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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Garvey, Morris,
John, Miller
on 10-person
Hall ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. —
Former stars Steve Garvey, Jack
Morris and Tommy John and long-
time players’ union chief Marvin
Miller are among the 10 names on
the ballot for a Hall of Fame elec-
tion next month.
The
candidates
were
announced Monday. Results will
be released on Dec. 10 at the
baseball winter meetings in Lake
Buena Vista, Florida.
Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy,
Dave Parker, Ted Simmons, Luis
Tiant and Alan Trammell also are
eligible on the Modern Baseball
Era ballot, which recognizes those
whose biggest contributions came
from 1970-87.
AP Photo/Stephen Brashear
Olympic marathon
champion
Sumgong banned
Olympic marathon champion
Jemima Sumgong was banned for
four years for EPO after a doping
tribunal rejected her explanation
that the blood-boosting hormone
was in her system because she had
been treated at a hospital in Kenya
days before her failed test.
The tribunal found no legiti-
mate record of the hospital visit
and treatment for an ectopic preg-
nancy claimed by Sumgong, it said
Tuesday in a decision released by
the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya.
The panel ruling on her case
said the 32-year-old Sumgong’s
hospital story was “inconsistent at
best.”
“We might go so far as to state
that the athlete’s attempt to explain
how the substance entered her body
bordered on an attempt to deceive
the panel,” the ruling said.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
4A Quarterfinals
Gladstone at Cottage Grove
Henley at Mazama
La Grande at Marshfield
Ontario at Scappoose
3A Quarterfinals
Coquille/Pacific at Scio
Harrisburg at Cascade Christian
Rainier at Nyssa
Vale at Santiam Christian
2A Quarterfinals
Heppner at St. Paul
Santiam at Grant Union
Oakland at Knappa
Kennedy at Monroe
BOYS SOCCER
4A Semifinals
Newport at Brookings-Harbor
McLoughlin at Stayton
GIRLS SOCCER
4A Semifinals
Hidden Valley at Molalla
Philomath at Valley Catholic
VOLLEYBALL
4A Championship
Sisters def. Valley Catholic, 25-21, 25-
20, 22-25, 25-11
3A Championship
Cascade Christian def. Santiam Chris-
tian, 21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 26-24, 15-8
2A Championship
Grant Union def. Culver, 25-23, 22-25,
25-17, 25-20
Seattle Seahawks kicker Blair Walsh (7) and offensive guard Mark Glowinski (63) walk off the field after Sunday’s game against the
Washington Redskins. Walsh missed on three field goal attempts and the Redskins won 17-14.
Seahawks with no time to
lament growing list of issues
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
RENTON, Wash. — Maybe it’s best the
Seattle Seahawks don’t have time to dwell on
what went wrong.
By the time Monday afternoon rolled
around, the Seahawks were trying to put the
mistakes of Sunday’s 17-14 loss to Washing-
ton behind them, knowing they had barely
72 hours to prepare for Thursday’s divisional
game at Arizona.
But it was hard to ignore such a sloppy per-
formance by the Seahawks that featured 16
penalties, two turnovers, three missed field
goals and Washington scoring with less than
a minute remaining to walk out of Seattle with
an unlikely victory.
“We’ve got some real serious stuff we’ve
got to get better at,” Seattle coach Pete Car-
roll said.
Carroll was not in the best of moods Mon-
day, with the continued penalty problems at the
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top of the list. But he also was irritated by Blair
Walsh’s three missed field goals, quarterback
Russell Wilson sometimes escaping the pocket
too early, and his defense surrendering two big
plays on Washington’s final drive.
The Seahawks have shown flaws through-
out the first half of the season, but Sunday was
the first time so many of them had surfaced in
the same game.
“We have so much to improve and I am sur-
prised somewhat that we’re not further along
in these areas that I’m talking about right
now,” Carroll said. “These are things that we
really can control and we have a chance to be
good.”
The 16 penalties were the second-most in
franchise history and the most by any team in
the NFL this season. Carroll was particularly
miffed that 10 of the penalties came against
the offense and all of them left Seattle fac-
ing long-yardage situations. All five offensive
linemen were flagged at least once.
Seattle has never been the cleanest team
with penalties, but the Seahawks already have
games of 16 and 15 penalties this season, the
most in Carroll’s tenure.
“It’s a group thing when you have a bunch
like this, but it comes down to individual
choices and making good decisions and doing
things right,” Carroll said. “So we’re going to
jump all over it with another emphasis.”
There was also concern about Walsh’s con-
fidence moving forward after an awful kicking
game. Walsh missed wide left from 39, 44 and
49 yards all in the first half and left Seattle fac-
ing a 7-2 deficit at halftime.
Walsh had been 12 of 13 on the season
going into Sunday’s game, and Carroll said the
Seahawks would not be making a change.
