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team called
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and the United States beat
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Olympic qualifying on a
rainy Tuesday.
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Americans didn’t have much
to play for and rested several
of their starters.
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is an important game
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automatically qualify for the
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
next summer.
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deep in meeting
of unbeaten teams
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late surge to beat
Panama
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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.
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East Oregonian
coach Davy Salas said they
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two undefeated Columbia however.
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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
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he can to keep his players
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a job that’s a little tougher
this week considering all
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Staff photo by Sam Barbee
MILTON-FREEWATER
HERMISTON
Winless
teams
meet at
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NHL season kicks
off as Rangers beat
Blackhawks
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and Derek Stepan scored in
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York Rangers
ruined
Chicago’s
Stanley Cup
party with a
3-2 victory
over the
Blackhawks on Wednesday
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season.
J.T. Miller had two assists
and Henrik Lundqvist made
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dressed in their usual red
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raised the banner for the
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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.
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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
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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
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just one season after going
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state championship.
But
as
Hermiston’s
murderer’s row schedule
has completed and league
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Bulldogs might have their
best shot at a win when the
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sports@eastoregonian.com
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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
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• at Kennison Field
• Radio: KOHU 1360 AM
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East Oregonian
Wednesday’s game between the
Mac-Hi Pioneers
and the Pendleton Girls Soccer
Buckaroos was a
tale of two halves.
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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
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Chicago
silences
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wild card game
By WILL GRAVES
Associated Press
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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
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1933 — Cliff Battles
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to gain more than 200 yards
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Giants.
1956 — Don Larsen
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pitches the only perfect game
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triumph over Brooklyn.
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By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
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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
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has appeared every time: consis-
tency.
Davis and the Bucks (2-3) have
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searching.
“We’re kind of without an iden-
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into the season I thought we had a
pretty good idea to what it would be
but with changes in personnel and
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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
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NL Wild Card with Jake
Arrieta
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with a group
Chicago
of 20-some-
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play with
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a manager
adept
at
keeping the minds of his
rapidly maturing team decid-
edly clutter-free.
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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
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over the Pittsburgh Pirates
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