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7+856'$<2&72%(5 SPORTS Sports shorts Prep Football &200(5&(&,7< Colo. (AP) — Sluggish in WKH¿UVWKDOIWKH$PHULFDQV needed some kind of catalyst. So the team called on Jerome .LHVHZHWWHU and Jordan 0RUULV ending their nights off. .LHVHZHWWHUVSDUNHGWKH offense with a goal and an DVVLVWLQWKHVHFRQGKDOI and the United States beat 3DQDPDLQ&21&$&$) Olympic qualifying on a rainy Tuesday. Already through to WKHVHPL¿QDOURXQGWKH Americans didn’t have much to play for and rested several of their starters. 1H[WXSIRUWKH86 is an important game 6DWXUGD\LQ6DQG\8WDK ZKHUHWKHVHPL¿QDOZLQQHUV automatically qualify for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next summer. Connections run deep in meeting of unbeaten teams Americans use late surge to beat Panama .QLJKWV7LJHUVSUHSDUHIRUGHIHQVLYHEDWWOH Although it’s just the VHFRQG OHDJXH JDPH ERWK teams feel a win will go a long way toward securing their goal of a playoff berth — of which the CBC gets two this season. By MATT ENTRUP )LUVW\HDU6WDQ¿HOGKHDG East Oregonian coach Davy Salas said they 7KH ,UULJRQ .QLJKWV FDQ¶W JR LQWR WKHLU SP DQG 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHUV NQRZ kickoff thinking about the what is at stake when the ELJSLFWXUH UDPL¿FDWLRQV two undefeated Columbia however. “I told my kids this Basin Conference squads square up in Irrigon on ZHHN´KHVWDUWHG³µ,UULJRQ is a team that’s in our way Friday night. Irrigon’s Freddy Vera (21) tries to hurdle Enter- prise’s Clayne Miller (21) with teammate Daniel Vera (29) close by during Irrigon’s 53-0 win over the Outlaws on Friday, Sep. 11, 2015 in Hermis- ton. Vera scored on the play. from getting where we need to go and you can’t take (the game) for anything more than that. We can’t let any (team) get by us because the league’s tough. That week that you lose focus could be the week you lose your SOD\RIIVHDVRQ´ Salas is doing everything he can to keep his players IRFXVHGRQWKH;¶VDQG2¶V a job that’s a little tougher this week considering all the connections between See PREP FOOTBALL/2B Staff photo by Sam Barbee MILTON-FREEWATER HERMISTON Winless teams meet at .HQQLVRQ NHL season kicks off as Rangers beat Blackhawks CHICAGO (AP) — 2VFDU/LQGEHUJ.HYLQ.OHLQ and Derek Stepan scored in WKH¿UVWSHULRGDQGWKH1HZ York Rangers ruined Chicago’s Stanley Cup party with a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Wednesday RQWKH¿UVWQLJKWRIWKH1+/ season. J.T. Miller had two assists and Henrik Lundqvist made VDYHVIRU1HZ<RUN Cheered on by a sellout FURZGRIZLWKPDQ\ dressed in their usual red MHUVH\VWKH%ODFNKDZNV raised the banner for the IUDQFKLVH¶VVL[WK1+/WLWOH during a colorful pregame ceremony. Fluorescent balls bounced around the seats and LED wristbands for the fans provided a synchronized lightshow during player introductions and highlight presentations. &RUH\&UDZIRUGPDGH stops in goal for Chicago. “I don’t play for job security. Whether football is here or not, I will be fi ne. I go out; I play to win.