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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Volleyball New coaches ready to lead Bulldogs, Grizzlies New Hermis- ton head volleyball coach takes down some stats on her players during practice Tuesday in Herm- iston. Fleming, Anderson preparing for fi rst year as head coaches By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian As the dreaded dog days of August crawl by, many area teams are in the heart of fall training camps as the start of the season creeps closer. In volleyball, a few area schools are not only preparing for the season, but also getting acclimated to new head coaches and assistants and the cultures that they bring with them. One of those is the Hermiston Bulldogs and Staff photo by E.J. Harris fi rst-year coach Elise Fleming who is preparing for her fi rst season as a varsity head coach. Fleming, a 25-year-old Kennewick, Washington native, comes to Hermiston after spending last season as the freshman volleyball coach at her alma mater, Kamiakin High School in Kenne- wick. Fleming was a four-year volleyball player at Kamiakin from 2005-08, and in her senior season she helped her team to a state runner-up fi nish in the 4A division. After high school Fleming enrolled at Eastern Washington University where she participated on the track and fi eld team as a jumper and hurdler. Upon graduation Fleming returned to Kamiakin to help coach the track and fi eld team, something she did for two years before getting back into volleyball last season. When Fleming came across Hermiston’s See VOLLEYBALL/2B HERMISTON MLB James makes the jump Hermiston sophomore wins quarterback competition By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais, right, pulls starting pitcher Taijuan Walker, second from right, from a baseball game against the New York Yankees during Tuesday’s game in Seattle. Walker roughed up as Yankees beat Mariners over the next four innings. Tommy Layne pitched a perfect eighth and Dellin SEATTLE — Jacoby Betances worked around a Ellsbury hit a two-run two-out single to fi nish the four-hitter. homer and CC Taijuan Walker Sabathia pitched (4-8), recalled seven innings earlier in the day to win for the New York from Triple-A third time in two Tacoma, allowed months, leading four runs — three the New York earned — and Yankees over the six hits in 5 2/3 Seattle Mariners innings, with three 5-1 on Tuesday Seattle walks and fi ve night. strikeouts. Sabathia (8-10) Ellsbury staked was 2-6 with a New York to a 3-1 6.78 ERA in his previous 11 starts. He gave lead in the fi fth with his up a run in the third inning sixth home run, a two-run on a triple by Leonys shot to right-center that Martin and single by Ketel followed a leadoff double Marte, but allowed just one See MARINERS/2B single and his lone walk By JIM HOEHN Associated Press 5 1 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston sophomore Andrew James looks to pass the ball during offensive drill on Tuesday in Hermiston. Hermiston quarterback Andrew James has left the kiddie pool, bypassed the lap lanes and stands with his toes hanging over the edge of the high dive. The Bulldogs are confi dent what comes next won’t be a belly fl op. Coming off an encouraging season on the freshman squad and a strong summer, James made sure Hermiston coach David Faaeteete didn’t have to waver when naming him the varsity starter. He quickly seized the job after entering fall practices last week in a four-way competition. “He’s focused when he comes to practice and he wants to do well,” Faaeteete said, adding two of his biggest strengths are his “competi- tive spirit and attention to detail.” “It was a big deal, knowing that I’m going to be the quarterback this year,” said James, whose varsity experience is limited to a few games on the sideline. “I come in with high expectations. Last year we fell below our expectations, but we have the guys this year, we’ve just got to get it going. We’re starting off pretty good and we’ve got some momentum but we’ve got start to getting game- ready.” Listed at 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds, James brings plenty of athleticism to the position, which should work perfectly in an offense See JAMES/2B NFL After career year, Seahawks’ Baldwin ready for his encore The 27-year-old hopes to live up to his $46 million extension By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — While the rest of the wide receivers were going through agility drills, Doug Baldwin joined teammates And it works quite well almost literally twice his for wide receivers trying size. to escape the hands of For several minutes, grabby cornerbacks. Baldwin lined up with “With the defensive the Seattle Seahawks’ backs trying to put their defensive linemen, slap- hands on me, using the ping at the pads worn on techniques that Cliff the forearms of defensive (Avril) and Mike (Bennett) line coach Travis Jones. Baldwin have taught me about my It’s a drill designed for hand placement on the pass rushers to focus on getting off defensive back’s hands trying to get blocks. myself around them. The different techniques they’ve taught me I just try and practice it in that drill,” Baldwin said. That specifi c drill — suggested Avril and Bennett — is another example of Baldwin’s evolution. Once primarily known for feeling dissed in every manner possible, Baldwin is no longer “Angry Doug” all the time. His motivation remains the same, but he’s now content entering his sixth season. It helps that Baldwin is coming off the fi nest season of his career that concluded with him getting rewarded with a $46 million, four-year contract extension. The contract pays him like one of the premier wide receivers in the NFL and kept him from reaching free agency after the 2016 season. “It meant a lot to be recognized, to be appreciated and plainly as a human being all of us want to See BALDWIN/2B Sports shorts Straily earns 10th win of season CINCINNATI (AP) — Dan Straily extended his surge since the All-Star break by pitching six innings and Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds over the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Tuesday night. FACES A day after losing to the Dodgers 18-9, the Reds won a close one against a Rangers team that has been shut out three times in its last nine games. Straily (10-6) hasn’t allowed more than two runs in any of his eight starts since the break, going Straily 6-0. He gave up three singles and two walks. He also got a huge assist from Hamilton, who ran down Carlos Beltran’s fl y to left-center fi eld to open the sixth with the game scoreless. Straily also recorded his team-leading 16th quality start of the season and lowered his ERA to 3.57 — its lowest point since mid-June. “But Mike B. doesn’t always necessarily operate by that code, either. It’s hard to take him serious when he talks about the other guys taking food off his kids’ plate — when he is driving around here with 10 different cars.“ — Doug Baldwin Seattle Seahawks wide receiver reacting to teammate Michael Bennett’s comments from earlier in the week about ‘crossing the line’ of competitiveness in prac- tice when it comes to fi ghting. Linfi eld, College of Idaho set to scrimmage at Kennison Field HERMISTON — The Hermiston School District is hosting Linfi eld College and College of Idaho for a scrimmage at Kennison Field from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to provide a venue for two quality football programs to scrimmage,” said Executive Director of Operations, Mike Kay in a press release. “With former Bulldog athletes Dylan Caldwell attending Linfi eld, and Landon Clark Gammell and Keegan Crafton at College of Idaho, it will be great to welcome these former students back to Kennison Field.” Crafton is a freshman tight end and Clark-Gammell is a freshman defensive end for the Yotes, while Caldwell is a freshman offensive lineman for Linfi eld. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1963 — The Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. is covered by ABC’s Wide World of Sports for the fi rst time. 2003 — Jockey Julie Krone becomes the fi rst female rider to win a million- dollar race taking the Pacifi c Classic at Del Mar aboard Candy Ride. 2007 — The NFL indef- initely suspends Michael Vick without pay just hours after he acknowledged in court papers that he did, indeed, bankroll gambling on dogfi ghting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of the pit. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
