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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
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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
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basketball, baseball, and
soccer.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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in their exhibition opener
against Denver.
Don’t expect to see much
of Russell Wilson, although
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pass since Malcolm Butler’s
goal-line interception in the
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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do anything to contribute
for the team,” Iwakuma said
through an interpreter.
Iwakuma is the 17th
pitcher since 1914 to have
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game be a no-hitter and
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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
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season.
The Seahawks are only
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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
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guard.
ADAMS: Duck at last
eligibility for the NFL draft
shortly
after the Ducks fell
tion to transfer in February,
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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.000
.000
.000
Pct
.000
.000
.000
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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.