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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Prep Roundup Knights All-around effort leads Hermiston to win offense, press past Balanced shut-down defense key for Bulldogs ’Scots 67 52 Irrigon boys win home opener East Oregonian IRRIGON — A stifl ing press and strong half-court offense lifted the Irrigon Knights to an early lead they wouldn’t relinquish in a non-league game against former league foe Weston-McEwen in its home opener on Tuesday night. Johnny Philips had a game- high 24 points and the Knights beat the TigerScots 72-43, using big runs in the fi rst and third quarters to seal it. Irrigon was up 25-11 after the fi rst quarter, using its full-court press to force turnovers as it built the lead. The TigerScots (2-1) settled down and kept the lead from growing in the second quarter, but the Knights turned in a 20-9 third quarter to get the lead to 53-30 going into the fi nal stanza. Eric Carillo added 13 points for Irrigon (3-1), and Hayden White had nine. “(Weston-McEwen) came out in a 2-3 zone and we went into a little high-low to get them out of it,” said Irrigon coach Davie Salas. “The big guys were moving inside really well, and we were able to distribute the ball really well because of it.” Brett Speed paced Weston- McEwen with 18 points. Both teams are playing at tournaments on Friday with the TigerScots playing at Kennedy at 7:30 p.m. and the Knights taking on Crane in Heppner at 3 p.m. ——— East Oregonian RICHLAND, Wash. — The Hermiston Bulldogs boys basket- ball team rolled to another victory on Tuesday night, is nice, he just Boys Hoops taking down the hopes to see his Hanford (WA) team continue to Falcons on the road trend in the right Hermiston Hanford (WA) 67-52. direction with its The win pushes play. the Bulldogs to a “It’s always perfect 4-0 on the nice to win early, season, the fi rst time the team has but you don’t want to get too started 4-0 in more than a decade. confi dent,” Arstein said. “You want Hermiston coach Casey Arstein to make sure you’re playing your said that while the unbeaten streak best basketball in February and March. But overall it was a great effort, defensively we played pretty well only giving up 11 points in the second and third quarters and on offense the scoring was spread out with at least fi ve guys with seven points.” Chance Flores led the Bulldogs with 21 points and sophomore guard Jordan Ramirez put up 17 points, and Thomas McCullough See BULLDOGS/2B PENDLETON Buckaroos cruise to victory Efficient offense propels Pendleton past Southridge Pendle- ton’s Tyler Newsom goes up for a rebound against South- ridge’s Mike Hazel in the Bucks’ 76-48 win against the Suns on Tuesday in Pendle- ton. By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian After earning loss No. 1 of the season over the weekend, the Pend- leton Buckaroos knew they needed to play faster and play with more energy to get back Boys Hoops in the win column on Tuesday night. A slow fi rst quarter helped Southridge cost the Bucka- roos the win in that game, and a much-needed day off on Sunday may have been Pendleton just what the Buckaroos needed to re-focus them- selves. And it all seemed to work as the Buckaroos bounced back in a big way on Tuesday to defeat the Southridge Suns 76-48 at Warberg Court. “Today it was all about energy and being ready to play at the start and I thought we did that well,” Pendleton coach Kyle Tedder said after the game. “We came out, played hard and had contributions all over the place so I’m pretty pleased with the collective effort.” Pendleton (2-1) got a spark of energy right from the start when senior Johnny Stuvland fl ushed home a one-handed dunk off a fast- break assist from Caden Smith for the team’s fi rst points of the game. “That was big for us,” Smith said. “It was defi nitely a spark that we needed and it got the crowd going too.” After that it was all Buckaroos, as the team led 13-4 after one quarter and eventually built up a 30-point See BUCKS/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris 48 76 WM 11 10 9 13 — 43 IHS 25 8 20 19 — 72 WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 18, B. Dearing 8, B. Rudolph 5, S. Broncheau 4, K. Broncheau 2, J. Speed 2, D. Froese, Q. Picard, J. West. IRRIGON — J. Philips 24, E. Carillo 13, H. White 9, A. Gomez 5, A. Rice 5, K. Fleming 4, A. Roa 4, L. Covarrubia 3, O. Vera 2, D. Vera. 3-pointers — WM 3-9; IHS 4-12. Free throws — WM 4-7; IHS 9-15. Fouls — WM 15; IHS 12. PILOT ROCK 68, HELIX 48 — At Helix, the Rockets used their press defense to pull away from the Grizzlies in the second quarter and never looked back in non-league play on Tuesday. Chris Weinke scored a game- high 17 points, Bryson Pierce added 14 and Riley Lankford chipped in 10, and Pilot Rock (3-0) fi nished with 19 team assists. See PREPS/2B NFL Seattle loses Thomas for rest of the season Seahawks defense loses star safety and leader of the secondary By TIM BOOTH Associated Press AP Photo/Stephen Brashear Seattle Seahawks’ Earl Thomas leaves the fi eld on a cart after being injured against the Carolina Panthers in the fi rst half of Sunday’s game in Seattle. RENTON, Wash. — It was one thing for the Seattle Seahawks to know they would be without safety Earl Thomas for one game, maybe two. Now that the former All-Pro safety is done for the rest of the 2016 season — no matter how far Seattle may advance in the playoffs — the Seahawks are facing a new reality for the rest of this year that doesn’t include arguably their most important defensive player on the fi eld. “I don’t think you’re going to replace Earl Thomas. He’s a very unique player. But he’s very quiet. He’s not a guy who adds a whole lot on the vocal side. He does it with his play,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said on Monday. “Earl is Earl.” The Seahawks now know the earliest they will see Thomas back on the fi eld is the 2017 season after he suffered a broken lower left leg in Sunday’s 40-7 win over Carolina. While there was an initial thought that Thomas could return if the Seahawks made a deep run in the playoffs, Carroll said further examination on Monday determined the recovery for the fractured tibia is too extensive for the star safety to make it back this season. It’s a crushing injury to the player that makes Seattle’s defense function perhaps more than any other. And while See THOMAS/2B Sports shorts Red Sox acquire All-Star LHP Chris Sale from White Sox OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — All-Star ace Chris Sale is joining the reloading Boston Red Sox. Boston acquired Sale on Tuesday for a package of four prospects, including high- priced Yoan Moncada. Sale was a top trade target at the winter meetings and the AL East champion Red Sox were getting him instead of Washington, which also pursued. The 27-year-old Sale has been Sale an All-Star in each of the last fi ve seasons, fi nishing high in the Cy Young Award voting every time. The lefty was 17-10 with a 3.34 ERA this year. Sale joins a talented rotation that includes recent Cy Young winner Rick Porcello, former winner David Price and All-Star knuckleballer Steven Wright. “His work habits are off the charts. He’s been very attentive to the program and sticking with it. He’s there evry day, he grinds through it. I was very encouraged to see him running. We think he’s a little ahead of schedule.“ — Jerry Dipoto Seattle Mariners General Man- ger speaking to MLB.com on the rehab process of Seattle’s 2016 fi rst-round draft pick Kyle Lewis. The No. 11 overall pick, Lewis tore his ACL in July. Former Heisman winner found dead of suspected suicide BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Boulder park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program’s history. The Boulder County coroner’s offi ce was still investigating the cause of the death of the 42-year-old Salaam, who won the Heisman in Salaam 1994. The body of the one-time running back was found at Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder. Police say foul play was not suspected. Salaam’s mother, Khalada, told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday that police said they suspect he killed himself. “They said they found a note and would share that with us when we get there,” Salaam’s mother said. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1985 — Auburn tailback Bo Jackson beats Iowa quar- terback Chuck Long by 45 points in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, the closest vote in the 51-year history of the trophy. 2008 — The Arizona Cardinals clinch their fi rst division title in 33 years by beating the woeful St. Louis Rams 34-10. 2014 — Robbie Keane scores on a breakaway in the 111th minute, and Landon Donovan wins his record sixth MLS title in the LA Galaxy’s 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup. 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