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SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Bulldogs pour it on in second half Hermiston outlasts defensive Pendleton By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Facing a determined Pendleton defense, the Hermiston Bulldogs proved they were After surren- Boys Soccer the team with lasting dering 12 goals its power in Monday’s last time facing its Columbia River rival, Pendleton Conference fi nale Hermiston Pendleton (1-11-2, 0-6 CRC) between the cross- came out looking county rivals, and to minimize the scored six goals in damage this time the second half to pull away for an around and dropped nine or 10 8-0 win. white jerseys back on defense for 8 0 most of the game. “We knew that we had to play more defensively and we had to be smart,” said Pendleton coach Jeremy Talbot. “As much as we possibly could we wanted to defend.” The strategy was producing the desired result for the most part, Prep Roundup Honkers sweep to BSL title Arlington volleyball continues incredible season with 16th sweep See BULLDOGS/2B East Oregonian Next year here for lovable losers World Series Members of the Chi- cago Cubs warm up during a team prac- tice for baseball’s upcoming World Series against the Cleveland Indians on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 in Cleveland. Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago Cubs • TV: FOX (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) G1Today: Chicago at Cleveland, 5:08 p.m. G2Wednesday: Chicago at Cleveland, 5:08 p.m. G3Friday: Cleveland at Chicago, 5:08 p.m. G4Saturday: Cleveland at Chicago, 5:08 p.m. G5x-Sunday: Cleveland at Chicago, 5:15 p.m. G6x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: Chicago at Cleveland, 5:08 p.m. G7x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: Chicago at Cleveland, 5:08 p.m. AP Photo/David J. Phillip Cubs and Indians went combined 174 years without World Series title By RONALD BLUM Associated Press CLEVELAND — The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series, Dewey led Truman in the polls. The Chicago Cubs’ last title was 13 days after the fi rst Ford Model T car was completed. Lovable losers known for decades of defeat meet in this year’s championship, a combined 174 seasons of futility facing off starting Tuesday night at Progres- sive Field. Cleveland’s last title was in 1948, when 16 teams from the East Coast to St. Louis competed in a just-integrated sport. The Cubs are trying to win for the fi rst time since 1908, a dead ball-era matchup at a time home runs were rarities along with telephones. No player is alive from the last championship Cubs or even the last to make a Series appearance — Tuesday marks the 25,948th day since the Cubs’ Game 7 loss to Detroit in 1945. One player remains from the 1948 Indians, 95-year-old Eddie Robinson. “It seems like it’s just forever,” Robinson said Monday from his home in Fort Worth, Texas. “When we got home from Boston, there was a monumental parade. It just looked like everybody in Cleveland came out on Euclid Avenue.” One team’s fans will let loose with the celebration of a lifetime. But while history weighs on the Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) reacts after a missed game-win- ning fi eld goal attempt during over- time of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. The game ended in overtime in a 6-6 tie. AP Photo/ Ross D. Franklin supporters, Cubs manager Joe Maddon focuses his players with a now-centered battle cry of “Win the Inning!” “Air conditioning is popular right now. So is color TV,” he said. “You’ve just got to change with the times.” Both teams worked out under cloudy skies as the new 59-by-221-foot scoreboard behind the left-fi eld seats — the largest in the major leagues — trumpeted the Sisyphean matchup. While the Cubs play in Wrigley Field, the 102-year-old brick-and-ivy jewel on Chicago’s North Side, the Indians are in a 22-year-old throwback-style ballpark origi- nally called Jacobs Field. See WORLD SERIES/2B AP Photo/File In this 1912 fi le photo, Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown, Chicago Cubs star pitcher, is shown in Chicago. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance and Brown helped lead the Cubs to their last World Series championship 108 years ago. THE DALLES — The Arlington Honkers volleyball team continued its incredible 2016 season on Saturday afternoon as the team swept Ione and Dufur to claim the Big Sky League district championship. Arlington (19-1, 14-0 BSL) coach Teren Humphrey believes it’s the school’s fi rst district title since 1987. “It’s been a pretty exciting year for us,” Humphrey said following the matches. “Last year we dealt with some inju- ries and a lot of things just didn’t go our way, and it was nice to have everybody and just go out and have fun.” The Honkers only loss of the season came on Sept. 9 when they fell 3-0 to Country Christian — the No. 2 ranked team in Class 1A. But after that Ione won its next 13 straight and won 39 of the 43 total sets played. That success placed Arlington as the No. 1 seed for the Big Sky League district