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SPORTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS In this fi le photo, Haley Greb of Pendleton competes in the 85th Bob Norquist Or- egon Junior Amateur Champion- ships held June 22-26, 2015 at Ea- gle Crest Re- sort - Ridge Course in Redmond. PENDLETON Greb signs with Rams Pendleton senior gets full offer from Colorado State By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Haley Greb determined early in life that she wanted to play golf in college, and this past August the Pendleton senior took the next big step toward realizing that dream when she PENDLETON signed a national letter of intent to join the Colorado State University women’s program next fall. Greb, who tied for second at the OSAA 5A state championships in May and then won the 86th Bob Norquist Oregon Junior Amateur in July, was offered the largest scholarship available by Rams coach Annie Young. “I got a full ride to go, I can’t wait for that,” Greb said after Pendleton’s volleyball win on senior night on Tuesday. “It’ll be super See GREB/2B Photo courtesy of Oregon Golf Associ- ation/File College Football Chamberlin to enter SOU Hall of Fame OSU’s Collins excels in new role Former QBs making impact at other positions for Pac-12 teams Pendleton graduate still holds scoring records for Raiders women’s basketball By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press East Oregonian ASHLAND — Pendleton High School alumnae Nicole Whitney Chamberlin is one of six new inductees into the Southern Oregon University sports Hall of Fame. Chamberlin, who graduated from Pendleton in 1990, played basketball at SOU for just two seasons from 1992-94 and became one of the best scorers in program history with 1,251 points in those two seasons. She set SOU single-season records in 1992-93 with 580 total points and 21.5 per game before breaking those See CHAMBERLIN/2B Photo courtesy of SOU Sports Information This undated photo shows Pendle- ton High graduate Nicole Whitney Chamberlin in a basketball game for Southern Oregon University. AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez, File In this Sept. 24, 2016, fi le photo, Oregon State’s Seth Collins, left, gets behind Boise State’s Brandon Arnold, right, to make a catch in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Corvallis. CORVALLIS — The change in position for Oregon State quarterback Seth Collins seemed inevitable at the end of last season, when he was used in several roles in the fi nale against Oregon. The writing was on the wall: Utah State transfer Darell Garretson would be eligible to play this season, and it looked like that was where the Beavers were leaning at quarterback. Collins decided to leave Oregon State and go some- where where he could play at quarterback — but he never actually left school. Instead, he became a receiver. Collins has embraced his new role, joining a handful of prospective QBs across the Pac-12 who have traded positions. These shifts are usually out of necessity if they want playing time because another quarterback in the so-called “Conference of Quarterbacks” is estab- lished as the starter. In Collins’ case, he was named Oregon State’s starter at the beginning of last See NEW ROLES/2B Prep Football Mustangs poised to extend league winning streak at Culver Heppner can clinch playoff spot with win over Culver East Oregonian HEPPNER — The Heppner Mustangs weren’t sure what to expect out of themselves for the 2016 season. The team had to replace numerous starters and all-state players from last year’s state championship squad, with some of the replacements being fi rst-year varsity players that coach Greg Grant wasn’t sure how long it would take those kids to acclimate. After a few eye-openers to start the season, the Mustangs appear to have slid onto the right track now. Following last week’s 52-20 win over Pilot Rock, Heppner (5-1, 2-0 CBC) remains in a two-way tie atop the CBC standings with Stanfi eld, but a win at Culver on Friday would offi cially clinch the Mustangs post- season berth for the 20th straight season. That streak would tie Heppner with Tigard for the second-longest active streak across all classifi cations, trailing only a Jesuit team that will likely extend its streak to 23 this season. Standing in the Mustang’s way is a strug- gling Culver (1-4, 0-1) team that has allowed 60 points in THURSDAY MITCHELL/SPRAY/ WHEELER (2-3, 0-3) at Ione (0-6, 0-3), 7 p.m. — There are only three games in the season left for the Ione Cardinals, and the team is running out of time to get win No. 1. Thursday night may be Ione’s best chance when it hosts a Mitchell/Spray/ Wheeler team in the midst of a three game losing streak. Photo courtesy of John L. Braese/Malheur Enterprise Irrigon’s Omar Vera (3) is tackled by a Vale’s Chikote Buckway (33) while Cade Perry (5) looks on during their football game on Oct. 7, 2016 in Vale. back-to-back games, most recently a 60-20 loss to Grant Union last week. Here’s a look at all this weekend’s games from the 4A-1A levels: FRIDAY LA GRANDE (2-4, 1-1) at MAC-HI (2-3, 0-1), 7 p.m. — The Pioneers came back from their bye week last week and opened up league play with a disappointing 53-0 loss to Ontario last week. Mac-Hi had less than 200 yards of offense in the game and were not at full strength due to academic issues forcing players out of the game. Mac-Hi’s road does not get any easier this week against a La Grande team that beat Baker last week and has scored 110 points in its last two games. VALE (3-3, 2-0) at UMATILLA (5-1, 1-1), 7 p.m. — Last week, Vale showed it is not the power team that it was last season in a 34-28 overtime win over Irrigon while Umatilla shut out Riverside 34-0. The game sets up to be a key one for Umatilla. The Vikings are currently in a See PREP FOOTBALL/3B Sports shorts Rousey to headline UFC 207 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ronda Rousey will return to the UFC on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas, fi ghting Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight title. UFC President Dana White confi rmed Wednesday that Rousey will be in the main event of UFC 207 at T-Mobile Arena. Rousey (12-1) hasn’t fought since November 2015, when Holly Holm stunned the previously unbeaten champion with a second- Rousey round knockout at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. While Rousey apparently kept training after her loss, she took an extended break from competition, working as a model and appearing in a handful of fi lms as an actor. Rousey was arguably the UFC’s biggest star when she began her break, and she acknowledged having suicidal thoughts after her loss. “People are what’s important. And an opportunity to help someone is more important than anything that I could have possibly done on a baseball diamond that day.“ — Tim Tebow New York Mets minor leaguer after an autograph seeker suffered a seizure following Tebow’s debut in the Arizona Fall League on Wednesday. The man regained consciousness as Tebow placed a hand on him in prayer. Matthews scores four goals in historic debut for Maple Leafs OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Auston Matthews needed 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book. In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scored four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but Kyle Turris scored 37 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night. Matthews got his fourth with 3 seconds left in the second period, bringing his mother to tears in the stands. The 19-year-old from Scottsdale, Matthews Arizona, is the 12th fi rst overall pick to score in his NHL debut, however he’s the fi rst player in NHL history to do it four times. Matthews scored his fi rst three goal on his fi rst three shots, and put Toronto ahead 3-2 with a one-timer from inside the right circle on a feed from Morgan Rielly 1:25 into the second period, and fans showered the ice with hats. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the fi rst World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pitts- burgh Pirates. 1985 — Phil Simms of the New York Giants passes for 513 yards with an NFL-record 62 pass attempts in a 35-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Simms completes 40 passes with 29 for fi rst downs, also an NFL record. 1998 — For the fi rst time in NBA history, the league cancels regular season games after labor talks break off. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
