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Thursday, September 28, 2017 SPORTS BUCKS: Lost 49-21 to Panthers last year BULLDOGS: Eagles much-improved ... this is a huge test because after that it’s just getting the Continued from 1B this year after winless 2016 season they were a playoff team, we ball into our athletes’ hands. loss could be a setback as the were not, so we have to go in The quicker I get it to them, Page 2B East Oregonian Buckaroos regular season creeps over the halfway mark Friday. And it won’t be easy for the Buckaroos, as the Panthers on offense deploy a tricky, run-heavy scheme, using pre-snap motions and hard counts to keep opposing defenses on their toes. It helped the Panthers defeat the Buckaroos 49-21 one year ago inside the Round-Up. “They’re going to run the ball hard and we’ll have to be ready for it,” Pendleton linebacker Kirk Liscom said. “It seems like every week we’re facing a run-heavy team, but I think our line- backers and our front seven have stepped up to the chal- lenge,” Davis said. “This is an offense that we have to be very strict in our assignments an continue to win the battle in the trenches.” The Buckaroos offense is still trying to fi nd a consistent balance in its attack, but is coming off of its best game yet where they ran for 142 yards and passed for 228 against Ridgeview. Pend- leton will have its hands full against a physical Redmond defense, but one that has been exposed as the Panthers have allowed 162 points (40.5 average) in its four games. “They run a 4-2 (front) and they’re fast and the corners are decent,” said Bower, who has 994 passing yards and 12 TDs this season. “Hopefully we can establish a run and get the play-action off of that. It all starts with the offensive line — passing, running, nothing can happen without them but the quicker they can do their thing.” For Davis, who also is Pendleton’s offensive play- caller, he says the key to the offense — and perhaps the game — falls on his shoul- ders as well. “Part of it is me calling the offense and being willing to stick with the plan, the run game and not vacate that too early,” he said. “We have some kids that are workhorses and do well at moving the chains. So it’s a combination of me making sure to stick to the plan and the offensive line winning the battles up front, and if so I think we have a good shot.” ———— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. Continued from 1B Bulldogs, to put on another show against Hood River they will have to carry their successes from last week into this game against a hungry Eagles team. Last year was tough for Hood River. It suffered some big blows, as only two games were decided by less than 27 points. But the experience junior quarterback Caden Leiblein and the rest of the squad picked up has been valuable this time around. The Eagles opened up its 2017 season defeating St. Helens and Ridgeview by a combined score of 87-21. However, they will land in Hermiston coming off a 34-16 loss to Bend. “I think that’s a good Hood River team,” Faaeteete said. “They are coached well. They do fundamental things really well. They’ve got a great quarterback, the kid is pretty athletic and accurate with his arm. They played a bad game at Bend, you know it happens and they are going to come in here wanting a win.” In Leiblein’s sophomore season, and his fi rst year at the helm of the team, he threw for 1,631 yards, 14 touchdowns, and fi ve interceptions. He has already turned things around this year with the help of 17 returning starters. Protecting Leiblein and star running back Michael Jones, who is back for his senior season after suffering through a year of injuries, are protected by a big offensive line unit. Leading the group is senior Wade Pickering. The 6-foot 2-inch 240-pound lineman will give the Bulldog defense some trouble. “This is our home turf we’ve got to defend it,” he continued. “We’ve got to lay everything out and put our foot down on the gas and just keep going. We’re not worried about what they’re going to do. We have to concern ourselves with our execution, or fundamental tackling, everything that we need to do to take of what we control.” That was the key in last week’s win and will be the factor that plays into the outcome of Friday’s game. Kick off set for 7 p.m. ——— Contact Alexis at aman- sanarez@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4542. Follow her on Twitter @almansanarez. SCOREBOARD BRIEFLY Watson donates game check to Harvey victims MLB approves sale of Marlins to Derek Jeter group HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans rookie Deshaun Watson donated his fi rst NFL game check to three NRG stadium employees who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Watson