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SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Football CBC releases all-league teams Heppner, Stanfi eld lead league with 18 total selections East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Coby Dougherty, of Heppner, gains yardage during a 2017 game against Stanfi eld. Dougherty is one of 11 Mustangs to earn a spot on the Columbia Basin Con- ference’s all-league teams released on Thursday. OSAA Boys Soccer Championship The Class 2A Columbia Basin Conference released its 2017 all-league football teams on Thursday morning, and the league-champion Heppner Mustangs and Stanfi eld Tigers were at the top with 18 spots on the three teams. Heppner, the 2017 CBC champion, has 11 players selected fi lling up 18 spots including nine fi rst team spots. Four of those Mustangs earned fi rst team selections on both sides of the ball, including senior lineman Wyatt Steagall, junior lineman Tyler Carter, senior running back and line- backer Coby Dougherty and senior receiver and defensive back Beau Wolters. Filling out the rest of Heppner’s selections are sophomore Jason Rea (second team LB, second team OL), sophomore Gavin Hanna-Robinson (1st team LB, 2nd team WR), freshman Jayden Wilson (second team QB, second team DB), junior Dakota Howard (second team OL) senior Kevin Smith (honorable mention DB), junior Derek Howard (honorable mention DL) and junior Logan Burright (honorable mention punter). The Stanfi eld Tigers, who fi nished in second place in the league, had 12 players selected in 18 spots. Seniors Adrian Renner and Justin Keeney were both fi rst team picks at running back and defensive back, while sophomore Mario Sanchez was a fi rst team selection on the offensive and defensive lines. The remaining Stanfi eld selections are senior Makiah Blankenship (second team LB, second team RB), soph- omore Mason Smith (second team WR, second team LB), senior Shayne Keltz (second team DL), sophomore Rene Sanchez (second team OL), junior Hunter McCanch (second team punter), soph- omore Uriel Carillo (second team kicker), senior Kenny Bevan (honorable mention See CBC/2B Pro Football Pirates Seahawks win in the desert ready for Eagles in title game Seattle Sea- hawks tight end Jimmy Graham (88) cel- ebrates his touch- down catch against the Arizona Cardinals during the sec- ond half Thurs- day’s game in Glen- dale, Ariz. East Oregonian It’s the only smear on the Riverside Pirates’ undefeated season. A 2-2 draw against Catlin Gabel not even a week before palyoffs put Riverside’s 13-game winning streak to bed. Now, the Pirates (16-0-1) will once again face the Eagles (12-0-5) in the 3A/2A/1A state cham- match Saturday 3A/2A/ pionship at Liberty High School 1A Finals in Hillsboro. The rematch will be only the third time the schools have played eachother in recent Catlin Gabel years. Last season, the two teams went head- Eagles (12-0-5) to-head in the semifi nals where the Eagles won 4-1 en route to their state title. It was Catlin Gabel’s fi rst champion- ship victory since 2010. Riverside The Eagles again Pirates qualifi ed for the playoffs (16-0-1) the following season, • Sat., 3:30 p.m. hoping to repeat, but • at Liberty HS, were knocked out in Round 1. Hillsboro In 2011, a different team would claim the championship as their own when Riverside brought the title to Boardman for the fi rst time. The Pirates fi nished a perfect 14-0 that year. A big part of Riverside’s success this season is its strong senior class. Of the 18-man roster, 12 are seniors and seven of the 12 are starters. Up front, twins Kevin and Miseal Madrigal, Quincy Castillo and Jose Peralta are all key parts of the Pirates attack. Kevin Ruelas sits in goal, and recently has seen little action in Riverside’s back third. Ruelas will surely be tested again against Catlin Gabel. The Eagles have put up 14 goals in their last three wins since the tie against the Pirates. But also like Riverside, Catlin Gabel won’t have the advantage of playing on its home fi eld. Both teams have fared well on the road. For Riverside, four of its seven shutouts have been elsewhere while three of Catlin Gabel’s fi ve ties have been away. In each match, the Eagles have given up two goals. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. The ticket booths and gates will open at 9:30 a.m. Tickets for adult will be $8, and for students with a current student ID, $5. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Seattle beats divisional foe, but injuries continue to pile up By BOB BAUM Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Russell Wilson threw two touch- down passes to Jimmy Graham and the Seattle Seahawks added to their history of success in Arizona with a 22-16 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday night. The Seahawks (6-3) limited Adrian Peterson to 29 yards in Thursday Night Football Seattle Arizona 22 16 21 carries in a game marred by a host of injuries and penalties, most of them against Seattle, to improve to 4-0-1 in Arizona in Bruce Arians’ fi ve seasons as coach of the Cardinals (4-5). The only time the Seahawks haven’t beaten Arians’ team in Arizona was in last season’s 6-6 tie. Seattle’s Kam Chancellor forced a fumble by Peterson on Arizona’s fi rst offensive play and later tackled him in the end zone for a safety. At least seven players left the game with injuries, including Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman, who limped off the fi eld in the third quarter with a heel injury. Peter Carroll said after the game that Sherman suffered a ruptured Achilles and will likely miss the remainder of the season. Wilson, sacked a season-high fi ve times, completed 22 of 32 passes for 238 yards. Arizona’s Drew Stanton, in his second start since Carson Palmer went See SEAHAWKS/3B Sports shorts Cowboys’ Elliott loses appeal; ineligible to play Sunday NEW YORK (AP) A federal appeals court in New York City has denied Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s bid to keep a six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence on hold. Elliott was in court and the denial of the injunction makes him ineligible in Sunday’s game at Atlanta. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Elliott Elliott didn’t meet the standards to continue blocking the suspension but ordered a hearing as soon as it could be scheduled. He played the fi rst eight games on three different legal reprieves. It wasn’t immediately clear how soon the court would rule on Elliott’s claim that he was treated unfairly by the NFL. “These are very unusual fi ndings to see in an individual of this age. We’ve never seen this in our 468 brains, except in individuals some 20 years older.” — Dr. Ann McKee The director of Boston Universi- ty’s CTE Center said in regards to the latest fi ndings of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who suffered sub- stantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judg- ment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative disease linked to head blows. Bennett reunites with Patriots after being waved by Packers FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots claimed tight end Martellus Bennett off waivers on Thursday, a day after he was cut by the Green Bay Packers for “failing to disclose a physical condition.” If Bennett passes a physical, he will be reunited with the team he won a Super Bowl with last season. The Patriots face the Broncos in Denver on Sunday night. Bennett signed with the Packers as an unrestricted free agent this past offseason, securing a three-year, $21 million contract that included a $6.3 million signing bonus. He has started seven games this season, with 24 catches for 233 yards. But it’s been a huge drop-off from his output with the Patriots last season, when he caught 55 passes for 701 yards and had a career-high seven touchdowns. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1984 Wild Again holds off Slew O’ Gold and Gate Dancer to capture the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup at Hollywood Park. English-bred Lashkari overtakes All Along in the fi nal strides to win the $2 million Turf race by a neck 1990 The Phoenix Suns shatter the NBA record with 107 points in the fi rst half of a 173-143 victory over the Denver Nuggets. 2007 Miami ends its 70-year stay at the famed Orange Bowl with the biggest shutout loss in the stadium’s history a 48-0 rout to Virginia. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
