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Newspaper Page Text8A — THE OBSERVER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2019 SPORTS SCOREBOARD LOCAL SCHEDULE Saturday COLLEGE FOOTBALL MSU-Northern at Eastern Oregon, 6 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Eastern Oregon at LCSC Warrior Open; Lewiston, Idaho, TBD MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon; Ashland, 4 p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon; Ashland, 6:30 p.m. BASEBALL MLB Playoffs All Times PDT DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) AMERICAN LEAGUE Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Friday, Oct. 4: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2 Saturday, Oct. 5: Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Monday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3 Tuesday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay 4, PREP VOLLEYBALL Joseph at Griswold, 1 p.m. La Grande at Seaside Tournament, 8 a.m. Heppner at Union, TBA Heppner vs. Enterprise (at Union), TBA Enterprise at Union, TBD Pilot Rock at Elgin, 5:30 p.m. Pine Eagle at Powder Valley, 1 p.m. Joseph at Nixyaawii, 11:30 a.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER La Grande at Baker, Noon PREP BOYS SOCCER La Grande at Baker, 2 p.m. Sunday Women’s College Basketball Yellowstone Christian at Eastern Oregon, noon — Subject to change Houston 1 Thursday, Oct. 10: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 0 Friday, Oct. 4: N.Y. Yankees 10, Min- nesota 4 Saturday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2 Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees 5, Min- nesota 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday, Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0 Friday, Oct. 4: Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4 Monday, Oct. 7: Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington 7, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 innings St. Louis 3, Atlanta 2 Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6 Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0 Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1 Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis 13, Atlanta 1 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston Saturday, Oct. 12: N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 5:08 p.m. (Fox or FS1) Sunday, Oct. 13: N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 5:08 p.m. (Fox or FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 15: Houston at N.Y. Yankees (Fox or FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 16: Houston at N.Y. Yankees (Fox or FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Houston at N.Y. Yankees (Fox or FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 19: N.Y. Yankees at Houston (Fox or FS1) x-Sunday, Oct. 20: N.Y. Yankees at Houston (Fox or FS1) NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis vs. Washington Friday, Oct. 11: Washington (Sanchez 11-8) at St. Louis (Mikolas 9-14), 5:08 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 12: Washington (TBD) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-10), 1:08 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis (Flaherty 11-8) at Washington (TBS) Tuesday, Oct. 15 St. Louis at Wash- ington (TBS) x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Washington (TBS) x-Friday, Oct. 18: Washington at St. Louis (TBS) x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Washington at St. Louis (TBS) BASKETBALL WNBA Playoff Glance All Times PDT Finals (Best-of-5) Washington 3, Connecticut 2 Sunday, Sept. 29: Washington 95, Connecticut 86 Tuesday, Oct. 1: Connecticut 99, Washington 87 Sunday, Oct. 6: Washington 94, Con- necticut 81 Tuesday, Oct 8: Connecticut 90, Wash- ington 86 Thursday, Oct. 10: Washington 89, Connecticut 78 SOCCER Major League Soccer Playoffs All Times PDT First Round Saturday, Oct. 19 Eastern Conference New England at Atlanta, 10 a.m. D.C. at Toronto, 3 p.m. Western Conference Dallas at Seattle, 12:30 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 Eastern Conference New York Red Bulls at Philadelphia, noon Western Conference LA Galaxy at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 18 Detroit 4 3 1 0 6 14 Boston 4 3 1 0 6 9 Tampa Bay 4 2 1 1 5 18 Toronto 5 2 2 1 5 19 Montreal 4 1 1 2 4 15 Florida 3 1 2 0 2 9 Ottawa 3 0 3 0 0 8 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Carolina 4 4 0 0 8 17 Washington 5 2 1 2 6 15 N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 10 Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 8 Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 11 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 7 Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 7 New Jersey 4 0 2 2 2 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF St. Louis 4 3 0 1 7 14 Colorado 3 3 0 0 6 13 Nashville 4 3 1 0 6 19 Winnipeg 5 3 2 0 6 19 Dallas 5 1 3 1 3 12 Chicago 2 0 2 0 0 7 GA 11 11 8 13 20 18 14 15 GA 11 16 5 3 10 