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East Oregonian
Friday, November 11, 2016
College Football
McMaryion, Blount both ready to go for Beavers
By KEVIN HAMPTON
Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — With
Conor Blount back in the
fold, Oregon State has
the option of playing two
quarterbacks at UCLA this
Saturday.
Marcus McMaryion will
start, but Blount, who is
looking to get back on the
field for the first time since
hurting his knee against
Utah, could get playing time.
“I think he’s healthy. I
think he’s back and ready
to go,” Andersen said of
Blount. “Looked good out
there running around and
seems to have the confidence
back in himself to be able to
go full speed, which is what
you want when a kid comes
back off of injury.”
Oregon St.
UCLA
Beavers
Bruins
(2-7)
(3-6)
• Saturday, 6 p.m.
• at the Rose Bowl,
Pasadena, California
• TV: PAC-12 Network
Andersen said if one of
them gets a hot hand, then
they’ll stay with that hot
hand.
“Marcus is the starter,
that’s the bottom line. We’ll
see as we go through it if the
opportunity presents itself by
scheme or potential adjust-
ments that they’re doing.
Who knows what’s going
to take place in a game? It’s
just a good opportunity to
get another young man the
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Oregon State quarterback Marcus McMaryion (3) throws
against Stanford during the first half of an NCAA col-
lege football game Saturday, Nov. 5, in Stanford, Calif.
snaps,” Andersen said.
“They’ll handle it well.
They’re both team good
players and I think they
prepared well and excited to
get them out there and see
what their offense can do
to help them out and make
Pendleton couple honored at awards
East Oregonian
Steve and Susan Corey, of
Pendleton, were awarded the Al
and Pat Reser Civic Leadership
Award at this year’s Special
Olympics Oregon Governors’
Gold Awards held in Portland
on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Governor Kate Brown and
former Governor Barbara
Roberts presided over a
sold-out Portland Ballroom
at the Oregon Convention
Center to honor this year’s
recipients and raise funds for
Special Olympics Oregon.
The event raised $429,000 to
support services for 13,000
statewide Special Olympics
Oregon athletes.
Photo courtesy of Andie Petkus Photography
Susan Corey of Pendleton speaks at the Special Olym-
pics Oregon Governors’ Gold Awards on Oct. 22 where
she and her husband Steve, seen in the background,
where presented with the Al & Pat Reser Civic Leader-
ship Award.
The Coreys were recog-
nized for their deep under-
standing of the importance
of access to health care for
Oregonians and SOOR
participants. As co-chairs
the Corey’s recently led
a
multi-million
dollar
campaign to modernize
St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton that surpassed the
initial goal of $1.2 million.
The Al and Pat Reser
Civic Leadership Award
was created to honor those
who have demonstrated
excellence in civic leadership,
dedicating time and resources
to strengthen communities.
Winners are selected annually
by a committee which includes
members of the family.
Recipients of the Gover-
nors’ Gold Awards were:
Nike Foundation president
Jorge Casimiro, Portland
Timbers/Thorns owner and
CEO Merritt Paulson, Fred
Meyer Stores president Jeff
Burt, and Sen. Betsy Johnson.
One of the many high-
lights of the evening was
the standing ovation for the
Special Olympics Oregon
participants and the moving
speech delivered by athlete
Dominic Flesey-Assad.
Soccer
Press scores hat trick to lift US over Romania
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. —
Christen Press had her
fourth career hat trick by the
38th minute, Alex Morgan
added two goals, and the
U.S. women’s national team
whipped up on Romania 8-1
on Thursday night.
Press scored the first goal of
the match in the eighth minute
then Tobin Heath found the net
two minutes later for the first
of her two goals on an assist
by Press, who scored again
in the 35th and 38th minutes.
With 11 goals this season, the
former star at nearby Stanford
reached double digits for the
third straight year and is the
fourth U.S. player to do so in
2016.
Morgan scored in the 52nd
and 75th minutes but missed a
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
United States’ Christen Press, right, dribbles past Ro-
mania’s Stefania Vatafu during the first half of an ex-
hibition soccer match Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in San
Jose, Calif.
penalty kick in the 64th after
coach Jill Ellis inserted five
substitutes to start the second
half at Avaya Stadium, which
drew 16,425 fans.
