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SPORTS Thursday, January 5, 2017 East Oregonian Page 3B NFL Coming off best season, Avril ready to face former team By TIM BOOTH Associated Press NFC Wildcard RENTON, Wash. — At this point, enough time has passed and enough turnover has taken place that most of the players Cliff Avril knew in Detroit have moved on. That part of Avril’s career seems a lifetime ago. Back when he was on the other end of the spectrum from what he’s experienced in Seattle, going to the playoffs in each of his four seasons since landing with the Seahawks. “A lot of guys are spoiled here,” Avril said. “A lot of these guys have been every year they’ve been in the league. You may take it for granted from time to time. But I’ve been at the very bottom where you have no chance. You’re probably packed up and gone home already at this point. So I definitely appreciate it for sure.” Avril’s past and present will clash this week when the Seahawks host the Lions in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs. It’s another chapter in a career during which Avril has experienced the lowest of lows — a 0-16 season as a rookie in 2008 with the Lions — and the ultimate success of winning a Super Bowl title in his first year Detroit Seattle Lions Seahawks (9-7) (10-5-1) • Saturday, 5:15 p.m. • at Century Link Field • TV: NBC AP Photo/Scott Eklund, File Coming off the best regular season of his career, Avril’s past and present clash this week with the Seahawks hosting the Lions in the NFC playoffs. after signing with the Seahawks in 2013. This meeting with his former team comes after the best regular season of Avril’s career. He finished with a career-best 11 ½ sacks, tied for sixth best in the NFL. He was selected for the Pro Bowl for the first time. He also discovered his philanthropic side. It’s been a year of growth for Avril that now gets connected to his past. “Detroit was a cool city to be in. I have nothing but love for the people of Detroit,” Avril said Tuesday. “But football-wise we were just never able to win anything. But I had a great (defensive) line coach and I attribute a lot of the stuff I’m doing to him, helping me get the foundation of being able to rush and understanding how to rush.” Since arriving in Seattle, Avril has steadily seen his play time, production and impact increase. During the 2015 season, Avril set a career high with 47 tackles in the regular season. This season it was the increase in sacks, teaming with Michael Bennett and Frank Clark as the Seahawks tied with Denver for the third-best pass rush in the NFL with 42 sacks. “I wish I had his speed,” Bennett said. “He’s super-fast. I wish I could do the things he could do around the edge and that’s pretty cool.” The philanthropic part of Avril’s career season came with the deci- sion to build a house in Haiti for every sack he made in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which blew through the island country in the early fall. Avril, whose family is of Haitian decent, had previously given back by helping to rebuild an elementary school through his charity. He added the housing project — roughly $6,000 to $6,500 per house — after being contacted by Baltimore’s Elvis Dumervil, another player with Haitian heritage. “They’re mostly built and made to be able to be shelter for a hurricane, and earthquakes as well,” Avril said. “The process of building it actually is local workers and basically kind of stimulates the economy a little bit as well, by doing it that way. ... It’s a pretty cool little process. I can’t wait to go out there next offseason to see the progression.” NOTES: Seattle signed long snapper Tyler Ott and placed long snapper Nolan Frese on injured reserve. Frese suffered a high- ankle sprain in Sunday’s win over San Francisco, but coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday the team needed to make a move for this week. ... RB C.J. Prosise had a “positive scan” on his fractured shoulder blade, an injury suffered in November, Carroll said. The hope is that Prosise may be able to practice next week if Seattle wins this weekend. SCOREBOARD Local Slate BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Today Mac-Hi at Riverside, 7 p.m. Echo