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SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MLB PLAYOFFS Cubs knock out Nationals Chicago advances to NLCS to face Los Angeles By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Chicago Cubs win whenever they need to, with whatever it takes, even a seven-out save by Wade Davis to preserve a shrinking lead and a “Did that really happen?” four-run inning against Washington’s Max Scherzer in a thriller of a Game 5. NLDS That wild, bat-around fi fth inning Thursday night for Chicago included Chicago Addison Russell’s go-ahead, two-run double, a bases-loaded hit by pitch, and a disputed dropped third strike followed Washington by a throwing error, helping the defending World Series cham- pion Cubs come back — and then hold on — to edge the Nationals 9-8. And for the third year in a row, Chicago reached the NL Championship Series. “Give the boys credit,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “That’s one of the most incredible victories I’ve ever been part of. I know a lot of people are prob- ably saying the same thing, but under the circumstances, in the other team’s ballpark, after a tough loss at home, to come back and do that, give our guys all the credit in the world.” Russell drove in four runs and Davis, Chicago’s seventh pitcher, turned in his longest appearance since 2012. The Cubs trailed 4-1, then led 8-4 and 9-6, in a game that lasted more than 4½ hours and ended after midnight on Friday. “It was bizarro world, there’s no question about it,” Maddon said. “But it happens. It happens this time of the year.” Catcher Willson Contreras picked off Jose Lobaton at fi rst base to quash a Washington threat in the eighth and Davis fanned a swinging Bryce Harper for the fi nal out. “It was a series of bad events,” Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Chicago, which surpassed its total 9 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton kicker Hunter Kiele watches from the sidelines during the Bucks’ 21-6 loss to Mountain View last week in Pendleton. 8 See NLDS/2B GRIDIRON GIRLS Irrigon’s Burns, Pendleton’s Kiele add football to their athletic resumes By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian As the Irrigon Knights ran away with a Sept. 29 game against rival Riverside Pirates, coach Steve Sheller put in the junior varsity quarterback in the second half. The switch didn’t slow the offense one bit. In fact, Sheller’s wife, watching from the side- lines, said she didn’t even notice when the change happened as the team put together several more touchdown drives on the way to a 50-0 win. Aside from the ponytail, it’s hard to tell the difference between the play of Jada Burns and varsity starter Zach Hendricks. up alongside and across the line of scrimmage from boys. While it may be different to see a girl on the football fi eld, varsity level athletics is not new terrain for these two. Burns has been a three-sport athlete throughout high school, and Kiele has played both basketball and soccer. What attracted them to football was a need for change and a competi- tive edge that made the transition into the world of sweaty teenage boys more tolerable. “I’m a part of the team so me playing with a bunch of guys is not different to me,” Burns said. “I’m just part of a team playing a sport so being out there I didn’t Staff photo by E.J. Harris Irrigon Knights quarterback Jada Burns, center, reads a play think of it as, ‘oh they are guys out of a playbook for a scout offense during practice recently and I’m the only girl.’ I just in Irrigon. thought of us as one team.” Burns grew up in a family Meanwhile in Pendleton, Friday’s game against Hood where sports was the norm. Her Hunter Kiele has been dedicating River Valley. older brother played basketball, her afternoons to kicking on the Burns and Kiele are the only her mother coached, and Burns football fi eld instead of the soccer girls in Oregon since two girls was in the middle of it all turf. The effort paid off this week at North Bend and Scappoose in attending practices and soaking as coach Erik Davis has named 2014 to play on their high school See FOOTBALL/3B her the full-time PAT kicker for varsity football teams — lining PENDLETON Buckaroos dig deep to beat Riverhawks Buckaroos drop fi rst set, but rally to get back on winning track By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Maureen Davies (10) gets ready to hit the ball Thursday’s game against The Dalles at Warberg Court. After a lightning-fast fi rst half of the season, the Pendleton volleyball team’s second half has been a struggle. A 7-0 