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Page 2B East Oregonian BRIEFLY High school sports participation continues to rise The National Fderation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced in a press release on Thursday that student participation in sports increased to over 7.8 million in 2014-2015. It marks the 26th consecutive year that participation has risen across the board, which is great news for NFHS executive director Bob Gardner. “Despite other out-of- school opportunities that exist in some sports, this year’s survey is yet another FRQ¿UPDWLRQWKDWRXUPRGHO of of education-based sports within the high school setting is the No. 1 choice for boys and girls nationwide,” said Gardner. “We applaud the more than 19,000 high schools across the country for continuing to provide these important programs despite the funding challenges that exist in some areas.” Football remains the top sport of choice for boys, with over one million participants, followed by RXWGRRUWUDFNDQG¿HOG basketball, baseball, and soccer. )RUJLUOVWUDFNDQG¿HOG takes the top spot with over 478,000 participants, with volleyball, basketball, soccer, and fast-pitch softball close behind. EOU Volleyball picked to win CCC The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Thursday that Eastern Oregon University volleyball was chosen No. 1 in the CCC as selected by a vote of conference coaches. (28¿QLVKHG overall and 16-2 in the CCC last season, splitting the conference title with Southern Oregon. The Mountaineers return a strong group of players from that 2014 team, but face a tough task in trying to replace CCC Player of the Year Casey Loper. The College of Idaho and Southern Oregon were the only other teams that UHFHLYHG¿UVWSODFHYRWHV Gomez named Player of the Month MiLB announced Salem- Keizer’s Miguel Gomez as the Northwest League player of the month for July. Gomez led the league in EDWWLQJKLWVDQG 5%,¶VZKLOHWRXWLQJ a .927 OPS. Gomez also tallied a franchise-record 19-game hitting streak that ended on July 25. –East Oregonian Friday, August 14, 2015 SPORTS RODEO: Bull riding comes front-and-center on Thursday Continued from 1B Latham for fourth place. In saddle bronc, Zeke Thurston’s 85 from Wednesday held up. In D GLI¿FXOW GD\ WKDW GLGQ¶W VHH DQ\ scores in the 80s, Rusty Allen, riding Weekend Departure, and Jesse Bail, on Weary Joke, posted identical 79s to split the go-round win. It was only good for an overall third place, though, as Thurston and Isaac Diaz (80) sit ahead of them. .LPPLH:DOOZHQW¿UVWLQEDUUHO racing, and never saw a time slower than hers. The Utah native completed the circuit in 17.05 seconds, narrowly besting Callie DuPerier’s 17.09 from Wednesday night. Hermiston’s Kara Philippi knocked over the second barrel, all but ending her night and Hermiston’s Callahan Crossley couldn’t catch Wall, posting a respectable 17.46. It was another rough night with young cattle. With still fresh calves and steers, team roping, bulldogging and tie down roping were again a struggle. Three different bulldoggers were unable to pull down a steer, with Jordan Luenella and Hunter Cure coming up a bit lame after being run over by a steer. After the dust settled, Battle Ground, Wash- ington’s Nik Hamm had the fastest time at 5.0, and had a cut-up shirt to show for it. Hamm’s traveling partner, Justin Resseman, had the same steer and didn’t record a time in the morning, but Hamm, with Resseman as his hazer, got the steer down quickly. Luke Branquinho’s 4.4 still leads with Hamm in second. Tie down roping went much smoother Thursday night. After only a handful of ropers recorded times Wednesday, only a handful didn’t on Thursday. The best time again went to the ¿UVWPDQXS&DGH6ZRU+HURSHG KLV FDOI LQ VHFRQGV EXW KDG WR sweat as Cimarron Boardman and Timber Moore offered times of 8.5 seconds. Swor took the overall lead over Caleb Smidt, who is now in the three-way tie with Boardman and Moore behind Swor. A couple of local pairs were in Thursday’s team roping event, and one pair walked away happy. In the slowest event of the night — with just two teams posting times — Clayton and Chase Hansen, who grew up attending Farm-City, managed the best time: a 9.5. Shane Crossley, father of barrel racer Callahan, failed to record a time with his parter, Guy Gregg. The third performance of the Farm-City Pro Rodeo begins at 7:45 p.m. on the Umatilla County Fair Grounds. Staff photo by Sam Barbee Scottie Knapp of Albequerque, New Mexico rides Cowboy Up for 82 points and a go-round win Thursday night at Farm-City Pro Ro- deo in