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SPORTS East Oregonian Page 2B Tuesday, October 10, 2017 IRRIGON Saturday Prep Roundup Pirates breeze to wins over Knights Bulldogs, By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian IRRIGON — On Saturday, the Irrigon Knights welcomed the Riverside boys and girls soccer team for a doubleheader. The Pirates certainly made their pres- ence known as both teams shut Boys Soccer out the Knights by a combined 15 goals. Riverside Irrigon was fielding a first- year girl’s varsity program against the experienced Irrigon Pirates. At first the competition was evenly matched. The Girls Soccer Knights inexpe- rience definitely showed but it took a while for Riverside the Pirates to find their groove in very windy conditions. S m a l l Irrigon mistakes on both sides, like inaccurate short passes or missed opportunities to down the ball, caused possession to change frequently. But once Riverside settled down, the Pirates began to dominate. They scored four goals in 20 minutes, and entered the half up by a comfortable margin. “I liked the girl’s pressure,” head coach Carlos Velasco said. “We worked on that, on pres- suring the ball.” The Pirates continued to put the pressure on in the second half, holding the Knights scoreless with only three shots on goal. Riverside had to grind out its victory down four players, which left the team without any subs. “At the end they kind of got tired,” Velasco added. The athleticism and endurance the girls showed against Irrigon is going to be something they will need to tap into as they near the end of the regular season. Satur- day’s win moves them to 5-1-2 Riverside’s Ulyces Lo- pez makes his way around Irri- gon’s Jose Medina and junior Luis Carde- nas in Saturday’s game in Irrigon. Staff photo by Alexis Man- sanarez 11 0 4 0 Staff photo by Alexis Mansanarez Riverside’s junior defender Faith Rosen works to move the ball up field as Irrigon’s junior midfielder Gabriela Avellano chases her in Saturday’s game in Irrigon. on the season and 2-0-1 in league play. The Pirates hold the top spot in Special District 2. While the Knights won’t continue into the postseason, head coach Joe Cobb celebrates the small victories, which he sees in the improvements the girls make week to week. “I thought the kids — we have progressively got better each game,” Cobb said. “I tell them the goal every game is to get better, and I like to try to get the ball in the goal. But I didn’t feel we went out there and embarrassed ourselves. I thought we went out there and played our kind of game.” Unlike the girls, the boy’s match up was uneven. They took the field after the girl’s game and with Irrigon entering the game winless and Riverside undefeated it was only a matter of time before the Pirates began their reign. They earned their eighth consecutive victory after defeating the Knights 11-0. The Pirates (8-0 overall, 3-0 Special District 4) scored four goals in the first half, one was off a free kick by sophomore Ulyces Lopez with just six minutes to go until the half. Riverside’s comfortable lead increased dramatically in the opening minutes of the second half. The Pirates scored three goals in the first six minutes against the Knights (0-9, 0-3), who were playing without any subs. A goalie change by Irrigon stopped the Pirates from tallying more goals, but Riverside cemented it’s No. 1 standing with this massive win. ——— Contact Alexis at aman- sanarez@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4542. Follow her on Twitter @almansanarez. