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Little League Softball
Soccer
Oregon
comes
up short
The US’ golden boy
Morris, 22, adds
Gold Cup to
NCAA, MLS titles
Pendleton
all-stars fall
short in semis
By JANIE MCCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
East Oregonian
The
Pendleton
softball
all-stars’ dream of a trip to the
Little League World Series in
Portland fell just a smidge short.
A comeback victory advanced
Team Oregon to the semifi nals
of the West Regional, but it
could not muster a comeback
in the semifi nal game as Utah
sent Oregon packing back home
with a 5-0 defeat at Al Houghton
Stadium in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia. It was one step further
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Photo courtesy of Jeanine Youncs
Team Oregon (Pendleton)
Sauren Garton sprints to-
wards third base during
Thursday’s West Regional
semifi nal game in San Ber-
nardino, California.
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
United States’ Jordan Morris celebrates after scoring a goal against Jamaica during the second
half of the Gold Cup fi nal soccer match in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Bruce
Arena found Jordan Morris not long
after the fi nal whistle blew to offer some
encouraging words to the U.S. forward,
who had just helped deliver another
CONCACAF Gold Cup title.
Arena learned a little more about the
young American in one half of soccer
that began with a costly mistake and
fi nished with a spectacular strike.
“I said, ‘You made up for the goal
you gave away for us.’ And then I said,
‘You hit that ball pretty good,’” the U.S.
coach recalled. “Those kind of moments
are important for a player. That’s a big
step he took tonight, so I’m real pleased
with that.”
The former star at nearby Stanford
scored a tiebreaking goal in the 88th
minute , lifting the United States past
Jamaica 2-1 on Wednesday night for
the Americans’ sixth Gold Cup title and
fi rst since 2013.
In a span of 19 months, Morris has
won an NCAA title in 2015 with Stan-
ford, scoring the fi rst two goals in a 4-0
rout of Clemson; won the 2016 MLS
Cup for his hometown Seattle Sounders,
who beat Toronto on penalty kicks; and
now added a Gold Cup medal to his
growing collection.
“Some of those still haven’t set in,”
he said. “It’s pretty special to be part
of three great teams. It’s awesome to
be part of championships because they
don’t come around too often. It’s very
exciting.”
Morris’ goal came after he lost
his mark on Je-Vaughn Watson, who
evened the score in the 50th minute with
a 4-yard volley off Kemar Lawrence’s
corner kick.
“It defi nitely lingers around a little
bit. To be honest, I’ve never really had
anything like that in my career where I
was kind of at fault for the other team
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College Football
Ex-Duck Carrington transfers to Utah
Senior WR
dismissed from
UO 2 weeks ago
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
A herd of elk look both ways before crossing a
street in Gearhart in 2014. notforsale
Golf course sees
fi x to elk hordes
in trap, transfer
By R.J. MARX
EO Media Group
GEARHART — One man’s natural wonder is another
man’s nuisance.
While representatives of the Gearhart Golf Links don’t
want to rid the city of elk, they would like to see the herd
reduced. And after a dramatic incident involving beach-
goers menaced by an elk cow, they feel that the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife — the organization
responsible for the elks’ stewardship — has not done
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Darren
Carrington File
• 112 career catches
• 1,919 receiving yards
• 15 touchdowns
By KAREEM COPELAND
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY —
The Utes may have a new
No. 1 receiver after former
Oregon wideout Darren
Carrington transferred to
Utah.
The university confi rmed
Thursday that the senior is in
Salt Lake City and will join
the team but is not immedi-
ately able to be with the Utes
on the fi eld.
Coach
Kyle
Whit-
tingham said there are
“paperwork things” that
must be completed with the
Pac-12 and NCAA before
Carrington is fully cleared as
fall practices begin Friday.
He is confi dent those hurdles
will be cleared.