McKennie, Carter-Vickers could make US soccer debuts
Associated Press
CHICAGO
—
Midfield-
ers Weston McKennie and Tyler
Adams, 17-old forward Josh Sargent,
defender Cameron Carter-Vickers
and goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez could
make their U.S. national team debuts
in a Nov. 14 exhibition at Portugal.
Defender Matt Miazga, mid-
fielder Lynden Gooch and goalkeep-
ers Ethan Horvath and Bill Hamid
also are part of a young 21-man roster
announced Tuesday by interim coach
Dave Sarachan, who took over when
Bruce Arena quit last month after the
U.S. failed to qualify for next year’s
World Cup. Half the players are 24
and under.
Christian Pulisic, the Americans’
star 19-year-old midfielder, is being
given the game off. After missing
the World Cup for the first time since
1986, the U.S. likely
will not play a com-
petitive match until
the summer of 2019
and has more than five
years to prepare for the
2022 World Cup.
“Christian has had a
very long year,” Sarachan
said in a statement. “Chris-
tian has really pushed the lim-
its mentally and physically. With
those things in mind, we felt this was
an opportunity for Christian to get a
break and recharge.”
Forward Jordan Morris is still
recovering from a right hamstring
injury suffered Sept. 10, forward
Bobby Wood is out with a knee prob-
lem and winger Paul Arriola is recov-
ering from an unspecified medical
procedure. Players were not picked
from the four teams remaining in
Major League Soc-
cer’s playoffs, ruling
out Toronto forward
Jozy Altidore and
midfielder Michael
Bradley.
Defender
John
Brooks returns from a
torn thigh muscle suf-
fered Aug. 12 that caused
him to miss qualifiers in Sep-
tember and October. The oldest
player on the roster is 30-year-old
midfielder Alejandro Bedoya.
McKennie, 19, made his Bunde-
sliga debut last May with Schalke
and has appeared in seven league
and two cup matches this season.
Sargent agreed in September to
sign a professional contract with
Werder Bremen when he turns 18 on
Feb. 20. He could become the first
player to appear for the Under-17,
Under-20 and national team in the
same year.
“He’s in good form coming off
his time with the U-17s and is some-
one who will be able to handle the
fitness level we’re looking for in this
camp,” Sarachan said. “This camp
gives us a chance to give a first look
to a young player we think will have
a bright future in the national team
program.”
The 19-year-old Carter-Vickers,
a son of former NBA guard Howard
Carter, made his Tottenham debut
last season and appeared in a pair of
FA Cup matches. On loan this season
to second-tier Sheffield United, he
has one goal in eight matches.
Adams, 18, played with Sargent
and Carter-Vickers at this year’s
Under-20 World Cup and became
a regular this season with the New
York Red Bulls.
Short week, opponent provide challenges for No. 9 Washington
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Washington head coach Chris Petersen, leads his team off the field
after they beat Oregon 38-3 Saturday in Seattle.
SEATTLE — Having a fullback
has become noteworthy in college
football.
And for Washington coach Chris
Petersen, Stanford’s use of one was the
focal point for a lesson as the Huskies
get set to face the Cardinal on Friday.
“There’s a lot of stuff we hav-
en’t seen anything like that. So we’ve
got to be able to get lined up correct.
We’ve got to be able to play a full-
back. We explained what a fullback is
to our defense today. They were very
intrigued,” Petersen cracked Monday.
It’s a short week for Washington
(8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) to prepare for argu-
ably its toughest game to date. After
routing Oregon on Saturday night, the
Huskies had to rapidly turn around to
get ready to face Stanford and star run-
ning back Bryce Love.
The Huskies will also have a
national audience and a chance to
potentially enhance their slim chances
of getting back in the College Foot-
ball Playoff discussion. Of course,
that means winning at a place where
Washington has not been victorious
since 2007 and figuring out a Stanford
offense that’s such an outlier.
“That’s probably one thing that is
harder to do later in the season, this
late in the season is to go do some
game planning early,” Petersen said.
“When you’re early in the season, the
summer time, you can kind of look at
those first three games and get some
ideas and that, but things change so
much during the season. But we’re
fine. Both sides will be fine. There’s
enough time and both sides will put
together good plans.”
In some ways, the situation facing
the Huskies playing on a short week is
better than last year when they hosted
the Cardinal on a Friday night. Wash-
ington played at Arizona late on a Sat-
urday and didn’t get back to Seat-
tle until early Sunday morning then
almost immediately had to go to work
prepping for the Cardinal.
This time, the Huskies at least were
able to comfortably sleep in their own
beds after beating Oregon before get-
ting started on the Stanford prepara-
tions. Petersen said he pointed out to
his team that their situation is noth-
ing compared to what the Seattle Sea-
hawks are facing this week with a
Thursday game.
“We all want to feel sorry for our-
selves and can’t believe we’re having
to do this but then I look at the Sea-
hawks and the (Cardinals) and I’m
fine. That’s really tough,” Petersen
said.