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Thursday Perrydale at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Dufur at Arlington, 7 p.m. Friday Bend at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 7 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Nyssa, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 7 p.m. Culver at Heppner, 7 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 7 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Tuesday Nixyaawii at Echo, 4 p.m. Stanfield at Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m. Irrigon at Umatilla, 5 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 5 p.m. Ione at South Wasco, 5 p.m. Helix at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 6:30 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 5 p.m. Culver at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Burns, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 1 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 5:30 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Tuesday Baker at Umatilla, 3:30 p.m. Prescott (WA) at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Wednesday Riverside at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Thursday Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 4 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Nyssa, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 2 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Tuesday Riverside at La Grande, 3:30 p.m. Baker at Umatilla, 3:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Clarkston (WA), 4 p.m. Pendleton at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m. La Grande JV at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Thursday Mac-Hi at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 6 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Saturday Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 2 p.m. Irrigon at Nyssa, 3 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Thursday Heppner, Helix, Stanfield, Weston-McEwen at Helix Stubblebuster, TBD Friday Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi Gutbuster, TBD Saturday Hermiston at George Fox XC Classic, TBD COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Wednesday Wenatchee Valley at BMCC, 6 p.m. Friday North Idaho at BMCC, 6 p.m. EOU at Warner Pacific, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Wednesday Walla Walla at BMCC, 1 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Wednesday Walla Walla at BMCC, 3:15 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Southern Oregon at EOU, 6 p.m. Prep Standings Through Oct. 8 PREP FOOTBALL 5A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Mtn. View 4-0 6-0 196 70 1 Bend 4-0 5-1 198 114 10 Hermiston 3-1 4-2 176 117 5 Pendleton 2-2 3-3 186 100 18 Hood River 1-3 2-3 137 125 24 Summit 1-3 2-4 144 172 13 Redmond 1-3 1-5 84 232 22 Ridgeview 0-4 0-6 92 262 29 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk La Grande 1-0 5-1 203 133 7 Ontario 1-0 4-2 236 179 12 Mac-Hi Baker 0-1 0-1 3-2 127 83 1-5 60 204 25 28 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Nyssa 2-0 4-0 115 71 6 Umatilla 1-1 4-2 181 163 20 Irrigon 1-1 3-2 112 93 16 Burns 1-1 3-3 186 142 11 Vale 1-1 3-3 178 153 14 Riverside 0-2 2-3 80 153 31 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Stanfield 2-0 2-3 92 134 18 Heppner 1-0 2-3 116 144 7 Culver 0-1 0-6 85 233 22 W-McEwen 0-2 1-4 67 151 23 *Pilot Rock 2-3 108 178 X 1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr Cove 3-0 5-1 Wallowa 3-0 5-1 Crane 3-0 4-1 Echo 2-1 4-2 Adrian 1-1 4-1 Harper Chart. 1-1 2-2 Huntington 1-2 1-2 Powder Va. 1-2 1-4 Prarie City 0-2 0-6 Joseph 0-3 2-4 Pine Eagle 0-3 1-5 PS 294 364 284 298 222 116 45 96 14 168 162 1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 4 Lg Ovr Dufur 2-0 5-0 Arlington 1-0 5-1 Sherman 0-1 3-3 Perrydale 0-2 3-3 PS PA Rnk 270 83 2 335 66 13 242 170 20 262 231 19 PA Rnk 159 8 200 10 84 3 224 9 102 6 140 23 174 25 220 26 329 35 224 28 287 29 PREP VOLLEYBALL 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Pendleton 5-1 10-4 28 13 11 Hood River 5-1 10-7 28 21 16 The Dalles 2-4 6-9 18 28 24 Hermiston 0-6 2-13 11 36 27 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW Baker 4-0 14-6 39 La Grande 2-2 7-8 21 Ontario 2-2 4-7 13 Mac-Hi 