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SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS BOARDMAN Pirates pile on goals in rout of Bulldogs By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian BOARDMAN — After sneaking out a non-league win over Mac-Hi earlier in the week, the Riverside boys soccer team got back to league play on Saturday, wanting to keep their unbeaten streak going. The Pirates did so easily against Nyssa at Don Hendrix Memorial Field at Riverside High School, with a 14-3 victory over the Bulldogs to move Riverside to 7-0 on the season, and 2-0 in league play. The No. 2 Pirates controlled the entire 80 minutes, scoring fi ve of Boys Soccer Nyssa Riverside 3 14 their goals in the fi rst half and having little to no trouble against the Bulldogs (3-4 overall, 1-1 Special District 4). Which was something Riverside never doubted. “We expected that to be easy,” head coach Francisco Velazquez said. Velazquez and the team prepared for the match by studying their opponents, and with Nyssa making the three and a half hour trip after losing three of its last fi ve games the Pirates knew they had the advantage. Senior Jose Peralta was the star of the show and fi nished the day with six goals of his own. He scored Riverside’s fi rst two goals in the 6th and 7th minute. The fi rst was on a free kick, and he followed that up will an easy tip in after some action in front of the goal. Peralta would add one more goal to the board before the half and fellow senior Ricardo Navarro and Julian Elvert Jimenez would each tally a score. The Pirates went into half time nearly shutting out the Bulldogs, but a late foul in the box extended play until Nyssa knocked one in past Riverside goalkeeper Kevin Ruelas. After the break, the Bulldogs scored again on a penalty kick just seconds after the Pirates put their sixth goal on the board. Nyssa scored one more goal on its own accord before Riverside unleashed a scoring fury in the fi nal 25 minutes. The Bulldogs had to ultimately play a man down after two of their players were injured, including See PIRATES/2B Staff photo by Alexis Mansanarez Riverside’s Quincy Castillo faces Nyssa defenders in Saturday’s match at Don Hendrix Memorial Field in Boardman. NFL College Football Seahawks follow old script in win Herbert’s injury overshadows Ducks’ win Sophomore QB out “for a while” with broken collarbone Associated Press AP Photo/Stephen Brashear Seattle Seahawks running back J.D. McKissic runs for a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts in the second half of Sunday’s game in Seattle. Seattle salvages ugly first half for blowout win By TIM BOOTH Associated Press SEATTLE — It’s a script that’s become too familiar for the Seattle Seahawks. Look awful for the fi rst half. Look like one of the best teams in football in the second half. “It’s the same thing that always happens. Slow start out of the gate and for whatever reason we pick it up the third and fourth quarter,” Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said. Did the Seahawks ever pick it up, scoring 36 points in the second half to roll past the Indianapolis Colts 46-18 on Sunday night. The Seahawks used three total touchdowns from Russell Wilson — two passing and one running — a dynamic 30-yard touchdown sprint from J.D. McKissic and Bobby Wagner’s fumble return for a TD to blitz the Colts in the second half. But the slow starts are a problem that after four games appears to be a trend. The Seahawks have See SEAHAWKS/2B EUGENE — Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert is out “for a while” because of a fractured collarbone, coach Willie Taggart said Monday. Taggart also said at his weekly news conference that junior linebacker Kaulana Apelu is out for the season with an ankle fracture. Herbert, running back Royce Freeman and receiver Dillon Mitchell, all starters for the Ducks, were injured in the fi rst half of Oregon’s 45-24 victory Saturday over California. Taggart did not mention the other players by name but said “everyone else is day-to-day.” Herbert left the game near the end of the fi rst quarter after a 7-yard touchdown run. He fi nished 7-of-8 for 81 yards and also had a touchdown pass. Backup quarterback Taylor Alie left the game with an injury during the fourth quarter, paving the way for third-string quarterback Braxton Burmeister to make his fi rst college appearance. The Ducks (4-1, 1-1) host No. 11 Wash- See DUCKS/2B Seahawks lose