Rochester’s issues in the field were rivaled, for the first five innings, by Naches Valley’s frustrations on the base paths. The Warriors picked up a third out on a rundown, after a failed delayed-double-steal play, between third and home in the first inning; caught the lead runner between second and third for an out in the second; nailed a runner trying to steal second in the third inning; turned a double play in the fourth; and caught a runner between third and home on a missed squeeze bunt attempt in the fifth.
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Rochester’s Dylan Fosnacht attempts to tag out Chase Wells on a stolen base attempt in the bottom of the sixth inning of a State 1A Baseball Playoff semifinal game at Yakima County Stadium on Friday evening. Wells was safe on the play.
“Even though we made errors on some routine plays, we still got some out on situations where we had to go and make a play,” Striegel said. “That’s the one thing our kids have always done.” Rochester led 1-0 after the first inning, which started when Lucas Eastman led off the game by knocked the second pitch he saw off the right field fence — a few feet short of a homer — for
a standup double. After a followup single by Dylan Fosnacht, Eastman scored on a ground ball by Dustin Wilson. Then, however, the errors piled up, to the tune of at least one per inning. Pitcher Cameron Walker hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning to start the Rangers’ scoring, and added an unearned run in the second. Rochester managed to keep it at 3-1 going into the sixth, when
the Rangers batted around and got a 2-run double from Walker and a 2-run single from Chase Wells. Rochester rallied in the seventh, finally chasing Walker off the mound with two outs and runners on first and second in the final inning. Shortstop Nolan Cookson took over and promptly gave up an RBI double to Dakota Deal and walked Wyatt Singer before getting a strikeout to end
the game. Wilson started on the mound and went all seven innings, striking out three and allowing nine hits. Eastman finished the game 2 for 4, and Singer and Chase McCarthy each added hits. “It’s a little shallow to say, but only two teams are going to finish the season on a win, and that’s what we want to do,” Striegel said.
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on the field with them, but it's going to also be a challenge. We're just going to focus on one pitch and one inning at a time to enjoy the moment. We're basically playing at home and we're going to be coming to win." The State 2B finals will begin this afternoon at 1 p.m. at Ed Wheeler Field.
Experienced Irish Blank Pirates in Semifinals The DeSales Irish showed why they own 18 state titles to in a 13-0 rout of the Adna Pirates in the State 2B Baseball Tournament semifinals at Ed Wheeler Field on Friday evening. Being comfortable in the state tournament setting, the Irish played like a machine, blasting 14 hits while only allowing two from the Pirates and committing just one error in five innings. Freshman pitcher Spencer Burdick pitched for two innings and claimed responsibility for one of the two Pirate hits. Fellow freshman Wes Wilson also pitched a pair of innings, showcasing the youth of the Adna ball club that sports two additional freshman starters along with a handful of sophomores. Despite the loss, Adna coach Jon Rooklidge showed his pride for his team and their effort on the season as a whole, especially considering the youth of this season. "We had some defensive plays that didn't get made from the get-go and DeSales is an as-advertised team, but we're
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Adna shortstop Blaine Latimer (left) tags second as DeSales’ Adam Eskil slides into the base Friday during the State 2B semifinals at Ed Wheeler Field.
young," Rooklidge said. "We've on Asotin at 10 a.m. got freshmen and sophomores "For us, it isn't anything all around the field out there about Asotin," Rooklidge said. and they've done some good "It's everything about us. We things just to get here. We're need to be solid defensively and here and we're really proud of throw strikes. We need to do the our kids. This has been a team simple things well because that's that has had some hard knocks just baseball." this year. It doesn't always look DeSales led 10-0 after two pretty but we have been able to innings, while Adna committed bounce back. We are a work in three errors in the loss. Adam Eskil worked all five innings for progress." Rooklidge expects to bounce the Irish, which beat Adna 5-0 back today in the third/fourth in last year's State 2B championplace game, where Adna takes ship game.
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McClure Wins State 2A Shot Put Championship By The Chronicle
TACOMA — Nike McClure already has one state championship after the Bearcats won the State 2A girls basketball championship in March. She got another here on Friday when she won the shot put at the State 2A Track and Field championships with a toss 43 feet, 10.25 inches. McClure was W.F. West’s first state champion on the girls side since 2005. “Nike made her mark today, dominating the event in style,” W.F. West coach Autumn Ledgerwood said. “She was able to let loose a little on her last throw, knowing the state title was already in hand, and ended the competition with her best throw of the day.” McClure also qualified for today’s finals in the 200-meter run
along with the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams with teammates Raegan Nelson, Hannah Tak and McKenna Moon. “After winning that state championship it brought me to the realization that it’s far better to win it with a team,” McClure said. “I have no one else to thank for my successes besides my supportive coaches and family. Without them I’d probably be mediocre.” Moon also had a strong performance, finishing sixth in the girl’s high jump (5-0). She was also ninth in the 800 but did not advance to the finals. “What an impressive outing for a freshman,” Ledgerwood said. On the boys side, Bryan Moon took sixth (169-03) in the boys javelin. He was also a mem-
ber on the 4x400 relay team with Justin Wendling, Nolan Camlin and Eric Braun that qualified for the finals today. “Bryan had consistent throws all day and for his first year in the event this is a huge accomplishment,” Ledgerwood said.
Anderson had the top time in the 800-meter run at 2:23.54, 5 seconds ahead of second-place Alicia Herrera of Mossyrock. The 4x400 girls relay team for Morton White-Pass (Anderson, Katie Auman, Jesseeka Hughes, Haley Kolb) finished with the best preliminary time at the state meet with a time of 4:18.75 Gaffney Tops in Three Napavine’s Kenya Lorton finPreliminaries ished eighth in the triple jump CHENEY — Adna’s Regyn (33-1.75). Gaffney is poised to run to more State 2B championships with the Van Wyck Wins Shot Put Title top preliminary times in the 100 meters (12.34 seconds), the 200 CHENEY — On the boys (24.5) and the 400 (57.05) here on side of the State 2B track chamFriday at the state championship pionships, Napavine’s Chase Van Wyck won the shot put with a track meet. Gaffney’s teammate, Emma heave of 49 feet, 4.5 inches here Manning, took eighth in the on Friday. Winlock’s Chance preliminaries of the 100 hurdles Fisher placed fourth in the high jump (6-0). (17.50). Morton-White Pass’ Kenzie Onalaska’s Evan Wrzesinski
was second in the preliminaries for the 100 (11.49) while Pe Ell’s Dakota Russell was eighth in the 110-hurdle prelimns (16.98). Mossyrock’s Jess White, Rylen Hurd, Brandon Butler and Sam Stucki placed third in the preliminaries for the 4x100 relay.
Triana Tops in 110 Hurdle Prelims CHENEY — Rochester’s Cody Triana is poised to do something special today after he posted the best 110-meter hurdle time (14.8 seconds) in the preliminaries of the State 1A Track and Field Championships here on Friday. On the girls side of the 1A championships, Rochester’s Kendra Sanford was fifth in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles (16.37) and sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (47.35).
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W.F. West’s Ali Graham slides in safely to home in the third inning of a State 2A Softball Tournament quarterfinal game against Colville at Carlon Park in Selah on Friday.
