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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts PENDLETON ROUND-UP NHL announces Geal ZLtK $GLGas Evans returns with dominant performance NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has announced it has a seven-year deal with Adidas to produce its uniforms beginning with the 2017-’18 season. Adidas replaces Reebok, which had previously made the NHL’s sweaters. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association also announced Adidas will make jerseys for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Adidas recently announced a sponsorship deal with No. 1 pick Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. On Monday, the Canadian Football League announced Adidas would be taking over from Reebok DVLWVRXW¿WWHUVWDUWLQJQH[W season. Reebok has been the NHL’s supplier since 2005. Texas cowboy picks up where he left off in 2014 Former Blazers GM Patterson ¿ reG as 7e[as $' Walla Walla rider tops PBR Pendleton Classic AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Steve Patterson, whose aggressive approach to raising money, rankled fans and some major donors, was dismissed Tuesday by university FACES President Greg Fenves, according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision who spoke Patterson on condition of anonymity because the school hadn’t announced the move. Fenves previously met several times with Patterson after complaints from fans and donors, which had reached as high as Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster. He has a guaranteed contract through August 2019 that pays him at least $1.4 million per year. Most of Patterson’s career was spent as an executive in professional sports and he struggled to connect ZLWKXQLYHUVLW\RI¿FLDOVDQG supporters like former AD DeLoss Dodds did. “He is the worst play-caller ever the only reason he called that dumb play yesterday is to be able to justify the one yard that wasn’t called in the Superbowl.“ — Delisa Lynch The mother of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch posting her frustrations with Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell on her Facebook account on Sunday fol- lowing Seattle’s overtime loss to St. Louis in which Lynch was stopped on 4th-and-1 to seal the loss. 7H,6 '$7( ,N 6P2576 1955 — The formation of the United States Auto Club is completed and will oversee four major catego- ries of auto races. 1993 ² 'DYH :LQ¿HOG of the Minnesota Twins becomes the 19th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits. 2010 — The Seattle Storm complete their undefeated march through the postseason, beating the Atlanta Dream 87-84 for a three-game sweep in the :1%$¿QDOV Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com East Oregonian PENDLETON — Day two of slack competition began Tuesday with just as much energy as day one, as competitors continued their attempts to earn their way into the 105th Pendleton Round-Up. The steer roping slack began its second round of competition on Tuesday and ended with some familiar names heading the leader- board. Brodie Poppino of Big Cabin, Oklahoma and Jason champion. Evans turned in a time of 14.8 in the second round to come in at the No. 6 spot, EXWOHDGVWKH¿HOGLQDYHUDJH time with 28.6 seconds on two head. Poppino scored a 12.1 second score in the second round to put himself in a tie with Vin Fisher, Jr. of Andrews, Texas. Fisher’s younger brother, -7RP )LVKHU OHG WKH ¿HOG after the second round with a time of 11.9 seconds. Staff photo by E.J. Harris In team roping slack, Joel Jason Evans of Huntsville, Texas, fi nishes with a Bach of Rhome, Texas and 14.8-second time is steer roping during slack Tues- Jim Ross Cooper of Monu- day at the Pendleton Round-Up. ment, New Mexico took Evans of Huntsville, Texas EDFN LQWR WKH ¿QDOV %RWK WKH ¿HOG E\ VWRUP ZLWK DQ ERWK ¿QLVKHG LQ WKH WRSVL[ men made it to the steer incredible 5.3 second score spots of Tuesday’s slack, as URSLQJ ¿QDOV LQ ZLWK to earn the $4,049 payout— they try to earn their way Evans being crowned the half a second faster than the second team of Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas and Patrick Smith of Lipan, Texas at 5.8 seconds. Smith has had great success recently in Pend- leton, asa he made the Round-Up team roping ¿QDOV LQ DV WKH KHHOHU with Kaleb Driggers of Albany, Georgia. The 2014 Round-Up