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SPORTS Thursday, October 22, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B T-WOLVES: /RVVVHUYHGDVZDNHXSFDOO BULLDOGS: Continued from 1B “Absolutely awesome, I was so happy,” she said of WKHVWURQJ¿QLVK³,WKLQNWKDW ZH¶UHORRNLQJPRUHIRUWHDP success now and I can see us building more as a team, and you can’t get any better WKDQWKDW<RXFDQQRWJHWDQ\ EHWWHUWKDQWKDW´ Kristin Williams and .ODUHH +REDUW DOVR VSLNHG QLQH NLOOV DQG 0LDK 3HUH] DQG -RUGDQ 0L[ DGGHG ¿YH .DLOH\ %XFNQHU FKLSSHG LQ three and Emma Bowers KDG RQH )RXU SOD\HUV DOVR UHFRUGHG DVVLVWV WRRN WXUQV DW WKH VHUYLFH OLQH and 12 contributed digs on :HGQHVGD\ %DW\VDLGWKLVLVGH¿QLWHO\ one of the more group-ori- HQWHGSDFNRI7LPEHUZROYHV he’s had in eight seasons at %0&& ³7KH\ GR OLNH WR HQMR\ LW DQG KDYH IXQ´ KH VDLG “And that’s good, I’m glad WKDW WKH\ JHW WKDW FKDQFH 0HPRU\ PDNLQJ LV ZKDW this whole thing is about and I’m glad that they get that RSSRUWXQLW\´ 6FKZDU] VDLG WKH 7:ROYHV DUHQ¶W MXVW LQ LW for the memories, though, and Tuesday’s loss was a ZDNHXSFDOO ³7XHVGD\ NLQG RI PDGH XVUHDOL]HWKDWZHKDYHTXLWH D ELW RI ZRUN WR GR EHIRUH we head to the tournament,” adding Wednesday was a JRRGLQGLFDWLRQWKH7:ROYHV ZHUH ZRUNLQJ EDFN WRZDUG WRS IRUP ³, IHHO OLNH ZH¶UH Staff photo by E.J. Harris BMCC’s Kylie Collins sets the ball in the Timberwolves’ win against Treasure Valley on Wednesday in Pendleton. actually stepping up on that ODGGHU WR JHW WKHUH :H¶UH UHDOL]LQJ WKDW ZH¶UH FRPLQJ WR D KHDG DQG ZH KDYH WR 7KHUH¶V QR H[FXVHV WKHUH¶V no reason why we shouldn’t EHDWWKDWSODFH´ %OXH0RXQWDLQGLGQ¶WVWDUW the match as strongly as they ¿QLVKHGLWWKRXJK7KHWHDP KLWMXVWZLWKHLJKWHUURUV LQWKH¿UVWVHW Baty said part of that was possibly due to the late-night EXVULGHEDFNIURPQRUWKHUQ Idaho, but most of it was the 7:ROYHVWU\LQJWRDGMXVWWR WKH XQFRQYHQWLRQDO V\VWHPV run by Treasure Valley FRDFK0DU\$QQ 6WDQGDJH “It’s pretty hard to play 0DU\ $QQ¶V WHDPV EHFDXVH they do some things some- times that aren’t a part of tradi- WLRQDOV\VWHPVVR\RXNLQGRI KDYH WR EH UHDG\ IRU WKH EDOO FRPLQJRYHULQDQXQH[SHFWHG PDQQHU´KHVDLG³7KDWEHLQJ VDLG\RXVWLOOKDYHWRJREEOH LWXSSXWLWEDFNLQWKHV\VWHP DQGUXQ\RXURIIHQVH´ 7KH7:ROYHVGLGDPXFK EHWWHU MRE RI WKDW LQ WKH VHFRQG VHW KLWWLQJ DQG FXWWLQJWKHLUHUURUVWRVL[ .\OHH&KDYH]KDGDWHDP high 18 assists in the match and Hannah Bailey led them ZLWKGLJV ³,WKLQNWKDWZHGLGFRPH out well from (Tuesday) QLJKWZHZHUHUHDOO\H[FLWHG to get out on the court and PDNH VRPHWKLQJ ZRUN´ %DLOH\ VDLG ³,W ZDVQ¶W RXU best game but we’re still ZRUNLQJ´ “I’ll bet we’re going to play much crisper against <DNLPD9DOOH\RQ6DWXUGD\ WKDW¶VP\KXQFK´%DW\VDLG 7KH 7:ROYHV KRVW WKH <DNV 6DWXUGD\ DW SP DV WKHFRXQWGRZQWRWKH1:$& &KDPSLRQVKLSVEHJLQV ³:H¶YH JRW WKUHH PRUH FKDQFHV WR JHW RXUVHOYHV tuned up and ready to go for the big tournament,” Baty VDLG³+RSHIXOO\ZH¶OOGRWKH ULJKW WKLQJV DQG NHHS WKHP JRLQJ´ ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. 