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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2017
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HERMISTON
Pro Basketball
James helps Dawgs to title game
Portland
puts away
Memphis
McCollum leads
team with 24 points
By CLAY BAILEY
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — C. J.
McCollum scored 24 points
and Damian Lillard added 21
points as the Portland Trail
Blazers sent Memphis to its
fi fth straight
loss
with
NBA
a
100-92
victory over
the Grizzlies
Portland
on Monday
night.
Shabazz
N a p i e r
added
16
points, while
Memphis
Noah Vonleh
fi nished with
11
points
and
18
rebounds for Portland, which
won its second straight and
fourth in the last fi ve.
Mario Chalmers led
Memphis with 21 points,
while Tyreke Evans fi nished
with 20. Marc Gasol had 19
points and 12 rebounds, but
was 7 of 20 from the fl oor,
part of the Grizzlies shooting
38 percent for the game, and
27 percent from outside the
arc.
The teams were tied at
80 with 6:47 left after Gasol
split a pair of free throws.
But Jusuf Nurkic, who had
10 points, converted a 3-point
play and put the Trail Blazers
ahead for good.
Portland controlled the
boards 60-35, including 15 on
the offensive glass
Portland dominated the
game in the fi rst half, but
Memphis was able to chip
away at the advantage in
the third quarter. A 17-7 run
pulled the Grizzlies even in
the latter stages of the third.
The Trail Blazers were
able to retain a 72-71 lead
after three.
Portland took the lead to
as many as 13 in the second
quarter as the Grizzlies
continually misfi red on their
shots. Memphis was 6 of 23
in the quarter as Portland
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100
92
Photo courtesy of Chase Allgood/The Oregonian
Hermiston’s Andrew James carries the ball during the Bulldogs’ 35-27 win over Wilsonville in the 5A semifi nals on Saturday in Hillsboro.
Junior QB continues to show maturation during playoff run
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Carrying the lead but losing
momentum, Andrew James and the
Hermiston Bulldogs were facing
a 3rd-and-10 from midfi eld as the
time on the fourth quarter clock
slowly ticked away.
The Bulldogs were grasping tight
to a 29-20 lead in the Class 5A semi-
fi nal game on Saturday, and a failure
to pick up the fi rst down would
give Wilsonville the ball back with
plenty of time to make a dent in its
defi cit. However, there was no panic
amongst the Bulldogs on the fi eld
or sidelines. James, the Bulldogs’
junior quarterback, relayed the play
to his team, walked to the line and
surveyed the defense. He received
the snap, made a quick three-step
drop and threw a confi dent throw
to a wide-open Dayshawn Neal for
a 19-yard gain and a crucial fi rst
down.
The throw was just one of the
5A Semifi nal
Photo courtesy Chase Allgood/The Oregonian
Hermiston’s Dayshawn Neal, left, Joe Gutierrez, center, and Daniel
Faaeteete, right, celebrate after Hermiston’s 35-27 win over Wilson-
ville in the 5A state semifi nal on Saturday night in Hillsboro.
10 passes James completed, but
perhaps none was more important.
It set up Hermiston’s fi nal score of
the game as the Bulldogs defeated
Wilsonville 35-27 to advance to
the Class 5A state championship
game under the lights of Hillsboro
Stadium.
#3 Hermiston
#2 Wilsonville
35
27
“That play, we knew it was
going to be there,” Hermiston coach
David Faaeteete said. “We knew he
(Andrew) could make the throw, we
knew Dayshawn was going to catch
the ball, we knew he was going to
be open.”
The clutch play was the latest
example of the maturation of James
as a quarterback for the Bulldogs.
As a sophomore last season, James
fl ashed his potential throughout
Hermiston’s 10-game season,
throwing for more than 1,900 yards
with 18 touchdowns while rushing
for 624 more yards with another
seven touchdowns. But throughout
the same games, he also showed the
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NFL
Ryan helps Falcons hold off Seahawks
Early defi cit proves too
big for Seattle to erase
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Matt Ryan
threw a pair of touchdown passes,
Adrian Clayborn returned a
fumble 10 yards for a score and
the Atlanta Falcons held off a late
rally to beat the Seattle Seahawks
34-31 on Monday night.