champions Jake Stanley of Hermiston and Bucky Cambell of Benton City, Washington turned in a score of 6.8 seconds for ninth best from Tuesday, just missing out on a payout by one-tenth of a second. Five of the teams from WKH ¿QDOV IDLOHG WR record a score during slack, leaving the door open for See ROUND-UP/2B PBR .olEaEa earns memoraEle ZLn Derek Kolbaba of Walla Walla rides Specu- lation for 87.5 points Tuesday during the PBR Classic at the Happy Canyon Arena in Pendle- ton. By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian PENDLETON — Derek Kolbaba FDQ¶W UHPHPEHU KLV ¿UVW 86 %DQN Pendleton PBR Classic, but he’ll certainly never forget his most recent. In front of friends and family, the Walla Walla, Washington, bull rider brought down the house when he posted the night’s highest score on the ¿QDOULGHLQWKHFKDPSLRQVKLSURXQGWR win the buckle. “I’ve been coming to this PBR since before I can remember,” he said shortly after riding the bull they call RMEF Team Elk for 88.5 points and the win. “I grew up watching it and I’m just excited to be able to come here and succeed and take home the buckle. “I’ve got a couple good wins under my belt and a little bit of money in my pocket, but this one dang sure means a lot here.” Kolbaba combined his champion- ship round score with his 87.5 on Four Star Rodeo’s Speculation for 176 total to bump Jay Miller out of the top spot at the two-night Professional Bull Riders (PBR). It isn’t taking the 19-year-old long to make himself a household name in 3HQGOHWRQ +H ¿QLVKHG VHFRQG DW ODVW year’s PBR Classic, but wasn’t going to let it happen again. A quick kick of his spurs just before the buzzer may have given him just enough. “I knew that bull before, and every- body else has rode him,” he said of his Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls draw. “He’s a great bull and I was just glad I was able to make due with what I had and it worked out. “He’s pretty gassy around there and I was able to hang tough with him and got a couple spur chops on him there in the end and it worked out.” Miller had just taken the lead with an 86 on Robinson’s Oklahoma Bell, See PBR/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Prep Roundup Hermiston steals late win at home Hannah Thompson puts Bulldogs back in win column T-Wolves sweep again East Oregonian East Oregonian HERMISTON — For 78 minutes on Tuesday, Hermiston and David Douglas played to a scoreless draw. Neither team FRXOG ¿QG DQ DGYDQWDJH GHVSLWH numerous attempts at the net, and with just a minute remaining, it seemed as if neither would get a goal. But Hermiston sophomore Hannah Thompson took a long SDVV IURP WKH PLG¿HOG DQG EHDW Scots keeper Ainsley Dolton to the far post for the only goal of the night and an improbable 1-0 win in a non-league, inter-division soccer match at Kennison Field. “It’s nice to get the win, but sometimes it’s scary waiting that long,” Thompson said. “We just had to know that there was still a minute left after my goal, and keep up our work to make sure they didn’t score.” PENDLETON MILWAUKIE — In another big afternoon for Blue Mountain’s hitters, the Timberwolves pulled off another sweep of an NWAC opponent. In a non-league match, BMCC defeated Clackams in three in the BMCC teams’ second meeting of the season 25-23, 25-12, 25-16. It was the ninth- straight win for Clackamas BMCC (15-5) and the eighth time in the last nine matches they’d swept their opponent — only North Idaho College was able to take a set from the T-Wolves during their current run. Like they had the day before, the T-Wolves’ hitters led the way, but this time it was sophomore Keri Schwarz See T-WOLVES/2B 3 Staff photo by Sam Barbee Hermiston’s Alysia Garcia (10) and Hannah Thompson (21) bat- tle a David Douglas player for a loose ball in the second half of Hermiston’s 1-0 win Tuesday afternoon over the Scots. David Douglas (1-3) had a scoring chance and a corner kick LQWKH¿QDOPLQXWHEXWWKHFRUQHU coming off the shot, was cleared, giving Thompson a chance for another goal. Her shot went wide at the buzzer. 7KH ZLQ LV +HUPLVWRQ¶V ¿UVW since beating Umatilla, 2-1, on August 29. The Bulldogs (2-2-1) had gone 0-2-1 since that match, and the win Tuesday will help the spirits of a Bulldogs team that is bordering on beleaguered. “They just kinda pulled it out from nowhere, really,” head coach Danielle Turner said. “We See PREPS/2B 0