8 14 20 GA 11 7 14 17 15 9 Minnesota 3 0 3 0 0 6 14 Pacifi c Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 4 4 0 0 8 18 12 Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 9 5 Calgary 4 2 1 1 5 12 11 Vegas 4 2 2 0 4 13 10 Arizona 3 1 2 0 2 5 4 Vancouver 3 1 2 0 2 10 8 Los Angeles 3 1 2 0 2 11 17 San Jose 5 1 4 0 2 10 21 All Times PDT Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 5, Montreal 4, OT Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 0 Vancouver 8, Los Angeles 2 Thursday’s Games Detroit 4, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 2, Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 3 Edmonton 4, New Jersey 3, SO St. Louis 6, Ottawa 4 Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 2 Nashville 6, Washington 5 San Jose 5, Chicago 4 Calgary 3, Dallas 2, SO Colorado 4, Boston 2 Arizona 4, Vegas 1 Friday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 1 p.m. Nashville at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Montreal, 4 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vegas, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Vegas at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 7 p.m. FOOTBALL NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 6 0 0 1.000 190 48 Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70 N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 39 101 Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 Imbler sneaks past Cove in five UNION Observer staff Marriott controlled the net in the second set with six kills, while Daggett put together a run of nine points to give the Bobcats a 17-6 lead. “We knew we had to work hard,” Marriott said. “They are a really good team. It makes (the league) more competitive knowing that we have to work hard.” The Tigers trailed early once again in the third set, but came back to tie the score at 13-13. The Bobcats got four points from Taylar Daggett for a 19-15 lead. Marriott had four of her 12 kills right in a row to give her team a 23-17 lead. “Being able to put a point run of three or four was the hump factor,” Ganvoa said. “It It took fi ve sets, but the Imbler Panthers eked out an important victory over Cove in Old Oregon League action Thursday, 25-17, 16-25, 21- 25, 25-18, 15-7. The Panthers used a balanced attack in the win, get- ting 14 kills from Aspen Smith, 11 from Erin Coston, eight from Kenna Whitmore and seven from Allison Stirewalt. Rylee Deal added 38 as- sists for Imbler and Anika McDonald had 29 digs. Kierra Moore had 12 kills for Cove. Rachel Baird added six kills and Breanna Harvey had three aces. The Panthers (10-12 overall, 7-2 OOL) host Elgin Tuesday, while Cove (12-6, 5-4) is at Crane today. HUSKIES SURVIVE The Elgin Huskies EASTERN Continued from Page 7A team immediately, including Megan Still from Lane Community College, Taylor Stricklin from Umpqua Community College and Ra- chel Fielder from Chico State. The coach called both Still and Stricklin players who will help Eastern in the 3-point game. Fielder, at 6-foot-1, will add a boost in the post, but can also step out and shoot the mid range jumper or 3-ball, Weissenfl uh said. Albright said she is optimistic about East- ern’s prospects of being able to be stronger on the block this season. “I’m actually excited because we have some bigs in the post this year, which we haven’t really had in the past,” she said. “A lot of times we have just really key 3-point shooters. We’re going to have a little bit of a different inside game this year.” The junior added that EOU will need to play as more of a team this fall, and said meshing will be an area of growth. outlasted Nixyaawii in fi ve sets Thursday, 23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 24-26, 15-12. Maddison Harvey had 14 digs and fi ve aces for the Huskies. Tymra Anderson, Jayden Palmer, Shelby San- nar and Gracie Evans each had fi ve kills. Palmer also dished out 12 assists. Elgin (8-11 overall, 4-6 OOL) hosts Pilot Rock Saturday. “I think just having us all come together and play bigger team ball and not having just one player step up and take over,” she said. “That’s going to be the biggest difference — were going to be strong across the board.” Slater also believes the team could be stron- ger in the post, and will have to rely on each other more than maybe in years past. “I feel like we have more height this year (and will see) a little more post action. We have a lot of new shooters (too),” she said. “We’ll have to work as a unit all together. It’s not going to be one of us or two of us, it’s going to be the whole team.” Slater said the returners came back more prepared, and the new players are acclimating to the program. “The girls came back in better shape, their shooting’s improved, and some of the new players have done well adjusting to what we have going on,” she said. EOU takes the fl oor for the fi rst time Sun- day against Yellowstone Christian, and opens CCC play Dec. 6 at home against Multnomah. Continued from Page 7A South L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 