surprised three women who work in the team cafeteria at the stadium Wednesday. In a video shared by the team he told the women: "For what you all do for us every day and never complain, I really appreciate you all, so I wanted to give my fi rst game check to y'all to help y'all out in some type of way. Here you guys go." One of the women became emotional after learning of the donation and asked for a hug from the quarterback. He quickly obliged as a huge grin covered his face. He also told them: "Hopefully, that's good and that can get you back on your feet. And anything else y'all need, I'm always here to help." Watson donated about $27,000. He has a base salary of $465,000. MIAMI (AP) — Major league owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the Miami Marlins, the woebegone franchise by Jeffrey Loria, to an investment group led by Jeter and Bruce Sherman. The deal needed 75 percent approval. A signed $1.2 billion agreement was submitted to Major League Baseball last month to sell the Marlins to a group led by Sherman, a venture capitalist who will be the controlling owner. Jeter, the former New York Yankees captain, plans to be a limited partner in charge of business and baseball operations. The Marlins have endured another disappointing year and are assured of their eighth consecutive losing season, the longest streak in the majors. They’ll sit out the playoffs for the 14th year in a row, the longest streak in the NL. They’re also likely to fi nish last in the NL in attendance for the 12th time in the past 13 years, creating revenue constraints that may lead to a payroll purge in Jeter’s fi rst offseason as an owner. Friday Carroll at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. North Idaho at Blue Mountain, 4:15 p.m. Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Pendleton at Redmond, 7 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Burns, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Riverside, 7 p.m. Stanfi eld at Culver, 7 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 7 p.m. Echo at Wallowa, 7 p.m. Arlington vs. Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler (at Fossil), 4 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Thursday Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 5 p.m. Stanfi eld at Heppner, 5 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 5 p.m. South Wasco vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Condon), 5 p.m. Pendleton at The Dalles, 6:30 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 6:30 p.m. La Grande at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m. Friday Nixyaawii at Cove, 2 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 3 p.m. Echo at Wallowa, 4 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Monument/Dayville (at Dayville), 5 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Friday Irrigon at Umatilla, 5 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Friday Irrigon at Umatilla, 7 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Thursday Hermiston, Helix, Stanfi eld, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen, Riverside/Irrigon, Heppner at Bulldog Fest (Riverfront Park, Hermiston), 4:50 p.m. Friday Mac-Hi at Baker Invitational, 4:30 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursday Eastern Oregon at Walla Walla, 6 p.m. Friday Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley, 6 p.m. College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday North Idaho at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Carroll at Eastern Oregon, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Montana State-Northern at Eastern Oregon, 6 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB z-Boston 92 66 .582 — z-New York 88 69 .561 3½ Tampa Bay 76 81 .484 15½ Toronto 75 84 .472 17½ Baltimore 75 84 .472 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 99 59 .627 — Minnesota 83 75 .525 16 Kansas City 78 80 .494 21 Chicago 64 93 .408 34½ Detroit 62 96 .392 37 West Division W L Pct GB x-Houston 98 60 .620 — Los Angeles 78 79 .497 19½ Seattle 77 82 .484 21½ Texas 76 82 .481 22 Oakland 73 85 .462 25 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division ——— Wednesday’s Games Houston 12, Texas 2 Oakland 6, Seattle 5 Pittsburgh 5, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 4, Minnesota 2 Boston 10, Toronto 7 N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 7, Detroit 4 L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Minnesota (Santana 16-8) at Cleveland (Carrasco 17-6), 12:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Faria 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Gray 10-11), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Peacock 12-2) at Boston (Rodri- guez 6-6), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 11-10) at Texas (Gonza- lez 8-12), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Norris 2-6) at Chicago White Sox (Covey 0-7), 8:10 p.m. Detroit (Norris 4-8) at Kansas City (Duffy 9-9), 8:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W x-Washington 95 L Pct GB 63 .601 — Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Central Division x-Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati West Division 74 71 69 64 84 87 90 95 .468 21½ .449 24½ .434 27 .403 31½ W 89 83 82 73 67 L 69 75 76 85 91 Pct GB .563 — .525 6 .519 7 .462 16 .424 22 W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 101 57 .639 — y-Arizona 92 67 .579 9½ Colorado 86 73 .541 15½ San Diego 70 89 .440 31½ San Francisco 62 97 .390 39½ x-clinched division y-clinched wild card ——— Wednesday’s Games Colorado 15, Miami 9 Arizona 4, San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 5, Baltimore 3 Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 7, Washington 5 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 0 L.A. Dodgers 10, San Diego 0 Thursday’s Games Cincinnati (Romano 5-7) at Milwaukee (Suter 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Brault 1-0) at Washington (Jackson 5-6), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 11-12) at Miami (Peters 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 11-8), 7:15 p.m. Wild Card Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct GB z-New York 87 69 .558 +5 z-Minnesota 82 74 .526 — z-clinched playoff berth NATIONAL LEAGUE W y-Arizona 90 Colorado 84 Milwaukee 83 St. Louis 81 y-clinched wild card L 66 72 75 75 Pct GB .577 +6 .538 — .525 2½ .519 3 Football NFL Thursday’s Game Chicago at Green Bay, 5:25 p.m. Sunday’s Games New Orleans vs Miami at London, UK, 6:30 a.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Carolina at New England, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 10 a.m. L.A. Rams at Dallas, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Seattle, 5:30 p.m. Monday’s Game Washington at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Schedule Friday No. 5 Southern Cal at No. 16 Washington State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) No. 14 Miami at Duke, Friday, 4 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Toronto FC 18 5 8 New York City FC 16 8 7 Atlanta United FC 15 8 7 Chicago 15 10 6 Columbus 14 12 5 New York 12 11 7 Montreal 11 14 6 Orlando City 10 13 8 New England 11 15 5 Philadelphia 9 13 9 D.C. United 9 17 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Vancouver 14 10 6 Sporting K.C. 12 6 11 Seattle 12 8 11 Portland 13 10 8 FC Dallas 10 9 11 Real Salt Lake 12 14 5 Houston 10 10 10 San Jose 11 14 6 Minnesota United 9 15 5 Los Angeles 7 17 7 Colorado 7 18 5 Pts 62 55 52 51 47 43 39 38 38 36 32 GF 67 52 66 57 48 46 49 38 48 40 30 GA 33 38 35 41 47 42 52 51 58 43 52 Pts 48 47 47 47 41 41 40 39 32 28 26 GF 47 37 45 53 42 46 50 33 40 40 27 GA 43 23 37 47 42 52 43 56 59 61 46 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Games Atlanta United FC 3, Philadelphia 0 D.C. United 3, New York 3, tie New York City FC 1, Montreal 0 Orlando City 6, New England 1 FC Dallas 2, Colorado 0 Los Angeles 3, Houston 3, tie Chicago 4, San Jose 1 Seattle 3, Vancouver 0 PIGSKIN PICKERS Week 4 Overall: Last Week: HRV at Hermiston Pendleton at Redmond Heppner at WMHS Irrigon at Riverside USC at Wash. State V. Tech at Clemson Sac State at E.Wash. Steelers at Ravens Raiders at Broncos Colts at Seahawks Ron Gibbs Mike Appleton Eric Singer Jodi Bloomberg Clint Shoemake Zachary Orem John Airoldi Weston Putman Brandon Case Alexis Mansanarez 25-5 8-2 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Irrigon USC Clemson EWU Steelers Broncos Seahawks 23-7 6-4 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Riverside USC Clemson EWU Steelers Raiders Seahawks 23-7 7-3 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Irrigon WSU Clemson EWU Steelers Broncos Seahawks 22-8 8-2 Hermiston Pendleton WMHS Irrigon WSU Clemson EWU Ravens Broncos Seahawks 22-8 8-2 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Irrigon USC Clemson EWU Steelers Raiders Seahawks 22-8 8-2 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Irrigon WSU Clemson EWU Steelers Bronos Seahawks 21-9 6-4 Hermiston Redmond Heppner Irrigon WSU Clemson EWU Steelers Broncos Seahawks 21-9 6-4 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Riverside USC Clemson EWU Steelers Raiders Seahawks 17-13 5-5 Hermiston Pendleton Heppner Irrigon USC Clemson Sac State Steelers Broncos Seahawks 16-14 4-6 Hermiston Pendleton WMHS Irrigon USC Clemson EWU Ravens Broncos Seahawks GOOD LUCK! 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