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HERMISTON
PENDLETON
Eagles
escape
Hermiston
Bucks sweep Bulldogs
Pendle-
ton cel-
ebrates
a point
during
the
Bucks
3-0 win
against
Hermis-
ton on
Tuesday
in Pend-
leton.
No. 1 Hood River comes
from behind to beat Dawgs
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
The Hermiston Bulldogs were hoping
for coming out party under the lights at
Kennison Field on Tuesday as they hosted
No. 1 Hood River Valley.
What they got was more Boys Soccer
fuel for the fi re as the
Eagles responded quickly
to the Bulldogs’ only goal
Team
and then added another
for a 2-1 Columbia River
Conference win.
Going against the
two-time defending state
champs, the No. 3 Bulldogs
Team
(7-2-1, 1-1 CRC) were
hoping to turn a few heads
by handing the Eagles
(8-0-2, 2-0) their fi rst loss
since the 2013-14 championship game.
Instead, Noe Magana and Jorge Campos
scored on crossing plays in the 62nd and
72nd minute to extend Hood River’s
unbeaten streak to 46 games.
“This was a tough one,” said Hermiston
coach Rich Harshberger. “We’ve just got to
come out and work harder. We know what
the competition looks like now.
“We were there, we were right with them,
luck didn’t go our way tonight.”
For a brief moment in the second half,
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
2
1
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Pendleton forces three-way tie for second place in CRC
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Ask any Pendleton Buckaroo,
and they’ll tell you that the 2016
season has not gone the way
they had hoped.
But in the last few weeks,
the Bucks have picked up their
pace as injuries have healed
and the young players have
gained experience. On Tuesday,
the Buckaroos kept their play
Volleyball
Hermiston
Pendleton
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3
tending upward as they swept
the rival Hermiston Bulldogs
25-20, 26-24, and 25-23.
“The team effort really came
together tonight and that’s what
we’ve been trying to see all
season long,” Pendleton coach
Amanda Lapp said. “(Their
effort) is fi nally peaking, and
peaking at a good time thank
goodness, and we just want to
keep driving it up and working
hard for it.”
After starting the season 1-6,
the Buckaroos (6-9, 2-4 CRC)
have won fi ve of their last eight
games and have worked their
way into a three-way tie for
HERMISTON
second place in the CRC with
Hermiston and The Dalles. The
win marks a big confi dence
boost for the Buckaroos, who
lost to Hermiston (6-10, 2-4) in
the season’s fi rst match-up in a
tough fi ve-set match, and then
lost again to the Bulldogs 2-1
on Saturday at the Westview
Tournament.
“We came in with a different
mindset, we were ready to win
See VOLLEYBALL/2B
PENDLETON
Dawgs put Ridgeview in crosshairs Buckaroos nearing
Football
Hermiston hosts
Ravens for
homecoming
Ridgeview
Hermiston
Ravens
Bulldogs
(1-4, 1-2)
(2-3, 2-1)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Kennison Field
• Radio: KOHU 1360 AM
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Coming off his team’s
second win of the season,
Hermiston football coach
David Faaeteete said the
Bulldogs haven’t done
enough to overlook any
opponent.
Nevermind that this
week’s foe, Ridgeview,
earned its only win by
narrowly edging a Hood
River team the Bulldogs
handled easily a week ago.
Also irrelevant to Faaeteete
are the facts that the Ravens
have scored just seven points
in two road games this
season, and the Bulldogs
have a match-up with league-
leading Bend waiting in the
wings.
Faaeteete isn’t worried
about the Bulldogs getting
ahead of themselves when
Ridgeview
comes
to
Kennison Field on Friday for
a 7 p.m. kickoff.
“We have one more win
than they do,” he said of the
Ravens (1-4, 1-2 CRC). “For
us to think that we’re better
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston quarterback Andrew James prepares to
unleash a touchdown pass against Summit on Friday,
Oct. 23, at Kennison Field as Coach David Faaeteete
watches from the sidelines.
than any other team, oh no,
anything can happen.”
The Bulldogs (2-3, 2-1)
aren’t taking anything for
granted, and they’re also
bringing a lot of motivation
to win their homecoming
match-up.
“There’s going to be a
lot of guys watching, the
stadium will be packed with
lots of former players,” said
senior Jerry Ramirez, who is
coming off a 10-catch game
against Hood River.
“It’s one of those games
where it’s not necessarily for
the kids, it’s for the legacy,”
Faaeteete said. “All the guys
that came before and donned
the jerseys, that ran out here
on the fi eld and put in the
work, you know, paid the
price with blood sweat and
tears and effort — it’s for
them.”