“ —Colin Kaepernick San Francisco 49ers quarterback responding to the growing restlesness amongst 49er fans about the lackluster performance the quar- terback has put forth this season. Kaepernick has struggled immensely in recent weeks completing just 22 of his last 44 passes with zero touch- downs and fi ve intercep- tions and two pick-sixes. His total QBR of 38.6 places him as the 27th best quarterback in the NFL. Hermiston without starting QB against struggling Sandy By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian $V WKH ZHHNV WLFN DZD\ the Hermiston Bulldogs are running out of time to win a football game. Five weeks — more than half the regular season — have come and gone without the Bulldogs HPHUJLQJ YLFWRULRXV just one season after going DQG ZLQQLQJ LWV ¿UVW state championship. But as Hermiston’s murderer’s row schedule has completed and league SOD\ VWDUWV QH[W ZHHN WKH Bulldogs might have their best shot at a win when the Staff photo by E.J. Harris Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com See HERMISTON/3B Mac-Hi’s Esmeralda Pedroza splits Pendleton defenders Madison Drake (4) and Alexis Parker in the Pio- neer’s 1-1 toe with the Bucks on Wednesday in Milton-Freewater. Pios battle Bucks to draw Both teams struggle to find offensive rhythm Sandy Hermiston Pioneers Bulldogs (0-5) (0-5) • Friday, 7 p.m. • at Kennison Field • Radio: KOHU 1360 AM MLB East Oregonian Wednesday’s game between the Mac-Hi Pioneers and the Pendleton Girls Soccer Buckaroos was a tale of two halves. ,Q WKH ¿UVW KDOI Mac-Hi the Pioneers domi- nated every facet of the game except for the scoreboard as both teams went to halftime tied at 0-0. Pendleton “Our passing was great and we had some great UXQV´ VDLG 3LRQHHUV FRDFK 0DUWLQ See GIRLS SOCCER/3B Chicago silences Pittsburgh 1 1 &XEVZLQ1/ wild card game By WILL GRAVES Associated Press Staff photo by E.J. Harris Mac-Hi’s Kaitlyn Slusarenko collides with Pendleton’s Samantha Parker in the Pioneer’s 1-1 toe with the Bucks on Wednesday in Mil- ton-Freewater. PENDLETON Pendleton still searching for consistency Injuries and lagging play hampering Bucks progression THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1933 — Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins EHFRPHVWKH¿UVW1)/SOD\HU to gain more than 200 yards UXVKLQJ ZLWK \DUGV LQ D ZLQRYHUWKH1HZ<RUN Giants. 1956 — Don Larsen RI WKH 1HZ <RUN <DQNHHV pitches the only perfect game LQ:RUOG6HULHVKLVWRU\D triumph over Brooklyn. 1993 — The Anaheim 0LJKW\'XFNVEHIRUH DWWKH$UURZKHDG3RQGORVH WRWKH'HWURLW5HG:LQJV LQWKHLU¿UVW1+/JDPH 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Kai Quinn attempts to elude Ridgeview’s Bryce Barker (63) and Chris Steffey in the Bucks’loss to the Ravens on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 in Pendleton. In almost all of Pendleton Bucka- roos coach Erik Davis’ post-practice RU SRVWJDPH LQWHUYLHZV RQH WHUP has appeared every time: consis- tency. Davis and the Bucks (2-3) have WULHG DQG WULHG WR ¿QG FRQVLVWHQF\ DPRQJWKHWHDPEXWQRZ¿YHZHHNV LQWR WKH VHDVRQ WKH %XFNV DUH VWLOO searching. “We’re kind of without an iden- WLW\ ULJKW QRZ´ VDLG 'DYLV ³*RLQJ into the season I thought we had a pretty good idea to what it would be but with changes in personnel and See PENDLETON/3B PITTSBURGH — Maybe it’s time to stop treating the Chicago Cubs like they’re too young to be here. The stage they seemingly weren’t ready for now seems hardly big enough to contain WKHP 1RW NL Wild Card with Jake Arrieta GHDOLQJ1RW with a group Chicago of 20-some- things in the ¿HOG WKDW play with swagger DQG FRQ¿ Pittsburgh d e n c e . 1RW ZLWK a manager adept at keeping the minds of his rapidly maturing team decid- edly clutter-free. :DWFK RXW EDVHEDOO WKH &XEV²\HVWKH&XEV²DUH ahead of schedule. And the timetable only seems to be picking up speed for Joe Maddon’s bunch. Arrieta allowed four hits in nine dominant innings and &KLFDJR UROOHG WR D ZLQ over the Pittsburgh Pirates See MLB/3B 4 0
