SPORTS
WEEKEND, AUGUST 22-23, 2015
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19-year-old wins
marathon gold
BEIJING (AP) —
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie
became the youngest man
to win the marathon at the
world championships, using
a late surge to take the title
on a sweltering Saturday.
The 19-year-old Eritrean
grabbed his country’s À ag
as he entered
FACES the Bird’s Nest
and waved it
to the cheering
crowd. He
¿ nished in
2 hours, 12
minutes, 27
Ghebreslassie seconds to hold
off Yemane
Tsegay of Ethiopia by 40
seconds. Munyo Solomon
Mutai of Uganda was third.
Defending world
champion and 2012 London
Olympic gold medalist
Stephen Kiprotich of
Uganda wound up si[th,
while the favored Kenyans
struggled in the heat and
humidity and didn’t even
make the top 20.
Hamlin sets track
record, earns pole
BRISTOL, Tenn.
(AP) — Denny Hamlin set
a track record in leading a
Toyota sZeeS oI tKe ¿ rst tZo
rows in qualifying at Bristol
Motor Speedway.
Hamlin
FACES turned a lap
Friday at
131.407 mph to
break the mark
of 131.362
mph set last
August by
Kevin Harvick.
Hamlin
It was
Hamlin’s 22nd career Sprint
Cup pole and continued a
recent dominant trend by Joe
Gibbs Racing. JGR drivers
have won ¿ ve of the last si[
Sprint Cup Series poles, and
Hamlin also won the pole
for Friday night’s ;¿ nity
Series race.
JGR teammate Kyle
Busch quali¿ ed second and
was followed by JGR driver
Carl Edwards. David Ragan,
from Michael Waltrip
Racing, was fourth to give
Toyota the top four starting
spots Saturday night.
“From a business
standpoint, that
didn’t make sense
any longer. You
can’t have a top-
10 budget and
top-10 resources
and not be in
the top 10 for a
sustained period
of time. It’s a
performance-
related business.
It’s all about
performance.“
— Rob Kauffman
Former Michael Wal-
trip Racing part-owner
explaining why he is
shifting his support from
MWR to Chip Ganassi
Racing next season.
MWR, which hasn’t won
a race in more than two
years, will cease oper-
ations at the end of the
season.
HEPPNER
First night whets appetites
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
holds ¿ rst performance
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Nestled into the Eastern Oregon
mountains sits the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in the quiet town of
Heppner.
But on Friday the town was
bustling as the 93rd annual NPRA
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo kicked off
to the sights of a packed grandstands
and determined competitors.
One of those was Hermiston resi-
dent BoDee Foster, who competed
in tie-down roping and steer
wrestling. The rodeo in Heppner
is always one of Foster’s favorite
events to compete in.
“I’ve been coming here every
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year since I was 10,” Foster said.
“I’m originally from Heppner, went
to high school here, before I relo-
cated to Hermiston. So it’s always
nice to come back here.”
Unfortunately for Foster, his
night didn’t start off the way he
would have liked, recording a time
of 12.6 seconds in the tie-down
roping.
“That was the ¿ rst time doing
tie-down competitively in over a
Coaching
positions
open with
Bulldogs
Seattle
Seahawks
quarterback
Russell Wilson
(3) scrambles
from Kansas
City Chiefs
linebacker
Dee Ford (55)
during the fi rst
half of an NFL
football game
at Arrowhead
Stadium in
Kansas City,
Mo., Friday,
Aug. 21, 2015.
Three vacancies
at high school
AP Photo/Ed Zurga
East Oregonian
Wilson on the run in loss
Another rough
outing for O-line
By DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Seahawks quarterback Russell
Wilson and Chiefs counterpart
Ale[ Smith struggled behind their
unsettled offensive lines in Kansas
City’s 14-13 preseason victory over
Seattle on Friday night.
Wilson was 9 of 15 for 78 yards,
though most of those completions
came on his ¿ nal drive, when tight
end Jimmy Graham ¿ nally got
involved in the game. Otherwise,
Wilson spent his half of work running
away from Chiefs pass rushers Justin
Houston and Dee Ford.
At least he wasn’t throwing to
the wrong team.
Smith was pressured so much in
the ¿ rst half that he began rushing his
throws, and one of them was picked
off by Bobby Wagner. The Seattle
linebacker returned it untouched 25
year, so it’s alright,” Foster said.
He would later make up for it
in steer wrestling, perhaps his best
event, as he turned in a time of
four-seconds À at and temporarily
put him in the lead. Sean Santucci
of Pineville later overtook Foster by
a hair, as he turned the steer in just
3.9 seconds, which drew a big cheer
from the crowd.
Bareback kicked off the night
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HERMISTON
NFL
yards for a touchdown that gave the Russell Okung and RG J.R. Sweezy.
Seahawks a 10-7 halftime lead.
They performed better as the ¿ rst
Smith ¿ nished 11 of 18 for 81 half wore on, though Gilliam had
yards with a touchdown
his hands full with All-Pro
pass to Jeremy Maclin.
pass rusher Houston.
Preseason
The game belonged to
Chiefs: LT Eric Fisher
the backups from there.