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opposing pitcher. “I thought their pitcher threw really well, early on,” Bearcat coach Mike Keen said. “We had to make adjustments, and this is team that makes adjustments to the pitcher. We had a game plan.” Alexcys Homan, batting out of the No. 8 spot, led off the bottom third inning with a triple to kick off a 4-run third frame that also featured RBI singles from Jessica McKay, Ali Graham and Tessa Wollan. With a 4-run lead behind her, Boucher only got stronger. Cabbage led off the fourth inning with a double, only to watch Boucher retire the next three hitters — two with strikeouts — and then strike out the side in the fifth. The leadoff runner reached in the sixth inning on W.F. West’s lone error of the game, but Boucher — working with a wicked change-up — struck out the next three, then fanned two of the three hitters in the seventh to wrap up the win. “I feel like I was pretty confident today, especially after the first inning, and I know my catcher (Caitlin Reynolds),” Boucher, who allowed five hits, said. “She calls pretty good pitches.” Homan finished the game 3 for 3 with an RBI, while Kassidy Grandorff, McKay and Graham each had two hits. Nine of W.F. West’s 10 hits came in the third, fourth and fifth innings. The win puts W.F. West (240) in the State 2A semifinals at 10 a.m. today against Othello. Lake Washington and Lynden
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will play in the other semifinal, Graham, a junior left-hander, also at 10 a.m., and the State struck out nine with one walk 2A championship game will be and allowed five hits with just played at 2 p.m. one earned run in the completegame effort. W.F. West 5, White River 3 A handful of Bearcat er SELAH — The Bearcats got rors, however, gave White River a strong effort from Ali Graham enough opportunities to make in the circle to put away White the game interesting. Trailing River, 5-3, in the opening round 5-1 in the top of the final inof the State 2A Softball Tourna- ning, the Hornets loaded the bases on a pair of errors and a ment on Friday.
hit, and long fly ball went in and fielder’s choice by Jessica McKay out of an outfielder’s glove to and an RBI double from Graput 2 runs across with two outs. ham. Graham, though, struck out the McKay went 2 for 4 with a Hornets’ cleanup hitter on four double, while Kassidy Grandorff pitches to end the game. and Homan were each 2 for 3. Alexcys Homan hit a 2-run Tessa Wollan added a double. single to put W.F. West up 2-1 The win put W.F. West in the in the second inning. W.F. West added the balance of its runs quarterfinals against Colville, in the fourth, on an RBI single which beat Anacortes 7-2 in the from Jordan Crawford, an RBI first round.
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Adna’s softball team celebrates by lifting Kendra Stajduhar — who had the game-winning hit — after its 4-3 victory over Pe Ell during a quarterfinal game of the State 2B softball tournament Friday in Yakima.
Adna Tops Pe Ell to Make Semifinals
Adna, Napavine, Toutle Lake, DeSales Make Up State 2B Final Four ROUNDUP: Pirates Rally in Seventh Inning to Beat Pe Ell 4-3; MWP Edged by DeSales; Napavine Wins Big By Kyle Spurr kspurr@chronline.com
YAKIMA — The Adna Pirates rallied from a 3-run deficit in the fifth inning to beat rival Pe Ell 4-3 Friday in the quarterfinals of the 2B state softball tournament. Senior Rachel Diaz de Leon, who went 2 for 3 from the plate, led off the seventh inning with a triple, setting up the winning run for the Pirates. “Coming out of the No. 8 slot maybe the pitcher is thinking ‘I’ll get this number 8 and 9 and worry about the top of the order,’" Adna coach Mike Raschke said, "but she came up huge with that hit." Two batters later, Kendra Stajduhar knocked a base hit up the third base, sending Diaz de Leon home and sending Adna to the semifinals. Brooks, who took a line drive off her shin in the fourth inning, pitched a complete game with four strikeouts. Adna pitcher Samantha Rolfe and Pe Ell hurler Dakota Brooks each worked scoreless games through three innings, before Pe Ell took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth. Rolfe threw six strikeouts. Sam Woodward and Kayla Capps both drove in a run in the fifth inning to give Pe Ell a 3-0 lead. Capps went three for three with one RBI to lead the Trojans. Rolfe also had two hits, including an RBI single in the sixth inning that tied the game at 3-3. “She has been lights out,” Raschke said. “It’s nice to be on top of your game when you get over here.” When Adna fell behind 3-0 in the fifth, Raschke told his players to not lose their character and play like the team that won the District 4 tournament a week ago. “What we have been doing in the last couple weeks, we’ve just been doing the little things correctly. We put a lot of runs on the board in districts and the last couple league games,” Raschke said. “I’m not going to say my heart wasn’t pounding, but I have faith in these kids.” Pe Ell totaled eight hits in the game, while Adna had 11. Raschke said he enjoys the annual matchup with the crosstown rivals.
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Pe Ell’s Kayla Capps gets a greeting from teammates at home after her home run during State 2B softball tournament action Friday in Yakima. The Trojans would defeat Asotin in the first round 17-1.
Quarterfinals Napavine 22, Liberty Bell 2
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Napavine’s Paxton Cooley tries to beat out the throw to first base during State 2B softball tournament first-round action against Northwest Christian Friday in Yakima. Napavine defeated Northwest Christian 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
“Us and Pe Ell we go way back. We battle over here in state every year. Last year was a loser out game and for four years prior to that it was for the state championship,” Raschke said. “We beat up on each other. Every time we play them, we are making them stronger and they are
making us stronger.” Adna will move on to face Napavine in the semifinals at noon on Saturday. Toutle Lake and DeSales will meet in the other semifinal game. Pe Ell will play La Conner in the consolation bracket at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“We know what we have to do to beat the teams in our league,” Raschke said. “Sometimes it’s nice to face someone different, but right now it looks like we will have to face Napavine and then maybe Toutle Lake.”
The Napavine Tigers combined for 19 hits in five innings to rout Liberty Bell 22-2 on Friday in a quarterfinal matchup of the State 2B Softball Tournament. The Tigers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning behind hits from Grace Hamre and Erika Potter. Hamre went four for four at the plate. After adding 4 more runs in the second and third innings, Napavine went on a tear with 9 runs on nine hits in the fourth inning to stretch the score to 172. Part of the fourth-inning production was Karlee Bornstein’s lone home run for the Tigers. Bornstein had four hits and 2 RBIs in the victory. Napavine’s bats stayed hot in the fifth and final inning. The Tigers tacked on 5 more runs on four hits to seal the 22-2 victory over the Mountain Lions, who had narrowly beat Darrington in the opening round to advance to the quarterfinals. Pitcher McKenzie Olson held Liberty Bell to one hit in five innings. Olson threw nine strikeouts. Napavine advances to the semifinals against Adna at noon today. Napavine and Adna split a doubleheader during the regular please see Softball, page S5
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2014 2B Softball State Championships
WIAA | DAIRY FARMERS OF WASHINGTON | LES SCHWAB TIRES STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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La Conner
#9 - 3:00pm - Field 1 (L1 v. L2)
#17 - 10:00am Field 1 (W9 v. L16)
#1 - 9:00am - Field 1
DeSales 3 #13 - 7:00pm - Field 1 (W1 v. W2)
DeSales 18
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DeSales
Morton White Pass 11 #2 - 9:00am - Field 2
#23 - 12:00pm Field 3 (W17 v. W18)
La Conner 1
Pe Ell
Tacoma Baptist 9 #18 - 10:00am Field 2 (L15 v. W10)
#10 - 3:00pm - Field 2 (L3 v. L4)
#3 - 9:00am - Field 3
Toutle Lake 22
Toutle Lake 16 #14 - 7:00pm - Field 2 (W3 v. W4)
Gar-Pal / Tekoa-Oakesdale 16 Kittitas
Toutle Lake
#4 - 9:00am - Field 4
Kittitas 14 #27 - 4:00pm - Field 2 (W25 v. W26)
Gar-Pal / Tekoa-Oakesdale 1 #28 - 4:00pm - Field 1 (W21 v. W22)
Kittitas 6 Liberty Bell 12
3RD PLACE Darrington 0 Northwest Christian (Colbert)
4TH PLACE
#21 - 12:00pm Field 1 (W13 v. W14)
Tacoma Baptist 0
Liberty Bell #25 - 2:00pm - Field 1 (W23 v. L21)
Morton White Pass 2
La Conner 10
#26 - 2:00pm - Field 2 (L22 v. W24)
#11 - 3:00pm - Field 3 (L5 v. L6)
#19 - 10:00am Field 3 (W11 v. L14)
#5 - 11:00am - Field 1
Darrington 10
1ST PLACE Liberty Bell 2 #15 - 7:00pm - Field 3 (W5 v. W6)
Napavine 2ND PLACE
Napavine 2 #6 - 11:00am - Field 2
Northwest Christian (Colbert) 10
#24 - 12:00pm Field 4 (W19 v. W20)
Gar-Pal / Tekoa-Oakesdale
Napavine 22
Northwest Christian (Colbert) 1
Morton White Pass
#22 - 12:00pm Field 2 (W15 v. W16)
Pe Ell 17 Asotin 9
#20 - 10:00am Field 4 (L13 v. W12) #12 - 3:00pm - Field 4 (L7 v. L8)
#7 - 11:00am - Field 3
Pe Ell 3 #16 - 7:00pm - Field 4 (W7 v. W8)
Asotin 1 Colfax 1
Colfax
Adna
#8 - 11:00am - Field 4
Adna 4
Colfax 11 Adna 6
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season. Liberty Bell will face Kittitas in the consolation bracket.
