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SATURDAY, JULY 23

World Athletics Championship Day 9 — The U.S. women’s 4×100 team came away with gold Saturday night, clocking in at 41.14 seconds to beat out the favorites in Jamaica, who came in at 41.18. Meanwhile on the men’s 4×100 side, the U.S. men were upset by Canada who took home first with a time of 37.48. The U.S. men swept the individual medal stand in the 100 meter, but took second in the relay with a time of 37.55.

The men’s triple jump, 800 meter and javelin all had finals Saturday with no Americans cracking the top three. The women’s 5000 final also went down with no U.S. runners taking home a medal.

The men’s decathlon is halfway through its 10 events and Americans Zachery Ziemek (4469 points) and Kyle Garland (4413 points) sit in third and fourth in the overall standings. The 110 meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 meter race will all go down on the championship’s final day Sunday.

The women’s 100 meter hurdles prelims took place and saw Americans Alia Armstrong (12.48 seconds, second fastest time) Kendra Harrison (12.60 in fifth) both advance. Two American women also advanced to the finals in the long jump, led by Quanesha Burks in first overall with a leap of 6.86 meters. Tiffany Flynn also advanced with a 6.73 jump. The U.S. women also posted the fastest 4×400 relay time of 3:23.38 and will go for gold Sunday. The men’s side also had the fastest time in the semifinal heats with a time of 2:58.96.

Kraken acquire former Winterhawk — Oliver Bjorkstrand, who led the Columbus Blue Jackets with 28 goals and 57 points last season, has been traded to the Seattle Kraken for two future draft picks. The winger from Denmark played for the Portland Winterhawks for two seasons, including their 2013 Western Hockey League championship season, and was drafted by Columbus with the 89th pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.

The Blue Jackets recently signed Johnny Gaudreau as a free agent and needed to part with someone for salary-cap reasons. Columbus’ loss is a great deal for Pacific Northwest hockey fans.

Astros 3, Mariners 1 — A new streak has started for Seattle (51-44): a two-game losing streak at the hands of AL West leading Houston (63-32) with the loss Saturday. Kyle Tucker and Yuli Gurriel doubles in the fourth scored two for the Astros and the third run came on a wild pitch in the eighth. The Mariners could only muster four hits against Astros ace Justin Verlander, one hit being a solo home run for Carlos Santana in the seventh.

Dust Devils 3, Hops 2 (10) — Hillsboro (38-49) couldn’t scratch out another run in the extra innings loss at home to Tri-City (38-48) on Saturday. Wilderd Patino scored on a wild pitch in the fifth and Caleb Roberts brought home the other Hops run in the sixth on fielder’s choice. An error by Jordan Lawlar in the sixth allowed the Dust Devils to score in the top of the 10th and take home the win.

Knights 9, Pickles 1 — The Pickles (26-13) couldn’t hang on late in the road loss to Corvallis (29-12). The Knights scored seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings while Portland’s lone run came in the first inning on a Jacob Jablonski single.

FRIDAY, JULY 22

World Athletics Championships — Sydney McLaughlin’s world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles highlighted Friday’s competition in Eugene.

The 22-year-old American not only set a world record at Hayward Field for the third time, she is the first to go around the track and over the hurdles in under 51 seconds. Her time of 50.68 bettering her previous world record 51.41.

McLaughlin exploded down the back stretch to take a commanding lead and widened the gap to the finish 1.57 seconds in front of silver medalist Femke Bol of the Netherlands (season-best 52.27). American Dalliah Muhammad took bronze (season-best 53.13).

It also was a big day for Vancouver, Washington native Kara Winger, who won silver in the women’s javelin. The Skyview High grad, a nine-time USA champion competing in her final championships, reached the podium for the first time with a throw of 210 feet, 1.65 inches (64.05 meters) on her sixth and final throw. She is the first American woman to medal in the javelin at the world championships.

American Michael Norman won the men’s 400 meters i.n 44.29. Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas cruised to gold in the women’s 400 meters (49.11).

