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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian BRIEFLY Deadlines loom for fall sports registration The fall sports season for +erPiston 3arNs Recre ation Zill soon get underZay. All Àag football and youth adult volleyball leagues are accepting registrations. In addition, parents also can register children froP age through Nindergarten for the Junior Football Clinic. Signup deadlines Adult Flag Football Volleyball, Friday, Aug. 26 <outh Flag Football Volleyball, Wed., Sept. 7 •Junior Football Clinic, Friday, Sept. 9 For additional details and fee inforPation, visit https apP.activecoPPunities. coPherPistonActivityB Search. For questions, call 166701 or stop by the recreation of¿ce, 10 N.E. Second St., +erPiston. —East Oregonian NFL Social media helps land McDaniel back in Seattle By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — If Tony 0F'anieO ¿nds his Zay onto the 6eattOe 6eahaZNs Pan roster at the end of the Sreseason he ZiOO oZe an assist to 6naSFhat. The rugged runstoSSing defensiYe taFNOe Zent through his ¿rst SraFtiFe Zith the 6eahaZNs on Tuesday after signing Zith the teaP, a SroFess that aOO started due to soPe haSSenstanFe. Seattle’s defensive line depth has been thinned during training FaPp due to a feZ inMuries. And 0F'aniel has been Zithout a hoPe after playing last season in TaPpa %ay folloZing tZo seasons Zith the SeahaZNs. It Must happened that 0F'aniel’s agent realized via a Snapchat post a feZ days ago that his client Zas in the state of Washington. In fact, 0c'aniel said he Zas tZo hours east of Seattle, in /eavenZorth, Washington, doing soPe ³hiNing and NayaNing.´ T-WOLVES: Roster has four e[+erPiston players Continued from 1B ³I’d love to have 22 but Ze only have 12,´ he said. ³That’s Zhy Ze have to stress our ¿tness, because Ze don’t have subs and Ze’ve got to be able to play a full 90 Pinutes. ³So the focus has been a lot on ¿tness.´ The TWolves are in their third ZeeN of preparations, and Zill get their ¿rst taste of live action Zhen they host Western WyoPing for a scriPPage on Monday at noon. The TWolves have another road scriPPage and a MaPboree at the end of the Ponth to prepare for the season as Zell. ³I’P really looNing forZard to those ¿rst gaPes because it Zill shoZ us Zhat Ze need to ZorN on and Zhere Ze need to iPprove,´ said freshPan forZard Tyra Carter, one of four +erP iston players on the roster and the ¿rst player to sign Zith the prograP. Mota’s initial roster has 11 freshPen and one sophoPore, but Carter said the lacN of established lead ership hasn’t been an issue on the ¿eld. ³We’re all pretty Puch a bunch of freshPen coPing out and PaNing this brand neZ, so Ze Nind of have to rely on each to PaNe sure that Ze can do it,´ she said. ³So Ze’re Nind of liNe upper classPen, and Ze learn froP each other every practice.´ *oalNeeper Jessica AdaPs of BlacNfoot, Idaho, has been iPpressed Zith hoZ quicNly the teaP is gelling. ³It’s been really fun so far,´ said AdaPs, Zho Zas a threeyear starter in high school. ³I liNe everybody and I thinN Ze’re all getting along really Zell. ³I feel pretty good about it. For Must starting out I thinN Ze’re doing really Zell, and I NnoZ Ze have a Zays to go but I thinN Ze’re going to be a pretty good teaP.´ +ere are a feZ Pore things that Zill be Ney to the TWolves’ ¿rst season PLAYING KEEP AWAY: One Zay the TWolves hope to counter their sPall roster size is Zith ball possession, Zhich is Zhy Mota Zill have the teaP running a and focusing on short, quicN passes. ³/iNe I’ve told the girls, Post of the teaPs in the NWAC, their coaches liNe to recruit big players, and so they liNe to be physically intiPidating and aggres sive,´ he said. ³So one Zay to beat that is through possession and Poving the ball around and PaNing theP chase, and Zearing theP doZn. ³It ZorNed for Pe at ChePeNeta and I’P hoping it’ll ZorN here as Zell at Blue Mountain.´ ACADEMICS FIRST: Mota stressed classZorN as the No. 1 priority for his players during their recruit Pent, Zhich earned hiP at least one coPPitPent — Pid¿elder .arla *onzalez of Delta, Utah. ³It Zas a really tough decision, because there Zas soPe really good schools in Utah as Zell, but Mota Zas Must really persuasive Wednesday, August 17, 2016 of education ¿rst,´ said the early education PaMor. ³+e Zas Must Pore persuasive on education than the actual sport of soccer, so that’s Zhat Pade Pe Zant to picN this even Pore.´ WHO’S IN THE MIDDLE?: Mota said the holding Pid¿elder, or stopper, is the Post iPportant position on the ¿eld in his systeP due to its dual responsibilities. ³They sit in front of the center bacNs and behind the attacNing Pids and are basically that connection betZeen the offense and the defense, and are distributing play froP side to side for us,´ he said. +e Zasn’t ready to naPe a starter yet, but said that player Zill need to possess great aZareness, vision and staPina. ³If that person has a bad day at the of¿ce it Zill tricNle doZn to the rest of the group and Ze Zon’t be successful,´ he said. ³So that position is Ney.´ BREAKING THE SEAL: FroP the scoreboard to the goalposts, everything but the grass at the TWolves’ regulation pitch is neZ this season. ³The college did a great Mob of putting in a ton of Poney to get the ¿eld up to standards,´ Mota said. ³Everything is brand neZ — benches, scoreboard, portable press bo[, the spec tator benches, the goals, it’s all brand neZ.