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SPORTS Friday, December 18, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B NFL Wilson to Baldwin NFL’s hottest passing combo By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. — It might be time to add to the list of touchdown connections you’ve come to know. There’s Manning-to-Beckham, Roethlisberger-to-Brown, Brady- to-Gronk. Now how about Wilson-to- Baldwin? Yes, as in the Seattle Seahawks quarterback and wide receiver. Over the past three weeks there has not been a more productive DQGHI¿FLHQWGXRLQWKH1)/WKDQ Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin. They’ve connected for touchdowns at a pace not seen since Steve Young was throwing TD passes to Jerry Rice more than 20 years ago and they’ve brought a new dimen- sion to Seattle’s offense. “For those two guys in partic- ular, they’re really on it. The plays we’re calling are not that much different than we’ve ever called them, but they’re seeing it well, they’re taking advantage of all the little nuances that need to be done to take advantage of what’s happening on defense,” coach Pete Carroll said. “Just a natural growth has happened there.” Wilson is on a run that statis- tically stands up among the best IRXUJDPHVWUHWFKHVLQ1)/KLVWRU\ According to STATS, Wilson is WKH¿UVWTXDUWHUEDFNJRLQJEDFNWR 1960 to have four straight games with a passer rating of 138.5 or higher. He’s thrown for 1,171 yards, completed 75.4 percent of his passes and thrown 16 touch- down passes with no interceptions as the Seahawks have won their Harvin or the addition of tight end Jimmy Graham this season. But whether consciously or not, Wilson seems to always come back WR %DOGZLQ 6LQFH :LOVRQ¶V ¿UVW start in September 2012 at Arizona, the duo have connected 206 times in the regular season. That connection has been better than ever of late. “I look at the tape and Russell’s doing everything right,” Baldwin said. “It’s fun to watch, it’s like a video game.” Baldwin will never be regarded as the fastest straight ahead wide receiver and that’s not his strength. But Baldwin often has been described as quick by teammates and opponents. Quick in and out of his cut, quick in reading the GHIHQVH DQG ¿QGLQJ ZKHUH KH needs to go and quick in learning tendencies. “You might not necessarily be as concerned about the fast receivers as you are the quicker ones,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. “Because the quicker ones can get off of the press, and if the ball’s delivered on time there’s some separation there.” Quick is how Baldwin would describe what he adds to Seattle’s offense. When the Seahawks changed some of their passing philosophy at the bye week, the long drop backs by Wilson we’re mostly taken out and replaced by shorter routes and combinations where decisions needed to be made, well, quickly. “That’s my forte. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing,” Baldwin said. “That’s part of my job, being quick.” AP Photo/Gail Burton Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, left, celebrates with Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin (89) after Baldwin’s third touchdown reception, in the second half an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Baltimore. past four games. For the last three games, Baldwin has been the favored target. Baldwin has 17 catches for 321 yards and eight touchdowns, EHFRPLQJ WKH ¿UVW ZLGH UHFHLYHU since Rice in 1993 with eight TDs in three games. For the season, Baldwin is on SDFH WR EH WKH ¿UVW 6HDWWOH ZLGH receiver with 1,000 yards since Bobby Engram in 2007. He has 11 touchdowns and 61 receptions already and done it in just 80 WDUJHWV%DOGZLQLVRQHRI¿YHZLGH UHFHLYHUVLQWKH1)/ZLWKGRXEOH digit touchdowns, but the only one that has fewer than 128 targets. “If you look at it, this year again ZH¶UH WKH PRVW HI¿FLHQW UHFHLYLQJ SCOREBOARD PENDLETON Timberwolves roll shorthanded Saints East Oregonian (4-3) with 15 points and Delanee Martin added 10. Blue Mountain shot 40 AUBURN, Wash. — The Blue Mountain women’s SHUFHQWIURPWKH¿HOGRI basketball team rolled over a 60) while the Saints only hit short-handed Mt. Hood squad 23 percent (10 of 43). The T-Wolves will play 63-24 to open the Green River Olympic, which beat tour- Crossover on Thursday. Entering the game with nament host Green River MXVW ¿YH SOD\HUV WKH 6DLQWV 57-52, today at 4 p.m. in the HQGHGXSSOD\LQJWKH¿QDO VHPL¿QDOV ——— minutes with just four players BMCC (3-6) 28 11 9 15 — 63 after Madison Weaver fouled MHCC (4-3) 5 4 16 9 — 34 BLUE MOUNTAIN — S. Heugly 13, B. out in the second half. Haringa 13, K. Reyna 11, B. Gregory 8, E. The game was well in Ramsey 5, S. McHone 4, K. Collins 4, W. 3, L. Cagle 2. (24-60) hand by that point, though, Fredrickson MT. HOOD — J. Morris 15, D. Martin 10, A. Imbler 4, M. Weaver 3, K. Rachinski 2. (10-43) and BMCC (3-6) stormed 3-pointers — BMCC 7-19, MHCC 5-21. out to a 28-5 lead after one Free throws — BMCC 8-10, MHCC 9-13. Fouls — BMCC 14, MHCC 14. Fouled out quarter. — Weaver (MHCC). Savannah Heugly and Brook Haringa each scored MEN: LANE 70, BLUE 13 points to lead the Timber- MOUNTAIN 65 — At wolves, and Kayla Reyna Eugene, the Blue Mountain chipped in another 11. Haringa men came up just short in their pulled down eight rebounds RSHQHUDWWKH/DQH&URVVRYHU and Heugly added seven. Tournament on Thursday. Bailey Gregory led /DQH¶V 8VDPD =DLG OHG the T-Wolves with nine all scorers with 21 points and rebounds, six assists and four added 11 rebounds fro the steals. double-double. Nick Mack Jesse Morris