SPORTS
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
5A
Ducks prepare for season with QB competition
Top role up for
grabs in Eugene
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
The quarterback competi-
tion at Oregon will sort itself
out sooner rather than later.
Oregon coach Mark Hel-
frich says he hopes to have a
decision about 10 days before
the team’s season opener
against UC Davis at Autzen
Stadium on Sept. 3.
Although many have
looked to graduate trans-
fer Dakota Prukop to lead the
way, Helfrich said the job is far
from sewn up. Redshirt fresh-
man Travis Jonsen and fresh-
man Terry Wilson are also in
the mix.
“You want it to be obvi-
ous and glaring and everybody
kind of looks at each other and
goes, ‘Yeah.’ Like last year
was a unanimous vote,” Hel-
frich said. “No question about
that.”
Prukop came to the Ducks
from Montana State, where he
passed for 3,025 yards and 28
touchdowns with 10 intercep-
Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard
Oregon quarterback Travis Jonsen scrambles with the
football during the Oregon Spring Game in Eugene in
April. Oregon coach Mark Helfrich says he hopes to have
a decision on the starting quarterback about 10 days be-
fore the team’s season opener against UC Davis at Autzen
Stadium on Sept. 3.
tions last year. He also rushed
for 774 yards and 11 touch-
downs for the Big Sky’s Bob-
cats, who fi nished 5-6.
He looks to follow Ver-
non Adams, another gradu-
ate transfer who started for
the Ducks last season but was
hampered by injuries.
Jonsen is a dual-threat quar-
terback from Anaheim, Cali-
fornia, who injured his toe last
fall and required surgery. Wil-
son enrolled early last spring at
Oregon to get a head start.
Taylor Alie and Jeff Lockie,
who both saw playing time at
quarterback last season when
Adams was hurt, were moved
to receiver in the spring game.
Oregon went 9-4 last sea-
son, the fi rst time the Ducks
fi nished with fewer than 10
wins since 2007. The season
was capped by a triple-over-
time loss to TCU in the Alamo
Bowl.
Things to watch as the
Ducks prepare for the season:
GREAT
EXPECTA-
TIONS: Royce Freeman is
understandably getting some
preseason Heisman buzz. As
a sophomore last season he
broke LaMichael James’ sin-
gle-season rushing record
with 1,836 yards. He’s cur-
rently 1,881 yards away from
James’ career record (5,082) at
Oregon.
“I want to make big-
ger plays and go for longer
rushes,” he said at the Ducks’
annual media day to open fall
camp. “I want to be out there
every down if I can.”
BEST EXCUSE EVER:
Wide receiver Devon Allen
will miss fall camp. But he’s
got a good excuse: He’s at the
Rio Olympics where he’s com-
peting in the 110-meter hur-
dles. Allen won a spot on the
team in Brazil by winning the
event at the U.S. track trials in
Eugene.
Helfrich said football is the
furthest thing from his mind
when it comes to the speedy
junior. “His focus and our
focus is him winning the gold
medal, and we’ll fi gure it out
from there,” the coach said.
Helfrich planned a team
meeting — aka a watch party
— when Allen runs in Rio.
NEW COACHES: Ore-
gon has several new coaches
making their Duck debut this
fall, including new defensive
coordinator Brady Hoke, who
was head coach at Michigan
from 2011-14, and new offen-
sive coordinator Matt Lubick,
who was promoted from wide
receivers coach after Scott
Frost took the head coaching
job at Central Florida.
Also among the newcomers
is quarterbacks coach David
Yost, who coached receiv-
ers at Washington State under
Mike Leach for the past three
seasons.
ADDRESSING THE D:
Hoke is installing a new 4-3
scheme, hoping to improve a
unit that gave up an average of
37.5 points, a school record,
and 485.3 yards per game.
“Obviously, from a defen-
sive standpoint — just too
many points, too many yards,
too many explosive plays,”
Helfrich said. “Our two big
keys are explosive plays and
taking care of the football on
offense, and explosive plays
and taking the football away
on defense.”
SEASON
OPENER:
Hosting UC Davis on Sept. 3.
PREDICTION:
Oregon
has too many question marks
— the competition at quarter-
back and the adjustment to a
new defensive scheme — to
suggest that they might over-
come Stanford in the Pac-12
North. But the very fact that
the Ducks get both the Cardi-
nal and Washington at Autzen
Stadium goes in their favor,
at least in terms of confer-
ence play. Oregon again plays
a challenging non-conference
schedule, including a visit to
Nebraska. Look for the Ducks
to fi nish 9-4 again.
Four on the fl oor for Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 Astoria ‘Fall
By JOSH HOFFNER
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone
Biles closed her Rio Games with
more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt
breezed through another sprint as
he makes a run at one fi nal Olym-
pic title in his favorite race.