Hermiston. :LOVRQ6HDKDZNVEDFNRQ¿HOGIRUVWWLPHVLQFH6XSHU%RZO By TIM BOOTH Associated Press SEATTLE — If this offseason for the Seattle Seahawks is about getting past what happened at the end of their Super Bowl loss to New England, then another step comes Friday night. It may just be preseason, but the Seahawks ZLOO ¿QDOO\ JHW RQ WKH ¿HOG in their exhibition opener against Denver. Don’t expect to see much of Russell Wilson, although KH¶VOLNHO\WRWKURZKLV¿UVW pass since Malcolm Butler’s goal-line interception in the ¿QDOVHFRQGVWKDWSUHVHUYHG the Patriots’ 28-24 victory. And don’t expect to see Peyton Manning other than as a spectator on the sideline. But there are important areas to watch for with each team as the preseason begins: LINE OF CONCERN: Both the Seahawks and Broncos have issues on the offensive line that’ll begin to shake out on Friday. The Broncos are working in an offensive line that includes three players with zero NFL starts: rookies Ty Sambrailo and Max Garcia IWAKUMA: Relishing the moment Continued from 1B )RXU RI WKH ODVW ¿YH no-hitters in American League ballparks have come at Safeco Field. Prior to Hernandez’s perfect game, six Seattle pitchers combined on a no-hitter in June 2012 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and unknown Phillip Humber threw a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox against the Mariners that April. The only other AL park to see a no-hitter since 2011: Angels Stadium, where Jered Weaver threw his no-hitter in May 2012, less than two weeks after Humber’s perfect game. The NL streak was the longest streak of no-hitters in one league since the inception of the AL in 1901. “There’s an obvious number one reason. That reason and probably just coincidence,” Texas manager Jeff Banister said Thursday. “I’ve got to believe that an oddsmaker would say that it’s a little more challenging in our league. They are still pretty special, no matter what the circumstance or situation is. That’s why we celebrate them so much.” Iwakuma was as unlikely a candidate as any to throw the fourth no-hitter of this season. He spent 2 ½ months on the disabled list after straining a muscle in his back and side in late April, another in a series of injuries that has made his career in the majors go in ¿WVDQGVWDUWV He had pitched more than eight innings only twice in his career before Wednesday and had never pitched a complete game. He came close earlier this month against Minnesota, WKURZLQJҀLQQLQJVEHIRUH being lifted in a game that went to extra innings. “I couldn’t help my team at all and that’s all I had in mind, to come back and give it all I’ve got every start and make up for the lost time ,¶YH KDG WKH ¿UVW KDOI DQG do anything to contribute for the team,” Iwakuma said through an interpreter. Iwakuma is the 17th pitcher since 1914 to have KLV ¿UVW FDUHHU FRPSOHWH game be a no-hitter and WKH ¿UVW VLQFH +XPEHU¶V unlikely perfect game. McClendon would have picked Hernandez and right-hander Taijuan Walker as more likely candidates “I said about three weeks ago the ‘Bear’ was back and he’s only getting better,” McClendon said. “It’s nice to see because I think this is probably the longest stretch I’ve had him where he’s been truly healthy and the ball is coming out and the velocity is back. He can work down in the zone, he can elevate the fastball. That’s what makes him special.” and Matt Paradis, who was on the practice squad all last season. The right tackle is veteran Ryan Harris and the stalwart of the line is Louis Vasquez, who returns to his natural position at right guard after serving as the team’s right tackle down the stretch last year. Manning has four newcomers and ¿YHSOD\HUVLQQHZVSRWVWKLV season. The Seahawks are only WU\LQJ WR ¿OO WZR VSRWV EXW they are vitally important. Veteran center Max Unger is now in New Orleans while left guard James Carpenter left in free agency. Lemuel Jeanpierre and Drew Nowak have taken the lead in the center competition, while as many as four players have UXQZLWKWKH¿UVWWHDPDWOHIW guard. ADAMS: Duck at last eligibility for the NFL draft shortly after the Ducks fell tion to transfer in February, $GDPVZDVDW¿UVWH[SHFWHG 42-20 to Ohio State in the to wrap up his degree in College Football Playoff game. recreation management championship in June. But he was still 2UHJRQ¿QLVKHGWKHVHDVRQ working toward his degree ranked No. 2. “I don’t think anyone can when fall camp opened for ¿OO 0DUFXV¶ VKRHV ² YHU\ the Ducks on Monday. Adams posted a few could do that — we’re statement to Instagram on just trying to be ourselves Wednesday night, hours and do what we do