SPORTS
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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
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“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.
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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
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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
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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. He also ran for a 14
yard touchdown to lift Heppner to a
59-13 win over Tri-Cities Prep.
P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y :
NFL
Thursday’s Game
Baltimore 23, Pittsburgh 20, OT
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Jets vs. Miami at London, 6:30 a.m.
Oakland at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 10 a.m.
Houston at Atlanta, 10 a.m.
Kansas City at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.
Green Bay at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver, 1:25 p.m.
Dallas at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Detroit at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.
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