• Allyson Felix will run at least one more time. The 36-year-old is expected to race Saturday in the prelims of the women’s 4×400 relay. The 4×400 finals will close the meet on Sunday.

It was believed Felix ran her last competitive race a week ago in the mixed 4×400.

Astros 5, Mariners 2— Coming off of the All-Star Break, Seattle’s 14-game win streak was ended by the division-leading Astros. Houston hit three solo home runs in scoring five runs off of starter Marco Gonzales, who went 5.2 innings.

Jose Altuve was 3 for 5 and led off the game with a solo home run for Houston.

Ty France hit a solo home run for Seattle in the sixth. A sigle and three walks produced a run in the Seattle eighth, but the inning would have been bigger but, with one out and the bases loaded Houston shortstop Jeremy Pena made a leaping grab to rob Kyle Lewis of a hit.

Hops 6, Dust Devils 1 — At Ron Tonkin Field, a four-run seventh on three hits and one error broke open the game for Hillsboro. Luke Albright struck out eight over five innings and four Hops pitchers limited Tri-City to two hits. Wildred Patino, one of several Hops’ newcomers to contribute, hit a solo home run in his first at bat with the team to put Hillsboro ahead 2-1 in the second inning.

Knights 2, Pickles 1 — In a game between the top two teams in the West Coast League’s South Division, Corvallis prevailed in 10 innings after both teams scored once in the second inning at Oregon State’s Goss Stadium.

Temo Becerra led off the Corvallis 10th with a double and scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk with no outs.

Portland (11-3 in the second half) managed only three singles. Corvallis is 10-4, one game back.

Oregon Sports Hall of Fame — On Sunday, July 31, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame will hold the induction ceremony for its 2022 class at the Key Bank Club at Providence Park.

The event starts at 3:30 p.m., with a social gathering beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $65 and can be purchased by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The 2022 class includes former Oregon State football coach Dennis Erickson, former Oregon and Barlow High basketball star Fred Jones, NBA referee Terry Durham, Portland Buckaroo hockey player Connie Madigan, high school baseball coach Dave Gasser, Oregon State women’s basketball standout Felicia Ragland, masters track and field record-setter Becky Sisley and the Oregon Tech men’s basketball teams from 2004, 2008 and 2012.

T2 fall again — Playing at Providence Park Friday afternoon, Portland Timbers2 lost 2-1 to San Jose Earthquakes II in MLS NEXT Pro action. For T2 (1-12-2, seven points), Blake Bodily scored in second-half stoppage time with an assist from Justin Rasmussen.

College football — Oregon senior Alex Forsyth and Oregon State redshirt junior Jake Levengood are among 40 players, including five from the Pac-12, named to the preseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy. The Rimington Trophy is given annually to the nation’s top center.

Also, Oregon State junior Luke Musgrave and Oregon sophomore Terrance Ferguson have been named to the watch list for the John Mackey Award, given annually to the nation’s top tight end.

Motocross — The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship makes its annual stop in Southwest Washington on Saturday. The Washougal National takes place at the Washougal MX Track. Practice and qualifying start at 8 a.m. The first motos are at 1 p.m., the second motos at 3 p.m. Through seven race, Eli Tomac of Cortez, Colorado leads the in the 450 cc class. In the 250 cc, Australians Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence are 1-2 in points. Washougal native Levi Kitchen is fifth in points in the 250 cc class. www.washougalmxpk.com.

Academic honors — Four members of the University of Portland men’s basketball team were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court for their academic performance during the 2021-22 year. They are Mike Meadows (3.22 GPA, Organizational Communication), Jack Perry (3.38, Business), Tyler Robertson (3.46, Psychology) and Kristian Sjolund (3.43, Business).

• Oregon State men’s golfers Carson Barry, Mateo Fuenmayor, Jackson Lake and Nolan Thoroughgood have been named Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholars.

THURSDAY, JULY 21

World Athletics Championship Day 7 — Some American fireworks came to close the seventh day of the World Athletics Championship at Hayward Field in Eugene. Noah Lyles took home gold for the U.S. with a new national record in the men’s 200 meter with a time of 19.31 seconds, besting the previous American record of 19.32 set by Michael Johnson at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Fellow Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton took home second and third to sweep the medals for the U.S., which the men also did in the 100 last week.

