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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Seaside Jiu Jitsu
athlete wins gold
The Daily Astorian
Seaside resident Patrick Meuer
recently won an individual title
with the Seaside Jiu Jitsu Acad-
emy’s Competition Team, at the
U.S. Open, held annually in Santa
Cruz, Calif.
It was a big
title for Meuer,
competing in the
adult male blue
belt-heavy divi-
sion. He was
fresh off a dou-
Patrick
ble-gold perfor-
Meuer
mance at the Ore-
gon Open the
month before.
Meuer had four matches
against tough competition from
all over the nation. The final was
a barn burner.
“He literally exploded up off
his back, threw his opponent down
and held him for the win in the
last 10 seconds of the final,” said
Seaside Jiu Jitsu professor Zach
Adamson. “It was a real testament
to his mental toughness and burn-
ing desire to win.”
Meuer is one of five mem-
bers of the academy’s competi-
tion team. While 95 percent of
the Seaside Jiu Jitsu students train
to have fun, learn self-defense
skills and live a healthier lifestyle,
Meuer and the rest of the compet-
itors train five to six days a week,
often twice a day with little to no
off-season.
“They train like profession-
als and the results are starting to
show. It’s a very exciting time for
Jiu Jitsu at the Oregon Coast,”
Adamson said.
He added that Meuer moved
to Seaside after completing his
college degree training in Tokyo.
Meuer hopes to become a profes-
sional black belt competitor.
“He’s clearly getting results,
and is on the right path to accom-
plishing his goals,” Adamson said.
In February, the Seaside Jiu
Jitsu Academy will reach its
10-year anniversary.
AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
AP Photo/Thomas Boyd
Oregon State running back Ryan Nall runs into the end zone during an
NCAA college football game against Arizona in Corvallis on Saturday.
Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert passes in the second quarter against
Arizona in an October NCAA college football game in Eugene.
Ducks, Beavers pumped for Civil War
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Even though
there aren’t any conference champion-
ships or big bowl games on the line,
the winner of Saturday’s Civil War
does get something: They avoid the
Pac-12 North basement.
Oregon and Oregon State both have
2-6 records in conference play, but the
stories surrounding those results are
decidedly different.
The Beavers (3-8) continue to
show incremental improvement in the
second year under coach Gary Ander-
sen, despite getting hit by injuries —
most notably to starting quarterback
Darell Garretson. The Ducks (4-7) are
having an unexpectedly disappointing
year marked by five-game midseason
losing streak.
But both teams were also boosted
this week by victories last weekend.
The Ducks upset then-No. 11 Utah
30-28 in Salt Lake City, thwarting
the Utes’ shot at a spot in the Pac-12
championship game. The Beavers
are coming off a 42-17 thumping of
Arizona at Reser Stadium. Marcus
McMaryion threw for 265 yards and
five touchdowns.
“Big games are created sometimes
by win-loss records or where you sit
within the season. This game’s a big
game every year regardless of the sit-
uation or the scenario,” Andersen said.
“Our kids understand that, they know
that, and that it’s an honor and a priv-
ilege for them to play in it. They’ll
remember it for the rest of their lives.”
The game is the first sellout at
Reser Stadium since the 2014 Civil
War. Other things to consider when the
Ducks visit the Beavers on Saturday:
Playing for Seth
Oregon State wide receiver Seth
Collins remains hospitalized with an
undisclosed illness. Andersen has not
been able to talk about Collins’ condi-
tion because of privacy rules. Collins
fell ill following the Beavers’ game
at UCLA on Nov. 12. Linebacker
Manase Hungalu said Collins was in
the team’s thoughts following the vic-
tory over Arizona, and he will be in the
Civil War, too.
“This whole team is built around
family. One family member goes
down, we gotta fight for him. That was
our whole motivation for this game
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
Aretha Franklin performs the
national anthem before an NFL
football game between the De-
troit Lions and the Minnesota
Vikings, Thursday in Detroit.
Aretha’s anthem
grabs Thursday’s
conversation
Associated Press
DETROIT — Aretha Frank-
lin’s lengthy version of the
national anthem ahead of the
Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings
matchup may have been as much
a topic at Thanksgiving dinner as
the game itself.
