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CORAL GABLES,
Fla. (AP) — With worries
about terrorism heightened
following attacks in France
and California, baseball
owners
began their
two-day
meeting
Wednesday
by discussing threat protec-
tion with U.S. Homeland
Security Secretary Jeh
Johnson.
Presenting more than
2,400 games a year in
venues that attract large
crowds, Major League
Baseball has tightened
checks in recent years.
Starting last year, fans were
required to go through
metal detectors at all 30
ballparks.
“There’s got to be more
security than there is now,
I don’t know what it will
be,” Chicago White Sox
owner Jerry Reinsdorf said
Wednesday. “Everybody
realizes that the world has
changed and these people
are never going to give up,
so we have to give up some
of our comforts.”
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) —
The Buffalo Bills have hired
Kathryn Smith to be their
special teams quality control
coach, maNinJ her the ¿ rst
full-time female member of
an NFL coaching staff.
The team
FACES announced
the move
in a release
Wednesday
night.
Smith spent
last season
working as an
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administrative
assistant for Bills assistant
coaches on Rex Ryan’s staff.
She spent the previous
12 seasons working for the
New York Jets in various
capacities, including a player
personnel assistant from
2007-13. In 2014, Smith
served as the Jets assistant
to the head coach in Ryan’s
¿ nal season in New York.
In her new role, Smith
will assist special teams
coordinator Danny
Crossman and his assistant
Eric Smith.
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1953 — Dizzy Dean and
Al Simmons are elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The baseball writers pass
over Joe DiMaggio in his
¿ rst year of eligibility.
1990 — John McEnroe
becomes the ¿ rst player
thrown out of the Australian
Open. McEnroe’s tantrum
comes while leading Mike
Pernfors 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 2-4.
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Caden
Smith
(23), of
Pendle-
ton, takes
a jumper
Friday at
Warberg
Court
as two
Braves
defend.
Local squads on
similar footing
entering CRC play
By ERIC SINGER & SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
The Pendleton Buckaroos and
Hermiston Bulldogs were faced
with similar circumstances heading
into the 2015-2016 season.
Both teams were getting settled
in with their third head coach in
three years and both had limited
varsity experience returning to the
roster.
With the non-league portion of
the schedule now complete, both
teams stand on similar ground record
wise — Pendleton at 6-6, Hermiston
at 7-8 — and believe that they are
in a good spot to seize the Columbia
River Conference crown.
The Buckaroos come into CRC
play as a tough team that has played
eight of its 12 games on the road —
something that coach Kyle Tedder
said has helped his team grow and
shape its identity.
“I think we learned that we’re OK
with playing on the road,” he said.
“Playing on the road for teams is
not easy, but they’re OK with going
into someone else’s gym and taking
care of business, while having trust
in each other that they’re going to
See CRC BOYS/2B
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
Media Poll
The CRC boys basketball teams as
ranked by media members that cov-
er the CRC with total poll points
followed by fi rst place votes.
Pts
1st
1, Pendleton
18
3
2, Hermiston
17
2
3, The Dalles
9
4, Hood River
6
In this Dec.
9, 2015
fi le photo,
Hermis-
ton guard
Jansen
Edmiston
(20) drives
baseline
around
Kamiakin’s
Kiley
Larsen
during the
Bulldogs’
64-61 sea-
son-open-
ing win in
Kennewick.
CRC GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hermiston ready to repeat
Bulldogs clear favorite Media Poll
The CRC girls basketball teams
after grueling non-
as ranked by media members that
cover the CRC with total poll points
league schedule
followed by fi rst place votes.
By SAM BARBEE & ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
With expectations sky high for the
No. 6-ranked Hermiston girls basket-
ball team, the league schedule can get
lost in the shufÀ e.
The Bulldogs (12-3) have set their
sights on winning one more game than
last year — the state championship.
