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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, October 1, 2016 BUCKAROOS: Hit the road again to Mountain View next Friday Continued from 1B touchdowns and sent Pend- leton (2-3, 1-2 SD1) away with some wounds to lick. “I’ve been saying all year if we stay healthy we’re going to be OK, and I think it’s a byproduct of playing a couple smash-mouth teams week after week and it just wears on you. And we got wore down,” Pendleton coach Erik Davis said. Panthers defensive lineman Mario Nonato was a thorn in Pendleton’s side all game and intercepted a short pass from Nick Bower on the irst play from scrimmage to set up a quick score by Redmond when running back Cooger Smith took a direct snap and ran 15 yards untouched to the end zone just 25 seconds into the game. The Bucks answered right back on their next offensive play when Bower stepped up in the pocket to evade the Panthers rush, then scrambled to his right before inding Cameron Sandford all alone behind the defense for a 65-yard catch and run. The extra point from Sebaztian Corona made it 7-7, and the teams then traded rushing touchdowns to make it 14-14 after the irst quarter. Pendleton forced the game’s irst punt on Redmond’s third offensive series, and then went 85 yards in just eight plays to take the lead on a 19-yard Deven Page run up the middle behind a solid wall of blockers. Page inished with a 9.4-yard-per-carry average on 10 rushes, but had to leave the game with a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter. The Panthers never linched, and a pair of runs by Colton Mortensen for 73 yards highlighted their next possession, which ended with Smith burrowing through the line for his irst touchdown of the game. “They ran a good counter early, and then towards the end of the game they just played tough,” said Pendleton linebacker Grant Kennedy. “We were not as physical as they were and that’s what caused the differ- ence.” Pendleton’s next drive stalled near midield when Bower was sacked with 52 seconds left in the irst half, and Redmond didn’t put anybody back to return the punt. There would be no return, though, and Nonato came tearing around the right side of the line to block the punt and cover it at Pendleton’s 41. Four straight running plays and a penalty brought Redmond down to Pend- leton’s six, where Bunker Parrish hit Tyson Hester for Deven Page (44), of Pend- leton, jumps high in an at- tempt to escape Red- mond’s Colten Morten- son (22) and Mario Nona- to (65) at the Round- Up Arena. Staff photo by Kathy Aney what would end up being the winning score with :08 showing on the clock. Pendleton forced Redmond to go three-and-out on its irst possession in the third quarter, but couldn’t move the ball either and was forced to punt after Nonato chased down Bower for a loss of 13 on 3rd-and-ive. The defensive units continued to shine as Shaw Jerome scooped up a fumble to end Redmond’s next drive, then Smith stepped in front of a Bower pass over the middle for interception to answer. The teams then traded punts before the Panthers offense inally got something going. Redmond came into the game averaging 49 rushes per contest, and hit that on the head again on Friday for an average of 8 yards a carry, which opened up a couple of deep passes up the middle for Parrish. In the irst half he hit Brady Daniels for a 48-yarder that advance their second scoring drive, and then in the second half he found Hester on a nearly identical play for a 42-yard touchdown that made it 35-21 after the extra point. Parrish inished 3-of-6 passing for 96 yards with two touchdowns, and picked up the bulk of his game-high 127 rushing yards on a 93-yard gasser in the fourth quarter when he wriggled through the Pendleton line and popped out into open grass. He didn’t score on the play, but Smith ran in his second his touchdown, and the kick made it 42-21 with 9:36 left in the game. Pendleton was deter- mined to make a comeback, but it wasn’t to be with Page sidelined and Bower struggling to connect as the Panthers quit blitzing and dropped eight into the secondary. Bower was 9-of-15 for 156 yards in the irst half, but inished just 12-of-29 with 161 yards and three interceptions, although one of those was on a Hail Mary at the end of the second quarter. “I thought I was going to get more (blitzing) up the middle, I kind of got more edge pressure, but they were good at mixing it up and keeping us on our toes,” Bower said. “We just didn’t really execute, and that starts with me as the quarterback and extends to the team. I’ve got to execute better, especially, and play four full quarters and just play a better game.” Bower was also working without his full range of weapons due to injuries at wide receiver. “My playbook shrunk considerably in the second half when I had kids go down with cramps and injuries,” Davis said, estimating he had 10 sophomores see the ield. “That’s great for them to get the experience, tough to move the football against a good varsity team.” Pendleton will need to bounce back quickly to remain in the SD1 playoff hunt, but could be short a few bodies as they prepare for next week’s game at Mountain View. Along