0-4 1-11 3 SL Rnk 18 9 21 19 19 29 30 38 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Vale 6-0 18-5 50 21 5 Burns 5-1 13-6 36 16 8 Irrigon 4-2 18-5 49 15 14 Umatilla 2-4 8-11 28 35 33 Nyssa 2-5 6-13 18 44 27 Riverside 0-7 0-18 3 49 39 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Culver 5-1 20-2 53 13 1 Heppner 5-1 15-7 41 24 8 W-McEwen 2-3 14-10 46 35 6 Pilot Rock 2-4 13-8 38 25 14 Stanfield 0-5 2-17 6 47 34 1A BIG SKY LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW South Wasco 5-0 19-7 49 Dufur 4-1 9-9 30 Ione 3-2 7-17-1 23 Sherman 3-3 5-3 18 Cond./Wheeler 1-4 5-15 19 Mitch./Spray 0-6 1-11 5 SL Rnk 24 6 30 19 44 40 10 31 42 54 32 59 1A OLD OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW Powder Va. 10-1 19-10 52 Joseph 9-2 15-8 45 Helix 7-4 16-7 52 Echo 6-4 10-7 33 Wallowa 5-6 6-9 21 Cove 5-7 9-12 34 Nixyaawii 1-9 1-9 4 Pine Eagle 1-11 1-15 5 SL Rnk 31 10 25 12 23 25 23 26 30 33 37 39 29 56 44 57 PREP BOYS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hermiston 1-0-1 6-3-1 32 9 14 Hood River 1-0-1 5-2-2 22 11 1 The Dalles 1-1 4-5 23 21 16 Pendleton 0-2 1-7 7 33 28 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Mac-Hi 4-0 8-2 24 9 4 La Grande 3-1 7-3 47 13 13 Ontario 1-3 7-3-1 42 30 20 Baker 0-4 4-5 22 36 27 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 4 Lg Ovr GS Riverside 3-0 8-0 53 Nyssa 2-1 4-4 44 Umatilla 1-2 1-7-1 9 Irrigon 0-3 1-7 9 GA Rnk 9 2 36 24 43 34 60 40 PREP GIRLS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hood River 1-0-1 4-2-2 16 6 11 The Dalles Hermiston Pendleton 1-0-1 0-0-2 0-2 1-6-1 3-5-2 1-6-1 1 8 12 32 19 36 26 21 32 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk La Grande 4-0 8-0 30 2 5 Ontario 2-1-1 7-2-1 57 18 20 Baker 1-2-1 4-3-2 26 17 14 Mac-Hi 0-4 0-7-2 7 38 34 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 2 Lg Ovr GS Riverside 2-0-1 5-1-2 16 Umatilla 1-0-2 2-4-2 10 Nyssa 1-1-1 1-4-1 6 Irrigon 0-3 1-7 8 GA Rnk 2 9 22 17 17 18 25 27 Baseball MLB POSTSEASON DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Houston 3, Boston 1 Oct. 5: Houston 8, Boston 2 Oct. 6: Houston 8, Boston 2 Oct. 8: Boston 10, Houston 3 Monday: Houston 5, Boston 4 Cleveland 2, New York 2 Oct. 5: Cleveland 4, New York 0 Oct. 6: Cleveland 9, New York 8, 13 innings Oct. 8: New York 1, Cleveland 0 Monday: New York 7, Cleveland 3 Wednesday: New York (Sabathia 14-5) at Cleve- land (Kluber 18-4), 5:08 p.m. (FS1) National League Chicago 2, Washington 1 Oct. 6: Chicago 3, Washington 0 Oct. 7: Washington 6, Chicago 3 Monday: Chicago 2, Washington 1 Tuesday: Washington (Roark 13-11) at Chicago (Arrieta 14-10), 2:38 p.m. (TBS) x-Thursday, Oct. 12: Chicago at Washington, 2:38 p.m. (TBS) Los Angeles 3, Arizona 0 Oct. 6: Los Angeles 9, Arizona 5 Oct. 7: Los Angeles 8, Arizona 5 Monday: Los Angeles 3, Arizona 1 Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 89 74 N.Y. Jets 3 2 0 .600 92 106 New England 3 2 0 .600 148 142 Miami 2 2 0 .500 41 67 South W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 3 2 0 .600 139 83 Houston 2 3 0 .400 144 130 Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 110 142 Indianapolis 2 3 0 .400 97 159 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 99 89 Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 90 97 Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 84 83 Cleveland 0 5 0 .000 77 124 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 5 0 0 1.000 164 111 Denver 3 1 0 .750 98 74 Oakland 2 3 0 .400 108 109 L.A. Chargers 1 4 0 .200 99 115 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 137 99 Washington 2 2 0 .500 91 89 Dallas 2 3 0 .400 125 132 N.Y. Giants 0 5 0 .000 82 122 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 4 1 0 .800 105 94 Atlanta 3 1 0 .750 104 89 New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 93 78 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 85 83 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 4 1 