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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
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PENDLETON
Bucks bring momentum into home opener
Pendleton preparing for
Redmond’s run-heavy offense
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton wide reciever Nick Lani carries the ball
during a game against Hermiston at Round-Up Stadi-
um to close out the 2015 season. The Buckaroos host
Redmond for their 2016 home opener on Friday.
HERMISTON
A boom box blaring
hip hop hits from the last
decade at midfi eld, a lighter
mood permeated Pendleton’s
Tuesday football practice
as it prepared for its home
opener against Redmond.
After
snapping
a
two-game losing streak with
a fourth-quarter comeback
to beat Ridgeview 29-25,
the Buckaroos (2-2, 1-1
Special District 1) were
enjoying their fi rst practice
at Round-Up Stadium, where
they’ll host the Panthers (1-3,
1-1) on Friday at 7 p.m.
“It makes practice a little
better when you come off a
win, and the way we won
that game at Ridgeview, it
evokes some emotions and
gets the kids fi red up,” said
Pendleton coach Erik Davis
of a game that featured three
Football
Redmond
Pendleton
Panthers
Buckaroos
(1-3, 1-1)
(2-2, 1-1)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Round-Up Stadium
• Radio: KTIX 1240 AM
lead changes in the fi nal four
minutes. “So we’re going to
try and ride that high a little
bit and have a great week of
practice, get down here in the
Round-Up grounds. This is
the fi rst time we’ve stepped
foot on it all year and so
we’re excited to play on our
home fi eld.”
Pendleton will be looking
to avoid another letdown
coming off a win, and senior
running back Deven Page
said the team has learned its
lesson.
“After the La Grande
game (in Week 1), we got a
lot of confi dence from that
win and let up in practice,”
he said. “It didn’t work out
too well the next couple
Fridays.”
Page is coming off a
season-high 132 yards on the
ground against Ridgeview,
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Bulldogs
hoping to get
back on track
Hermiston
needing wins
to keep playoff
hopes alive
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
When the Hermiston
Bulldogs hit the practice
fi eld on Monday, they
were frustrated.
It was the fi rst day back
on the fi eld after Friday’s
tough 27-14 loss at home
to Summit, a game which
the Bulldogs thought they
had done everything right
in their preparation and
gameplanning to pull off
the upset. But a few missed
coverages on defense
combined with a lackluster
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Hermiston Hood River
Bulldogs
Eagles
(1-3, 1-1)
(0-4, 0-2)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Henderson Stadium
• Radio: KOHU 1360 AM
performance in the passing
game on offense led to the
team’s third loss in the fi rst
four games.
“Back and forth, we
had inconsistency in our
routes and coverages
whether it be speed or
where our landmarks are,”
senior Tyler Rohrman
said following Tuesday’s
practice, “so that’s just
easy stuff we have to fi x at
practice this week.
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MLB
Astros use big sixth
inning to beat M’s
Seattle two games out of Wild Card
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
Associated Press
HOUSTON — George Springer had three hits,
including a two-run double during a six-run sixth inning,
and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle
Mariners 8-4 on Tuesday night.
The victory leaves Seattle two games
behind Baltimore for the second AL
Seattle
wild card and cuts Houston’s defi cit in
the race to 2 1/2 games.
The Astros got fi ve hits off Felix
Hernandez (11-7) in the sixth, but only
two of the six runs scored in the inning
were earned because of two errors.
Houston
The game was tied when Springer
shot a ground-rule double to right fi eld
that made it 6-4. A two-run single by
Marwin Gonzalez, which sailed just out
of reach of a lunging Hernandez, chased the pitcher and
left Houston up 8-4.
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton keeper Uliyana Guerro makes a save during Tuesday’s game against Hood River at Blue Mountain
Community College.
Pendleton taking lumps, notes
Buckaroo girls
continue building
season with loss
to Hood River
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Buckaroos were treating
Tuesday’s Columbia River
Conference opener against
the top-scoring team in 5A
girls soccer as a learning
opportunity.
With a roster populated
mostly by sophomores,
Pendleton’s winless season
continued against the expe-
rienced Hood River Valley
Eagles with an 8-0 loss at
Blue Mountain Community
College.
It matched Pendleton’s
largest loss of the season but
Buckaroos coach Paul Parker
said these types of games
are necessary to the team’s
progress.
