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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, August 18, 2016 HERMISTON: Unit ready to take on the top talent in new Special District 1 Continued from 1B back last season before an injury ended his season after ive games. That’s still a well-sea- soned group, and Ena said it feels like the unit is ahead of pace in his second year in the backield. “Last year it was my irst year at safety and these guys (Rohrman and Gutierrez) were just barely coming up, so I feel a lot better this year,” he said. “I feel like we can live up to (Faaeteete’s expectations) because we have been doing good lately and we have been working hard together.” With Ena and Gutierrez (5-10, 165) giving the unit plenty of pop on the back end while Rohrman (6-0, 170) and Neal (6-1, 170) give the Bulldogs size and speed on the outside. (All of them also start on offense.) But it’s not the unit’s great measurables that gives it conidence going into the season. “I think it’s going to be solid. We’ve been working together all summer in camps, playing together in 7-on-7, we just click,” Guti- Staff photo by Matt Entrup Hermiston safety Vaemu Ena catches the ball during a drill at football practice Wednesday at Kennison Field. Ena, a senior, was an all-state honorable mention se- lection last season and is one of three returning start- ers to the secondary. errez said. “It’s like a family. We feel each other on the ield, so we’ve kind of got a feeling and we know and rely on each other. If they’ve got to be there they’re going to be there, that’s what type of bond we have.” The Bulldogs will face some pretty tough passers in Special District 1 this season. Summit returns 5A Player of the Year John Bledsoe and Redmond brings back second-team All-Intermountain Confer- ence senior Bunker Parrish. As a team the Bulldogs snagged 10 interceptions in 2015, but Rohrman said they’re not going into this season with any type of benchmarks in mind. “I don’t think we have any speciic goals,” he said. “We just want to go out there everyday and make things easier for the every- body around us, getting the ball back for the offense or whatever we have to do to help the team win.” They’ll get their irst chance to do that when Union (WA) comes to Kennison Field to open the season on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. It just so turns out, Union was one of those teams the Bulldogs clicked against at the Lakeview 7-on-7 camp. “We got the look, but I feel like we locked them up a little bit,” Neal said. Rohrman said they expect Union to give them a new look come September, but it was good to at least see how they matched up physically. While the unit has the potential to be one of the best in their league, none of the players expects it to come easily. “We’ve just got to keep working hard, keep grinding together,” Neal said. “We’ll make mistakes and pick each other up.” ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. AP Photo/Danny Moloshok Seattle Mariners center ielder Leonys Martin slides to catch a ly ball hit by Los Angeles Angels’ Cliff Pennington during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif. MARINERS: Iwakuma stars in series inale Continued from 1B in relief of Skaggs, who lost his second straight decision. Cody Martin, called up one day earlier to ill a vacancy in the rotation, limited the Angels to two runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Mike Trout was up twice with runners on but struck out both times. With two on in the seventh, Arquim- endes Caminero struck him out with three straight 100 mile-per-hour fastballs to end the inning. The Angels’ irst two runs came in the irst inning with Escobar scoring on Albert Pujols’ single and Kole Calhoun on a sacriice ly by Marte. Pujols now has 93 RBI, tying him for second in the American League with David Ortiz. UP NEXT Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma will close out the series looking for his ninth win in 10 starts. Angels: RHP Matt Shoemaker is looking for his irst win against Seattle this season. He’s 3-4 with a 3.91 ERA against the Mariners. T-WOLVES: Baty approaching 300 career win mark as head coach Continued from 1B said sophomore middle blocker and the 2015 Baden Volleyball Player of the Year Kristin Williams during practice Tuesday. “We’re starting just as everybody else and that helps take any pressure that there was off, for sure.” Williams, who led BMCC in blocks (71) and hitting percentage (.353) while adding 146 kills last season, said eighth-year coach Dave Baty’s clean-slate approach to the season was dificult to wrap her head around at irst. “The mental approach is deinitely the hardest part, and to teach the freshmen that it is 0-0 and every ball is a new ball is deinitely something that they’re going to have to come into,” she said. “I know coming in last year I was more worried with, ‘Oh we’re down 0-5, but it’s really 0-0.’ It’s deinitely a good thing to base everything around.” And the numbers don’t lie. The T-Wolves are 285-48 under Baty since he took over in 2009. He’ll be looking to add to that total while gladly sharing it with this season’s coaching staff. His daughter Jessica Humphreys returns in her role as co-head coach, and will be at the helm when Baty’s duties as a captain with the Pendleton Fire Department demand his attention, and the T-Wolves have added assistant Lindsay Barnes. Baty said the two former college players (Humphreys at Portland and Barnes at Central Washington) will be absolutely crucial to the team’s success this season. “It’s shocking, they keep the bar a little higher for (the players) than I do,” he said. “They’re both young enough that it’s not in their distant memory, they were just there (playing).” Blue Mountain gets its irst opponent during a scrimmage against Columbia Basin on Friday at Mosby Court. Opening serve is at 3 p.m. and admission is free. The T-Wolves open the season on Aug. 27 at the Fall Showcase in Springield, but won’t host their irst match until Sept. 21 when they welcome Treasure Valley for a East Region match. Here a few more things to consider as the T-Wolves gear up for 2016: FAMILIAR FACES: Seven out of a possible eight players returned to the roster for a second season in Pendleton, which Baty said was actually a little shocking. “Some of the seven that returned had four-year offers and said, ‘No, it’s not exactly what I’m OLYMPICS: Continued from 1B and the current world-record holder, Keni Harrison, were back home after failing to crack the top three at the U.S. Olympic trials. Also parading the stars and stripes were long- jumpers Tianna Bartoletta and Brittney Reese, who inished 1-2; steeplechaser Evan Jager, who won silver earlier in the day; and Tori Bowie, who added a 200-meter bronze to her silver in the 100. “Who wouldn’t be thankful for another medal?” Bowie said. “Now, I have two.” The evening’s best enter- tainment came, as usual, from Bolt, who will go for his eighth Olympic gold medal Thursday. His main goal during the opening rounds is to conserve energy, which is exactly what he was doing when he looked to his right, saw Canada’s Andre de Grasse a few steps behind and put it on cruise control. Only problem was, de Grasse, the bronze medalist in the 100, didn’t back down. He sped up, caught up and, suddenly, the two were nose to nose, peering and smiling at each other down the stretch. Bolt leaned in to inish in 19.78 to win by a scant .02 seconds. He wagged his inger at the up-and-comer as they crossed the line. “That was really unnec- essary,” Bolt said. “I don’t know what he was trying to do. He’s a young kid, he’s great. He has a lot of talent. I’m looking forward to the competition in the inal.” The competition won’t include Justin Gatlin, who looking for,’” he said. Along with Williams, the T-Wolves return their leading hitter and one of their best servers from last season in Miah Perez (195 kills, 21 aces), setter Kylee Chavez (261 assists, 162 digs, 20 aces) and net players Jordan Mix (114 kills, 34 blocks) and Kailey Buckner (90 kills, 37 blocks). NO PRESSURE: One of the irst things BMCC freshmen will notice is the championship banners that cover nearly every inch of the south wall at Mosby Court. “It’s kind of a lot of pressure but they don’t make it seem like that here,” said freshman setter Brooke Lomica of Grants Pass. “There’s a lot of banners on the wall but that means nothing for this year. Yeah it seems like it’s a lot of pressure to live up to, but you can’t go about it like that.” OH, THE POSSIBILITIES: Versatility may just be the buzz word for this season’s T-Wolves, a fact Baty struggles to contain his excitement over. “We’ve only got 12 on