Bolt easily won a qualifying
race Tuesday in the 200 meters,
the fi rst step in his bid for the gold
Thursday. His prowess on the track
is the dominant story line of the
fi nal week of the Olympics, along
with Biles’ resounding success in
gymnastics.
“I came out here to qualify,”
Bolt said, “and that’s what I did.”
It was a wild ride Tuesday for
fans of the Brazil team. Their wom-
en’s soccer team and top-ranked
beach volleyball duo were elim-
inated from the Olympics, but a
lightweight boxer gave the host
nation a lift with a stirring vic-
tory in his gold medal bout. Rob-
son Conceicao whipped the packed
arena into a frenzy with every jab as
he claimed the country’s fi rst gold
medal in boxing.
Biles won the fl oor exercise
Tuesday for her fourth gold of the
games — only the fourth Olympic
TOP 10 MEDAL
WINNERS
A
(2)
(-)
(-)
(6)
(-)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(12)
(13)
(-)
(20)
(-)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(38)
(39)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(61)
(63)
(64)
(65)
(162)
L
KATU
KOMO
KING
KOIN
KIRO
KGW
KRCW
KOPB
KPTV
KPDX
KCPQ
TBS
KZJO
ESPN
ESPN2
NICK
DISN
FAM
FMC
LIFE
ROOT
FS1
SPIKE
COM
HIST
A&E
TLC
DISC
NGEO
TNT
AMC
USA
FOOD
HGTV
FX
CNN
FNC
CNBC
BRAV
TCM
SYFY
RFD
(2)
(4)
(5)
(-)
(7)
(-)
(3)
(10)
(12)
(-)
(13)
(20)
(22)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(38)
(39)
(43)
(44)
(45)
(46)
(47)
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
(52)
(53)
(54)
(56)
(57)
(58)
(61)
(63)
(64)
(65)
(162)
6
S
B
1.
United States
28 30 28
2.
China
17 15 19
3.
United Kingdom 19 19 12
4.
Russia
12 12 14
5.
France
6.
Japan
8 11 11
7 4 18
7.
Germany
11 8
8
8.
Australia
7
8
9
9.
Italy
8
9
6
Netherlands
8
3
3
10.
AP
gymnast to do so.
“It’s been a long journey,”
the 19-year-old Biles said. “I’ve
enjoyed every single moment of it.”
She added a bronze in the bal-
ance beam Monday in what marked
the fi rst day of a Summer Olym-
pics since 2008 the United States
didn’t win a gold medal. The U.S.
had claimed gold on every day of
the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
THE DAILY
ASTORIAN
W EDNESDAY E VENING
G
The drought proved brief. Chris-
tian Taylor won gold in the triple
jump to start the day, and team-
mate Will Claye came in second —
a familiar result for the Americans.
Taylor and Claye fi nished 1-2 in tri-
ple jump in London as well.
It ended up being a pretty event-
ful day for Claye. Moments after
earning his silver, he bounded into
the stands, dropped to a knee and
proposed to his longtime girlfriend
, hurdler Queen Harrison. She said
yes.
One day after a Brazilian pulled
off an upset to win the men’s pole
vault Monday night, the women’s
soccer team lost to Sweden in a
shootout. The Brazil men are still
alive, however, and play a soccer
semifi nal match against Honduras
on Wednesday.
The Brazil-Sweden game had
the biggest crowd ever for a wom-
en’s national team match in the
country, and the fans roared when-
ever Marta touched the ball. The
charismatic forward has been one
of the world’s top players for more
than a decade, but she has never
won a major international tourna-
ment with her national team.
“This loss won’t take away from
all that we have done to get here,”
‘It’s been a
long journey.
I’ve enjoyed
every single
moment of it.’
Simone Biles
U.S. Olympic gymnast
Marta said. “We have the match
for the bronze medal now and we
will fi ght until the end to get that
medal.”
Rio Olympic offi cials in Bra-
zil have one less trouble to worry
about following robberies, stray
gunfi re and a falling camera outside
the basketball arena. The Olym-
pic diving pool, its water turned a
murky green a week ago, reverted
to its usual blue Tuesday.
One off-the-fi eld issue remains
unresolved, however. Police inves-
tigating reports that American
swimmer Ryan Lochte and three
teammates were robbed at gunpoint
so far have found no evidence sup-
porting the account. Lochte insists
he has been upfront about what
happened.
LISTINGS
A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach
Sports Night’
set for Friday
The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s annual “Fall Sports Media
Night” is on tap for Friday at CMH Field.
The night will include team pictures of
all fall sports teams beginning at 5 p.m.,
followed by a performance from the Asto-
ria dance team and scrimmages for girls
soccer, boys soccer, freshmen/sophomore
football and varsity football.
