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Line heads all-league picks
Mounties
look to
rise again
In this
Oct. 7,
2016 fi le
photo,
Herm-
iston’s
John-
Herny
Line
wraps
up Rid-
geview’s
Jace Reitz
in the
Bulldogs’
54-0 win
against
the
Ravens.
Line was
named as
Special
District 1s
Co-Defen-
sive Play-
er of the
Year and a
fi rst team
all-league
selection
over the
weekend.
No. 9 EOU meets
No. 1 Marian in
quarterfi nals
East Oregonian
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Hermiston senior named top defender in Special District 1
East Oregonian
Class 5A’s Special District 1
released its all-league football
teams over the weekend, and the
Hermiston Bulldogs and Pendleton
Buckaroos were well-represented.
The Bulldogs led the league
with 14 players selected to a total
of 16 spots in the three leagues,
led by senior defensive lineman
John-Henry Line who was named
a Co-Defensive Player of the Year
with Redmond’s Cooger Smith.
Line led the Bulldogs with 99 total
tackles and 22.5 tackles-for-loss
and was a big reason for the Bull-
dogs’ defensive success throughout
the latter half of the season.
The only other Bulldog to garner
fi rst team honors was wide receiver
Dayshawn Neal, who caught 51
passes for 911 yards and 12 touch-
downs — all team-highs — this
season.
Making the cut on second team
for Hermiston was QB Andrew
James, RB Jonathan Hinkle, OL
AJ Fernandez, DL/P Damian
McLeod, LB Bradlee Giusti, and
DB Joe Gutierrez. And coming
in on the honorable mention list
is WR Tucker Salinas, TE Jerry
Ramirez, OL Kaden Caldwell, OL
Beau Blake, LB Jonathan Hinkle,
DB Vaemu Ena, and DB Tyler
Rohrman.
The Pendleton Buckaroos had
10 players make their way onto
the all-league list in 11 spots, with
junior Shaw Jerome being the lone
fi rst team representative at defen-
sive back. Jerome also was named
to the second team list at receiver,
joining teammates Deven Page
(RB), Morgan Holcomb (LB), and
Grant Kennedy (LB).
Six Buckaroos also made the
honorable mention list including
QB Nick Bower, RB Jamal Vann,
WR Nick Lani, K Sebaztian
Corona, DL Greg Lee and LB Cade
Anderson.
League champion Summit led
with 18 total selections from 12
players, including a league-high
seven fi rst team selections. Storm
quarterback John Bledsoe was also
named Offensive Player of the Year
See ALL-LEAGUE/2B
LA GRANDE — Eastern
Oregon head coach Tim Camp
has seem his football teams rise
to some pretty big challenges in
eight seasons on the sideline.
Saturday will be the biggest
yet, as the winningest coach in
EOU history will lead the No.
9 Mountaineers against No. 1
Marian (Ind.) in the NAIA FCS
quarterfi nals.
Eastern Oregon (9-2) is
looking to extend its best
season ever coming in on a
seven-game winning streak
after a 34-28 win over No. 7
Doane (Neb.) in the fi rst round
that, along with being the
program’s fi rst-ever postseason
win, raised their record in road
games this season to a perfect
6-0.
But the Knights, which won
their second NAIA champion-
ship last season, haven’t lost
in 20 straight outings and enter
Saturday’s game at St. Vincent
Field in Indianapolis with some
staggering numbers backing up
See EOU/2B
NAIA Quarterfi nals
#9 EOU
#1 Marian
Mountaineers
Knights
(9-2)
(11-0)
• Saturday, 10 a.m.
• at Indianapolis, Indiana
College Basketball
NBA
Oregon holds off Tennessee in OT
Rose, Porzingis help
Knicks edge out Blazers
Ducks rebound
from loss with big
game from Brooks
New York
Knicks
guard Der-
rick Rose
(25) goes to
the basket
past Port-
land defend-
ers during
Tuesday’s
game in
New York.
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAHAINA,
Hawaii
—
Dillon Brooks came up short
with a chance to win the game in
regulation. Given another shot,
he wasn’t going to miss.
Brooks hit a
long 3-pointer
with 22 seconds
left in overtime
and scored 17
Tennessee
points, lifting
No. 13 Oregon
to a 69-65
victory
over
Te n n e s s e e
#13 Oregon at the Maui
Invitational on
Tuesday.
“I knew I
had to redeem
myself,” Brooks said.