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trying to become MXVWWKHWKWHDPWRUDOO\DQG win among 80 who trailed 3-1 LQ EHVWRIVHYHQ SRVWVHDVRQ VHULHV,WKDVKDSSHQHGIRXURI WLPHVLQWKH/&6LQFOXGLQJ ZKHQ WKH 5R\DOV ERXQFHG EDFNDJDLQVWWKH%OXH-D\VLQ HQURXWHWR.DQVDV&LW\¶V RQO\:RUOG6HULHVWLWOH,QWKLV \HDU¶V EHVWRI¿YH 'LYLVLRQ Series, Toronto fell behind 0-2, then won three straight DJDLQVW7H[DV SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday’s Games Echo at Pine Eagle, 2 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi 7 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Culver, 7 p.m. Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Heppner, 7 p.m. Dufur at Ione, 7 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Today’s Games Mac-Hi at Baker, 4 p.m. City Christian at Irrigon, 4:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Riverside at City Christian, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Today’s Games Mac-Hi at Baker, 2 p.m. Umatilla at De La Salle, 4 p.m. Riverside at Portland Christian, 4:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Ontario at Mac-Hi, Noon PREP VOLLEYBALL Saturday’s Games Helix, Echo at Old Oregon district tourna- ment (La Grande) vs. TBD, 9 a.m. Ione at Big Sky district tournament (The Dalles) vs. TBD, 10 a.m. Weston-McEwen, Heppner, Stanfield at Columbia Basin district tournament (Culver) vs. TBD, Noon PREP CROSS COUNTRY Friday Umatilla, Weston-McEwen, Heppner, Stanfield, Helix, Nixyaawii, Condon/Wheel- er at SD5 District Meet (Pendleton), 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at GOL District Meet (Baker), 2 p.m. Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at CRC District Meet (The Dalles), 10 a.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Montana St.-Northern, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Friday’s Game Corban at Eastern Oregon, 3 p.m. Saturday’s Game Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday’s Game Corban at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. Saturday’s Game Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Friday’s Games Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Warner at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Simpson, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Simpson, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Today’s Game Blue Mountain at Eastern Oregon (scrim- mage), 4 p.m. Prep Standings FOOTBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hood River 1-0 4-3 270 211 27 Hermiston 1-0 2-5 162 262 15 Pendleton 0-1 2-5 155 234 28 The Dalles 0-1 1-5 118 206 29 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS La Grande 2-0 6-1 306 Baker 1-1 3-4 170 Ontario 1-1 1-6 115 Mac-Hi 0-2 0-7 30 PA Rnk 102 12 167 18 197 30 330 36 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS Vale 1-0 5-1 255 Nyssa 1-0 4-2 136 Umatilla 0-1 4-3 165 Riverside 0-1 2-4 115 PA Rnk 127 5 96 11 184 24 215 20 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 3-0 7-0 365 78 4 Stanfield 2-1 6-1 250 174 2 WMHS 