0 .800 137 112 Detroit 3 2 0 .600 123 97 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 99 93 Chicago 1 4 0 .200 78 124 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 3 2 0 .600 110 87 L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 152 121 Arizona 2 3 0 .400 81 125 San Francisco 0 5 0 .000 89 120 ——— Week 5 New England 19, Tampa Bay 14 N.Y. Jets 17, Cleveland 14 Philadelphia 34, Arizona 7 Cincinnati 20, Buffalo 16 Jacksonville 30, Pittsburgh 9 Carolina 27, Detroit 24 Miami 16, Tennessee 10 L.A. Chargers 27, N.Y. Giants 22 Indianapolis 26, San Francisco 23, OT Baltimore 30, Oakland 17 Seattle 16, L.A. Rams 10 Green Bay 35, Dallas 31 Kansas City 42, Houston 34 Minnesota 20, Chicago 17 Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Toronto FC 19 5 New York City FC 16 8 Atlanta United FC 15 9 Chicago 15 10 Columbus 15 12 New York 13 12 Philadelphia 10 13 Montreal 11 15 New England 11 15 Orlando City 10 13 D.C. United 9 18 T Pts GF GA 8 65 71 35 8 56 53 39 8 53 68 38 7 52 58 42 5 50 50 47 7 46 51 46 9 39 42 43 6 39 50 54 6 39 48 58 9 39 38 51 5 32 30 54 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Vancouver 15 11 Sporting K.C. 12 7 Seattle 12 9 Portland 13 11 Houston 11 10 FC Dallas 10 9 Real Salt Lake 12 14 San Jose 12 14 Minnesota United 10 16 Colorado 8 18 Los Angeles 7 17 T Pts GF GA 6 51 48 46 12 48 38 25 11 47 45 39 8 47 54 49 10 43 52 44 13 43 43 43 6 42 47 53 6 42 35 57 6 36 45 64 6 30 30 48 8 29 41 62 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Game Sporting Kansas City at Houston, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta United FC at New York, 2 p.m. Columbus at Orlando City, 2 p.m. Montreal at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. New York City FC at New England, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 2 p.m. D.C. United at Portland, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Seattle, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota United at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 3 3 0 0 6 19 10 Detroit 2 2 0 0 4 6 3 Tampa Bay 3 2 1 0 4 13 11 Florida 2 1 1 0 2 8 9 Boston 2 1 1 0 2 4 7 Ottawa 2 0 0 2 2 5 7 Montreal 3 1 2 0 2 4 10 Buffalo 3 0 2 1 1 7 15 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 3 2 0 1 5 14 9 New Jersey 2 2 0 0 4 10 3 Philadelphia 3 2 1 0 4 8 7 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 1 1 3 8 11 Pittsburgh 3 1 1 1 3 9 15 Carolina 1 1 0 0 2 5 4 Columbus 2 1 1 0 2 6 5 N.Y. Rangers 3 1 2 0 2 9 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 3 3 0 0 6 12 8 Chicago 3 2 0 1 5 18 6 Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Minnesota 2 0 1 1 1 6 9 Dallas 2 0 2 0 0 3 6 Nashville 2 0 2 0 0 3 8 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 10 15 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 2 2 0 0 4 4 2 Los Angeles 2 2 0 0 4 6 1 Calgary 3 2 1 0 4 8 6 Anaheim 3 1 1 1 3 7 9 Vancouver 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 Edmonton 3 1 2 0 2 7 8 Arizona 2 0 1 1 1 5 7 San Jose 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ———— Monday’s Games St. Louis 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Colorado 4, Boston 0 New Jersey 6, Buffalo 2 Toronto 4, Chicago 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, Washington 3, OT Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 2 Calgary 2, Anaheim 0 Tuesday’s Games Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m. Bucks run at Richland Invitational East Oregonian RICHLAND, WASH. — The Hermiston cross country team joined Pendleton, a number of Washington and Idaho schools in the Max Jensen Richland Invitational on Saturday. The stacked field took laps around Carmi- chael Middle School as their regular season winds down. Hermiston was coming off of a not-so-hot finish in Portland a week ago, and head coach Troy Blackburn was impressed with how well they preformed this time out. “I was excited, especially after last