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SPORTS WEEKEND, OCT. 7-8 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON PREP ROUNDUP Bulldogs win third straight Hermiston tallies 473 total yards, grinds out win over Ridgeview East Oregonian REDMOND — Hermiston traveled back down to Central Oregon on Friday night and brought home a win, beating the Ridgeview Ravens 48-26. Hermiston FOOTBALL (4-2 overall, 3-1 Special District 1) used a balanced Hermiston offense to take down the Ravens, running for 259 yards and passing Ridgeview for 214 more. Andrew James kept up his effi cient play, completing 12-of-15 passes with three touchdowns, and rushing for 100 yards on eight carries with a score. As usual, James’ favorite target was Dayshawn Neal, as Neal hauled in six passes for 97 yards with a score. The pair hooked up for the touchdown to open the game, with Neal catching a 36-yard score for an early 7-0 lead. James also threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Joey Gutierrez in the third quarter and a 3-yard score to Keaton Mikami in the fourth. Jonathan Hinkle had a big day on the ground for the Bulldogs, rushing for 105 yards and two scores on 14 carries. Hermiston’s defense forced two turnovers, but gave up 300 rushing yards on 54 attempts to the Ravens. Ridgeview (0-6, 0-4) tied the game at 14-14 with 8:37 left in the second quarter, but scores by Hinkle, James and Gutierrez gave the Bulldogs a 35-14 lead and momentum going into halftime. UP NEXT Hermiston will next host Bend on Friday night at 7 p.m. 48 26 STANFIELD 38, WESTON- MCEWEN 16 — At Stanfi eld, the Tigers continued to play well at the right time as they picked up their second league victory of the season with a big 38-16 win over Weston-McEwen on Friday night. Stanfi eld (2-3 overall, 2-0 CBC) ran for 335 yards on the TigerScots, with Justin Keeney running for 112 yards and two touchdowns and Adrian Renner gaining 103 yards with two more scores. Shayne Keltz also ran for one touchdown. “It’s probably the best we’ve looked all season,” Stanfi eld coach Davie Salas said. “We’re playing good football at the right time like we did tonight. We started the season a little rough, but I kept telling the kids to keep believing in themselves and the results will come and that’s what we’re seeing right now.” The win gives the Tigers a chance to play for their second straight CBC title in two weeks See PREP ROUNDUP/3B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Shaw Jerome attempts to break the tackle of Mountain View’s Landon Dean in the Bucks’ 21-6 loss to the Cougars on Friday at Round-Up Stadium in Pendleton. Cougars wear out Buckaroos Mountain View runs for 324 yards to beat Pendleton at home By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — The Pend- leton Buckaroos knew that if they wanted to upset the Mountain View Cougars on Friday night, their offense would have to start fast, operate with balance and effi ciency and reach the end zone. It would have to offset Mountain View’s dominant rushing attack that has earned well over 1,000 yards on the season. Pendleton got the ball fi rst on Friday night and started exactly how they wanted to. The Bucks moved 80 yards on six plays in the opening drive, scoring on a 12-yard run by quarterback Nick Bower for a 6-0 lead just 2 minutes, 13 seconds into the game. But then, things fell apart. After that drive, Pendleton game and against a team like (Mountain View) that just grinds it out was tough.” Mountain View (6-0 overall, 4-0 Special FOOTBALL District 1) was carried to the win by a phys- ical offensive Mountain View line and the workhorse running back, Jonas Larson. The junior ran the ball a whop- Pendleton ping 48 times for 268 yards and three touch- downs in the game, upping his season total to more than 1,200 rushing yards. He carried the team on a 93-yard drive that ate up more than 8 minutes of clock in the second quarter, running 14 times for 80 yards with a 1-yard score to put his Cougars on top 14-6 before halftime. “That really just wore us out,” Davis said. “And the offense is just 21 6 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Nick Bower (15) stairs down Mountain View’s Luke Schulz while handing the ball off to Kirk Liscom in the Bucks’ 21-6 loss to the Cougars on Friday in Pendleton. lost its rhythm and tallied just 115 total yards on its next seven possessions. Meanwhile, Moun- tain View’s offense ground out 324 rushing yards and ate up 30 minutes, 8 seconds of game clock to pull out a 21-6 victory over the Bucks at the Round-Up Arena. “We had a pretty good offensive game plan going in, knowing what we wanted to do early, but (Moun- tain View) made some pretty good adjustments and we just weren’t in a rhythm,” Pendleton coach Erik Davis said. “Our defense was on the fi eld it seemed