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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Friday, Octover 13, 2017
PREP ROUNDUP
Pacheco helps Bulldog girls shut out Riverhawks
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston girls soccer team
have held its last four oppo-
nents scoreless. The most
recent were The Dalles
Riverhawks on Thursday
night. In their 1-0 victory,
the Bulldogs managed to
keep their slate clean with
the help of sophomore goal-
keeper Lanie Gomez.
The Riverhawks (1-8-1
overall, 1-2-1 Columbia
River Conference) were a
different looking team than
what the Bulldogs (5-5-2,
1-1-2) saw nearly three
weeks ago.
“Every team you play in
the CRC it’s going to be a
different game, a different
team every day,” head
coach Danielle MacBride
said. “You would like to say
this is what we do and this
is how we play and that’s
all that matters but this was
a completely different team
than we played the first
time.”
In the scoreless draw
on Sept. 26, Hermiston
had 21 shots on goal. On
Thursday, they ended with
nine. It wasn’t due to the
Riverhawks playing well
in their back third, as the
Bulldogs spent nearly the
entire first half and much
of the second in The Dalles
territory. Hermiston just
wasn’t able to execute in the
way a seasoned, experience
team can.
Its lone goal came from
a penalty kick off the foot
of senior forward MaKayla
Pacheco in the 51st minutes.
This time it was all the Bull-
dogs needed to earn their
first league win.
Next up on their schedule
is the No. 1 team in the
league, Hood River Valley.
With only one playoff
qualifying spot in the CRC
Hermiston will need more
than the tie it ended with at
the teams last meeting.
The match is schedule
for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
VOLLEYBALL
HOOD
RIVER
VALLEY 3, HERM-
ISTON 1 — The Bulldogs
were coming off their first
league win when they
traveled to Hood River
Valley High School to face
the Eagles on Thursday.
Hermiston’s 3-2 defeat over
The Dalles gave them much
needed momentum for this
road trip. It showed in the
first set as the Bulldogs
grinded out a 25-21 win.
But the Eagles were able
to adjust, and took the next
three sets 25-13, 25-22,
25-20 en route to a 3-1
victory.
“We
played
well
tonight,” head coach Amy
Dyck said. “It wasn’t out
most focused effort, but we
played relaxed which is a
huge improvement for us.”
Hermiston saw big
performances from juniors
Sophia Streeter and Scout
Reagan. Street ended the
night with 10 kills, two
blocks, and one dig while
Reagan recorded two aces,
10 digs, and two assists.
On defense, it was
freshman Kendall Dowdy
who stepped up, and as
Dyck said she “played the
best defense she’s played
all year.” Dowdy notched
11 digs on the night.
“We are getting more
steady and more consis-
tent,” Dyck added. “So we
will hopefully carry that
over into our tournament
this weekend.
Dyck has always said the
girls play better when they
are in a fast paced setting
with little time to over think.
That will be put to the test
Saturday when the Bulldogs
(3-14 overall, 1-7 Columbia
River Conference) head
across the highway for the
Pendleton Volleyball Tour-
nament beginning at 8 a.m.
HEPPNER
3,
WESTON-MCEWEN
2 — At Heppner, the
Mustangs proved to be
the more aggressive team
and the smarter team on
Thursday night as they
squeezed out a five-set
victory
over
Weston-
McEwen 13-25, 25-20,
16-25, 25-15, 19-17.
“What a game, back
and forth all night,” head
coach Mindy Wilson said.
“Weston was tough tonight
and we weren’t really on
our game. But with a lot
of heart and grit the Lady
Mustangs pulled through.
Where one was lacking
their teammate was there to
help.”
The Mustangs (16-7
overall, 6-1 CBC) had
help from a handful of
players who put up some
big numbers on their home
court. Senior Sophia Grant
had the best all around
performance and finished
with four aces, six kills, and
11 assists.
Sophomore
Nicole
Propheter led the team
with nine kills, and senior
Morgan Correa was close
behind with eight of her
own. Junior Jacess Currin
had a team-high 16 assists,
and also ended the match
with six kills. Freshman
Sydney Wilson was the star
on defense, and notched 24
digs.
For
the
TigerScots
(15-11, 3-4) Alyssa Finfrock
tallied 20 kills and six
blocks and Hailey Weaver
had 11 kills. Bryce Thul had
another solid game with 32
assists, six kills and six aces,
and Chelsea Quaempts had
27 digs on defense.