0 .600 131 110 Indianapolis 2 0 .600 113 115 Jacksonville 3 0 .400 111 118 Tennessee 3 0 .400 98 76 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123 Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 92 122 Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114 Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113 Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123 L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94 Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 141 111 Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90 N.Y. Giants 2 4 0 .333 111 160 Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116 Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148 Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 4 1 0 .800 119 93 Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 127 57 Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118 L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134 Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138 All Times PDT Thursday’s Game New England 35, N.Y. Giants 14 Sunday, Oct. 13 Carolina vs Tampa Bay at London, UK, 6:30 a.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Houston at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Washington at Miami, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Seattle at Cleveland, 10 a.m. San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Tennessee at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Jets, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, 5:20 p.m. Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Oakland Monday, Oct. 14 Detroit at Green Bay, 5:15 p.m. W 3 3 2 2 just wasn’t in the cards tonight. From this point moving forward, is getting ready to compete at that level and coming out on the other end.” Brooke Howland led the Tigers with nine kills and 29 digs, while Zuri Reeser had eight kills and 15 digs. For the Bobcats, Glenn handed out 26 assists and had 11 digs, while Brianna Kohr had 18 digs. Sydney Antoine had three blocks; Autumn Daggett fi ve aces; and Ahnica Shoemaker two kills and two blocks. “We wanted this win,” Knapp said. “We had good competition. We pushed each other, and we both had to work hard to get points. It’s nice to see their program on the rise.” Union (15-2 overall, 7-0 BMC) will host Heppner and Enterprise on Saturday. HALL Continued from Page 7A and Alan Peterson. Turner took over the Mountaineers prior to the 1978 season and put together one of the best runs in the program. EOU had just one losing season in his six years and went 8-1 in 1980. Until 2016, when Eastern won 10 games, the 1980 season stood as the benchmark for victories in the program. The entire 1980 team was enshrined into the EOU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015, according to the EOU website. Turner fi nished his tenure at Eastern with a record of 33-24, which puts him at fourth on the all-time wins list. His winning percentage of .579 is better than any coach at Eastern with more than a year under his belt, and his fi ve seasons of a .500 record or better has been bested only by EOU’s inau- gural head coach, Bob Quinn (who had eight), and current head coach, Tim Camp (six). Ward graduated as at the time arguably the best kicker in Eastern history, and he is still in the top 10 in several categories. He kicked a then- Join Our Team AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is looking for compassionate, friendly people to join our team of volunteers for the upcoming tax season. EOU Athletics photo Don Turner coached the Eastern Oregon football team to a then-record eight wins in 1980. record 29 extra points in 32 attempts for the 1980 team, a then-record nine fi eld goals in 11 tries and 56 punts in 1983 (with an average of 41.5 yards per kick that was sec- ond best at the time) and, at the time he graduated, career marks in extra points made (68) and attempted (76), fi eld goals made (19) attempted (25), fi eld goal percentage (76%) and in punt attempts and yards. Peterson was with EOU just two seasons but was an All-American and all-confer- ence player who attended a pair of NFL camps for Hous- ton and Denver, according to the EOU website. La Grande resident Merle Comfort is also being enshrined for “Meritori- ous Service” dating back to 1979, according to the EOU website. Comfort was a volunteer athletic trainer for the foot- ball and basketball programs in the late 1970s and early 1980s, became the EOU football clock operator in 1986 and is still involved as a volunteer at EOU football games. The fi ve will be inducted at a ceremony at 7 p.m. this evening at the Gilbert Cen- ter on the EOU campus. Tax-Aide is a free program that makes it easier for older taxpayers to file their tax returns. Neighbors like you help prepare tax returns or serve in other ways, like organizing client paperwork, managing computer equipment, acting as interpreters, or making sure everything runs smoothly. There’s a role for everyone. Sign up at aarpfoundation.org/taxaide.