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WEEKEND, JANUARY 17-18, 2015
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Paterno again
winningest coach
STATE COLLEGE,
Pa. (AP) — Penn State’s
football team is getting back
112 wins wiped out during
the Jerry Sandusky child
molestation scandal and the
late Joe Paterno has been
restored as
the winnin-
gest coach
in major
college
football
history.
The NCAA announced
the new settlement with
the school weeks before
a scheduled trial on the
legality of the 2012 consent
decree it will replace.
The new deal also directs
HERMISTON
Bulldogs knock off top-ranked Falcons
Hermiston knocks off
state’s best on the road
Girls Hoops
the overtime lead. Edmiston had just four points
in Tuesday’s win streak snapping loss to Sunny-
mishaps with the ball.
“We were focused all week to shoring up the
mistakes against Synnyside (WA),” Hermiston
coach Steve Hoffert said of Tuesday’s defeat.
“The girls stepped up and kept their composure
and held on for the win.
“It was big to see the girls bounce back after
Tuesday’s loss and go into La Salle and get the
win. It was very fun to watch them and gratifying
as a coach to see them play like they did.”
Hermiston led the Falcons (12-1) by two in
the closing seconds of regulation. But, senior
points in a stellar performance Friday.
Edmiston controlled the tempo for the Bull-
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East Oregonian
Class 5A girls basketball.
The third-ranked Hermiston Bulldogs made
sure of that Friday, traveling across the state to
unseat No. 1 La Salle Prep 61-57 in overtime in a
clash of two of the state’s best.
of six extra time free throws to gain and preserve
#3 Hermiston
#1 La Salle Prep
61
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PENDLETON
child abuse be spent within
Pennsylvania and resolves
that lawsuit.
The NCAA board of
governors approved the
settlement, said association
spokesman Bob Williams.
The Penn State board was
discussing the deal Friday
afternoon.
HEPPNER
Pendleton’s
Caden Smith
shoots the ball
guarded by
Baker’s Zarom
Bruce (20) and
Taylor Gulick in
the Bucks’ 70-46
win against the
Bulldogs on
Friday in Pend-
leton.
Chicago taps John
Fox as new coach
59
#1 Heppner
48
and his ties to consultant Er-
nie Accorsi and new general
manager Ryan Pace.
Fox was the defensive co-
ordinator for the New York
Giants from 1997 to 2001
Boys
Hoops
1961 — Oscar Robert-
son, the Cincinnati Royals’
22-year-old rookie sensation,
in an NBA All-Star game. He
for the West at Syracuse, N.Y.
1971
Bowl under the NFL-AFL
merger ends with Baltimore
rookie Jim O’Brien kicking
las Cowboys.
1995 — The NFL Rams
announce they’re leaving
years and moving to St. Louis.
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ry over the
Thompson said. “They do a
tremondous on making it tough
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Pendleton
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Fox won the AFC West
all four seasons in Denver
and reached the Super Bowl
last year.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
the game
on a 20-to-
9 run on its
way to a
Heppner High School.
“It’s never easy to win in
Saints coach Sean Payton
was the offensive coordi-
nator for part of that time.
Pace was hired out of New
— Larry Sanders
Milwaukee Bucks center
after being suspended
for at least 10 games
for his second violation
of the NBA’s anti-drug
program. Sanders has
admitted to smoking
marijuana in the past,
and hinted that he may
be dealing with psycho-
logical issues. The 15th
overall pick in the 2010
draft, Sanders is averag-
ing 7.3 points and 6.1
rebounds in 27 games
this season.
East Oregonian
weight Columbia Basin Con-
ference bouts went back and
forth before the third-ranked
Irrigon Knights landed enough
body blows to knock down
top-ranked
Boys
Heppner.
Hoops
T h e
sides traded
leads in the
#3 Irrigon
second half,
before Irri-
Trestman once
he left the
Broncos on
“Without these
things being
corrected, I don’t
think basketball
will be something
I can even do.“
Knights
slide past
Mustangs
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)
— The Chicago Bears have
hired John Fox as their new
coach.
The Bears announced the
move on Friday, just four
days after Fox and the Den-
ver Broncos
ways.
FACES parted
Fox was
widely seen as
a strong candi-
date to replace
Fox
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Bucks cruise over Bulldogs
Green, Smith pace Pendleton offense in victory
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Big runs to start each half secured another victory
for the Pendleton Buckaroos in their penultimate tune-
up for league play on Friday at Warberg Court.
sessions.
The Bulldogs (8-8) didn’t even get a shot off until
more than two minutes had expired, and by then Pend-
leton led 11-0 with six points coming from junior post
James Bradt.
But once Pendleton’s hot starts cooled off, incon-
mixed emotions over the blowout victory.
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NFL
Preps
Falcons
tame Dawgs
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Hermiston Bulldogs bounced
out to an early lead, but the
home La Salle Prep Falcons
had the answer and then some.
The early promise dissipat-
ed in a hurry, as the Falcons
day night at La Salle Prep.
en points of the opening period
before opening up the game
with solid post play and deft
perimeter shooting.
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Running backs carry load into NFC title game
By GENARO C. ARMAS
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The
and the Packers’ Eddie Lacy
are known for being punish-
ing runners.
Their conduct in front of
the cameras couldn’t be any
different.
Lynch isn’t a talker, to put
it mildly. The affable Lacy
can charm reporters and
teammates with an easygoing
personality.
Trying to tackle Lynch and
Lacy won’t be easy for the de-
fenses when Green Bay visits
Seattle on Sunday in the NFC
title game.
What are they like with the
ball?
Lacy will take that ques-
tion.
Marshawn Lynch
Postseason rushing statistics
GP
Yards
Avg. Long
2010
2
133
5.8
67
2012
2
178
4.9
27
2013
3
288
4.4
40
2014
1
59
4.2
25
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
TD
1
2
4
0
Eddie Lacy
Postseason rushing statistics
GP
Yards
Avg. Long
2013
1
81
3.9
8
2014
1
101
5.3
29
TD
0
0
AP Photo/Matt Ludtke
“I mean personally, I don’t
know him, I never met him or
anything,” he said. “But we’re
both physical backs. We don’t
care who’s in front of us.
When you come to hit us,
you’ve got to come ... you’ve
got to try your hardest to get
us down.”
Sure-handed tackles be-
come of utmost importance.
Defenders will have to swarm
to the ball to prevent the run-
ner from bouncing off a tackle
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