Carrington was dismissed
from the Ducks two weeks
AP Photo/Chris Pietsch, File
In this Sept. 10, 2016, fi le photo, Oregon wide receiver
Darren Carrington, left, gestures toward a Virginia play-
er at the conclusion of their game in Eugene.
ago, soon after he was
arrested on a misdemeanor
charge of driving under the
infl uence. Whittingham said
Carrington will be on a short
leash when it comes to disci-
pline-worthy actions.
“It was very apparent
and he would be the fi rst
to admit he has done some
dumb things, made some
bad decisions,” Whittingham
said at Pac-12 media days in
Los Angeles, “but he has got
the right attitude right now
and is bound and determined
to put this behind him,
move forward, try to have a
successful senior year and
then hopefully have a chance
to move on to the next level.”
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound
San Diego native steps onto
the Utah team as the most
experienced and successful
receiver on the roster. Last
season as a junior, Carrington
had 43 catches for 606 yards
and fi ve touchdowns. He has
112 career receptions for
1,919 yards and 15 touch-
downs.
The Utes are plenty
familiar with Carrington after
he caught a game-winning,
17-yard touchdown pass with
two seconds left last season
for a 30-28 Oregon victory.
“He is a terrifi c talent on
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Sports shorts
LA Galaxy hires Sigi Schmid
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy
have fi red coach Curt Onalfo just 20 games into
his fi rst season in charge of the struggling club.
The Galaxy hired veteran MLS coach Sigi
Schmid to return Thursday.
Onalfo went 6-10-4 after being
promoted from their develop-
mental squad when longtime
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena went
to the U.S. national team. Despite
a high-priced roster of veteran
talent, Onalfo never got consistent
results out of the Galaxy, who sit
Schmid
ninth in the Western Conference.
The German-born Schmid’s fi rst tenure
with the Galaxy began in 1999. His largely
successful tenure included the Galaxy’s fi rst
MLS Cup title in 2002.
Schmid went on to coach Columbus and
Seattle in 2009. The Sounders fi red him last
summer and went on to win the MLS Cup.
“It’s like the elephant in the
room, and you don’t want
to talk about it. But I’ve
gotten to the point in my
life where I’m like, ‘No, I’m
going to ... there’s no need
to not talk about it. I believe
that I will be hopefully
not just the highest-paid
receiver in the league, but
the highest-paid, period.“
— Odell Beckham Jr.
New York Giants wide receiver
declared Thursday his desires to be
the NFL’s highest-paid player, which
is currently Baltimore QB Joe Flacco
at $24.55 million. Beckham has two
years left on his rookie contract.
Nationals blast 8 home runs in
blowout win over Brewers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington
Nationals tied a franchise record with eight
home runs, including two apiece by Bryce
Harper and Ryan Zimmerman,
and Max Scherzer pitched six
innings of three-hit ball in a 15-2
rout of the fading Milwaukee
Brewers on Thursday.
Washington matched two
major league records in a seven-run third
inning: Most consecutive home runs (four) and
most home runs in an inning (fi ve).
After Harper connected off Michael Blazek
(0-1) in the fi rst inning, Brian Goodwin started
the long-ball barrage in the third with a two-run
drive. Wilmer Difo, Harper and Zimmerman
followed with long home runs.
Anthony Rendon resumed the fun with a
shot to dead center that fi nally chased Blazek,
who was making his fi rst major league start.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1984 — The Summer
Olympics open in Los Angeles
with a record 140 nations
competing. The Soviet Union
and 13 Communist allies,
including Cuba and East
Germany, boycott the games.
1994 — On the night
baseball players set an Aug.
12 strike date, Kenny Rogers
of the Texas Rangers pitches
a perfect game for a 4-0
victory over California.
2011 — Ryan Lochte cele-
brates the fi rst world record
set since high-tech bodysuits
were banned 1 1/2 years ago.
Lochte edges Michael Phelps
in 200-meter individual
medley at the world champi-
onships at Shanghai.
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