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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017
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HERMISTON
Faaeteete voted top coach in Oregon
Hermiston coach, two players earn all-
Oregon recognition from USA Today
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston head coach David Faaeteete congratulates
players coming off the fi eld in the Bulldogs’ 38-35 win
over Churchill at the 5A state championship on Nov. 25
in Hillsboro. Faaeteete was voted all-Oregon Coach of
the Year by the USA Today this week.
HERMISTON — The
postseason honors and
awards continue to roll in for
the Hermiston football team,
this time with some national
recognition.
Head
coach
David
Faaeteete was chosen as
the all-Oregon Coach of the
Year by USA Today High
School Sports as part of the
American Family Insurance
All-USA State Football
teams that were released on
Wednesday.
He was chosen after
leading the Bulldogs to an
11-2 season and their second
state championship in school
history after a 9-11 record
and two fi rst round playoff
losses in his fi rst two seasons
at the helm.
Hermiston
seniors
Dayshawn Neal and Beau
Blake also earned selections
to the all-Oregon team,
with Neal being a fi rst team
selection at defensive back
and Blake a second team
selection at offensive line.
Neal was also recently
selected as the Class 5A
Offensive Player of the Year
by the state’s coaches after
catching 70 passes for 1,118
yards and 17 touchdowns
this season.
Jesuit senior athlete Trey
Lowe was picked as the
state’s Offensive Player of
the Year (2,316 all-purpose
yards, 35 TD) and Crescent
Valley senior defensive back
Talanoa Hufanga (44 tackles,
7 TFL, 4 INT) was picked as
the Defensive Player of the
Year.
Pendleton native and
Wilsonville senior Draco
Bynum was also a fi rst team
selection at defensive line.
Prep Roundup
NBA
Bucks
win third
straight
Trail Blazers charge past 76ers
East Oregonian
BEND
—
Jaiden
Lemberger scored 19 points
and
Kalan
McGlothan
contributed a double-double
with 12 points and 17
rebounds as the Pendleton
Buckaroos won their third
straight game with a 49-40
victory over Mountain View
at the Les Schwab Holiday
Hoopfest on Thursday.
“It’s baby steps,” Pend-
leton coach Kevin Porter said
of the win streak. “We’re
still not 100 percent healthy
and we’re still trying to build
that depth with our young
players, but we’re just taking
things one game at a time.”
Porter said the Buckaroos
(4-5) took care of the ball
well and fi nished with its
lowest turnover total of the
season. Lillianna Overcash
led the Cougars (4-4) with 12
points.
————
PHS
8 14 14 13 — 49
MTV
10 7
4 19 — 40
PENDLETON — J. Lemberger 19, K.
McGlothan 12, M. Davies 8, R. Gentner 4,
C. Cooley 2, S. Spriet 2, H. Kiele 2.
MOUNTAIN VIEW — L. Overcash 12, B.
Dickerson 10, M. Morey 9, K. Bowles 7, K.
Gladd 2.
3-pointers — PHS 1, MTV 7. Free throws
— PHS 4-11, MTV 5-7. Fouls — PHS 14,
MTV 10.
HERMISTON
37,
LAKE OSWEGO 35 — On
Day 2 of the Nike Interstate
Shootout at Lake Oswego
High, the Hermiston Bull-
dogs faced the host school
after falling into the consola-
tion bracket with an opening
loss.
Similar to yesterday,
the Bulldogs started with
a narrow lead and were up
9-8 over the Lakers. After
trading off leads, Hermiston
ended up on top with a late
3-pointer to clinch at 37-35
victory.
Lake Oswego fought
its way back in the second
quarter, and entered the
half in control of the ball
game. But after Hermiston’s
low-scoring third quarter
yesterday, the Bulldogs (2-8)
weren’t going to let it happen
again. They clawed back to
hold a 25-24 lead going into
the fi nal quarter.
With only a few minutes
left of play, Hermiston was
up 34-32. The Lakers (2-5)
cashed in a three points of
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AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum, left, dribbles past Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington during the fi rst half Thursday’s
game in Portland. McCollum had a game-high 34 points in the Blazers’ victory.
