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Newspaper Page Text8A — THE OBSERVER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 SPORTS SCOREBOARD LOCAL SCHEDULE Saturday COLLEGE FOOTBALL Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon; Ashland, 1 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Eastern Oregon at Corban; Salem, 5 p.m. PREP FOOTBALL Huntington/Harper at Sherman/Condon, 1 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Cove, Union, Imbler, Riverside at Helix Tournament, all day Wallowa at The Cat Clash, Echo, all day BASEBALL Monday PREP GIRLS SOCCER La Grande at Fruitland, Idaho, 3 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Fruitland, Idaho at La Grande, 4 p.m. — Subject to change Chicago Kansas City Detroit MLB Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct New York 92 49 .652 Tampa Bay 83 59 .585 Boston 75 65 .536 Toronto 55 86 .390 94 .329 A Baltimore Central 46 Division W L Pct Minnesota 87 53 .621 Cleveland 81 60 .574 Elgin at Stanfi eld Tournament, all day Vernonia at Heppner Tournament, all day Enterprise at Prairie City Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP CROSS COUNTY La Grande, Enterprise, Elgin, Union/Cove at Runner Soul XC Fest, 12:50 p.m. GB _ 9½ 16½ 37 45½ GB _ 6½ 62 78 .443 25 51 90 .362 36½ 41 97 .297 45 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 91 50 .645 _ Oakland 81 58 .583 9 Texas 69 73 .486 22½ Los Angeles 65 76 .461 26 Seattle 58 83 .411 33 All Times PDT Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 1 Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 6 Texas 3, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 2, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 4 Houston 11, Seattle 9, 13 innings Friday’s Games Texas at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 5:15 p.m., 1st game Detroit at Oakland, 7:07 p.m., 2nd game Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 3:10 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 6:07 p.m. Sunday’s Games Texas at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. Kansas City at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Detroit at Oakland, 1:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 5:05 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 87 54 .617 _ Washington 78 61 .561 8 Philadelphia 72 67 .518 14 New York 71 68 .511 15 Miami 50 89 .360 36 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 79 61 .564 _ Chicago 76 63 .547 2½ Milwaukee 71 68 .511 7½ Cincinnati 66 75 .468 13½ Pittsburgh 61 79 .436 18 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 92 50 .648 _ Arizona 73 67 .521 18 San Francisco 67 73 .479 24 San Diego 64 75 .460 26½ Colorado 59 82 .418 32½ All Times PDT Thursday’s Games St. Louis 10, San Francisco 0 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 innings Atlanta 4, Washington 2 Miami 10, Pittsburgh 7 Chicago Cubs 10, Milwaukee 5 Friday’s Games St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Kansas City at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Washington at Atlanta, 10:20 a.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Colorado at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. FOOTBALL NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 TIGERS Continued from Page 7A girl can run forever,” Crow said. “She brings quite the role model. Everyone wants to be like that one person on the team, and she is that one person this year.” Martini, a soft-spoken junior, said she simply wants to help the team. “I hope that I can make the girls stronger to get us to state. We’re get- ting stronger, we’re getting faster (and) we’re mentally getting stronger, too.” The boys team is also young, and doesn’t boast a single senior among the 10 members of the team listed on athletic.net, and lost three seniors from a team that placed ninth, including Bennett Welch, who a year ago led the Tigers individually in 13th. N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South L T Pct PF PA Houston 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 .000 0 0 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 L.A. Chargers 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 10 3 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 10 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 L.A. Rams 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 All Times PDT Thursday, Sept. 5 Green Bay 10, Chicago 3 Sunday, Sept. 8 Atlanta at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. W 0 0 0 0 “Those three seniors were very helpful to the team, but we’ve got some good freshmen who came up,” said junior Cristian Mendoza, who placed 14th at state a year ago. “For the most part, we’re still pretty young, were still growing.” Crow called the boys team “eager” to prove themselves because of what was lost to graduation. “They’re hungry, and they know they are the underdogs to a certain extent this year because they lost all the top dogs,” she said. Crow called Mendoza not only the team leader, but one who brings secu- rity to the squad. “That’s what Cristian is. He really encourages them, he motivates them, and when they need a little kick in the rear, he gets them going,” she said. “He brings more than anything just leader- L.A. Rams at Carolina, 10 a.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Seattle, 10:05 a.m. Indianapolis at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m. San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at New England, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 Houston at New Orleans, 4:10 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 7:20 p.m. College Football Top 25 Schedule Friday, Sept. 6 No. 24 Boise State vs. Marshall, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 12 Texas A&M, 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. New Mexico State, 1 p.m. No. 3 Georgia vs. Murray State, 1 p.m. No. 4 Oklahoma vs. South Dakota, 4 p.m. No. 5 Ohio State vs. Cincinnati, 9 a.m. No. 6 LSU at No. 9 Texas, 4:30 p.m. No. 7 Michigan vs. Army, 9 a.m. No. 10 Auburn vs. Tulane, 4:30 p.m. No. 11 Florida vs. UT-Martin, 4:30 p.m. No. 13 Utah vs. Northern Illinois, 10 a.m. No. 14 Washington vs. California, 7:30 p.m. No. 15 Penn State vs. Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. No. 16 Oregon vs. Nevada, 4:30 p.m. No. 17 Wisconsin vs. Central Michigan, 12:30 p.m. No. 18 UCF at FAU, 4 p.m. No. 19 Michigan State vs. Western Michigan, 4:30 p.m. No. 20 Iowa vs. Rutgers, 9 a.m. No. 21 Syracuse at Maryland, 9 a.m. No. 22 Washington State vs. Northern Colorado, 2 p.m. No. 23 Stanford at Southern Cal, 7:30 p.m. No. 25 Nebraska at Colorado, 12:30 p.m. ship, and a little bit of thoughtfulness.” She also pointed to Garrett Street and Braxton Bisenius as runners who should make a push at the top of the team. “Garrett is really stepping up. It’s night and day from last year to this year,” she said. “Braxton can also really step up, be there and get everyone going.” Mendoza believes that if things fall in place for La Grande, the team can be better than a year ago “If the guys keep on working, keep on pushing themselves, the whole getting together and going as one, I think we can place better than ninth,” he said. The Tigers open the season Saturday at the Runner Soul XC Fest in Hermis- ton, and host the Tiger Invite Oct. 11 at the La Grande Country Club. Ronald Bond/The Observer La Grande’s Presley Justice had 15 kills in the Tigers’ match against Pendleton Thursday. VOLLEYBALL Continued from Page 7A Kenzie Williams had 22 assists for La Grande, Jacie Howton had 13 assists and Felicity Houston led the Ti- gers’ back row with 23 digs. Seavert added 18 digs. Carissa Cooley led the Pendleton defense with 18 digs, while House had 11. Sam Spriet had 16 assists, Sauren Garton added 11, and both Cooley and Duchek had two aces. The Tigers (5-1 overall) host Nyssa Wednesday. Also Thursday LEOPARDS TOP OUTLAWS The Enterprise Outlaws were unable to maintain momentum after winning the fi rst set and dropped a four-set home match to the Cove Leopards, 15-25, 27-25, 25-14, 25-20, Thursday. Ashlyn Gray led the En- terprise offense with 13 kills. Claire Farwell had 19 digs and Zari Bathke had three aces. “We folded in the third set, coming off the momentum swing towards Cove late in the second set,” Enterprise head coach Lisa Farwell said. “We need to improve our discipline and eliminate the mental mistakes if we want to keep the momentum throughout the entire match.” Stats were not available for Cove. Enterprise (4-3 overall) travels to the Prairie City Tournament Saturday, while Cove (3-0) is at the Helix Tournament Saturday. BADGERS SWEEP TIGERSCOTS The Powder Valley Badgers continued their hot start to the season, handling Weston-McEwen its fi rst loss with a 26-24, 25-10, 25-19 road sweep Thursday. “It was a good win for us, as they were ranked No. 1 for 2A,” head coach Marji Lind said. “We started off kind of slow, but games 2 and 3 (the) girls started passing well.” Stats were not available. The Badgers (8-1 overall) host Wallowa next Thursday to begin Old Oregon League play. Prep football SOCCER Continued from Page 7A Lauran Rinker, Katie Williams and Starra Ullman each added goals before the half ended for a 7-0 lead at the half. Both Garlitz and Cecelia Aguilera found the back of the net early in the second half — Garlitz in the 51st min- ute and Aguilera in the 53rd to seal her hat trick — and Josie Bornstedt added a late goal for the fi nal margin. La Grande dominated every facet of the game, and it started with posses- sion. La Grande held the ball in its offensive end of the fi eld the majority of the match and generated 55 shots, 36 of which were on goal against the younger Buckaroos. “(We’re) a very young team,” and that is our issue,” head coach Paul Parker said, noting the team lost nine seniors from the previous year. Parker pointed to speed as one of the key differences, but said the team showed strides even over the course of the match. “Some things I saw that were really solid (was) the movement of the defen- sive line, and it improved drastically between the fi rst and the second half. Ronald Bond/The Observer La Grande’s Cecelia Aguilera, center, scores one of her three goals during the Tigers’ 10-0 win over Pendleton Thursday. We only gave up three goals in the sec- ond half which was a drastic improve- ment,” he said. Senior Ashlynn Madril agreed, and added that the team was improved over its 12-0 loss to Lewiston, Idaho, just two days earlier. “I felt we were playing a better team (in La Grande), and we played better and gave up fewer goals,” she said. A major bright spot for Pendleton was goalkeeper Lindsey Little Sky, who weathered the barrage from La Grande to register 26 saves. “Our keeper played a phenomenal game,” Parker said. La Grande (1-0 overall) travels to Fruitland, Idaho, Monday. BOBCATS ROUGHED UP The Union Bobcats opened the season with a tough 56-0 loss to the Crane Mustangs Thursday in a nonleague game in Ontario. State were not available. Union (0-1 overall) faces Imbler next Friday at EOU. Grande Ronde Hospital proudly welcomes: Jay Johnson, DO Joining GRH as an Emergency Department Physician Emergency Department Physician Jay Johnson joins Grande Ronde Hospital after spending several years as a locum tenens emergency medicine physician, during which time he worked in a variety y of hospitals across the United States. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where p he s served ervved er d for f or seven seve ven n and an a half years as a clinic supervisor and served an additional seven and a half years as an air traﬃc controller. Dr. Johnson is the recipient of the h Air Force Achievement Medal, and two National Defense Service A M Medals. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the M Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is c certiﬁed by the American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine. Jay Johnson, DO Ellen Morris Bishop/EO Media Group Cove’s Breanna Harvey makes a play on a ball during the Leopards’ win in Enterprise Thursday. D Dr. Johnson and his wife have ﬁve married children and seven g grandchildren. He enjoys spending time with his family, faith-based a activities, vacationing, golf, scuba diving, hiking, caring for and showing I Irish Wolounds, and enjoying smooth jazz and contemporary C Christian music. Learn more about Dr. Johnson in our online Provider Directory at www.grh.org today!