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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
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HERMISTON
Bulldogs aim to stay hot in state semifi nals
Hermiston hopes to
keep farewell tour
going one more week
Herm-
iston’s
Dayshawn
Neal
makes the
catch in
the end-
zone as Eli
Nafziger,
of South
Albany,
tries to
defend
during
Friday’s
playoff
game at
Kennison
Field.
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The Hermiston
Bulldogs are hoping to prolong their
goodbye as long as possible.
The football team extended its
“OSAA Farewell Tour” another
week with a 40-22 win Friday
over South Albany, and will travel
Saturday to Hillsboro to take on No.
2 Wilsonville.
The semifi nal matchup will take
place at a neutral site, Hillsboro
Stadium, but it won’t Hermiston’s
fi rst appearance to the stadium 200
miles away.
The last time the Bulldogs played
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
5A Semifi nal
#3 Hermiston
#2 Wilsonville
Bulldogs
Wildcats
(9-2)
(10-1)
• Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
• at Hillsboro Stadium
• Radio: AM 1360 KOHU
under those lights was for the 5A
state championship in 2014. It was
Hermiston’s fi rst title, and now with
a new crew the Bulldogs are hoping
it won’t be their last.
This time around junior quar-
terback Andrew James is leading
the team with head coach David
Faaeteete at the helm, and if you
ask either they both will tell you that
this week and Saturday’s game is
like any other.
“Practice is the same, there is a
little more focus but that’s it,” James
said. “We are just treating it like
another game. Of course, its bigger
but again it’s just another game.”
The No. 3 Bulldogs enter the
contest with a 9-2 record and an
eight game winning streak.
“It feels great but at the same
time we still have to get through
what we’re supposed to do, and
make sure the kids are ready to go
Saturday,” head coach David Faae-
teete said.
Since their lone league loss on
Sept. 15 against No. 1 Mountain
View, the Bulldogs have been on a
tear, outscoring opponents 348-158
— an average score of 43-19. In all
but two of those wins the Bulldogs
defeated their opponents by 20
or more points by peaking in the
second quarter and scoring almost
half of all their points in the second
half.
“We’re just built up confi dence,”
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MLB
Pro Basketball
Scherzer,
Kluber
take home
Cy Young
Awards
Trail Blazers hold off Magic
Portland overcomes
slow start to earn
second straight win
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
By JAKE SEINER
Associated Press
Max Scherzer heard his name
and thrust his arms in the air,
shouting and smiling big before
turning to kiss his wife.
Corey Kluber, on the other
hand, gulped
once
and
blinked.
Two aces,
two different
styles — and
now another
Cy
Young
Award
for
each.
Scherzer
T h e
animated
Scherzer
of
the
Washington
Nationals
coasted
to
his
third
Cy
Young,
Kluber
winning
We d n e s d a y
for the second straight year in
the National League. He breezed
past Los Angeles Dodgers ace
Clayton Kershaw, drawing 27
of the 30 fi rst-place votes in
balloting by members of the
Baseball Writers’ Association of
America.
Kluber’s win was even more
of a runaway. The Cleveland
Indians ace took 28 fi rst-place
votes, easily outpacing Chris
Sale of the Boston Red Sox for
his second AL Cy Young.
Scherzer yelled “yes!” when
his award was announced on
MLB Network, a reaction in
keeping with his expressive
reputation. He showed that
intensity often this year, whether
he was cursing under his breath
like a madman during his
delivery or demanding — also
with expletives — that manager
Dusty Baker leave him in the
See CY YOUNG/2B
PORTLAND — Damian
Lillard had 26 points, 11
rebounds and seven assists,
and the Portland Trail
Blazers handed the Orlando
Magic their
NBA
third straight
loss, 99-94 on
We d n e s d a y
night.
Orlando
CJ McCo-
llum
had
24
points,
Shabazz
Napier added
Portland
a season-high
19 and Port-
land fi nished
4-2 on its
six-game homestand. Napier
was 5 for 5 from 3-point
range.
Evan Fournier led the
Magic with 22 points. Nikola
Vucevic had 11 points and 10
rebounds.
The Magic trailed by
11 points during the third
quarter,
but
Fournier’s
3-pointer put the Magic up
81-80 with 6:52 left in the
game. Portland reclaimed the
lead on consecutive baskets
from Jusuf Nurkic and
Maurice Harkless.
McCollum’s
3-pointer
extended the Blazers’ lead to
87-83 with 4:30 to go. After
Napier’s 3-pointer, McCo-
llum added another, and the
Blazers led 95-86 with 1:43
left. Orlando couldn’t catch
up.
The Magic were playing
the last of a four-game road
trip. Orlando went into the
game with two straight
losses, including 110-100 at
Golden State on Monday.
The Blazers were coming
off a confi dence-boosting
99-82 victory over the
Denver Nuggets on Monday
that snapped a two-game
94
99
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton, center, shoots the ball over Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic,
left, and guard Damian Lillard, right, during the fi rst half of Wednesday’s game in Portland.
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Sports shorts
Cowboys’ Elliott drops appeal,
will serve out suspension
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys
running back Ezekiel Elliott has dropped his
appeal with fi ve games remaining on his six-game
suspension over alleged domestic violence.
Elliott’s agents said Wednesday
the decision by last year’s NFL
rushing leader “is in no way an
admission of wrongdoing.” They
said Elliott’s decision came from “a
practical assessment of the current
legal landscape.”
Elliott
Elliott had a hearing set in a
federal appeals court on Dec. 1, four
games into the suspension.
He served the fi rst game in Dallas’ 27-7 loss to
Atlanta last weekend. By accepting the six games,
the 22-year-old Elliott is eligible to return for the
fi nal two games: Dec. 24 at home against Seattle
and Dec. 31 at Philadelphia.
“I take full responsibility
for the mistake I have
made — shoplifting.
I know that this goes
beyond me letting my
school down. I let the
entire country down.“
— Cody Riley
The UCLA men’s basketball play-
eer spoke at a press conference
Wednesday after he, and team-
mates LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill
were suspended indefi nitely after
getting arrested for shoplifting while
on a team trip to China last week.
The trio returned to the United States
on Tuesday.
Mariners add to offense, trade
for DH/1B Healy from A’s
SEATTLE (AP) — The Oakland Athletics
have traded power-hitting Ryon Healy to the
Seattle Mariners for right-handed reliever
Emilio Pagan and minor league shortstop
Alexander Campos.
The 25-year-old Healy batted
.271 with 25 home runs, 29
doubles and 78 RBIs this season.
He split his time at designated
hitter, fi rst base and third base.
Healy made his big league
debut
in 2016 with the A’s.
Healy
“Ryon brings a power bat to
our lineup at fi rst base, while providing the
fl exibility to play third base,” Mariners general
manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement.
Pagan made his major league debut this year
and went 2-3 with a 3.22 ERA in 34 games
for Seattle. The 26-year-old struck out 56 and
walked eight in 50 1/3 innings.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1957 — Bill Russell of the
Boston Celtics sets an NBA
Record with 49 rebounds in a
111-89 victory over the Phila-
delphia Warriors.
1996 — Corey Dillon set
an NCAA rushing record for a
quarter, gaining 222 yards on 16
carries in the fi rst quarter as No.
15 Washington overwhelmed
San Jose State 53-10.
2008 — Jimmie Johnson
locks up his third consecutive
NASCAR championship with a
solid 15th-place run in the fi nal
race of the season, beating Carl
Edwards by 69 points. Johnson
joins Cale Yarborough as the
only drivers in history to win
three straight titles.
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