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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, August 21, 2015 Tennis Djokovic, Serena both move on in Cincinnati Williams looking to defend women’s title Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns the ball to Da- vid Goffin, of Belgium, during a match at the Western & South- ern Open tournament Thursday in Mason, Ohio. By JOE KAY Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic smacked his racket on the court after losing serve, seemingly headed for another unexplainable loss at a tournament that has eluded him. In the end, he stopped fuming and started playing like the best. The top-ranked Serb rallied from a 3-0 de¿cit in the ¿nal set to a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory over David Gof¿n on Thursday, reaching the quarter¿nals of the Western Southern Open. Serena Williams also advanced while losing only two games in her match. Djokovic has never won Cincinnati. He’s trying to become the ¿rst player to win all nine ATP Masters events in a career. “It was a solid ¿rst set, but whatever happened in the next 45 minutes — I don’t want to remember it,” Djokovic said. “I wasn’t on the court. You know, I just lost the intensity and concen- tration. Luckily for me, I managed to bounce back, dig myself out of this hole I was in.” With things falling apart in the AP Photo/John Minchillo second set, Djokovic slammed his racket three times, drawing a warning. And it kept getting worse against Gof¿n, a 24-year-old Belgian who is 1-20 against top-10 players. Finally, Djokovic pulled himself together and pulled it out. “I will try to take the positive out of this match, and the positive is the last six games of the match,” he said. Djokovic will face ¿fth-seeded Stan Wawrinka, who beat him for the French Open title. Wawrinka pulled out a 6-7 2, 7-6 5, 7-6 5 win after Ivo Karlovic double- faulted on match point, his second serve hitting the top of the net. Also, No. 6 Tomas Berdych beat Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-1 to reach the quarter¿nals. He’ll face quali¿er Alexandr Dolgopolov, who beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Jerzy Janowicz. RODEO: Locals only on Sunday Continued from 1B Arlington. Also competing Friday will be defending Pendleton Round-Up team roping champions Jake Stanley of Hermiston and Bucky Campbell of Benton City, Washington. Stanley enters the weekend third in the NPRA header standings while Campbell is ¿fth among heelers. Also highlighting Friday’s draw is a bull riding section that includes three young locals. Pendleton’s Bryan Carter, Weston’s Jacob Ramirez and Herm- iston’s Sid Britt will all leave the chutes as part of a nine-rider section. Saturday’s performance will be lighter on locals, but Hermiston’s Cody Ford and Drew Guthmiller are scheduled to hop on bulls, while Pendleton’s Alex Simonton takes a crack at the saddle bronc pen. As well as the typical rodeo events, contestants will also compete in cow milking, breakaway roping, novice bareback and novice saddle bronc. Steer roping will not be held. Tickets are $10 and a live band will perform at the beer garden following each night’s performance. The rodeo action doesn’t end Saturday with the conclusion of the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, either. On Sunday the locals-only MoCo Rodeo will take the arena at 1:15 p.m. It will feature the standard events, plus ribbon roping has been added this year. The Morrow County Fair grounds are located on Highway 74 in Heppner. For more information on either rodeo contact the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo of¿ce at 541 676-9451. On the women’s side, Williams needed only 54 minutes to beat Karin Knapp 6-0, 6-2. She lost just 12 points while winning the ¿rst nine games. Williams, the defending Cincinnati champion, is using the tournament as a ¿nal tuneup for the U.S. Open, where she’ll try to complete a calendar Grand Slam sweep. Her quarter¿nals opponent is Ana Ivanovic, who beat Sloane Stephens 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Williams beat Ivanovic in straight sets to win her ¿rst Cincin- nati title last year. “It will be a really good match for me and kind of test where I am, you know, just in general,” Williams said. “Yeah, so I look forward to that.” A right forearm injury forced Swiss teen Belinda Bencic to withdraw after she dropped the ¿rst set against seventh-seeded Lucie Safarova. The 12th-seeded Bencic said she didn’t think the injury was very serious, but it was too soon to know if she could play in next week’s tournament at New Haven, Connecticut. “I wasn’t 100 percent, and to beat Lucie or even compete against her, you have to be 100 percent,” she said. “I