The women’s 200 meter final went down as well, won by Jamaican Shericka Jackson in a time of 21.45, the second fastest time on record in the event. Her teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took second in 21.81 followed by Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith in third. Abby Steiner was the fastest American, taking fifth in a time of 22.26.

In qualifying events earlier in the day, no American men made it out of the 800 meter semifinals while Curtis Thompson was the only American to advance in the men’s javelin throw. Abdihamid Nur was the only man from the U.S. to advance in the 5000 meter while Donald Scott and Will Claye advanced in the men’s triple jump.

The only other event for the women Thursday was prelims for the 800, which saw Americans Ajee Wilson, Athing Mu and Raevyn Rogers all advance.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

Sharpe update — Trail Blazers rookie guard Shaedon Sharpe, who suffered a shoulder injury in summer league play July 7, underwent further evaluation of a small labral tear in his left shoulder. It has been determined that surgery will not be required, the team announced.

He will continue with rehabilitation and should be available for fall training camp.

World Athletics Championship — Valarie Allman became the first American woman to win a medal in the discus at the world track and field championships in Eugene. She bronze, throwing 224 feet 1 inch.

It gave the USA a meet-leading 19 medals (six gold, five silver, eight bronze).

China’s Bin Feng won gold (226-9) and Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic silver (224-7).

Allman is the reigning Olympics champ in the event.

Norah Jeruto, running for Kazakhstan, set a world meet record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:53.02, third-fastest time ever).

Pickles — Portland Pickles played an exhibition game against the Willamette Wild Bills at Walker Stadium … and scored 31 runs, winning 31-3. The Pickles had 31 hits.

According to the box score, it was quite a night for LeTrey McCollum: He hit for the cycle, going 4 for 5 with nine RBIs; he had one of the team’s three homers (a grand slam), and also had two sacrifice flies and a stolen base.

Blake Wink had five hits.

Translation: The Wild Bills’ pitchers weren’t too effective.

Moser to Celtics — Mike Moser becomes the latest former Portland prep star to join the Boston Celtics’ coaching staff.

The Grant High product joins the staff of head coach Ime Udoka, who prepped at Jefferson High, and will be an assistant alongside Damon Stoudamire (Wilson) and Aaron Miles (Jefferson).

He was an assistant coach with the Oregon women’s basketball team. He was previously a player development coach with the Dallas Mavericks.

Motocross — An event in Southwest Washington that attracts a lot of Portland-area motocross fans is the Washougal National in Washougal, Washington, and it takes place Saturday, July 24.

It’s part of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.

For more: www.washougalmxpk.com.

Webb memorial — A memorial for Oregon football player Spencer Webb, who died in a fall near Triangle Lake outside of Eugene last week, will be 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21.

It will be livestreamed at:

>youtu.be/u_Oy2uXmmAs

TUESDAY, JULY 19

MLB All-Star Game — The American League won its ninth consecutive All-Star Game on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles 3-2. New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton was named the MVP thanks to a two-run home run in the fourth inning to tie the game at two. Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton gave the AL the lead later that inning with a solo home run as the pitching took over from there.

The Seattle Mariners sent Julio Rodriguez and Ty France as an injury replacement, the two combined to go 0 for 3 with France striking out in his only at bat.

World Athletics Championships Day 5 — Day five was a little quieter than the first four days with only an afternoon session, highlighted by the finals in the women’s high jump, men’s discus, men’s 1500 meter and the men’s 400 meter hurdles. No women from the U.S. made the high jump final while Sam Mattis was the highest ranking man in the discus for the U.S., taking 11th place. Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh took home gold.

Great Britain’s Jake Wightman took home gold in the 1500 meter, American Joshua Thompson took last in the race in 12th. Rai Benjamin gave the U.S. a little hardware though in the men’s 400 hurdles by taking second place in a time of 46.89, second to Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos at 46.29. Trevor Bassitt from the U.S. took third in a time of 47.39.