Heppner will play its
final regular season match
Tuesday when the Mustangs
travel to Stanfield. That
same day Weston-McEwen
will host Pilot Rock for its
final match of the season.
CULVER 3, STAN-
FIELD 0 — At Stanfield,
the Tigers’ losing streak fell
to eight games on Thursday
night with a 25-21, 25-12,
25-9 loss to Culver.
Stanfield (2-19 overall,
0-7 CBC) finishes up its
season on Tuesday when it
hosts Heppner.
IONE 3, CONDON/
WHEELER 1 — At Ione,
the Cardinals ended their
regular season with a big
3-1 win over Condon/
Wheeler on Thursday night,
beating the Knights 25-20,
25-17, 18-25, 25-20.
The Cardinals (8-18-1
overall, 4-3 Big Sky
League) will next play in
the BSL district tournament
on Oct. 21 at The Dalles.
Condon/Wheeler
(6-16,
2-5) will next play at River-
side on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
HERMISTON
6,
THE DALLES 1 — At
The Dalles, Hermiston
responded from its draw
with Pendleton on Tuesday
with a dominant win over
The Dalles on Thursday
night.
The win keeps the Bull-
dogs (7-3-2 overall, 2-0-2
CRC) just one game back of
Hood River Valley for first
place in the league. Herm-
iston next hosts the Eagles
on Tuesday for a 7 p.m.
match at Kennison Field.
HOOD
RIVER
VALLEY 10, PEND-
LETON 0 — At Hood
River, Pendleton couldn’t
ride the momentum from
Tuesday’s draw with Herm-
iston as they were blanked
by Hood River Valley for
the second time this season
on Thursday night.
Pendleton (1-8-1 overall,
0-3-1 CRC) next hosts The
Dalles on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
FOOTBALL
DUFUR
58,
ARLINGTON 14 — At
Arlington,
the
Dufur
Rangers showed why they
are the defending state
champions as they handed
Arlington a 58-14 loss on
Thursday night.
The loss also snaps a
five-game win streak for
Arlington (5-2 overall,
1-1 SD4). Dufur (6-0, 3-0)
remains unbeaten.
College Football
Hall prepares to make his debut as head coach of the Beavers
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
When Gary Andersen
abruptly left Oregon State
earlier this week, he offered
some advice to his interim
successor.
“Be yourself,” Andersen
told Beavers cornerbacks
coach Cory Hall.
And with that, Hall took
over at Oregon State. The
40-year-old former assistant
will make his head coaching
debut on Saturday when
the Beavers (1-5, 0-3) host
Colorado (3-3, 0-3) at Reser
Stadium.
“Just ‘Be yourself,’ that’s
exactly what he told me,”
Hall said. “‘Be yourself and
everything else will take care
of itself.’ He left me in good
hands, he really did, and I
have a lot to thank him for.”
Oregon State announced
Monday that the university
and Andersen had agreed
to part ways after a disap-
Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times
Oregon State Vice President and Director of Athletics
Scott Barns, right, and interim football coach Cory Hall
attend a news conference on Oct. 9 in Corvallis after Gary
Andersen agreed to mutually part with the university.
pointing first half of the
season. The Beavers did
not have a victory over an
FBS-level opponent.
Andersen and the school
“agreed to release each
other from all future contract
obligations and payments.”
Andersen’s contract had
been extended after last
season and ran through the
2021 season. He was due
to make $2.65 million this
season and had he been fired
without cause he would have
been due about $12 million.
“After many discus-
sions with Scott (Barnes,
athletic director), waiving
my contract is the correct
decision and enables the
young men and the program
to move forward and
concentrate on the rest of
this season,” Andersen said
in a statement released by the
university.
Hall emphasized family
in his first address to the
team as head coach.
“We’re a family. We are
one big family and we’re
going to stay tight no matter
what happens,” Hall said
he told the Beavers. “We’re
going to be competitive.
We’re going to do this for
coach Andersen. We’re
going to do this for each
other.”
In the wake of Anders-
en’s unexpected departure,
The Oregonian newspaper
reported that he had become
increasingly frustrated as the
season wore on. In a series of
text messages to columnist
John Canzano , Andersen
targeted his coaching staff
before ultimately taking
responsibility himself.
“Riot act has been read to
this staff. We shall see what
takes place. I have got to see
better football regardless of
who we are playing!!” he
texted on Sept. 24.