week,” he said. “This week they bounced back. This year we did very well which will give us momentum going into districts.” Hermiston finished within the top 10 in both the girls and boys 3-mile Division II race. The girls placed second with 89 points while the boys finished in seventh place with 183 points. The boys could have easily placed in third or fourth if it weren’t missing a runner but there are still many things to celebrate. Seniors Melany Solorio and Isaac Sanchez were once again the No. 1 runners for each team. Both finished third in their respective races. Solorio clocked 19:21.51 and Sanchez ran sub-16 to finish 15:55.60. In fact, he shaved of 35 seconds from his course record. Two other Bulldogs from the girls team finished in the top 20. Freshman Amanda Nygard rounded out the top five in 19:24.63 and sophomore Shelia Solorio came in 17th place (20:10.30). For the boy’s, Hermiston’s next finisher behind Sanchez was fellow senior Emanuel Ibarra. Ibarra ran 16:52.96 for 23rd place, and junior Angel Benites followed in 29th place (16:59.21) Pendleton’s girls team earned a 12th place finish with 267 points and the boys team finished 17th with 560. Rylee Harris carried the Buckaroos with a 33rd place finish, running in 20:59.60, while Jordyn Murphy (21:59.49) and Katie Beach (22:01.09) were 61st and 62nd respectively. On boys side, freshman Jimmy Jones was the top finisher in 111th with a time of 18:45.37, while junior Michael Brooks was 115th (18:57.29) and Curtis Simons was 119th (19:03.39). VOLLEYBALL MORO — The Weston-McEwen TigerScots and Heppner Mustangs trav- eled to Sherman County on Saturday for some quality non-league games against St. Paul and Kennedy, but the two teams traveled home with just one win between the two. The TigerScots competed well on the day, dropping their first match to St. Paul 3-2 (25-22, 15-25, 18-25, 25-14, 15-10), but then rallied to take down Kennedy 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-19, 15-12). It was a rough day for the Mustangs, as they fell to St. Paul 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-16) and Kennedy 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 17-25, 18-25). For Weston-McEwen (14-10), Bryce Thul had a good day and recorded 28 digs, 51 assists, 14 kills and seven aces in the two matches, while Ellie Scheibner finished with 13 digs, 21 assists and three aces. Up front, Alyssa Finifrock led the team with 28 kills and 11 blocks, while Hailey Weaver and Tyree Burke combined for 33 kills and 16 blocks. On defense, Chelsea Quaempts tallied a team-best 51 digs with Jesse Manning following with 16 digs and Keree Graves with 14. “We did a great job today,” Weston- McEwen coach Shawn White said. “Our goal was to come in with more aggression and execute better and we did that all day.” For Heppner (15-7), Morgan Correa recorded 12 kills and three blocks on the day and Sydney Wilson led the team with 42 digs. Also in the scorebook, Madison Combe notched six kills while sophomore Nicole Propheter had four of her own, Jacee Currin served five aces, and racked up 11 assists and Sophie Grant ended the night with five kills and nine assists. “We struggled getting started this morning and just couldn’t recover,” head coach Mindy Wilson said. “St. Paul’s a good team and just out played us ... It was a tough day for us, but a good day of volleyball. It showed us where we need to be for the next level. Definitely gave us a goal to reach for.” ONTARIO 3, MAC-HI 0 — At Milton-Freewater, the Pioneers losing streak extended to eight games on Saturday afternoon as they were swept by Ontario 26-24, 25-20, 25-16. Anney Banek tallied 19 assists for Mac-Hi (1-11 overall, 0-4 GOL), while Abby Richwine and Britany Wells each had five kills to lead the team. “It was a very exciting game,” Mac-Hi coach Amanda Nelson said. “The girls really played well today and fought hard. I was proud of them and how hard they work!”