SPORTS
WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2016
1B
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HERMISTON
PENDLETON
Bulldogs let Storm slip away
Bucks
complete
comeback
Turnovers,
lackluster offense
hands Hermiston
tough loss
Pendleton scores
twice in fourth quarter
to beat Ridgeview
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The Hermiston defense did all
they could to contain the Summit
Storm on Friday night.
The unit intercepted Summit
quarterback
John
Bledsoe
Football
twice, forced and
recovered one
fumble, and held
Summit
the Storm to just
51 rushing yards.
But in the end,
it just wasn’t
enough.
Hermiston
Hermiston
wanted to keep
up to Summit’s
fast pace on
offense in the
game, however the Bulldogs
could never fi nd a rhythm as the
Storm went on to win 27-14 under
the lights of Kennison Field.
Sophomore quarterback Andrew
James completed just 19 of 35
pass attempts for 178 yards and
two interceptions, looking every
bit like an underclassman with
just three varsity starts under his
belt.
“You can’t be a young quarter-
back and play good all the time,”
Hermiston coach David Faaeteete
said after the game. “There’s still
the learning curve and gaining
that experience. Things just didn’t
go our way throwing the ball and
he’ll learn ... he’s a great kid who
loves the game, and he’s going to
get better.”
East Oregonian
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REDMOND — Pendleton foot-
ball coach Erik Davis threw down a
challenge for the Buckaroos this week
by calling Friday’s
second league game
Football a must-win.
The players came
through with the
desired
outcome
Pendleton
when they came
from behind in the
game’s fi nal minutes
to beat Ridgeview
29-25 for Pendle-
ton’s fi rst win in
Ridgeview
Special District 1.
“Sometimes
you’ve
got
to
challenge the kids a
little bit to see where they stand, and I
thought they rose to the occasion and
never gave up,” Davis said. “In the
fi ve years I’ve been here it’s one of
the gutsiest games we’ve played.
“I thought it showed a lot of char-
acter for our kids and I think it could
be a real season-changer for us going
forward.”
Junior quarterback Nick Bower
29
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25
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston’s Jonathan Hinkle is tackled by a Summit player on Friday in a football game at Ken-
nison Field in Hermiston.
Summit (3-1, 2-0) territory, but
on the fourth play of the game
James made a bad throw on a go
route which was picked off by the
Storm in the red zone, stopping
momentum.
Then following a Summit punt,
Hermiston again drove into Storm
territory before failing to convert
on a third and fourth down at the
40 yard line stopped the drive.
In the second through fourth
quarters, Hermiston forced three
total Summit turnovers but could
not do any damage on offense,
gaining a combined six yards
of offense on those next three
possessions.
“We had our opportunities,
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able to keep them
on defense to get
Football
off the scoreboard
the ball back and
for the next two
run out the clock
quarters and took
for a 20-14 win.
Regis
Stanfi eld
the lead in the
“It was one
second half.
you guys didn’t
“They
were
want to miss,” said
getting off blocks
Stanfi eld
coach
all night,” Salas
Davy Salas after
his Tigers improved to 4-0. “Two said of an active Regis defense.
of the top teams in the state battled “They were the one team that was
it out. … Those kids played their able to match our athletes and our
power and our speed, and it was
butts off tonight on both sides.”
Stanfi eld struck fi rst with going to come down to who got
rushing touchdowns by Thyler that last stop and that last score.”
Trailing 14-12 midway through
Monkus and Adrian Renner in the
fi rst quarter, but Regis (2-2) was the fourth quarter the Tigers got
the break they were looking for
when Justin Shelby got behind
the Rams defense on a play-action
pass and caught a 35-yard pass
from Dylan Grogan to put the ball
on the Regis 25.
The Tigers moved the ball
inside the 10, and faced fourth-
and-goal from the fi ve when it
looked like Grogan was going
to be wrapped short of the end
zone on an option run. Somehow
he was able to fl ip the ball to
Monkus, though, and the senior
running back beat the defense to
The Bulldogs (1-3, 1-1
Special District 1) had plenty of
opportunities to gain momentum
and put some scoring drives
together, but turnovers and a lack
of execution simply let it slip
away. The miscues started almost
immediately, as on the game’s
opening drive, Hermiston used
a couple quick passes to get into
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MLB
Cano,
Cruz lead
Tigers grind past Rams in 2A showdown M’s over
Stanfield football
Twins
beats Regis to stay
Prep Roundup
undefeated
East Oregonian
STANFIELD — The Stanfi eld
Tigers came up big on fourth
down on back-to-back drives to
turn away the Regis Rams in a
gridiron battle of 2A powers on
Friday night.