Portland scores 42 in fourth quarter for come-from-behind victory
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND
—
Shabazz
Napier, who started for injured
guard Damian Lillard, scored 15
of his season-high 23 points in the
fourth quarter and the Portland Trail
Blazers rallied for 114-110 victory
over the Philadelphia 76ers on
Thursday night.
CJ McCollum led all scorers with
34 for the Blazers, who snapped a
six-game losing streak at home.
Portland had a season-high 42
points in the fourth quarter.
The Sixers, who led by as many
as 18 points in the third quarter,
have lost 10 of their last 12 games.
Joel Embiid fi nished with 29
points and nine rebounds, while
Philadelphia
Portland
110
114
Dario Saric had 25 points and nine
rebounds.
Napier’s layup pulled the
Blazers within 88-87 with 7:56 left
and McCollum made free throws to
give Portland the lead. The Blazers
stretched it to 93-88 on Jusuf
Nurkic’s tip-in.
JJ Redick and Embiid made
consecutive 3-pointers for Phila-
delphia to narrow the gap to 103-99
with 2:06 left. Nurkic had a pair
of free throws before McCollum’s
pull-up jumper and it appeared the
Portland’s
Maurice
Harkless,
center right,
shoots
over Phil-
adelphia’s
Joel Embi-
id during
Thursday’s
game in
Portland.
AP Photo/Craig
Mitchelldyer
game was out of reach, but Embiid
made another 3 that got the Sixers
within 109-105 with 16 seconds left.
McCollum made free throws
with 3.4 seconds to go before
Embiid added another 3-pointer
to make it 111-108, but the Sixers
weren’t able to catch up.
Nurkic fi nished with 21 points
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Sports shorts
CFL says it would approve
Johnny Manziel contract
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Football
League said Thursday it would approve a
contract for quarterback Johnny Manziel if one
is reached with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who
have the former Heisman Trophy
winner on their negotiation list.
The team has 10 days to make
an offer to the 25-year-old Manziel,
who would remain on the list for
another year even if he rejects the
bid.
The league in September said
Manziel
it would not approve a contract
for Manziel until next season and
only if he met certain conditions stipulated by
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie. The former
Texas A&M star played two tumultuous seasons
in the NFL until the Cleveland Browns released
him in March 2016 amid a number of off-fi eld
issues.
“Man, that was dope.
That’s real cool, just
seeing that on social
media. It doesn’t matter
what the money amount
is -- $10, $5, $25. Just
to see that and people
caring, that means a lot.”
— Todd Gurley
Los Angeles Rams RB reacting to
numerous fans donating portions
of their winnings from their fantasy
football leagues to Shriners Hospitals
for Children, a charity Gurley does a
lot of work with. Gurley helped a lot
of people win their leagues with 456
scrimmage yards and six TDs in his
past two games in the fantasy playoffs.
Celtics erase 26-point defi cit,
defeat Rockets 99-98
BOSTON (AP) — Al Horford made a hook
shot with 3.7 seconds left to give Boston its
only lead of the game, and the Celtics rallied
from a 26-point defi cit to beat
the Houston Rockets 99-98 on
Thursday.
Kyrie Irving scored 26 and
Jayson Tatum fi nished with 19
for the Celtics, while Marcus
Smart drew two offensive fouls against James
Harden in the closing seconds to help Boston
complete the comeback.
Tatum made a layup with seven seconds left
to pull the Celtics within 98-97, then Smart had
position on Harden for an offensive foul that
gave Boston the ball and a chance to win it.
Horford converted from the lane to put Boston
up for the fi rst time in a game Houston had led
throughout.
Harden fi nished with 34 points and 10 assists.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1961 — Wilt Chamberlain
of the Philadelphia Warriors
scores 60 points against
the Los Angeles Lakers at
Hershey, Pa., the future site of
his 100-point game.
1984 — Wayne Gretzky of
the Edmonton Oilers scores his
100th point in the 35th game of
the season, a 6-3 victory over
the Detroit Red Wings.
2007 — The New
England Patriots complete
a perfect regular season,
fi nishing with a remarkable
16-0 record following a
thrilling 38-35 comeback
victory over the New York
Giants. New England is the
fi rst NFL team since the
1972 Dolphins to win every
game on the schedule.
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