SPORTS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021
THE OBSERVER — A7
ON CAMPUS
Quinn cements legacy in game-winning drive
the game. With one play
left before an imminent
fi eld goal attempt, Quinn
came away with one of the
biggest plays of his career.
The redshirt-senior
threw a dime down the
middle of the fi eld to red-
shirt-senior Saige Wilk-
erson, breaking the plane
of the end zone and giving
Eastern the lead with just
three seconds remaining.
The Mountaineer side-
line and fans in attendance
erupted as the team all but
secured the victory.
While the victory will
not change the fact that a
six-game losing streak led
to a losing record this year,
fans will not soon forget the
late game heroics against
Southern.
After a 3-0 start to the
season, the Mountaineers
wrapped up the season sixth
in the Frontier Conference
at 4-6.
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The Observer
LA GRANDE — It
has been far from a desir-
able season for the Eastern
Oregon University football
team, but one of the pro-
gram’s all-time great quar-
terbacks secured his legacy
in his fi nal game at Com-
munity Stadium.
Riding a six-game losing
streak, the Mountaineers
came into the season fi nale
against rival Southern
Oregon with little implica-
tions on the season’s out-
come. However, Eastern
walked off with a last-
second 14-10 victory on
Saturday, Nov. 13, to end
the season on a high note
and send out 19 seniors on
the roster.
After a low-scoring
bout between the Raiders
and Mountaineers, Eastern
managed one fi nal oppor-
Alex Wittwer/The Observer, File
Quarterback Kai Quinn prepares to receive a snap during Eastern
Oregon’s 34-17 loss to Rocky Mountain on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The
senior led the Mountaineers to a 14-10 victory in the season fi nale
against Southern Oregon on Nov. 13.
tunity for a victory. In
front of a home crowd on
senior day, Quinn and the
Mountaineers took over
at their own 10-yard line
down 10-7 with 53 seconds
remaining.
Quinn was sensational
in the pocket on the win-
ning drive, connecting on
three straight passes to
move the ball past midfi eld.
A 20-yard run by Quinn
down to the Southern
20-yard line with nine sec-
onds remaining set up
Eastern in prime fi eld goal
range with a chance to tie
PREP FOOTBALL
First round
Adrian 58, Imbler 0
Powder Valley 70, Perrydale 34
Waldport 72, Elgin 30
St. Paul 44, Ione/Arlington 8
Myrtle Point 42, Enterprise 6
Dufur 58, Gold Beach 40
Lost River 38, Camas Valley 0
Crane 46, Bonanza 6
Quarterfi nals
Nov. 12
Lost River 63, Waldport 34
St. Paul 44, Crane 6
Powder Valley 36, Myrtle Point 0
Nov. 13
Adrian 88, Dufur 6
Semifi nals
Nov. 20
Lost River vs. Adrian, Caldera
High School, 2 p.m.
Powder Valley vs. St. Paul,
Caldera High School, 6 p.m.
Championship
Nov. 27
Semifi nal winners, TBD
Nov. 2
Gladstone 5, Newport/Eddyville
Charter 0
Marist Catholic 3, Sisters 1, OT
La Grande 1, Corbett 0
Woodburn 1, North Valley
1, Woodburn advanced on
penalty kicks, 4-3
North Marion 6, Astoria 0
Philomath 3, Henley 2
Valley Catholic 4, Mazama 0
Hidden Valley 5, Estacada 0
Quarterfi nals
Nov. 6
Gladstone 1, Marist Catholic 0
Woodburn 2, La Grande 0
North Marion 1, Philomath 0
Hidden Valley 1, Valley Catholic 0
Semifi nals
Nov. 9
Woodburn 1, Gladstone 0
Hidden Valley 2, North Marion 1
Championship
Nov. 13
At Liberty High School,
Hillsboro
Woodburn 0, Hidden Valley 0,
Woodburn wins championship
on penalty kicks, 7-6
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Class 4A state playoff s
First round
SALEM — The No.
12-ranked Eastern Oregon
University volleyball
team has been on a colli-
sion course with Corban
all season, with the teams
meeting in the Cascade
Collegiate Conference
Tournament Championship
over the weekend.
It was a dramatic two
days of action for the
Mountaineers, fending off
a diffi cult Oregon Tech
team in the semifi nals in
order to meet Corban in
the fi nal matchup.
Eastern put together a
huge late-game eff ort in
the fi fth set, scoring fi ve
points unanswered to win
the match.
In the fi nals against
the Warriors, it was ulti-
mately Corban that came
away with the late rallies to
take the match on Nov. 13.
Eastern was upended 24-26,
25-16, 25-21 and 25-20.
Freshman Hailey Arri-
tola, recently named hon-
orable mention all-con-
ference, kept up her
phenomenal form in the
weekend series. She led the
team with two aces and 18
digs in the win over Oregon
Tech and did the same in
the loss to Corban with two
aces and 28 digs.
Senior Breanna Shaff er
shined in her fi nal confer-
ence tournament, totaling
25 kills on the weekend.
The Mountaineers’
season isn’t fi nished,
though. The team learned
Nov. 14 that it was the
second automatic quali-
fi er out of the conference
into the 2021 NAIA Wom-
en’s Volleyball National
Tournament and will host
Columbia International.
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PLAYOFF BRACKETS
Class 4A state playoff s
First round
Nov. 5
La Grande 34, Gladstone 12
Cascade 67, Astoria 24
Marshfi eld 43, Madras 0
Mazama 42, North Eugene 0
Estacada 37, Stayton 0
Henley 35, Tillamook 14
Marist Catholic 42, Baker 7
Banks 29, Hidden Valley 0
Quarterfi nals
Nov. 12
Marshfi eld 42, Henley 7
Estacada 44, La Grande 22
Marist Catholic 62, Cascade 35
Nov. 13
Mazama 21, Banks 14
Semifi nals
Nov. 20
Mazama vs. Marshfi eld, Grants
Pass High School, noon
Marist Catholic vs. Estacada,
McMinnville High School, 5 p.m.
Championship
Nov. 27
Semifi nal winners, TBD
Class 1A state playoff s
Mountaineers
volleyball comes up
short of CCC title
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