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SPORTS 78E6'AY, 6EP7EM%ER , 015 Sports shorts Dream keep playoff hopes alive A7/AN7A (AP) — AnJeO Mc&ouJhtry Vcored 1, 7LIIany Hayes added 17 and 6ancho /yttOe ¿ nLshed wLth 16 poLnts, 10 rebounds and sL[ assLsts to heOp the AtOanta 'ream Neep theLr sOLm pOayoII hopes aOLve and beat the WashLnJton MystLcs 73-67 on 6unday AtOanta (13-1) traLOs the MystLcs (16-15) by three James wLth three James remaLnLnJ 7he 'ream hoOds the tLe-breaNer, OeadLnJ the season serLes 3-0 7he teams wLOO pOay Ln AtOanta on 6ept 13 to concOude the reJuOar season 6honL 6chLmmeO added seven poLnts, Iour rebounds and three assLsts Ior AtOanta 6he was Ior Irom the ¿ eOd and 3 Ior 3 on Iree throws Rodeo Brown wins in Walla Walla East Oregonian WA//A WA//A, Wash — 7eam roper %LOOy %ob %rown cOaLmed the aOO-around tLtOe at the WaOOa WaOOa )rontLer 'ays Rodeo over the weeNend 7he 6tephenvLOOe, 7e[as, header pOaced Ln both rounds wLth heeOer *arrett -ess, and when no compet- Ltors earned checNs Ln more than one event, %rown¶s IaLOed attempt to cracN the tLe-down Oeaderboard made hLm the aOO-around champ 7he ropers won the ¿ rst go Ln seconds and then tLed Ior ¿ Ith Ln the second go Ln 57 to gLve them a 101 aggregate tLme 7hat was enough to edge &Oayton and &hase Hansen by one second and brLng theLr totaO wLnnLngs to ,0317 )ormer %Oue MountaLn &ommu- nLty &oOOege competLtor 'aNota EOdrLdge tLed an arena record wLth hLs 35 Ln the ¿ rst round oI steer wrestOLng, but he and steer wrestOLng aggregate wLnner 6ean 6antuccL (3 on two) had to settOe Ior second Ln the aOO-around wLth LdentLcaO wLnnLngs oI 3,7350 Other champLons at the )rontLer 'ays were barebacN rLder 6tephen PeebOes (Redmond) wLth 6 poLnts Ior 3,3106 tLe-down roper Marcos &osta (&hLOdress, 7e[as) wLth 176 on two Ior 5,333 saddOe bronc rLder -oe /uINLn (6aOOLsaw, ONOahoma) wLth Ior 3,5137 barreO racer Amber /eLgh Moore (6aOem) wLth 171 on one Ior 3,0 buOO rLder &han- dOer %ownds (/ubbocN, 7e[as) wLth 7 Ior 3,70 steer roper -ess 7Lerney (Hermosa, 6outh 'aNota) wLth 53 on three Ior ,030 /ocaOs brLngLng home checNs Irom WaOOa WaOOa LncOuded steer roper -oe %artOett (%oardman) wLth Iourth Ln Round 1 (157) buOO rLders %ryan &arter (PendOeton) Ln a tLe Ior Iourth (7) and &aLn 6mLth (PendOeton) Ln eLghth (6) barreO racers 6ammLe /ane (ArOLngton) Ln thLrd (176) and -ordan MLnor (HermLston) Ln 13th (10) and team ropLng header &Oayton Hansen (PendOeton) NFL New issues arise in Seattle Murray ousted at US Open NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Murray watched a 130 mph ace zoom by to create a twoVet de¿ cLt at the 86 Open and then Vat Ln hLV chanJeoYer chaLr and curVed at hLmVeOI oYer and oYer and oYer A OLttOe Oater Murray cracNed hLV FACES racNet aJaLnVt the court once, breaNLnJ the Irame, and went to the VLdeOLne and manJOed hLV eTuLpment Murray even more, beIore meanderLnJ over to hand Lt to Vomeone Ln the VtandV OIten abOe to Vpur hLmVeOI by OettLnJ out Vome anJer, the twotLme *rand 6Oam tLtOe wLnner onOy brLeÀ y manaJed to Jet Lnto thLV match 7he thLrdVeeded Murray OoVt beIore the Tuarter¿ naOV at a maMor Ior the ¿ rVt tLme VLnce 010, beaten 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (), 7-6 (0) by 15th-Veeded KevLn AnderVon oI 6outh AIrLca Ln the Iourth round at )OuVhLnJ MeadowV on Monday “We didn’t ‘kind of’ run ourselves out of it, we ran ourselves out of it. That is something that has plagued us, something we’ve talked about. It’s very frustrating.