Morgan Brian made a
diving header from just inside
the 8-yard box off a free kick
by Andi Sullivan following a
yellow card, her first goal of
the year.
Megan Rapinoe didn’t play
nor was she on the field during
the national anthem to kneel
on the grass as has been her
routine, taken from what San
Francisco 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick started
during the NFL preseason
only about 10 minutes away.
Carli Lloyd was away on her
honeymoon.
Romania’s Laura Rus
scored
a
31st-minute
empty-net goal in the first of
two exhibition matches against
the Romanians to finish the
2016 season. The teams play
again Sunday at the StubHub
Center in Carson, California.
Four players from the 2015
World Cup champions and this
past summer’s Rio Olympics
rejoined the U.S. squad.
EOU: Five Mountaineers make all-conference roster
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at EOU.
Chamberlain, who is
now EOU’s career assists
leader, earned top player
honors after averaging more
than 10 assists per set during
the regular season, which
was the 12th best in NAIA,
and 958 total assists to lead
the team. The 5-8 senior
from Challis, Idaho also
tallied nine double-double
games in assists and digs
this season and also finished
the year fourth on the team
with 56 blocks and seventh
with 59 kills.
Thursday
night’s
banquet
also
marked
the release of the CCC
all-confrence rosters, and
the Mountaineers led the
way with five selections.
Joining Chamberlain on the
first team are senior hitter
Kasaundra Tuma (187 kills,
85 blocks), junior outside
hitter Amanda Miller (.368
hitting percentage, 265
kills), and junior middle
hitter Madisen Garlie (184
kills, team-high 107 blocks).
Senior hitter Makayla Lind-
burg (182 kills, 185 digs, 56
blocks) was selected as an
honorable mention.
The Mountaineers will
return to the court today
as they take on College of
Idaho in the semifinals of the
CCC Tournament that takes
place in La Grande at 7 p.m.
SEAHAWKS: Offense ranks 25th in time of possession
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is almost defiant that the
amount of time the defense
has spent on the field is a
benefit, the statistics are
telling a different story.
And the biggest indicator
is on third downs.
“We’ve had 13 third-and-2
or less in the last two weeks.
That’s really hard to win like
you would like to on third
down,” Carroll said. “We
have to play better ball on
earlier downs and then we
have to get off when we have
our chances. But it has been
kind of a theme here allowing
these third-and-shorts and
not getting out of those.
That’s really the focus.”
Over the past three weeks
— games against Arizona,
New Orleans and Buffalo —
the Seahawks have allowed
31 of 53 third downs to be
converted, a conversion rate
of 58.4 percent. Buffalo
was 12 of 17 against Seattle
on Monday night and had
30 first downs, tied for the
seventh-most ever against
the Seahawks in the regular
season. The inability to get
off the field on third down,
combined with the Seahawks
own struggling to run the ball
and sustain drives has led to
three straight teams with 36
or more minutes of posses-
sion against the Seahawks.
Arizona got it started
when it dominated posses-
sion in the 6-6 overtime
tie. The Cardinals held the
ball for 46:21 and ran 90
offensive plays. New Orleans
followed up a week later with
72 plays and 36 minutes of
possession and on Monday
night, Buffalo ran 82 offen-
sive plays and held the ball
for 40 minutes.
It’s a recipe for exhaus-
tion, even if Carroll doesn’t
view it that way.
“I think we’re getting
stronger,” he said. “If we’ve
endured it, I think we’re in
pretty good shape. If we can
get a game of 60 or 70 plays,
it’s going to seem like a lark.
We’ll see if we can change it
a little bit.”
The timing of the strug-
gles on defense is troubling
because
the
Seahawks
appear to be morphing
offensively and potentially
exposing their defenders to
even more time on the field.
Seattle enters this week 30th
in the NFL averaging just
75.4 yards per game rushing
and in Monday’s win had
26 passes and just 12 runs.
No matter who is in the
backfield, Seattle has been
unable to establish the run
and keep drives moving on
for several players.
“A lot of kids are going
home, it’s a great opportu-
nity for them, there’s a lot
of fans that will be there
to this game and a lot of
family,” Andersen said. “So
it’s important for them to
prepare, which they will.”
