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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, August 5, 2016 College Football Olympics: Men’s Basketball Frontier coaches pick EOU to inish 4th Smooth sailing? US seeks more gold East Oregonian WHITEFISH, Mont. — With the 2016 campaign nearly a month away, the Eastern Oregon University football team was picked to inish fourth in Tuesday’s Frontier Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Mountaineers tallied 27 points in the poll to inish behind Southern Oregon (48), Montana Tech (42) and Carroll (38). Ninth-year head coach Tim Camp said he was happy with the ranking. “I’m so excited about where we’ve positioned ourselves in our league,” he said in a press release. “Everybody talks about how chal- lenging it is, but we embrace that challenge and this opportunity.” Southern Oregon received six irst-place votes while Montana Tech and Carroll each received one. Camp sits just two victories away from becoming the winningest coach in program history. The squad’s season opener is slated for Sept. 3 against Southern Oregon, last year’s national runner-up. Kickoff in La Grande is set for 6 p.m. ——— Frontier Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll First place votes in parentheses followed by total points. Pts 1, Southern Oregon (6) 48 2, Montana Tech (1) 42 3, Carroll (1) 38 4, Eastern Oregon 27 5, College of Idaho 25 6, Montana Western 20 7, Rocky Mountain 17 8, MSU-Northern 7 NOTE: Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. First-place votes were worth seven points; second place, six points; third place, ive points; fourth place, four points; ifth place, three points; sixth place, two points; and seventh place, one point. OSU defense says it’s better prepared By JESSE SOWA Albany Democrat-Herald Kevin Clune, Oregon State foot- ball’s new defensive coordinator, saw his players make strides in the spring. Clune and the defensive staff had the players busy learning newly added “stuff.” The coaches were happy with the progress in carrying that through on the ield. “Now let’s see what they’ve retained when we start practice one,” said Clune, a former Utah State assistant under OSU head coach Gary Andersen for four seasons who joined the Beavers in January. “We think Clune we’ve been teaching them but we’ll see. You never know until you start scrimmaging.” Oregon State opens its fall camp, starting today, with six days of practices at Summit High School in Bend before returning to Corvallis to continue camp leading up to the Sept. 1 season opener at Minnesota. The defensive focus will be improving on a disappointing season in 2015, which saw the Beavers inish 11th or 12th in the Pac-12 in most major categories. OSU allowed 37 points and 481.5 yards per game. The Beavers had trouble getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks, inishing with a confer- ence-worst 17 sacks, 10 behind the 11th-place team. They also tied for last in the Pac-12 with eight interceptions. “This year I believe we’re almost a hundred times more ready,” said sophomore linebacker Bright Ugwoegbu. “We didn’t take the season as serious as this team is right now. Although we did take it very serious last season, coming off a 2 and 10 season there’s a bit of bitter and grit at the end of it that’s pushing us even that much harder.” Oregon State returns ive starters on defense and just two — nickel- back Cyril Noland-Lewis and inside linebacker Caleb Saulo — have at least 10 career collegiate starts. The defense is young, with a freshman or sophomore listed at the top of the pre-fall camp depth chart at seven different positions. When looking at potential irst- and second-teamers, there are 15 total freshmen and sophomores. “There’s some players I really like, and I think we’ve got some real good players in spots … but the depth in those positions may not be good,” Clune said. By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — There were so many questions about their cushy accommodations it seemed the Americans were on vacation. Yes, the U.S. men’s basketball team is staying on a cruise ship, with gorgeous views of Brazil’s beautiful beaches. But the Americans didn’t come to Rio de Janeiro for fun and sun. “We know what’s our task at hand,” veteran Carmelo Anthony said. “This is business for us. We’re going out there to take care of business.” The U.S. team had its interna- tional introduction Thursday with its Olympic news conference, answering plenty of questions about where they’re staying (the luxury yacht) and who’s not playing (LeBron James and Stephen Curry). It was the usual spectacle for a team that always draws a crowd at the Olympics, no matter who is on the roster. This one features 10 players with no Olympic experi- ence, with only Anthony and Kevin Durant back from the team that won the Americans’ second straight gold medal in 2012. They’re still considered the team to beat even with their inexperience, which is why Paul George had such trouble with his irst attempt at Portuguese. A local journalist tried to teach him the word for underdog, then asked if there was any chance the U.S. could ill that role. “Of us being underdog?” he AP Photo/Eric Gay United States’ Carmelo Anthony shoots during a basketball practice session for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janei- ro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. said. “No, I don’t think we’re the underdog.” Try heavy, heavy favorite. The Americans open on Saturday against China, a team they beat by 49 and 50 points in exhibition play. So that game shouldn’t be close, and it might be a while before they get one — if they get one — that is. But the U.S. players say they aren’t thinking that way. “You have to worry about everybody,” forward Draymond Green said. “Every team is here for a reason. They qualiied somehow. ... We can’t come out here and say, ‘Oh, we’re the United States and we’re supposed to win,’ or ‘We have this person and that person and we’re supposed to win.’ We have to be locked in every game. If you don’t, you’ll get beat.” The Americans arrived in Rio on Wednesday from Houston, where they completed their exhibition tour. They held their irst practice at the arena Thursday as they get their sea legs under them. Anthony stayed on a cruise ship in his irst Olympics, when they inished third in 2004 in Athens. They’re on a ship again, along with the U.S. women’s team, in part because of a shortage of hotel space compared to recent hosts Beijing and London, and Anthony doesn’t see why it’s such a big deal. “It’s no different than us staying in the hotel,” he said. “It’s not like we’re cruising around. We’re NFL Injuries continue to mount for Seahawks By CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Two Seattle Seahawks players went down with injuries within minutes of each other during Thursday’s practice. Fullback/tight end Brandon Cottom was the irst to go down without contact during one-on-one receiving drills. As the team brought a cart onto the ield to attend to Cottom, tight end Ronnie Shields fell to the turf about 20 yards away. Shields had to be helped to the sideline by a trainer and teammate Jimmy Graham before the cart could return to carry him away. Cottom’s injury appeared to be to his left leg while Shields grabbed at his right ankle. Cottom was competing for Seattle’s full- back job. Head coach Pete Carroll said after practice that he believed both injuries were Achilles issues, though he was still waiting for conirmation on both. Cottom and Shields add to a growing list of injuries for Seattle. Wide receiver Doug Baldwin (leg), safety Kam Chancellor (groin), linebacker Brock Coyle (oblique), defensive end Montese Overton (calf) and running backs Zac Brooks (hamstring) and Tre Madden (shoulder) all sat out practice. MARINERS: Miranda allows 8 hits in debut Continued from 1B Shaw opened the second with his 13th homer, driving a 2-0 pitch over the right-ield wall to put Boston up 1-0. The Red Sox made it 2-0 in the ifth when Bryce Brentz and Mookie Betts opened the inning with consecutive doubles. Seattle starter Ariel Miranda, acquired from Baltimore on July 31 for left-hander Wade Miley, allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings in his major league debut after being called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma. The Red Sox loaded the bases with one out in the irst on singles by Xavier Bogaerts and David Ortiz and a walk to Dustin Pedroia, but Miranda escaped by striking out Jackie Bradley Jr. and getting Aaron Hill on a ly out to right. Seattle loaded the bases in the fourth on three walks by Drew Pomerantz, but Leonys Martin bounced to irst to end the inning. Pomerantz, yet to win in four starts since being acquired from San Diego, allowed just two runs on four hits, but issued a career- high six walks. docked. We have the same amenities as if we were staying in the hotel.” He joked that the beds were small for basketball players, but it’s expected to be smooth sailing for this group. The Americans may have seemed vulnerable when James, Curry and a number of other superstars declined to play, but the players who did accept invites have had a few weeks to work on getting better on the court and getting along off it. “We’re a group of guys that range from age of 24 to, I don’t know how old Carmelo is, 40?” center DeAndre Jordan said. “So we have so much fun together and everybody’s so competitive and we all want to win, and when you got guys like that, it makes it that much more fun.” Anthony is actually 32, and his irst Olympic experience 12 years ago was a mostly miserable one. He plans to leave better than he came in. “I know what it felt like when kind of the rest of the world was supposedly catching up with the USA as far as from a basketball standpoint. So I know what it felt like to be at the bottom and I know what it feels like to be at the top of the game as well,” Anthony said. “My goal is to help this team and lead this time to a gold medal.” ——— AP Sports Writer Tom Withers contributed to this report. ——— Follow Brian Mahoney on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ Briancmahoney RUSSIANS: Continued from 1B that detailed evidence of state-di- rected doping and cover-ups. Instead, the IOC asked interna- tional federations to examine indi- vidual Russian athletes to determine if they should be eligible for the games. The IOC set up a panel of three executive board members to review the entries and make the inal call, taking into account the advice of an independent sports arbitrator. After the review, the IOC declared in Thursday’s statement: “271 athletes will form the team entered by the Russian National Olympic Committee from the original entry list of 389 athletes.” Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov told reporters earlier that 271 of his country’s athletes had been cleared. “We have good news for the fans of the Russian Olympic team,” he said. “The majority of the sports have been admitted in full.” “As of today,” Zhukov added, “I think there is no other team that is so clean and so carefully controlled than the Russian one.” OFFICIALS: Ultimate goal is to extend policy to all classiications Continued from 1B Locally, the Columbia River Conference (5A), Columbia Basin Conference (2A) used three- person crews during league play last season, although the CBC used them only for big games. OSAA Assistant Executive Director Cindy Simmons said the results from that irst season were encouraging. “Cooperation between the 17 local associations and OSAA member schools and leagues made the irst year a positive one and we are excited to move forward,” Simmons said in a statement released by the OSAA. “A strong commitment to training at the local association level has been a key to the success along with the inancial commitment from schools and the OSAA Executive Board in adding an oficial.” At the conclusion of the 2016-17 season, information will be gathered from schools at all classiication levels and a thorough review of the effects of using an additional oficial will be conducted. According to Simmons, the goal is to implement the use of three-person crews in the post- season for all classiications as soon as feasible. “The vast majority of state high school associations in the country are using three-person crews during the regular and post- season and we’re looking forward to joining them,” she said. SCOREBOARD Olympics TODAY NBC — Opening Ceremony, 7:30 p.m.-Midnight TELEMUNDO — Olympic Preview Special, 5-6 p.m. NBC UNIVERSO — Olympic Preview Special, 5-6 p.m. SATURDAY NBC — Rowing - Qualifying Heats (LIVE); Men’s Cycling - Road Race (LIVE); Men’s Water Polo - U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE); Men’s Cycling - Road Race (LIVE); Swimming - Qualifying Heats (LIVE); Rowing - Qualifying Heats; Men’s Beach Volleyball - Gibb/ Patterson (U.S.) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) (LIVE); Women’s Volleyball - U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (LIVE), 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Men’s Gymnastics -Team Competition; Swimming (LIVE): Men’s 400m Individual Medley - Gold Medal Final, Men’s 400m Freestyle - Gold Medal Final, Women’s 400m Individual Medley - Gold Medal Final, Women’s 100m Butterly - Semiinals, Men’s 100m Breaststroke - Semiinals, Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal Final; Women’s Beach Volleyball - Walsh Jennings/ Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE), 8 p.m.-Midnight Men’s Gymnastics -Team Competition, 12:30-1:30 a.m. NBCSN — Men’s Archery - Team Round of 16 (LIVE); Women’s Shooting - 10m Air Rile Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Beach Volleyball - Preliminary Round (LIVE); Women’s Rugby - U.S. vs. Fiji (LIVE); Men’s Basketball - Australia vs. France (LIVE); Beach Volleyball - Preliminary Round; Men’s Water Polo - Spain vs. Italy; Women’s Soccer - U.S. vs. France (LIVE); Men’s Basketball - U.S. vs. China (LIVE); Judo - Gold Medal Finals; Women’s Weightlifting - 48kg Gold Medal Final; Women’s Soccer - Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE); Table Tennis - Singles First and Second Rounds; Boxing - Elimination Matches, 9 a.m.-Midnight. MSNBC — Beach Volleyball - Preliminary Round; Women’s Handball - Norway vs. Brazil; Table Tennis - Singles First Round; Men’s Archery - Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Noon-5 p.m. USA — Equestrian - Eventing, Dressage; Wom- en’s Field Hockey - U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE); Beach Volleyball - Preliminary Round (LIVE); Women’s Fencing - Individual Epee Gold Medal Final, 3-8 p.m. CNBC — Women’s Rugby - U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE), Preliminary Round match TBA; Women’s Soccer - Germany vs. Australia (LIVE), 5-8 p.m. BRAVO — Tennis (LIVE), 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. TELEMUNDO — Boxing - Elimination Matches; Volleyball; Swimming - Qualifying Heats; Beach Volleyball - Preliminary Round, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. NBC UNIVERSO — Women’s Soccer - U.S. vs. France (LIVE); Basketball; Boxing - Elimination Matches, 4-8 p.m. NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — Men’s Basketball - Australia vs. France (LIVE), Australia vs. France Encore, China vs. U.S. (LIVE), Venezuela vs. Serbia (LIVE); Women’s Basketball - Turkey vs. France (LIVE), China vs. Canada, Brazil vs. Australia, Belarus vs. Japan, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. NBC SOCCER CHANNEL — Women’s Soccer - Canada vs. Zimbabwe (LIVE), U.S. vs. France (LIVE), Russia vs. China (LIVE), Germany vs. Australia, Bra- zil vs. Sweden (LIVE), Colombia vs. New