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WEEKEND, OCTOBER 3-4, 2015 Sports shorts Spieth completes rare awards sweep PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth was voted PGA Tour player of the year Friday, giving him a sweep of all the signi¿ cant awards. The PGA Tour does not disclose how many votes Spieth received FACES from the players, though the 22-year-old Texan removed any suspense last week with his four-shot victory in Spieth the Tour Championship to win the Fed Ex Cup. Spieth had ¿ ve wins this year, including the Masters and U.S. Open. He is the youngest player since Tiger Woods (21) to win the Jack Nicklaus Award as player of the year. Spieth also won the Arnold Palmer Award by topping the money list with a record $12 million, and the Vardon Trophy for having the lowest adjusted scoring average. Since the FedEx Cup began in 2007, Woods is the only other player to sweep the awards, win a major and capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus. SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Ravens run over Buckaroos Ridgeview ground attack too much for Pendleton defense By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian The Pendleton Buckaroos knew they would have their hands full. The Ridgeview Ravens came in with a potent run game that the Bucks would have to stop to win the game. Unfortunately for the Bucks, the Ravens’ mix of speed Ridgeview Pendleton 41 27 Rid- geview’s Brent Yeakey breaks the tackle of Pend- leton’s Calgary Smith in the Bucks’ loss to Ravens on Friday in Pendleton. and size behind a massive offen- sive line proved to be too much, as the Bucks fell to the Ravens 41-27. Pendleton (2-3) coach Erik Davis said earlier in the week that the Bucks offense needed to score every time they had the ball to keep up with the clock-eating Ravens, Staff photo by E.J. Harris See BUCKS/2B Appeals court calls for review of Solo assault case SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo could again face assault charges stemming from an altercation last year with family members after a Washington FACES state appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the case. The case stems from Solo a dispute between Solo and her half-sister and 17-year-old nephew during a party in June 2014. Solo was charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree domestic violence assault. She pleaded not guilty. A municipal judge dismissed the case in January, but prosecutors — in a rare move — appealed that decision. The appeals court sent it back to the lower court on Friday. “We are shocked and concerned about these charges. We will be doing all we can to support our students.“ — John Koch Gresham High School principal in response to the arrest of assistant wrestling coach Wyatt DeRemer, 25, for fi rst-degree sexual abuse on Friday. DeRemer, who also worked with the middle school wrestlers, is accused of sexually assaulting six boys. He was booked into a Portland jail and bail was set at $1.75 million. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1974 — Frank Robinson signs a $175,000-a-year play- er-manager contract with the Cleveland Indians, making him the ¿ rst black manager in major league history. 1981 — Southern Cali- fornia’s Marcus Allen rushes for 223 yards against Oregon State, his fourth straight 200-plus rushing game. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Pendleton’s Morgan Holcomb wraps up Ridgeveiw’s Seth Whitley in the Bucks loss to Ravens on Friday in Pendleton. Staff photo by E.J. Harris HERMISTON Vikings prove too much for Bulldogs Hermiston loses starting quarterback Neal to injury By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian Before Hermiston’s non-league football game against Coeur d’Alene Friday night, it would’ve been a reason- able assumption that ¿ ve Viking turnovers might have them driving back to the Idaho panhandle Coeur d’Alene unhappy. But the Coeur d’Alene defense that had allowed 17 points in its last three games held ¿ rm, and came out with a 43-10 win at Kennison Hermiston Stadium. “I de¿ nitely think we came together a little bit,” senior defen- sive end Trey Neal said. “I think we looked a lot better on defense and offense despite See BULLDOGS/2B 43 10 Staff photo by Gary L. West Mitch Brown of the Bulldogs recovers a Coeur d’Alene fumble in the second quarter Friday night at Kennison Stadium. Prep Roundup Tigers, Mustangs, Knights all win East Oregonian STANFIELD — The Stan¿ eld Tigers and Weston- McEwen TigerScots stood toe-to-toe in a Columbia Basin Conference slug-fest on Friday. With both defenses delivering smash-mouth blows, the Tigers were able to deliver the knockout punch for a 19-14 win in each team’s league opener. The Tigers (4-0, 1-0) made a defensive stand on the Tiger- Scots’ ¿ nal drive and then were able to run out the ¿ nal 130 on a night that was lacking the gargantuan rushing totals each team had been putting up this season. Weston-McEwen (3-2, 0-1) limited Stan¿ eld running back Thyler Monkus to 78 yards on 17 carries, but quarterback Dylan Grogan was still able to run for 113 yards and two touchdowns Football Stanfi eld Weston-McEwen 19 14 • Report high school scores and game details to (541) 966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com on 12 carries. He attempted just ¿ ve passes, going 1 for 5 for 14 yards. Three more Stan¿ eld rushers combined to add 93 yards, and Abraham Gomez added a touch- down. “It was a tough defensive game, the yards were tough to come by tonight,” said Stan¿ eld coach Davy Salas. “There was lots of hard hitting and both teams were playing their hearts out.” Statistics for Weston- McEwen were not available. Stan¿ eld takes its unblem- ished record on the road to face undefeated Irrigon next week while Weston-McEwen hosts Pilot Rock. HEPPNER 52, PILOT ROCK 19 — At Pilot Rock, Heppner’s offensive line paved the way for another rout as the Mustangs ran out to a 46-0 half- time lead against the aggressive Rockets in each team’s Columbia Basin Conference opener. “Pilot Rock was bringing a lot of blitzes and so we kept it pretty simple and took what they gave us,” said Heppner coach Greg Grant. “I though the offensive line really got off the ball well.” Seven Heppner (5-0, 1-0 CBC) rushers combined for 293 yards with Tommy Bred¿ eld See PREPS/3B College Roundup Blue Mountain sweeps Big Bend T-Wolves win 20th straight East Oregonian PENDLETON — The Blue Moun- tain volleyball team was able to treat its home fans to another sweep despite not Volleyball playing its best, said coach Dave Baty. “Don’t get me Blue Mtn wrong, it’s a sweep and we’re very happy with that,” Baty said after BMCC’s 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-16) NWAC-East win over Big Bend Big Bend on Friday. “But it was kind of a lethargic match. We’re looking for them to play more crisp.” 3 0 See BMCC/2B