best,” Lockie said of Oregon’s EHIRUHKLV¿QDO “I just want EVERY- quarterback group. There BODY to know .. I never are six QBs on Oregon’s wanted ANY of this atten- roster, including Adams. Coach Mark Helfrich tion on me, good or bad. I said earlier this week that wish I could have passed P\PDWKFODVVWKH¿UVWWLPH he had no timetable for But everything happens for choosing a starter. “In my opinion you can’t a reason, right?” Mariota set a Pac-12 say that by August 29th, or single-season record for whatever the date, you’re total touchdowns with 58, going to name a guy. That including 42 via pass, 15 has to play out,” Helfrich on the run and one touch- said. “It’s kind of like lead- down catch. He also set the ership.” Oregon will host Eastern conference mark for career Washington to open the WRXFKGRZQVZLWK Mariota declared his season Sept. 5. Continued from 1B SCOREBOARD Baseball West Division AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W Toronto 64 New York 62 Tampa Bay 58 Baltimore 57 Boston 50 Central Division Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland West Division Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland ——— W 68 57 55 54 53 W 62 60 56 54 51 L 52 51 56 56 64 L 46 57 59 58 60 L 53 54 57 61 65 Pct GB .552 — .549 ½ .509 5 .504 5½ .439 13 Pct GB .596 — .500 11 .482 13 .482 13 .469 14½ Pct GB .539 — .526 1½ .496 5 .470 8 .440 11½ Thursday’s Games Toronto 4, Oakland 2 Texas 6, Minnesota 5 N.Y. Yankees 8, Cleveland 6 L.A. Angels 7, Kansas City 6 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-7), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Mills 0-0) at Baltimore (U. Jimenez 9-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 4-4) at Toronto (Price 11-4), 4:07 p.m. Seattle (Montgomery 4-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 7-5) at Texas (M.Perez 1-2), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 7-12) at Minnesota (May 8-7), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Simon 10-6) at Houston (Keuchel 13-6), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-8) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 5-5), 5:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W New York 63 Washington 58 Atlanta 51 Miami 46 Philadelphia 46 Central Division St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee W 73 66 65 51 48 L Pct 52 .548 56 .509 63 .447 68 .404 69 .400 L 41 46 48 62 68 GB — 4½ 11½ 16½ 17 Pct GB .640 — .589 6 .575 7½ .451 21½ .414 26 Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado ——— W 64 61 56 54 47 L 51 53 57 61 66 Pct GB .556 — .535 2½ .496 7 .470 10 .416 16 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 12, Colorado 3 Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 10, L.A. Doders 3 San Francisco 3, Washington 1 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-7), 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Happ 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (B.Co- lon 10-11), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Ray 3-7) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-6), 4:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Morgan 3-3) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-7), 5:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 8-9) at St. Louis (Jai. Garcia 4-4), 5:15 p.m. San Diego (T.Ross 8-9) at Colorado (Flan- de 2-1), 5:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Jo.Lamb 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 7-7), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 11-8) at San Fran- cisco (M.Cain 2-3), 7:15 p.m. Pacific Coast League American North Division W L Pct. GB Oklahoma City 71 47 .602 — Iowa 65 53 .551 6 Omaha 65 54 .546 6½ Colorado Springs 49 69 .415 22 American South Division W L Pct. GB Round Rock 68 51 .571 — Memphis 62 57 .521 6 Nashville 54 65 .454 14 New Orleans 51 68 .429 17 Pacific North Division W Fresno 70 Reno 56 Tacoma 56 Sacramento 55 L Pct. GB 48 .593 — 61 .479 13½ 62 .475 14 63 .466 15 Pacific South Division W L Pct. GB Las Vegas 66 53 .555 — El Paso 61 57 .517 4½ Albuquerque 51 68 .429 15½ Salt Lake 47 71 .398 19 ——— Thursday’s Games Round Rock 4, Colorado Springs 3, 1st game Oklahoma City 2, New Orleans 1 Nashville 8, Iowa 4 Omaha 6, Memphis 5 Fresno 10, Albuquerque 4 El Paso 5, Las Vegas 4 Colorado Springs 9, Round Rock 2, 2nd game Reno 13, Salt Lake 9 Sacramento 5, Tacoma 3 North Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh West Friday’s Games Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Nashville at Iowa, 5:05 p.m. Memphis at Omaha, 5:05 p.m. Colorado