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SPORTS WEEKEND, OCTOBER 8-9, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON PENDLETON Bulldogs go wild against Ravens Cougars surge past Bucks Herm- iston’s Jerry Ramirez (33) cel- ebrates a touch- down with Andrew James (8) in the end zone in the Bulldogs’ 54-0 win against Rid- geview on Friday in Herm- iston. Pendleton falls on the road in league play East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris BEND — The Mountain View Cougars scored 21 unanswered points to put away the Pendleton Buckaroos in the second half of their Special District 1 football game on Friday. Pendleton held a four-point lead early Football in the third quarter after an 85-yard scoring run Pendleton by Jamal Vann, but that was the last time they’d fi nd the end Mtn. View zone as the Cougars came back for the 35-18 win. Vann fi nished with 124 yards on nine carries, and his romp through the Mountain View secondary only tied for Pendleton’s longest play in the game. After Mountain View (3-3, 1-3 SD1) broke the scoreless tie with a 66-yard pass, Pendleton responded with an 85-yard connection between Nick Bower and receiver Nick 18 James tosses six touchdowns, Neal hauls in four to lead Hermiston to win By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian If there were such a thing as high school fantasy football, Friday night would have been a good time to start the Hermiston duo of Andrew James and Dayshawn Neal. At quarterback, James tossed a career- high six touchdown passes and completed 16-20 passes for 255 yards and no inter- ceptions, while Neal hauled in six catches for 156 yards and four touchdowns. Their performances led their Bulldogs team to a dominating 54-0 victory over the Ridgeview Ravens at Kennison Field. “I just ran my routes and was lucky enough to get open,” Neal said after the game. “Andrew was great tonight and just got me the ball. Football 35 Ridgeview Hermiston 0 54 “It was nice to have a win like this.” It was the 10th total time this season that James and Neal had hooked up for touchdowns, giving Hermiston (3-3, 3-1 Special District 1) a powerful passing game threat that could be key down the stretch. “I trust him a lot and the stats are showing that,” James said. The Hermiston offense as a whole put See BULLDOGS/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Andrew James scrambles out of the pock- et in the Bulldogs’ 54-0 win against Ridgeview on Fri- day in Hermiston. Prep Roundup PENDLETON Timberwolves thwart Yak’s attack Blue Moun- tain’s Shelby Schrei- er (15) goes for the kill against Yakima Valley’s Maddie Kuhl- mann (9) during an NWAC East vol- leyball match in Pendle- ton on Friday. Blue Moun- tain won 3-1. Blue Mountain beats Yakima Valley in four sets By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian The Blue Mountain volleyball appears to be hitting its stride at just the right time and won its third straight match with a four-set victory over Yakima Valley on Friday. Volleyball The Timberwolves took the fi rst two games 25-19, 25-20, before Yakima was able to pause their momentum with a 25-22 win in Yakima Vall. the third game. It was just a pause, though, and the T-Wolves pulled away for a 25-19 win to close out the Yaks. Jordan Mix led them at the net with 23 kills, while Shelby Shreier BMCC added 14 and Miah Perez chipped in another 11. Their big numbers wouldn’t have been possible without some great play all around, though, and setter Kylee Chavez fi nished with 54 assists while libero Bailey Tillotson continued to draw rave reviews from her coaches and fi nished with 31 digs. See BMCC/2B 1 3 See BUCKS/2B Staff photo by Matt Entrup Irrigon falls to Vale in overtime Knights had two chances to win in fourth quarter East Oregonian VALE — Not many people were giving the young Irrigon Knights much of a chance against the defending 3A state champion Vale Vikings on Friday night, but the Knights made the trip and nearly pulled off the upset. Vale had to get to overtime before they could fi nally put the stingy Knights away with a 34-28 victory. “I think our kids faith in our process grew a little bit tonight,” Irrigon coach Steve Sheller said. “Vale just out-executed us tonight.” Josh Aguilera led Irri- gon’s stable of running backs with 130 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries. Carlos Zacarias added 117 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries and Lino Covarrubia ran for 89 yards and a touch- down as well. Quarterback Austin Rice had one of his best games of the season, completing 8-9 passes for 115 yards and zero turnovers. Sheller said that the Knights are frustrated with the result, mainly because the Knights had a chance to win the game in regulation. Irrigon had a 1st and goal inside the 10 yard line twice in the fourth quarter, and didn’t score either time. “We just didn’t execute the play,” Sheller said. Irrigon will now regroup and get ready for a home game against Nyssa next Friday. ——— IHS (2-4, 1-1) 14 14 VHS (3-3, 2-0) 7 13 0 0 0 8 0 6 — 28 — 34 HEPPNER 52, PILOT ROCK 20 — At Heppner, the Mustangs scored in all See PREPS/3B Sports shorts Woods to return to golf next week US men win exhibition in Cuba (AP) — Tiger Woods offi cially signed up Friday for the Safeway Open next week in California, his fi rst action in more than a year. Woods last played in August 2015 at the Wyndham Championship before having two more back operations. He had said last month his plan was to ease back into competition with the Safeway Open, the Turkish Airlines Open and his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas at the end of the year. Woods had until Friday after- Woods noon to commit to the Safeway Open, which starts Thursday at Silverado Resort in Napa, California. He has plunged to No. 767 in the world ranking and has not won the Bridgestone Invitational in 2013. That was the 79th of his PGA Tour career, three short of Sam Snead’s record. (AP) — Chris Wondolowski and Julian Green scored second-half goals, Ethan Horvath got a shutout in his international debut and the United States beat Cuba 2-0 victory Friday in its fi rst exhibition game in 69 years at the Caribbean island nation. The U.S. started nine players who likely will be on the fi eld for next month’s World Cup qualifi er against Mexico. The 22nd-ranked Americans struggled to mount attacks in the fi rst half against No. 139 Cuba, hampered by a bumpy fi eld at Havana’s Estadio Pedro Marrero that had brown patches, but still extended their winning streak to three. A 21-year-old making his fi rst start in more than two years, Green created the fi rst goal when he took a shot that was parried by goalkeeper Sandy Sanchez. The rebound went to Wondolowski, who scored with a right- footed shot from 8 yards in the 62nd minute. “My wife is a vegetarian and she’s strongly encouraging I become one now.“ — Jared Cook Green Bay Packers tight end after he found a fried chicken head in his order from a Buffalo Wild Wings in Wisconsin. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1956 — Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitches the only perfect game in World Series history, a 2-0 triumph over Brooklyn. 1993 — The Anaheim Mighty Ducks, before 17,174 at the Arrowhead Pond, lose 7-2 to the Detroit Red Wings in their fi rst NHL game. 2006 — Randy Moss’ 22-yard TD catch between two defenders 51 seconds before halftime is the Oakland receiver’s 100th touchdown reception. He’s becomes the seventh receiver in NFL history with 100 TD catches. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