Gold Cards available
Astoria High student-athletes will be
selling AHS Discount “Gold” Cards door-
to-door throughout the community Thurs-
day, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and also at the
Fall Sports night.
Cards cost $10. Over 40 local busi-
nesses are offering savings on the card.
After Thursday, cards may be purchased
at Gimre Shoes, Englund Marine & Indus-
trial Supply, or at the AHS main offi ce. All
proceeds go to the athletic and activity pro-
grams at Astoria High School.
Drive 1
Astoria’s next “Drive 1 4 Ur School”
event takes place Sept. 24 at Astoria Ford.
For every test drive taken, Astoria Ford
will donate $25 to AHS athletics.
Evening listings
WEDNESDAY
A UGUST 17
PM
6:30
7 PM
7:30
8 PM
8:30
9 PM
9:30
10 PM
10:30
11 PM
11:30
KATU News at 6
Jeopardy!
Wheel of Fortune The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals Modern Family
Black-ish
KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel
KOMO 4 News
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy!
The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals The Real O'Neals Modern Family
Black-ish
KOMO 4 News
(:35) Jimmy Kimmel
NBC Nightly News KING 5 News
KING 5 News
The Olympic Zone Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Athletics (W) Gold Medal Final, Diving (W) Platform Qualifying, Beach Volleyball (W) Final
KOIN 6 News at 6 CBS Evening News Extra
Ent. Tonight
Big Brother (N)
Criminal Minds "Hostage"
American Gothic "The Oxbow" (N)
KOIN 6 News @ 11 (:35) S. Colbert
KIRO 7 News
CBS Evening News The Insider
Ent. Tonight
Big Brother (N)
Criminal Minds "Hostage"
American Gothic "The Oxbow" (N)
KIRO News
(:35) S. Colbert
KGW News at 6:00 p.m.
Live at 7
The Olympic Zone Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Athletics (W) Gold Medal Final, Diving (W) Platform Qualifying, Beach Volleyball (W) Final
Seinfeld
Seinfeld Pt. 2 of 2 Modern Family
Modern Family
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (N)
My Last Days "Claire and Darth" (P) (N) KGW News at 10 (:35) Two 1/2 Men (:05) Two 1/2 Men (:35) King of Hill
Journeys in Japan Business (N)
PBS NewsHour
Shelter Me "Partners for Life"
Nova "Cold Case JFK"
POV "Beats of the Antonov"
Newton Minow: An American Story
6 O'Clock News
Family Feud
Family Feud
Chef "The Good, the Bad and the Offal" MasterChef "A Piece of Cake"
10 O'Clock News
11 O'Clock News Loves Ray 3/3
Mike & Molly
Mike & Molly
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory FOX 12's 8 O'Clock News on PDX-TV FOX 12's 9 O'Clock News on PDX-TV The Closer "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" The Closer "Home Improvement"
Name Game
Modern Family
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Chef "The Good, the Bad and the Offal" MasterChef "A Piece of Cake"
Q13 News at 10
Q13 News
Modern Family
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Conan
Two and a Half
Two and a Half
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Modern Family
Modern Family
Q13 News at 9
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Friends
Friends
Baseball Tonight (L)
SportsCenter
SportsCenter
SportsCenter
SportsCenter
(4:00) MLB Baseball Bos./Bal. (L)
Softball Little League World Series (L)
Arm Wrestling Championship
Baseball Tonight (L)
Jalen & Jacoby (N) 30 for 30 "Brian and the Boz"
Henry Danger
Henry Danger
Crashletes
The Thundermans NickyRickyDicky Game Shakers
Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Friends
Friends
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Zachary Gordon. (:50) Stuck Middle (:15) Liv Maddie
Liv and Maddie
K.C. Undercover Bunk'd
Bunk'd
(:40) K.C. Underc.
(:05) Bizaardvark
Bunk'd
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ('71, Family) Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Gene Wilder. Ratatouille (2007, Family) Voices of Patton Oswalt, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett.
The 700 Club
Movie
(:55) Moms' Night Out (2014, Comedy) Trace Adkins, Sean Astin, Sarah Drew.
(:45) FXM Presents This Means War ('12) Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon.
(:55) FXM Presents This Means War Reese Witherspoon.
LW Atlanta "Law and Disorder"
Little Women: LA "Twins and Tears"
Little Women: LA: A Little Extra (N)
Little Women: LA (N)
LW Atlanta "Counterfeit Monie" (N)
LW Atlanta "Counterfeit Monie"
Mariners Access MarinersPre-game MLB Baseball Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Site: Angel Stadium -- Anaheim, Calif. (L)
Post-game
Mariners (N)
MLB Baseball Seattle vs L.A. Angels
UFC Tonight (N)
Fox Sports Live
Garbage Time (N) TMZ Sports (N)
Speak for Yourself
UFC Tonight
Garbage Time
(5:30) NASCAR Racing UNOH 200 (L)
The Book of Eli (2009, Adventure) Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Denzel Washington.