Franklin’s “Star Spangled
Banner” clocked in at 4-minutes,
35 seconds on Thursday. That’s
compared to about 2-minutes, 20
seconds for Whitney Houston’s
iconic rendition of the song ahead
of the Super Bowl in 1991.
Franklin quickly started trend-
ing on social media. One Twitter
user joked that there was enough
time to cook a turkey, eat and do
the dishes during the performance.
Others opined that the 74-year-old
“Queen of Soul” had earned the
right to sing the anthem for as long
as she wanted.
The CBS production team got
in on the fun during the game by
including Franklin in a time of
possession graphic .
Is there a chance?
Should the Ducks win and get to
five overall wins this season, there is a
chance that they’ll be invited to a bowl
game because there’s a possibility that
there won’t be enough six-win teams
to fill all the games. Coach Mark Hel-
frich addressed the possibility earlier
this week.
“I heard a couple guys talking
about that and there’s a lot of — again,
the biggest part of that is getting to five
and the best way you do that is recover
from this one” he said. “We’ve already
obviously gotten a great advance look
on Oregon State who’s playing really
well right now and dominated Arizona
and so again, the only thing that mat-
ters is how we prepare.”
Focus on backs
Both teams have sturdy running
backs who struggled at times with
injuries this season. Oregon State run-
ning back Ryan Nall has rushed for
796 yards and nine touchdowns, but
his season has been impacted by a foot
injury. His Oregon counterpart, Royce
Freeman, has had two straight games
with 100 or more yards, and seems to
have bounced back after dealing with
an injury to his right leg earlier in the
season. Freeman has 839 yards rush-
ing and nine touchdowns.
Quarterbacks, too
Both teams are playing quar-
terbacks that weren’t starters at the
beginning of the season. Justin Her-
bert unseated graduate transfer Dakota
Prukop at Oregon and has fared well
for a true freshman, throwing for 1,756
yards and 18 touchdowns while mak-
ing just six starts. McMaryion, a soph-
omore, was pressed into service when
Garretson and backup Conor Blount
were injured earlier this season. He’s
thrown for 1,189 yards and nine touch-
downs in the past six games.
History lesson
This is the 120th edition of the
Civil War, which dates to 1894. Ore-
gon holds a 63-46-10 advantage in the
series, including the last eight straight.
The Beavers’ last victory in the series
was a 38-31 OT thriller at Autzen Sta-
dium in 2007. Last season the Ducks
won 52-42 at Autzen.
UP NEXT: CIVIL WAR • Oregon Ducks (4-7) at Oregon State Beavers (3-8) • Saturday, 1 p.m. TV: PAC12
A look back at some of the more
memorable Civil War games
AP Photo/Jose Juarez
and it will continue until he gets bet-
ter,” Hungalu said.
CORVALLIS — With an eight-
game losing streak in the Civil
War rivalry against Oregon, Ore-
gon State quarterback Marcus
McMaryion says the Beavers are
due.
“It’s definitely like no other
game I’ve played in before. The
atmosphere, it’s insane,” McMary-
ion said. “The crowd’s so into it.
They guys feel the adrenaline
pumping through their blood like
no other game. It’s definitely a
special opportunity to be able to
play in this game.”
Some years the Civil War stakes
are high. Other years, not so much.
With both teams 2-6 in conference
games, the winner this season will
avoid finishing in the basement of
the Pac-12 North.
But both teams are coming off
confidence-boosting wins. Oregon
upset then-No. 11 Utah last week-
end 30-28 in Salt Lake City. The
Beavers beat Arizona 42-17.
This is the 120th Civil War
game between the two teams, a
series that dates to 1894 and is the
longest-running rivalry game west
of the Rocky Mountains.
“If you don’t get excited to
play in the Civil War, something’s
wrong with you,” McMaryion
said.
Could this be the year the Bea-
vers breakthrough? A look at some
of the more memorable Civil
Wars:
EARLY DAYS: Oregon State
— then Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege — won the first one 16-0 in
a showdown between the “Farm-
ers” and the “Lemon-Yellows” in
front of some 500 fans. In 1916,
Oregon beat OAC 27-0, giving
the Ducks a 6-0-1 regular-season
record and their first appearance in
the Rose Bowl, where they topped
Penn 14-0.