After taking the lead on a
4th-and-goal in the fourth quarter,
the Tigers made a goal-line stand
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NFL
Carroll, Kelly reunite as Seahawks host 49ers
Only second time
two coaches have met
since leaving Pac-10
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Chip Kelly and
Pete Carroll overlapped for only
one season as college coaches
in the Pac-10. They’ve met only
once since both found their way
San Francisco
Seattle
49ers
Seahawks
(1-1)
(1-1)
• Sunday, 1:05 p.m.
• at Century Link Field, Seattle
• TV: FOX
to the NFL.
If all goes to plan in both
Seattle and San Francisco, the
pair will get quite familiar over
the next few seasons, beginning
Sunday when the Seahawks host
the 49ers. While the relationship
between Carroll and former San
Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh
was more contentious, his deal-
ings with Kelly have been mostly
congenial.
When Kelly was the coach at
Oregon, one of the fi rst places he
visited to see how other teams run
in-season practices was Seattle.
“It was his request to come
here, then I was grilling him,”
Carroll said.
Kelly recalled this week also
visiting then-49ers coach Jim
Harbaugh and taking a trip to Air
Force, but the Seahawks were his
fi rst stop.
“I spent all my time trying
to take as much information as
I could in on all three of those
visits, and I was fortunate because
of, whether it was Jim or Pete or
Troy Calhoun at Air Force, that
they allowed me to do it,” Kelly
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Offense finally backs
Paxton to win in rout
By BRIAN HALL
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Robinson
Cano had four hits and two RBIs,
and Nelson Cruz added a towering
two-run homer among his four RBIs
as the struggling Seattle Mariners’
offense got back on track in a 10-1
victory over the Minnesota Twins
on Friday night to
stay on pace in the
American League
wild card race.
Seattle
James
Paxton
pitched seven strong
innings and fi nally
received a boost
from the offense,
which broke out with
Minnesota
a six-run seventh
inning. Paxton (5-7)
struck out nine and
allowed one run on
fi ve hits. Seattle entered Friday aver-
aging just 2.88 runs per game while
Paxton was on the mound.
The Mariners (81-72) passed
Houston — which lost to the Los
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Sports shorts
Bosh fails physical, future with
Miami Heat and NBA in question
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat say Chris
Bosh has failed his physical and is not being
cleared for training camp.
It’s a major blow to the All-Star’s comeback
plans and a decision that will likely
add to the tension between the
team and its highest-paid player.
Bosh has had each of his last two
seasons end at the All-Star break
after the discovery of blood clots.
The Heat say they “regret that
Bosh
it remains unable to clear Chris to
return to basketball activities, and
there is no timetable for his return. “
The Heat also said the NBA’s Collective
Bargaining Agreement keeps them from
commenting further, citing a rule that “precludes
a team from releasing certain medical informa-
tion without a player’s consent.”
“USC, that’s my
hometown. Growing
up watching Reggie
Bush, Carson Palmer
and Mike Williams,just
sitting at home watching
on TV and imagining
one day I’ll play with
them or against them.
Today was that day.“
— Troy Williams
Utah Utes quarterback, who
grew up 15 miles from USC’s
campus, threw for 270 yards
and two touchdowns as No. 24
Utah earned a comeback 31-27
victory over USC on Friday.
Round-Up champ wins Big 4 award
PENDLETON — Pendleton Round-Up barrel
racing champion Stevi Hillman has won the
coveted Big 4 Best in the Northwest award as the
top points earner at four of the region’s top events.
The award is given to the contestant accumu-
lates the most points while competing
in all of the Big 4 rodeos — Horse
Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick,
Wash.), Walla Walla (WA) Frontier
Days, Lewiston (ID) Roundup and
Pendleton Round-Up.
Along with her win in Pendleton,
Hillman
Hillman tied for second in Walla
Walla and placed fourth in Lewiston.
She will be awarded with a custom made
saddle designed by Stoney Saddlery of Hermiston
at the Big 4 Reception held in November during
the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, where the
Weatherford, Texas cowgirl will be a contestant.
The Big 4 Rodeo ssociation was established in 1948.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1994 — Washington
ends Miami’s NCAA-record
home winning streak at 58
with a 38-20 victory against
the Hurricanes at the Orange
Bowl.
2012 — Russell Wilson
throws a disputed 24-yard
touchdown to Golden Tate
on the fi nal play, and the
Seattle Seahawks rally to
beat the Green Bay Packers
14-12. Wilson threw to the
corner of the end zone as the
clock expired, where Tate
wrestled with M.D. Jennings
for possession. It’s called a
touchdown, and after a long
review the ruling stands.
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