DeSales 3, Morton-White Pass 2 Morton-White Pass started strong against DeSales in the quarterfinals on Friday, leading off with 2 runs on four hits in the top of the first inning. The early 2-0 lead, however, did not last. The Timberwolves failed to score the rest of the way in a 3-2 loss to the Irish. Kylie Allen knocked in the 2 runs for Morton-White Pass with a single in the first inning, and finished the game with two hits. Ashley Kelly added two hits for the Timberwolves, including a triple in the fourth inning. Irish pitcher Ashlyn Lyons struck out nine to record the win for DeSales. The Timberwolves mustered four more hits after the first inning, but were unable to score. DeSales scored all 3 of its runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead. Morton-White Pass pitcher Taylor Brooks struck out eight and gave up five hits. At the plate, Brooks added a hit in the fourth inning. The loss sent Morton-White Pass to the consolation bracket and into a 10 a.m., loser-out game against Colfax today. DeSales will face Toutle Lake in the semifinals today at noon.
First Round Morton-White Pass 11, La Conner 1
Brandon Hansen / bhansen@chronline.com
Morton-White Pass’ Christine Robbins is greeted by her teammates after her third-inning three-run homer during Timberwolves’ 11-1 victory over La Conner in the first round of the State 2B Softball Tournament Friday in Yakima.
Kelly’s sole shot and another 3-run seventh inning sealed the opening-game victory.
Pe Ell 17, Asotin 1 The Trojans scored 10 runs on nine hits in the top of the seventh inning to take a 17-1 opening-round victory Friday over the Asotin Panthers. Kayla Hoke had a 2-run homer and a 3-run shot in the seventh inning to lead the Trojans. Hoke finished the game with three hits and 5 RBIs. Pe Ell racked up a total of 13 hits, most after the fourth inning. Pe Ell pitcher Dakota Brooks and Asotin pitcher Mickenzie Mullins dueled for the first four innings. The game was scoreless until Asotin drove in a run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Brooks only gave up two more hits after that and struck out 11 batters. Savnanah Skeen tied the game at 1-1 with an RBI triple in the sixth inning. Kayla Capps followed Skeen with a 2-run homer to give the Trojans their first lead at 3-1. A 7-run, six-hit sixth inning gave the Trojans a 7-1 lead. Tabatha Skeen hit an RBI double and Bailey Lusk hit an RBI single in the seventh to help the Trojans break away to the landslide 17-1 first-round victory.
Christine Robbins hit a 3-run home run in the third inning and a 2-run blast in the seventh to lead the Timberwolves to a 11-1 victory Friday over the La Conner Braves. Robbins, who finished the game with three hits and 6 RBIs, also threw 12 strikeouts during a complete game effort from the circle. She gave up four hits to La Conner. Morton-White Pass had seven hits in the game. Ashley Kelly, who finished the game with two hits, smacked a solo home run in the sixth inning to give the Timberwolves a commanding 8-1 lead. Sharon Hazen, who went 2 for 4 at the plate, added another solo shot in the seventh inning to cement the 11-1 victory. After a pair of sacrifice flies tied the game at 1-1 after two innings, Robbin’s 3-run homer Napavine 2, NW Christian 1 gave the Timberwolves an early 4-1 lead. The Timberwolves then Erika Potter drove in the gogot 3 runs on two hits in the fifth ahead run for the Napavine Tiinning to extend the lead to 7-1. gers in extra innings to lead the
Brandon Hansen / b hansen@chronline.com
Morton-White Pass’ Sharon Hazen connects with the ball during her team’s 3-2 loss to Desales in the quarterfinals of the State 2B softball tournament Friday in Yakima.
team to a 2-1 victory Friday over Northwest Christian, who had made the state championship game the previous two years. Hamre, the leadoff batter, tripled to kick off the game and then scored Napavine’s first run on a fielder's choice from Potter. Napavine finished with a total of four runs. Mackenzie Olson threw 10 strikeouts and gave up four hits in a complete eight-inning effort. Northwest Christian’s only score came in the sixth inning
when Chloe Baughn drove in Rachel Wright to tie the game 1-1. With a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the eight inning, Olson closed out the Crusaders with a 1-2-3 inning to send the Tigers to the quarterfinals.
Adna 6, Colfax 1 Fueled by a 4-run fifth inning, the Adna Pirates cruised past the Colfax Bulldogs 6-1 in the opening round matchup Friday. Cheyenne Gilbertson
knocked in the first run of the game for the Pirates in the first inning and followed it up with a solo home run in the third to give Adna an early 2-0 lead. Adna kept the 2-run lead into the fifth inning before adding another 4 runs. Samantha Rolfe drove in 2 runs with a double, and in seven inning of work as a pitcher struck out seven Bulldogs Tabitha Dowell added two of the Pirates' seven hits in the opening round win.
