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THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015
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Ravens security
head accused of
groping at stadium
BALTIMORE (AP) —
Court documents say the
Baltimore Ravens’ secu-
rity director is accused of
groping a
woman and
pressing
up against
her at the
team’s stadium after a De-
cember game.
in Baltimore City District
Court say 48-year-old Dar-
ren Sanders is also accused
of kissing the 34-year-old
woman’s neck and attempt-
ing to force her to grab his
genitals.
Sanders had a role in
the domestic violence case
involving former Ravens
running back Ray Rice,
who is pursuing a grievance
against the team over his
Broncos grind out
Fiesta Bowl win
State had to grind out this
Fiesta Bowl victory with its
defense.
Donte Deayon returned
an interception for a
touchdown in third quarter
and sack specialist Kamalei
Correa had his biggest
takedown of the season on
No. 21 Boise State to a
38-30 victory over No. 12
Arizona in the Fiesta Bowl
on Wednesday.
Boise State (12-2) lived
up to its unpredictable
pulling off the Statue of
Liberty play while racing to
a 21-0 lead in the opening 10
minutes.
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No. 1 Hermiston left tackle Dylan Caldwell holds the state championship trophy after the Bull-
dogs defeated top-ranked Silverton 34-12 on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 at Hillsboro Stadium.
Counting down the year in local sports
East Oregonian
this fall — something that was un-
steal the top spot on the countdown
away from the most decorated bas-
ketball player to ever emerge from
the dusty hills of the dry side.
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cause, the Bulldogs bound-
ed through regular season play,
mauled opponents in the opening
three rounds of the playoffs before
unseating undefeated Silverton 34-
— Michael Bennett
Seattle Seahawks
defensive lineman in
response to a question
about the one-game
suspension given to
Detroit DT Ndamukong
Suh for stepping on
Green Bay QB Aaron
Rodgers as he lay on
the ground during a
game last Sunday.
Suh’s suspension was
later reduced to a
$70,000 fi ne.
running monster of Cory Adams
and Sam Colbray — each of whom
nearly notched 1,000 yard rushing
seasons. And it’s impossible to
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Bulldogs’ new tricks
state football championship.
The banner year also supplied a
1934 — Columbia up-
sets Stanford 7-0 in the
Rose Bowl when Al Barabas
scores in the third quarter on
a 17-yard hidden-ball play.
No. 2 Eastern
Conference
All-Star Shoni
Schimmel, of
the Atlanta
Dream, holds
the MVP trophy
after the WNBA
All-Star bas-
ketball game,
Saturday, July
19, 2014, in
Phoenix. The
East won 125-
124 in overtime.
Eastern Oregon’s year in sports
was never without a dull moment
in 2014.
Championships poured into the
region at a record clip and in every
season, but one clearly stood out in
its local impact.
The Hermiston football team de-
“As a defensive
lineman, people
are always
stepping on you.
People always
are hitting you in
the head. There’s
always something
happening to
you, but nobody
cares because
we’re defensive
linemen.“
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
College Football
Present
meets
past in
Rose
Bowl
By RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press
ancee in a casino elevator
in Atlantic City. Sanders
launched the team’s inves-
tigation of the incident, and
Rice’s grievance centers on
how much the Ravens knew
about the situation while the
team decided how to punish
the player.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)
— The Boise State Broncos
are no longer
just trick-
play ponies.
They
did score a
touchdown
on a Statue of Liberty play.
This was the Fiesta Bowl, so
of course they did.
But once the tricks were
used up and the offensive
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gram. Quarterback Chase Knutz
Class 5A Offensive Player of the
Year award, coach Mark Hodges
Coach of the Year and the team
was honored as the MaxPreps.com
National Team of the Week for its
63-14 decimation of Pendleton in
the Columbia River Conference
largest ever by Hermiston in the
series with the Buckaroos.
The Bulldogs (12-1) were
balanced in their offense approach,
combining the school’s most
No. 3 Blue
Mountain volley-
ball celebrates
winning its third
straight NWAC
championship
as coach Dave
Baty watches on
Sunday, Nov. 23,
2014, in Tacoma,
Washington.
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forget the Bulldog defense, which
included seven All-State team
representatives, including CRC
Defensive Player of the Year Tre
Neal.
Hermiston graduates 22 seniors
— including Knutz, but returns
plenty, with the likes of Colbray,
Neal and two-way All-State per-
former Ethan Snow coming back.
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The Year of Shoni
Shoni Schimmel was truly
living the dream in 2014.
After helping the Louisville
Cardinals return to the Elite 8 at the
national tournament and earning
all-American honors, Schimmel
was selected No. 8 overall in the
the Atlanta Dream. She was the
highest selected Native American
in WNBA history.
Immediately nicknamed
“Showtime” by head coach and
former Los Angeles Laker Michael
Cooper, Schimmel quickly lived
up to the moniker with a record 33
Schimmel was voted a WNBA
starter with the third-most votes,
and was named the All-Star MVP
after lifting the Eastern Conference
to a 125-124 overtime win with an
all-star game record 29 points.
The Dream went on to win their
season championship before being
eliminated by Chicago in the con-
While 10 of her Dream team-
mates signed to play overseas
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LOS ANGELES — For
years, college football fans
pleaded for a playoff. Now
it’s here and it starts at the
sport’s most hallowed venue,
with two Heisman Trophy
winners and the defending
national champions.
Welcome to the College
Football
Playoff at
the
Rose
Bowl, where
the past and
ROSE BOWL present in-
tersect
to
usher in a
new era.
#3 Oregon
Marcus
(12-1)
Mariota
vs.
and
sec-
ond-seed-
ed Oregon
(12-1) face
#2 Florida St.
Jameis Win-
(13-0)
ston
and
• Today
third-seeded
• 2 p.m.
Florida State
• TV: ESPN
(13-0)
on
Thursday in
ever played at college foot-
ball’s highest level.
Ducks coach Mark Hel-
frich and Seminoles coach
news conferences Wednes-
day at a downtown Los An-
geles hotel. They posed for
pictures with the Rose Bowl
trophy, shook hands and
went their separate ways.
“We’re looking forward
to the challenge,” Fisher
said. “We know it’s a heck
of a challenge. They’ve got a
great team. We’ve got a great
team. It ought to be fun.”
Next stop, Pasadena. But
it’s not the last stop. The win-
ner gets a trip to Texas to play
either Alabama or Ohio State
on Jan. 12 for the national
championship.
The Seminoles bring in
a 29-game winning streak
and last year’s Heisman win-
ner, Winston, into its sec-
ond straight trip to the Rose
Bowl. Florida State won
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Bulldogs
lay bricks
East Oregonian
GRESHAM — Senior
guard
Dillon
Zimmer-
ly didn’t get much help in
Wednesday’s
consolation
bracket contest versus Sunset
at the Sam Barlow Tourna-
ment.
Zimmerly’s 22 points to-
taled more
half
BOYS HOOPS than
of Hermis-
ton’s scor-
ing output,
as the Apol-
Sunset
los rained in
nine threes
to sink the
Bulldogs
63-39 for
Hermis-
Hermiston
ton’s sev-
enth loss of
the season.
He was
the only Bulldog (2-7) player
63
39
goal during the contest, as
at the rim, according to coach
Jake McElligott. Shot selec-
tion was also an issue, the
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