the roster this year but we’ve got so many different things we can do,” he said. “I’ve got three kids who can play middle, I’ve got ive kids who can play right, I’ve got ive kids who can play left — there’s just a couple things we’ve got to Correction Olympics the past four years. In the evening’s biggest stunner, Gatlin inished third in his heat and did not qualify for the inal. He said he rolled an ankle in the run-up to the Olympics and was happy just to make it here. “Probably, I should have rested it instead of running on it,” said Gatlin, who inished second to Bolt in the 100. It was a lost medal oppor- tunity for the Americans, for sure. But they’re ahead of the game. Their medals Wednesday gave them 19 for the meet — ive gold, seven silver and seven bronze — which is already one more than they won through the entire world championships last year in Beijing. Decathlete Ashton Eaton is a candidate to add to that haul. The defending cham- pion inished Day 1 with a solid 121-point lead over Kai Kazmirek of Germany. and that’s a really cool deal to come into. “The relationships you build with your team are always a really cool thing about being on a team like that, so that’s one of the things I’m really excited about.” ——— Roster (Name, position, height, hometown) Returning sophomores Kristin Williams, MB, 6-3, Pendleton Jordan Mix, OH/DS, 5-10, Kennewick (WA) Karly Cantu, S/DS, 5-4, Spokane (WA) Kailey Buckner, MB/RS, 5-11, American Fork (UT) Miah Perez, OH, 5-9, Ellensburg (WA) Bailey Tillotson, DS/MB, 5-7, Eugene Kylee Chavez, S, 5-9, Victorville (CA) Freshmen Anjoilyn Vreeland, DS, 5-4, Anchorage (AK) Brooke Lomica, S/RS, 5-11, Grant Pass Kiana Scott, MB/RS, 5-9, Longview (WA) Krystin Uhlenkott, OH/DS, 5-6, Cottonwood (ID) Shelby Schrier, MB/RS, 5-9, Yakima (WA) ——— Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 2016 SCHEDULE at Fall Showcase (Springield) 12:45 p.m. at Fall Showcase (Springield) 9 a.m. at Olympic/vs Umpqua 4 p.m. at Highline Classic Noon at Highline Classic 11:30 a.m. at Lower Columbia 6 p.m. at Clark 6 p.m. at Wenatchee Valley* 6 p.m. at Clackamas Tournament 3 p.m. at Clackamas Tournament 9 a.m. at North Idaho* 6 p.m. vs Treasure Valley* 6 p.m. vs Spokane* 2 p.m. at Walla Walla* 6 p.m. vs Columbia Basin* 6 p.m. at Big Bend* 6 p.m. vs Yakima Valley* 6 p.m. at Spokane* 6 p.m. vs Wenatchee Valley* 6 p.m. at Treasure Valley* 6 p.m. vs North Idaho* 6 p.m. vs Walla Walla* 6 p.m. at Columbia Basin* 6 p.m. vs Big Bend* 6 p.m. at Yakima Valley* 6 p.m. *-League Game SCOREBOARD The Blue Mountain women’s soccer team will scrimmage Western Wyoming at home on Friday at noon. Incorrect informa- tion was displayed in Wednesday’s story ‘T-Wolves eager to be tested.’ has given Bolt more run for his money than anyone over take care of and if we can take care of them we’re going to be pretty OK.” DUCK AND COVER: That may be the best defensive strategy for some opponents this year. “Everyone on the team can put the ball down and so we’ve got a ton of options,” Lomica said. “It’s really fun trying to out-think the other team and not just always going to Kristin and Miah since they’re two of our bigger hitters — trying to mix it up and get the other team on their toes.” And it’s not just the sophomores bringing the heat. “We’ve got a lot of irepower, a lot of girls that can hit. All the freshmen can hit,” Perez said. “I think we’re deinitely in a good spot, just for the start of the season. The freshmen are pretty good, they’re working hard. They’re deinitely improving a lot every day… it’s very obvious too.” TEAM FIRST: There’s no room for stat grabbing and selish play at BMCC. Two of the team’s mottos are “I am second” and “Your success is my success.” “Everybody works really hard and everybody’s really dedicated to each other, and everyone else’s success,” Lomica said. “We’re trying to push that and make sure everyone is supporting each other, TV SCHEDULE TODAY NBC — Track & Field (LIVE): Men’s 400m Hurdles - Gold Medal Final; Canoe/Kay- ak - Sprint Gold Medal Finals; Women’s Volleyball - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Diving - Platform Semiinal; Men’s Cycling - BMX Quarterinals; Men’s Water Polo - Semiinal (LIVE); Synchronized Swimming - Team Qualifying, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Track & Field - Gold Medal Finals (LIVE): Men’s Shot Put, Women’s Javelin, Men’s 1500m Decathlon, Women’s 400m Hurdles, Men’s 200m; Women’s Diving - Platform Gold Medal Final; Men’s Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal Final (LIVE), 8 p.m.