like the entire See BUCKS/3B UMATILLA Umatilla beats Riverside for fi rst league victory Webb, Durfey help Vikings defend their home fi eld on Friday By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian UMATILLA — After opening league play with a 29-point loss last week, the Umatilla Vikings were frustrated. They were frus- trated because they could have gone toe-to-toe with Burns if it weren’t for fundamental errors that ultimately cost them the game. So head coach Dan Durfey went back to basics this week of practice before Umatilla hosted its fi rst league FOOTBALL opponent. And it worked. The Vikings handed the Riverside Riverside Pirates a 44-16 loss Friday night to move to 4-2 on the season, and 1-1 Umatilla in the Eastern Oregon League. “It was a pretty hard hit for them,” Durfey said of the league opener. “They felt good going in there but we had a lot of breakdowns, and they were pretty frustrated about that. So, it wasn’t hard to get things going in 16 44 practice.” One thing in particular plagued the Vikings last week. Senior quarterback Kaden Webb wasn’t setting his feet well, and couldn’t make the connections Umatilla needed then. Friday, however, was a different story. Webb went 12-for-17 for 250 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 54 yards and one touch- down on six carries. “It felt pretty good,” Webb said. “Overall through the night it felt like I was throwing the ball pretty well, receivers were going and making plays so that’s nice to see.” One of those plays was a 72-yard touchdown pass to senior running back Trent Durfey with three seconds left in the third quarter. The 6-foot 2-inch 210-pound back ran through Riverside’s defense the entire night. By this point in the game, the Vikings had a comfortable lead over the Pirates (2-3 overall, 0-2 EOL). After Umatilla’s opening drive ended with a punt on 4th-and-10, the defense took the fi eld and wouldn’t be on for much long after. Riverside’s senior quarter- back Mason Hegar fumbled as he was swarmed by the Umatilla defense, and Viking linebacker Zaquary Funderburk recovered the ball on the Pirates 1-yard line. Webb found sophomore running back Arrik Russell for Umatilla’s fi rst score of the night. See UMATILLA/3B Sports shorts Browns’ 2017 top pick Garrett to make NFL debut on Sunday CLEVELAND (AP) Six months after being drafted, Myles Garrett can fi nally show why he was the No. 1 pick. Garrett missed Cleveland’s fi rst four games all losses with a high right-ankle sprain. But the 21-year-old rookie made it through a week of practice without any trouble, and he’ll make his regular-season debut Sunday for the Browns against the New York Jets. The Browns need a jolt of any Garrett kind, and the 6-foot-4, 275-pound former Texas A&M star might be just what Cleveland needs to shake off another slow start. Coach Hue Jackson said Garrett’s snaps could be limited as the team doesn’t want to take any extra chances with the rookie defensive end now that he’s fi nally healthy. “We have come under criticism and attack over the years, but we have always faced our critics. Our projects are going ahead as scheduled. This (blockade) is no risk in relation to the hosting of the World Cup.” — Hassan Al Thawadi Qatar World Cup supreme com- mittee secretary general, on block- ade by neighboring countries and the potential affect on hosting the 2022 World Cup Diamondbacks coach fi ned for wearing Apple Watch in game NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona coach Ariel Prieto and the Diamondbacks have been fi ned by Major League Baseball for his wearing an Apple Watch in the dugout during the NL wild-card win over Colorado. The commissioner’s offi ce said in a statement that it interviewed Prieto and examined his watch and cellphone. It said it “found no evidence that Mr. Prieto used the Apple Watch or cellphone for any purpose in the dugout, nor any baseball-related communication on either device, during Wednesday’s game.” Prieto and the team were fi ned because he violated a regulation, and MLB will donate the fi ne money to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Last month, the Boston Red Sox were fi ned by MLB for using an Apple Watch to relay signs to hitters. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1916 — Georgia Tech beats Cumberland 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in history. 1962 — Judy Kimball wins the LPGA champi- onship with a four-stroke victory over Shirley Spork. 2001 — San Diego’s Rickey Henderson becomes the 25th player with 3,000 hits with a bloop double in a 14-5 loss to Colorado. 2011 — Seimone Augustus and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Atlanta Dream 73-67 to complete a three- game sweep of the WNBA championship series. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