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Scoreboard Preps Local Results Baseball At Yakima RANGERS 7, WARRIORS 2 Rochester 100 000 1 — 2 7 7 Naches Valley 210 004 x — 7 9 1 Batteries: Rochester — Dustin Wilson and Dakota Deal; Naches Valley — Cameron Walker, Nolan Cookson and Daniel Spencer At Centralia TIGERS 3, PANTHERS 1 Asotin 001 000 0 — 1 7 3 Napavine 111 000 X — 3 6 3 Batteries: Asotin — Aaron Trimmell and Ryan Schaefer; Napavine — Cole Doughty and Brady Woodrum At Centralia IRISH 13, PIRATES 0 (5 inn.) DeSales 370 30 — 13 14 1 Adna 000 00 — 0 2 3 Batteries: DeSales — Adam Eskil and Cameron Richman; Adna — Spencer Burdick, Wes Wilson (3), Jack Herring (5) and Jack Herring, Bryce McCloskey (5) Softball At Selah BEARCATS 5, HORNETS 3 W. River 100 000 2 — 3 5 1 W.F. West 020 300 x — 5 9 4 Batteries: White River — Kayla Smith and Ashley Long; W.F. West — Ali Graham and Caitlin Reynolds At Selah BEARCATS 5, INDIANS 1 Colville 100 000 0 — 1 5 2 W.F. West 004 010 x — 5 10 1 Batteries: Colville — McKenna Cabbage and Kayla Hawes; W.F. West — Mattie Boucher and Caitlin Reynolds
Local Local Golf Newaukum Valley Women’s Golf Club May 29 Results Fairway Shots First Division 1. Sue Morrissey 2. Kristen Rothermel 3. Donna Coburn Second Division 1. Pat Moss 2. Linda Meyers 3. Vickie Pogorelc Third Division 1. Sharon Kilbourn 2. Jan Moline 3. Marlene Farrell
NBA National Basketball Association NBA Playoff Glance All Times PDT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Indiana 2 Sunday, May 18: Indiana 107, Miami 96 Tuesday, May 20: Miami 87, Indiana 83 Saturday, May 24: Miami 99, Indiana 87 Monday, May 26: Miami 102, Indiana 90 Wednesday, May 28: Indiana 93, Miami 90 Friday, May 30: Miami 117, Indiana 92 x-Sunday, June 1: Miami at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 3, Oklahoma City 2 Monday, May 19: San Antonio 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday, May 21: San Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 77 Sunday, May 25: Oklahoma City 106, San Antonio 97 Tuesday, May 27: Oklahoma City 105, San Antonio 92 Thursday, May 29: San Antonio 117, Oklahoma City 89 x-Saturday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 2: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Playoff Leaders Points 1. Kevin Durant, OKC 2. LeBron James, MIA 3. James Harden, HOU 4. Russell Westbrook, OKC 5. LaMarcus Aldridge, POR Assists 1. Chris Paul, LAC 2. Stephen Curry, GS 3. Russell Westbrook, OKC 4. Mike Conley, MEM 5. John Wall, WSH Field Goal Percentage 1. Amir Johnson, TOR 2. Jonas Valanciunas, TOR 3. Serge Ibaka, OKC 4. LeBron James, MIA 5. Taj Gibson, CHI Rebounds 1. Dwight Howard, HOU 2. Joakim Noah, CHI 3. DeAndre Jordan, LAC 4. Paul Millsap, ATL 5. LaMarcus Aldridge, POR Blocks 1. Dwight Howard, HOU 2. DeAndre Jordan, LAC 3. Taj Gibson, CHI 4. Serge Ibaka, OKC 5. Paul Millsap, ATL Steals 1. Chris Paul, LAC 2. Paul George, IND 3. Mike Conley, MEM 4. James Harden, HOU 5. DeJuan Blair, DAL
4. Yu Darvish, TEX 2.35 5. Scott Kazmir, OAK 2.36
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10.3 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.2
.654 .633 .599 .562 .561
13.7 12.8 12.5 10.9 10.6
2.83 2.54 2.40 2.38 1.86
2.85 2.16 2.00 2.00 2.00
MLB Standings All Times PST American League EAST DIV. W L Pct GB Toronto 32 24 .571 — New York 28 25 .528 2½ Baltimore 26 27 .491 4½ Boston 25 29 .463 6 Tampa Bay 23 32 .418 8½ CENTRAL Detroit 31 20 .608 — Chicago 28 28 .500 5½ Kansas City 26 28 .481 6½ Minnesota 25 27 .481 6½ Cleveland 25 30 .455 8 WEST Oakland 33 22 .600 — Los Angeles 30 24 .556 2½ Texas 28 27 .509 5 Seattle 26 28 .481 6½ Houston 24 32 .429 9½ National League EAST DIV. W L Pct GB Atlanta 29 25 .537 — Miami 28 26 .519 1 Washington 26 27 .491 2½ New York 25 29 .463 4 Philadelphia 24 28 .462 4 CENTRAL Milwaukee 33 22 .600 — St. Louis 29 26 .527 4 Pittsburgh 25 29 .463 7½ Cincinnati 24 29 .453 8 Chicago 19 33 .365 12½ WEST San Francisco 36 19 .655 — Colorado 28 26 .519 7½ Los Angeles 29 27 .518 7½ San Diego 25 30 .455 11 Arizona 23 34 .404 14 Thursday’s Games Texas 5, at Minnesota 4 Detroit 5, at Oakland 4 NY Mets 4, at Philadelphia 1 Kansas City 8, at Toronto 6 at Boston 4, Atlanta 3 at Houston 3, Baltimore 1 San Francisco 6, at St. Louis 5 at Arizona 4, Cincinnati 0 LA Angels 7, at Seattle 5 Pittsburgh 6, at LA Dodgers 3 Friday’s Games at Cleveland 5, Colorado 2 Minnesota 6, at NY Yankees 1 at Washington 9, Texas 2 at Philadelphia 6, NY Mets 5 Kansas City 6, at Toronto 1 at Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Atlanta 3, at Miami 2 San Diego 4, at Chicago White Sox 1 at Milwaukee 11, Chicago Cubs 5 at Houston 2, Baltimore 1 San Francisco 9, at St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 6, at Arizona 4 at Oakland 9, LA Angels 5 Detroit 6, at Seattle 3 Pittsburgh 2, at LA Dodgers 1 Saturday’s Games Texas at Washington, 9 a.m. Minnesota at NY Yankees, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 10 a.m. San Diego at Chi. White Sox, 11:10 a.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Colorado at Cleveland, 12 p.m. NY Mets at Philadelphia, 12 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m. Baltimore at Houston, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at LA Dodgers, 4:15 p.m. LA Angels at Oakland, 7 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Colorado at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Minnesota at NY Yankees, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Miami, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 10:30 a.m. Texas at Washington, 10:30 a.m. NY Mets at Philadelphia, 10:30 a.m. San Diego at Chicago White Sox, 11 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Houston, 11 a.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. LA Angels at Oakland, 1 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at LA Dodgers, 5 p.m. Monday’s Games Boston at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Seattle at NY Yankees, 4 p.m. NY Mets at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 4:20 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Chi. White Sox at LA Dodgers, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7 p.m. League Leaders American League 1. Victor Martinez, DET 2. Miguel Cabrera, DET 3. Robinson Cano, SEA 4. Alexei Ramirez, CHW 5. Jose Altuve, HOU
.347 .328 .327 .326 .324
Home Runs 1. Nelson Cruz, BAL 2. Edwin Encarnacion, TOR 3. Josh Donaldson, OAK 3. Jose Abreu, CHW 5. Albert Pujols, LAA Runs Batted In 1. Nelson Cruz, BAL 2. Miguel Cabrera, DET 2. Edwin Encarnacion, TOR 4. Brandon Moss, OAK 5. Josh Donaldson, OAK Wins 1. Mark Buehrle, TOR 2. Rick Porcello, DET 3. Felix Hernandez, SEA 3. Masahiro Tanaka, NYY 5. James Shields, KC
19 18 15 15 14
49 48 48 46 45
9 8 7 7 6
Earned Run Average 1. Masahiro Tanaka, NYY 2.29 2. Sonny Gray, OAK 2.31 3. Mark Buehrle, TOR 2.33
Saves 1. Greg Holland, KC 2. Glen Perkins, MIN 3. Fernando Rodney, SEA 3. Joe Nathan, DET 5. Koji Uehara, BOS
15 14 13 13 11
National League Batting Average 1. Troy Tulowitzki, COL .360 2. Yasiel Puig, LAD .346 3. Angel Pagan, SF .326 4. Matt Adams, STL .325 5. Chase Utley, PHI .323 Home Runs 1. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 2. Troy Tulowitzki, COL 3. Justin Upton, ATL 4. Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 4. Mark Reynolds, MIL
16 14 13 12 12
Runs Batted In 1. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 2. Yasiel Puig, LAD 3. Michael Morse, SF 3. Paul Goldschmidt, ARI 5. Troy Tulowitzki, COL
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T6. Thorbjorn Olesen
-6
T6. Hunter Mahan
-6
T6. Ryan Moore
-6
T6. Scott Langley
-6
T10. Camilo Villegas
-5
T10. Scott Brown
-5
T10. Gary Woodland
-5
T10. Brendon Todd
-5
T10. Adam Scott
-5
T10. Robert Streb
-5
T10. Marc Leishman
-5
T17. Bill Haas
-4
T17. Nick Watney
-4
T17. Justin Hicks
-4
T17. Ben Curtis
-4
T17. Billy Horschel
-4
T17. Luke Donald
-4
T17. Jason Dufner
-4
T24. Jordan Spieth
-3
T24. Kevin Na
-3
T24. Rory McIlroy
-3
T24. Jason Day
-3
T24. Dustin Johnson
-3
T24. Andrew Svoboda -3
8 8 7 6 6
T24. Pat Perez
-3
T24. Charl Schwartzel -3
1.68 1.83 1.83 1.92 2.12
Saves 1. Francisco Rodriguez, MIL 1. Sergio Romo, SF 3. Huston Street, SD 3. Kenley Jansen, LAD 5. Trevor Rosenthal, STL
T24. Jim Furyk
-3
T24. Steve Stricker
-3
T24. Kevin Kisner
-3
T24. Justin Thomas
-3
T37. Robert Garrigus
-2
T37. J.B. Holmes
-2
T37. Phil Mickelson
-2
T37. Brendon de Jonge -2 17 17 16 16 15
NHL
T37. Jason Allred
-2
T37. Chris Stroud
-2
T37. Kyle Stanley
-2
T37. Keegan Bradley
-2
T37. Ernie Els
-2
T37. Freddie Jacobson
-2
T37. Hyung-Sung Kim -2
Standings CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 4, Montreal 2 Saturday, May 17: N.Y. Rangers 7, Montreal 2 Monday, May 19: NY Rangers 3, Montreal 1 Thursday, May 22: Montreal 3, NY Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 25: NY Rangers 3, Montreal 2, OT Tuesday, May 27: Montreal 7, NY Rangers 4 Thursday, May 29: NY Rangers 1, Montreal 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 3, Chicago 3 Sunday, May 18: Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday, May 21: Los Angeles 6, Chicago 2 Saturday, May 24: Los Angeles 4, Chicago 3 Monday, May 26: Los Angeles 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, May 28: Chicago 5, Los Angeles 4 (Final 2OT) Friday, May 30: Chicago 4, Los Angeles 3 x-Sunday, June 1: Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m.
