SPORTS
WEEKEND, NOVEMBER 5-6, 2016
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STANFIELD
HERMISTON
Tigers trample Cobras
Lions
rally
past
Dawgs
St Helens knocks
Hermiston from
football playoffs
East Oregonian
ST HELENS — Hermiston
for most of the game, but
couldn’t stop St. Helens with
the game on the line and fell
12-7 in the 5A fi rst round to
bring their football season to a
heartbreaking close on Friday.
A fi ve-yard touchdown pass
with 16 seconds remaining
lifted No. 7 St. Helens into the
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ATHENA
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfi eld’s Thyler Monkus stiff arms Central Linn’s Dakota Ruiz in the Tigers’ 55-14 win against the Cobras on Friday in Stanfi eld.
Stanfi eld thumps Central Linn to reach quarterfi nals
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfi eld’s Makiah Blankenship rushes past Central Linn’s
Dakota Ruiz in the Tigers’ 55-14 win against the Cobras
on Friday in Stanfi eld.
The Stanfi eld Tigers played the
school’s fi rst home playoff game in
more than a half-century on Friday
night, and the team did not disappoint
its faithful fans.
The No. 2 seed Tigers totaled more
than 600 yards of offense in the game
as the team thumped the No. 15 seed
Central Linn Cobras 55-14 in front
of a big crowd at the Horyna Athletic
Complex.
“Not going to lie I was a bit nervous
at fi rst,” Stanfi eld senior lineman
Hunter Barnes said of the game, “I
didn’t want to let the town down. But
once we settled down halfway through
the fi rst quarter it just felt like it fl owed
Central Linn
Stanfi eld
14
55
real easy for us.”
Barnes, Stanfi eld’s (9-1) starting left
tackle, was a big factor for the Tigers
offense as he was part of a unit that
opened big holes all night for the Tigers
offense to run through, picking up
489 of their yards on the ground. And
the line did so against a large Central
Linn (3-7) defensive front that featured
two players weighing more than 300
pounds.
“We knew we were going to put the
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T-Wolves speed through fi nal home match
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Blue Mountain’s sophomores
looked to soak up every last moment
of the fi nal home game of their
careers, lingering on the court to pose
for photos and share hugs following
Friday’s NWAC East match against
Big Bend.
The Timberwolves didn’t show any
of that sentiment during the match,
though, and quickly polished off the
Vikings in three sets 25-8, 25-12, 25-8
for their third win in a row.
“It
was
very
assists, and Mix added
Volleyball
bittersweet,”
said
four aces and seven
BMCC
sophomore
digs. Bailey Tillotson
Jordan Mix, who had
had a team-high eight
a team-high 10 kills
and Kristin
Big Bend Blue Mountain digs,
while hitting for a .350
Williams added four
percentage. “It’s such
aces and four kills on
a blessing to be able to
just fi ve swings.
play for this close of a
“I think we really
team for two years, and we’re family focused on the things we’ve been
honestly. It’s been a great experience working on in practice lately and
and I couldn’t have asked for anything really came out and executed them
better for the past two years.”
well,” Mix said.
Blue Mountain (21-15, 10-5 East)
Freshman Shelby Schreier also had
hit .378 as a team, served for 17 aces, a big game for BMCC with nine kills
and got big games from several of its and .412 hitting percentage while Kiana
sophomores.
Scott added four kills at a .667 clip.
Miah Perez chipped in seven kills
Big Bend (1-29, 0-15) hit just .051
while hitting .636, fi ve aces and seven
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digs. Kylee Chavez led them with 31
0
Weston-McEwen
beats Culver in
five in semifinals
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
Sophomores lead the way
as BMCC sweeps Big Bend
TigerScots
reach state
title match
3
REDMOND — Revenge was
on the menu for Weston-McEw-
en’s volleyball team on Friday
at the 0SAA 2A state champion-
ships, and the TigerScots liked it
so much they ordered seconds.
No. 5 Weston-McEwen
started its day in the quarterfi -
nals against a No. 4 Bonanza
team that had ended their season
a year ago. The TigerScots made
quick work of the Antlers this
time around, and advanced with
wins of 25-18, 25-21, 25-14.
That set up another run-in
with No. 1 Culver in the semi-
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Jordan
Mix (14), of
BMCC, hits
the ball as
Big Bend’s
Nelly Korn-
eychuk (10)
and Savan-
nah Bass
(3) defend
Friday night
at Mosby
Court.
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
Sports shorts
McNichols, Mattison pace Broncos
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jeremy McNichols
rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns, Alex
Mattison had a career-high 100 yards rushing and
one touchdown, and No. 24 Boise
State beat San Jose State 45-31 on
Friday night.
The Broncos (8-1, 4-1) had
two players over 100 yards on the
ground in one game for the fi rst
time since Nov. 8, 2014, against New Mexico.
San Jose State (3-7, 2-4), looking to get
consecutive wins for the fi rst time this season,
fi nished with 495 yards of offense behind Kenny
Potter’s 23-of-36 passing for 278 yards.
The Broncos got the spark they needed on
fourth-and-12 from their own 37 when punter
Sean Wale took the snap and raced 29 yards for a
fi rst down. Three plays later, Mattison scored on a
19-yard run to extend Boise State’s lead to 14-6.
Boise State, which fi nished with 517 total yards
of offense, had a season-high 298 yards rushing.
“We don’t intend to crash
the parade. The one thing
that Steve and I did talk
about was if the Cubs
were to win, he did not
want to be a distraction
to the accomplishments
of the players and the
organization.“
— Steve Murtha
Spokesman for infamous Chicago
Cubs fan Steve Bartman, telling the
USA Today that Bartman would not
attend the team’s parade on Friday.
Bartman has declined all media re-
quests since the 2003 NLCS incident.
Estimated 5 million attend
Cubs championship parade
CHICAGO (AP) — November blazed
like dazzling springtime in Chicago during
a massive parade and rally
Friday to honor the Cubs’ fi rst
World Series title in 108 years.
A crowd, estimated by
city offi cials at 5 million,
lined Michigan Avenue
and Lake Shore Drive to
cheer the motorcade of open-roofed buses
carrying the players along a 7-mile parade
route from the north side ballpark to
sprawling Grant Park. Friday was already
a scheduled day off for Chicago Public
Schools.
Outfi elder Kyle Schwarber, 23, took the
microphone Friday and put it into words
for the fans: “I love you guys. We’re world
champs. Let’s do it again next year.”
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1966 — Virgil Carter of
Brigham Young passes for
513 yards and rushes for 86
to set an NCAA record for
total yards with 599 in a 53-33
victory over Texas Western.
1995 — John Elway
becomes the seventh player
in NFL history to throw for
40,000 yards in his career,
leading the Denver Broncos to
a 38-6 rout of Arizona.
1997 — The Milwaukee
Brewers becomes the fi rst
major
league
baseball
team to switch leagues this
century, moving from the AL
to the NL when baseball’s
ruling executive council
approved the shift.
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