2-1 5-2 256 98 12 Irrigon 1-2 5-2 300 172 13 Culver 1-2 3-4 211 289 19 Pilot Rock 0-3 0-6 95 275 31 Special District 4 (1A) Conf. Ovr. Sherman 5-0 5-2 Perrydale 4-0 6-0 Arlington 3-2 4-2 Dufur 2-2 5-2 Ione 1-3 2-4 Mitchell 0-4 2-5 S. Wasco 0-4 0-6 PS 332 326 220 314 170 195 98 PA Rnk 254 8 117 14 100 19 130 5 240 21 299 26 380 36 Special District 1 (1A) Conf. Ovr. Adrian 4-0 6-0 Wallowa 3-0 5-1 Crane 3-1 6-1 Jordan Vall. 3-1 4-3 Pine Eagle 2-1 5-2 Powder Vall. 2-2 4-3 Joseph 1-2 2-4 Harper/Hun. 1-3 1-6 P.C./B.R. 1-3 1-6 Echo 0-4 2-5 Mon./Day. 0-4 1-6 PS 351 314 388 338 236 276 254 172 104 216 140 PA Rnk 148 1 118 3 78 2 228 24 258 11 287 16 252 23 412 29 377 33 268 32 409 39 VOLLEYBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. SW SL Rnk Hood River 8-1 12-5 33 21 10 The Dalles 7-2 21-4 55 14 7 Pendleton 2-7 6-12 26 35 24 Hermiston 1-8 5-11 16 33 25 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. SW La Grande 6-0 12-9 36 Ontario 3-3 7-10 24 Baker 2-4 5-14 17 Mac-Hi 1-5 4-12 16 SL Rnk 29 15 29 29 40 27 36 35 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. SW Vale 6-0 22-2 58 Nyssa 4-2 14-8 43 Riverside 2-4 9-9 32 Umatilla 0-6 4-18 16 SL Rnk 10 2 28 16 34 23 56 30 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. SW SL Rnk Culver 10-0 26-3 70 10 3 WMHS 8-2 20-8 59 27 8 Heppner 5-5 12-12 32 39 24 Pilot Rock 4-6 11-12 37 42 21 Stanfield 3-7 8-11 32 40 26 Irrigon 0-10 4-17 19 52 39 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. SW SL Rnk Ione 13-1 18-6 58 24 11 Dufur 13-1 16-8 55 28 19 Con./Whe. 9-5 11-12 39 41 33 Arlington 8-6 11-12 37 38 40 S. Wasco 7-7 13-11 43 38 31 Mit./Spray 3-11 6-14 31 44 44 Sherman 2-12 5-17 16 54 49 Horizon Chr. 1-13 3-18 16 52 57 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. SW Powder Vall. 10-2 19-7 56 Helix 10-2 17-4 53 Echo 8-4 15-7 47 Joseph 8-4 11-7 35 Pine Eagle 4-8 7-12 25 Nixyaawii 1-11 3-15 9 Wallowa 1-11 1-20 9 Football SL Rnk 21 6 17 8 29 17 26 22 38 37 45 48 58 51 BOYS SOCCER Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. GS GA Rnk Hood River 4-0-1 10-0-3 48 6 1 Hermiston 3-1-1 9-2-2 31 17 5 Pendleton 1-4 4-8-1 17 50 26 The Dalles 1-4 2-11 10 42 27 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. GS GA Rnk La Grande 5-1 8-3-1 48 13 7 Ontario 4-1 10-2-1 67 13 11 Mac-Hi 1-3 4-5-1 29 20 23 Baker 0-5 0-10 1 69 35 Special District 4 (3A/2A/1A) Conf. Ovr. GS GA Rnk Riverside 7-0 9-2-1 65 9 5 Umatilla 5-2 6-5-1 39 22 16 Irrigon 1-3-2 1-5-2 7 32 26 Culver 1-5-2 2-8-3 26 61 38 City Chr. 0-4-2 3-6-3 25 45 32 GIRLS SOCCER Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. GS GA Rnk Hood River 4-0-1 7-4-2 22 17 12 Hermiston 1-1-3 3-4-6 11 20 17 Pendleton 1-3-1 5-6-2 21 31 24 The Dalles 1-3-1 4-8-1 19 31 29 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. GS La Grande 5-0-1 9-0-2 50 Baker 2-3 4-7 26 Mac-Hi 1-2-1 6-2-3 32 Ontario 1-4 5-8 26 Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto (Price 18-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 13-8), 5:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. National League All games televised by TBS New York 4, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York 8, Chicago 3 GA Rnk 9 3 37 22 12 15 72 26 Special District 2 (3A/2A/1A) Conf. Ovr. GS GA Rnk Riverside 4-0-3 4-4-3 17 20 13 Por. Adv. 4-1-2 6-1-4 23 5 9 Por. Chr. 3-2-2 4-4-2 12 23 16 Umatilla 2-1-4 3-4-4 21 24 14 Horizon Chr. 1-5-1 3-6-1 10 23 20 De La Salle 1-6 1-9 4 32 25 Baseball 2015 MLB Postseason LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by FS1 Kansas City 3, Toronto 2 NFL Thursday’s Game Seattle (-6.5) at San Francisco, 5:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games Buffalo (-5.5) vs. Jacksonville at London, 6:30 a.m. Atlanta (-4) at Tennessee, 10ap.m. Pittsburgh (-2) at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Cleveland (+5.5) at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay (+3.5) at Washington, 10 a.m. Minnesota (-2.5) at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston (+4.5) at Miami, 10 a.m. New Orleans (+4.5) at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets (+9) at New England, 10 a.m. Oakland (+4) at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Dallas (+3.5) at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m. Philadelphia (+3) at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. BYE: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay Monday’s Game Baltimore (+8.5) at Arizona, 5:30 p.m. Basketball NBA Preseason Wednesday’s Games Orlando 110, New Orleans 107, OT Charlotte 99, Detroit 94 Memphis 82, Atlanta 81 Miami 110, Washington 105 Phoenix 99, Dallas 87 Thursday’s Games Charlotte vs. Indiana at Fort Wayne, IN, 4 p.m. New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 6 p.m. Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 7 p.m. Portland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Soccer Major League Soccer Wednesday’s Games Colorado 2, Sporting K.C. 0 Hockey NHL Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 2, Toronto 1, SO Philadelphia 5, Boston 4, OT Edmonton 3, Detroit 1 Carolina 1, Colorado 0, OT Today’s Games Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Eagles come in with high-powered offense Continued from 1B ³7KH NLG¶V JRW D FDQQRQ´ )DDHWHHWH VDLG RI *RVVHWW ³%HFDXVH RI JX\V dropping left and right, we gotta get another solid EDFNXSRXWWKHUHDQGJRLQJ DQG WHVW KLV VNLOOV DQG OHW KLPVHHZKDWLW¶VOLNH$QG Nathan has become such an DVVHWRXUWKHUHDVDUHFHLYHU we’re trying to put the best JX\VRXWRQWKH¿HOG´ )ULGD\QLJKW¶VPDWFKXS OLNHO\VHUYHVDVWKHGHIDFWR &5& FKDPSLRQVKLS JDPH A win puts either team in a SRVLWLRQWRFOLQFKWKH&5& title after both won last ZHHN +RRG 5LYHU PLJKW KDYHWKHHDVLHUURDGZLWKLWV ¿QDO OHDJXH JDPH DJDLQVW The Dalles, but the door is VWLOORSHQIRUWKH%XOOGRJV 6LQFH WKH &ROXPELD 5LYHU &RQIHUHQFH ZDV formed before the 2010 season, Hermiston has won the league title twice, LQ DQG +RRG 5LYHU KDV D OHDJXH 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