SPORTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
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Bills beat Jets in
Rex Ryan’s return
EAST RUTHERFORD,
N.J. (AP) — Jilted by the
Jets, Rex Ryan got even.
Thanks
to his pride
and joy, the
defense,
Ryan’s
return to
the Meadowlands was a
successful one Thursday
night. That defense shut
down Ryan’s former team
for much of the game, and
the Bills scored on offense
and special teams in a 22-17
victory over New York.
Ryan was ¿ red by the Jets
after six seasons and imme-
diately hired by Buffalo last
January. His defense, had
two interceptions, recovered
a fumble and stopped the
Jets inside the Bills 10 in the
¿ nal minutes — prompting
some vigorous ¿ st pumps
Ryan repeated, along with a
À ying headset, when Bacarri
Rambo clinched it with a
last-minute pick.
Curry scores 46,
Warriors get to
Ior ¿ rst tiPe
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)
— Stephen Curry dribbled
across midcourt in the
third quarter and went into
a trademark crouch as he
started to break down Andre
Miller.
As Curry rose to take the
shot, the 39-year-old Miller
somehow got
hand on the
FACES a ball
and jarred
it loose. The
reigning MVP
still managed
to gather
himself in the
air and ¿ re a
Curry
one-handed,
shot-put style 3-pointer that
splashed through.
“I was still kind of in
rhythm,” Curry said with a
smirk. “It was just kind of a
low release.”
Curry scored 46 points,
in the ¿ rst quarter, and
the Golden State Warriors
improved to 10-0 on the
season with a 129-116
victory over the Minnesota
Timberwolves on Thursday
night. It is the best start in
franchise history for the
defending champions.
“I told him I liked
his shoes — navy
blue Buscemis —
and how I wanted
to buy a pair and
we all started
talking.“
HEPPNER
ToS GeIenses Peet in Tuarter¿ nals
Heppner hosts
Reedsport in
second round of
state playoffs
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Two longtime coaches known
for ¿ elding dominant defenses lead
their teams into the 2A football
state quarter¿ nals at Morrow
County Fairgrounds when Greg
Grant’s Heppner Mustangs host
Shane Nelson’s Reedsport Braves.
Both in their second decade at
their respective schools, the sage-
like coaches have their teams atop
defensive 2A rankings entering
Saturday’s 1 p.m. meeting.
Coming off its ¿ fth shutout in
six games with a 14-0 win over
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
A trio of Mustangs disrupt a pass thrown by Monroe quarterback Kaleb Ballard to intended receiver
Tyson Horning (1) during Saturday’s state playoff game in Heppner. The throw went incomplete.
HERMISTON
Hermiston
Bulldogs
head foot-
ball coach
David
Faaeteete
walks the
sidelines
diring a
recent
game at
Kennison
Stadium.
Staff photo by
Gary L. West
Columbia River announces all-league teams
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
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STANFIELD
Faaeteete, Neal win Tigers
put
it
yearly honors in CRC
— Terrance Downs
Dallas area McDonald’s
worker on his interaction
with Seattle Seahawks
running back Marshawn
Lynch following the team’s
game at Dallas on Nov. 1.
Following a brief con-
versation about Downs’
interest in a career in
fashion, Lynch gave him
$500 to purchase a pair
of the shoes.
1964 — St. Louis Hawks
forward Bob Pettit becomes
the ¿ rst NBA player to score
20,000 points, with 29 in a
123-106 loss to the Cincin-
nati Royals.
1971 — Colorado’s Charlie
Davis sets an NCAA record
for a sophomore by rushing
for 342 yards in a 40-6 victory
over Oklahoma State.
2009 — McKendree
basketball coach Harry
Statham wins his 1,000th
game with a 79-49 victory
over East-West University.
The 72-year-old Statham
is 1,000-381 at the NAIA
school. Tennessee women’s
coach Pat Summit is the only
other coach of a four-year
school to reach 1,000 wins.
