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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 Sports shorts Bills hire Rex Ryan as head coach SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS 20 - 42 Broadway to Buffalo. The Bills announced in a news release Monday that Ryan has been hired to take over as coach. news came FACES The a day after the former New York Jets coach tentatively accepted the Bills’ contract offer. Ryan Ryan replaces Doug Marrone, who stepped down abruptly on Dec. 31. Ryan will be formally introduced during a press conference scheduled for Wednesday. The 52-year-old is a defensive specialist, and noted for a brash personality and having a deep loyalty to his players. Ryan had a 50- 52 record, including 4-2 in the playoffs, in six seasons AP Photo/David J. Phillip with general manager John Oregon’s Marcus Mariota walks off the fi eld during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Ohio State Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Grounded last season. Fox out after latest playoff nosedive ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and the Denver Broncos are parting ways following the team’s latest playoff meltdown. FACES Fox Indianapolis. all four of his years in Denver, but each of those seasons ended in ugly fashion in the playoffs, culminating with Sunday’s 24-13 loss to something in the works with nor John Elway would say what was discussed Monday when they met other than it was time to split up. “It became clear that it was best for both the Denver to move on and make this change,” Elway said in a statement. “Let’s face it, just a little while back, people were saying that the Spurs were past their prime, not just old but kind of boring,” Obama said. Now they’re fresh and exciting, which is basically the exact opposite of what happens to presidents.“ — President Barack Obama Congratulating 2014 NBA champion San Antonio during its visit to the White House Monday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1962 — Wilt Chamber- lain scores an NBA regula- tion-game record 73 points riors to a 135-117 triumph 1971 — Lenny Wilkens of the Seattle SuperSonics, at 33, becomes the oldest points to give the West a 108- 107 victory over the East. 1987 — Lewis Lloyd and Mitchell Wiggins of the Houston Rockets become the third and fourth NBA players to be banned from the league for using cocaine. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com O S O Mariota decision to come soon By RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Ohio State can add the newest version of the national championship trophy to a case that already has a bunch of the old ones. The Buckeyes’ third-stringer matched Oregon’s Heisman winner as Cardale Jones led Ohio State past Marcus Mariota and the Ducks 42- off national championship game Monday night at the $1.2 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys. Behind their bullish backup quar- terback and the relentless running of Ezekiel Elliott, the Buckeyes (14-1) completed a remarkable in-season turnaround with a dominating per- formance against the Ducks (13-2). “The chase is complete,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. “It’s done. It’s over. They accepted their did it. That was our whole mantra this last couple of weeks. A job well done, and we’re very grateful.” jor college football playoff as the that faced questions about whether it belonged at all. It was a team that never would have had a chance to win a title under the old postseason system. Associated Press AP Photo/Brandon Wade Oregon’s Evan Baylis is tackled by Ohio State’s Marshon Lattimore (2) during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. No question about it now: Ohio State is the truest champion big- time football has ever crowned, showered by golden confetti as its band played “Hang on Sloopy” when the clock hit 0:00. Meyer’s Buckeyes overcame two injured Heisman contenders and one awful early season loss at home to Virginia Tech to win their then, the Bowl Championship Se- ries decided the top team at the end of the season — usually. Before that, it was up to The As- sort out which team was best, with a little help from the bowls. The Buckeyes have three of those