-Midnight. Men’s Beach Volleyball - Medal Round, 12:35-1:35 a.m. NBCSN — Canoe/Kayak - Sprint Gold Medal Finals (LIVE); Track & Field (LIVE): Men’s 400m Hurdles - Gold Medal Final; Men’s Water Polo - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Wrestling - Freestyle Qualifying; Men’s Field Hockey - Bronze Medal; Women’s Basketball - Semiinal (LIVE); Women’s Wrestling - Freestyle Gold Medal Finals (LIVE); Women’s Basketball - Semiinal (LIVE); Men’s Boxing - Light Heavy Gold Medal Final; Men’s Beach Volleyball - Bronze Medal (LIVE); Women’s Volleyball - Semiinal (LIVE); Taekwondo - Gold Medal Finals, 8 a.m.-Midnight. MSNBC — Sailing - Gold Medal Finals; Women’s Handball - Semiinal (LIVE), 2-4 p.m. USA — Men’s Triathlon (LIVE); Women’s Badminton - Doubles Gold Medal Final, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CNBC — Taekwondo - Quarterinals and Semiinals; Modern Pentathlon - Fencing; Men’s Field Hockey - Gold Medal Final, 5-8 p.m. GOLF CHANNEL — Golf Central Live From the Olympics, 5-6:30 a.m. & 3-5 p.m.; Women’s Golf - 2nd Round (LIVE), 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — Women’s Basketball - Semiinal 1 (LIVE), Semiinal 1 encore, Semiinal 2 (LIVE), Semiinal 2 Encore, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. TELEMUNDO — News Recap; Syn- chronized Swimming; Track & Field; Beach Volleyball, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. NBC UNIVERSO — Volleyball; Boxing, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday’s scores and results TRACK & FIELD Men 3000 Steeplechase Final 1. Conseslus Kipruto, Kenya, 8:03.28. 2. Evan Jager, United States, 8:04.28. 3. Mahiedine Mekhissi, France, 8:11.52. Women 200M Final 1. Elaine Thompson, Jamaica, 21.78. 2. Dafne Schippers, Netherlands, 21.88. 3. Tori Bowie, United States, 22.15. Long Jump Final 1. Tianna Bartoletta, United States, (7.17), 23-6 1-4. 2. Brittney Reese, United States, (7.15), 23-5 1-2. 3. Ivana Spanovic, Serbia, (7.08), 23-2 3-4. 100 Hurdles Final 1. Brianna Rollins, United States, 12.48. 2. Nia Ali, United States, 12.59. 3. Kristi Castlin, United States, 12.61. ——— BEACH VOLLEYBALL Women Bronze Medal Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, United States, def. Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha, Brazil, 17-21, 21-17, 15-9. Gold Medal Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst, Ger- many, def. Barbara Seixas de Freitas and Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil, 21-18, 21-14. ——— EQUESTRIAN Jumping Team Final (x-won jump-off) 1. France, 3 (Philippe Rozier, RAHOTEP DE TOSCANE; Kevin Staut, REVEUR DE HURTEBISE; Roger Yves Bost, SYDNEY UNE PRINCE; Penelope Leprevost, FLO- RA DE MARIPOSA) 2. United States, 5 (Kent Farrington, VOYEUR; Lucy Davis, BARRON; McLain Ward, AZUR; Elizabeth Madden, CORTES’C’) 3. x-Germany, 8 (Christian Ahlmann, TALOUBET Z; Meredith Michaels-Beer- baum, FIBONACCI; Daniel Deusser, FIRST CLASS; Ludger Beerbaum, CASELLO) ——— BASKETBALL Men Quarterinals Australia 90, Lithuania 64 Spain 92, France 67 United States 105, Argentina 78 Serbia 86, Croatia 83 ——— FIELD HOCKEY Women Semiinals Netherlands 1, Germany 1, Netherlands wins 4-3 in shootout Britain 3, New Zealand 0 ——— SOCCER Men Semiinals Brazil 6, Honduras 0 Germany 2, Nigeria 0 ——— TEAM HANDBALL Men Quarterinals France 34, Brazil 27 Germany 34, Qatar 22 Denmark 37, Slovenia 30 Poland 30, Croatia 27 ——— VOLLEYBALL Men Quarterinals Russia 3, Canada 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-18) United States 3, Poland 0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20) Italy 3, Iran 0 (31-29, 25-19, 25-17) Brazil 3, Argentina 1, (25-22, 17-25, 25-19, 25-23) ——— WATER POLO Women 5-8 classiication Australia 11, Brazil 4 Spain 11, China 6 Semiinals Italy 12, Russia 9 United States 14, Hungary 10 Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Toronto Boston Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Central Division Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota West Division W 69 67 66 61 50 L 52 52 53 59 69 Pct GB .570 — .563 1 .555 2 .508 7½ .420 18 W 68 63 60 57 49 L 50 57 60 62 71 Pct GB .576 — .525 6 .500 9 .479 