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SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Prep Roundup Bulldogs beat Buckaroos Irrigon sweeps Hermiston volleyball wins Umatilla rivalry match in fi ve games Knights keep their 2016 success going By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Leave to the Pendleton Buck- aroos to get the best out of the Hermiston Bulldogs. Hermiston’s volleyball team snapped its three- match losing streak in thrilling Volleyball fashion with a 3-2 conference win over its rival on Pendleton Thursday at The Dawghouse. After dropping the fi rst game, the Bulldogs rallied for come-from- Hermiston behind wins in the next two before holding Pendleton off in the fi fth game with scores 21-25, 25-23, 26-24, 20-25 and 15-12. The Buckaroos (1-6, 0-3 Columbia River Conference) led the fi rst game from start to fi nish to hand the Bulldogs (5-6, 2-1 CRC) their eighth-straight defeat in battle, but Hermiston was determined to win the fi rst installment of the War on 84 this season. See BULLDOGS/2B East Oregonian 2 IRRIGON — The 2016 season has been quite a ride for the Irrigon Knights volleyball team. After winning a combined 13 games over the past three seasons — and a 4-17 record just last year — the Knights have started their Volleyball fi rst year in Class 3A on a completely different level, reaching the 10-win Umatilla plateau and holding an above-.500 record in mid-September. On Thursday night Irrigon added one more win to Irrigon that total, beating the Umatilla Vikings 3-0 in its Eastern Oregon League home opener. Irrigon (11-6, 2-0 EOL) beat the Vikings 25-12, 25-19, and 25-23. “I’m so proud of how well my girls played in our second league game tonight,” Irrigon coach Laura Combes said. “We were solid at the net, consis- tent with our serves and did a terrifi c job defensively!” Freshman Emma Combes had a monster game with 14 kills for the Knights, while junior Mya Chapman added six and McKenzee Wilson had three. Other stat leaders for Irrigon included Wilson with two blocks and Mya Chapman with 12 assists. Statis- tics for Umatilla (1-12, 0-2) were not available. Irrigon will next travel to Sherman for tournament action on Saturday and Umatilla will aim to get back in the win column with tournament play at Salem Academy on Saturday as well. 0 3 3 Staff photo by Kathy Aney The Bulldogs react with joy after defeating Pendleton in game two Thursday in Hermiston. LEFT: Ellen Nirschl (3), of Pendleton, defl ects Kyn- zee Padilla’s hit Thursday at Hermiston High School. RIGHT: Lauren Richards, of Pendleton, sets the ball during Thurs- day’s game against the Bulldogs in Hermiston. WESTON-MCEWEN 3, STAN- FIELD 0 — At Athena, the Weston- McEwen TigerScots snapped their four game losing streak with a hard-fought sweep of the Stanfi eld Tigers on Thursday. “Stanfi eld came out and played us incredibly hard,” Weston-McEwen Staff photos by Kathy Aney See PREPS/2B Prep Football Philomath laments loss of football season due to hazing Quiet Friday nights an unsettling feeling for the town of 4,500 people By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press AP Photo/Andrew Selsky The gate is locked to Philomath High School at the en- trance to the football fi eld and track in Philomath, Ore., Sept. 12, 2016. PHILOMATH — The scoreboard at the edge of Philomath High School’s football fi eld is dark. The stands are empty. This year, there are no varsity games that brought together many of the town’s 4,500 people. Hazing infl icted by upperclassmen on 11 freshman players at a conditioning camp has led to the season’s cancella- tion, investigations by authorities and the school district, and calls for healing and for the tradition to stop. Studies show more than half of college students in sports teams, clubs and organizations have experienced hazing. Many were hazed in high school. Just last week in California, three varsity high school football players were charged in a separate incident. Breaking the cycle is diffi cult, but Philomath is tackling the issue head on. “The school district is paying atten- tion to both what happened and what could prevent this from happening again,” Superintendent Melissa Goff told The Associated Press. “We’re paying very close attention to the mental health needs of our students and how we, as a community, can pull together.” Philomath is a small, sleepy town. Traffi c barrels past shuttered businesses on Main Street, a highway heading into the Coastal Range to the west. Corvallis, home to Oregon State University, lies 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) to the east. The town formed around Philomath College, which existed from 1865 to 1929. Its name is Greek for “lover of learning.” Philomath has little in the way of entertainment, and several people said the loss of the football season will be a blow. “It’s a little bitty town, and there’s not much else to do, so there was usually a pretty big turnout there,” said Rhonda Lewis, a waitress at the C D & J Cafe, on Main Street. “I don’t know what’s going to happen now.” Pastors representing seven churches have made themselves available “to listen, pray for and offer counseling to See PHILOMATH/2B Sports shorts Brissett leads Patriots over Texans FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Another week, another new quarterback, another win for the New England Patriots. Jacoby Brissett had a 27-yard touchdown run in his fi rst NFL start at quarterback, LeGarrette Blount added scoring runs of 1 and 41 yards , and the Patriots beat the Houston Texans 27-0 on Thursday night. It was the Patriots’ fi rst shutout win since 2012. It was the fi rst time the Texans have been shutout Brissett since a 27-0 loss at Jacksonville in 2003. Brissett started in place of Jimmy Garop- polo, who was inactive because of an injured right shoulder. It was the fi rst time since Drew Bledsoe in 1993 that New England had started a rookie quarterback. Brissett fi nished 11 of 19 passing for 103 yards, and ran eight times for 48 yards. “We grind and grind and grind. We understand, there’s a lot that that factors into it. I’m just saying, the city wanted a winner -- the last fi ve years we got ‘em a winner. the ones that come every night, thank you.“ — Adam Jones Baltimore Orioles centerfi elder speaking about the recent sparse crowds recently at home games. Baltimore drew an average of 19,400 fans this week against Boston, a team which the Orioles are battling for a playoff spot. NFL monitoring Charlotte protests CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The NFL said its plans are for Sunday’s game between the Vikings and Panthers to be played as scheduled, although the league will continue to monitor the ongoing violent protests that have gripped Charlotte. Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in Charlotte on Wednesday night and has sent the National Guard in to help restore peace. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday, “We are monitoring events in Charlotte and have been in communication with local offi cials and authorities, and both the Carolina Panthers and the Minnesota Vikings.” What began as a peaceful protest Wednesday night led to more rioting and looting in the city with one person shot and four police offi cers injured. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1995 Keyshawn Johnson catches 13 passes for 171 yards, the fi rst player in NCAA history with 12 straight 100-yard receiving games, as USC beats Arizona State 31-0. 2007 Green Bay’s Brett Favre wins his NFL-record 150th game as a starter, beating San Diego 31-24. 2010 Jose Bautista drives in the only run with his major league-leading 50th homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0. Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki also becomes the fi rst player with 10 straight 200-hit seasons, breaking his own record with a fi fth-inning single. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