didn’t want to retire. This was the ¿rst I’ve ever had to retire. I hope it gets better.” The 18-year-old said her forearm has been sore for some time. “Every match, it was getting tighter and tighter,” she said. “I was hoping that a lot of therapy would help, but I couldn’t do it.” Bencic was coming off the biggest moment of her brief career. She upset Williams in the semi¿- nals at Toronto last week and went on to win the tournament. Grif¿n concussed in exhibition game By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. — After watching Robert Grif¿n III get knocked around for three posses- sions, Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden sent his starting quarterback back out for a fourth Thursday night. That one ended with consecutive sacks and Grif¿n leaving with a concussion. Grif¿n was hurt early in the second quarter of Washington’s 21-17 exhibition victory over the Detroit Lions when he fumbled the ball without contact while scrambling, then got landed on by defensive end Corey Wooton. Gruden said he had “no idea” how long the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year would be sidelined. As for who would start Washington’s next preseason game, Aug. 29 at Baltimore, Gruden said: “We’ll have to see. I would imagine, depending how long he’s out, he’s still going to be our starter.” Added Gruden: “We’ll have to wait, go through the whole process, see how he recovers, see how fast he recovers.” Grif¿n also got a stinger in his right shoulder, but Gruden said that should be OK. As part of the NFL’s concussion rules, Grif¿n wasn’t allowed to speak to reporters after the game. He completed 2 of 5 passes for 8 yards, fumbled twice, was sacked three times and hit hard on other occasions. Asked why he kept Grif¿n in for a fourth series despite the pounding the QB was taking, Gruden replied: “We weren’t doing that well on offense. I wanted to try to get something going on offense. A lot of quarterbacks play into the second quarter in a preseason game. Football is a tough sport.” It capped a rough week for Grif¿n, who caused a national “¿restorm,” to use his word, with comments in a television interview about striving to be the best quarterback in the NFL. The No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft after winning the Heisman Trophy, Grif¿n has been plagued by injuries in the pros, including tearing knee ligaments as a rookie and dislocating an ankle last year. After his last play Thursday, Grif¿n stayed down on the ¿eld for about 5 minutes and was tended to by trainers. LLWS: Eight games today BEAVERS: McMaryion, Mitchell played on scout team Continued from 1B after noon, with up to an inch of rain expected. Opening ceremonies were canceled and won’t be rescheduled. Eight games are now set for Friday. Little League of¿- cials believe that is the most played in one day at the world series. The series used to be a single-elimination event with eight teams needing just eight games total over a few days to declare a champion. The tournament introduced pool play in 1992 and expanded to its current 16 teams in 2001. Williamsport’s National Weather Service forecast for Friday called for a slight chance of showers before 2 p.m. EDT, then clouds, sun and high temperatures around 80 degrees through the middle of next week. The revised schedule for Friday is: Uganda vs. Dominican Republic at 10 a.m., Pearland, Texas, vs. Portland, Oregon at 11 a.m. 8 a.m. PST Venezuela, vs. Australia at 1 p.m. Bowling Green, Kentucky vs. Bonita, California at 2 p.m. Surrey, British Columbia vs. Mexicali, Mexico, 4 p.m. Taylors, South Carolina vs. Cranston, Rhode Island at 5 p.m. Taiwan vs. Japan at 7 p.m. and Lewisberry, Pennsylvania vs. Webb City, Missouri at 8 p.m. The team from New Albany, Indiana, that was to receive its uniforms, championship banner, and be recognized as the 2014 Great Lakes regional champions with a ceremonial ¿rst pitch Thursday night will now be recognized before Friday’s Bowling Green vs. Bonita game. Bowling Green is this year’s Great Lakes region champion. Little League declared New Albany the 2014 Great Lakes champion in February after stripping the honor from Jackie Robinson West of Chicago for boundary manipulation and ineligible players. Little League World Series festivities began Wednesday night with the Grand Slam parade in down- town Williamsport, with former manager Jim Leyland serving as grand marshal. Former New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera is still scheduled to visit and be inducted into Little League’s Hall of Excellence on Tuesday. Continued from 1B runner for the job. He verbally committed in January after switching from San Jose State and enrolled at Oregon State early. As a senior at Granite Hills