On Oct. 1 he seemed
resigned to what he was
facing this season: “My plan
won’t change. Coach my
(expletive) off for these kids
seven more times!! They will
get all I got!! ... I will grind
for these fans they deserve
that!!!” he texted.
Later that week, the
Beavers fell to USC 38-10
in Los Angeles. On Sunday
night, Andersen and Barnes
decided it was time to move
on, Barnes said.
Andersen was in his third
season with the Beavers
and the team appeared to
be sliding backward after
showing some progress in
winning four games last year,
including a victory against
rival Oregon that snapped an
eight-game losing streak in
the Civil War series for the
Beavers. He finished 7-23 at
Oregon State.
Barnes said a national
search for a permanent head
coach will start immediately.
Hall is a native of Bakers-
field, California, and he
played defensive back for
Fresno State from 1995-98
before a six-year career in
the NFL playing for the
Bengals and the Falcons.
He was a graduate assis-
tant on defense for Wisconsin
in 2014 under Andersen
then went to Weber State as
secondary coach for 2015.
He rejoined Andersen at
Oregon State last season.
“I’ve been thrust into a
role and I’m kind of learning
on the fly,” Hall said. “But
at the end of the day it’s
football, it’s coaching.”
NLDS: Nationals go one-and-done in playoffs for fourth time in past six years
Continued from 1B
the NLCS on Saturday night.
For Maddon and the
Cubs, this was their fourth
consecutive victory in a
win-or-be-eliminated post-
season game. That includes
three straight to end the 2016
World Series, when Chicago
trailed the Cleveland Indians
3-1 before forcing a Game
7 won by the Cubs in 10
innings.
The Nationals, mean-
while, went one-and-done
yet again: This is the fourth
time in the past six years that
the club won the NL East and
immediately lost its opening
playoff series. And this is
the third time in that span
that Washington bowed out
with a Game 5 NLDS loss
at home; that also happened
in 2012 against the St. Louis
Cardinals and last year
against the Dodgers.
“It really hurts, you know,
to lose like that, especially
after what we went through
all year long, and that was
tough,” Baker said.
Homers
by
Daniel
Murphy and Michael A.
Taylor — whose grand slam
off Davis backed Stephen
Strasburg’s
12-strikeout
masterpiece in Washington’s
5-0 victory in Game 4 at
Wrigley Field on Wednesday
— gave the hosts a 4-1 lead
in the second against Cubs
starter Kyle Hendricks.
But Gonzalez gave back
two of those runs, so it was
4-3 as two-time Cy Young
Award winner Scherzer
entered for the fifth. He
started Game 3 of this series,
pushed back because of
an injured right hamstring,
and hadn’t come out of the
bullpen since 2013 with the
Detroit Tigers.
By the time Scherzer’s
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras (40) reacts af-
ter Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper struck out for
the final out as the Cubs beat the Washington Nation-
als 9-8 to to the NLDS in Washington.
one inning was over, the
Cubs had taken a 7-4 lead.
They scored two earned runs
and two unearned runs, on
the strength of three hits, one
hit by pitch, one intentional
walk, a catcher’s interfer-
ence, and one very odd play.
What could have been
a potentially inning-ending
strikeout turned into a run,
as Javier Baez swung and
missed, but the ball went
under catcher Matt Wieters’
glove and through his legs.
When Wieters collected
the ball, he threw it into
right field for an error, then
appeared to argue that the
play should have been ruled
over because Baez’s follow-
through carried the bat into
the catcher’s mask.
“I mean, we didn’t play
a very good game,” Baker
said. “We still battled till the
end, and you know, we had
far too many walks and they
end up scoring in a hot mess.
That was probably one of the
weirdest innings I’ve ever
seen with the third strike and
then Baez hits Wieters on the
backswing.”
Russell made it 8-4 in the
sixth on an RBI double when
left fielder Jayson Werth tried
to make a sliding catch but
whiffed. The lead was 9-6
when Washington got one
run in the seventh on Harp-
er’s sacrifice fly, and one in
the eighth on Taylor’s RBI
single.
But the Nationals wasted
some opportunities. In the
eighth, with two on and no
outs, pinch-hitter Adam Lind
hit into a double play. Later
in that inning, again with
two men aboard, Lobaton
was nailed by Contreras’
snap throw for the third out
— Lobaton was originally
ruled safe, a call that was
overturned on replay.
In the seventh, Ryan
Zimmerman was up as the
go-ahead run with two men
on, but Davis struck him out.