Atlanta stayed in the hunt for
an NFC playoff spot thanks to
its second straight victory and
handed Seattle a second consecu-
tive home loss. Ryan threw TDs
Monday Night Football
Atlanta
Seattle
34
31
to Mohamed Sanu and Levine
Toilolo, while Tevin Coleman
added a 1-yard TD run on Atlan-
ta’s opening possession. But it
was Clayborn’s fumble return that
helped break the game open early
in the second quarter and gave
Atlanta a 21-7 lead. He scooped
up a loose ball after Russell
Wilson was crunched by Takk
McKinley and Courtney Upshaw.
Seattle attempted a late rally
down by 11 points. Wilson hit
Doug Baldwin on a 29-yard TD
with 3 minutes left, and Seattle
got in range for a long fi eld goal
attempt by Blair Walsh in the
closing moments, but his 52-yard
attempt with 2 seconds left came
up short and Atlanta escaped with
the victory.
Wilson again was the entirety
of Seattle’s offense, throwing for
258 yards and two touchdowns,
and running for another 86 yards
and a TD.
But it was an awful night for
the Seahawks, fi lled with more
injuries and questionable deci-
sions by coach Pete Carroll. He
Atlanta
Falcons’
Julio
Jones
pulls
down a
pass in
front of
Seattle
Sea-
hawks’
Jeremy
Lane
in the
second
half of
Mon-
day’s
game in
Seattle.
AP Photo/Ted
S. Warren
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Sports shorts
Former NFL WR dies in car accident
DALLAS (AP) — Offi cials say former
Cowboys receiver Terry Glenn has died following
a one-vehicle rollover traffi c accident near Dallas
that left his fi ancée slightly hurt.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s offi ce
says Glenn died shortly before 1 a.m. Monday
at Parkland Memorial Hospital in
Dallas. The ex-Ohio State standout
was 43.
Irving police are investigating
the cause of the wreck at 12:18 a.m.
on eastbound Highway 114. Police
spokeswoman Chelsey Jones says
Glenn
Glenn, who lived in the Dallas area,
was driving when the vehicle left the highway,
struck a concrete barrier and rolled. Glenn was
ejected. Jones says his fi ancée suffered minor
injuries. Further details weren’t released.
Glenn played 12 seasons in the NFL, from
1996 to 2007, with the New England Patriots, the
Green Bay Packers and the Cowboys.
“It was a good trip but it
took a lot out of us. It’s a
lot. We spent a lot of time
talking about altitude,
about hydration, about
food, water, training
elements -- much more
so than, say, Denver. Pick
another city that has some
similarities, but it is quite a
bit different.“
— Bill Belichick
New England Patriots head
coach expressing some displea-
sure with his team’s game against
the Oakland Raiders in Mexico
City, Mexico on Sunday. New
England won the game 33-8.
Oklahoma star QB Mayfi eld
benched after lewd gesture
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma
quarterback Baker Mayfi eld will not start his
fi nal regular-season game Saturday at home
against West Virginia after making a lewd
gesture against Kansas.
Oklahoma coach Lincoln
Riley also stripped the senior of
his captain status for the game.
Kansas team captains did
not shake hands with Mayfi eld
before last Saturday’s game. After
getting slighted, Mayfi eld jawed
Mayfi eld
with the Jayhawks and some fans
seated behind the Oklahoma bench. He also
grabbed his crotch during the Sooners’ 41-3
win. Mayfi eld apologized afterward.
Kansas coach David Beaty has apologized
for himself and his captains, saying he wasn’t
aware the captains weren’t going to shake
hands.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1971 — The New York
Rangers score eight goals in
the third period of a 12-1 rout
over the California Seals.
1982 — The NFL resumes
play after seven weeks of the
season were canceled when the
NFL Players Association went
on strike Sept. 23.
2004 — New York Jets
running back Curtis Martin
gains over 1,000 yards this
season in the fi rst quarter of
a 10-7 win over Cleveland
to join Hall of Famer Barry
Sanders as the only players
in NFL history to begin
their careers with 10 straight
1,000-yard seasons.
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