“ — Lloyd McClendon Mariners manager on the team’s sloppy bas- erunning in a 3-0 loss to Texas on Monday. Seattle got its fi rst three baserunners on, but two of them were picked off trying to steal. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1957 — AOthea *Lbson becomes the ¿ rst bOacN pOayer to wLn the 86 Open, beatLnJ /ouLse %rouJh 6-3, 6- AustraOLa¶s MaOcoOm Anderson deIeats coun- tryman AshOey &ooper Ln three sets to become the ¿ rst unseeded pOayer to wLn the 86 Open 2001 — 9enus WLOOLams wLns her second consecutLve 86 Open tLtOe by beatLnJ 6erena WLOOLams 6-, 6- Ln the ¿ rst prLme-tLme women¶s *rand 6Oam ¿ naO 7he match Ls the 10th between sLsters Ln a *rand 6Oam match durLnJ the Open era, wLth the oOder sLster wLnnLnJ every tLme Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) leads his team in a huddle before a preseason NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Seattle. 6eahawNs OooNLng to erase 6uper %owO dLsappoLntment, but have some LnternaO hurdOes to Oeap ILrst By TIM BOOTH Associated Press 6EA77/E — 7hey aOO processed the events dLIIerentOy, Must as Pete &arroOO encouraged He wasn¶t goLng to dLrect how to get past argu- abOy the most stunnLng 6uper %owO concOusLon Ln hLstory 6ome may never get over what occurred when RusseOO WLOson¶s pass Iound the arms oI MaOcoOm %utOer and not RLcardo /ocNette %ut the 6eattOe 6eahawNs are Ln agreement that the easLest way to escape the cOoud oI what happened Ls gettLng bacN there agaLn “We were on the 1-yard OLne We don¶t need to change much,´ WLOson saLd “I thLnN that¶s NLnd oI our Iocus´ 6eattOe begLns the season tryLng to become the ¿ rst N)& team to wLn three successLve conIerence tLtOes 7he 6eahawNs remaLn the cOass oI the N)& West and wLth *reen %ay are wLdeOy consLdered the best two teams Ln the conIerence %ut there are new Lssues the 6eahawNs Iace that have nothLng to do wLth any hangover Irom that )ebruary Ooss to New EngOand 7here¶s LnternaO strLIe 6trong saIety Kam &hanceOOor — a Pro %owO taOent and respected OocN- er-room voLce — Ls hoOdLng out, and there Ls no sLgnaO oI a resoOutLon 7here are personneO TuestLons, See SEAHAWKS/2B College Football 'ucNs OooN to shore up ' TuLcNOy Oregon deIense e[posed Ln wLn over Eastern Wash By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press E8*ENE — Oregon¶s deIense needs to TuLcNOy address season- openLng mLssteps wLth the much-an- tLcLpated vLsLt to No 5 MLchLgan 6tate OoomLng on 6aturday 7he seventh-ranNed 'ucNs deIeated Eastern WashLngton 61-, and Ln addLtLon to those sL[ touchdowns, the %Lg 6Ny¶s EagOes amassed 5 totaO yards AIterward, deIensLve coordL- nator 'on PeOOum saLd poLntedOy “OveraOO Lt¶s Must not where Lt needs to be I thLnN we Nnow that