Zealand, 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Men’s Soccer Thursday’s Games Iraq 0, Denmark 0 Honduras 3, Algeria 2 Brazil 0, South Africa 0 Mexico 2, Germany 2 Portugal 2, Argentina 0 Sweden 2, Colombia 2 South Korea 8, Fiji 0 Nigeria 5, Japan 4 Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 61 46 .570 — Toronto 62 47 .569 — Boston 59 48 .551 2 New York 54 54 .500 7½ Tampa Bay 44 63 .411 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 61 45 .575 — Detroit 59 49 .546 3 Chicago 52 56 .481 10 Kansas City 51 57 .472 11 Minnesota 43 65 .398 19 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 63 46 .578 — Houston 56 52 .519 6½ Seattle 54 53 .505 8 Los Angeles 49 59 .454 13½ Oakland 48 60 .444 14½ ——— Thursday’s Games Cleveland 9, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 3, Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Oakland 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings Texas 5, Baltimore 3 Toronto 4, Houston 1 Boston 3, Seattle 2, 11 innings Today’s Games Cleveland (Tomlin 11-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 5-10), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 4-9) at Tampa Bay (Snell 3-4), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-5) at Detroit (Verlander 11-6), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Gallardo 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 2-5), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Perez 7-7) at Houston (Keuchel 6-11), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Liriano 6-11) at Kansas City (Gee 3-5), 5:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 11-4) at Oakland (Overton 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Wright 12-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 9-4), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Lincecum 2-5) at Seattle (Hernandez 5-4), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 64 44 .593 — Miami 57 51 .528 7 New York 56 52 .519 8 Philadelphia 50 60 .455 15 Atlanta 39 69 .361 25 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 66 41 .617 — St. Louis 57 51 .528 9½ Pittsburgh 53 53 .500 12½ Milwaukee 48 58 .453 17½ Cincinnati 44 63 .411 22 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 62 46 .574 — Los Angeles 60 48 .556 2 Colorado 54 54 .500 8 San Diego 47 61 .435 15 Arizona 43 65 .398 19 ——— Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 0 San Francisco 3, Philadelphia 2, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Friday’s Games Cincinnati (DeSclafani 6-0) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 2-2), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 9-7) at Washington (Gonzalez 6-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-5) at Detroit (Verlander 11-6), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (De La Cruz 0-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 7-8), 5:15 p.m. Miami (Phelps 5-5) at Colorado (De La Rosa 7-7), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 6-10) at Arizona (Shipley 1-1), 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 11-4) at Oakland (Overton 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Wright 12-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 9-4), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hellickson 8-7) at San Diego (Fried- rich 4-6), 7:40 p.m. MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W Everett (Mariners) 5 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 4 Spokane (Rangers) 4 Tri-City (Padres) 2 South Division W Hillsboro (Dbacks) 5 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 3 Boise (Rockies) 3 Eugene (Cubs) 2 ——— Thursday’s Games Spokane 6, Salem-Keizer 4 Hillsboro 9, Everett 4 Vancouver 8, Eugene 4 Tri-City 4, Boise 3 L 2 3 3 5 L 2 4 4 5 Pct. .714 .571 .571 .286 Pct. .714 .429 .429 .286 GB — 1 1 3 GB — 2 2 3 Today’s Games Spokane at Salem-Keizer, 6 p.m. Hillsboro at Everett, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Eugene, 7 p.m. Boise at Tri-City, 7 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T NYC FC 10 7 6 New York 9 9 5 Toronto FC 8 7 6 Philadelphia 8 8 6 Montreal 7 5 9 New England 6 8 8 Orlando City 5 5 11 D.C. United 5 8 8 Columbus 3 8 10 Chicago 4 10 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T FC Dallas 13 6 5 Colorado 10 3 8 Los Angeles 9 3 9 Sporting K.C. 10 10 4 Real Salt Lake 9 6 7 Vancouver 8 9 6 Portland 7 8 8 San Jose 6 6 9 Seattle 6 12 3 Houston 4 9 8 Pts 36 32 30 30 30 26 26 23 19 18 GF 40 38 28 36 36 28 35 20 26 19 GA 40 30 23 35 31 36 36 26 35 27 Pts 44 38 36 34 34 30 29 27 21 20 GF 37 24 35 28 32 33 33 23 21 24 GA 31 19 20 25 32 37 34 24 28 27 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Game New York City FC at San Jose, 8 p.m. Golf Travelers Championship Thursday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. Purse: $6.6 million Yardage: 6,841; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round Vaughn Taylor 64 Andrew Loupe 64 Jerry Kelly 64 Ben Martin 65 Marc Leishman 65 Jon Rahm 65 Daniel Berger 66 Carlos Ortiz 66 Steve Marino 67 Rory Sabbatini 67 Russell Knox 67 David Toms 67 Brooks Koepka 67 Vijay Singh 67 Keegan Bradley 67 Rob Oppenheim 67 Hudson Swafford 67 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3