T48. Aaron Baddeley
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T48. Greg Chalmers
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Playoff Leaders Points 1. Anze Kopitar, LA 2. Jeff Carter, LA 3. Marian Gaborik, LA 4. Jonathan Toews, CHI 5. Patrick Kane, CHI Goals 1. Marian Gaborik, LA 2. Jeff Carter, LA 2. Jonathan Toews, CHI 2. Rene Bourque, MTL 5. Jussi Jokinen, PIT Plus/Minus 1. Tanner Pearson, LA 1. Anze Kopitar, LA 1. Brandon Saad, CHI 4. Justin Williams, LA 5. Drew Doughty, LA Goals Against Average 1. Steve Mason, PHI 2. Tuukka Rask, BOS 3. Jimmy Howard, DET 4. Darcy Kuemper, MIN 4. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR
SATURDAY, May 31 AUTO RACING 11 a.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, May Dover Race, at Dover, Del. 12:30 p.m. ABC — IndyCar, Indy Dual in Detroit, race 1 1:30 p.m. ESPN — NHRA, qualifying for Summernationals, at Englishtown, N.J. (same-day tape) BOXING 1 p.m. HBO — SAME-DAY TAPE: champion Simpiwe Vetyeka (26-2-0) vs. Nonito Donaire (32-2-0), for WBA Super World/IBO featherweight titles, at Macau; LIVE: champion Carl Froch (32-2-0) vs. George Groves (19-1-0), for IBF-WBA super middleweight titles, at London COLLEGE BASEBALL 9 a.m.-8 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD COLLEGE SOFTBALL 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 7, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City 4 p.m.-8 p.m. ESPN — World Series, game 9, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City GOLF 9:30 a.m. TGC — PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, third round, at Dublin, Ohio Noon CBS — PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, third round, at Dublin, Ohio MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Texas at Washington or Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (1 p.m.) 1 p.m. FS1 — Atlanta at Miami 4 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, Tampa Bay at Boston or Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers 7 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Detroit at Seattle or L.A. Angels at Oakland ROOT — Detroit at Seattle NBA BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. TNT — Playoffs, conference finals, game 6, San Antonio at Oklahoma City (f necessary) RUGBY Noon NBC — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, pool play, teams TBA, at Philadelphia 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, pool play, teams TBA, at Philadelphia RUNNING 12:30 p.m. NBCSN — Prefontaine Classic, at Eugene, Ore. 1:30 p.m. NBC — Prefontaine Classic, at Eugene, Ore. SOCCER Noon ESPNEWS — Men’s national teams, exhibition, Mexico vs. Ecuador, at Arlington, Texas TENNIS 9 a.m. NBC — French Open, third round, at Paris
T24. Charley Hoffman -3
Wins 1. Adam Wainwright, STL 1. Zack Greinke, LAD 3. Madison Bumgarner, SF 4. Kyle Lohse, MIL 4. Lance Lynn, STL Earned Run Average 1. Jeff Samardzija, CHC 2. Julio Teheran, ATL 2. Johnny Cueto, CIN 4. Tim Hudson, SF 5. Wily Peralta, MIL
T4. Martin Flores
23 21 18 16 18
11 8 8 8 7
10 10 10 9 7
1.97 1.99 2.02 2.03 2.03
Save Percentage 1. Steve Mason, PHI 2. Jimmy Howard, DET 3. Alex Stalock, SJ 4. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 4. Tuukka Rask, BOS
.939 .931 .929 .928 .928
Wins 1. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 2. Jonathan Quick, LA 2. Corey Crawford, CHI 4. Carey Price, MTL 5. Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT
12 11 11 8 7
GOLF PGA Tour the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance Professional Golf Association May 29 to June 1, 2014 Muirfield Village GC - Dublin, OH | Par 72 7,392 Yards Purse: $6,200,000 2013 Champion: Matt Kuchar Golfer Score 1. Paul Casey -12 2. Bubba Watson -9 3. Chris Kirk -8 T4. Hideki Matsuyama -7
T48. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano T48. Ryo Ishikawa
-1
T48. Justin Leonard
-1
T48. John Huh
-1
T48. Kevin Stadler
-1
T48. Lucas Glover
-1
T48. Cameron Tringale -1 T48. Billy Hurley III
-1
T48. Josh Teater
-1
T48. Scott Stallings
-1
T48. Mark Wilson
-1
T48. Matt Kuchar
-1
T48. Michael Thompson -1 T48. Carlos Ortiz
-1
T64. David Lingmerth E T64. Stewart Cink
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T64. Charles Howell III E T64. Ben Martin
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T64. Luke Guthrie
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T64. David Hearn
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T64. Bo Van Pelt
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T64. Daniel Summerhays E T64. K.J. Choi
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T64. Carl Pettersson
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T64. Michael Putnam
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T64. Richard Lee
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T64. Kiradech Aphibarnrat Money Leaders as of May 31 Golfer
Amount
1. Jimmy Walker
$4,722,074
2. Bubba Watson
$4,557,079
3. Dustin Johnson
$3,688,412
4. Matt Kuchar
$3,464,302
5. Jordan Spieth
$3,304,226
6. Patrick Reed
$3,048,426
7. Jim Furyk
$2,854,698
8. Harris English
$2,616,972
9. Chris Kirk
$2,511,292
10. Martin Kaymer
$2,318,601
11. Zach Johnson
$2,313,002
12. Brendon Todd
$2,309,823
13. Ryan Moore
$2,255,980
14. Adam Scott
$2,248,650
15. John Senden
$2,163,404
16. Webb Simpson
$2,128,755
17. Matt Every
$2,112,825
18. Graham Delaet
$2,081,196
19. Sergio Garcia
$2,057,866
20. Gary Woodland
$2,029,248
21. Jason Day
$2,010,360
22. Kevin Stadler
$1,931,351
23. J.B. Holmes
$1,865,322
24. Rory McIlroy
$1,787,840
25. Will MacKenzie
$1,782,250
26. Ryan Palmer
$1,769,371
27. Matt Jones
$1,769,235
28. Kevin Na
$1,734,628
29. Charles Howell III
$1,724,465
30. Seung-yul Noh
$1,703,172
31. Justin Rose
$1,696,179
32. Keegan Bradley
$1,694,859
33. Brian Stuard
$1,653,918
34. Russell Henley
$1,635,327
35. Jason Dufner
$1,527,848
36. Rickie Fowler
$1,514,610
37. Charley Hoffman
$1,402,718
38. Graeme McDowell $1,368,530 39. Steven Bowditch
$1,356,068
40. Chris Stroud
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Sunday, June 1 ARENA FOOTBALL 2 p.m. ESPNEWS — San Antonio at Philadelphia AUTO RACING 10 a.m. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, FedEx 400, at Dover, Del. 12:30 p.m. ABC — IndyCar, Indy Dual in Detroit, race 2 1 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Summernationals, at Englishtown, N.J. (same-day tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD COLLEGE SOFTBALL 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ESPN — World Series, game 11, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City GOLF 11:30 a.m. CBS — PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, final round, at Dublin, Ohio 2 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, final round, at Des Moines, Iowa MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. MLB — Regional coverage, San Francisco at St. Louis or Baltimore at Houston WGN — Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee 1 p.m. ROOT — Detroit at Seattle 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers NBA BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. ESPN — Playoffs, conference finals, game 7, Miami at Indiana (if necessary) RUGBY 11 a.m. NBCSN — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, pool play, teams TBA, at Philadelphia 1 p.m. NBC — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, championship rounds, teams TBD, at Philadelphia SOCCER 10:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Men’s national teams, exhibition, United States vs. Turkey, at Harrison, N.J. TENNIS 10 a.m. NBC — French Open, round of 16, at Paris