I thLnN everyone Nnows that´ 7he 'ucNs¶ vuOnerabLOLty came mostOy agaLnst the pass Eastern WashLngton¶s startLng TuarterbacN -ordan West and bacNup ReLOOy Hennessey threw Ior a combLned 3 yards ReceLver &ooper Kupp caught 15 passes Ior 6 yards — both Autzen 6tadLum records — and three touchdowns Oregon¶s secondary Oost three starters Irom Oast season when the 'ucNs went 13- and to the cham- pLonshLp game oI coOOege IootbaOO¶s ¿ rst pOayoIIs 7hree oI Oregon¶s starters at Preps 'awgs wLn season opener HermLston boys run away wLth tLtOe at Runner 6ouO East Oregonian HERM,67ON — Even wLth deIendLnJ champLon Hayden EarO¶s absence, the HermLston boys were Iar and away the best team at 6aturday¶s season-openLnJ Runner 6ouO ;& )est at 6andstone MLddOe 6chooO 7he %uOOdoJs won the boys tLtOe wLth 63 poLnts, and second-pOace 6outhrLdJe was Iar behLnd wLth 6 ,t was a sLmLOar runaway ¿ nLsh Ior the LndLvLduaO tLtOe, as 8matLOOa¶s )abLan &ardenas broNe the tape 3 seconds ahead oI second- pOace -ames 6wyter oI OreJon &Lty &ardenas cOocNed Ln at 16 mLnutes, seconds whLOe 6wyter ¿ nLshed Ln 1656 Weston-McEwen MunLor Hayden 6cott was thLrd Ln the boys race Ln 1656 &ardenas overtooN race Oeader NoOan %yOenJa oI PendOeton on the bacN sLde oI the 6andstone course and never OooNed bacN %yOenJa ¿ nLshed 11th (170) to Oead the seventh-pOace %ucN- aroos &ardenas saLd he¶s worrLed more about how hLs team ¿ nLshes thLs year than whether or not he repeats as the 3A state champ ³, thLnN thLs Ls the year Ior our team,´ he saLd oI the 9LNLnJs, whLch ¿ nLshed nLnth on 6aturday and have a JoaO oI becomLnJ the ¿ rst 8matLOOa boys team to reach the state meet ³We¶ve been traLnLnJ hard and we have a Jood Jroup oI Juys « 7hat wouOd be sweet LI we couOd Jet our team, thLs year, to state´ 8matLOOa coach -osh EJo saLd he couOdn¶t ¿ nd any maMor IauOts Ln 6aturday¶s perIormance “It was a pretty good start,´ he saLd “)our oI our guys on varsLty have never run beIore, so Lt was theLr ¿ rst 5K that wasn¶t a tLme trLaO « It¶s e[cLtLng Ior us It was a good OearnLng e[perLence´ WLth EarO attendLng a IuneraO, -osLah NLederw- erIer Oed the %uOOdog boys wLth a sL[th-pOace ¿ nLsh Ln 170 'oneOO Rome was rLght behLnd hLm Ln seventh (17155), AngeO &asteOOanos was 1th (17) and Isaac 6anchez was 1th (1701) 6tan¿ eOd¶s Iastest boy was MunLor &arOos )Oores Ln th (1370) and Heppner Ireshman Hunter NLchoOs paced the Mustaangs Ln th (11) Mac-HL¶s boys were Oed by MunLor KaOeb Marsh Ln 3rd (7) and NL[yaawLL was Oed by See PREPS/2B AP Photo/Ryan Kang Oregon defensive lineman DeForest Buckner (44) breaks through the Eastern Washington offensive line during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Eugene, Ore. deIensLve bacN Irom Oast season have moved on IIo ENpre-OOomu, ErLcN 'argan and 7roy HLOO 6ophomores &hrLs 6eLsay and ArrLon 6prLngs started at corner Ior the 'ucNs agaLnst Eastern WashLngton At saIety, sophomore 7yree RobLnson made hLs second career start -unLor See DUCKS/3B Staff photo by Sam Barbee Umatilla’ Fabian Carde- nas fi nishes well ahead of the pack at the Runner Soul XC Fest on Saturday in Hermiston.