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Staff photo by Gary L. West
Hermiston’s Tre Neal sacks Coeur d’Alene
sophomore quarterback Colson Yankoff during
a game at Kennison Stadium this season.
In his ¿ rst season at the helm of the Hermiston Bulldogs,
David Faaeteete led the state title-defending Bulldogs to a
Columbia River Conference championships after losing its
¿ rst ¿ ve games of the season and hosted a playoff game.
The league acknowledged the accomplishment, voting him
the CRC football Coach of the Year. Faaeteete headlines a list
that also includes senior defensive lineman Tre Neal selected as
CRC Defensive Player of the Year, and 10 ¿ rst team all-league
selections and 23 selections in total.
Hood River Valley quarterback Dallas Buckley was named
CRC Offensive Player of the Year as well as ¿ rst team quar-
terback.
Of Hermiston’s 10 ¿ rst teamers, six will return next season.
Wide receiver Tucker Salinas, offensive linemen Caden Cald-
well and AJ Fernandez, line backer John Henry Line, safety
Vaemu Ena and kick returner Mitch Brown are all juniors and
set to return next season. Bob Coleman, who earned the most
individual selections with three, leads the group of graduating
¿ rst teamers that includes Hayden Simon and Neal.
Bulldogs quarterback/wide receiver Nathan Hunsaker, who
started the season as a back-up quarterback before moving
to wide receiver than back to quarterback after the injury to
Dayshawn Neal, was named the second-team utility player
alongside teammate Jerry Ramirez, a junior. Beau Blake, a
Stanfield blockers
key to offensive
success
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
STANFIELD — When
the Stan¿ eld Tigers take the
¿ eld in Halsey Friday night
against the Central Linn
Cobras in the 2A football
state quarter¿ nals, it will be
with a rushing attack that
averages more than 300
yards a game and features
four backs averaging more
than ¿ ve yards a carry.
The No. 9 Tigers are third
in overall scoring and have
scored above their season
average of 40.9 points in each
of their last three wins — last
week ending a 58-year span
without a playoff win by
beating No. 8 Vernonia 56-26
in its own house.
Stan¿ eld (9-1) isn’t
arriving at these totals
through some sort of
wizardry — their Wing-T
attack may use a lot of misdi-
rection and fakes as dialed
up by ¿ rst-year head coach
Davy Salas, but variations of
this offense are employed by
numerous teams to much less
success.
The secret to Stan¿ eld’s
success is much simpler.
“We go as the line goes.
We always say that, just to
remember it,” said junior
quarterback Dylan Grogan.
“That’s what we go by in the
locker room.”
Several of Grogan’s team-
mates echoed that sentiment
as the team prepared to play
its ¿ rst second-round playoff
game since 1957.
It’s that shared knowl-
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College Football
Eastern hosts Southern for season ¿ nale
SETH DAHLE
EOU Sports Information
LA GRANDE — The Eastern
Oregon University football team
will be looking to repeat a little bit
of history on Saturday afternoon
when the Navy and Gold squares off
against No. 8 Southern Oregon in its
¿ nal game of the regular season.
SOU (7-2) enters Saturday’s
game in second place of the Frontier
on the
line
Southern Ore. Eastern Ore.
Raiders
Mountaineers
(7-2)
(4-6)
• Saturday, p.m.
• at Community Stadium, La Grande
#8
Conference alongside Montana
Western.
On Nov. 7, SOU saw its seven-
game winning streak snapped in
a 21-17 loss to Montana Tech in
Ashland. Tanner Trosin threw
14-for-17 for 209 yards and one
touchdown, and he also added a
team-high 62 rushing yards on 13
carries in the losing effort.
The Raiders are sixth in the
NAIA in scoring (42.6 points/game)
and lead the Frontier Conference in
total offense (482.6 yards/game).
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“It’s kind of the
spot that if you’re
playing there
you’re playing for
the team. There’s
no glory but, I
mean, you’re the
heart and soul of
it. They go as we
go.”
— Hunter Barnes,
Stanfi eld left tackle