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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, October 29, 2015 GRIZZLIES: Bennett makes big serves in clutch A trio of Mus- tangs scram- ble for the ball after a block by Maken- zie Mize (49), of Helix, during Wednes- day’s playoff game in Helix. Continued from 1B time the girls responded for come-from-behind wins of 25-21, 25-21 and 25-23. “We were having fun, working together as a unit and trusting each other,” said Flerchinger, who scored the PDWFK¶V¿QDOSRLQWRQDZHOO placed kill. “Trust was huge part of it, and I think when all of those things — having fun, trust and communication — when they all come together, that’s what happens.” “That’s the big one that we’ve really worked on,” sophomore Charmayne Bennett said of trust. “Trusting that (your team- mates) are going to be there when you need it.” Each set featured multiple lead changes, and the Grizzlies (19-5) caught and overtook the Mustangs (13-6) for good DWLQWKH¿UVWVHWLQWKH second and 23 in the third. “There were some times when we were like, ‘Oh my gosh, what are we going to do? But we stayed positive and we kept pushing,” Flerchinger said. “I was really pleased with how the girls battled back and they didn’t just sink, they MXVWNHSW¿JKWLQJ´VDLG+HOL[ coach Tammie Parker. “They knew they could come back.” It was the third set the Staff photo by Kathy Aney showed why Helix will have a chance to advance from the Round of 16 and qualify for LWV ¿UVW ¿QDO EUDFNHW VLQFH 2009. Trailing 11-4, Helix avoided the urge to surrender the set and scored the next seven points to knot it at 11-all on a kill by Flerchinger. The Grizzlies then took the lead when the Mustangs couldn’t return Bennett’s serve to cap a seven-point run at the line for the sophomore. But Jordan Valley also refused to be broken, and rallied for an 18-14 lead when Sage Raine tipped a kill over the Helix block. The Grizzlies stopped the bleeding there, but were still two mistakes from giving the Mustangs new life when Bennett rotated back to the service line with Helix trailing 23-20. “It was a little stressful, but I just went back to focusing on the basics and served like I would in practice,” Bennett said. +HU ¿UVW VHUYH ZDV returned out of bounds by Jordan Valley. Her second offering was passed around but also not returned, and her third was a true ace to tie the score at 23-23. The Mustangs hit the ball into the net trying to return the next serve, and when they ¿QDOO\GLGJHWEDFNRYHUWKH net Flerchinger was there to VSLNHWKH¿QDOSRLQWLQWRWKH back corner and set off the celebration. Final statistics were not available, but Makenzie Mize, Kailey Mize and Sadie Wilson all made plays at the net for Helix while Morgan Caywood and Regann Skinner made notable contri- butions for Jordan Valley. The Grizzlies will try to carry over their momentum from Wednesday’s win in the next round on Saturday. They play at Crane, game time had not been determined at press time. “We have taken strides since our last game,” Flerchinger said. “I’m really looking forward to the prac- tices to come.” DUFUR 3, ECHO 1 — At Dufur, the Rangers outlasted the Cougars to advance in the 1A playoffs with scores of 24-26, 25-22, 25-12, 25-16 on Wednesday. No details were reported. WAR ON 84: Bulldogs have won last three in series and not arm tackle, I’m tired It’s the same gameplan: run of seeing that,” said Bucks the football, stop the run; coach Erik Davis. “I’m throw the football, defend looking for the (linebackers) to not be catching runners the pass.” On the other side of the foot- VL[\DUGVGRZQWKH¿HOGEXW ball, the run defense has been WR ¿OO DQG PHHW WKHP DW WKH the downfall for Pendleton in line of scrimmage. That’s the only way we’ll beat them is several games this season. However, the Bucks if we slow them down there.” WHEN PENDLETON dominated the line of scrim- THE BALL mage in last week’s win HAS Just like the defense did last over The Dalles, holding the Riverhawks to -23 yards week, the Buckaroos’ offense rushing as the likes of Jacob played its most complete Banks, Cade Anderson, and game of the season in the win Grant Kennedy made a living against The Dalles, putting LQ WKH 5LYHUKDZNV EDFN¿HOG up 49 points and 450 total yards — the highest in both for most of the game. Bucks coach Erik Davis categories this season. Kai Quinn tossed for over believes the game was a great FRQ¿GHQFHERRVWHU IRU KLV \DUGV DQG KDG ¿YH WRWDO team, but still believes this touchdowns, and the Bucks could be where the game is running game behind Jamal Vann and Deven Page contrib- won or lost. “We’re going to have to uted 150 yards and three have a couple kids step up touchdowns, giving the team Continued from 1B SOHQW\RIFRQ¿GHQFHKHDGLQJ LQWRWKHUHJXODUVHDVRQ¿QDOH with the Bulldogs. “They see when they play four full quarters great things can happen,” said Davis. “They know they can do this, it’s just a matter of doing it RQWKH¿HOG´ Hermiston’s defense — who will have its hands full with the dual-threat QB in Quinn — is coming off a strong performance against Hood River Valley’s Dallas Buckley. Though he threw for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns, he tossed three interceptions and ran for only 46 yards. “Our kids have done a pretty good job of containing running quarterbacks.” Faaeteete said. “Our kids are used to it. Nate is a running quarterback and Dayshawn is, too. So in practice they see a whole mesh of that.” But, as always, Faaeteete wants to win the battle at the line of scrimmage, where Hermiston, again, appears to have an advantage. “When you win up front battle, you help dictate where the game goes,” he said. The Bulldogs currently own