(5:30) Four Brothers ('05) Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg.
Fight Club ('99, Psycho-Drama) Brad Pitt.
(:55) South Park "Canada on Strike"
(:25) South Park
South Park
South Park
South Park
South Park
Another Period (N) South Park
The Daily Show (N) Nightly Show (N)
(:20) South Park
American Pickers "Thunderdome"
American Pickers "Texas Hold 'Em"
Amer. Pickers "The Georgia Gambler" Pickers "Who's the Rarest of Them All?" Pawn Stars (N)
Pawn Stars
(:05) Pawn Stars
(:35) Pawn Stars
The First 48 "Abandoned by the Bayou" Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty (N) Jep and Jessica (N) Wahlburgers (N) Black, White (N)
(:05) Wahlburg (N) (:35) Duck Dynasty
Big Fat Fab. "Flirting With Disaster"
Big Fat Fabulous Li. "Big Fat Breakup" My Big Life "The Skinny Part 1" 1/2 (N) Big Fat Fab. "The Skinny Part 2" (N)
Love First Kiss "Hands Everywhere!" (N) (:05) Big Fat Fab. "The Skinny Part 2"
Dual Survival "Snow Daze"
Dual Survival "Colombian Chaos"
Dual Survival "Ultimate Survival Bible" Naked and Afraid: Jeff and E.J. Origins (N)
Naked&Afraid "40 Days and 40 Nights"
Border Wars "Million Dollar Stash"
Drugs, Inc. "Pill Nation"
Drugs, Inc. "Rocky Mountain High"
Drugs, Inc. "Wasted in Seattle"
Drugs, Inc. "Dallas Dope Cowboys"
Drugs, Inc. "Wasted in Seattle"
Castle "Flowers for Your Grave"
Castle "Nanny McDead"
Castle "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
Castle "Hell Hath No Fury"
Major Crimes "Moral Hazard"
Major Crimes "Off the Wagon"
Monsters vs. Aliens ('09) Voices of Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon.
Men in Black (1997, Sci-Fi) Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith. Monsters vs. Aliens
(4:30) Alice in Wonderland
Law&Order: SVU "Wonderland Story" Law & Order: S.V.U. "October Surprise" Law&Order: SVU "Pattern Seventeen" Suits "Spain" (N)
Mr. Robot "eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme" (N) (:05) Law & Order: S.V.U. "Juvenile"
Chopped "All-Stars Tournament: Part 3" Chopped "All-Stars Tournament: Part 4" Chopped
Cutthroat Kitchen "Fry Hard" (N)
Cooks vs. Cons "Chicken Wingin' It!"
Cooks vs. Cons "Cookie Crumble"
Property Brothers
Property Brothers
Property Brothers
Buying/ Sell "Cold, Hard House" (N)
House Hunters (N) House Hunters
Property Brothers
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ('14) Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightly, Chris Pine. Tyrant "Bedfellows" (N)
(5:30) Riddick (2013, Sci-Fi) Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Vin Diesel.
(:15) Tyrant "Bedfellows"
CNN Town Hall "Green Party" (N)
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
CNN Town Hall "Green Party"
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
The Kelly File With Megyn Kelly
Hannity
The O'Reilly Factor
The Kelly File With Megyn Kelly
Hannity
On the Record
Shark Tank
Shark Tank
Shark Tank
The Profit "Vision Quest Lighting"
The Profit "Unique Salon and Spa"
Paid Program
Paid Program
Real Housewives "The Countess Bride" Housewives "And Away We Finally Go" Real Housewives "Body of Evidence"
The Real Housewives "Tomfoolery" (N) Real Melbourne "Gamble's Big Day" (N) The Real Housewives "Tomfoolery"
Movie
(:45) The Set-Up ('49, Dra) Audrey Totter, Robert Ryan. (:15) Bright Victory ('51, Drama) Julie Adams, James Edwards, Arthur Kennedy. The Joe Louis Story ('53) Paul Stewart, Coley Wallace.
Movie
(4:00) Fright Night Knowing (2009, Sci-Fi) Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cage.
Ghost "Phantom for the First Course" (N) Paranormal Witness "From H.E.L.L." (N) Ghost "Phantom for the First Course"
Noble Outfit (N)
HS Rodeo Tour
Equestrian Nation RW Horsemanship Rural Eve. News Racer's Edge
Rodeo Cody Stampede
Noble Outfitters Product Showcase
(5:30) Rodeo (N)