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HERMISTON
Locals highlight Farm-City fi nal
dents that hit the dirt at the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo Saturday, closing out the
fi nal performance at the arena that saw
the rodeo grow from a small start to a
popular fi nish over its 28-year tenure.
Stanley, along with his heeling partner
Bucky Campbell of Benton City,
Washington turned in a 5.3 second
time in their team roping go, which
was the third-best time of the night
and seventh-best of the rodeo, though
a no-time in their afternoon slack kept
them out of the money big money.
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Six Hermiston natives close out rodeo’s
28-year run at fairgrounds arena
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Callahan Crossley of Hermiston rounds a barrel on her
way to a 17.21-second ride in barrel racing Saturday at the
Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
School and later on while a part of the
Blue Mountain Community College
team and now competing as a profes-
sional.
“It’s home,” Stanley said with a
smile on Saturday night.
Stanley, who sits in 13th place in
the Columbia River Circuit standings,
was one of six Hermiston-area resi-
Jake Stanley has many fond memo-
ries of the small rodeo arena on the
Umatilla County Fairgrounds.
The 33-year-old Hermiston native
started his rodeo career competing
there while attending Hermiston High
Prep Football
MLB
Dawgs, Bucks back on gridiron Cruz,
Hernandez
lift M’s
MAIN
PHOTO:
Linemen
run drills
during the
fi rst day of
practice for
the Herm-
iston High
School
football
team
Monday in
Hermiston.
By ABBEY MASTRACCO
Associated Press
BELOW:
Pendleton
running
back Deven
Page rush-
es the ball
during the
fi rst day
of practice
Monday in
Pendleton.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nelson Cruz
hit his 30th home run to lead Felix
Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past
Los Angeles 3-2 on Monday night as the
Angels matched a franchise record with
their 11th consecutive defeat.
Hernandez (7-4) struck out eight and
pitched into the seventh
inning to help the Mari-
ners remain two games
behind Boston for the
Seattle
second AL wild card.
The Angels had lost
11 straight on three
other occasions, but
never under manager
Mike Scioscia. Last
Los Angeles in the AL West, Los
Angeles (49-69) is a
season-high 20 games
under .500.
The last time the team dropped 11 in a
row was during the 1999 season.
Cruz drove Ricky Nolasco’s 2-2
curveball into the left-fi eld stands in
the fi fth to become the sixth player in
Mariners history with multiple 30-homer
seasons. It’s the fourth consecutive
season Cruz has hit 30 or more.
Mike Trout homered and stole his
20th base, marking the third time he’s
reached 20 home runs and 20 steals in a
season. Trout became the seventh player
in major league history with three 20-20
seasons and is the only active one, now
that Alex Rodriguez was released by the
Yankees.
Trout belted his 23rd homer in the
fi fth, making the score 3-2.
Hernandez (7-4) gave up two runs in
6 2/3 innings. He struck out six straight
before yielding the home run to Trout.
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Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
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Practices begin for all fall sports
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The sounds of fall returned to
fi elds and gymnasiums across the
state Monday as teams held their
fi rst practices of the season.
The Hermiston and Pendleton
football teams took to the gridiron
with excitement and optimism
for the 2016 season, which sees
both teams joining the eight-team
mash-up of the Columbia River and
Intermountain Conferences that
will be called Special District 1.
“It’s hype, we’re all out here’s
having fun and putting in work.
We’re looking good,” said senior
Hermiston wide receiver Tucker
Salinas. “We’re ready for pads.
Can’t wait actually. I think we’re
ready to hit each other.”
“It’s fun to get going again,
back from summer break, it’s go
time now,” said Pendleton junior
wide receiver Shaw Jerome.
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NFL
Seahawks see solid progress after fi rst preseason game
Boykin, Powell
two of several
rookie standouts
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — What Pete
Carroll saw beginning to develop
in the fi rst two weeks of training
camp showed when the Seattle
Seahawks fi nally got on the fi eld.
In critical areas like the offen-
sive line, backup quarterback and
Seattle’s stable of running backs,
that development was far more
important than the 17-16 victory
over Kansas City in the Seahawks’
preseason opener.
“We’re really pleased with
what’s happened up to this point
because guys are showing in
the game like they showed in
practice,” Carroll said. “So we’re
getting good information and
really directs us for the things we
need to work on.”
The standouts included the
maligned starting offensive line,
which held its own against Kansas
City’s front, though the Chiefs
were without a number of starters.
Running back Christine Michael
rushed for 44 yards on just seven
carries and was decisive during his
runs. Backup quarterback Trevone
Boykin played adequately even
before the fi nal drive, when he
took the Seahawks 88 yards in the
closing seconds and hit Tanner
McEvoy for a 37-yard touchdown
on the fi nal play of regulation. And
undrafted rookie defensive back
Tyvis Powell showed his versa-
tility with a couple of standout
plays on special teams and an
interception on defense.
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Seattle
quarterback
Trevone Boy-
kin (2) hands
off the ball
to Alex
Collins (36)
during an
NFL presea-
son game
against the
Kansas City
Chiefs in
Kansas City,
Mo., Satur-
day, Aug. 13,
2016.
AP Photo/Orlin
Wagner
Sports shorts
A-Rod won’t play again in 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez says
he won’t play again this season.
The three-time AL MVP was released
Saturday by the New York Yankees, who owed
him about $27 million for the rest
FACES of his contract, which runs through
2017.
Any team could sign A-Rod
for a prorated share of the major
league minimum of $507,500, and
Rodriguez’s hometown Miami
Marlins said Sunday they were
discussing whether to reach out to
Rodriguez
the 41-year-old.
Rodriguez spokesman Ron Berkowitz says
in a statement: “I want to put all this talk to rest
about Alex playing for any team this season.”
Berkowitz adds: “It’s not happening. Like he
said Friday night, he is happy and he is going to
take some time to relax and hang with his family
and friends.”
“Done, done, done —
and this time I mean it.
I wanted to come back
and fi nish my career
how I wanted and this
was the cherry on the
top of the cake.“
— Michael Phelps
The 28-time Olympic
medalist and United States swim-
mer announcing his retirement
from swimming — again — on
NBC’s ‘Today’ on Monday morn-
ing. Phelps had originally retired
following the 2012 Olympics, but
is adamant that this retirement is
fi nal, and has no plans on com-
ing back for the 2020 Olympics.
NFL could suspend four
players over PED probe
(AP) — The NFL has said the four line-
backers being investigated for an alleged link
to performance-enhancing drugs
will be suspended, if they don’t
agree to be interviewed by the
league in the next 10 days.
NFL senior vice president of
labor policy and league affairs
Adolpho Birch sent a letter
Monday to the NFL Players
Association detailing the plan to suspend
James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Clay
Matthews and Julius Peppers of the Green
Bay Packers and free agent Mike Neal if they
don’t speak with the league by Aug. 25. Their
punishment would then start the following day.
Birch’s memo to the union was obtained by
The Associated Press, according to a person
with knowledge of the investigation who was
not authorized to speak publicly about it.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1954 — The fi rst Sports
Illustrated magazine is
issued with a 25-cent price
tag. The scene on the cover
was a game at Milwaukee’s
County Stadium. Eddie
Mathews of the Milwaukee
Braves was featured.
2008 — In Beijing,
Michael Phelps touches the
wall a hundredth of a second
ahead of Serbia’s Milorad
Cavic to win the 100-meter
butterfl y. The win gives
Phelps his seventh gold
medal of the Beijing Games,
tying Mark Spitz’s perfor-
mance in the 1972 Munich
Games.
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