start had given way to a 3-5 stretch and back-to-back road losses to La Grande and Hood River Valley had the Buckaroos searching for that early-season groove. Not helping were a hit of injuries, most notably junior libero Kirah McGlothan who is out for the remainder of the VOLLEYBALL The Dalles Pendleton 1 3 season with a right knee injury. On Thursday night against The Dalles, it seemed as if the slide might continue for another game as a fl at, frantic start led to a fi rst set loss to the Riverhawks. However, the Buckaroos were able to dig deep on its home court and rally for three straight set wins to hand the Riverhawks a 3-1 loss (19-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-19). “We saw them come out with a little bit of heart tonight,” Pendleton coach Amanda Lapp said, “and we’ve been asking for over the last couple matches that we’ve seen. Getting that slow start tonight, we just needed to shake out the cobwebs and get back into our groove and it looks like we’re fi nally moving that direction again.” Maureen Davies had a monster game for Pendleton (11-5 overall, 6-2 CRC) with 15 kills, four blocks and two aces. She smacked a thundering kill to clinch the second set victory and blew away the Riverhawks (6-11, 2-6) with another kill in the third set to break a 16-16 tie and put Pendleton in front for good. Behind Davies, Rylee Gentner tallied eight kills with three digs, Elisabeth House had fi ve kills and Elli Nirschl added three kills. Pendleton still had slow starts in nearly every set, getting in a 4-1 hole in each of the fi nal three sets. But the Bucks were able to turn to Davies or Gentner for a timely kill or a block, and get big-time digs from the likes of Aspen Garton, Kourtny Garnett and Lauren Richards to help gain momentum as the sets went along. “They really pulled it out tonight and we’re starting to shift back into that team they started out playing like,” Lapp said. “One of the goals this year was to start strong and end strong and we’re trying to ramp back up and fi nish strong.” UP NEXT Pendleton hosts a tournament with Milwaukie and Hermiston on Saturday at 9 a.m. Sports shorts Wentz throws for 3 touchdowns as Eagles beat Panthers 28-23 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carson Wentz threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns to help the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Carolina Panthers 28-23 on Thursday night to improve to an NFC-best 5-1. The Eagles turned two interceptions deep in Carolina territory into 15 points, with touchdown passes to Zach Ertz, and LaGarrette Blount’s 2-point conversion to take an 18-10 lead in the third quarter. Wentz added a 24-yard scoring pass to Nelson Agholor in the fourth quarter. Wertz completed 16 of 29 passes. Cam Newton threw three interceptions for Carolina (4-2). Carolina had one last shot to win, but turned it over on downs at midfi eld. “I think it is incumbent on us to demonstrate to the fans the commitment to doing the things that are necessary to win. My words, I can say that we are deeply committed to winning a World Series. We are deeply committed to making the playoffs next year and at some point in time my words become hollow. We’ve got to back those words up with action.“ — John Stanton Seattle Mariners CEO on the frus- trations of the club’s now-16-year playoff drought. IndyCar race coming back to Portland in September 2018 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Portland International Raceway is back on the IndyCar Series schedule in 2018. The Sept. 2 race on the 1.967- mile permanent road course will be IndyCar’s fi rst trip to the Oregon track since races were held from 1984-2007 under CART and Champ Car sanction. “Portland International Raceway has produced thrilling road racing throughout Indy car history — the 1997 fi nish still stands as the record for the closest fi nish on a road or street course — and the timing of our return couldn’t be better given the bold new look our cars will have in 2018. We expect this will be a show fans won’t want to miss,” Mark Miles, CEO of series owner Hulman & Company, said in a statement Thursday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the fi rst World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1947 — The NHL holds its fi rst All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. 1963 — Mickey Wright wins her fourth LPGA cham- pionship in six years by two strokes. 2001 — DeShaun Foster of UCLA runs for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns as the Bruins beat Washington 35-13. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
