FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Sports shorts
OSAA adopts
policy on drone use
WILSONVILLE – On
Thursday the OSAA
announced it adopted a new
policy banning the use of
drones at all
sanctioned
athletic
events.
The ban
covers not
only the
restricted
playing surface, but the
entire grounds of the
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where the games are being
played.
The ban begins one hour
prior to the start of the event
and ends one hour after.
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drones during games, they
will have the authority to
stop the game and send
teams to the sideline or
locker room until the
situation is deemed “safe.”
While use during games
is prohibited, teams are
allowed to use drones for the
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as long as the school’s policy
allows it.
SPORTS
PENDLETON
Bucks rally for draw
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP)
— ESPN says commentator
Curt Schilling won’t appear
on the air for the next month
in the wake of his anti-
Muslim tweet.
ESPN said Thursday that
Schilling won’t
on telecasts
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for the rest
of the regular
season or the
American
League
wild-card game
on Oct. 6.
Schilling
The former
star pitcher and
“Sunday Night Baseball”
analyst was pulled by ESPN
from a major league game
and the network’s coverage
of the Little League World
Series last month after
he retweeted a post that
compared Muslims and
Nazi-era Germans.
ESPN said “Curt’s
actions have not been
consistent with his
contractual obligations
nor have they been
professionally handled; they
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well on the company.”
“I won’t be
running on the
soccer fi eld
anytime soon.But
to run a straight
line, to walk a
golf course, to
play golf is totally
fi ne.“
— Rory McIlroy
The PGA golfer dis-
cussing the health of his
ankle after returning to
competition for the PGA
Championship three
weeks ago. McIlroy
skipped The Barclays
tournament last week as
a precaution and to give
his ankle a little extra
rest after the tournament.
McIlroy tore ligaments in
his ankle playing pick-up
soccer with friends early
in July, causing him to
miss the British Open.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1920 — Man o’ War wins
the 1 5/8-mile Lawrence
Realization
Stakes
at
Belmont Park by 100 lengths,
the largest winning margin in
modern racing history.
1966 — The Houston
Oilers’ defense holds the
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downs in a 45-7 rout.
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Prep Roundup
Heppner
netters
sweat out
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with two wins
East Oregonian
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the young season on Thursday with
a 3-1 victory on the road against the
Sherman Huskies.
The Mustangs (1-1) controlled the
pace of the game for
most of the night,
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make the Mustangs
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sweat.
But coach Deiter
Waite’s team stayed
calm in the end to
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Sherman
a good match for
us at this point
in the season to
try a new lineup.
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stayed focused, which they needed
to because Sherman pushed back to
make it interesting,” said Waite. “It
was nice to get the win.”
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with seven aces from the line, while
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Saturday as it hosts the Heppner
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Pendleton’s Reilly Hegarty prepares to cross the ball in front of Milwaulkie’s Juan Gudino in the
Bucks’ 2-2 tie with the Mustangs on Thursday in Pendleton.
Strong second half gives Pendleton ‘positive’ outcome
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Pendleton’s Flavio Betancourt scored two second
half goals in quick succession to lift the Buckaroos
to a 2-2 draw with Milwaukie on Thursday at Blue
Mountain Community College.
The senior converted a penalty
kick in the 68th minute, then beat
Mustangs goalkeeper Juan de Dios
Pendleton
Inzunza with a perfectly placed
volley in the 69th to cap the Pend-
leton comeback.
The Bucks had several chances
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Milwaukie
and couldn’t help feeling like they’d
gotten the better of the Mustangs by
game’s end.
Pendleton out-shot Milwaukie
11-7 in the second half, putting four more shots on
goal in the process and earning four corner kicks to
Milwaukie’s one.
“We weren’t being tentative, we weren’t kicking
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Flavio Betancourt collides with
Milwaulkie’s Hans Helfrich in the Bucks’
2-2 tie with the Mustangs on Thursday in
Pendleton.
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HELIX 3, RIVERSIDE 1;
HELIX 3, MAC-HI 1 —— The
Helix Grizzlies started off thier 2015
season on the right foot, taking both
matches of a home dual against River-
side and Mac-Hi.
In both matches, Helix (2-0)
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rebounding to win the next three for
the win. It was something that both-
ered Grizzlies coach Tammie Parker.