“With any young team
you hate see them take
lumps, but at the same time
they have to take lumps,” he
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hailey Kendrick (5), of Pendleton, and Claire Davies (13),
of Hood River, struggle for control of the ball during
Tuesday’s game at Blue Mountain Community College.
said. “If you don’t play tough
teams you can’t improve.”
Hood River (5-3, 1-0
CRC) pushed its season
goal total to 37 and led 7-0
at halftime, but Parker said
the difference between the
Bucks (0-5, 0-1) may not
be as big as the scoreboard
would suggest.
“We seem to be doing the
right things, we’re just not
doing them as fast as some of
these top teams,” he said.
Pendleton’s next game
is a non-league match-up at
BMCC against Mac-Hi on
Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
HERMISTON 5, THE
DALLES 1 — At Hermiston,
the Bulldogs ended their four
game losing streak with a
win over The Dalles in their
league opener on Tuesday
afternoon at Kennison Field.
Hermiston (4-4, 1-0 CRC)
didn’t score its fi rst goal until
the 34th minute when Shae-
lynn Gilbert found the back
of the net and added on four
minutes later when Quinn
Latham blasted a goal for the
2-0 Bulldog lead that would
hold until halftime.
After the 20 minute break,
Latham found the back of
the net for the second time
just one minute in to give her
team a 3-0 lead. Hermiston
added two more goals later in
the half from Makayla Akers
and Alysia Garcia as well.
Hermiston next hosts
Century on Friday at 4:30
p.m. at Kennison Field.
BOYS SOCCER
HOOD
RIVER
8,
PENDLETON 0 — At
Hood River, the Pendleton
Buckaroos were shut out by
the defending state champion
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Sports shorts
Dempsey to miss remainder of 2016
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Sounders
forward Clint Dempsey will miss the remainder
of the 2016 MLS season due to an irregular
heartbeat that has sidelined him since August.
Seattle general manger Garth Lagerwey
announced the decision on Dempsey on
Tuesday. Lagerwey said the main
objective is to take away any
pressure Dempsey may feel about
trying to return this year and give
him time to address his condition.
The decision also rules out
Dempsey from consideration for
a pair of World Cup qualifying
Dempsey
matches for the U.S. in November,
including one with Mexico on Nov. 11.
Dempsey is in his fourth season with the
Sounders and has eight goals and two assists this
year. Seattle is in seventh place in the Western
Conference, three points behind Portland for the
fi nal playoff spot.
“Everybody knew he
was crazy about that
boat and loved being
out on the water. I told
him I couldn’t go out
that night because I had
the kids and my wife
waiting for me.“
— Marcell Ozuna
Miami Marlins outfi elder re-
counting the night leading up to
boating death of teammate Jose
Fernandez. Ozuna said he and
at least two other teammates
turned down invitations to join
Fernandez and tried to discour-
age him from going out.
Los Angeles forward Nneka
Ogwumike wins WNBA MVP
NEW YORK (AP) Nneka Ogwumike is the
WNBA Most Valuable Player.
The league announced Tuesday that the
Los Angeles Sparks forward received 31 of
the 39 fi rst-place votes from a national media
panel. She shot a league-best
66.5 percent from the fi eld, the
second highest mark all-time. She
averaged a career-best 19.7 points
and 9.1 rebounds to help Los
Angeles secure the second best
record in the league.
New York’s Tina Charles
Ogwumike
fi nished second, getting the other
eight fi rst-place votes. She was followed by
Minnesota’s Maya Moore and Chicago’s
Elena Delle Donne in the voting.
Ogwumike is the third Sparks player to
receive the award, joining Lisa Leslie and
Candace Parker.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1920 — A Chicago grand
jury indicts eight members
of the Chicago White Sox on
charges of fi xing the 1919
World Series, known as the
“Black Sox Scandal.”
1976 — Muhammad Ali
wins a unanimous 15-round
decision over Ken Norton in
New York to retain his world
heavyweight title.
2012 — Homer Bailey
of the Cincinnati Reds
throws the season’s seventh
no-hitter, beating the Pitts-
burgh Pirates 1-0. The seven
no-hitters match the modern
record (since 1900) for one
season, tying 1990 and 1991.
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