High School in San Diego, he passed for 1,013 yards and 12 touchdowns while running for 988 yards and 17 scores. He said that he chose the Beavers because of the chance to play right away. “I sat down with my parents, and any school I planned on attending, I planned on going in and trying to compete for the job,” he said. “Because if not, what’s the point?” Collins generated buzz in spring practice, then threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns while also running for 74 yards in the spring game. SpeaNing for the ¿rst time at the start of fall camp, Collins was unruf- Àed by the prospect of being a freshman starter. “You have to take a step on the ¿eld, whether you’re a freshman, sophomore or AP Photo/Don Ryan, file In this April 18, 2015, file photo, Oregon State quarter- back Seth Collins passes during the second half of the team’s spring game in Corvallis. Collins is one of three players battling for the starting job for the Beavers. a junior, you have to take that ¿rst step on the ¿eld,” he said. “7aking my ¿rst step on the ¿eld in the ¿rst game of the year? It doesn’t bother me. I’m ready to go. It doesn’t scare me.” McMaryion, who helped out on the scout team last year, came to the Beavers from Dinuba High School in California, where he threw for more than 500 yards in a game as a junior. Mitchell also played on the scout team last season, and was voted by his team- mates as the scout team’s offensive MVP. From North Bend, Washington, Mitchell completed 6 of 13 passes for 59 yards in the spring game and also ran for 12 yards on ¿ve carries. “Whoever they end up deciding on — whether they have one quarter- back, two quarterbacks — whoever gets the job is going to have our full support. I think it’s just about going out there and improving each and every day,” Mitchell said. Andersen has introduced a true freshman quarterback before: He was coach at Utah State when Chuckie Keeton made a splash in his ¿rst year. Keeton, now a redshirt senior for the Aggies, started in eight games his freshman year, throwing for 1,200 yards with 11 touchdowns, while Utah State went 7-6. But the next season Keeton threw for 3,373 yards and 27 touchdowns, and the Aggies went 11-2. So Andersen realizes it’s a process. “You’re going to go through some growing pains. As you move through that, you have to be patient, but you also have to have expectations,” Andersen said. “You have to be careful that you put the young man in a position to do things that he can do. Don’t expect him to be a junior quarter- back that is in the spread offense and has done some wonderful things throughout his career.” Oregon State opens the season on Sept. 4 at home against Weber State. SCOREBOARD Local slate COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Eastern Oregon Invitational Today Eastern Oregon vs. North Idaho, 11 a.m. MSU-Northern vs. Oregon Tech, 11 a.m. Montana Western vs. Corban, 1 p.m. Montana Western vs. Northwest, 5 p.m. Eastern Oregon vs. MSU-Northern, 7 p.m. Saturday Oregon Tech vs. Montana Western, 9 a.m. Northwest vs. MSU-Northern, 11 a.m. Eastern Oregon vs. Southern Idaho, 11 a.m. Eastern Oregon vs. University of Montana Western, 1 p.m. Corban vs. MSU-Northern, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER EOU Kickoff Showcase Saturday Eastern Oregon vs. UBC-Okanagan, Noon College of Idaho vs. UBC-Okanagan, 1 p.m. Baseball American League East W L Pct New York 67 53 .558 Toronto 66 55 .545 Baltimore 62 58 .516 Tampa Bay 60 61 .496 Boston 55 66 .455 Central W L Pct Kansas City 73 47 .608 Detroit 59 61 .492 Minnesota 60 61 .495 Chicago 56 63 .470 Cleveland 56 64 .467 West W L Pct Houston 66 56 .541 Los Angeles 63 58 .520 GB — 1½ 5 7½ 12½ GB — 14 13½ 16½ 17 GB — 2½ Texas 61 59 .508 4 Seattle 56 65 .463 9½ Oakland 53 69 .434 13 ——— Thursday’s Games Cleveland 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Detroit 4, Texas 0 Boston 4, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 1, Houston 0 Chicago White Sox 8, L.A. Angels 2 Friday’s Games Cleveland (Carrasco 11-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Milone 6-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-6), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Lewis 13-5) at Detroit (Verlander 1-5), 4:08 p.m. Kansas City (Cueto 2-1) at Boston (Owens 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-7) at Houston (Fiers 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Smyly 0-2) at Oakland (Bassitt 1-4), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Price 11-4) at L.A. Angels (Santia- go 7-6), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-7), 7:10 p.m. National League East W L Pct New York 64 56 .533 Washington 60 60 .500 Atlanta 53 68 .438 Miami 50 71 .413 Philadelphia 