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SPORTS WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Buckaroos bounced around by Kingsmen Pendleton gashed by Putnam running game East Oregonian MILWAUKIE — After a strong showing both defensively and offensively in Week 1 against La Grande, the Pendleton Buckaroos were feeling very confi dent about defeat. Friday’s game Football “We had a tough against Putnam. time stopping However, once their offense,” the game was Pendleton Putnam Pendleton coach played it was clear Erik Davis said. the Buckaroos may “We didn’t play have been a little too assignment football confi dent. The Putnam Kingsmen and (on defense) like we had all week their Wing-T offense ran all over in practice, we didn’t tackle well, the Buckaroos on Friday, sending and then we came out a little fl at Pendleton back home with a 49-21 on offense ... and that combination 21 49 didn’t work out for us.” Pendleton quarterback Nick Bower was inconsistent throwing on Friday, completing 19-37 passes (51 percent) for 175 yards and one touchdown with one interception. Sophomore quarterback Trent Sorey also saw his fi rst varsity action and completed 6-8 passes for 49 yards and an 18-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Yeager in the fourth quarter. After Putnam scored the fi rst touchdown of the game, Pendleton struck right back at the 4:22 mark of the fi rst quarter with a fi ve-yard touchdown toss from Bower to Beau Skinner to tie the game at 7-7. But from that point on, Putnam ran into the sunset. The Kingsmen scored four more times in the fi rst half — all on touchdown runs — and led at the See BUCKAROOS/2B HERMISTON UMATILLA Bengals run over Bulldogs Vikings ground Rockets Viking running back Jesus Ramirez (2) scam- pers down- fi eld as Logan Weinke (4), of Pilot Rock/ Nixy- aawii, works to make a tackle Friday in Uma- tilla. Hermiston remains winless on the season East Oregonian LEWISTON, Idaho — For the second straight week, the Herm- iston Bulldogs started the fourth quarter facing a four touchdown defi cit, but this week there was no comeback attempt. Hermiston headed home on Friday night still in search of its fi rst win as the Lewiston (ID) Bengals blew out the Bulldogs 38-13. Lewiston (3-0) tore the Bulldogs defense apart with its passing game, as quarter- back Colton Richardson Football completed 27-37 (73 percent) passes for 344 yards and three Hermiston touchdowns. For Herm- iston (0-2), sophomore quarterback Andrew James Lewiston was not nearly as sharp on Friday as he completed 16-29 passes (55 percent) for 194 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, while adding a team-best 67 rushing yards on 13 carries. Tucker Salinas was the top receiver for Hermiston with 108 yards and a touchdown off of four total receptions. Hermiston will return home next week as they host Mountain View at 7 p.m. for its fi rst league game of the season. Staff photo by Kathy Aney 13 38 Umatilla shuts out Pilot Rock to stay undefeated on season By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian On a frustrating night for its offense, the Umatilla Vikings defense turned in its most domi- nant performance in years to beat the Pilot Rock Rockets 20-0 in an inter-classifi cation match-up on Friday. With turnovers and penalties limiting its ability to put up points, Rockets (0-2) Umatilla’s defense Football to just 90 total set the tone right yards of offense away by forcing and gave up only Pilot Rock to go four fi rst downs. three-and-out on Pilot Rock Umatilla The Rockets were the game’s opening 1-for-9 on third drive when Elijah down. Pine crashed “I think we through the line and dragged down Chris Weinke did what we needed to do to stop them,” said Umatilla linebacker/ for a sack on third down. The Vikings (2-0) held the running back Trent Durfey. “It was 0 20 a good win.” “It could have been better, but shutouts are pretty good too,” said Umatilla running back Jesus Ramirez. “We haven’t had one of those in awhile.” The Vikings’ last shutout was fi ve seasons ago when they did it twice, the second time a 9-0 win over Vale on Oct. 21, 2011. Umatilla’s fi rst drive would be See VIKINGS/2B ECHO Cord Flynn (22), of Ione, races down- fi eld on his way to the end- zone during Fri- day’s game against Echo. Cougars rally to beat Cards Ione erases halftime defi ct, comes up short against rival Echo By WILL DENNER East Oregonian Echo stayed true to its season mantra in defeating rival Ione 34-28 at home – fi nish strong. “We’ve adopted that in Staff photo by Kathy Aney Football Ione Echo 28 34 all our sports and (tonight) they did it,” head coach Rick Thew said. “... We kept playing hard. Let them back in it a little bit but stayed strong.” The Cougars (1-1) held a 22-8 lead at halftime over the Cardinals (0-2) in front of their fans, but went quiet as they came back out in the third quarter. Though Echo received the second half kickoff and put together a competent drive that burned nearly 10 minutes of clock, it halted in the red zone. Quarterback Devan Craig led Ty Mulder on a 4th and 18 pass, but the sure-handed tight end dropped what could’ve been a touchdown. See COUGARS/2B Sports shorts Buescher on verge of Chase berth (AP) — Chris Buescher’s task, should he accomplish it Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, is no small feat. Buescher will try to parlay his improbable victory at a rain-shortened race this summer into a coveted berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Making NASCAR’s playoffs would be a coup for Buescher and Denver- based Front Row Motorsports, an improbable participant in the Chase. Buescher is eligible for the Chase by virtue of his August Buescher victory at Pocono . But the rules require the 16 drivers that make the Chase to be ranked 30th or higher in the standings, and Buescher is barely at that mark. He goes into Saturday night’s race with an 11-point lead over David Ragan for 30th in the standings. Buescher was last year’s Xfi nity Series champion. “I’m confi dent in my preparation. To me, it’s never too late to start something. If you think otherwise, I’m sorry your dreams are so small.“ — CM Punk Former WWE wrestler, birth name Phil Brooks, who will make his MMA fi ghting debut at age 38 on Saturday in UFC 203. Punk will fi ght 24-year-old Mickey Gall before heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic defends his title against Alistair Overeem. Johnson sets course record, ties for lead at BMW CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson doesn’t care about the physics behind his new putter. Seeing more putts drop is enough for him. Johnson made two eagles in a span of seven holes, shot 31 on the back nine and set the course record at Crooked Stick on Friday with a 9-under 63 that gave him a share of the lead with Roberto Castro in the BMW Championship. Johnson Johnson didn’t even know he set the course record until Tony Pancake, the golf director at Crooked Stick, congratulated him on the way to the clubhouse. “I guess no one was ever better than 63,” Johnson said with a shrug and a smile. Castro was the fi rst player to reach 14-under 130 on the rain-softened course. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1972 — The United States men’s basketball team loses its fi rst game in Olympic competition. The Soviet Union wins 51-50 with the help of a controversial ending. Dr. William Jones, secretary general of the Interna- tional Amateur Basketball Federation, tells the referees to have the players replay the fi nal three seconds and the Soviets score a last-second bucket. The Americans, who had the lead when the buzzer sounded the fi rst time, protest in vain. The U.S. team later refuses to accept the silver medal. 2004 — Zippy Chippy, thoroughbred racing’s lovable loser, makes it 0-for-100 when he fi nishes last in an eight-horse fi eld at the Three-County Fairgrounds in Northampton, Mass. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
