SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
1B
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Prep Roundup
PENDLETON
Dawgs Buckaroos grind out victory
fall on
road to
Eagles
Pendleton’s
Kalan Mc-
Glothan (9)
and Rylee
Gentner (7)
get ready
to block
the hit of
Jodi Thom-
asian, of
The Dalles,
during
Tuesday’s
game at
Warberg
Court.
Pendleton
won the
match 3-1,
Hood River sweeps
Hermiston
East Oregonian
HOOD RIVER — The
Hermiston volleyball team
continued Columbia River
Conference play on Tuesday
night as it traveled west on
Interstate 84 to take on the
Hood River Valley Eagles.
The Bulldogs faced another
well-seasoned team, which
ended up taking advantage of
unforced errors by Hermiston
in route to a three straight set
defeat (12-25, 14-25, 21-25).
“Tonight was a tough loss
for us simply because we had a
hard time fi nding our rhythm,”
head coach Amy Dyck said.
However, the Bulldogs
(2-7, 0-2 CRC) didn’t give up
without a fi ght.
“We came back in the third
set and battled and made them
work for their points,” Dyck
said.
Leading the charge for
Hermiston
was
Ireland
McDonough, who ended the
night with three aces and seven
digs; Breena Wadekamper,
who notched six assists; and
Kendall Dowdy, who recorded
four kills and eight digs.
Up next for the Bulldogs is
a trip to Pendleton to face the
Buckaroos at 6:30 Thursday.
HEPPNER 3, PILOT
ROCK 0 — At Heppner, the
Mustangs played host to Pilot
Rock, and earned its fi rst
league victory after sweeping
the Rockets in three sets. The
25-5, 25-21, 26-24, win was
a true testament to the grit the
Mustangs have shown on the
court, according to head coach
Mindy Wilson.
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Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
Pendleton shows rust against Riverhawks, but keeps unbeaten streak alive
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The fi rst two weeks of the
volleyball season were a breeze for
Pendleton, winning all fi ve matches
without dropping a single set.
Tuesday night’s game against
The Dalles was anything but a
breeze, however, even though the
Buckaroos came out winners by a
3-1 score to remain unbeaten on the
season. It was a week
play to our ability in
Volleyball
since Pendleton’s last
this one,” Pendleton
game, and the rust
senior Rylee Gentner
was obvious with
said. “We had a week
communication on The Dalles Pendleton break and getting into
the court lacking at
it, we were kind of
times and Buckaroos
rolling in the motions
giving away too
and we needed to pick
many points to the
it up like we normally
Riverhawks.
do.”
“It feels good to win but we
Pendleton (6-0, 2-0 CRC) started
have to work for it and we didn’t the fi rst set by seemingly going
1
3
through the motions at times and
held a 16-13 lead halfway through.
The Bucks fi nished strong to take
the fi rst set 25-14 but then came
out in the second set sluggish again
and trailed the Riverhawks (2-5,
1-1) 7-6. But once again, Pendleton
fi nished the set strong and pulled
out a 25-16 victory.
In the third set the Buckaroos
appeared on its way to yet another
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MLB
Rangers score twice in 8th inning to hand Mariners fourth straight loss
Seattle running
out of time to gain
ground in Wild
Card standings
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano (22) is tagged out by
Texas Rangers fi rst baseman Joey Gallo (13) after be-
ing caught between bases following a groundout by
Seattle’s Kyle Seager during Tuesday’s game in Seattle.
SEATTLE — Shin-Soo
Choo’s sacrifi ce fl y broke
a tie in the eighth inning,
Elvis Andrus followed with
an RBI single and the Texas
Rangers beat the Seattle
Mariners 3-1 on Tuesday
night to boost their slim
playoff chances.
The Rangers won their
second straight after a
fi ve-game losing streak and
pulled within 3½ games of
Texas
Seattle
3
1
Minnesota for the second
American League wild
card.