cham- pionships, too. And Meyer now has three, add- ing this one for his home state team taken just three seasons in Colum- bus for Meyer to put the Buckeyes — and the Big Ten — back on top, with a team that looks built to last. Elliott, a sophomore, ran for 246 yards and four touchdowns on 36 carries. In the last three games against Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon, Elliott had 696 yards rush- ing. See CHAMPIONSHIP/2B ARLINGTON, Texas) — Mar- cus Mariota’s season ended with- out the honor that mattered to him most. Now Oregon waits to see if he will be back for another try. Going into Monday night’s game against Ohio State, the standout junior quarterback said he would trade the Heisman Tro- phy he won this season for a na- tional title. Instead, the Buckeyes bottled up Mariota and overpow- nal game at Oregon. He has until Thursday to decide if he will skip his senior season and declare for already completed his degree, is expected to be a top pick. Did the devastating loss change his mind about coming back? “I’m sure it will weigh in a little bit, but there’s a lot of other things that have to play into that decision,” he said. “There’s start- ing grad school, coming back for another year to improve, there’s a lot of other things that could bring me back. It’s just not spe- Preps Bucks rebound for blowout victory in battle of Top 10s boys basketball tops No. 9 Lebanon East Oregonian enth-ranked Buckaroos put their two-game losing streak behind them to hand ninth-ranked Lebanon a 75-52 defeat, its worst loss of the season, Saturday at Warberg Court. lead early and grew it steadily be- fore icing the game with deft accu- racy from the free throw line. The Buckaroos made all 11 attempts in a “The kids had really good poise,” coach Brian Broaddus said. season.” The hot shooting wasn’t unique to the charity stripe. The Buckaroos a team in the win, with Caden Smith and Sonny Green leading the way with 25 and 19 points respectively. nal period of play. didn’t miss any action after suffering an elbow injury in Tuesday’s loss at Century. The 6-foot-6 post battled in the key with the tall Lebanon (7- 3) frontcourt, more than holding his own with 14 points Saturday. points. ——— PENDLETON 75, LEBANON 52 LHS (7-3) 19 8 17 8 — 52 PHS (7-4) 22 10 20 23 — 75 LEBANON — I. Smith 11, I. Garber, 4, T. Romeo 2, J. Bates 2, Ty Hargis 21, C. Graham 5, T. Funk 2, Elliott 0, Nissen 0. PENDLETON — S. Green 19, Q. Cockburn 3, K. Quinn 12, W. Persinger 14, C. Smith 25, J. Bradt 2, Winterton 0, Rowe 0, Morris 0, George 0, Hancock 0, Foreman 0. 3-point fi eld goals — LHS 3, PHS 6. Free throws — LHS 17-30, PHS 17-20. Fouls — LHS 16, PHS 26. Fouled out — T. Romeo (LHS), Q. Cockburn (PHS). SUMMIT 63, HERMISTON 55 — At Bend, an ice cold start spoiled the Bulldogs trip south to meet the state’s second-ranked team. Hermiston (3-9) was out-manned on the glass, slow to close out on shooters and botched the clean looks at the basket they did receive to fall behind Summit (11-1) 21-9 after one period. “We looked sluggish at the start,” Hermiston coach Jake McElligott said. Their second half rally — albe- it valiant — proved too little, too late. Hermiston was able to cut the lead to four points in the third quar- ter, but was unable to get over the hump. “Anytime you dig yourself a hole to 12 points its hard to dig yourself said. was pleased with the team’s play in quarters two, three and four — they outscored Summit 46-42 — but disappointed that it was consistency that once again was a pitfall. with 14 points, nine rebounds, four netted 13 and Dillon Zimmerly add- ed 10. ——— SUMMIT 63, HERMISTON 55 HHS (3-9) 9 17 13 16 — 55 SHS (11-1) 21 18 12 9 — 63 HERMISTON — T. Neal 1, Keegan Crafton 14, Nailon 6, D. Zimmerly 10, C. Knutz 13, Lloyd 5, Smith 6. SUMMIT — Garcia 6, Kent 3, Mason 4, Cornett 18, Hurley 15, Michalski 6, Mason 3, McCormick 2, Baker 6. 3-point fi eld goals — HHS 6, SHS 5. Free throws — HHS 9-16, SHS 16-19. Fouls — HHS 24, SHS 16. NIXYAAWII 62, ECHO 33 — At Mission, the Cougars (6-7, 2-2 Old Oregon League) trailed 40-15 at halftime to the defensive-minded Golden Eagles (8-6, 3-0 OOL) Sat- urday. The clamp down effort included limiting Echo guard Carlos Chavez to just one made basket a night after See PREPS/2B