title where it opened up against Ione in the semifi - nals. The Honkers took some time to settle in, but eventu- ally fended off the Cardinals 25-19, 25-16, and 26-24 to advance to the title game. In the championship game, the Honkers again won 3-0 — their 16th shutout win of the season — by beating Dufur 25-22, 25-18, and 25-23. “Our defense was pretty good,” Humphrey said. “We were not very good from the service line, especially in the championship game, but we did a pretty good job of coming together when we got down and just took care of what we needed to do.” Arlington will now wait for the Class 1A play-in games to take place on Wednesday to see who the Honkers will host on See PREPS/2B NFL Seahawks left with mixed feelings after tie Outcome against Arizona the first of its kind in franchise history By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — The fi rst tie in the history of the Seattle Seahawks left Pete Carroll searching for a way to defi ne its meaning. It certainly wasn’t a loss. Not with the way Seattle’s defense withstood the most diffi cult of conditions, being subjected to 95 plays by one of the more potent offenses in the NFL and more than 46 exhausting minutes spent on the fi eld. But it also didn’t feel much like a victory after Steve Hauschka badly missed a 28-yard fi eld goal attempt in the closing seconds of overtime. So less than 24 hours after walking off the fi eld in Arizona, Carroll was still searching for the proper context to Sunday’s 6-6 tie with the Cardinals. “I’ve decided to make up our own place. We’re going to put this in the extraordinary experience of battling, an opportunity to demonstrate who we are and what we’re about,” Carroll said. “And again, learn how to believe in one another. Count on each other to get stuff done even when it’s really bleak sometimes. You just keep hanging on, keep believing.” Carroll had reason to be so encour- aged after seeing the performance by Seattle’s defense that somehow kept Arizona out of the end zone but left the likes of Bobby Wagner and Richard Sherman severely fatigued after being on the fi eld for 46 minutes and 21 seconds, believed to be the ninth-longest time of possession in a regular-season game. The Seahawks gave up 443 total yards to Arizona, but huge plays in overtime by Earl Thomas, Kelcie McCray and Wagner managed to keep Arizona from fi nding the end zone and created the situation where Chandler Catanzaro missed a 24-yard fi eld goal attempt See TIE/2B Sports shorts Jaguars’ Lee fl agged for racial slur JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jaguars receiver Marqise Lee says he was fl agged for using a racial slur in Jacksonville’s 33-16 loss to Oakland on Sunday. Lee acknowledged Monday that it was the reason for his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty late in the third quarter, a fl ag that seemingly started Jacksonville’s fourth-quarter meltdown in which defensive tackle Malik Jackson and cornerback Jalen Ramsey were ejected. Lee “I got fl agged for saying the N-word,” Lee said. “It was back and forth. In the midst of the game, emotion is going from both teams. It just so happened the ref heard me, so therefore I got the fl ag. I’ve just got to fess up to it.” The NFL made racial slurs a point of emphasis in 2014, reminding offi cials that the league already had a rule against abusive language. “Congratulations, brother.“ — Frank Giannino World record holder for running the width of the United States to Pete Kostelnick after he completed his 3,100-mile run from San Francisco to New York on Monday in a time that would shatter Giannino’s record once it becomes offi cial. Kostelnick, a 29-year- old Nebraskan, fi nished in 42 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes — four days faster than Giannino did it in 1980. Mountaineers climb to No. 11 in latest NAIA footbal poll LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon Mountaineers football team continued its ascension up the NAIA rankings this week, coming in at No. 11 in the latest Coaches Top 25 poll. EOU (5-2, 5-2 Frontier Conference) earned the ranking following a 31-23 victory over Montana Western Saturday on homecoming weekend. The Mountaineers, off to their best start since 2011, are the second-highest ranked team from the Frontier Conference, with Montana Tech (6-1) coming in at No 7 in the latest poll, while Southern Oregon slid to No. 23. The Blue and Gold return to action on Saturday afternoon when they travel east to College of Idaho for a noon kick-off. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1990 — Evander Holy- fi eld knocks out Buster Douglas in Las Vegas to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. 2003 — Trainer Richard Mandella wins a record four races at the Breeders’ Cup, capping perhaps the greatest day in racing history when Pleasantly Perfect wins the $4 million Classic at Santa Anita. Mandella wins the $1 million Juvenile Fillies with Halfbridled, the $1.5 million Juvenile with long-shot Action This Day and the $2 million Turf with Johar, who dead-heats with High Chaparral. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
