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SPORTS 8A — THE OBSERVER FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 SCOREBOARD PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Enterprise at Stanfi eld, 4 p.m. Union at Heppner, 4 p.m. Imbler at Elgin, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Joseph, 4 p.m. Adrian at Cove, 4 p.m. Powder Valley at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m. PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Union at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Enterprise at Stanfi eld, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Joseph, 5:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m. Imbler at Elgin, 5:30 p.m. Adrian at Cove, 5:30 p.m. — Subject to change FOOTBALL Green Bay at San Francisco, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) NFL Playoffs College Football All Times PST Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 San Francisco 27, Minnesota 10 Tennessee 28, Baltimore 12 Sunday, Jan. 12 Kansas City 51, Houston 31 Green Bay 28, Seattle 23 Conference Championships Sunday Tennessee at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) MCINERNEY Continued from Page 7A HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division ing technology to help break down the player’s mechanics, show him what needs im- proved, and then work with him through the process. He used the example of a player who is struggling to hit an inside fastball, and us- ing video to show him where the adjustment in his swing needs to be made. “You’re going to see stuff with just the naked eye and maybe you can tell right away, but it’s a lot easier, and I think it helps the play- ers see it, in fi lm, frame by frame, really slow motion,” McInerney said. “It’s going to help him feel everything, see and be like, ‘OK, that’s why I’m getting beat.’ Then you’re going to create drills that will help clean up his mechanics where he’s going to be able to get to that inside pitch quicker, easier and better.” As for the hopes McIner- ney has for EOU? Yes, it’s to build a conference and national contender that can churn out all-Americans and professional prospects. But long term, the new coach wants to turn La Grande and EOU into a baseball destination. “Bigger picture is I want to make sure the university, this community, players I’m bringing in and players in the region understand that we want (EOU) to become a center for baseball,” he said, laying out a long-term vision that uses all the resources and faculties at the school and in the town — both those already in place and those yet to come — to bring in hundreds of players for major tournaments, camps and clinics, just to name a few. “That’s kind of my driv- ing force.” A lot has to happen before EOU reaches that point — purchasing equipment, deciding on uniform designs, fi guring out how Quinn Coliseum can be utilized as an indoor training location during the winter months, getting Optimist Field ready to handle a college and a high school baseball team until Eastern’s on-campus fi eld is built, and putting together a coaching staff and a roster. But McInerney exudes a confi dence that all those tasks can be done, and when they are Eastern will again have a thriving baseball program. “With the right effort, you can win anywhere,” he said. “I’m not really worried. I think this is going to be an awesome spot.” And, he knows, he won’t be alone as he leads the charge to rebuild EOU baseball. NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 27 13 .675 Toronto 26 14 .650 Philadelphia 26 16 .619 Brooklyn 18 22 .450 New York 11 31 .262 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 28 12 .700 Orlando 20 22 .476 Charlotte 15 29 .341 Washington 13 27 .325 Atlanta 9 32 .220 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 37 6 .860 Indiana 26 15 .634 Chicago 15 27 .357 Detroit 15 27 .357 Cleveland 12 29 .293 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 26 14 .650 Dallas 26 15 .634 Memphis 19 22 .463 San Antonio 17 22 .436 New Orleans 16 26 .381 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 29 12 .707 Utah 28 13 .683 Oklahoma City 23 18 .561 Portland 18 24 .429 Minnesota 15 25 .375 Pacifi c Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 33 8 .805 L.A. Clippers 29 13 .690 Phoenix 17 24 .415 Sacramento 15 26 .366 Golden State 9 34 .209 All Times PST GB — 1 2 9 17 GB — 9 15 15 19½ GB — 10 21½ 21½ 24 GB — ½ 7½ 8½ 11 GB — 1 6 11½ 13½ GB — 4½ 16 18 25 LOCAL STANDINGS Men’s College Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC All College of Idaho 9-0 16-3 Northwest 6-1 11-5 Southern Oregon 7-2 13-4 Oregon Tech 4-3 14-3 Northwest Christian 4-3 9-8 Warner Pacifi c 4-5 8-9 Walla Walla 3-5 5-13 Eastern Oregon 3-6 9-9 Corban 3-6 9-10 Multnomah 2-5 9-8 Evergreen 0-9 3-12 Women’s College Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC All Northwest Christian 6-1 11-3 Corban 7-2 11-6 Southern Oregon Oregon Tech Eastern Oregon Warner Pacifi c College of Idaho Evergreen Northwest Multnomah Walla Walla 7-2 5-2 6-3 5-4 4-5 3-6 2-5 0-7 0-8 11-5 11-6 12-7 8-9 6-12 3-9 4-13 3-11 2-15 OSAA Boys Basketball 4A-6 Greater Oregon League GOL All PF PA RK McLoughlin 1-0 7-7 636 637 22 La Grande 1-0 2-10 584 709 28 Baker 0-1 9-8 956 860 17 Ontario 0-1 2-14 702 1019 33 2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference BMC All PF PA RK Grant Union 4-0 9-4 702 633 9 Stanfi eld 2-1 7-7 733 693 23 Union 1-1 10-5 755 644 16 Enterprise 1-1 5-4 475 473 18 Pilot Rock 1-2 11-2 758 584 7 Heppner 1-2 6-7 635 637 28 Weston-McEwen 0-3 3-11 703 858 43 1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL All PF PA RK Powder Valley 2-0 10-3 916 640 14 Joseph 1-0 10-3 731 569 7 Nixyaawii 1-0 8-4 798 682 3 Elgin 1-0 6-5 557 527 35 Pine Eagle 1-1 4-5 431 411 41 Imbler 1-1 3-8 445 564 42 Cove 0-1 1-10 386 595 63 Griswold 0-2 5-8 587 750 45 Wallowa 0-2 4-8 505 605 44 OSAA Girls Basketball 4A-6 Greater Oregon League GOL All PF PA RK Baker 1-0 14-2 842 520 3 McLoughlin 1-0 8-8 575 619 24 La Grande 0-1 9-5 734 587 4 Ontario 0-1 1-12 414 614 32 2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference BMC All PF PA RK Stanfi eld 3-0 12-2 685 458 10 Enterprise 2-0 10-1 520 317 5 Union 2-0 12-3 675 439 8 Heppner 3-1 10-3 609 465 14 Grant Union 1-3 3-10 418 603 28 Pilot Rock 0-3 4-9 421 547 34 Weston-McEwen 0-3 2-12 397 625 38 1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL All PF PA RK Powder Valley 2-0 6-5 404 395 23 Elgin 1-0 9-2 536 351 17 Joseph 1-0 8-5 547 464 6 Nixyaawii 1-0 5-6 474 484 18 Pine Eagle 1-1 5-4 351 375 30 Wallowa 1-1 6-7 552 504 15 Cove 0-1 6-5 464 369 29 Griswold 0-2 8-5 428 446 39 Imbler 0-2 0-12 267 524 59 0+0"!/3 -!#"--) !-+! -$*/ ((,+/ "(!%/+& 9).&); ,) C).&")&'?.0D#09C 9F,)-)? ?)- F0B.& ?#B,,F)&)?,& .B). )9, (9 : ' 9).&)#09, ;;?'./HH4'););0. 0#0B9 ;-,, ;?-0;?);9 ?' 9).&;0,B?)0.;40-2, ? 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He was a fi rst baseman and a pitcher, and then he decided to be only a pitcher his senior year and got drafted.” The EOU job is McIner- ney’s fi rst offi cial collegiate head coaching gig, but he does already have experience leading a program and hav- ing success while doing so. In 2018, he was thrust into an interim head coaching position at Western Oregon when head coach Kellen Walker had to step away for a year for personal reasons. He had worked alongside Walker — a close friend who he said is more like a brother — since Walker became the head coach, so he had an idea of what being head coach looked like. But that spring, Western got off to an uncharacteristi- cally slow start. The Wolves opened the season with a tough California road trip that included Division II powers Azusa Pacifi c and Cal State Monterey Bay, and started 0-7, losing four one- run games in the process. “You go 0-7 to start your season, and I think there was like a hint of questioning, ‘What’s going on? Are these teams really good? Maybe Coach Mac isn’t doing some- thing correctly?’ And so just a super high-pressure, really stressful situation,” McIn- erney said, noting though that “I felt calm and collected during that entire thing.” McInerney and Co. righted the ship after the slow start, going 27-14 the rest of the way to fi nish second in the Great Northwest Ath- letic Conference and win the GNAC tournament title. That experience was one of just many over his time at Western that helped groom him to be ready to take on the EOU job and will help during the inevitable highs and lows of restarting East- ern’s program. “I learned a lot. I feel really comfortable,” he said. “There are going to be tons of stresses and just the growing pains of starting this back up again (but) I’m pretty confi dent I can work my way through it.” The coach also is big on player development and us- All Times PST Monday, Jan. 13 College Football Championship New Orleans Clemson 42, LSU 25 BASKETBALL Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 117, Brooklyn 106 Detroit 116, Boston 103 Miami 106, San Antonio 100 Indiana 104, Minnesota 99 Toronto 130, Oklahoma City 121 Chicago 115, Washington 106 Denver 100, Charlotte 86 Portland 117, Houston 107 Dallas 127, Sacramento 123 Orlando 119, L.A. Lakers 118 Thursday’s Games Phoenix 121, New York 98 Milwaukee 128, Boston 123 New Orleans 138, Utah 132, OT Denver 134, Golden State 131, OT L.A. Clippers 122, Orlando 95 Friday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Indiana, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Miami at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Atlanta at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 12:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 4 p.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Golden State, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m. Sunday’s Games Miami at San Antonio, noon Indiana at Denver, 5 p.m. Saturday PREP WRESTLING La Grande, Elgin at Oregon Classic, Redmond, all day Enterprise at 2020 Padilla Invite, Parma, Idaho, all day Union/Cove at Lafe Smith Memorial Tournament, Bonanza, all day MEN’S COLLEGE WRESTLING Eastern Oregon at Missouri Valley Invite, all day WOMEN’S COLLEGE WRESTLING Eastern Oregon at Oregon Classic, all day COLLEGE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Eastern Oregon at Bronco Invitational, Boise, Idaho, all day Calgary at Ottawa, 1 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Florida at Detroit, 4 p.m. Vegas at Montreal, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Boston at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 2 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 4 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. LOCAL SCHEDULE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 49 28 9 12 68 163 129 Tampa Bay 47 28 15 4 60 168 136 Toronto 48 25 16 7 57 174 159 Florida 46 25 16 5 55 170 155 Buffalo 48 22 19 7 51 144 150 Montreal 49 21 21 7 49 150 153 Ottawa 47 16 23 8 40 125 161 Detroit 47 12 32 3 27 102 183 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 48 32 11 5 69 171 140 Pittsburgh 47 29 13 5 63 162 129 N.Y. Islanders 46 28 14 4 60 134 122 Carolina 47 27 18 2 56 152 128 Columbus 48 24 16 8 56 127 126 Philadelphia 48 25 17 6 56 151 149 N.Y. 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