Oregon (3-2) shot poorly in a
loss to Georgetown in its Maui
opener and continued to struggle
on Day 2. The Ducks shot 34
percent, including 5 of 17 from
3-point range, and had 21 turn-
overs.
65
69
AP Photo/Mary
Altaffer
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Oregon forward Dillon Brooks (24) drives around Tennessee
guard Kwe Parker (12) in the fi rst half during a game in the Maui
Invitational Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii.
But they have Brooks.
The preseason All-American
was limited eight points in 13
minutes in his return Monday
night, leaving him frustrated.
Ducks coach Dana Altman gave
his star more playing time and
Brooks delivered, hitting 4 of 9
shots and 7 of 10 free throws in
25 minutes.
Brooks has been his best when
the game’s on the line and came
through when Oregon needed
him in Maui — after failing at
the end of regulation.
The junior guard missed
an open shot in the late at the
buzzer, but pulled up without
hesitation in overtime. Brooks
drained that shot from well
behind the arc, then grabbed a
defensive rebound after the Vols
missed before being fouled.
On the way to hitting 1 of 2
game-sealing free throws, Brooks
high-fi ved ESPN announcer Bill
See OREGON/3B
Portland loses for fourth time in fi ve games
By BRIAN MAHONEY
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Derrick Rose
had a red-hot Kristaps Porzingis
and an ice-cold Carmelo Anthony,
and he chose neither.
Down the stretch, Rose called
his own number.
Rose made the go-ahead basket
with 3:15 remaining and hit the
jumper that clinched it with 6.8
seconds left as the New York
Knicks beat the Portland Trail
Blazers 107-103 on Tuesday night.
“I’m not here to bust or brag
but I’m used to being in positions
Portland
New York
103
107
where I have the ball in my hand,
playing in Chicago,” Rose said.
“I’ve really played like that my
entire life, through grammar school,
high school, college and here.”
Porzingis had 31 points and
nine rebounds and Rose scored six
of his 18 points down the stretch.
Brandon Jennings had 11 assists off
See BLAZERS/2B
Sports shorts
Arena back to lead US men’s team
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Arena is
returning to coach the U.S. men’s national team,
a decade after he was fi red.
The winningest coach in American national
team history, Arena took over Tuesday, one day
after Jurgen Klinsmann was fi red.
With the U.S. 0-2 in the fi nal
round of World Cup qualifying,
the U.S. Soccer Federation wants
to spark a turnaround when the
playoffs resume March 24 with a
home game against Honduras.
Arena coached the national
Arena
team to a 71-30-29 record from
1998 to 2006. The 65-year-old guided the
Americans to the team’s best World Cup fi nish
since 1930, a 1-0 loss to Germany in the 2002
quarterfi nals.
Arena has coached the Los Angeles Galaxy
since 2008, and led the team to MLS titles in
2011, 2012 and 2014.
“Uh, more people need
to pick up their trash if it
was that big of a deal.
I just simply missed the
garbage can and didn’t
think much of it. Get up
and put my trash where
it belongs.“
— Dak Prescott
Dallas Cowboys quarterback
commenting on the headlines
being generated by his simple
act during a down moment late
in the Cowboys’ 27-17 win over
Baltimore on Sunday. A video of
the moment has been viewed on
YouTube more than 49,000 times.
Notre Dame football stripped
of wins from 2012-2013 seasons
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The NCAA
announced Tuesday that it has ordered Notre
Dame to vacate all 21 victories
from the 2012-13 seasons,
including the 12-0 run that
vaulted the Fighting Irish into
the national title game against
Alabama, because a former
student athletic trainer committed
academic misconduct by doing
substantial course work for two players and
impermissibly helped six others.
The Division I Committee on Infractions
panel put Notre Dame on probation for a
year and ordered a $5,000 fi ne, penalties the
school agreed with. There were no bowl or
scholarship punishments.
The school ripped the NCAA for its
decision to strip the wins and said it would
appeal the decision.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1996 — Iowa State’s Troy
Davis becomes the fi rst Divi-
sion I-A player to rush for
2,000 yards in consecutive
seasons, gaining 225 yards in
a 35-20 loss to Kansas State.
Davis, who had 2,010 yards
in 1995, fi nishes with 2,185.
2007 — In a rare instance
of double triple-doubles,
Baron Davis and the Golden
State Warriors get the better
of Caron Butler and the
Washington Wizards. Davis
fi nishes with 33 points, 15
assists and 11 rebounds and
Golden State beat Wash-
ington 123-115. Butler ends
with 26 points, 11 rebounds
and 10 assists.
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