As for the women’s 400 hurdles, four Americans advanced to the next round in Sydney McLaughlin (53.95 was the second fastest time), Shamir Little, Dalilah Muhammad and Britton Wilson. The women’s 200 meters ran their semifinals races and two Americans qualified in Tamara Clark (21.95 was the third fastest time) and Abby Steiner.

And finally the men’s 200 meter semifinals went down as well, qualifying three Americans in Noah Lyles (19.62 was fastest qualifying time), Erriyon Knighton (19.77 time was second fastest) and Kenneth Bednarek.

The U.S. continues to easily lead in total medals with 18 while Ethiopia and Kenya are tied for second with six a piece. The U.S. also had six gold medals, the only other country with more than one is Ethiopia with three.

MLB Draft — Two more Oregon State players were picked in the final day of the MLB draft. RHP Jake Pfennigs went first in the 13th round when he was picked by Oakland, 394th overall. His teammate and fellow RHP DJ Carpenter went next in the 14th round, 427th overall, to the St. Louis Cardinals, joining teammate Cooper Hjerpe. That brings the Beavers total to eight players drafted in 2022, tied for the second most in program history behind the nine picked in 2006.

Portland baseball had a second player taken in the draft when the Colorado Rockies picked LHP Caleb Franzen in the 12th round, 356th overall. Franzen is from West Linn and is only a sophomore in the Pilots program.

Speaking of homegrown talent drafted, Clackamas standout and Oregon commit Jackson Jaha was selected in the 15th round, 449th overall, by the New York Mets. Fellow Oregon commit Sabin Ceballos was picked 418th overall in the 14th round by the Los Angeles Angels. Oregon State commit Gavin Turley was picked in the 19th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

MONDAY, JULY 18

World Athletics Championships — The world championships for track and field continue through July 24 at Hayward Field in Eugene. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. All events are live on NBC’s Peacock streaming service. Weekday television is on USA Network and the July 23-24 weekend events can be seen on NBC (KGW 8) and CNBC.

• Anna Hall won bronze in the heptathlon, becoming the first American to medal in the event in 21 years. She won the 800 meters, the final event of the heptathlon, to earn the medal.

Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase won the women’s marathon in a championship record 2:18:11. The previous record was 2:20:57 by Paul Radcliffe in Helsinki in 2005.

Home Run Derby — Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez hit 81 homers in Tuesday’s Home Run Derby at the MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. But, Juan Soto beat him in the final round with 19 homers to win the Home Run Derby; Soto had 53 total home runs.

Rodriguez had 32 home runs in the first round to beat Corey Seager and 31 in the second to dethrone two-time champ Pete Alonso.

Hall drafted — Oregon outfielder Anthony Hall has been selected with the 130th overall pick (fourth round) of the 2022 MLB draft by the New York Yankees.

Ducks first baseman Brennan Milone went to Oakland in the sixth round (184th overall). And, pitcher Adam Maier was taken 215th overall (seventh round) by Atlanta.

OSU pitcher Will Frisch was selected in the sixth round (173rd overall) by the Chicago Cubs.

Also: OSU outfielder Wade Meckler went to the San Francisco Giants with the 256th pick (eighth round), and catcher Gavin Logan went to the Arizona Diamondbacks two picks later (258th, ninth round).

University of Portland pitcher Brent Gillis was selected by the Houston Astros with the 283rd pick (ninth round).

Pro baseball — Winners of 14 in a row and 22 of 25, the Mariners were going to be represented at Tuesday’s All-Star Game by Julio Rodriguez and by Ty France. Seattle picks things back up at home with a series against Houston July 22-24, then it’s three more games at home against Texas July 25-27.

Hillsboro also gets a four-day break before hosting Tri-City for a three-game set July 22-24, then heading to Eugene for six games against the Emeralds July 26-31.

Pickles this week — Portland is in Corvallis to play three games against the Knights at Goss Stadium July 22-24. Then Walla Walla comes to Walker Stadium from July 26-28 for three games.

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