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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
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PENDLETON
Pendleton
senior Ki-
ara Glover
signs her
National
Letter of
Intent with
Portland
State to
continue
her track
and fi eld
career at
a ceremo-
ny at Big
John’s
Pizza in
Pendleton
on Tuesday.
PENDLETON
Glover signs with PSU T-Wolves
Pendleton track standout
excited to be a Viking
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
For the past three seasons, Kiara
Glover has been a standout on the Pend-
leton Buckaroo track and fi eld team.
In fact, she has become one of the top
jumpers in all of Class 5A, qualifying
for the state meet in each of her three
seasons in high school, and earning top
10 fi nishes a total of three times out of her
four events. Glover’s mix of raw talent
and an incredible work ethic made her an
Contributed pho-
to by Shannon
Glover
attractive asset in the recruiting market
for college programs.
But after combing through her offers
and taking in the sights during her visits,
only one place stood out to her — Portland
State University. On Tuesday night in
front of a contingent of family and friends
at Big John’s Pizza in Pendleton, Glover
put pen to paper and signed her National
Letter of Intent to make her commitment
to the Vikings offi cial.
“It feels really good,” Glover said
Tuesday. “I got a rush of excitement when
I was signing the papers, I can hardly
believe it still.”
Glover said that when she started her
process of looking at colleges, she had
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Prep Football
Tigers headline all-CBC teams
Stan-
fi eld’s
Thyler
Monkus
takes the
handoff
from
Dylan
Grogan
in the
Tigers’
55-14 fi rst
round
play-
off win
against
Central
Linn in
Stanfi eld.
Monkus,
Grogan,
and Jose
Garcia
(69) were
three of
13 Tiger
players
recog-
nized
on the
All-CBC
teams.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Stanfield garners 21 spots with Heppner, Weston-McEwen close behind
East Oregonian
The Stanfi eld Tigers showed
that they were the best team in
the Columbia Basin Conference
this season, going a perfect 4-0 in
league games en route to winning
the school’s fi rst league title since
1957.
And when the CBC released its
all-conference teams on Tuesday
the Tigers were on top once again
as 13 players were recognized with
21 spots on the rosters, including
10 on fi rst team — the most in
the conference. The Heppner
Mustangs featured 11 players in 17
spots, Weston-McEwen had nine
players in 17 spots, and Pilot Rock
had fi ve players in eight spots.
Making up Stanfi eld’s contin-
gent are seniors Dylan Grogan
(QB/LB), Thyler Monkus (RB/
DB), Jose Garcia (OL/DL), Noe
Sanchez (OL/DL), Hunter Barnes
(OL/DL), Enoel Angel (DL/K),
juniors Brody Woods (WR/P),
Justin Shelby (DL), Makiah Blan-
kenship (LB), Justin Keeney (DB),
Adrian Renner (DB), and Trevor
Shockman (OL).
For Heppner, seniors Logan
Grieb (WR/DB) and Kevin Murray
(OL/LB) both made fi rst team
rosters at two positions, while Tim
Jaca and Wyatt Steagall both made
the fi rst team at defensive line.
Weston-McEwen had just two
fi rst team spots and those were
offensive lineman Hunter Sater
and punter Kirk Scott. Pilot Rock’s
fi rst team representatives came
from Chris Weinke (WR/DB) and
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complete
turnaround
BMCC gets past
adversity, going
strong into NWAC
Championships
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Coming off
its fourth championship in a row,
and fi fth in Dave Baty’s seven
years as head coach, another
season-ending trip to the NWAC
Volleyball Championships for the
Blue Mountain Timberwolves
in 2016 seemed almost to be a
predetermined fact before the
fi rst serve.
Seven returning sophomores
from a team that had gone unde-
feated in regional play, including
NWAC Player of the Year Kristin
Williams, gave the T-Wolves a
solid core that was supposed to
assure another smooth transition
in the quickly-changing world of
junior college athletics.
Those expectations failed to
meet the reality of the T-Wolves’
situation, however, as they
fi nished the month of October at
just .500. Their three NWAC East
losses were more than the team
had totaled in the last four seasons
combined, and something was
clearly missing from the team’s
performances.
“I think we just had a moment
where we had won a game, but it
just wasn’t fun,” said sophomore
middle blocker Kristin Williams.
It didn’t help that the T-Wolves
were trying to maneuver a
coaching transition, with second-
year co-head coach Jessica
Humphreys assuming the lead
as Baty, who is her father, was
taking on more responsibilities at
his full-time career as a captain
with the Pendleton Fire Depart-
ment.
