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East Oregonian
Friday, October 9, 2015
College Football
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whose stout 5-foot-9, 190-pound
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frame helps him power through
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the La Grande campus in 2012.
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preseason poll, started off 0-3 with
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tough test in No. 4
ranked Fighting Saints
road losses to College of Idaho,
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Oregon.
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There’s a lot of great opportunities
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He’s faced Carroll (3-1) enough
to know what to expect.
“They’re always going to be
solid,” Billingsley said. “Just a team
that’s sound all-around and waiting
for us to make a mistake. We need
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(4-9, 1-5) won the second set 25-17
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digs.
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Tigers, who fell to the Bucks 3-2 on
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now,” said Heppner coach Deiter
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match — which is something that
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Connell. “We had a few girls
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against Heppner next Thursday at 5
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and Heppner on Saturday, with both
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up with Jason Zuarez on a 44-yard
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Weiper, his Cardinals team was
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Weiper was still pleased with the
effort he got from his team.
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could in this one,” he said. “But we
just got beat by the better team.”
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Thursday night.
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by Cord Flynn and then a 58-yard
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into things from the start,” said
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Talbot. “It’s just about playing and
competing. We’re almost there.”
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play on Thursday, and couldn’t
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left in the second quarter when
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more than double the amount of
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Thursday’s outcome. “It’s just how
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Sherman (4-2, 4-0) next Friday.
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the changes in extra points.
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to make kicks in this league,” Hauschka said.
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made nearly 89 percent of his attempts. His
top season was 2013 when Seattle won the
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during the regular season; his only two misses
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that hit an upright.
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goals of 50 or more yards the
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Today
Umatilla at King’s Way Christian (WA),
6 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 7 p.m.
Stanfield at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Culver at Heppner, 7 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m.
Mac-Hi at La Grande, 7 p.m.
Sandy at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Saturday
Irrigon at Culver, 1 p.m.
Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Ontario, 3 p.m. (MT)
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Saturday
Mac-Hi at Ontario, 1 p.m. (MT)
Hermiston at La Grande, 2 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Today
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 1 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 4 p.m.
Helix at Wallowa, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston vs. TBD (at Glencoe Tourna-
ment), 8 a.m.
Condon/Wheeler vs. Sherman (at
Maupin), 10 a.m.
Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 10 a.m.
Joseph at Nixyaawii, 10 a.m.
Riverside at Nyssa, Noon (MT)
Umatilla at Vale, Noon
Culver at Heppner, Noon
Arlington vs. Dufur (at Hood River), Noon
Joseph at Helix, Noon
Echo at Powder Valley, 1 p.m.
Pilot Rock vs. Irrigon (at Heppner), 2 p.m.
Arlington at Horizon Christian, 2 p.m.
Ione vs. Dufur (at Hood River), 2 p.m.
Ontario at Mac-Hi, 2:30 p.m.
Umatilla at Nyssa, 4 p.m. (MT)
Pilot Rock vs. Culver (at Heppner), 3:30
p.m.
Riverside at Vale, 4 p.m.
Irrigon at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Ione at Horizon Christian, 4 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday
Mac-Hi, Nixyaawii, Stanfield,
Weston-McEwen, Condon/Wheeler at Dry
Side Shootout, TBA
Hermiston, Pendleton at Richland Invita-
tional, 1:55 p.m.
Umatilla, Weston-McEwen at George Fox
Classic, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Carroll, 1:05 p.m. (MT)
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Multnomah, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
Eastern Oregon at Walla Walla, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Today
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m.
Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon,
7 p.m.
Saturday
Corban at Eastern Oregon, 5 p.m.
Baseball
MLB Playoffs
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
Kansas City vs. Houston
(Houston leads 1-0)
Thursday: Houston 5, Kansas City 2
Friday: Houston at Kansas City (FOX, FS1
or MLBN), 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: Kansas City at Houston (FOX,
FS1 or MLBN), 1 p.m.
x-Monday, Oct. 12: Kansas City at Hous-
ton (FOX or FS1), TBD
x-Wednesday, Oct. 14: Houston at Kansas
City (FOX or FS1), TBD
Toronto vs. Texas
(Texas leads 1-0)
Thursday: Texas 5, Toronto 3
Friday: Texas at Toronto (FOX, FS1 or
MLBN), 9:30 a.m.