Pinch-hitter
Carlos
Gomez, slowed for the past
week by a sprained ankle,
led off the eighth with a
double against Nick Vincent
(3-3). Delino DeShields
beat out a bunt single and
Choo followed with a fl y
ball deep enough that pinch-
runner Will Middlebrooks
scored easily to give Texas
the lead.
Andrus
added
a
broken-bat single that
scored DeShields.
Seattle lost its fourth
straight and squandered an
opportunity to move within
three games of Minnesota.
And it was a major baserun-
ning mistake that came back
to bite the Mariners.
With one out and runners
at the corners in the seventh
inning, Yonder Alonso was
caught too far off third base
as Guillermo Heredia pulled
back on a bunt attempt.
Alonso was easily thrown
out by catcher Robinson
Chirinos. Heredia eventu-
ally singled against Tony
Barnette (2-1), but Ben
Gamel popped out to end
the threat.
Alex Claudio pitched the
ninth for his ninth save.
Texas starter Martin
Perez and Seattle counter-
part Mike Leake were both
excellent but didn’t fi gure in
the decision.
Leake allowed just one
run in 6 2/3 innings, scat-
tering six hits and striking
out fi ve. His only major
trouble came in the second
when Adrian Beltre led off
with a single, advanced to
third on Nomar Mazara’s
double and scored on Joey
Gallo’s groundout. Leake
limited the damage to just
that run and immediately
went on a roll, retiring 14 of
the next 15 before Andrus
reached on an infi eld single
with two outs in the sixth.
Leake has allowed two
earned runs or fewer in each
of his four starts since being
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Sports shorts
Dolphins suspend LB for going AWOL
MIAMI (AP) — Linebacker Lawrence
Timmons was suspended indefi nitely by the
Miami Dolphins after he went AWOL on the eve
of the team’s season opener.
Timmons wanted to rejoin the team this
week, but coach Adam Gase was angered by
the disappearance of the 11th-year
veteran, which occurred Saturday
in Los Angeles the day before
Miami’s game at the Chargers.
The Dolphins fi led a missing
person report before making
contact with Timmons, who
apparently was dealing with a
Timmons
personal matter. He wasn’t with
the Dolphins at the game and didn’t fl y back to
South Florida on the team plane after Miami’s
19-17 win.
Timmons signed a $12 million, two-year
deal with Miami in March after 10 seasons with
Pittsburgh, where he won a Super Bowl ring in
2009 and made the Pro Bowl in 2014.
“I have been in the
huddle one time when
a quarterback came
in and I did not know
who he was and I had
to shake his hand and
introduce myself.“
— Joe Thomas
The Cleveland Browns’ all-pro left
tackle in an interview on The Dan
Patrick Show about the Browns’
QB issues over the past two
decades. Thomas has protect-
ed 18 different QBs in his 10-
year career. He also surpassed
10,000 consecutive snaps played
in Sunday’s loss to Baltimore.
NHL player diagnosed with
cancer, plans to keep playing
(AP) — New Jersey Devils forward Brian
Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic
myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow
cancer that the team’s doctor said can largely be
treated with medication
Boyle has been away from
the team during training camp
while getting diagnosed. On a
conference call Tuesday, Boyle
said he hopes to start playing
hockey again soon.
Boyle
“We have a good plan of attack
here and I’m looking forward to
getting on the ice and playing,” Boyle said.
General manager Ray Shero said the cancer
was discovered in bloodwork during the Devils’
team physicals at the start of camp.
Boyle is a veteran of 624 NHL games with
four teams, most recently with Tampa Bay and
Toronto, and has 93 goals and 76 assists
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1987 — Chicago’s Walter
Payton breaks Jim Brown’s
NFL record with his 107th
rushing touchdown, and the
Bears defeat the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers 20-3.
2002 — Mike Altman and
Simon Carcagno become
the fi rst Americans to reach
the fi nals of the lightweight
men’s pair event at the World
Rowing Championships at
Seville, Spain.
2015 — The U.S. defeats
Europe in the biggest
comeback in Solheim Cup
history. Paula Creamer beats
Germany’s Sandra Gal 4 and
3 to complete the 14 1/2-13
1/2 victory.
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