SPORTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
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Warriors match
fastest start ever
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)
— Stephen Curry scored
28 points
and Andre
Iguodala
added 20 as
the Golden
State
Warriors
matched a franchise record
for most wins to start a
season with a 100-84 victory
over the Memphis Grizzlies
on Wednesday night.
Harrison Barnes added
19 points for Golden State,
which won its ninth straight
to open the season. Curry’s
was 9 of 21 from the ¿ eld,
but only 3 of 10 from
outside the arc. The Warriors
¿ nished shooting 41 percent
from 3-point range, 11 of 27.
Marc Gasol had 26 points,
Zach Randolph added 19
and Tony Allen ¿ nished with
15 as the Grizzlies lost their
fourth straight.
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STANFIELD
Tigers, Cobras running with purpose
Potent rushing attacks
meet in quarterfinals of
2A football playoffs
Stanfi eld
quar-
terback
Dylan
Grogan
gets
wrapped
up by a
pair of
Heppner
defend-
ers in a
game in
Stanfi eld
on Friday,
Oct. 16,
2015. Gro-
gan leads
the No.
9 Tigers
against
No. 1 Cen-
tral Linn
in the
2A state
quarter-
fi nals on
Friday.
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
)or its ¿ rst-round playoff game, the
Stan¿ eld Tigers traveled to the dense forests
of northwest Oregon
to play the Vernonia
Loggers and had to
recalibrate its defensive
#9 Stanfi eld
scheme against the
Mascot
high-octane
passing
(9-1)
attack employed by the
Loggers.
)or their quarter¿ nal
match-up, the No. 9
#1 Central Linn
Tigers travel further
Cobras
south to No. 1 Central
(9-1)
Linn, where they will
• Friday, 7 p.m.
face a more familiar
• at Halsey
offensive attack when
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the two teams kick off in
1360 AM
Halsey at 7 p.m. Friday
night.
The Cobras run a ground game eerily
reminiscent of the Tigers’ Wing-T scheme,
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Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Stanford starts
campaigning for
McCaffrey
A breakout season has
prompted Stanford to start a
Heisman Trophy campaign
for running back Christian
McCaffrey.
Cardinal coach David
Shaw initially
FACES downplayed
the idea but
now says the
timing is right.
McCaffrey
leads the nation
with 2,174
all-purpose
McCaffrey
yards, putting
him on pace to break the
collegiate record of 3,250
yards by Barry Sanders in
11 games in 1988. Sanders,
whose son by the same name
plays with McCaffrey, won
the Heisman that season.
McCaffrey has 1,205
yards rushing, 325 receiving,
605 on kick returns and 37
on punt returns.
Stanford has started a
website for the campaign,
www.wildcaff.com.
NBA
Aldridge enjoys return to Portland
Former Trail Blazer
leads Spurs to win
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — LaMarcus Aldridge scored
23 points in his return to Portland, leading the
San Antonio Spurs to a 113-101 victory over
the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Aldridge, who played nine seasons in
Portland before leaving as a free agent this
summer, added six rebounds. Kawhi Leonard
¿ nished with 20 points for the Spurs, who won
their third straight.
Damian Lillard led the
Blazers with 22 points,
including ¿ ve 3-pointers, and
San Antonio nine assists. Portland has lost
three straight.
The
game
marked
Aldridge’s ¿ rst appearance
in Portland since he signed
a four-year deal worth $80
Portland
million with San Antonio in
July.
Aldridge set franchise
records for rebounds and
double-doubles, while ¿ nishing second to
Clyde Drexler in points. He was greeted by a
mix of cheers and boos from the fans at the
Moda Center.
He was among four starters that left the
113
“Kind of a circle-
the-wagons-type
thing. I certainly
hope it goes that
way. … That’s
the million-dollar
question right
now. That’s what’s
going to be the
concern.“
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— Gary Pinkel
Missouri football coach
on how his team will
handle its irregular week
leading up to Saturday’s
game against BYU. The
team lifted its threat to
sit out the game when
the university system
president resigned on
Monday, but racial
tensions remain high
after a white college
student was arrested on
Wednesday for making
threats online.
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Al-
dridge signs autographs before an NBA
basketball game against the Portland
Trail Blazers in Portland Wednesday.
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
LEFT: San Antonio Spurs forward LaMar-
cus Aldridge (12) shoots over Portland
Trail Blazers forward Meyers Leonard
(11) during the third quarter of an NBA
basketball game in Portland Wednesday,
Nov. 11, 2015. The Spurs won 113-101.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1890 — Minnesota and
Wisconsin square off for the
¿ rst time in what has become
the most-played series in
college football history. The
Gophers beat the Badgers
63-0 in Minneapolis.
1952 — An NBA-record
13 players, ¿ ve Baltimore
Bullets and eight Syracuse
Nationals, foul out in an
overtime game. The Bullets
win 97-91. So many Syra-
cuse players fouled out that
the of¿ cials let some of the
players back into the game so
the Nationals could keep ¿ ve
men on the court. Whenever
those players fouled, Balti-
more was given a technical
foul shot in addition to the
free throws.
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PENDLETON
College Soccer
Mountaineers advance with
shutout win over Northwest
By SETH DAHLE
EOU Sports Information
SPRINGFIELD — Freshman
forward Alexandria Cuaresma
scored a pair of goals in less than
a minute, and the Eastern Oregon
University women’s soccer team
shut out Northwest for the second
time this year, 3-0, to advance to
the semi¿ nals of the 2015 Cascade
Collegiate Conference (CCC)
Tournament.
Eastern Ore.
Northwest
3
0
“Our defense played solid and
kept us in the game until we could
build a lead,” said head women’s
soccer coach Justin Wagar. “They
carried our team tonight. Megan
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T-Wolves cap East sweep
Volleyball
East Oregonian
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — The
Blue Mountain volleyball team
capped an undefeated run through
the NWAC East on Wednesday
with a three-set win over Big Bend
in its regular season ¿ nale.
With scores of 25-23, 25-19,
and 25-23 the Timberwolves
(37-9, 14-0 East) secured their
fourth-straight sweep and 11th
overall in East Region play.
The T-Wolves ¿ nished 42-3 in sets
against East opponents this season.
Blue Mtn
Big Bend
3
0
No details from Wednesday’s
match were available at press time.
The three-time defending
NWAC champion T-Wolves will
take the No. 1 seed from the East
into the NWAC Championships
starting on Nov. 19 in Tacoma,
Washington.