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SPORTS BULLDOGS: CRC playoff spots still up for grabs Page 2B East Oregonian Continued from 1B but was unable to hold off the Eagles and hard-hitting 6-footer Shae Duffy, who led the match with 14 kills. “(Hermiston) did a good job digging some balls up and getting some good hard swings, but you’ve got to keep playing,” said Eagles coach Scott Walker. Hood River (6-3, 4-1 CRC) caught and passed Hermiston (3-7, 0-5) for good at 13 points in the ¿rst set, 15 in the second and 19 in the third. Bulldogs coach Dorothy Smith said it’s the symptom of a relatively young roster, but 10 matches into the season that’s not an excuse she’s allowing the team to use anymore. “A lot of them are young in varsity play,” she said. “They’re ready, they’re going for it. It’s just ¿nishing that up and not falling back and getting into old habits that they’ve had in the past as a (junior varsity player). I want to push them into that varsity level. I want them to see that they can do more, and they do have that great- ness at times. “Recently we talked about being soft on the court, and just these last three games they’ve actually started having that toughness and getting in there, getting mad at themselves — not at their teammates — don’t take the calls personal, just get out there and play the game and have fun.” At the beginning of the night it didn’t look like Smith would have to be discussing her team’s shortcomings as the Bulldogs raced out to an 11-4 lead in the ¿rst set thanks to an eight-point run at the service line by junior Alex Barton. “They served really well,” Walker said. “They had a nice deep Àoat serve that was Staff photo by Kathy Aney The Bulldawgs’ Ebony Wilson (9) spikes the ball Thursday night against Hood River Valley in Hermiston. really hard to control and my best passers were having trouble with it.” But a Hood River timeout ended Hermiston’s momentum, and the Eagles came out of the break looking like the CRC title contenders their record would indicate they are, while Hermiston ran into a number of self-in- Àicted struggles. Hood River’s Kennedy James and Katie Kennedy each ¿nished the night tied with Hermiston kills-leader Kynzee Padilla with six, but the Bulldogs were able to minimize the damage with some good blocking led by Maddy Juul (4 blocks), Ebony Wilson (3) and Continued from 1B “Our back row passed great tonight and really focused on calming down the pass to make a play.” Pendleton next plays on Saturday when they travel to Portland for a tour- nament at Westview High School. ECHO 3, NIXYAAWII 0 — At Pendleton, the Echo Cougars improved to 4-1 in the league with a sweep of Nixyaawii. The Cougars (11-4, 4-1) won in three sets 25-14, 25-13, and 25-12. No details were reported. Echo next hosts Powder Valley today at 4 p.m., while Nixyaawwii (2-9, 0-5) travels to Joseph today for a noon match. CULVER 3, STANFIELD 0 — At Culver, the Stan¿eld Tigers didn’t put up much of a ¿ght against the Class 2A No. 2 team, falling in three sets. The Tigers (5-7, 0-3) lost 25-12, 25-11, and 25-11. Culver improved to an impressive 17-3 overall with the win. MiKayla Kopacz (2). A block by Juul gave Hermiston a 17-16 lead in the third set, and Kopacz spiked a kill to make it 18-16, but then two straight Hood River points fell between Herm- iston players to tie it back up. “We always talk about, just go for it,” Smith said. “Stop watching the game and go for the ball. That’s what we really are focusing on, go for everything. Don’t expect the person standing next to you is going to go for that ball.” One of Duffy’s few hitting errors gave Hermiston its ¿nal lead 19-18, but she quickly made up for it with a pair of well-placed tips as Emily Curtis chipped in a pair of kills to ¿nish off the Bulldogs. With only four matches left in their CRC season, the Bulldogs are still very much in the running for one of the conference’s three playoff spots. Hermiston’s next CRC match is against rival Pendleton — whose only CRC win came against the Bulldogs — on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Before that they’ll be at Portland’s Westview High for a tournament on Saturday. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. Pendleton returns to league play on Tuesday when it hosts The Dalles at 4 p.m. No other details were reported. Stan¿eld will look to rebound on Saturday when they play Heppner and Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen high school starting at noon. UMATILLA 1, PORTLAND ADVENTIST — At Umatilla, the Vikings ¿nished Thursday’s game with their second-straight tie, this time a 1-1 affair with Portland Adventist Academy. No details from the match were reported. Next for Umatilla (1-3-2, 0-0-2) is a home game with De La Salle North Catholic on Tuesday. Girls Soccer PENDLETON 6, REDMOND 1 — Pendleton, Makayla Akers scored three goals to lead the Buckaroos (4-4) to a 6-1 win over the Panthers (0-7-1) in non-league action on Thursday. Mazie Williams, Nicola Cook and Maggie Scanlon were the other goal scorers for Pendleton, which led 3-1 at halftime. Coach Paul Parker said a great defen- sive effort kept Pendleton in control for most of the game, and Redmond ¿nished with just four shots. “It’s a step in the right direction for a very young team,” he said. “We played a solid 80 minutes of soccer instead of playing 20 solid minutes, then taking 20 minutes off, playing another solid 30 and then taking 10 off.” RIVERSIDE 3, DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC 0 — At Port- land, the Riverside Pirates earned their ¿rst win of the 2015 season in a shutout on Thursday. The Pirates (1-4-1, 1-0-1) led De La Salle 2-0 at halftime before adding the third goal in the second half. No other details were reported. Next up for Riverside is a home game with Portland Christian/Columbia Christian on Tuesday at 4 p.m. SCOREBOARD PREP FOOTBALL Today’s Games Couer d’Alene (ID) at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Ridgeview at Pendleton, 7 p.m. DeSales (WA) at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m. Tri-Cities Prep (WA) at Umatilla, 7 p.m. Portland Christian at Riverside, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Culver, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 7 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 7 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 7 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday’s Games City Christian at Riverside, 1 p.m. Irrigon at Umatilla, 1 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Today’s Games Nixyaawii at Joseph, 2 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 4 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 4 p.m. Union at Heppner, 4 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games Hermiston vs. TBD (Westview Tourna- ment), 8 a.m. Pendleton vs. TBD (Westview Tourna- ment), 8 a.m. Condon/Wheeler at Dufur, 10 a.m. Arlington at Sherman, 10 a.m. Stanfield vs. Pilot Rock (at Weston-McE- wen), Noon Heppner vs. Stanfield (at Weston-McE- wen), Noon Ione vs. South Wasco (at Sherman), Noon Condon/Wheeler vs. Horizon Christian (at Dufur), Noon Pine Eagle vs. Nixyaawii (at Helix), 12:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 1 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 2 p.m. Pine Eagle at Helix, 2 p.m. Arlington vs. South Wasco (at Sherman), 2 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 3 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 3:30 p.m. (MT) Ione at Sherman, 4 p.m. Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 5 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Today Mac-Hi, Heppner, Weston-McEwen, Nixyaawii at Mac-Hi Gutbuster, 1 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Columbia River Power Half Marathon, 8 a.m. Umatilla at Pasco Bulldog Invite, 1:15 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Today’s Game Eastern Oregon at OIT, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Motorsports Harvick up against wall at Dover By DAN GELSTON Associated Press PREPS: Echo rebounds, cruises to win on road Local Slate Friday, October 2, 2015 Today’s Game Eastern Oregon at OIT, 4:30 p.m. Saturday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 4:30 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today’s Games Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. OIT at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 5 p.m. COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Saturday’s Game Eastern Oregon at Willamette Charles Bowles Invitational, TBD Prep Standings FOOTBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Pendleton 0-0 2-2 88 125 14 Hood River 0-0 2-2 130 119 28 The Dalles 0-0 1-3 89 107 29 Hermiston 0-0 0-4 83 203 20 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk La Grande 0-0 3-1 157 53 12 Baker 0-0 1-3 100 96 26 