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WEEKEND, OCTOBER 17-18, 2015 Sports shorts MLB Hall of Fame trims voting pool NEW YORK (AP) — The voting pool for the Baseball Hall of Fame is being cut by about 20 percent. The Hall said Friday that it estimated 475 ballots would be mailed for the upcoming election. Last year, about 600 ballots were mailed and 549 were cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The Hall said in July it was cutting the number of voters by eliminating writers who had not been active in the game for more than 10 years. Previously, the electorate included people who had been active members of the BBWAA for 10 consecutive years at any point. Ken Griffey Jr. and Trevor Hoffman are the top new candidates for election. The results will be announced Jan. 6. SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS ATHENA TigerScots stiff-arm Knights Xander Bailey (8), of Weston- McEwen, fends off Irrigon’s Omar Vera during Friday’s Columbia Basin Con- ference game in Athena. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Odom improving, offered thumbs-up LAS VEGAS (AP) — A family representative said Lamar Odom has regained consciousness, speaking and even offering a thumbs-up from his hospital bed, just days after being found in extremely crit- FACES ical condition at a Nevada brothel. Alvina Alston, publicist for JaNean Mercer, Odom’s maternal Odom aunt and godmother, said that Odom spoke a greeting and gave a thumbs-up Friday morning, his ¿ rst communication since being hospitalized in Las Vegas Tuesday. A person who is close to estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to release details of Odom’s condition to the press, also said that he was able to say hi to Kardashian. ,t serves as the ¿ rst signi¿ cant update on Odom’s health since he was found unconscious and facedown at the Love Ranch in Crystal, Nevada, Tuesday afternoon. “We’re tired. … But we’ve got a night off, and this place is going to be fueled with a lot of energy tomorrow night. I think we’ll be able to use that as a little medicine to fi nd some extra adrenaline. “ — Terry Collins Mets skipper on the toll four cross-country fl ights in 10 days has taken on his team, which fl ew back to New York overnight after defeating Los Angeles in Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Thursday. The Mets host the Chicago Cubs Saturday night in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1960 — The National League formally awards franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. headed by Joan Payson and a Houston, Texas, group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Rush attack powers Weston-McEwen to big CBC win By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Leading up to the homecoming game with Irrigon on Friday, Weston-McEwen head coach T.J. Bailey made a wager with his team. If the TigerScots could hold Irrigon — a team that had averaged 40.8 points per game — to 14 points or less, Bailey would let the team shave his head. When the game was played and the ¿ nal horn sounded on Weston-McEwen’s 37-12 win on Football Friday, Bailey both Bailey at mid¿ eld smiled and hung his following the game head, realizing what and took turns trim- he would have to do ming off Bailey’s Irrigon Weston-McEwen next. hair one streak at a “I thought it was a time. pretty safe bet when I The reason made it,” Bailey said behind the wager following the win. “But fortunately was simple though, as Bailey and unfortunately we held them to wanted to drum up some extra moti- 12 points so I had to ful¿ ll my part vation for his players in what was and go get shaved.” a pretty crucial game for the Tiger- After the dust from the game had Scots heading down the stretch. settled and the post-game speeches “We came out here knowing that were spoken, the TigerScots circled it was a do-or-die situation,” said 37 12 Weston-McEwen fullback Vince Roff. “If we won we still have shot at the playoffs and if we lose we’re done so we had the mentality that we absolutely had to win.” Roth and running back Ethan Reger were a driving force for the TigerScots (5-2, 2-1 CBC) victory, using their speed and physicality to run around and run through Irrigon defenders all game long. Reger led the TigerScots with 162 yards rushing on 14 carries, while Roff See TIGERSCOTS/2B STANFIELD Heppner stays undefeated with blowout Clark throws 4 TDs, Mustangs block two punts By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer The blink of an eye was all it took. One second Stan¿ eld was a thorn in Heppner’s side, and in the next Heppner had pulled out that thorn and À icked it away harmlessly. Patrick Collins fell on a blocked punt in the end zone soon after Stan¿ eld’s ¿ rst touchdown, and the Mustangs never looked back, spoiling the Tigers’ homecoming night with a 60-6 thrashing of the Stan¿ eld Tigers Friday night in Stan¿ eld. “I’m very pleased, because I think Stan¿ eld is a solid team with some real good athletes,” Heppner coach Greg Grant said. “They played hard. They had us on our heels. They were coming downhill at us and they were getting after it like I though they might. My kids had to adapt, they haven’t seen that level of physicality.” “We felt like we had something to prove,” Heppner quarter- back Kaden Clark said. “We felt like we had to come out and play hard Heppner and send a statement to the league.” The win partially solidi¿ es the top portion of the 2A Columbia Basin Conference. Heppner Stanfi eld (7-0, 3-0) remains unde- feated and is the last CBC team to be without a loss. With Irrigon’s loss to Weston-McEwen, Stan¿ eld (6-1, 2-1) sits in a comfortable second position behind the Mustangs. Stan¿ eld coach Davy Salas said that’s still a good place to be. “We’re 6-1. We’ve put ourselves in a good position,” he said. “It’s one game.” Though the ¿ nal score has Heppner and Stan¿ eld separated by 54 points, the gap between these two teams is not that large. Grant said Stan¿ eld, with their power run See HEPPNER/2B Heppner’s Logan Grieb goes for the catch defender by Stan- fi eld’s Jus- tin Keeney in the Mustang’s 60-6 win against the Tigers on Friday in Stan- fi eld. Football 60 6 PENDLETON Buckaroos fall on the road Eagles take advantage of miscues for win HERMISTON Bulldogs pull away for win Brown scores three times in second quarter East Oregonian THE DALLES — The Buckaroos found themselves on the wrong side of some big plays and couldn’t overcome the opposing momentum in a 42-21 loss at Hood River to open Columbia River Conference play on Friday. In particular, coach Erik Davis was left wondering what might have been had he not gotten conservative at the end of the ¿ rst half. Trailing 21-14 with just a couple seconds left before halftime, Davis elected to go for a ¿ eld goal with the ball inside the Eagles 10-yard line. The kick attempt went wide, and Pendleton took See BUCKAROOS/2B Football Football Hood River Hermiston Pendleton The Dalles 42 21 Staff photo by E.J. Harris 56 10 East Oregonian THE DALLES — The Riverhawks came out ¿ ghting, but the Bulldogs quieted the home crowd with a big second quarter and ¿ nished Friday’s Columbia River Conference opener with a running clock. Hermiston scored 35 points in the deciding frame and left The Dalles with a 56-10 win. The Bulldogs (2-5, 1-0 CRC) got on the scoreboard ¿ rst when Tucker Salinas caught a pass for 53 yards and a touchdown from DJ Gossett on the ¿ rst play of Hermiston’s second drive. The Dalles (1-5, 0-1) seized on a Hermiston mistake to tie it up, though, and when Gossett and Bob Coleman See BULLDOGS/2B