That was part of an 0 for 4,
three-K night for the first
baseman who had a resurgent
season, leading the Nationals
with 36 homers and 108
RBIs.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP FOOTBALL
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.
Weston-McEwen at Amity, 7 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 7 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
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.
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Pendleton
Tournament, 9 a.m.
Powder Valley at Helix, 10 a.m.
Irrigon at Vale, 11 a.m.
Wallowa Nixyaawii, 11 a.m.
Riverside at Nyssa, Noon
Umatilla at Burns, 1 p.m.
Wallowa at Helix, 1 p.m.
Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 1 p.m.
Echo at Cove, 2 p.m.
Baker at Mac-Hi, 2:30 p.m.
Riverside at Vale, 3 p.m.
Irrigon at Nyssa, 4 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Saturday
Irrigon at Nyssa, 1 p.m.
Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m.
Mac-Hi at La Grande, 2 p.m.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Saturday
Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at La
Grande, 2 p.m.
Irrigon at Nyssa, 3 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Friday
Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Umatilla,
Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi Gutbuster, TBD
Saturday
Hermiston at George Fox XC Classic, TBD
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Friday
North Idaho at BMCC, 6 p.m.
EOU at Warner Pacific, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
Southern Oregon at EOU, 6 p.m.
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
Oct. 9: Houston 5, Boston 4
New York 3, Cleveland 2
Oct. 5: Cleveland 4, New York 0
Oct. 6: Cleveland 9, New York 8, 13
innings
Oct. 8: New York 1, Cleveland 0
Oct. 9: New York 7, Cleveland 3
Oct. 11: New York 5, Cleveland 2
National League
Chicago 3, Washington 2
Oct. 6: Chicago 3, Washington 0
Oct. 7: Washington 6, Chicago 3
Oct. 9: Chicago 2, Washington 1
Wednesday: Washington 5, Chicago 0
Thursday: Chicago 9, Washington 8
Los Angeles 3, Arizona 0
Oct. 6: Los Angeles 9, Arizona 5
Oct. 7: Los Angeles 8, Arizona 5
Oct. 9: Los Angeles 3, Arizona 1
x-Wednesday, Oct. 18: Houston at New
York (Fox or FS1)
x-Friday, Oct. 20: New York at Houston
(Fox or FS1)
x-Saturday, Oct. 21: New York at Houston
(Fox or FS1)
National League
Los Angeles vs. Chicago
Saturday, Oct. 14: Chicago at Los Angeles
(TBS), 5:08 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: Chicago at Los Angeles
(TBS), 4:38 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 17: Los Angeles at Chicago
(TBS)
Wednesday, Oct. 18: Los Angeles at
Chicago (TBS)
x-Thursday, Oct. 19: Los Angeles at
Chicago (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 21: Chicago at Los
Angeles (TBS)
x-Sunday, Oct. 22: Chicago at Los Angeles
(TBS)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
Houston vs. New York
Friday, Oct. 13: New York at Houston
(Keuchel 14-5) (FS1), 5:08 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14: New York at Houston
(Verlander 15-8) (Fox), 1:08 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 16: Houston at New York
(FS1), 5:08 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 17: Houston at New York
(Fox or FS1)
Football
NFL
Thursday’s Game
Philadelphia 28, Carolina 23
Sunday’s Games
Green Bay at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at Houston, 10 a.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 10 a.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 10 a.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
Chicago at Baltimore, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Washington, 10 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Denver, 5:30 p.m.
Open: Buffalo, Dallas, Seattle, Cincinnati
Monday’s Game
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Top 25 Schedule
Friday
No. 2 Clemson at Syracuse, 4 p.m.
(ESPN)
No. 8 Washington St. at Cal, 7:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Hockey
NHL
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 4
Florida 5, St. Louis 2
Nashville 4, Dallas 1
Minnesota 5, Chicago 2
Winnipeg 4, Vancouver 2
Detroit 4, Arizona 2
San Jose 3, Buffalo 2
Friday’s Games
Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Anaheim at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Vegas, 7:30 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
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 K.C., 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.
Basketball
NBA Preseason
Thursday’s Games
Dallas 108, Atlanta 94
L.A. Clippers 104, Sacramento 87
Friday’s Games
Dallas at Charlotte, 3 p.m.
Cleveland at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Memphis, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Miami vs. Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
Brisbane Bullets at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Haifa Maccabi at Portland, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.