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College Roundup
T-Wolves, Mounties extend winning streaks
Blue Mountain
sweeps Clark
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with three losses on their
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the Blue Mountain Timber-
wolves haven’t dropped a
set.
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their winning streak to
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nine sets with a 3-0 sweep
of Clark on Thursday in a
match played on neutral
territory at Walla Walla
Community College.
The T-Wolves topped
the Penguins 25-21, 25-18
and 25-13, and although
coach Dave Baty said he’d
like to see a little more killer
instinct out of his young
team, their performance
Thursday was a sign of
better things to come.
“The kids are starting to
trust to make an aggressive
mistake,” he said. “A
mistake is a mistake, but
I’d much rather them make
a mistake because they’re
being aggressive. At least
then you have a chance to
learn and get better. You
can’t learn anything from a
timid mistake.”
Baty said the team’s
blocking stood out, led by
three from Pendleton High
product Kristin Williams
and another 2.5 from Keri
Schwarz. The T-Wolves had
nine as a team.
Schwarz was also one
of the team’s best hitters in
the match and tied Klaree
Hobart for the team lead
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College Football
Beavers’ dual-QB system leaves questions
First reps still
undecided between
freshmen QB’s
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — With a
dual-quarterback system in place,
the question for Oregon State is
this: Who starts the opener?
True freshman Seth Collins
and redshirt freshman Marcus
McMaryion will both play Friday
night when the Beavers open
against Weber State. New Oregon
State coach Gary Andersen won’t
say what that will actually look
like.
“I’m sworn to secrecy,” he said.
Andersen spent two years at
Wisconsin and replaces longtime
coach Mike Riley, who went to
Nebraska. Known more as a defen-
sive coach, Andersen is leaving
details about strategy to his offen-
sive coordinator, longtime coach
Dave Baldwin.
The Beavers
are not only
breaking in a
quarterback
who has never
played in a
college game, they are also tran-
sitioning from Riley’s pro-style
offense to a spread option.
Baldwin says using both quar-
terbacks at the start of the season
is part of a plan to get both expe-
rience. The idea is that whoever
becomes the backup won’t have
to come in cold should something
unexpected happen. There is no
timetable for naming a starter.
Anderson also said the starter
Friday night may not be the quar-
terback that ultimately wins the
starting job.
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snap of the game, from a defen-
sive standpoint to our offensive
standpoint,” he said. “It won’t be
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because he’s got the upper hand.
It will be just whatever play in the
opener is set for that young man.”
McMaryion served on the scout
team last year and has said he
learned a lot from former Beavers
quarterback Sean Mannion, who
graduated after a record-setting
senior season and went to the St.
Louis Rams.
Collins arrived at Oregon State
early and impressed coaches in the
annual spring game, throwing for
175 yards and two touchdowns
while also running for 74 yards.
Other things to look for at the
game at Reser Stadium:
CONNECTIONS: Andersen
and Weber State coach Jay Hill
are close friends. Andersen
recruited Hill, then a promising JC
cornerback, to play for Utah when
Andersen was defensive assistant
under Ron McBride.
Later, Hill coached corner-
backs at Utah for two years when
Andersen was defensive coordi-
nator under Kyle Whittingham.
See OSU/2B
Hobart, who moved
back to the net after an
All-America
freshman
season as a libero, also
boosted a fantastic evening
for BMCC’s passers.
Working on a 3.0 scale,
BMCC passed for a 2.33
rating as a team, led by
Hobart at 2.5 and sopho-
more Hannah Bailey at 2.47.
The defending NWAC
champion Timberwolves
(3-3) will try to keep the
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Week one full
of great games
in the Pac-12
By The Associated Press
The college football season is
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longest offseason in history.
Three Pac-12 teams, No. 22
Arizona, Colorado and Utah, helped
kicked the season off Thursday
night, but there are still plenty of
good games around the conference,
including one of the nation’s best
match-ups Saturday in Houston.
A rundown of what to look for as
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the season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No.
15 Arizona State vs. Texas A&M,
Saturday in Houston. Sun Devils
coach Todd Graham wanted to
boost his team’s nonconference
schedule and certainly did that
with an SEC school right out of the
gate. The game will feature a pair
of promising quarterbacks, Arizona
See PAC-12/2B