with Page’s shoulder injury, receivers Sandford and Jerome were dinged in the loss, and receiver Nick Lani continued to experience leg cramps which has been an ongoing issue. “We’re going to have a doctor come up next week and just kind of double check everybody and make sure if there are any concussions or if there are any issues at all,” Davis said. “We take that very seriously, but we’ve just got to re-evaluate who we’ve got because we’re beat up right now. But I don’t think in the long run that’s going to affect us because our kids are pretty tough.” Pendleton play at Moun- tain View on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. PREPS: Echo runs over Wallowa, Heppner rolls to 21st straight league win Continued from 1B great between the tackles ... Culver tried to stack the box, but we just wore them down in the second half.” Running back Thyler Monkus led Stanield (5-0, 1-0 CBC) with 149 rushing yards and three touchdowns on just eight carries, while quarterback Dylan Grogan added three more touch- downs and 97 rushing yards on 10 carries. When it was over, Stanield had ive different players with touchdowns. Their numerous weapons from the skill positions on offense is part of the reason why Stanield is so dangerous. “It allows us to keep fresh legs in during the game ... so we don’t have to run Dylan and Thyler 20 times each half,” Salas said. “We’re a well-conditioned team and in the third and fourth quarters when teams are wearing down we’re still going strong.” Stanield next travels to Weston-McEwen next Friday at 7 p.m. HEPPNER 49, WESTON-MCEWEN 6 — At Heppner, the Mustangs outgained the TigerScots 420-149 to extend their Columbia Basin Conference win streak to 21 games with the 49-6 win on Friday night. Weston-McEwen (1-4, 0-1) scored on its irst possession of the game when Kirk Scott connected with Justin Humble on a 46 yard touchdown pass to put the TigerScots up 6-0. But from that point on, it was all Heppner, starting with its defense. The Mustangs unit caused plenty of headaches for the TigerScots. Led by Kevin Murray (11 tackles), Heppner registered 11 tackles for loss and three sacks, negating a total of 54 yards in the process. “Defensively we really stepped up. We tackled well, we were disciplined and just did our jobs, which was really satisfying,” Heppner coach Greg Grant said. “And their effort set up our offense.” For Heppner (4-1, 1-0 CBC), senior Logan Grieb and junior Coby Daugherty were the stars of the game, combining for seven total touchdowns. Grieb ran for 111 yards on 11 carries with two scores and also hauled in four catches for 91 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Daugherty ran for a season- high 149 yards on 11 carries with three touchdowns. It was also a breakout game of sorts for quarterback Kevin Smith, who completed 9-17 passes for 130 yards and a pair of scores. MARINERS: Iwakuma starts Saturday’s game Continued from 1B a 2-0 lead in the irst after a leadoff inield single by Aoki. Aoki made it 3-0 in the second with his fourth homer just inside the right ield foul pole. Cano opened the third with another home run to center and Cruz followed with his 42nd homer to make it 5-0. The A’s loaded the bases in the ifth on two walks and a two-out error by second baseman Cano, but Walker retired Stephen Vogt on a popout. Zach Neal came on for Alcantara with one aboard in the third and retired all 15 batters he faced. TRAINER’S ROOM Athletics: RF Danny Valencia was originally in the lineup, but was a late scratch due to neck sore- ness. Matt Olson started in right. UPON FURTHER REVIEW There was a crew chief review of Cruz’s home run, which barely cleared the outstretched glove of center ielder Jake Smolinksi at the top of the wall, but then bounced back onto the ield. The call was upheld after a review estimated at 2 minutes and 21 seconds. M A R I N E R S COMPLETE TRADE Seattle sent minor league inielder Tim Lopes to Toronto to complete the Aug. 6 trade for reliever Pat Venditte. Lopes, 22, hit .284 with one home run and 49 RBIs with Double-A Jackson of the Southern League. Venditte, who pitches with either hand, is 0-0 with a 7.15 ERA in six appearances with Seattle. UP NEXT Athletics: Rookie RHP Jharel Cotton (2-0, 1.44 ERA) makes his ifth career start since being called up from Triple-A Nashville on Sept. 7. He has not allowed more than one earned run in any of his four starts, lasting at least 5 2/3 innings in each. Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (16-12, 3.96 ERA) has been Seattle’s most consistent pitcher over the course of the season. His 16 victories are a career high, but he is 2-5 in his last eight starts. Iwakuma is 4-0 against Oakland this season. “Kevin had a great game,” Grant said. “He was he efi- cient, made some accurate throws and was quick in his decision making.” Jacob Speed was the leading rusher for Weston- McEwen with 39 yards on 10 carries and Logan Bates added 30 yards on two carries. Scott also completed 3-5 passes for 51 yards and one touchdown. Heppner next hosts Pilot Rock on Friday at 7 p.m. and Weston-McEwen will host Stanield on Friday at 7 p.m. as well. ECHO 52, WALLOWA 26 — At Echo, the Cougars overcame a slow start in the irst half and used a big third quarter to run away with a win over Wallowa on Friday night. “It’s a big win for us,” Echo coach Rick Thew said. “We’ve been pushed around by Wallowa the last few years, and it felt good to win one like this after a tough game last week.” After trailing 12-6 at the end of the irst quarter, Echo (2-2, 1-1 SD1) outscored Wallowa 14-6 in the second to take a 20-18 lead into the break. And in the third quarter, Echo was able to open the game up and scored 26 points to hold a 46-18 lead at the end of three. “We had our two best linemen out, so it took us a bit to get our connections down,” Thew said of the slow start. “But once we settled in, the boys felt the momentum shifting and kept getting better and better. “Then in the third quarter, the boys had the mentality to go all-out, and they followed through.” Quarterback Devan Craig had a big game for Echo with 158 passing yards and three touchdowns to go with 146 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Echo will next travel to Powder Valley on Friday for a 7 p.m. start. ARLINGTON 37, IONE 8 — At Ione, the Arlington Honkers kept their hot start to the season going with a win over Ione to stay unbeaten on Friday night. Ione (0-5, 0-3 SD4) coach Todd Knop said that turnovers played a big part in his team’s lack of success in scoring the football on Friday. “We moved the ball really well, got in the red zone a few times, but we fumbled three times, lost all three, and had an interception going into the end zone,” he said. Knop said one fumble in particular was a backbreaker for the team, as it came with Ione trailing just 6-0 early in the irst quarter. Ione had a perfect pass play to a wide-open receiver, but the receiver fumbled the ball immediately after catching it, which swung the momentum back into Arlington’s favor. “Honestly, I think this game may have played a little differently if we don’t fumble there and get a score instead,” Knop said, “we just made too many mistakes.” Arlington next plays at Dufur next Friday and Ione will travel to Perrydale for 7 p.m. starts. VOLLEYBALL ECHO 3, WALLOWA 0 — At Echo, the Cougars rebounded from Thursday’s loss with a quick victory over Wallowa on Friday, winning 25-8, 25-23, 25-19. Echo (18-5, 7-2 OOL) hosts Joseph today at 1 p.m. ARLINGTON 3, IONE 0 — At Ione, the Honkers made quick work of the Cardinals on Friday, winning 25-17, 25-18, 25-23 to stay unbeaten in Big Sky League action. Arlington (12-1, 9-0 BSL) travels to Condon/Wheeler on Tuesday and Ione (6-11, 4-5) heads to Mitchell/Spray on Tuesday. BURNS 3, IRRIGON 0 — At Irrigon, the Knights dropped their irst Eastern Oregon League contest of the year as Burns won 25-9, 25-20, 25-15 on Friday afternoon. Irrigon (14-8, 2-1 EOL) next has a doubleheader today with Vale at 10 a.m. and Nyssa at 2 p.m. From Thursday STANFIELD 3, HEPPNER 2 — At Stan- ield, the Tigers won the deciding ifth game 15-7 to snap a ive-game skid and pick up their irst Columbia Basin Conference win of the season on Thursday. The teams alternated the irst four games 18-25, 26-24, 16-25, 25-16 with Stanield (3-9, 1-3 CBC) taking the second and fourth. Shyanne Connell sparked the Tigers’ win with six aces, 24 assists and three kills, and Kenzie Gonzalez had a team- high eight kills. Kendra Hart added seven more kills, and Brittin Braithwaite chipped in four kills and a team-high ive blocks. Maya Gadsden also had four kills. Both teams are back in action on Tuesday with home matches at 6:30 p.m. Stanield hosts Pilot Rock and Heppner (10-10, 0-4) takes on Culver. ——— Report game scores and statistics to sports@ eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0838. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP VOLLEYBALL Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Westview Tournament, 8:30 a.m. Pine Eagle at Helix, 10 a.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, Noon Nyssa at Riverside, Noon Vale at Irrigon, Noon Ione at Condon/Wheeler, 1 p.m. Burns at Umatilla, 1 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 1 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 5 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday Umatilla at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Riverside at City Christian, 1 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Saturday Mac-Hi at Baker, 2 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 5 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Today Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Today Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley, Noon Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Prep Scores Football 5A Special District 1 Friday Redmond 49, Pendleton 21 Hermiston 36, Hood River 6 Bend 51, Ridgeview 7 Summit 29, Mountain View 14 4A Greater Oregon League Friday Ontario 41, Baker 0 The Dalles at La Grande,late Mac-Hi vs BYE 3A Eastern Oregon League Friday Vale 13, Nyssa 12 Burns 40, Umatilla 14 Irrigon 27, Riverside 6 2A Columbia Basin Conference Friday Stanield 62, Culver 21 Heppner 44, Weston-McEwen 6 Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. 