http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121066461317924200 Oregon State's up-and-down baseball team came back down to earth Monday. A day after Ryan Ortiz's grand slam beat UCLA, the Beavers (24-20) got buried early and lost 11-6 at home to Utah Valley (15-34-1). The teams will meet again at Corvallis' Goss Stadium at 2 p.m. Tuesday. OSU trailed 11-0 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121064829310412900 Rebecca Kim, a three-time Oregon high school girls golf state champion, has left the illustrious program at Duke University after two years. Kim, 19, plans to make a run at qualifying for next year’s LPGA Tour. “I learned a lot of things, life lessons, at school. I just felt like it ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121066009308455400 The St. Mary’s Academy girls and Jesuit boys took first-day leads Monday in defense of their state golf titles. The top four players for St. Mary's combined to shoot 355, 47-over par, at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn. Lake Oswego is second among the Class 6A girls at 340 going into ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121063515123352500 Philadelphia defenseman Braydon Coburn, an ex-Portland Winter Hawks player, could be out for Game 3 of the Flyers-Pittsburgh NHL playoff series after suffering a bad gash on his forehead from being hit by a puck. Coburn got struck by a puck off the stick of Pittsburgh's Hal Gill early in the first ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121064483855108300 Micah Hoffpauir had three hits and drove in four runs, two with a homer, as Iowa beat the visiting Portland Beavers 10-6 Monday in Pacific Coast League baseball play. The two teams conclude their series at 10 a.m. PT Tuesday. Iowa goes for the four-game sweep of Portland (17-19), which starts Josh ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121061772786582500 CORVALLIS — Quickie quiz: Which Oregon State pitcher has the most victories this season? If you said Mark Grbavac, you’re probably a member of the junior right-hander’s immediate family. The Central Catholic grad is 4-1 as a middle-relief specialist for the Beavers, who begin ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121064411024757300 Sometimes, it’s not just the losers who are lost. The end for Stuart Gaussoin came on April 29 in a Beaverton hotel room, on a day when he felt he could no longer face the world in which he was living. The pint-sized guy with the colossal heart, who lived to make his friends ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121064317710467400 David Gruener pitched a complete game, scattering six hits Monday as the Portland Pilots beat Cal State-Northridge 3-0 in a nonleague college baseball game at Northridge, Calif. The Pilots, who play the Matadors again at 1 p.m. Tuesday, moved to 20-30 overall. The lefthanded Gruener, who had five ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121063961758519600 Concordia has been selected as an at-large entry for the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship, May 20-23 at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego. The Cavaliers will be playing in their fourth consecutive NAIA championship after starting the program in 2004. The Cavs highest finish was ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121063013558652800 The parent San Diego Padres purchased the contract of Portland infielder Edgar Gonzalez on Monday and designated infielder Callix Crabbe for assignment. Additionally, the Beavers placed lefthanded pitcher Joe Thatcher on the active roster Monday after he was optioned to Portland on ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121062412076769500 Oregon football players Patrick Chung, a rover, and Nick Reed, a defensive end, have been named to the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Award, which is given to the country's best defensive college player by the Football Writers Association of America and sponsored by Charlotte Touchdown ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121055425961101700 CORVALLIS — With one swing of the bat, Ryan Ortiz might have saved Oregon State’s NCAA Tournament hopes. Ortiz’s grand-slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning carried the Beavers to an 8-7 victory over UCLA Sunday before a Goss Stadium crowd of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121060730087372600 Oregon, selected to the NCAA softball playoffs despite a 5-16 Pac-10 record, will play Oklahoma at Norman, Okla., on Friday. The Ducks (33-27) beat the Sooners (43-12) 1-0 earlier in the season. Tulsa (34-23) and Arkansas (36-27) are also part of the NCAA regional, one of 16 sites for playoff ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121060608157788500 As motivation, Portland Timbers coach Gavin Wilkinson likes to pull out a few facts from the history book. Fact: Portland didn’t beat Seattle last season. Fact: Portland didn’t beat Minnesota last season. Fact: Portland lost at Puerto Rico last season. Fact: The Timbers have a poor ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121053803801154100 So I'm watching television Saturday night, noting what a wise decision it was for the Seattle Mariners to show every game this season in high-definition. I mean, even though they stink, it's still a gorgeous picture on my screen and a bad program in HD is better than a good one in standard ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121056616332862300 If Avery Sills plays well the next two days, her father might never see his putter again. Sills, a Lincoln High sophomore, has been using her dad’s two-ball stick since last summer. She’ll use it Monday and Tuesday as she defends the Class 6A state girls golf championship she shared ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121054832954982700 It was a lost weekend for the University of Portland baseball team at 14th-ranked Pepperdine. The Pilots got swept, including a tough, 8-5 defeat Sunday at Malibu, Calif. Portland (19-30, 3-15 West Coast Conference) tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth inning, but the Waves (32-16, 12-5) responded ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121055311143333100 Despite a losing regular-season record, the Portland LumberJax maintained their confidence and came up with a motto: “Why Not Us?” The LumberJax always believed they had the talent and chemistry to win the National Lacrosse League championship. Next Saturday, they get their ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121054471087378500 The Portland Beavers managed a total of only eight hits in 14 inings Sunday as they dropped both ends of a road doubleheader against the Iowa Cubs. Iowa (18-18) won 3-0 and 3-2. Starters Wade LeBlanc (2-3) and Enrique Gonzalez (0-2) took the losses. Iowa rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121048523059203000 The Portland LumberJax will play for the National Lacrosse League championship. The Jax won 16-12 Saturday night over the Calgary Roughnecks in the West Division title game at Calgary. Dan Dawson’s five goals and five assists led Portland before 9,327 at the Pengrowth Saddledome. The ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121048663351395200 Track and field coaches throughout Portland are remembering Jon Abraham, who died on Monday, as a beloved colleague and friend who was extremely devoted to his athletes and his sport. Abraham, who was 69, coached at Franklin High for 27 years. Four years ago, the school named its track and field ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121048454525090400 The Seattle Sounders couldn't gain any ground on the Portland Timbers Saturday night. The teams played to a 0-0 draw at Qwest Field in Seattle, a result that kept Portland six points in front of the defending United Soccer Leagues First Division champions. Portland is 3-0-2 (11 points), while ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121047380828093700 The Portland Chinooks knocked off the team with the second-best record in the league Friday, winning 142-135 over the Vancouver Volcanoes in an International Basketball League game at Clark College. But they lost to the Central Oregon Hotshots a night later, falling 123-120 at Mountain View High ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121051938607544300 Concordia won the men’s and women’s track and field championships Saturday at Mt. Hood Community College. The Cavalier men totaled 238 ˝ points to pull away from Eastern Oregon (187) and Oregon Tech (118 ˝). The Concordia women were dominant, too, on the third and final day, boosting ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121046605703140800 CORVALLIS – Oregon State couldn’t get enough going at the plate or on the mound to avoid an 11-4 whipping by UCLA Saturday at Goss Stadium. UCLA righthander Charles Brewer allowed three first-inning runs, then settled in to shut out the Beavers on one hit over the next five innings ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121043431327350800 Heavy favorites Belinda Niu of Lincoln and Alex Rovello of Cleveland led their teams to sweeps at the PIL district tennis finals Friday at Portland Tennis Center. And Lincoln junior Peter Jones won his third straight league championship, defeating Matt Casey of Wilson 6-2, 6-2 in the PIL boys ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121045930591785500 Connor Kavanaugh has a nasty abrasion on his right knee, but the pain was worth it. Kavanaugh ran for two touchdowns, of 25 and 12 yards, and threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Tracy Ford in Portland State's spring game as four Viking quarterbacks led the offense against the defense Saturday at PGE ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121045557845299500 Four quarterbacks, led by Tygue Howland, guided the Portland State Vikings in spring ball. A fifth QB is getting ready to make it a full house, and freshman-to-be Kramer Hagan from Sacramento's Capital Christian High says he'll be ready to compete. The Vikings recruited the 6-2, 210-pound Hagan ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121045460628972800 The Portland Beavers brought their active roster back up to the 24-man limit Saturday with the transfer of infielder Tom King from Class A Lake Elsinore (Calif.). In 19 games with the Storm, the 23-year-old King hit .158 (12 for 76), with two doubles, five walks, four RBIs and eight runs scored in ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121043139941871100 It was Mike Stutes’ night at Goss Stadium. The former Lake Oswego star hurled Oregon State to a 10-1 victory Friday over UCLA in the first of a three-game series. The Bruins got just four hits and a run as Stutes improved to 3-6. He struck out nine and raised his career total to 275, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121037495791236700 The CART and Champ Car series may be a thing of the past — and the Indy Racing League possibly part of the future — but the Mazda Grand Prix will be part of the present racing season at Portland International Raceway. The event will feature many fast cars and many races July 25-27 at ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121037347044348000 The parent San Diego Padres have purchased the contract of catcher Luke Carlin and recalled outfielder Jody Gerut, both hot players for the Triple-A Portland Beavers. The Padres also signed free-agent catcher Shawn Wooten and sent him to Portland, and were excepted to send Class A infielder Tom ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121029048250319900 Oregon State football coach Mike Riley will sit down next week with all of his players for what amounts to exit interviews going into the summer. The Beavers are coming off what Riley calls a “good spring” of practices, and they will be working on various issues and areas as ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121034975915766300 Grant and Madison clinched baseball playoff spots with big victories Thursday. The Generals rode Jerrell Young’s no-hitter to an 8-0 win over visiting Franklin. Madison and Marshall were tied for second place in PIL 5A going into Thursday’s regular-season finale at Marshall. Madison ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121029510027883500 News from here and there: • Kellen Clemens moved to tears? It happened last month, when the New York Jets quarterback from Oregon saw Pope Benedict XVI bless and kiss his month-old daughter, Kate Elizabeth, after mass in Washington, D.C. “My eyes welled up with tears, it was such a moving ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121028949742216300 The Portland LumberJax changed their approach in the area of tickets this year, and they increased their average attendance by 8 percent, from 7,527 last year to 8,104. They also gave away fewer freebies than in their previous two seasons. And the Jax already are making strategy for the future, as ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121028186750236600 The annual Portland Interscholastic League Hall of Fame Celebration of Champions, sponsored by Realty Trust, will be May 18 at the Tiger Woods Center on the Nike campus in Beaverton. The top athletes and coaches from each of the PIL's 10 schools will be honored. Scholarships will be presented to a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121028049863695300 Getting real about big-time college sports, Part 2: Earlier this week, you probably read all about the release of the NCAA's Academic Progress Report. It's a big deal, because if your favorite school isn't doing well with moving its athletes through the system, it can lose scholarships ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121027301671182900 The parent San Diego Padres purchased the contract of Portland pitcher Shawn Estes, and transferred pitcher Edwin Moreno to the Beavers from Class AA San Antonio. The Padres also placed reliever Kevin Cameron on the 15-day disabled list (elbow sprain). Estes, 35, was 4-2 with a 3.67 ERA and 25 ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121026292382666800 Pat Riley’s handpicked successor as head coach of the Miami Heat is “a man born to coach,” according to the Hall of Fame-bound Riley. Not entirely true, Erik Spoelstra claims. Spoelstra, named last week to lead the Heat, did grow up as the son of NBA executive ...