11½ .408 20 W L Pct GB Texas 72 50 .590 — Seattle 64 55 .538 6½ Houston 61 59 .508 10 Oakland 52 69 .430 19½ Los Angeles 50 70 .417 21 ——— Wednesday’s Games Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 2, San Diego 0 St. Louis 8, Houston 2 Boston 8, Baltimore 1, 6 innings Minnesota 10, Atlanta 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 7 Kansas City 4, Detroit 1 Texas 6, Oakland 2 Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 3 Thursday’s Games Boston (Buchholz 4-9) at Detroit (Boyd 4-2), 10:10 a.m. Houston (Musgrove 1-0) at Baltimore (Gausman 3-10), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-8) at Cleve- land (Salazar 11-4), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Duffey 8-8) at Kansas City (Gee 4-6), 5:15 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 14-7) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 6-13), 7:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 70 49 .588 — Miami 62 58 .517 8½ New York 60 60 .500 10½ Philadelphia 56 65 .463 15 Atlanta 44 76 .367 26½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 76 43 .639 — St. Louis 64 56 .533 12½ Pittsburgh 62 56 .525 13½ Milwaukee 52 67 .437 24 Cincinnati 50 69 .420 26 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 67 52 .563 — San Francisco 66 54 .550 1½ Colorado 58 63 .479 10 Arizona 50 70 .417 17½ San Diego 50 70 .417 17½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, San Diego 0 St. Louis 8, Houston 2 Colorado 12, Washington 10 Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, Philadelphia 2 Minnesota 10, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 3, Miami 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 13, N.Y. Mets 5 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee (Davies 9-5) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 14-5), 11:20 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 3-4) at Philadel- phia (Eickhoff 8-12), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 12-6) at Cincinnati (Straily 8-6), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Lopez 1-1) at Atlanta (Wha- len 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Bradley 4-8) at San Diego (Clem- ens 2-2), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 7-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-7), 7:15 p.m. Wild Card Standings American League W L Pct. Boston 67 52 .563 Baltimore 66 53 .555 Seattle 64 55 .538 Detroit 63 57 .525 New York 61 59 .508 Houston 61 59 .508 GB +1 — 2 3.5 5.5 5.5 National League San Francisco St. Louis Pittsburgh Miami New York W 66 64 62 62 60 L 54 56 56 58 60 Pct. GB .550 +2 .533 — .525 1 .517 2 .500 4 MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W L Pct. GB Everett (Mariners) 14 6 .700 — Tri-City (Padres) 9 11 .450 5 Spokane (Rangers) 8 12 .400 6 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 7 13 .350 7 South Division W L Pct. GB Eugene (Cubs) 15 5 .750 — Hillsboro (Dbacks) 11 9 .550 4 Boise (Rockies) 8 12 .400 7 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 8 12 .400 7 ——— Wednesday’s Games Salem-Kezier 8, Hillsboro 4 Eugene 3, Boise 2 Spokane 4, Vancouver 2 Everett 3, Tri-City 2 Thursday’s Games Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6 p.m. Boise at Eugene, 7 p.m. Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 7 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts NYC FC 10 7 8 38 Toronto FC 10 7 7 37 New York 10 9 6 36 Philadelphia 9 8 7 34 Montreal 8 6 9 33 D.C. United 6 8 9 27 Orlando City 5 6 12 27 New England 6 10 8 26 Columbus 3 8 11 20 Chicago 4 11 7 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts FC Dallas 13 6 6 45 Colorado 11 3 9 42 Los Angeles 9 3 11 38 Real Salt Lake 10 8 7 37 Sporting K.C. 10 11 5 35 Portland 8 9 8 32 San Jose 7 6 10 31 Vancouver 8 11 6 30 Seattle 8 12 3 27 Houston 4 10 9 21 GF 43 34 43 42 38 24 38 29 29 22 GA 43 25 33 37 34 28 41 44 38 32 GF 39 27 38 36 30 36 25 34 26 25 GA 33 20 23 36 30 36 25 41 30 29 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Game Houston at San Jose, 11 p.m. Saturday’s Games Los Angeles at NYC FC, 3:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at New England, 7:30 p.m. Orlando City at Colorado, 9 p.m. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Vancouver at Sporting KC, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Game New York at D.C. United, 3 p.m.