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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, October 5, 2016 VOLLEYBALL: Errors piled up down the stretch for Hermiston Continued from 1B mindset, we were ready to win and we knew we had to win,” said Pendleton junior Maureen Davies, who put forth a big 14-kill perfor- mance on Tuesday. “It’s a great feeling to just get on the loor and sweep our rival, especially after losing the last time.” In the irst set, Pendleton and Hermiston traded points and got out to a 7-7 tie. But Pendleton rolled out of the tie by taking seven of the next eight points to jump to a 14-8 lead and force a Hermiston timeout. Out of the timeout, Pendleton kept its foot on the gas and kept pushing until they earned point number 25 for the victory. Hermiston inally started to show some ight in the second set, answering every Pendleton scoring run with one of their own as well as working well up front with numerous blocks. After trading points for most of the set, Hermiston inally built a lead 21-18 and worked its way to a set-point with a two-point cushion, but it just wasn’t enough on that night. Pendleton earned two-straight points on a pair of long possessions between the teams to work the tie and then rolled for two more and the victory. “That’s something we’ve been working on ... being able to see that if we’re falling short, we need to come back and push harder,” Lapp said. “If you don’t think you can, you need to switch it immediately, thinking ‘I can go the extra’ and the girls did that tonight and we saw results.” Pendleton worked from behind in the inal set as well, as Hermiston came out of the gates swinging its way to a 10-5 lead. But hitting errors and serving errors began piling up for the Bulldogs down the stretch, constantly swinging momentum back into Buckaroo favor. Pend- leton eventually turned their 10-5 deicit into a 17-13 lead and had the packed stands at Warberg Court on its feet. But Hermiston wasn’t ready to wave the white lag. The Bulldogs again answered Pendleton’s run with one of their own, working their way into a 22-20 advantage. But four points later, the momentum went back into Pendleton’s favor. On a play that orig- inally awarded a point to Hermiston on a hit out of bounds by Pendleton, the call was discussed by two oficials and changed to a delection off Hermiston and awarded the point to Pendleton, tying the game at 23-23 instead of a Hermiston Herm- iston’s Ebony Wilson and Sophia Streeter (13) go up to block a shot from Pend- leton’s Maureen Davies in the Bucks’ 3-0 win against the Bull- dogs on Tuesday in Pend- leton. 24-22 lead. And the Bucks didn’t give it up this time as back- to-back kills by Davies ended the game with a 25-23 Pendleton win. “Our back row was getting is straight to our setters, and the setters were putting up some great sets that really just helped us hitters out,” Davies said. “It really helped us drive and get better.” Lapp pointed out Aspen Garton (12 assists) and Haley Greb (ive kills) as other Buckaroo standouts. Leading the way for Hermiston in the game was Ebony Wilson (nine kills), Sophia Streeter (5 kills), and Clarissa Nitz (20 assists, 11 digs). ——— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. Staff photo by E.J. Harris SOCCER: Eagles-Dawgs rematch set for Oct. 18 Continued from 1B Hermiston had the lead after a set play at the top of the box. Following a Hood River foul in the 60th minute, Mark Mejia passed to Freddy Rodriguez on the right side of the arc, who then took a touch to create space before lacing low drive into the left corner of the net. The Eagles didn’t wait long to answer, though, and Magana got the equalizer when he used his chest to delect a cross past Herm- iston’s last line of defense and then nudged the ball around a sliding Antonio Campos. Ten minutes later it was Magana crossing to Jorge Campos, who arrived at the ball a split second before Hermiston’s keeper and defender. “We kind of go into nothing-to-lose mode,” said Hood River coach Jaime Rivera. “I think the guys play a little more luidly, and just more aggressive. That happens, we’ve been down a goal a couple times this season and we’ve done a good job of coming back.” Hood River out-shot Hermiston 20-8, with eight shots on goal to the Bull- dogs’ three. One of Herm- iston’s more frustrating misses was a shot off the post during a 2-on-1 in the ifth minute. “It’s been a little bit tough, we haven’t quite seen a team of their caliber yet this season, at least not in awhile if we have,” Harshberger said. “And so this was a good kind of refocus call for us as, ‘OK, this is what it takes.’ “We’ll review and take a look and look back on it, get a couple hours between us and the game, and we’ll see what we can do. This is a beatable team, and we’ve got what it takes to compete with them.” The Bulldogs will get their next shot at the Eagles on Oct. 18 in a game at Hood River. Hermiston’s next game is Monday when it hosts Pendleton at 4:30 p.m. ——— HRV 0 2 — 2 HHS 0 1 — 1 Goals 60’ — HHS Freddy Rodriguez (Mark Mejia) 62’ — HRV Noe Magana 72’ — HRV Jorge Campos (Noe Magana) Saves — HRV Travis Running, 2; HHS Antonio Campos, 6. Shots-shots on goal — HRV 20-8; HHS 8-3. BUCKAROOS: DAWGS: Dayshawn Neal expected to play after Continued from 1B Gregory Connor. Hermiston’s defense gave up a season-low six points to Hood River, and safety Joe Gutierrez said it’s going to take another disci- plined effort to have similar success Friday. “Just