A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at least three people before wranglers caught up with it, officials said. The crowd at the 84th Sisters Rodeo in the city of Sisters was singing along with Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” on Saturday night, most with their cellphone flashlights on, as the bull ran around the arena before what was to be the final bull ride of the night, the AP reports. Then the bull hopped the fence, according to a video shot by a fan. Other videos posted online showed the bull running through a concession area, knocking over a garbage can and sending people scrambling. The bull lifted one person off the ground, spun them end over end, and bounced them off its horns before the person hit the ground.

The Sisters Rodeo Association issued a statement Sunday saying three people were injured “as a direct result of the bull, two of whom were transported to a local hospital,” KTVZ-TV reported. Rodeo livestock professionals secured the bull next to livestock holding pens and placed it in a pen, the association said. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association said Saturday’s incident is a reminder that “while rodeo is a highly-entertaining sport, on very rare occasions it can also pose some risk.” The rodeo’s final performance on Sunday went on as scheduled.

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kaeden Kent’s grand slam was just the second hit in a nine-run seventh inning for No. 3 seed Texas A&M and the Aggies fell behind by five before rallying to beat Oregon 15-8, sweeping the Bryan-College Station Super Regional on Sunday night for a spot in the College World Series.

Texas A&M (49-13) has played in the CWS six previous times — most recently in 2022 — but never won it.

The Aggies fell behind by three in the first inning and trailed 8-4 heading to the top of the seventh.

Brock Moore (4-1) pitched two shutout innings in relief of Ducks starter Grayson Grinsell before the wheels fell off.

Texas A&M used one hit, five walks and a hit batter off Moore to knot the score at 8. Jaxon Jordan replaced Moore with the bases loaded and walked Ali Camarillo to give the Aggies the lead. Kent, who singled his first time up for the only other hit in the inning, followed with his bases-loaded shot on a 2-2 pitch for a 13-8 lead.

The Aggies grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after Jackson Appel led off with a single, stole second and scored on Hayden Schott’s two-out single.

Oregon (40-20) answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning.

Mason Neville led off with a single but was picked off on a steal attempt. Dominic Hellman reached with a single and Chase Meggers sent the next pitch over the fence in right-center field to give the Ducks the lead. Brad Rudis replaced Aggies starter Shane Sdao and promptly surrendered back-to-back home runs to Drew Smith and Anson Aroz.

Oregon pulled off a double steal with two outs in the second to push its advantage to 5-1 with Bryce Boettcher stealing home.

Travis Chestnut, the ninth batter in the lineup for Texas A&M, walked to lead off the third. He stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Jace LaViolette’s one-out single to make it 5-2.

Hellman had an RBI single in the sixth to give the Ducks a four-run lead.

Zane Badmaev (3-0) got the win for the Aggies, pitching a shutout sixth. Evan Aschenbeck allowed one run over the final three innings to notch his ninth save this season.

Texas A&M, which has hit a school-record 132 home runs this season, won the opener 10-6 on Saturday.

Oregon has played in the CWS just once — in 1954. The Ducks have won two of their three regional championships in the last two seasons. Their other title came in 2012.

SEASIDE, Ore. – A massive ocean oddity that washed up on a northern Oregon beach this week turned out to be a recently discovered species of sunfish, according to the local aquarium.

According to the Seaside Aquarium, a 7.3-foot sunfish was found on Gearhart Beach, north of Seaside, Oregon, on June 3.

“Initially, this large, strange looking fish was creating quite a stir on social media and though it was stormy, folks were flocking to the beach to see this unusual fish,” the aquarium said on Facebook.

News of the large fish reached New Zealand, where researcher Marianne Nyegaard quickly identified the marine animal as a different species than the ocean sunfish, or Mola mola. That’s because Nyegaard helped identify and name the hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta. Her research naming the new species was published in 2017.

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“Dubbed a new species hiding in plain sight, it was genetic sampling and eventual observation that contributed to its finding,” the Seaside Aquarium said. “This fish, hiding in plain sight, has most likely been seen/washed ashore in the Pacific Northwest before but was mistaken for the more common, Mola mola.”

According to Britannica, the Mola tecta or hoodwinker sunfish, can grow up to 7.9 feet long and is smaller than the other members of the sunfish family, which can exceed 10 feet. The fish have distinctive features, including a bullet-like shape, tough skin and a small mouth with beaklike teeth. 

Hoodwinker sunfish were initially believed to inhabit only the Southern Hemisphere, but these massive fish have recently washed up on U.S. Pacific Ocean beaches. Divers in Monterey Bay photographed two hoodwinked sunfish in 2019 – among the first confirmed sightings of the new species in Central California, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

After the latest sighting in Oregon, Nyegaard contacted Seaside Aquarium for a genetic sample. The aquarium provided more photos, measurements and tissue samples.

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“Through photographs, Marianne confirmed that it was a hoodwinker and that this may be the largest specimen ever sampled,” the aquarium said.

Beachgoers in northern Oregon can see this rare massive fish in person for at least a few more weeks because its tough skin makes it hard for scavengers to puncture. 

“It is a remarkable fish and the aquarium encourages people to go see it for themselves,” the Seaside Aquarium said.