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CURRENT EVENTS DASHING DOUBLE The months of workouts, practice and preparation paid off for Kurt Busch. The veteran NASCAR driver completed the motorsports double Sunday, finishing sixth in the Indianapolis 500 in an Andretti Autosport car and then flying to Concord to drive in the Coca-Cola 600, finishing 40th after a blown engine forced him to park 271 laps into the 400-lap race. Busch’s run at Indianapolis was praised all-around. He was in the mix at the end, finishing within shouting distance of winner Ryan Hunter-Reay. WHO’S NEXT? The Sprint Cup lineup for 2015 took an unexpected turn last week with the announcement that Trevor Bayne will be one of Roush Fenway Racing’s Cup drivers next season, moving up from the Nationwide Series. Bayne will take Advocare sponsorship from Nationwide to the top series. Team coowner Jack Roush said he is uncertain if RFR will expand from three to four drivers. RFR drivers Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle are in the final years of their contracts, and garage-area talk has at least one of them moving on to another team for 2015. HALL CALL The 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame class is 100 percent drivers. For the first time, a hall induction group — five go in each year — is made up entirely of drivers. Elected were Joe Weatherly, Wendell Scott, Fred Lorenzen, Rex White and Bill Elliott. Scott will become the hall’s first black member.
SPRINT CUP STANDINGS DRIVER (WINS)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Jeff Gordon (1) Matt Kenseth Kyle Busch (1) Carl Edwards (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1) Jimmie Johnson (1) Joey Logano (2) Brian Vickers Brad Keselowski (1) Ryan Newman Greg Biffle Kevin Harvick (2) Kyle Larson Denny Hamlin (1) Austin Dillon Paul Menard Kasey Kahne AJ Allmendinger Aric Almirola Clint Bowyer
POINTS BEHIND
432 421 408 408 394 388 378 365 361 361 351 345 344 340 334 328 324 314 312 309
— -11 -24 -24 -38 -44 -54 -67 -71 -71 -81 -87 -88 -92 -98 -104 -108 -118 -120 -123
NATIONWIDE SERIES STANDINGS DRIVER (WINS)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Regan Smith (1) Elliott Sadler (1) Chase Elliott (2) Trevor Bayne Ty Dillon Brian Scott Brendan Gaughan James Buescher Chris Buescher Dylan Kwasniewski
POINTS BEHIND
414 409 386 379 378 354 309 303 295 285
— -5 -28 -35 -36 -60 -105 -111 -119 -129
TRUCK STANDINGS DRIVER (WINS)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Matt Crafton (1) Timothy Peters German Quiroga Jr. Johnny Sauter Ron Hornaday Jr. Ben Kennedy John Wes Townley Jeb Burton Ryan Blaney Darrell Wallace Jr.
POINTS BEHIND
162 151 144 143 137 132 127 127 123 108
— -11 -18 -19 -25 -30 -35 -35 -39 -54
JOHNSON GETS BACK ON TRACK Jimmie Johnson dominates in Charlotte, wins Coca-Cola 600 Mike Hembree Athlon Sports Contributor @MikeHembree
CONCORD, N.C. – The Earth will return to its normal orbit. The tides will resume their regularity. Rivers will resume their flow. Jimmie Johnson has won a race. It isn’t often that Johnson, a sixtime Sprint Cup champion, goes six months without rolling into victory lane. His last win had been at Texas Motor Speedway Nov. 3 of last year. The 2014 season had stretched through its first 11 races with Johnson winless. People were starting to talk. Then Johnson won Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in emphatic fashion. “It’s great to win, but believe me — and I promise you — all the hype and all the concern and worry, that was elsewhere,” Johnson said. “That wasn’t in my head. There are plenty of voices in my head, I’m not going to lie. We’ve had great races, and we’ve had opportunities there in front of us and had stuff taken away. “We’ve had bad races. I have to be honest about that, too.” Johnson, who is now essentially assured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and a shot at his seventh title, said he had little concern about the winless string. “Twelve long races,” he said. “I guess we’ve created this environment for ourselves. The fact that 12 races created that much buzz means we’ve done a lot over the years. I’ll take it as a compliment.” The Sunday victory was classic Johnson. He was strong all week. He won the pole. He led 164 of the race’s 400 laps. His big guns didn’t appear until the race’s closing laps, however. Johnson roared past leader Matt Kenseth easily with nine laps to go and won by 1.27 seconds over Kevin Harvick. It was Johnson power to the Nth degree. “Man, he was just mowing me down,” Kenseth said. “He could do that pretty much any time he wanted to tonight. Every time I raced by him, when he wanted, he had at least 2/10ths (of a second) in the bag, or 3. I had clean air, everything lined up, had the lead. I just couldn’t go fast enough to hold them off.” Harvick, who led 100 laps (or a
DOVER SPRINT CUP SERIES
Race: FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks Track: Dover International Speedway Location: Dover, Del. Date: Sunday, June 1 TV: FOX (1:00 p.m. EST) Layout: 1-mile oval Banking/Turns: 24 degrees 2013 Winner: Tony Stewart Crew Chief Take: “Dover can be a mean place. That monster mascot is fitting — this place can jump out and bite you before you even realize what happened. Dover can be as physically demanding on the driver as any track on the circuit. It’s super-fast and the loads the driver has to endure diving into those corners all day take their toll. The concrete surface is something we don’t face often, and it presents challenges — although one good aspect is the track stays pretty consistent throughout the race. The rubber likes to lay on top of the track, making it a slick surface.” NATIONWIDE SERIES
Race: Buckle Up 200 Track: Dover International Speedway Date: Saturday, May 31 TV: ESPN (2:30 p.m. EST) 2013 Winner: Joey Logano CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
Race: Lucas Oil 200 Track: Dover International Speedway Date: Friday, May 30 TV: FOX Sports 1 (5:30 p.m. EST) 2013 Winner: Kyle Busch
Jimmie Johnson celebrates his win in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photos by Action Sports, Inc.
