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Rio Olympic
ceremonies to be
‘low budget
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)
— The opening and closing
ceremonies for the Rio
Olympics
and
Paralympics
will be
low-budget
productions
compared to three years ago
in London, or in Beijing in
2008.
Fernando Meirelles, the
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part of the creative team,
estimated Tuesday that Rio
will spend one-tenth what
London did on four major
ceremonies.
Meirelles is aware that
Brazil is mired in recession,
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percent and the country
is beset with political and
economic upheaval.
Meirelles says he would
be “ashamed to waste what
London spent in a country
where we need sanitation”
and that he is “very glad
we’re not spending money
like crazy.”
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rates on the four ceremonies.
SPORTS
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In this
Sep. 10,
2015 fi le
photo,
BMCC’s
Klaree
Hobart
goes
down on
a knee to
dig out
the ball
in the
Timber-
wolves’
3-2 win
against
North
Idaho
College
in Pendle-
ton.
T-Wolves red hot heading
into heart of schedule
BMCC shoots up standings
with winning streak
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record in the Northwest Athletic Conference
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team in the NWAC East.
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The three-time defending NWAC cham-
East Oregonian
pions also have the most sets won in the
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The Blue Mountain volleyball team heads PRUHWKDQ
back into league play today at Wenatchee
Coach Dave Baty said the program’s
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winning streak.
slow start this season.
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matches of the year, have been red hot of late team is not, and I think when they started off
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Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
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Riverhawks take advantage
Pendleton’s
Haley Greb
(4) hits
the ball
Monday
during a
conference
game with
The Dalles
Riverhawks
at Warberg
Court.
Cowboys place
Romo on short-
term IR
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
IRVING, Texas (AP) —
The Cowboys have placed
Tony Romo on the injured
list with a designation
to return, sidelining the
quarterback for
FACES at least seven
games after
he broke his
left collarbone
against
Philadelphia.
Romo will
be eligible to
Romo
return Nov. 22
at Miami. He can practice
again in six weeks, starting
Nov. 4. Brandon Weeden
will start in his place Sunday
at home against Atlanta.
Dallas also put defensive
tackle Terrell McClain
on season-ending injured
reserve Tuesday with a
toe injury sustained last
weekend against the Eagles.
And the team signed running
back Gus Johnson back
to the practice squad after
waiving him last week.
Johnson takes the spot of
linebacker Joe Thomas, who
was signed by Green Bay on
Monday.
“I had a full
physical last year
-- I had fantastic
health. No high
blood pressure.
No problems. I’m
healthy.“
— Dave Baldwin
The Oregon State
offensive coordinator
who admitted to drink-
ing 16-18 cans of Diet
Cokes per day. That’s an
average of 736-828 mg
of caffeine per day—or
the equivalent to about
three cups of coffee.
Baldwin tells ESPN.com
that he still gets a normal
seven hours of sleep,too.
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ATHENA
TigerScots
defeat
Mustangs
Errors plague
both sides as
TigerScots get
first league win
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The
Weston-McEwen
TigerScots had no trouble
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non-league games.
Tuesday
night
the
TigerScots
opened up
Volleyball
play in the
Columbia
B a s i n
Weston-McEwen Conference
and showed
that consis-
tency with a
straight-set
3-0
win
Heppner
over
the
Heppner
Mustangs.
After a
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for Weston-McEwen, the
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their muscles in the third set
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capture the match.
“Anytime you can start
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said TigerScots coach Shawn
White. “Starting with a win
over Heppner is big, too,
because they’re always tough
and play well, so it’s a great
place to start the season in.”
The TigersScots held a
clear height advantage in
the game with three players
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advantage.
Sarah Finifrock and her
six-foot-tall frame led the
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four aces from the serving
line.
“We do our best,” said
White. “In volleyball you can
either jump high or be (tall)
and we are (tall) so we’re
going to continue to use that
to our advantage as much as
we can.”
Junior Sara von Borstel
was second on the team with
seven kills and smacked three
aces from the serving line.
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Pendleton errors stand out in league loss to The Dalles
lot of power behind
our hits and they’re
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to the walls,” said
In a match that lacked a dominant
The Dalles
Pendleton coach
hitter on either side of the net, The
Amanda Lapp.
Dalles was able to limit its errors just
Pendleton
enough to take a league win away
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from Pendleton’s Warberg Court on
kills and seven
Tuesday.
assists as a team,
The Riverhawks swept the
Pendleton
but their hitting
Columbia River Conference volley-
issues weren’t the
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most glaring as
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numerous
times
point on one of the Buckaroos’
the Buckaroos found themselves
numerous hitting errors.
“We have a tough time keeping running away from the net to track
the ball in play when we were able down errant digs and passes.
“To be honest with you I think
to run an offense tonight, we have a
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Volleyball
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our passing and our defense was hit
and miss tonight,” Lapp said.
Lauren Roberts led Pendleton
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they weren’t enough to keep The
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defense, which left the middle of the
court vulnerable several times and
paid for it dearly.
Riverhawks
coach
Neticia
Fanene said she could tell during
warm-ups that it was going to be a
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THIS DATE IN SPORTS
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Brock steals his 938th base
to break Billy Hamilton’s
record.
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Prep Roundup
Helix netters keep on winning, sweep Nixyaawii in league play
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aces from the serving line, high-
HELIX — The Grizzlies and lighted by senior Makenzie Mize
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Senior Paden Flerchinger and
deployed all the weapons as they
rolled to a 3-0 win over the Golden sophomore Sadie Wilson added
seven and six kills respectively.
Eagles.
“We maintained a good level of
On Tuesday, the Grizzlies and
Golden Eagles met again and it was play throughout, stayed consistent,”
much of the same story as Helix said Helix coach Tammie Parker. “It
rolled to a 3-0 sweep of Nixyaawii. showed our work has paid off.”
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Helix (8-2, 2-0) won the Old
Oregon League match with scores are both back in action on Friday
as they travel to Pine Eagle for a
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2 — At Pilot Rock, the Umatilla
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nonleague victory over the Rockets
on Tuesday.
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No other details from the match
were reported.
Up next for Umatilla is a home
match with Vale and Nyssa on
Saturday starting at noon, while
Pilot Rock hosts Culver on Thursday
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Ione, the Cardinals toughed out a
victory over the Pirates on Tuesday.
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Senior Rachel Holland led the
Cardinals with six kills and was a
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