“We’re still co-head coaches
but this was designed to kind of
be the hand-off year to me, so
we’ve planned for this and the
girls have really embraced it,”
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First Round
E4 Blue Mtn.
W1 Highline
Timberwolves Thunderbirds
(22-15, 11-5)
(30-5, 12-2)
• Thursday, 2 p.m.
• at Greater Tacoma Trade
and Convention Center
College Basketball
Oregon upset by Baylor on the road
Ducks suffer fi rst loss
of the 2016 season
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
WACO, Texas — Johnathan Motley
and the Baylor Bears got quite an early-
season confi dence boost — their fi rst-
ever non-conference home win over a
top-fi ve opponent.
And it counts even though fourth-
ranked Oregon was without preseason
No. 4 Oregon
Baylor
49
66
All-America forward Dillon Brooks,
their 6-foot-7 junior who was their
leading scorer last season but is still
recovering from offseason foot surgery.
An eager Motley, who was suspended
for the opener, scored 17 points in his
season debut as Baylor beat the Ducks
66-49 on Tuesday.
“It gives us confi dence knowing we
can go out there and beat a good team
like Oregon and maybe keep things
going,” Motley said. “I was pretty fi red
up. It’s really hard watching your team-
mates play.”
Motley missed the season opener for
Baylor (2-0) after violating an NCAA
rule by playing in an improper summer
league game.
Trailing by 10 at the break, Oregon
(1-1) got within 33-32 on Chris Bouch-
er’s dunk to cap a second half-opening
9-0 run. The Ducks had the ball again
with the chance to go ahead after Dylan
Ennis’ steal, but then turned it over.
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AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Baylor forward Johnathan Motley (5) celebrates his
dunk as Oregon’s Jordan Bell (1), Casey Benson (2) and
Kavell Bigby-Williams, right rear, watch in the second
half of Tuesday’s game in Waco, Texas.
Sports shorts
Seahawks waive Christine Michael
RENTON, Wash. (AP) The Seattle
Seahawks released running back Christine
Michael after the former second-round draft
pick lost his starting job to rookie C.J. Prosise.
The move by Seattle came as a surprise if for
nothing else than depth concerns,
but that worry is mitigated by the
expected return of Thomas Rawls
this week.
Michael rushed for 469 yards
and six touchdowns this season,
but had just 20 carries for 63 yards
in the past three games combined.
Michael
Prosise fl ashed potential in his
fi rst start last Sunday against New
England, fi nishing with 66 yards rushing and 87
yards receiving on seven receptions.
Carroll said on Monday the combination of
Prosise and Rawls could be the blend needed to
jumpstart a running game that entered last week
30th in the NFL.
“(Dak’s) earned the right
to be our quarterback
... I’m not going to
allow this situation to
negatively affect Dak
or this football team by
becoming a constant
distraction. I think Dak
knows I have his back.
Ultimately it’s about the
team.”
— Tony Romo
Dallas Cowboys QB speaking
to the media about being the
Cowboys No. 2 QB now behind
rookie Dak Prescott, who has led
Dallas to an NFL-best 8-1 start.
No. 7 Kansas rebounds from
loss to upset No. 1 Duke
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Mason III hit
a short jumper with 1.3 seconds to play to give
No. 7 Kansas a 77-75 victory over No. 1 Duke
on Tuesday night in the State
Farm Champions Classic.
The Jayhawks (1-1) beat a
top-ranked team for the eighth
time and this one looked a lot
easier with 8 minutes to play and
Kansas leading 62-50.
But the Blue Devils (2-1), despite a terrible
shooting game by Grayson Allen managed to
suddenly start hitting shots and they tied the
game at 75 with 15 seconds left on a 3-pointer
by Frank Jackson.
Kansas called a timeout with 8.2 seconds
left and set up the game-winner.
Mason led Kansas with 21 points and
freshman Josh Jackson added 15 and Devonte’
Graham had 13.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1957 — Bill Russell of the
Boston Celtics sets an NBA
Record with 49 rebounds in a
111-89 victory over the Phila-
delphia Warriors.
1996 — Corey Dillon set
an NCAA rushing record for
a quarter, gaining 222 yards
on 16 carries in the fi rst
period as No. 15 Washington
overwhelmed San Jose State
53-10.
2008 — Jimmie Johnson
locks up his third consecutive
NASCAR championship in
the fi nal race of the season
to join Cale Yarborough as
the only drivers in NASCAR
history to win three straight
titles.
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