playing us, playing our defensive game and not letting them get what they want and just setting the tone up front with what we can do,” he said of his keys to the game. “Our defense brings a lot of intensity to the game and a lot of passion, and if we get going the offense is going to get going. We’re kind of the spark plug for them.” Ridgeview, which lost to Bend 51-7 last week, is allowing 34.4 points a week and gave up 269 yards rushing to the Lava Bears. “We went out and ran for 250 last week with multiple rushers and that’s really what we want to do is run the ball to set up the pass,” said Faaeteete. “But also we’re going to take the match-ups that we like and take what they give us.” STORYLINES FOR HERMISTON GETTING HEALTHY: Faaeteete expects his running game to get a boost this week with the entire offensive line inally back playing together after players missed time with various ailments in recent weeks. Also back this week is big-play wide receiver Dayshawn Neal, who missed last week’s game due to illness. STAY CONSISTENT: The Bulldogs feel like if they can just come out and not make mistakes, their talent should win out on Friday. “It’s just consistency. We’ve got to block, catch, run, inish,” Ramirez said. “That’s our biggest key right now is inish and be consistent.” MCLEOD FACES OLD MATES: Senior linebacker Damian McLeod transferred to Hermiston from Ridgeview this year, and Faaeteete said he’s excited to see line up across from his old teammates. “He’s eager to have an opportunity to play against some friends,” he said. “He’s excited about it, and our seniors are too because it’s their last homecoming. I don’t think a lot of them realize it yet.” ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Mac-Hi at Ontario, 6 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. Ridgeview at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Pendleton at Mountain View, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Vale, 7 p.m. Ione at Perrydale, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock vs. Heppner, 7 p.m. Stanield at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Thursday Pendleton at La Grande, 7 p.m. Riverside at Irrigon, 5 p.m. Stanield at Umatilla, 6:30 p.m. Sherman at Arlington, 5 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 5 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Culver, 4 p.m. Heppner at Piot Rock, 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 5 p.m. Friday Arlington at Dufur, 5 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Thursday La Grande at Pendleton, 4 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Thursday Pendleton at La Grande, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 4:15 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Richland (WA), TBD Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen, Helix, Umatil- la at La Grande, TBD COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at MSU-Northern, 5 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 6 p.m. Friday Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Northwest Christian, 7 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Saturday Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Today Blue Mountain at Spokane, 2 p.m. Football NFL Thursday, Oct. 6 Arizona at San Francisco, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New England at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Miami, 10 a.m. Houston at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Washington at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 Tampa Bay at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Baseball MLB Playoff Glance WILD CARD Tuesday: Toronto 5, Baltimore 2, 11 innings TODAY: San Francisco (Bumgarner 15-9) at New York (Syndergaard 14-9), 5:09 p.m. (ESPN) DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Texas vs. Baltimore-Toronto winner Thursday, Oct. 6: Baltimore-Toronto winner at Texas, 1:38 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 7: Baltimore-Toronto winner at Texas, 10:08 a.m. (TBS) Sunday, Oct. 9: Texas at Baltimore-Toron- to winner, 4:38 p.m. (TBS) Cleveland vs. Boston Thursday, Oct. 6: Boston (Porcello 22-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 12-8), 5:08 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 7: Boston (Price 17-9) at Cleveland (Kluber 18-9), 1:38 p.m. (TBS) Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland (Tomlin 13-9) at Boston, 1:08 p.m. (TBS) National League Chicago vs. San Francisco-New York winner Friday, Oct. 7: San Francisco-New York winner at Chicago, 6:15 p.m. (FS1) Saturday, Oct. 8: San Francisco-New York winner at Chicago, 5:08 p.m. (MLB) Monday, Oct. 10: Chicago at San Francis- co-New York winner, TBA (FS1 or MLB) Washington vs. Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles (Kershaw 12-4) at Washington (Scherzer 20-7), 2:38 p.m. (FS1) Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles (Hill 12-5) at Washington, 1:08 p.m. (FS1) Monday, Oct. 10: Washington at Los Angeles (Maeda 16-10), TBA (FS1 or MLB) Basketball WNBA Playoff glance Third Round (Best-of-5) (x-if necessary) Minnesota 3, Phoenix 0 Wednesday, Sept. 28: Minnesota 113, Phoenix 95 Friday, Sept. 30: Minnesota 96, Phoenix 86 Sunday, Oct. 2: Minnesota 82, Phoenix 67 Los Angeles 3, Chicago 1 Wednesday, Sept. 28: Los Angeles 95, Chicago 75 Friday, Sept. 30: Los Angeles 99, Chicago 84 Sunday, Oct. 2: Chicago 70, Los Angeles 66 Tuesday: Los Angeles 95, Chicago 75 Finals (Best-of-5) Minnesota vs. Los Angeles Sunday, Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Minneso- ta, 12 p.m. (TV: ABC) Tuesday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles at Minne- sota, 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14: Minnesota at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 16: Minnesota at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 20: Los Angeles at Minnesota, 5 p.m. NBA Preseason Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 92, Boston 89 Miami 106, Washington 95 Indiana 113, New Orleans 96 Houston 130, New York 103 L.A. Laker 103, Sacramento 84 Golden State 120, L.A. Clippers 75 Today’s Games Oklahoma City at FC Barcelona, 11:30 a.m. Orlando at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MLS Saturday Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m. NWSL Semiinals Friday, Sept. 30 Washington 2, Chicago 1, ET Sunday, Oct. 2 Western New York 4, Portland 3, ET Championship Sunday, Oct. 9 Washington vs. Western New York, 2 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Standings Through Oct. 2 (Round of 12) 1. Martin Truex Jr, 3000. 2. Kyle Busch, 3000. 3. Brad Keselowski, 3000. 4. Kevin Harvick, 3000. 5. Denny Hamlin, 3000. 6. Jimmie Johnson, 3000. 7. Matt Kenseth, 3000. 8. Carl Edwards, 3000. 9. Kurt Busch, 3000. 10. Joey Logano, 3000. 11. Austin Dillon, 3000. 12. Chase Elliott, 3000. -Missed the cut 13. Tony Stewart, 2074. 14. Kyle Larson, 2073. 15. Jamie McMurray, 2053. 16. Chris Buescher, 2045. Upcoming Schedule Saturday, Oct. 8 — Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway. (TV: NBC, 4 p.m.) Sunday, Oct. 16 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway. (TV: NBC, 11:15 a.m.) Sunday, Oct. 23 — Alabama 500, Tallede- ga, SuperSpeedway. (TV: NBCSN, 11 a.m.) Rodeo PRCA Leaders Through Oct. 2 All-around 1. Junior Nogueira, Burleson, Texas $123,786 2. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $116,603 3. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. $109,694 4. Clay Smith, Bowie, Texas $104,809 5. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore. $100,233 6. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas $97,319 7. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas $89,969 8. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. $85,127 9. Shay Carroll, Prineville, Ore. $84,076 10. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah $81,497 Bareback Riding 1. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa $178,964 2. Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba $138,296 3. Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah $132,494 4. Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn. $112,684 5. R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif. $104,678 6. Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. $96,295 7. Evan Jayne, Marseille, France $81,581 8. Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif. $76,872 9. Jake Brown, Hillsboro, Texas $76,154 10. Jake Vold, Ponoka, Alberta $74,821 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Shaw Jerome (5) gains long yardage during Friday night’s game against the Redmond Pan- thers at the Round-Up Arena with protection from Gene Parsons (7) and Kirk Liscom (21). Steer Wrestling 1. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. $92,942 2. Jason Thomas, Benton, Ark. $90,637 3. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La. $85,458 4. J.D. Struxness, Appleton, Minn. $84,435 5. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas $82,323 6. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. $81,951 7. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $71,397 8. Jacob Talley, Keatchie, La. $71,033 9. Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis. $68,821 10. Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah $68,405 Saddle Bronc Riding 1. Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas $172,304 2. CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah $130,7052 3. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah $117,942 4. Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta $105,046 5. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah $91,524 6. Heith DeMoss, Helin, La. $85,333 7. Cody DeMoss, Helin, La. $84,768 8. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta $80,048 9. Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah $77,289 10. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah $76,116 Tie-down Roping 1. Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas $125,523 2. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas $108,539 3. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. $93,400 4. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas $87,392 5. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. $85,932 6. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas $81,739 7. Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas $78,500 8. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas $76,469 9. Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb. $74,547 10. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. $73,400 Steer Roping 1. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. $84,917 2. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. $69,436 3. Jason Evans, Glen Rose, Texas $59,819 4. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas $57,571 5. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas $54,804 6. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas $52,549 7. Shay Good, Midland, Texas $52,459 8. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas $51,854 9. Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D. $51,525 10. Troy Tillard, Douglas, Wyo. $45,498 Bull Riding 1. Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla. $171,990 2. Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah $116,494 3. Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas $109,339 4. Jordan Spears, Redding, Calif. $104,148 5. Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. $103,707 6. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas $102,194 7. Roscoe Jarboe, New Plymouth, Idaho $100,207 8. Rorey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. $99,402 9. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M. $98,099 10. Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho $94,429 Barrel Racing 1. Mary Burger, Paul’s Valley, Okla. $190,977 2. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas $116,387 3. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas $112,816 4. Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo. $111,160 5. Kimmie Wall, Roosevelt, Utah $107,795 6. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas $104,643 7. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. $100,244 8. Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga. $89,364 9. Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas $87,745 10. Cayla Melby, Burneyville, Okla. $87,737 Continued from 1B of a disappointing 1-8 inish last year following back-to- back eight-win seasons in 2013-2014. Those expec- tations seemed warranted after a 2-0 start with wins over 5A schools South Albany (20-19) and Central (24-14), but since that start, the Cougars have dropped three straight in SD1 play to Hermiston, Redmond, and Summit. The Cougars are a run-heavy team, relying on the 5-9, 210-pound senior Spencer Klein to carry the load. Klein has 437 yards and ive touchdowns on the ground through four weeks, and ran for 140 yards on 20 carries against Hermiston in Week 3. As a team, Moun- tain View has averaged 21 points through three league games, and most recently put up their season-low of 14 against Summit. Davis says that Mountain View’s offense is a little bit easier to gameplan for that some of the schemes they’ve faced in recent weeks. “One thing that Moun- tain View does is they’re pretty straight-forward,” he said. “They’ll hand the ball to their horse running backs and say ‘Stop us.’ The last couple weeks we’ve had to deal with a lot of misdirec- tion.” On defense, the Cougars bring a base 4-3 scheme and try to win in the trenches. Mountain View deploys some size and muscle in its front seven, but is suscep- tible in the secondary to some deep and intermediate passes. The unit has given up an average of 40 points per game in three league games. STORYLINES FOR PENDLETON STOP THE RUN, FINALLY: Stopping the run is a point that Davis and his coaching staff have been preaching to the team for the bulk of the season, but the failure to execute has been a downfall. Pendleton’s defense simply has worn down against the run-heavy attacks from teams such as Putnam, Summit, and most recently Redmond, which has only frustrated Davis more. “It seems like it’s a broken record ... ‘We’ve got to stop the run, we’ve got to stop the run,’” Davis said. “This week we’ve simply got to buckle down, ill a couple holes left by injury and see if we can’t get something taken care of.” Pendleton does get some reinforcements up front this week, as 260-pound defen- sive tackle Jacob Dickerson was cleared to play following a preseason appendectomy and 220-pound Dalton Winterton is also expected to make his season debut. “We’ve added two big kids and having them to occupy some space on the front line I think will help a little bit,” he said. “But all we can do is put our kids in a position to be successful and they have to come out and execute for four quar- ters.” TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL: Part of what caused Pendleton’s offense to disappear in the second half against Redmond was turnovers. Quarterback Nick Bower tossed three interceptions in the game, upping his season total to eight. “He’s got to take care of the football. He’s got to make quick reads and get the ball to our playmakers, and he’s growing as a quar- terback every day, but ball security is big,” Davis said. INJURY BUG BITES HARD: Pendleton will be moving forward without a big key to their offense as senior and starting running back Deven Page was diagnosed with a Grade 3 AC shoulder joint separa- tion — a clean tear from the socket — and will most likely miss the rest of the season. It’s a big blow to an inconsistent offense as Page was seeming to ind his stride as a runner with 316 yards and ive touchdowns so far this season. “He’s a kid we’re going to miss running the football. He started to igure it out and the last couple of games he’s looked really good,” Davis said. “It hurts us, but we have a stable full of other kids that are ready to step up and take that spot.” Senior Jamal Vann has struggled to get consistent yards this season, but will be the No. 1 guy from here on out, while senior Morgan Holcomb was recently moved to the backield and will likely see some time on Friday. Davis also mentioned young guys like Brenden Bedolla and Aiden Patterson that have moved up from junior varsity and will get some touches. ——— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger.