Springs at Round Rock, 5:05 p.m. Fresno at Albuquerque, 6:05 p.m. Las Vegas at El Paso, 6:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Reno, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento at Tacoma, 7:05 p.m. Northwest League North Division L Pct. GB 6 .600 — 7 .500 1 9 .400 3 9 .400 3 W x-Hillsboro 10 Salem-Keizer 10 Eugene 8 Boise 3 x-clinched first half L Pct. GB 5 .667 — 5 .667 — 7 .533 2 11 .214 6 ——— Football South Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay New Orleans North Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Friday’s Games Everett at Eugene, 6:05 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets Washington N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas West Thursday’s Games Everett 7, Eugene 0 Salem-Keizer 5, Spokane 0 Hillsboro 1, Vancouver 0 Boise 4, Tri-City 0 AFC East NFC East South W 9 7 6 6 Everett x-Tri-City Spokane Vancouver South Division San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland W 0 0 0 0 L 0 1 1 1 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 ——— W 1 0 0 0 L 0 0 1 1 T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 W 1 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 W 1 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 1 T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 1 T 0 0 0 0 W 1 1 1 1 L 0 0 0 0 T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 Thursday’s Games Baltimore 30, New Orleans 27 Green Bay 22, New England 11 Detroit 23, N.Y. Jets 3 Chicago 27, Miami 10 Washington 20, Cleveland 17 San Diego 17, Dallas 7 Friday’s Games Carolina at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m. Sunday’s Game Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Friday’s Games Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L New York 15 6 Indiana 13 9 Washington 13 9 Chicago 14 10 Connecticut 12 10 Atlanta 8 14 Pct .714 .591 .591 .583 .545 .364 GB — 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 7½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Minnesota 17 6 .739 Phoenix 15 8 .652 Tulsa 10 14 .417 Los Angeles 7 16 .304 San Antonio 7 17 .292 Seattle 6 18 .250 x-clinched playoff spot GB — 2 7½ 10 10½ 11½ ——— Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games New York at Connecticut, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tulsa at New York, 7 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L D.C. United 13 8 New York 10 6 Columbus 9 8 Toronto FC 9 9 New England 8 9 Montreal 8 9 Orlando City 7 10 New York City FC 7 11 Philadelphia 6 13 Chicago 6 12 T Pts 5 44 6 36 7 34 4 31 7 31 4 28 7 28 6 27 5 23 4 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Vancouver 13 8 Los Angeles 11 7 FC Dallas 11 6 Sporting Kansas City 10 4 Portland 10 8 Seattle 10 12 Houston 8 8 Real Salt Lake 7 9 San Jose 7 10 Colorado 5 8 T Pts 3 42 7 40 5 38 7 37 6 36 2 32 7 31 8 29 5 26 9 24 ——— Thursday’s Games New York City FC 3, D.C. United 1 Saturday’s Games Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m. Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m. Portland at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Orlando City at Seattle, 2 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Phil Hughes on the 15-day DL. Reinstated LHP Tommy Milone from the 15-day DL. Re- called RHP Tyler Duffey from Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed INF Greg Bird and selected him from Scranton/Wil- kes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Nick Goody to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Transferred RHP Diego Moreno to the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez from Round Rock (PCL). Op- tioned RHP Nick Martinez to Round Rock. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed C JaVale McGee. LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Agreed to terms with F Jonathan Holmes on a multi- year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived S Damian Parms. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed CB Ryan White. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with WR T.Y. Hilton on a contract extension. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed RB Tyler Gaffney on injured reserve. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived P Spencer Lanning. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS — Named Steve Greeley assistant director of player personnel and Nickolai Bobrov director of European scouting. ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Acquired the rights to D Brad Richard from Alaska for the rights to F Brodie Reid.