quarter of the race), perhaps could have challenged Johnson, but his effort was sapped by a bad pit stop, a circumstance that left Harvick more than a tad irritated. “We shot ourselves in the foot again,” Harvick said. “We left two wheels loose and played catch-up the rest of the night. I have to thank everyone on the Budweiser Chevrolet team for putting fast cars on the track, but we have to clean pit road up. “We have to clean that up because we obviously can’t win races with the fastest car if we make mistakes continuously on pit road.” Completing the top 10 were Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray (winner of last week’s Sprint All-Star Race), Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, Paul Menard, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. Gordon finished all 400 laps de-
spite battling problems with back spasms. He sat out Saturday’s final practice, and his team had Regan Smith standing by in case he needed a relief driver. “I didn’t think I would have gotten through this long race,” Gordon said. “It was tough. I was aching in there. There was one time when I got on the brakes into (turn) one, and it triggered something. I didn’t know what was going to happen after that, but it settled down.” Gordon led eight laps but lost power late in the race. “I was kind of just a sitting duck — it got real tight,” he said. “It was a good effort. I’m glad that I got through it. It tells me a lot about what kind of (pain) threshold I have, and I just want to show this team the kind of commitment I have to them because of what they have shown me this year.”
CLASSIC MOMENTS Dover International Speedway Rusty Wallace’s 55 Cup wins are an enviable mark in what was a Hall of Fame career. But if not for a blown right front tire on Mark Martin’s Ford with five laps to go in the 1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500 at Dover, Wallace would have but 54 wins. Martin had taken command in the 500-mile slugfest and led for much of the final 100 miles. But with flagman Doyle Ford getting ready to hold up the “five to go” signal to the leader, Martin lurched to the right and slammed the outside wall coming out of Turn 4. The car erupted in flames as Martin’s chances for victory also went up in smoke. All Wallace had to do was follow the pace car for the next five laps to pick up one of the most improbable — if not the most improbable — victories of his career. It was one of 18 wins Wallace scored in a two-year period between 1993-94, yet he came up short in the battle for the championship both years.
TWEETIN’ AROUND TONY STEWART @Tony Stewart Guess who got back in a sprint car for the first time today :) #smokewillrise
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NUMBERS GAME
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On a plane somewhere between Indianapolis and Charlotte on Sunday:
2014 Race Length: 400 miles/400 laps • Track Qualifying Record: 161.894 mph (Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2013) • Race Record: 132.719 mph • (Mark Martin, 1997)
Jimmie Johnson’s victory in the Coca-Cola 600 was his seventh at Charlotte Motor Speedway, making him the winningest Sprint Cup driver in the track’s history. Johnson’s win broke a tie with NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip. With 67 career wins, Johnson is eighth on the all-time victory list. Written by Matt Taliaferro and Mike Hembree. Follow Matt on Twitter @MattTaliaferro. Follow on Mike on Twitter @MikeHembree.
2013 RESULTS June 1. Tony Stewart 2. Juan Montoya 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Kyle Busch 5. Brad Keselowski 6. Clint Bowyer 7. Joey Logano 8. Kevin Harvick 9. Mark Martin 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
September 1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Joey Logano 4. Jeff Gordon 5. Kyle Busch 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Matt Kenseth 8. Ryan Newman 9. Greg Biffle 10. Clint Bowyer
PATRICIA DRISCOLL @Patricia_AFF #DoubleOutlaw @Cessna
TOP 10 ACTIVE DRIVERS Starts
1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Jimmie Johnson Carl Edwards Jeff Gordon Mark Martin Greg Biffle Clint Bowyer Kyle Busch Ryan Newman Tony Stewart Matt Kenseth
24 19 42 55 23 16 18 24 29 30
Avg. Fin. Wins Top 5s Top 10s
8.7 10.0 11.6 12.3 12.3 12.6 12.8 12.9 13.2 13.4
8 1 4 4 2 0 2 3 3 2
12 8 17 24 6 1 9 6 11 13
17 12 24 33 11 9 12 12 16 19
Laps/Laps Led
9,418/2,704 7,502/532 16,784/2,295 22,118/1,769 9,145/463 6,375/35 6,426/930 9,450/848 11,144/1,075 11,454/811
Poles Avg. Start
3 0 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 1
10.2 14.6 11.9 12.5 12.3 17.8 11.9 9.0 20.6 15.3
DNF
2 0 5 9 1 0 3 2 3 5
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Forgione Finishing Off a Blessed Career at UW By Adam Jude The Seattle Times
The car flipped five or six times and landed upside down on Interstate 5. Good Samaritans approached the crash fearing what they would find. “I think they were expecting a lot worse,” Erik Forgione said. Forgione considers himself blessed — blessed to be the starting shortstop for the 14thranked Washington baseball team; blessed the Huskies are bound for the postseason for the first time in 10 years; blessed he is about to be drafted by a Major League Baseball club for the second time in three years. Blessed, too, to be alive. A 19-year-old driver was so drunk that he later didn’t even recall getting behind the wheel, going up an onramp the wrong way and crashing head-on into Forgione’s car in Tacoma. This was the fall of 2011, shortly after Forgione had finished his first fall practices with the Huskies. Forgione, a 2011 graduate of W.F. West High in Chehalis, was driving back to Seattle with a friend when he saw the headlights coming at him. He swerved to the left, but the drunken driver struck the back side of Forgione’s car. “We walked away unharmed, just bumps and bruises,” Forgione said. “It was incredible.” The drunken driver fled the scene on foot. He was soon caught and, sentenced to 90 days in jail. Besides the bumps and bruises, Forgione had a sore back that he rehabbed for a week or two. The emotional scars took longer to heal. “I think that took its toll on him. Like all young kids, he thought he was invincible and in just an instant was brought back to reality,” UW coach Lindsay Meggs said. “I think it grounded him a little more and made him appreciate being closer to home, to his family. I think when he got over that, it gave him some peace and some serenity.” Forgione, a junior, was named the Pac-12 defensive player of the year Wednesday. Three days earlier, before the Huskies’ regular-season finale in what was likely Forgione’s last game at Husky Ballpark, Meggs told his players they were playing with the best shortstop in the country. “This is the guy that holds it all together,” said Meggs, the Pac-12 coach of the year. “If he doesn’t get another hit the rest of the year, I don’t care.” Huskies right fielder Brian Wolfe called Forgione the Richard Sherman of shortstops.
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Albright Playing in State Semis By The Chronicle
Amanda Cown / C orvallis Gazette-Times
Washington’s Erik Forgione, center, throws the ball to first base to complete the double play after making the out at second base against Oregon State’s Andy Peterson as teammate Andrew Ely (41) watches during the fourth inning of an NCAA college baseball game May 16 in Corvallis, Ore.