led Mt. Hood added nine points and 12 corps. Really, nothing has changed,” Baldwin said. “We just get more opportunities. Obviously, if you get more opportunities you have more opportunities to do something with those chances. For us, we’re getting more targets.” Seattle has looked for other primary receivers, whether it was the failed experiment with Percy rebounds. Jared Mathews secured a double-double for BMCC (6-4) with team highs of 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Timberwolves scored 21 points off 20 Titan turnovers. /XNH 0H\HUV DGGHG points and nine rebounds for BMCC and D’Quan Crockett VFRUHG SRLQWV /D¶4XDQ Hawkins had a team-high four assists. /DQHIRXQGLWVHGJHZLWKD 42.6 percent (26 of 61) night IURP WKH ¿HOG ZKLOH %0&& ¿QLVKHG DW SHUFHQW of 63). Blue Mountain continues tournament play today at 2 p.m. against loser between Everett and Umpqua. ——— BMCC (6-4) 34 31 — 65 LCC (7-1) 34 36 — 70 BLUE MOUNTAIN — J. Mathews 16, L. Meyers 13, D. Crockett 10, G. Blankenship 9, J. Schulz 9, L. Hawkins 6, I. Harris 2, Q. George, T. Thurman, A. Dean, R. Bell. (21-63) LANE — U. Zaid 21, D. Namazi 14, R. Mingledorff 10, N. Mack 9, D. Cleveland 8, J. Bigler 6, D. Silas, J. Adsit. (26-61) 3-pointers — BMCC 6-23, LCC 5-20. Free throws — BMCC 17-26, LCC 13-16. Fouls — BMCC 16, LCC 19. Fouled out — Meyers (BMCC). Helix at Wallowa, 4 p.m. Klickitat (WA) at Arlington, 4 p.m. Grant Union at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Friday Mac-Hi vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Pilot Rock), 4:30 p.m. Umatilla vs. Scio (at Amity), 4:30 p.m. Hermiston vs. Cleveland (at Century), 6:15 p.m. Pendleton at Redmond, 7 p.m. Ione at Riverside, 7 p.m. Umatilla JV at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Heppner at Imbler, 7:30 p.m. Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Hermiston vs. TBD (at Century), TBD Umatilla vs. TBD (at Amity), TBD Mac-Hi at Pilot Rock, 1:30 p.m. Columbia (WA) at Riverside, 2:30 p.m. Grant Union at Heppner, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Enterprise (at Pilot Rock), 4:30 p.m. Pine Eagle at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m. Klickitat (WA) at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Burns, 6:30 p.m. Liberty Christian (WA) at Irrigon, 7 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday Mac-Hi vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Pilot Rock), 3 p.m. Umatilla vs. Scio (at Amity), 3 p.m. Hermiston vs. TBD (at Phoenix, AZ), 6 p.m. Ione at Riverside, 6 p.m. Umatilla JV at Arlington, 6 p.m. Heppner at Imbler, 6 p.m. Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Echo at Helix, 6 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Benson at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Saturday Hermiston vs. TBD (at Phoenix, AZ), TBD Umatilla vs. TBD (at Amity), TBD Mac-Hi at Pilot Rock, Noon Liberty Christian (WA) at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Willamette at Pendleton, 2 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Enterprise (at Pilot Rock), 3 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Burns, 4 p.m. Pine Eagle at Echo, 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Friday Hermiston at Tri-State (at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), TBD Saturday Hermiston at Tri-State (at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), TBD Irrigon at Central Linn Tournament, 9 a.m. Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Echo at Mac-Hi Tournament, 11 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at La Grande, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Today Blue Mountain vs. TBD (at Lane), 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Corban, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain vs. TBD (at Lane), TBD Eastern Oregon at NW Christian, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Today Blue Mountain vs. Olympic (at Green River), 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Corban, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain vs. TBD (at Green River), Noon or 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at NW Christian, 5:30 p.m. Football Thursday’s Game St. Louis 31, Tampa Bay 23 Saturday’s Game N.Y. Jets (-3) at Dallas, 5:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago (+5.5) at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Atlanta (+3) at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Carolina (-5.5) at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Tennessee (+14) at New England, 10 a.m. Buffalo (-1) at Washington, 10 a.m. Kansas City (-7.5) at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Cleveland (+14.5) at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Green Bay (-3) at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Miami (+1.5) at San Diego, 1:25 p.m. Cincinnati (-4.5) at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Denver (+6.5) at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m. Arizona (-3.5) at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 Detroit (+3) at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. Basketball NCAA Men’s scores Thursday No. 18 SMU 105, Hampton 72 No. 20 West Virginia 86, Marshall 68 Southern Cal 101, Cal Poly 82 Women’s scores Thursday No. 4 Baylor 97, Oral Roberts 39 No. 13 Duke 79, Liberty 41 Oregon 122, Portland St. 59 NBA Thursday’s Games Charlotte 109, Toronto 99, OT Cleveland 104, Oklahoma City 100 Houston 107, L.A. 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