(high ankle sprain) and RG
Jeff Allen (knee sprain)
Chase Daniel led the
Chiefs (2-0) on an 86-yard Kansas City did not dress, nor did their
replacements fare well.
drive to open the second
Paul Fanaika started at
half, hitting tight end James
tackle and was consistently
O’Shaughnessy from 1 yard
pushed off the line of
for the score. Daniel has been
scrimmage, and Laurent
sharp in two preseason games,
Seattle
Duvernay-Tardiff
was
throwing four TD passes
manhandled at his guard
without an interception.
R.J. Archer played better
spot.
than he did last week for the
ROOKIE WATCH
Seahawks (0-2), who lost regular
Seahawks: WR Tyler Lockett
backup Tarvaris Jackson to a high made a nice catch while working
ankle sprain in their loss to Denver. with the ¿ rst team, but was bottled
But Archer was unable to move his up in the return game. Lockett
team into range of a winning ¿ eld played at Kansas State, a short drive
goal in the ¿ nal minutes Friday night. down Interstate 70.
Observations from the game:
INJURY UPDATE
OFFENSIVE LINES
Seahawks: CB Earl Thomas, who
Seahawks: C Drew Nowak, LG had shoulder surgery in February,
Justin Britt and RT Garry Gilliam was among many Seahawks who
were new to the lineup from the did not dress for the game. Thomas
preseason opener, joining LT returned to practice Tuesday.
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For the second year in a
row, Hermiston High School
is searching for a new head
boys basketball coach.
The school district ¿ rst
advertised the opening on its
web site on Aug. 6.
The Bulldogs went 7-17
and ¿ nished third in the
Columbia River Conference
in what ended up being Jake
McElligott’s only season at
the helm.
McElligott had come to
Hermiston off of a 2A state
championship at nearby
Irrigon. No reason was given
for the sudden split, and
messages left for McElligott
and Hermiston athletic
director Blaine Ganvoa were
not returned by press time.
Per it’s job listing, Herm-
iston is looking to replace
McElligott with a successful
4A/5A or equivelant level
head coach, or an assistant
from a successful 5A/6A
program.
The listed yearly salary
for the position is $5,398-
$6,094.
In addition to the boys
basketball position, the
district is also still looking
for new head softball and
boys golf coaches.
Listed salaries for those
positions are $4,005-$4,701
for softball and $2,960-
$3,656 for boys golf.
Attractive applicants will
have e[perience as head
coach at the 3A-5A level or
equivelant, or as assistant at
5A-6A level.
For more information on
the job openings, or to apply,
go to Hermiston.tedk12.com/
hire/inde[.asp[.
Little League Baseball
Portland team edged in low-scoring LLWS opener
California sets single-
inning HR record
Associated Press
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1851 — The United States
wins the ¿ rst international
yacht race. The schooner
named “America” beats 14
British yachts.
1989 — Nolan Ryan of
the Te[as Rangers becomes
the ¿ rst pitcher to strike out
5,000 batters in a 2-0 loss
to the Oakland Athletics.
Ryan fans Rickey Henderson
swinging on a 3-2, 96 mph
fastball for No. 5,000.
1B
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AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
Portland, Oregon manager Matt Farr, left, consoles pitcher
Dylan MacLean (7) as catcher Cooper Shaw (16) looks on
during a pitching change in the sixth inning of a baseball
game in United States pool play against Pearland, Texas at the
Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport,
Pa., Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Pearland, Texas won 1-0.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. —
Isaac Garcia broke up a perfect game
with a home run in the fourth inning
then threw 1 2/3 innings of hitless
relief to lead Pearland, Te[as, to a
1-0 win over Portland, Oregon, in the
Little League World Series on Friday.
Garcia delivered the only hit for
Te[as and made it count, driving a
3-2 pitch over the left-center ¿ eld wall
for the game’s only run. He replaced
starting pitcher Jarrett Tadlock an
inning later and retired all ¿ ve batters
he faced. Te[as advances to Sunday’s
winner’s bracket semi¿ nal to play the
winner of the California-Kentucky
game.
Oregon will play Saturday against
the loser of that game in an elimination
contest.
Tadlock and Garcia struck out 11
batters combined. Tadlock allowed
only a fourth-inning single to Spencer
Scott.
Dylan MacLean pitched 5 2/3
innings, striking out 12 before reaching
the 85-pitch limit.
The ¿ rst eight batters of the game
struck out.
CALIFORNIA 14, KENTUCKY
2 — Bonita, California hit ¿ ve home
runs in the third inning to easily beat
Bowling Green, Kentucky 14-2 on
Friday in the Little League World
Series.
The ¿ ve home runs in an inning
— hit by ¿ ve different players as part
of an 11-run inning — tied a series
record set in 1992 by the Dominican
Republic. The game was stopped after
the top of the fourth inning.
Pitcher Dante Schmid allowed two
runs in 3 1/3 innings, struck out eight
and also hit a three-run home run.
Antonio Andrade ignited the record
barrage when he led off the third
inning with his 16th home run during
all-star competition. Pinch-hitter Nick
Maldonado hit a two-out grand slam
that made it 9-0; Nate Nankil, Levi
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