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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
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HERMISTON
Bucks blank Bulldogs
Pendleton’s
Lauren
Richards
attempt to
bump the
ball over
the net
guarded by
Hermiston’s
Clarissa
Nitz (10)
and Sophia
Streeter in
the Bucks’
win against
the Bull-
dogs on
Tuesday in
Hermiston.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Pendleton clinches home play-in game with win
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The month of October has
been very kind to the Pendleton
Buckaroos.
After starting the season in
the basement of the Columbia
River Conference with a 4-8
overall record and an 0-4 mark
in league play,
victory over the
Volleyball
Pendleton
was
Bulldogs, winning
3-2, 3-0 for the
25-20,
26-24,
month heading
25-15. It was the
Pendleton
Hermiston
into
Tuesday’s
second sweep for
CRC fi nale with
the Bucks over the
Hermiston.
Dawgs this season.
The
Bucks
“It’s always a
success continued on Tuesday competitive game when you
with another dominant 3-0 come into Hermiston and the girls
3
0
were defi nitely thinking about the
fi rst match here against them and
they didnt want to see that result
again,” Pendleton coach Amanda
Lapp said, referencing Hermis-
ton’s 3-2 win over Pendleton on
Sept. 22. “They kind of struggled
a little bit at the beginning and we
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Staff photos by E.J. Harris
TOP: Hermiston’s Sophia Streeter (13)
and Kynzee Padilla attempt to block a
shot from Pendleton’s Haley Greb.
BOTTOM: Hermiston’s Clarissa Nitz
(10) sets the ball for Sophia Streeter.
PENDLETON
Buckaroos’ win over Eagles proves costly
Pendleton dealing with
injuries going into must
win game against Bend
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Pendleton’s win over Hood River
last Friday kept the Buckaroos’ playoff
hopes alive, but it ended up costing the
team two of its top playmakers when
wide receivers Shaw Jerome and Cam
Sandford were ruled out for the season
due to injuries sustained in the win.
Jerome was headed for a career
night with three touchdowns in the
fi rst half before suffering a knee injury
returning the opening kickoff of the
second half. He was on crutches after
the game, and further tests revealed
torn meniscus in his knee that will put
him out of action for at least six weeks.
Sanford had four catches for 31
yards before he left the game with
his second concussion of the season,
and Pendleton coach Erik Davis said
they’re shutting the sophomore down.
“Two big playmakers going down,
it hurts, especially this late in the year,”
he said.
The silver lining for the Bucks (3-4,
2-3 SD1), who face another must-win
game this week against Bend (5-2,
3-2) to remain in the race for one of
See BUCKAROOS/2B
Jerry Ewing first
recipient of Athletic
Legacy Award
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton quarterback Nick Bower looks down fi eld to
pass the ball in the Bucks’ 33-23 win against Hood Riv-
er on Friday, Oct. 15 in Pendleton.
HERMISTON
Hermiston rolling into road contest at Redmond
Bulldogs football
hitting its stride, still
looking for more
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Friday night was a coming-out
party for the Hermiston Bulldogs.
The team pounded the Bend
Lava Bears, who previously had
just one loss, by a 28-7 score
to claim sole possession of the
second spot in Special District
1. Hermiston was able to do so
Local coaches
to enter EOU
Hall of Fame
cality and wanted
by straying away
Football
to pound the ball
from its normal
down
(Bend’s)
pass-happy offen-
throats.”
sive
blueprint
This
week,
and ran the ball Hermiston Redmond
Bulldogs
Panthers
Hermiston (4-3,
44 times for 257
(4-1, 4-3)
(3-2, 3-4)
4-1 SD1) embarks
yards and three
on another tough
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on a bus for the
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second straight
yards.
week and take
“We saw a
couple holes in their defense on the 202 mile trip back to central
fi lm and we did what our coaches Oregon to battle the Redmond
told us to do,” said Hermiston Panthers. Redmond (3-4, 3-2) is
senior Jerry Ramirez. “We just coming off of what could be its
wanted to establish our physi- best game of the season when it
took the No. 1 Summit Storm to
double overtime before the Storm
ended up with the 41-35 victory.
It’s the last road trip of the
regular season for the Bulldogs,
though they hope it’s not the last
bus ride of the season, with hopes
of making it back to the state
championship game.
“We hope to be on the bus
again to Hillsboro next month,”
Ramirez said
SCOUTING REDMOND
For the third straight week,
the Hermiston defense will face a
See BULLDOGS/2B
LA GRANDE — The 29th class to
enter the Eastern Oregon University
Hall of Fame will have a Umatilla
County feel as two former Mountain-
eers that excelled on the wrestling
mats in the 1960’s before going on
to distinguished coaching careers for
local schools are among those to be
honored.
Former Pendleton athletic director
and wrestling coach Rollin Schimmel
also will be inducted posthumously
along with his teammates from the
1966-67 wrestling team, and EOU will
bestow former McLoughlin wrestling
coach Jerry Ewing with the fi rst-ever
Mountaineer Athletic Legacy Award.
The award was created to recognize
individuals who have made positive
See HALL OF FAME/2B
Ewing
Schimmel
Sports shorts
Hossa’s 500th aids Chicago win
CHICAGO (AP) — Marian Hossa scored his
500th career goal, Artem Anisimov snapped a
third-period tie with his fi rst score of the season
and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Philadel-
phia Flyers 7-4 on Tuesday night.
The 37-year-old Hossa slid a
backhander through Neuvirth’s
legs at 5:04 of the second,
becoming the 44th player to reach
500 career goals. The rugged
winger, long one of the NHL’s
best two-way players, then skated
Hossa
behind the net and threw his arms
in the air before celebrating with
his teammates in front of Chicago’s bench.
The crowd of 21,263 at the United Center
roared when the milestone goal was announced,
and Hossa waved his stick to acknowledge the
standing ovation. But it looked as if he left in the
third with an injury.
“I still think they got
some of the same
issues this year. Can
they rebound the ball?
They’re going to still
be shooting jumpers.
They’re not going to get
any low-post scoring.
Can that type of play
hold up through the
rigors of the NBA
playoffs?“
— Charles Barkley
The NBA analyst for TNT believes
that even with Kevin Durant, the
Warriors are not a perfect team.
Mariners trio go under the knife
SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners pitcher
Taijuan Walker had surgery Monday to
remove a bone fragment from his right ankle,
one of three Seattle pitchers to undergo
surgery since the end of the regular season.
Walker is expected to start
rehabbing immediately and should
be ready for the start of spring
training. Walker was bothered in the
second half of the season by ankle
and foot issues, including a stint on
the disabled list.
Reliever Steve Cishek underwent surgery
last week to repair a torn labrum in his left
hip. His rehab is expected to take four to
six months, putting his status for the start of
spring training in question.
Reliever Tony Zych had surgery last week
on his right shoulder to repair a biceps tendon
transfer. He is expected to be ready for the
start of spring training.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
2013 — Connor Halliday
completes 58 of 89 passes
for 557 yards and four touch-
downs with four intercep-
tions for Washington State
in a 62-38 loss to Oregon.
He breaks the FBS-level
attempts record of 83 set
by Drew Brees at Purdue in
1998.
2014 — Peyton Manning
breaks Brett Favre’s NFL
record of 508 touchdown
career passes and he throws
four TD passes in Denver’s
42-17 victory over the San
Francisco 49ers. Manning
reaches the milestone in his
246th regular-season game.
Favre needed 302.
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