at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Friday Pilot Rock at Imbler, 3 p.m. Irrigon at Grant Union, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Helix at Cove, 7 p.m. Union at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Ione at Condon/Wheeler, 7:30 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Mountain View at Hermiston, 3:45 p.m. Redmond at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Stanfield at Imbler, 5:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 5:30 p.m. Elgin at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Arlington at South Wasco, 5:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 5:30 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Today Mac-Hi at Riverside, 6 p.m. Echo at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Grant Union, 5 p.m. Pilot Rock at Imbler, 6 p.m. Union at Heppner, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Enterprise, 6 p.m. Helix at Cove, 6 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 6 p.m. Ione at Condon/Wheeler, 6 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Mountain View, 2 p.m. Redmond at Pendleton, 2:45 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Stanfield at Imbler, 4 p.m. Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 4 p.m. Elgin at Heppner, 4 p.m. Arlington at South Wasco, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 4 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 4 p.m. Helix at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. Saturday Riverside at Grandview (WA) Winter Classic, 9 a.m. Pendleton at Brunner Invitational (Dallas), 9 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at The Dalles Meet (at Hood River Aquatic Center), 10 a.m. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday Warner Pacific at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 4 p.m. Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday Warner Pacific at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 2 p.m. Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Bowl Glance Monday, Jan. 9 National Championship at Tampa, Fla. Alabama (14-0) vs. Clemson (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 23 11 Boston 21 14 New York 16 19 Philadelphia 9 24 Brooklyn 8 25 Southeast Division W L Charlotte 20 16 Atlanta 19 16 Washington 16 18 Orlando 16 21 Miami 11 26 Central Division W L Cleveland 26 8 Milwaukee 18 16 Indiana 18 18 Chicago 18 18 Detroit 16 21 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L San Antonio 28 7 Houston 27 9 Memphis 22 16 New Orleans 14 22 Dallas 11 24 Northwest Division W L Utah 22 14 Oklahoma City 21 15 Portland 15 22 Denver 14 21 COLLEGE WRESTLING Friday Eastern Oregon vs. Embry-Riddle (at Menlo Duals), 6 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Menlo Duals, TBD Prep Scores BOYS BASKETBALL Wednesday’s Games Junction City 47, Southridge, British Columbia 33 Westview 74, Century 68 Yamhill-Carlton 58, Gaston 40 GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday’s Games Barlow 60, Lakeridge 48 David Douglas 57, Wilson 49 Hood River 53, St. Helens 45 Molalla 56, Scappoose 42 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLA- TIONS Burns vs. Ontario, ccd. Nyssa vs. Parma, Idaho, ppd. Football NFL Wild-card Playoffs Saturday Oakland at Houston, 1:35 p.m. (ESPN) Detroit at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday PREP WRESTLING Friday-Saturday Mac-Hi, Irrigon, Heppner, Echo at JoHi Invite (Joseph), 9 a.m. Miami at Pittsburgh, 10:05 a.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 Seattle, Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston, Oakland or Miami at New England, 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Houston or Oakland at Kansas City, 10:05 a.m. (NBC) Green Bay, N.Y. Giants or Detroit at Dallas, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Pct GB .676 — .600 2½ .457 7½ .273 13½ .242 14½ Pct .556 .543 .471 .432 .297 GB — ½ 3 4½ 9½ Pct .765 .529 .500 .500 .432 GB — 8 9 9 11½ Pct GB .800 — .750 1½ .579 7½ .389 14½ .314 17 Pct .611 .583 .405 .400 GB — 1 7½ 7½ Minnesota Pacific Division 11 24 .314 10½ W 31 24 15 13 11 L 5 14 20 25 25 Pct GB .861 — .632 8 .429 15½ .342 19 .306 20 Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento L.A. Lakers