47 74 .388 Central W L Pct St. Louis 77 43 .642 Pittsburgh 72 47 .605 Chicago 68 51 .571 Cincinnati 51 68 .429 Milwaukee 52 70 .426 West W L Pct Los Angeles 67 53 .558 San Francisco 65 56 .537 Arizona 59 61 .492 GB — 4 11½ 14½ 17½ GB — 4½ 8½ 25½ 26 GB — 2½ 8 San Diego 59 62 .488 8½ Colorado 49 70 .412 17½ ——— Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 0 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 4 Miami 9, Philadelphia 7 Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta 1 Colorado 3, Washington 2 Friday’s Games Atlanta (S.Miller 5-9) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 9-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-5), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 14-6) at Pitts- burgh (Locke 6-7), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 10-5) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 0-0) at Miami (K.Flores 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-7) at Houston (Fiers 0-0), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-11) at Colorado (J.Gray 0-0), 5:40 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 10-7) at San Diego (Cashner 4-12), 7:10 p.m. Northwest League North W L Pct. GB Everett 12 10 .545 — Vancouver 11 11 .500 1 x-Tri-City 11 11 .500 1 Spokane 10 12 .476 2 South W L Pct. GB x-Hillsboro 13 9 .590 — Eugene 13 9 .590 – Salem-Keizer 11 11 .500 2 Boise 7 15 .318 6 x-clinched first half ——— Thursday’s Games Vancouver 6, Spokane 3 Eugene 12, Salem-Keizer 5 Tri-City 4, Everett 3 Boise 5, Hillsboro 3 Friday’s Games Vancouver at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Eugene at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Boise at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. Little League World Series Friday’s Games Game 1 Uganda vs. Dominican Republic at Volunteer, 7 a.m. Game 2 Pearland, Texas vs. Portland, Ore. at Lamade, 8 a.m. Game 3 Venezuela vs. Australia at Volun- teer, 10 a.m. Game 4 Bowling Green, Ky. vs. Bonita, Calif. at Lamade, 11 a.m. Game 5 Canada vs. Mexico at Volunteer, 1 p.m. Game 6 Taylors, S.C. vs. Cranston, R.I. at Lamade, 2 p.m. Game 7 Taiwan vs. Japan at Volunteer, 4 p.m. Game 8 Lewisberry, Pa. vs. Webb City, Mo. at Lamade, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games Game 9 Game 1 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 10 a.m. Game 10 Game 2 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 12 p.m. Game 11 Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 3 p.m. Game 12 Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Games Game 13 Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 8 a.m. Game 14 Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 12 p.m. Game 15 Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 2 p.m. Game 16 Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 4 p.m. Football NFL Preseason Thursday’s Games Washington 21, Detroit 17 Buffalo 11, Cleveland 10 Friday’s Games Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 4 p.m. New England at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants, 4:30 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Monday’s Game Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Soccer East D.C. United New York Columbus New England Toronto FC Montreal New York City FC Orlando City Philadelphia Chicago West Los Angeles Vancouver Sporting K.C. Portland FC Dallas Seattle San Jose Houston W 13 11 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 W 12 13 11 11 11 11 9 8 L 8 6 8 9 10 9 11 11 13 12 L 7 9 5 8 7 12 10 9 T Pts 5 44 6 39 8 35 7 34 4 31 4 28 7 28 7 28 6 24 5 23 T Pts 7 43 3 42 7 40 6 39 5 38 2 35 5 32 7 31 Real Salt Lake 7 10 8 29 Colorado 5 9 9 24 ——— Friday’s Games Houston at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday’s Games Orlando City at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. San Jose at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Sporting K.C. at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 8 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Seattle at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. FC Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York City FC at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. Basketball East New York Indiana Washington Chicago Connecticut Atlanta WNBA W L 17 7 15 9 15 9 15 11 12 12 9 15 Pct GB .708 — .625 2 .625 2 .577 3 .500 5 .375 8 West W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 18 8 .692 — Phoenix 15 10 .600 2½ Tulsa 12 14 .462 6 Los Angeles 8 17 .320 9½ San Antonio 7 19 .269 11 Seattle 7 19 .269 11 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta at New York, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Connecticut at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