S C O U T I N G
RIDGEVIEW
Ridgeview won’t try to
hide what it’s going to do
against the Bulldogs, who
know they’re in for a phys-
ical battle in the trenches as
the Ravens rarely pass the
ball on offense.
“They run the ball,” Faae-
teete said of the modifi ed
double wing offense used
by the Ravens. “That’s their
m.o. and that’s been their
m.o. for a few years now.
We’ve got to put our guys in
the best possible situations
to make plays, or the best
positions to make plays. It’s
just repetition.”
The most challenging
prospect the Ravens will
present is how to avoid
getting
steamrolled
by
6-foot-4, 400 pound lineman
See DAWGS/2B
crunch time
Pendleton
needing wins
as season’s end
draws near
Football
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Pendleton Mtn View
Buckaroos
Mascot
(2-3, 1-2)
(2-3, 0-3)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Mountain View
• Radio: KTIX 1240 AM
Two weeks ago, Pend-
leton head coach Erik
Davis called his teams
Week 4 game at Ridgeview
a must-win.
Davis admits that the
statement caused him to
catch some heat from some
fans, but he stood by it as
his Buckaroos hit the fi eld
and came away with the
29-25 victory.
Following
practice
on Tuesday, Davis again
agreed that the team’s
upcoming game — this
time a road game at Special
District 1 cellar-dweller
Mountain View — was
again a must-win, though
with only four weeks
left in the season and the
Bucks currently on the
outside-looking-in of the
postseason, that is a given.
For the last four games
of the season, Pendleton
plays two winless teams
in league play (Mountain
View and Hood River),
and undefeated Bend team
that has all but locked up
one of the league’s four
playoff bids, and Herm-
iston — who currently
sits one game ahead of
Pendleton at 2-1 and in the
fourth-and-fi nal playoff
spot.
“I know our kids have
a goal and for us to obtain
that goal, this one for sure
is a must-win,” Davis
said. “Every game from
here on out is in that situ-
ation. We’re late enough
in the season where there’s
enough (teams) in the
middle of the pack that
every game is crucial.”
SCOUTING MOUN-
TAIN VIEW
Mountain View was a
team with higher expecta-
tions for 2016, coming off
See BUCKAROOS/2B
Sports shorts
Sharapova has 2-year ban reduced
LONDON (AP) Maria Sharapova will be
eligible to return to competitive tennis in April
after her two-year doping ban was reduced to
15 months on Tuesday by a sports court that
found the Russian star did not bear “signifi cant
fault” for her positive drug test.
The Court of Arbitration for
Sport cut nine months off the
suspension imposed on Sharapova,
who tested positive for the banned
heart medication meldonium at the
Australian Open in January.
Sharapova
Sharapova appealed to CAS
in June seeking to overturn or
reduce the two-year penalty imposed by the
International Tennis Federation.
Sharapova’s ban, which took effect on Jan.
26, was originally due to run until Jan. 25,
2018. Now she can return on April 26, 2017, a
month ahead of the French Open, a Grand Slam
tournament she has won twice.
“I wouldn’t do it. That’s
just not who I am. I might
just have too much pride
for that or be too much
of a competitor where I
couldn’t bring myself to
do it. But it also makes it
more fun. You get to take
a monster down, and
that’s always fun.“
— Damian Lillard
Portland Trail Blazers guard speak-
ing about the NBA’s “super teams”
on SiriusXM’s NBA Radio on Mon-
day. Lillard has often said he wants
to play his entire career in Portland.
Blue Jays take AL Wild Card
on Encarnacion’s walk-off
TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit
a three-run homer in the 11th inning off Ubaldo
Jimenez, and Toronto Blue Jays beat the
Baltimore Orioles 5-2 in Tuesday
night’s AL wild card game to
advance to a Division Series
matchup against Texas.
Jimenez relieved Brian
Duensing with one out in the
11th, and Devon Travis singled in a 1-1 pitch.
Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson singled
on the next pitch, and Travis went all the way
to third as left fi elder Nolan Reimold bobbled
the ball.
Toronto opens the Division Series at Texas
on Thursday. Last year, the Blue Jays beat
the Rangers in fi ve-game Division Series,
sparked by Jose Bautista’s memorable bat fl ip
following a three-run home run in Game 5.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1994 — The NBA shortens
the 3-point distance to a
uniform 22 feet.
2001 — The Mariners win
their 115th game of the year to
become the winningest team
in American League history,
passing the record the Yankees
set three years earlier.
2013 — Marcus Mariota
throws fi ve touchdown
passes and runs for two
scores as No. 2 Oregon routs
Colorado 57-16. The Ducks
reach the 50-point plateau
for a school record fi fth
straight time. Oregon have
scored at least 55 points in all
of its games under fi rst-year
coach Mark Helfrich.
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