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SPORTS WEEKEND, DECEMBER 3-4, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON HERMISTON T-Wolves drop home openers Dawgs fi nish strong for wins Clackamas too much inside for Blue Mountain East Oregonian The Blue Mountain Timberwolves men’s and women’s basketball teams opened up the doors of Mosby Court for the fi rst time in the 2016-2017 season on Friday evening, however neither team earned a result they had hoped for. The Blue Mountain men lost a close one to Clackamas 63-60, while the women fell 101-74 to Grays Harbor. Men’s assistant SPORT coach Doug Baxter said that though the T-Wolves were able to keep the Clackamas game close from start to fi nish, they just could never get enough baskets or enough stops on defense to charge to Blue Mountain a lead. “I felt we got bullied around inside in the fi rst half, giving up 14 offensive rebounds,” Baxter said. “Second half we were different, we matched their physicality but couldn’t get a run going.” Blue Mountain (1-3) was led in scoring by Isaiah Harris with 15 points on 6-9 shooting, and also had a big game from Jared Mathews who turned in a double-double with 14 points on 6-10 shooting to go with 20 rebounds. “Jared played extremely well inside,” Baxter said. Baxter also pointed out Jamal Logan as a key contributor in the game for the Timberwolves, as Logan pitched in seven points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in nearly 20 minutes of game time. “Jamal was great off the bench for Hermiston girls and boys improve to 2-0 East Oregonian 63 60 See BMCC/2B 40 46 Staff photo by Kathy Aney David Bravo (1), of BMCC, goes up for a shot during Friday’s game against Clackamas Community College at McRae Activity Center. Huskies claim Pac-12 title By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Taylor Rapp returned one of his two interceptions for a PAC-12 Championship #8 Colorado #4 Washington 10 41 touchdown and Myles Gaskin ran for 159 yards to help No. 4 Washington strengthen its case for a playoff berth with a 41-10 victory over No. 9 Dakota Eldridge, of Elko, Nev., competes in the steer wrestling event during opening day of National Finals Rodeo at the Thom- as & Mack Center on Thursday in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP See DAWGS/2B Washington coach Chris Petersen holds the trophy after Washington’s 41-10 win over Colo- rado in the Pac-12 Con- ference cham- pionship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. College Football Interceptions help break open close game Posts Kynzee Padilla and Maddy Juul came up big down the stretch, and the Hermiston girls basketball team advanced to the championship of the Oxford Suites Holiday Classic with a 46-40 win over Wilsonville on Friday at The Dawghouse. Juul scored a game-high 15 points and Padilla pulled down some key late rebounds to Girls Hoops help close out the Wildcats (0-1). Padilla fi nished with Wilsonville 12 boards to go with six points. Hermiston (2-0) coach Juan Rodri- guez said it Hermiston was a good day for his bigs to take over as the Bulldogs’ outside touch was off for most of the game. “We knew there’d be games like this when the three’s wouldn’t be falling and we’d need our posts to come up big, and Maddy and Kynzee did today,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said Wilsonville’s defensive scheme was giving the Bulldogs trouble in the fi rst half, and Hermiston led 19-17 at halftime. “They came out really Colorado in the Pac-12 cham- pionship game Friday night. “We think we have a heck of a team and we think we belong in there,” coach Chris Petersen said. “I think they’ll do what they should do, which is the right thing. ... These guys have done everything they’re supposed to do.” The Huskies (12-1, No. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez See PAC-12/4B Rodeo Another close call for Rogers WNFR completes second round East Oregonian LAS VEGAS — In a city where fortunes are made and lost by the slimmest of margins, team roper Garrett Rogers experienced another close call on Friday night in the second round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The Helix header, who just celebrated his 24th birthday on Nov. 27 and is making his fi rst WNFR appearance, made another quick and clean catch at Thomas and Mack Arena. And just like he had in the fi rst round, heeler Jake Minor of Ellensburg, Washington, made a fast snare on the back end but could only lasso one hind leg. What would have momentarily the fastest time of the rodeo had fi ve seconds tacked on for a 9.2 that placed 10th in the round. They have 18.5 on two. Later in the round, Luke Brown and Jake Long stopped the clock in 4.0 to win the See WNFR/4B Sports shorts Puzey shatters distance world record ORLANDO, Fla. — Altra Elite athlete Jacob Puzey, a former cross country runner and coach at Hermiston High School, ran into the record books on Thursday at The Running Event trade show. Puzey ran an average pace of 5:56 per mile to set the new world record for the fastest 50-mile run on a treadmill originally reported by Competitor. com. He fi nished 50 miles in 4:57:45, shattering the previous record of 5:57:31 by nearly an hour. His Puzey en route marathon split time was 2:38. “I felt surprisingly great,” Puzey told Competitor.com. “I didn’t have super high expectations, I just wanted to see if I could run the previous record’s pace. I happened to feel really good today and going at a 5:56 pace felt great. I put one foot in front of the other on the treadmill and just kept going.” “I don’t even know if I’m subject to a drug test or any laws from the NBA, but I tried it, and it didn’t help at all. But it was worth it, because I’m searching for answers on pain.“ — Steve Kerr Golden State Warriors coach saying he smoked marijuana for back pain he experienced the past two years. Kerr went on to say he hopes professional sports league soften their stances on marijuana use. Straily earns Reds’ Most Outstanding Pitcher award CINCINNATI, Ohio — Dan Straily’s fairytale 2016 season continued to get better on Friday night, as the Oregon native was named the Johnny Vander Meer Most Outstanding Pitcher by the Cincinnati Reds organization. The 28-year-old right hander was a unanimous winner of the team award which was handed out at the team’s fanfest in Cincinnati after he went 14-8 with a 3.76 ERA in 34 games with 191 1/3 innings pitched, and was the team leader in wins, Straily innings pitched and strikeouts (162). Straily was a waiver-claim pickup by the Reds just days before opening day with the primary role of being a long relief pitcher out of the bullpen. But due to injuries in the starting rotation, Straily was inserted into the rotation in late April as a spot-starter, before cementing a permanent spot in the rotation for the remainder of the season. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 2000 — The 200-yard rushing games by Mike Anderson, Corey Dillon, Warrick Dunn and Curtis Martin mark the fi rst time in NFL history that four runners have 200 yards on the same day. Anderson rushes for a rookie record 251 yards in Denver’s 38-23 victory over New Orleans. 2005 — USC wins its 34th consecutive game and 16th straight against a ranked opponent, beating No. 11 UCLA 66-19. The 16 victories against Associated Press ranked teams is one better than Oklahoma, which won 15 from 1973-76. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