The trip will be a little
bittersweet for Andersen.
“It’s always a little
different for me to crawl on
that plane for the last time
of the year with that team, it
really starts to set in that it’s
close to being over,” he said.
CHOUKAIR TO KICK
With Garrett Owens
struggling with his field
goal kicking, Andersen said
Jordan Choukair will get a
shot at UCLA.
Owens will kick the extra
points.
Athlete of the Week
PENDLETON
Steve and Susan
Corey recognized
for civic leadership
some plays.”
FINAL ROAD TRIP:
When Andersen addressed
the team after practice on
Thursday, he pointed out the
fact that the Beavers would
be taking their last road trip
of the season.
They would like to get a
win to springboard into the
final two home games.
“It’s our last time we’re
going to get on a plane and
fly together,” Andersen said.
“One of our goals this year
was to play much better and
play much better on the road
(at) Pac-12 teams and I think
we’ve accomplished part of
that goal but we haven’t won
games and this is the last
time, the last opportunity to
do that.”
Going to the Los Angeles
area will be a homecoming
the ground. Seattle has one
offensive drive of longer than
6 minutes in the past five
games and rank 25th in the
league in time of possession.
“We have a lot of improve-
ment to make and we’re just
going to keep banging away
at it,” Carroll said. “We know
where we’re going, we’re
just not quite getting on that
track yet.”
NOTES: SS Kam Chan-
cellor (groin) was a full
participant in practice and
is expected to play Sunday
as long as he doesn’t have
any setbacks. Chancellor has
missed the past four games.
... RB Thomas Rawls (leg)
was a limited participant
in practice Wednesday but
won’t play this week. Rawls,
who has been out since Week
2, is targeting next week’s
game against Philadelphia
for his return.
Twenty questions with
Weston-McEwen’s
Sara von Borstel
East Oregonian
ATHENA — The
Weston-McEwen
TigerScots volleyball
team concluded a tough
but successful season
on Saturday night by
sweeping the Imbler
Panthers 3-0 to capture
the Class 2A state
championship — the third
in the school’s history.
Senior outside hitter
Sara von Borstel was a big
reason for the TigerScots
success throughout the
year, but especially on
Saturday night as she led
the team with 12 kills —
including her 12th and final
one on the title-clinching
point in the third set.
For her efforts, she has
been selected as the East
Oregonian Athlete of the
Week.
East Oregonian: When
did you start playing
volleyball?
Sara von Borstel:
Seventh grade. All my
friends were playing and
my sister did so I just
followed in her footsteps.
What’s your favorite
part about volleyball?
The speed and the
passion that’s included in
the matches.
Do you play other
sports?
Basketball
What is your favorite to
play?
Volleyball
What’s your favorite
athlete?
(Retired USA women’s
volleyball player)
Destinee Hooker
Do you have any sports-
related superstitions?
I always have a Gatorade
and a water bottle during
games.
If you could attend any
sporting event in the
world, what would you
choose?
Olympic volleyball
What’s your favorite
food?
Chocolate cake
Do you have any hobbies
outside of sports?
Reading.
What’s your favorite
book?
The Giver
What’s your favorite
class in school?
English
Have you thought about
where you want to go to
college and the career
path you want to take?
Something with the
human mind. I want to
start at a community
college and then get
my transfer degree to a
university.
What’s your dream
vacation location?
Somewhere in the
Caribbean.
You could live anywhere
in the world, where
would you pick?
Probably somewhere that
still has all four seasons
Do you have any pets?
One dog, a Husky named
Ollie.
What’s your favorite
movie?
The Heat
Favorite pre-game
music?
Anything pop music,
anything that gets you
pumped up.
Do you have a job?
I mow lawns on the
side and I’ve worked
harvest for the last three
summers.
What make and model
was your first car?
I drive a Mazda 6.
What does it mean to end
career with a state title?
It means a lot because
this team’s worked really
hard. We had our ups and
downs but we’re all best
friends and it’s just an
awesome way to go out.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
Sara
von Borstel
Senior
Volleyball
Weston-McEwen
Von Borstel
registered a team-
high 12 kills and
was named Player
of the Match as
Weston-McEwen
beat Imbler 3-0 to
win the 2A state
championship on
Saturday.
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