Sunday: Toronto at Texas (FOX, FS1 or
MLBN), 5 p.m.
x-Monday, Oct. 12: Toronto at Texas (FOX
or FS1), TBD
x-Wednesday, Oct. 14: Texas at Toronto
(FOX or FS1), TBD
National League
(All games televised by TBS)
St. Louis vs. Chicago
Friday: Chicago at St. Louis, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday: Chicago at St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12: St. Louis at Chicago,
TBD
x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: St. Louis at Chicago,
TBD
x-Thursday, Oct. 15: Chicago at St. Louis,
TBD
Los Angeles vs. New York
Friday: New York (deGrom 14-8) at Los
Angeles, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday: New York (Syndergaard 9-7) at
Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12: Los Angeles at New
York (Harvey 13-8), TBD
x-Tuesday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles at New
York, TBD
x-Thursday, Oct. 15: New York at Los
Angeles, TBD
Football
NFL Regular Season
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
EAST
W L
T Pct PF
New England 3 0
0 1.000 119
N.Y. Jets
3 1
0 .750 95
Buffalo
2 2
0 .500 110
Miami
1 3
0 .250 65
SOUTH
W L
T Pct PF
Indianapolis 3 2
0 .600 99
Tennessee
1 2
0 .333 89
Houston
1 4
0 .200 97
Jacksonville 1 3
0 .250 62
NORTH
W L
T Pct PF
Cincinnati
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Pittsburgh
2 2
0 .500 96
Baltimore
1 3
0 .250 93
Cleveland
1 3
0 .250 85
WEST
W L
T Pct PF
Denver
4 0
0 1.000 97
Oakland
2 2
0 .500 97
San Diego
2 2
0 .500 96
Kansas City 1 3
0 .250 100
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
EAST
W L
T Pct PF
Dallas
2 2
0 .500 95
N.Y. Giants 2 2
0 .500 102
Washington 2 2
0 .500 78
Philadelphia 1 3
0 .250 78
SOUTH
W L
T Pct PF
Carolina
4 0
0 1.000 108
Atlanta
4 0
0 1.000 137
Tampa Bay 1 3
0 .250 72
New Orleans 1 3
0 .250 86
NORTH
W L
T Pct PF
Green Bay
4 0
0 1.000 113
Minnesota
2 2
0 .500 80
Chicago
1 3
0 .250 68
Detroit
0 4
0 .000 66
WEST
W L
T Pct PF
Arizona
3 1
0 .750 148
St. Louis
2 2
0 .500 74
Seattle
2 2
0 .500 87
San Francisco 1 3
0 .250 48
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Thursday’s Game
Indianapolis 27, Houston 20
Sunday’s Games
Chicago at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
St. Louis at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Seattle at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
PA
70
55
92
101
PA
113
77
135
107
PA
77
75
104
102
PA
69
108
110
125
PA
101
82
79
86
PA
93
117
104
PA
71
73
125
96
PA
73
89
71
110
Washington at Atlanta, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m.
Arizona at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Denver at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
New England at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 5:30 p.m.
Open: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, N.Y.
Jets
Monday’s Game
Pittsburgh at San Diego, 5:30 p.m.
Basketball
NBA Preaseason
Thursday’s Games
Philadelphia 115, Cleveland 114
Indiana 97, Orlando 92
Brooklyn 93, Detroit 83Denver 112,
Chicago 94
Portland 118, Golden State 101
Sacramento 95, San Antonio 92
Toronto 105, L.A. Lakers 97
Today’s Games
New York at Washington, 4 p.m.
Atlanta vs. New Orleans at Jacksonville,
FL, 4 p.m.
Utah at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts
x-New York 16 9
6 54
x-D.C. United 14 12
6 48
New England 13 11
8 47
Columbus 13 11
8 47
Toronto FC 14 13
4 46
Montreal
12 13
6 42
Orlando City 11 13
8 41
New York City FC 10 15
7
Philadelphia 9 16
7 34
Chicago
8 18
6 30
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts
x-FC Dallas 15 10
6 51
x-Los Angeles 14 9
9 51
Vancouver 15 12
4 49
Sporting K.C. 13 9
9 48
Seattle
14 13
5 47
San Jose
12 12
8 44
Portland
12 11
8 44
Houston
11 13
8 41
Real Salt Lake 11 12
8 41
Colorado
8 13 10 34
x- clinched playoff berth
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Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Colorado, 3 p.m.
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55
39
45
51
55
44
44
37
40
42
GA
39
40
45
53
53
43
54
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51
52
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53
42
46
40
39
31
41
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GA
38
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ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
FREDDY
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Senior
Irrigon Football
Vera rushed for 207
yards and three
touchdowns as
Irrigon outlasted
Culver 60-54 in their
Columbia Basin
Conference opener.
The win improved Irrigon to 5-0 and
guaranteed them their first winning
season in program history.
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