Carson to leg fracture Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks’ RB Chris Carson will undergo surgery Tuesday for a severe high-ankle sprain suffered when his left leg was pinned in a pile in the fourth quarter of the Seahawks’ win over the Indianapolis Colts. Carson also has a small fracture just below his left knee, but the surgery will be to stabilize the ankle ligaments that were damaged, coach Pete Carroll said. Carson led a long list of injury concerns for Seattle, which may also be without DE Cliff Avril, LT Rees Odhiambo and CB Jeremy Lane for Sunday’s meeting with the Rams. Carson was placed on injured reserve Monday, although Carroll left open the possibility that Carson may return later in the season. Carson, a rookie seventh- round pick, had become the starting running back. The Seahawks will now go forward with Eddie Lacy and Thomas Rawls as their primary ball carriers. Carroll seemed most concerned about Avril and the neck injury he suffered in the fi rst half. Avril was inadvertently Carson kicked in the chin while trying to make a tackle from behind and his head snapped backward. Avril briefl y lost feeling in his hands. Carroll called the injury “serious stingers” and would not put a timeframe on when Avril may be able to return. Odhiambo was released from the hospital Monday after being diagnosed with a bruised sternum. Odhiambo had breathing problems after the game and was tended to by medics in the locker room before being taken to a hospital for overnight observation. AP Photo/Chris Pietsch Oregon’s Justin Herbert, center, drives into the end zone for a touchdown against California’s Quentin Tartabull, bot- tom, and Devante Downs during the fi rst quarter of Saturday’s game in Eugene. Sports shorts Raiders’ QB Carr out 2-6 weeks ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr will miss between two and six weeks after breaking a bone in his back during a loss to the Denver Broncos. Coach Jack Del Rio said Monday that a CT scan showed that Carr has a transverse process fracture in his back after being injured in the third quarter of a 16-10 loss Sunday. Del Rio said these injuries typically sideline players for two to six weeks. Former Cowboys quarterback Carr Tony Romo and the Panthers’ Cam Newton each had similar injuries in 2014 and missed only one game each. In Carr’s place will be E.J. Manuel, a fi rst-round pick in Buffalo in 2013, who showed some encouraging signs when he relieved Carr after the injury. Manuel completed 11 of 17 passes for 106 yards. “The board requested of me and authorized me to initiate the process to terminate for cause, as defi ned in Coach Pitino’s employment contract .... The fact that he has accomplishments is really unrelated. It’s important that we be fair and follow the agreement and do this right for any employee.” — Greg Postel University of Louisville’s interim pres- ident after the UL athletic association board voted unanimously to begin the termination process for men’s bas- ketball coach Rick Pitino on Monday. Kansas City beats Washington on last-second fi eld goal KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drilled a 43-yard fi eld goal with 8 seconds left in his fi rst career game, atoning for an earlier miss and helping Kansas City to a 29-20 victory over the Washington Redskins on Monday night. The Chiefs (4-0) put an exclamation point on the win when linebacker Justin Houston picked up a fumble as the Redskins (3-2) were trying to keep the game alive and returned it for a game-ending touchdown. Alex Smith threw for 293 yards with touchdowns on the ground and through the air, and it was his 37-yard strike to Albert Wilson that set up Butker’s go-ahead kick. Travis Kelce hauled in seven catches for 111 yards and a touchdown, while Chiefs rookie Kareem Hunt ran 21 times for 101 yards. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1974 — Frank Robinson signs a $175,000-a-year play- er-manager contract with the Cleveland Indians, making him the fi rst black manager in major league history. 1997 — Hall of Famer Gordie Howe, 69, skates the fi rst shift with the Detroit Vipers in their International Hockey League opener, becoming the only profes- sional in his sport to compete in six decades. 2008 — Candace Parker of Los Angeles Sparks receives the WNBA’s most valuable player award along with the rookie of the year awards, the fi rst player to win both. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