PYRAMID PLAY: The 1933
game was notable because Ore-
gon’s extra-point attempt was
blocked by Clyde Devine, who
was lifted in the air by his team-
mates. The Ducks nonetheless
defeated Oregon State 13-3, and
the so-called Pyramid Play was
later banned by the NCAA.
THE
INTERCEPTION:
The visiting Beavers stunned the
Eugene crowd in 1953 when Ore-
gon quarterback Barney Holland’s
pass bounced off the hands of
George Shaw - the first pick of the
1955 NFL draft by the Baltimore
Colts - and was intercepted by
Oregon State’s Tommy Little. He
returned it 30 yards for the only
touchdown in a 7-0 victory.
TERRY BAKER: In 1962, the
Beavers and their Heisman Tro-
phy-winning quarterback trailed
17-6 at halftime but dominated
the second half. Baker’s 13-yard
touchdown pass to Danny Espalin
in the fourth quarter sealed a
20-17 victory. Baker was the only
Heisman Trophy winner from an
Oregon school until Oregon quar-
terback Marcus Mariota in 2014.
GIANT KILLERS: A week
after beating No. 1 USC and O.J.
Simpson 3-0 in the mud in Cor-
vallis, the Beavers’ famous 1967
“Giant Killers” team came back
from a 10-0 deficit to win the first
Civil War at the new Autzen Sta-
dium, 14-10.
TOILET BOWL: A futile 0-0
tie on a blustery and wet day in
November 1983, featured 11 fum-
bles, five interceptions and four
missed field goals. It would go
down as the last scoreless Division
I college football game.
“It was almost like neither team
wanted to win,” Oregon coach
Rich Brooks was quoted as saying.
FINISHING BIG: In his first
year with the Beavers, Jerry Petti-
bone led Oregon State to a victory
after 10 straight losses to start the
1991 season. Ian Shields, playing
with a broken big toe, scored on
a 6-yard bootleg for the go-ahead
touchdown. Oregon State won
14-3, the Beavers’ first victory in
Eugene in 18 years.
NFL IN BRIEF
An official signals
touchdown as Dallas
Cowboys quarter-
back Dak Prescott (4)
runs the ball into the
end zone during the
second half of the
team’s NFL foot-
ball game against
the Washington
Redskins on Thurs-
day in Arlington,
Texas.
AP Photo/Ron Jenkins
Associated Press
Prescott strong arms Cowboys 10th win
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott showed off his strong arm even when
effectively using his feet in yet another victory.
While the rookie’s season-low passing total of 195 yards was less than half
of what Washington’s Kirk Cousins had on Thanksgiving Day, the Dallas rookie
used a stiff-arm to get extra yards on one play and later tied the single-season
franchise record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a 31-26 victory.
The NFL-leading Cowboys (10-1), with their rookie combo of Prescott and
running back Ezekiel Elliott, stretched their team-record winning streak to 10
games. They have their 10th win by Thanksgiving for only the second time since
1995 — the last of their five Super Bowl championship seasons.
Steelers move forward in playoff hunt
with 28-7 win at Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ fast start created big
expectations.
A midseason swoon put all those hopes in jeopardy.
Now, with two straight double-digit wins, the Steelers find themselves with
momentum as they try to charge back into the playoff hunt.
“We know it’s time for us to roll our sleeves up and show our identity, put
our will on display, and find a way to do what we desire to do,” receiver Antonio
Brown said after catching three touchdown passes in Thursday night’s 28-7 vic-
tory over the Indianapolis Colts.
Lions edge Vikings late in 16-13 win
DETROIT — Matthew Stafford led another crucial drive late in the fourth
quarter, and Matt Prater’s kicking again helped Detroit to a tight victory over
Minnesota.
For the second time this month, the Lions edged the Vikings. This time, they
didn’t need overtime.
Prater’s 40-yard field goal on the final play gave Detroit a 16-13 victory
Thursday, moving the Lions a game ahead of Minnesota atop the NFC North.
Darius Slay intercepted Sam Bradford’s pass with 30 seconds remaining to set
up the winning kick.
On Nov. 6 at Minnesota, Stafford led the Lions into range for Prater’s 58-yard
field at the end of regulation, and Detroit went on to win 22-16 in overtime . Now
the Lions (7-4) have sole possession of first place after Thursday’s victory.