Phoenix ——— Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 111, Orlando 92 Charlotte 123, Oklahoma City 112 Milwaukee 105, New York 104 Chicago 106, Cleveland 94 L.A. Clippers 115, Memphis 106 Miami 107, Sacramento 102 Golden State 125, Portland 117 Today’s Games Brooklyn at Indiana, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Denver, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Miami at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Men’s Top 25 Wednesday’s Games No. 18 Butler 66, No. 1 Villanova 58 No. 2 Baylor 65, Iowa State 63 No. 8 Duke 110, Georgia Tech 57 No. 23 Notre Dame 77, No. 9 Louisville 70 No. 10 Creighton 85, St. John’s 72 Pittsburgh 88, No. 11 Virginia 76 No. 15 Oregon 83, Washington 61 N.C. State 104, No. 21 Virginia Tech 78 Today’s Games No. 4 UCLA vs. California, 6 p.m. No. 5 Gonzaga at San Francisco, 6 p.m. No. 17 Arizona vs. Utah, 7 p.m. No. 19 Saint Mary’s vs. BYU, 8 p.m. No. 20 Purdue at Ohio State, 4 p.m. No. 25 Southern Cal vs. Stanford, 8 p.m. Friday’s Games No games scheduled Women’s Top 25 Wednesday’s Games No. 1 UConn 90, East Carolina 45 No. 2 Baylor 91, No. 17 West Virginia 56 No. 3 Maryland 93, Nebraska 49 No. 15 Texas 66, Kansas 54 No. 20 Oklahoma 85, Kansas State 80, OT No. 22 South Florida 62, Tulane 53 No. 23 DePaul 79, Creighton 65 Today’s Games No. 4 Mississippi State at Arkansas, 8 p.m. No. 5 South Carolina at Auburn, 7 p.m. No. 6 Florida State at North Carolina, 7 p.m. No. 7 Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m. No. 8 Louisville at Virginia, 7 p.m. No. 13 Duke at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. No. 14 Miami at N.C. State, 7 p.m. No. 24 Kentucky vs. Missouri, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games No. 9 UCLA at Washington State, 9 p.m. No. 10 Stanford vs. Oregon, 11 p.m. No. 12 Washington vs. Southern Cal, 11 p.m. No. 19 Arizona State at Utah, 9 p.m. No. 20 California vs. No. 16 Oregon State, 9 p.m. Edmonton 39 Calgary 40 Los Angeles 38 Vancouver 40 Arizona 38 Pts 54 44 44 42 42 40 37 36 GF GA 119 90 94 98 95 97 113 109 113 111 93 108 93 109 82 102 Pts 58 55 55 51 45 39 39 36 GF GA 126 74 133 107 141 103 105 83 118 125 95 101 92 115 104 113 Pts 51 50 45 41 40 39 25 GF GA 109 98 113 76 108 111 113 122 100 117 103 102 77 129 Pts GF GA 48 95 82 48 109 109 13 17 15 18 22 7 2 4 3 5 45 44 42 41 27 111 104 109 112 94 92 100 116 82 124 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg 4, Florida 1 Montreal 4, Dallas 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, Philadelphia 2 Calgary 4, Colorado 1 Vancouver 3, Arizona 1 Anaheim 2, Detroit 0 Today’s Games Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Boston, 4 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 6 p.m. Arizona at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Montreal 39 24 9 6 Ottawa 37 20 13 4 Boston 40 20 16 4 Toronto 37 17 12 8 Tampa Bay 39 19 16 4 Florida 39 16 15 8 Detroit 38 16 17 5 Buffalo 37 14 15 8 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Columbus 36 27 5 4 Pittsburgh 38 25 8 5 N.Y. Rangers 41 27 13 1 Washington 37 23 9 5 Philadelphia 40 20 15 5 Carolina 37 16 14 7 New Jersey 39 16 16 7 N.Y. Islanders 36 15 15 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 40 23 12 5 Minnesota 36 23 9 4 St. Louis 38 20 13 5 Winnipeg 41 19 19 3 Dallas 39 16 15 8 Nashville 37 16 14 7 Colorado 38 12 25 1 Pacific Division GP W L OT San Jose 38 23 13 2 Anaheim 40 20 12 8 19 21 19 19 11 Transactions BASEBALL National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with 1B Tyler Moore, LHP Kelvin Marte, OF Brandon Barnes, SS Ryan Jackson and RHPs Juan Beni- tez and Javy Guerra on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Assigned F Henry Ellenson to Grand Rapids (NBADL). MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled F Troy Williams from Iowa (NBADL). PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived F Hollis Thompson. Assigned F Richaun Holmes to Delaware (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived G Ryan Sey- mour. Signed G Jonathan Cooper. Signed WR Shaquelle Evans to the practice squad. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived S Tyvis Powell. Signed WR Devin Hester. 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