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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.