Ontario 0-0 0-4 29 113 27 Mac-Hi 0-0 0-4 13 185 34 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Vale 0-0 3-1 137 98 7 Umatilla 0-0 3-1 81 63 9 Nyssa 0-0 3-1 82 54 13 Riverside 0-0 1-3 69 132 17 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Irrigon 0-0 4-0 187 32 2 Heppner 0-0 4-0 197 53 5 Stanfield 0-0 4-0 176 59 9 Weston-McEwen 0-0 3-1 148 67 24 Culver 0-0 2-2 123 153 19 Pilot Rock 0-0 0-3 54 132 31 Special District 4 (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Perrydale 2-0 4-0 184 Arlington 2-0 3-0 170 Sherman 2-0 2-2 172 Dufur 0-1 3-1 194 Ione 0-1 1-2 98 Mitchell 0-2 2-2 113 South Wasco 0-2 0-4 58 PA Rnk 85 7 12 11 168 21 64 2 122 19 159 13 224 37 Special District 1 (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Adrian 1-0 3-0 128 86 1 Wallowa 1-0 3-1 196 96 8 Powder Vall. 1-0 3-1 208 165 9 Jordan Vall. 1-0 2-2 P.C./B.R. 1-0 1-3 Pine Eagle 0-0 3-1 Crane 0-1 3-1 Echo 0-1 2-2 Joseph 0-1 1-2 Mon./Day. 0-1 1-3 Harper/Hun. 0-1 0-4 192 80 144 206 176 150 80 74 160 172 134 72 130 126 171 258 30 35 12 6 33 25 39 38 Baseball MLB American League East W L x-Toronto 92 67 y-New York 87 72 Baltimore 78 81 Boston 78 81 Tampa Bay 78 81 Pct GB .579 — .547 5 .491 14 .491 14 .491 14 Central x-Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit Pct GB .579 — .522 9 .494 13½ .465 18 .462 18½ W 92 83 78 74 73 L 67 76 80 85 85 West W L Pct GB z-Texas 87 72 .547 — Houston 84 75 .528 3 Los Angeles 83 76 .522 4 Seattle 75 84 .472 12 Oakland 66 93 .415 21 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division y-clinched wild card ——— Thursday’s Games Baltimore 6, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 4, Miami 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 2 Texas 5, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Today’s Games N.Y. Yankees (L.Severino 5-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 10-8), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Owens 4-3) at Cleveland (Tomlin 6-2), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 14-7) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 11-6), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-12) at Texas (M.Pe- rez 3-6), 5:05 p.m. Detroit (Simon 13-11) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-11), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 11-6) at Minnesota (E.Santana 7-4), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 19-8) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 14-8), 6:40 p.m. Oakland (Brooks 2-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 9-5), 7:10 p.m. National League East x-New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia W 89 81 69 64 62 L 70 78 90 95 97 Pct GB .560 — .509 8 .434 20 .403 25 .390 27 Central x-St. Louis y-Pittsburgh y-Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati W 100 96 94 68 63 L 59 63 65 91 96 Pct GB .629 — .604 4 .591 6 .428 32 .396 37 West W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 89 70 .560 — San Francisco 83 76 .522 6 Arizona 78 81 .491 11 San Diego 74 85 .465 15 Colorado 66 93 .415 23 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card ——— Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Francisco 2 San Diego 3, Milwaukee 1 Tampa Bay 4, Miami 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Arizona 8, Colorado 6 Today’s Games Cincinnati (Sampson 2-6) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 12-7), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Nicolino 4-4) at Philadelphia (Harang 6-15), 4:05 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 11-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 10-5) at Atlanta (Teheran 10-8), 4:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 21-6) at Milwaukee (A.Pena 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 19-8) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 14-8), 6:40 p.m. San Diego (C.Kelly 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 11-12), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (K.Kendrick 6-13) at San Francis- co (Heston 12-10), 7:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD W L Pct GB 87 72 .547 — 84 75 .528 — 83 76 .522 1 83 76 .522 1 y-New York Houston Los Angeles Minnesota Football With a NASCAR cham- pionship defense at stake, Kevin Harvick tried to spin Dover as just another race. He even compared the pressure ahead to a walk in the park. Win at Dover and the back-to-back bid is alive. Fall short, and Harvick likely could be relegated to a spoiler role for the rest of NASCAR’s playoffs. Harvick has two wins and a series-best 18 top ¿ves, but is mired at 15th in the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship ¿eld. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver has gone from boom to bust in the Chase, ¿nishing 42nd in the Chase opener at Chicago- land and 21st last week at New Hampshire. Ahead is the concrete mile track at Dover where Harvick is 0 for 29. “I like these types of situations,” Harvick said Thursday. “I think they’re different and fun and it’s all in the approach and how you react to them.” Harvick has had the No. 4 Chevy up against the wall before — he was eighth out of eight teams and had to win last season at Phoenix International Raceway to advance into the champi- onship ¿nale. He won the race, then won it all the next week when his second straight checkered Àag gave him the highest ¿nish among four championship drivers to earn the crown. Under NASCAR’s playoff format, the bottom four drivers in the Chase ¿eld are eliminated after Dover. He’ll earn an automatic berth into the championship round with a victory. Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth have secured the ¿rst two spots. It was only three weeks ago when a con¿dent Harvick said of the JGR drivers, “We’re going to pound them into the ground.” So far Harvick has taken a beating on the track, and dished one out in the motorhome. Harvick was unwilling on Thursday to discuss if he’s talked with Jimmie Johnson in the wake of their post-race skirmish at Chicagoland. Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, Harvick and Clint Bowyer are the ¿nal four drivers on the brink of elimination. They would advance with a victory, but Johnson stands at the No. 1 contender in their way at Dover, where he has a track-record 10 victories. RAWLS: Undrafted RB seeks out contact Continued from 1B “We’ll take it day-to-day and see how it goes and if we get him out there, if we’re fortunate enough to have him on Monday, it makes us better as a team. If not, we have to pick up the slack.” If Lynch is unable to play, the Seahawks got a glimpse last week of what Rawls can do as a replace- ment. Rawls became the ¿rst Seattle running back other than Lynch to rush for 100 yards since Robert Turbin late in the 2012 season. Rawls ¿nished with 104 yards on 16 carries, 98 of those yards coming in the second half. What impressed Carroll the most was the way Rawls ¿nished runs, backing up what was seen on his college tape during his senior season at Central Michigan. Rawls didn’t try to avoid contact, he sought out defenders to go hit. “Thomas was a guy I’ve been really excited to see what he would be like when he got on the ¿eld, to see if he would be aggres- sive and tough like we had seen. And he showed that,” Carroll said. Rawls started his college career at Michigan, where he was mostly a backup before transferring to Central Michigan. During his senior season, Rawls rushed for 1,103 yards and 10 touchdowns in just nine games. Seattle considered using a late-round draft pick on Rawls, but general manager John Schneider believed the Seahawks could get him as an undrafted free agent. The risk paid off and Rawls began to impress within weeks of arriving in Seattle. “It was probably about the third week in OTAs. He knew the playbook, and he was asking all the right questions,” Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said. “You always want a rookie to ask questions, but it’s a different level when they ask the right questions, so that’s what stood out to me.” NOTES: Seattle DT Brandon Mebane (groin strain) won’t have his status determined until closer to Monday’s game. Mebane left in the ¿rst quarter last week. ... DE Demarcus Dobbs (shoulder) also is in question for Monday’s game. ... Rookie PR/KR/ WR Tyler Lockett was named the NFC special teams player of the month for September. Lockett had a punt return TD in Week 1 vs. St. Louis and last week took a kickoff back 105 yards for a TD. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK KEVIN SMITH Sophomore - Heppner Football Making his first start at quarterback in a varsity game last week, Smith passed for 227 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. He completed 67 percent of his passes (8 for 12) and averaged 28.4 yards per completion. 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