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Mixed results for Astoria Bandits
The Astorian
A
group of local youth bas-
ketball players took to
the streets of Portland
recently to compete in the Rip
City 3-on-3 Basketball tourna-
ment, held July 27-28 at the Moda
Center.
The 11-year-old team of Mulu
Starr-Hollow, Teagan Birdeno,
Kanon Huber and Quin Gohr (the
Astoria Bandits) made the trek to
the big city and went undefeated
during Saturday’s action, earn-
ing the No. 1 overall seed head-
ing into Sunday’s single-elimina-
tion tournament.
The Bandits reached the fi nals
and were defeated by a 12-year-
old team from West Portland.
The Bandits hit the courts
again last Saturday and Sunday
in the 21st annual Salem Hoopla
Tournament, the second-larg-
est 3-on-3 basketball tournament
in the nation (behind Spokane,
Washington.).
Competing in Pool D of the
boys’ 11-and-under competitive
division, the Bandits were 1-2 in
By BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
Kate Gohr
The Astoria Bandits, from left to right: Quin Gohr, Kanon Huber, Teagan
Birdeno, Mulu Starr-Hollow.
pool play Saturday.
They lost their fi rst two games,
dropping a 25-19 decision to the
Trident Warrers of Gladstone, fol-
lowed by a 32-15 loss to the Bal-
lerz (of Salem).
The Bandits closed pool play
with a 35-13 win over CA2 Sports
6th of Corvallis.
Advancing to Sunday’s bracket
play, the PDX Ballers Blue team
defeated the Bandits 34-18.
Auburn looms as Oregon opens fall camp
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
EUGENE — Oregon
coach Mario Cristobal fi g-
ures the Ducks have 19
days of traditional fall
camp before they’ll have to
start preparing for Auburn.
Oregon’s
high-profi le
opener, a rematch of sorts
of the 2011 national cham-
pionship game, is
set for Aug. 31 at
AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas.
“Really, you
gotta start prepar-
ing for your oppo-
nents 10 days out,
right? So you’re looking at
19 days to fi gure out your
football team,” Cristobal
said. “You can’t pound it
out for 19 days either, so
you’ve got to be really
careful how you assess and
evaluate this thing.”
The players seemed just
happy to get back on the
practice fi eld Friday.
“I would say that we’re
more focused on the 19
days of fall camp,” senior
quarterback Justin Her-
bert said. “We’ve got a lot
to correct and a lot of time
before then, and we’re
going to do our best to get
ready and do everything we
can to get this team ready
for the season.”
Oregon was a narrow
pick to win the Pac-12
North in the annual pre-
season media poll after
fi nishing one point ahead
of rival Washington. The
Ducks also received 11
votes to win the
Pac-12 title game.
Utah was picked
to fi nish atop the
league.
While
there
was speculation
Herbert
might
leave Oregon early to
declare for the NFL draft,
he announced his intention
to return shortly before the
team’s bowl victory over
Michigan State. Oregon
fi nished 9-4 and Herbert
threw for 3,515 yards with
29 touchdowns and just
eight interceptions.
He has 63 career TD
passes, ranking him fi fth
among active quarterbacks
heading into the 2019
season.
Asked what he thought
was an area for improve-
ment,
Herbert
said
“consistency.”
“I think at times we
played pretty good foot-
ball last year. The fi rst half
of the year we were moving
the football really well, then
kind of fell off in the later
part of the year,” he said.
“I’d say putting together a
full season would be huge.”
Herbert will be joined
this year by his younger
brother Patrick, a tight end
who was among nearly a
dozen early enrollees for
the Ducks who took part in
spring practice.
Cristobal had nothing
but praise for the younger
Herbert, joking that it’s
a good thing Justin Her-
bert is a senior or he might
be playing in his broth-
er’s shadow. He called the
freshman from Eugene
“extremely smart and a
hard worker.”
“Expecting great things
from Patrick, and we really
think he’s in the mix to play
this year,” Cristobal said.
The Herberts aren’t the
only talented brothers on
the team. Senior linebacker
Troy Dye, who like Herbert
decided to remain at Ore-
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gon for his senior year, is
joined by younger brother
Travis, a running back.
The younger Dye had
739 rushing yards and four
touchdowns as a freshman
last season, including three
100-yard games in confer-
ence play. He partnered
with CJ Verdell (1,018
yards, 10 touchdowns)
for a formidable Oregon
backfi eld that returns this
season.
CANTON, Ohio —
What a defensive backfi eld
in gold jackets: Ed Reed,
Ty Law and Champ Bailey.
And what a challenge
they had throughout their
careers, trying to cover
fellow inductee Tony
Gonzalez.
All four entered the Pro
Football Hall of Fame on
Saturday night.
“Fitting to be in here
with Mr. Johnny Robinson
and Champ and Ty,” Reed
said. “My DBs know it was
always about us.”
Sort of. But Gonzalez,
like Bailey elected in his
fi rst eligible year, showed
how pro football could be
all about the tight end.
A six-time All-Pro,
Gonzalez helped revolu-
tionize the position, lining
up in traditional tight end
spots as well as fl anked out
or in the backfi eld — pretty
much everywhere on the
fi eld. Then he beat many
of those defensive backs
everywhere on the fi eld in
12 seasons with Kansas
City and fi ve with Atlanta.
He stands second in recep-
tions with 1,325 only to
Jerry Rice.
Law
became
the
fi rst inductee from New
England’s standout defense
that won three Super
Bowls in the early 2000s.
One of the most versa-
tile and physical corner-
backs the NFL has seen,
Law was selected for fi ve
Pro Bowl teams and was a
two-time All-Pro. He fi n-
ished with 53 career inter-
ceptions, twice leading the
NFL in that category, had
more than 800 tackles, 169
passes defensed, fi ve sacks,
and scored seven times.
Reed was just as big a
playmaker for Baltimore, a
safety who fellow enshrinee
Ray Lewis called “a gift” to
the Ravens and himself. He
was elected in his fi rst year
of eligibility, just as Lewis
was last year, and called for
unity in America, setting a
standard like a team’s —
each pushing one another
toward an achievement.
Reed, a fi ve-time All-
Pro safety and member of
the NFL 2000s All-Decade
Team, was the 2004 Defen-
sive Player of the Year and
made nine Pro Bowls. He
had 64 career interceptions,
seventh overall.
Bailey played for Wash-
ington and Denver in his
15-year career, and was
a force in each of those
seasons. He intercepted
54 passes, including one
against New England he
returned for 100 yards
in the 2005 divisional
playoffs.
A 12-time Pro Bowler,
a record for the position,
and three-time All-Pro who
made the NFL’s All-De-
cade Team of the 2000s,
Bailey was the seventh
overall draft pick by the
Redskins in 1999. He was
dealt to Denver in 2004 for
running back Clinton Portis
in a steal for the Broncos.