´ EARNING RESPECT: The TWolves NnoZ Must ¿nishing near .00 Zill be a big challenge, but it’s not Zins and losses they’re concerned Zith right noZ. ³I thinN Must our Pain goal is to give it everything Ze’ve got this season and Must shoZ people that Ze’re here to coPpete and Ze’re here to have fun,´ AdaPs said. ³If Ze can Paintain ourselves healthy and not get hit too bad Zith the inMury bug I thinN Ze’re going to be O., but Ze’re going to taNe our hits,´ Mota said. ³I thinN Ze’ll start to have success the second year, but this year it’s Pore about getting ourselves out there, coPpeting and hopefully earning the respect of the other teaPs.´ ——— Roster (Name, position, class, hometown) Jessica Adams, GK, fr., Blackfoot (ID) Allison Wedgworth, D, so., Scappoose Whitney McMahon, M, fr., Hermiston Damara Morales, M, fr., Tillamook Karla Gonzalez, M, fr., Delta (UT) Mercedes Garcia, F, fr., Salem Ayleen Sandoval, D, fr., Hermiston Adriana Cardenas Garcia, D, fr., Hermiston Kalan Wolfe, F, fr., Warm Springs Tyra Carter, F, fr., Hermiston Margarita Calvillo, F, fr., Boardman Alyssa Inman-Wolfe, M, fr., Sterling (AK) ——— 2016 Schedule Aug. 19 vs Western Wyoming-x Aug. 24 at Western Oregon-x Sept. 3 vs Centralia Sept. 6 at Linfield Sept. 10 vs North Idaho* Sept. 14 at Yakima Valley* Sept. 17 at North Idaho* Sept. 21 vs Spokane* Sept. 23 vs Walla Walla* Sept. 28 vs Columbia Basin* Oct. 1 at Wenatchee Valley* Oct. 5 at Spokane* Oct. 12 vs Treasure Valley* Oct. 15 at Walla Walla* Oct. 19 at Treasure Valley* Oct. 22 at Columbia Basin* Oct. 26 vs Wenatchee Valley* Oct. 29 vs Yakima Valley* Noon 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. Noon x-Scrimmage *-League game ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. Johnny Andrews/The Seattle Times via AP Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Tony McDaniel (93) catches the ball during a drill at NFL football training camp on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in Renton, Wash. ³0y agent saZ Pe on Snapchat and realized I Zas in Washington so he decided to contact the SeahaZNs and asNed theP to bring Pe in for a ZorNout,´ 0c'aniel said. ³That’s hoZ that happened. It’s aPazing hoZ you can use social Pedia to help you out.´ McDaniel’s reunion provides soPe e[perience up front and another option after Seattle lost Brandon Mebane in free agency during the offseason. McDaniel Zas a starter during the 2011 seasons for Seattle, PaNing tZo Super BoZl appearances and Zinning one title. In his tZo seasons Zith Seattle, McDaniel had total tacNles and tZo sacNs, although his priPary responsibility Zas to croZd the Piddle and be disruptive in the run gaPe. +is success in Seattle landed hiP a oneyear deal Zith TaPpa Bay for the 201 season, but McDaniel and the Buccaneers Poved on and he becaPe a free agent. ³I got a feZ phone calls but I Zouldn’t really call theP options,´ McDaniel said. ³My nuPber one option Zas coPing here. ... 3ete &arroll, I thinN he’s got the recipe for Zinning and taNing care of players. Seattle Zas de¿nitely on Py Zish list.´ ——— Online: Website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter: @AP_NFL. AMERICANS: WoPen have earned 0 Pedals Continued from 1B There’s no shortage of reasons Zhy. Russia’s OlyPpic teaP surely is Pissing soPe Pedal contenders because of the sanctions and fallout that caPe after a statesponsored doping prograP Zas brought to light. China Zon 100 Pedals in BeiMing eight years ago and 9 Pore at the 2012 /ondon *aPes, though has struggled — by its recent standards, anyZay — in Rio. +ost Brazil has been a nonfactor, Zith Must 11 Pedals through Tuesday evening. MeanZhile, U.S. ZoPen have Zon 0 Pedals thePselves, Pore than Post full national teaPs. China is second on the ZoPen’s Pedal chart Zith 27 through Tuesday evening. ³When one of us succeeds, Ze all try to succeed that Puch Pore,´ Ervin said. ³When your teaPPates are doing it, it becoPes easier to believe.´ That sort of thinNing isn’t con¿ned to sZiPPing, though Zhat happened in the pool certainly set the tone. ³I thinN Ze each feel an enorPous responsibility to get things started off right,´ U.S. sZiPPer Nathan Adrian said. The U.S. has sZiPPing Pedals United States’ Jennifer Simpson won the bronze medal in the women’s 1500-me- ters on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP Photo/ Andrew Medi- chini froP Rio, tooN 12 Pore in gyPnastics and Zere up to 11 in tracN and ¿eld through Tuesday evening — that nuPber alPost certain to rise over the coPing days. Fencing delivered four Pedals and sailing saZ APer icans taNe Pedals after going 0for in /ondon four years ago. And soPe chances have slipped aZay, too, as evidenced by the APericans failing to Zin a single gold on Monday after Zinning at least one in every full day of the /ondon *aPes and every other day dating bacN to the 200 *aPes. The top three Pedal Zinners so far in Rio are APericans sZiPPer Michael 3helps earned a total of si[, Zhile gyPnast SiPone Biles and sZiPPer .atie /edecNy tooN ¿ve apiece. ³It’s very crazy,´ Biles said. ³It’s been an aPazing e[perience and I don’t thinN I could be Pore proud.´ There’s a Zhole lot of her red, Zhite and blueclad coPpatriots Zho feel the saPe. WHAT ENERGY SAVINGS AWAIT YOUR HOME? LET’S FIND OUT. 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