1A Special District 1 Friday Crane 70, Harper/Huntington 6 Pine Eagle 62, Cove 26 Echo 52, Wallowa 26 Powder Valley 64, Joseph 6 Adrian vs BYE Jordan Valley vs BYE 1A Special District 4 Friday Arlington 37, Ione 8 Sherman 30, Dufur 24 South Wasco at Perrydale, late Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler vs BYE Football NFL Thursday’s Game Cincinnati 22, Miami 7 Sunday’s Games Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville (at London), 6:30 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m. Seattle at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Washington, 10 a.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Denver at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. New Orleans at San Diego, 1:25 p.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3 N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Thursday’s Game No. 6 Houston 42, Connecticut 14 Friday’s Game No. 10 Washington 44, No. 7 Stanford 6 Today’s Games No. 23 Florida at Vanderbilt, 9 a.m. No. 13 Baylor at Iowa State, 9 a.m. (FS1) Alcorn State at No. 20 Arkansas, 9 a.m. No. 22 Texas at Oklahoma State, 9 a.m. (ABC) Rutgers at No. 2 Ohio State, 9 a.m. No. 14 Miami at Georgia Tech, 9 a.m. (ESPN2) North Carolina at No. 12 Florida State, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 4 Michigan, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Illinois at No. 15 Nebraska, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN2) No. 11 Tennessee at No. 25 Georgia, 12:30 p.m. (CBS) No. 9 Texas A&M at South Carolina, 1 p.m. Oklahoma at No. 21 TCU, 2 p.m. (FOX) No. 18 Utah at California, 3 p.m. (PAC12) Memphis at NO. 16 Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Kentucky at No. 1 Alabama, 4 p.m. (ESPN) No. 19 San Diego State at South Ala- bama, 5 p.m. (ESPNNews) No. 3 Louisville at No. 5 Clemson, 5 p.m. (ABC) No. 17 Michigan State at Indiana, 5 p.m. Utah State at No. 24 Boise State, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN2) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB x-Boston 93 67 .581 — Baltimore 88 72 .550 5 Toronto 87 73 .544 6 New York 83 77 .519 10 Tampa Bay 66 94 .413 27 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 92 67 .579 — Detroit 86 73 .541 6 Kansas City 81 79 .506 11½ Chicago 78 82 .488 14½ Minnesota 57 103 .356 35½ West Division W L Pct GB x-Texas 95 65 .594 — Seattle 86 74 .538 9 Houston 83 77 .519 12 Los Angeles 73 87 .456 22 Oakland 67 93 .419 28 x-clinched division ——— Friday’s Games Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 1 Boston 5, Toronto 3 Detroit 6, Atlanta 2 Texas 3, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 7, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 7, Houston 1 Seattle 5, Oakland 1 Saturday’s Games Baltimore (Miley 9-13) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 3-8), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 12-8) at Kansas City (Volquez 10-11), 1:15 p.m. Detroit (Zimmermann 9-6) at Atlanta (Blair 1-7), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Santiago 12-10) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 6-18), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Happ 20-4) at Boston (Rodri- guez 3-7), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 9-6) at Texas (Lewis 6-4), 5:05 p.m. Houston (McHugh 12-10) at L.A. Angels (Chacin 5-8), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (Cotton 2-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 16-12), 6:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB x-Washington 93 67 .581 — New York 86 74 .538 7 Miami 79 80 .497 13½ Philadelphia 70 90 .438 23 Atlanta 66 93 .415 26½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Chicago 102 57 .642 — St. Louis 84 76 .525 18½ Pittsburgh 78 81 .491 24 Milwaukee 71 89 .444 31½ Cincinnati 67 93 .419 35½ West Division W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 91 69 .569 — San Francisco 85 75 .531 6 Colorado 75 85 .469 16 San Diego 68 92 .425 23 Arizona 67 93 .419 24 x-clinched division ——— Friday’s Games Miami 7, Washington 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 1 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 3 Detroit 6, Atlanta 2 Colorado 4, Milwaukee 1 St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 0 Arizona 5, San Diego 3 San Francisco 9, L.A. Dodgers 3 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Colon 14-8) at Philadelphia (Klein 0-1), 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh (Kuhl 5-4) at St. Louis (Wacha 7-7), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-3) at San Francisco (Suarez 3-5), 1:05 p.m. Miami (Chen 5-4) at Washington (Roark 15-10), 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 19-4) at Cincinnati (Adleman 3-4), 1:10 p.m. Detroit (Zimmermann 9-6) at Atlanta (Blair 1-7), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Peralta 7-11) at Colorado (Hoffman 0-4), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Richard 3-3) at Arizona (Brad- ley 7-9), 5:10 p.m. WILD CARD STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct GB Baltimore 88 72 .550 +1 Toronto 87 72 .544 — Detroit 86 73 .541 ½ Seattle 86 74 .538 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE W New York 86 San Francisco 85 St. Louis 84 L 74 75 76 Pct GB .538 +1 .531 — .525 1