“I wish I could be mic’d up for games,” Wolfe said, “because he’ll make a play, run in the hole and throw it across and in my mind I’m like, ‘Stop. No. Don’t throw that. … Oh, well, you made that look easy. I should shut my mouth.’" “He’s a great baseball player,” Wolfe added. “He’s a better person off the field.” Forgione, with his Wilson A2K 1787 glove (retail: $339.95), had just eight errors in 285 chances for the Huskies (39-15), who open NCAA regional play against Georgia Tech at 1 p.m. Friday in Oxford, Miss. He led the Pac-12 with 193 assists and was second in turning 42 double plays. His double-play partner, Andrew Ely, also was named to the all-Pac-12 defensive team. Washington’s defense led the Pac-12 with a .981 fielding percentage. It had the league’s fewest errors (42) despite having the second-most chances (2,192). Forgione was a 33rd-round draft choice of the Angels out of high school. Meggs doesn’t expect his shortstop, who will
surely be selected again during the MLB draft next week, to be back for his senior season. Forgione’s offensive numbers, on the surface, aren’t impressive. As UW’s No. 9 hitter, he finished the regular season with a .231 average. But he is second on the team with 12 sacrifice bunts (as a team, UW is second in the nation with 81) and is a threat to steal. “He’s asked to do so many little things,” Wolfe said. Baseball runs deep in the Forgione family. Erik’s father, Andy, was a shortstop at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Don Forgione, Erik’s grandfather, signed with the Chicago White Sox after graduating from a Chicago-area high school in 1965. A burly first baseman, he said he played one season in the minors before volunteering to serve in the Vietnam War. Before his one-year term in Vietnam was up, he volunteered for another three-month stay. Not long after that he was shot in the leg. He was later awarded two
Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars, but his baseball career was over. “It’s tough coming back from that,” he said. “It’s tough to get your mind back together.” This, now, is the easy part. Grandpa Forgione lives in Arizona and enjoys nothing more than watching his grandson’s games. He has regularly attended UW’s games in Arizona the past few years. Last weekend was his first trip to Seattle to see Erik play, knowing it could be his grandson’s final home games for the Huskies. “I’ve watched them for three years, and this is great. This is what they’ve been working for,” Don Forgione said. He is planning to follow his grandson to Mississippi for the NCAA regional this weekend, hoping to tag along for as long as this breakthrough season extends. “I’m just so proud,” Don Forgione said. He, too, believes he’s blessed.
SEATTLE — After two tries at the state tournament, Centralia's Anna Scheibmeir will bring home a trophy from the State 2A Girls Tennis Tournament. On Friday Scheibmeir, a senior, defeated Olympic's Anne Marie Herbert 6-1, 6-3 and Sehome's Andrea Clawson 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the semifinals. The lowest she can now finish is sixth place. She'll face West Valley (Yakima)'s Chloe Goyette today at UW's Nordstrom Tennis Center for a chance to place in the singles title bout. Centralia's other singles player, Lillian Albright, fell to Foster's Eunica Serafica 7-5, 6-4 in the first round and Sehome's Ali Morrow in the consolation round. In doubles action, the Tigers' McKailey Fast and Jaycee Foster won their first match against Evergreen's Cecilla Vu and Hao Trieu 6-2, 6-0. They then dropped a quarterfinal matchup to Sehome's Lizzie Friesen and Simone Hall 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. Fast and Foster will face Washougal's Christina Zach and Haley Briggs today for a right to play in the fourth/ seventh place match.
College Baseball Oxford Regional Games Rained Out, Moved to Today OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Both opening round games of the NCAA tournament's Oxford regional were rained out on Friday. The two games were pushed to Saturday. No. 2 seed Washington will face No. 3 Georgia Tech at 2 p.m. ET, followed by No. 1 Mississippi and No. 4 Jacksonville State at 6 p.m. The regional will now have three games scheduled for Sunday with the championship moved to Monday. Soggy weather could be a threat throughout the weekend, with scattered storms expected throughout the next three days.
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Seattle Can’t Overcome Tigers’ Power in 6-3 Loss
SEATTLE (AP) — Hisashi Iwakuma threw the entire collection. Fastballs, sliders, cutters, splitters. They all were delivered to Detroit's Victor Martinez during one memorable at-bat. For nine pitches, Iwakuma avoided making a mistake to the leading hitter in the American League. On the 10th pitch, Seattle's starter got punished for making a poor pitch. "I thought I did pretty well until that last pitch," Iwakuma said through an interpreter. Martinez's three-run homer in the fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie, Justin Verlander quieted Seattle for 7 ⅔ innings, and the Tigers beat the Mariners 6-3 on Friday night. Martinez's homer came after Seattle chose to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera. It wasn't a bad decision as Cabrera had hit a two-run homer two innings earlier to give the Tigers an early lead. But Martinez won the battle with Iwakuma, who left a slider chest-high and in the middle of the plate. Martinez didn't miss, clearing the wall in right for his 13th homer of the season and ninth in May. "I've seen Victor do that from time to time over the last several years," said Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon, a former coach with the Tigers. "I know what he is capable of doing. It
Elaine Thompson / The Associated Press
Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera (24) is congratulated by teammate Torii Hunter after hitting a two-run home run as Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino looks on in the third inning of a baseball game on Friday in Seattle.
was a calculated risk that didn't work out." Martinez said he's gone from being angry when teams walk players in front of him to understanding why. "Hey, if I'm a manager, I'd do the same thing. It is what it is," Martinez said. "(Cabrera's) the
best hitter in the game, and you can't let the best hitter in the game beat you. I understand it." Iwakuma (3-2) lasted six innings in his shortest start of the season. He gave up nine hits and four runs in his last outing against Houston in picking up his first loss. His problem against
the Tigers was being unable to finish off an inning. The homers by Cabrera and Martinez both came with two outs. "I didn't feel any different today over the other days I pitched," Iwakuma said. "Some pitches I intentionally go up in the zone to change eye level. They have a
tough lineup and are very tough outs." Rajai Davis added a solo shot on the first pitch from Seattle reliever Charlie Furbush in the seventh. While Iwakuma was getting knocked around, Seattle's bats were being mostly silenced by Verlander. He had lost three of his previous four starts and gave up 11 hits in each of his last two outings. Verlander (6-4) allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked one against Seattle. Verlander was on the cusp of getting through the eighth for just the second time this season, but James Jones' two-out single forced a change. He threw a season-high 120 pitches. "I think my rhythm was much better, my consistency was much better and my stuff was a lot better," Verlander said. "That's a good sign in and of itself." Verlander's only troubles came with Seattle's Kyle Seager, who doubled in his first at-bat and hit a two-run homer in the fourth to pull the Mariners even. Seager was thrown out at home trying to score on an infield groundball in the second, but made up for it with his eighth homer of the season in the fourth. "He's got the same good stuff, throws hard, got a big curveball and mixes it up pretty good," Seager said. "He picks up the intensity with guys in scoring position."
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GET FUZZY by Darby Conley
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NON SEQUITUR by Wiley
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE by Stephan Pastis
HERMAN by Jim Unger
RHYMES WITH ORANGE by Hilary B. Price
DENNIS THE MENACE
DILBERT by Scott Adams
PICKLES by Brian Crane
WIZARD OF ID by Parker & Hart
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston
CLASSIC PEANUTS by Charles Schulz
HI & LOIS by Greg & Brian Walker
BLONDIE by Dean Young & John Marshall
SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie MacNelly
FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves
B.C. by Mastroianni & Hart
BEETLE BAILEY by Mort, Greg & Brian Walker
by Hank Ketcham
Life 10 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, May 31, 2014
GET FUZZY by Darby Conley
Comics
NON SEQUITUR by Wiley
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE by Stephan Pastis
HERMAN by Jim Unger
RHYMES WITH ORANGE by Hilary B. Price
DENNIS THE MENACE
DILBERT by Scott Adams
PICKLES by Brian Crane
WIZARD OF ID by Parker & Hart
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston
CLASSIC PEANUTS by Charles Schulz
HI & LOIS by Greg & Brian Walker
BLONDIE by Dean Young & John Marshall
SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie MacNelly
FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves
B.C. by Mastroianni & Hart
BEETLE BAILEY by Mort, Greg & Brian Walker
by Hank Ketcham