a three-game winning streak in the series, with the last Pendleton win being a 26-12 result in 2012 at the Round-up Grounds. “If we do our job, it’ll take FDUH RI LWVHOI RQ WKH ¿HOG RQ Friday,” said Davis. “It’s a big week, we’re done with home- coming, now it’s Hermiston week and conference title week so we just really focus on dedicating themselves and taking care of themselves on DQGRIIWKH¿HOG´ The two teams will kick-off at 7 p.m. SCOREBOARD Special District 1 (1A) Conf. Ovr. Adrian 5-0 7-0 Wallowa 4-0 6-1 Crane 4-1 7-1 Pine Eagle 3-1 6-2 Jordan Vall. 3-2 4-4 Powder Vall. 2-2 4-4 Harper/Hun. 2-3 2-6 Joseph 1-3 2-5 P.C./B.R. 1-4 1-7 Echo 0-4 2-6 Mon./Day. 0-5 1-7 Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Mon./Dayville at Echo, 2 p.m. Arlington/Condon at Perrydale, 5 p.m. Riverside at Nyssa, 6 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 7 p.m. Culver at Stanfi eld, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 7 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. South Wasco at Ione, 7 p.m. MLB Postseason WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Kansas City 2, New York 0 Tuesday: Kansas City 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 14 innings Today: Kansas City 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City (Ventura 13-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City (Young 11-6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-0), 5:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets, 5:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday Mac-Hi at Phoenix (Medford), 1 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Saturday Elkton at Ione, TBD Helix at Crane, TBD PREP CROSS COUNTRY Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Uma- tilla, Weston-McEwen at State Cham- pionships (Lane Community College, Eugene), 10:35 a.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at Montana Tech, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Friday Eastern Oregon at Trinity Lutheran, 1 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacifi c, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday Eastern Oregon at Trinity Lutheran, 1 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacifi c, 9 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 5 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Victoria at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Langara College at Eastern Oregon (exhibition), 5 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at NW Nazarene (exhibition), Noon Prep Standings FOOTBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 2-0 3-5 198 290 16 Hood River 1-1 4-4 298 247 27 Pendleton 1-1 3-5 204 254 25 The Dalles 0-2 1-6 138 255 31 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk 3-0 7-1 352 145 12 2-1 4-4 230 167 17 1-2 1-7 158 243 30 0-3 0-8 30 390 37 La Grande Baker Ontario Mac-Hi Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk 2-0 6-1 304 135 5 1-1 5-3 200 208 18 1-1 4-3 144 145 11 0-2 2-5 139 251 24 Vale Umatilla Nyssa Riverside Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 4-0 8-0 426 92 2 Stanfi eld 3-1 7-1 312 180 6 WM 3-1 6-2 292 104 9 Irrigon 1-3 5-3 314 233 12 Culver 1-3 3-5 217 325 23 Pilot Rock 0-4 0-7 99 337 30 PS 332 326 220 314 170 195 98 PA Rnk 176 1 144 2 86 7 264 11 290 23 397 14 424 27 336 24 449 36 322 31 507 37 Baseball PREP GIRLS SOCCER Today Umatilla at Riverside, 4:15 p.m. Saturday Banks at Mac-Hi, Noon 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 South Wasco 0-4 0-6 PS 413 398 486 290 366 334 244 280 116 222 148 PA Rnk 254 8 117 14 100 19 130 5 240 21 299 26 380 36 Basketball NBA Wednesday’s Games Washington 88, Orlando 87 Toronto 106, Indiana 99 Chicago 115, Brooklyn 100 Detroit 92, Utah 87 Boston 112, Philadelphia 95 Miami 104, Charlotte 94 New York 122, Milwaukee 97 Cleveland 106, Memphis 76 Denver 105, Houston 85 Oklahoma City 112, San Antonio 106 L.A. Clippers 111, Sacramento 104 Dallas 111, Phoenix 95 Portland 112, New Orleans 94 Minnesota 112, L.A. Lakers 111 Today’s Games Memphis at Indiana, 4 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 5 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Football NFL Today’s Game Miami (+8) at New England, 5:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit (+5.5) vs. Kansas City at Lon- don, 6:30 a.m. San Francisco (+8.5) at St. Louis, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants (+3) at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Minnesota (-1) at Chicago, 10 a.m. Tennessee (+4) at Houston, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay (+7) at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Arizona (-4.5) at Cleveland, 10 a.m. San Diego (+3) at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Cincinnati (PK) at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets (-2.5) at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Seattle (-6) at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay (-3) at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Bye: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington Monday’s Game Indianapolis (+7) at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Soccer MLS Playoffs KNOCKOUT ROUND Eastern Conference Wednesday: D.C. United (4), 2, New England (5), 1 Thursday, Oct. 29: Toronto (6) at Mon- treal (3), 4 p.m. Western Conference Wednesday: Seattle (4) 3, LA Galaxy (5) 2 Thursday, Oct. 29: Sporting Kansas City (6) at Portland (3), 7 p.m. Hockey NHL Wednesday’s Games Ottawa 5, Calgary 4, SO Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 Nashville 2, San Jose 1 Today’s Games Carolina at N.Y. 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