And to prepare, they spent the holiday
season traveling around the region to
play in two highly competitive and pres-
tigious tournaments: the Nike Interstate
Shootout in Lake Oswego and the Nike
Staff photo by
Sam Barbee
“We’re tired of
hearing about
changes that
need to be made.
We’re tired of
hearing about the
past. And we’re
ready to believe
in a younger,
more hungry team
going forward.“
— Jordan Spieth
World No. 1 ranked
golfer stating his top
goal for 2016 is a US
win in the Ryder Cup.
The European team has
won eight of the last 10
editions and will defend
its title in September for
the third straight time.
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Hermiston senior wrestler Sam Colbray
was recently ranked as the No. 1 high
school wrestler in the country at the 195
pound weight class by InterMat, a national
wrestling website.
InterMat analyst Josh Lowe — in charge
of compiling the rankings — told the
East Oregonian via email that Colbray’s
“resume, ability level and the such are in
Pts
20
15
10
5
1st
5
Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.
Assuming the Bulldogs advance to
the state tournament, that leaves a bit
of a competition gap in the Columbia
River Conference. Of the four teams
in the CRC, Hermiston is the only one
to score more than 660 points (842),
record double-digit wins, and is ranked
See CRC GIRLS/2B
PENDLETON
In this Dec.
14, 2015
fi le photo,
Hermiston
senior Sam
Colbray
(top) con-
trols Deer
Park senior
Trevor Eich-
er during
a dual at
Hermis-
ton High
School.
InterMat lists HHS senior
atop 195-pound rankings
1, Hermiston
1, The Dalles
3, Pendleton
4, Hood River
my judgement the best among all wrestlers
competing in the 195 pound weight class.”
Some of the honors on that resume
include being a three-time state champion,
2015 NHSCA Jr. Nationals champion,
three-time USA Wrestling Junior National
champion in Greco-Roman (2012-2014),
and a 2015 USA runner-up in freestyle and
Greco-Roman.
Colbray has had a strong senior season
with Hermiston, most recently leading the
Bulldogs to another tournament title this
past weekend — the Oregon Classic in
Redmond — where he went 6-0 to lead
the way. He is 23-1 on the season.
Buckaroos dial in
for rout of Bulldogs
East Oregonian
BAKER CITY — The Pendleton Buckaroos poured
in points from the perimeter to rout the shorthanded
Baker Bulldogs 59-29 in non-league play on Wednesday.
The Bucks (5-9) started fast and made 11 three-
pointers in their ¿ nal tune-up for the start of Columbia
River Conference play on Friday. They
led 37-12 at halftime.
Girls Hoops
“We tried a couple different things
and we were able to get some open looks
outside,” said Bucks coach Michelle
Pendleton
Gomez. “The shots were falling, so it
was a step forward for us.”
Baker (7-9) was the last team
Pendleton had beaten — a 59-45 win
in Pendleton on Jan. 5 that wasn’t
secure until late in the third quarter.
Baker
But without starting senior guard Brie
Sand on the court the Bulldogs were no
match of the Bucks.
Pendleton’s Haley Greb led all
scorers with 13 points and Lauren Richards added 11.
Rylee Gentner grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
Gracie Huggins led Baker with 10 points.
Pendleton opens league play on Friday by hosting
Hood River at 7 p.m.
———
59
29
PHS (5-9) 15 22 10 12 — 59
BHS (7-9)
8 4
8
9 — 29
PENDLETON — H. Greb 13, L. Richards 11, K. McGlothan 10, S. Greb 9, T. Fell 8,
M. Davies 4, R. Gentner 4, J. Lemberger 2, C. Hoffman 2, H. Porter.
BAKER — G. Huggins 10, K. Severson 4, S. Phillips 3, M. Hampton 3, C. Ward 2, J.
Ramos 2, H. Collard 2, D. Davis 2, C. Bruce 1, R. Hughes, K. Flanagan.
3-pointers — PHS 11, BHS 0. Free throws — PHS 3-12, BHS 5-8. Fouls — PHS 12,
BHS 16. Fouled out — J. Lemberger (PHS).