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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
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PAC-12
Stanford
Cardinal
(3-0. 1-0)
Oregon
Ducks
(3-0. 0-0)
Saturday, 5 p.m., on ABC
Eugene, Autzen Stadium
Stanford
v. Oregon
game of
the week
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Avery Treadwell, of Hermiston, gets ready to hit the ball during Thursday’s game against Walla Walla.
Wa-Hi’s quick
E
offense, serving
too much for
Hermiston
By ANNIE FOWLER | East Oregonian
very time the Hermiston Bulldogs take the court for a
Mid-Columbia Conference match, they see something
different.
Thursday, it was the quick offense and lethal serving of the
Walla Walla Blue Devils, who posted a 25-14, 25-8, 25-14 road
victory.
“For us, seeing different offenses helps us get better,” Herm-
iston coach Amy Dyck said. “In our previous league, we saw the
same three teams, and the same thing over and over. This shows
us what we need to work on.”
The Blue Devils (3-2 MCC) got a strong match from senior
See VOLLEY/2B
Here are some things to watch
in Week 4 of the Pac-12 Confer-
ence football season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No.
7 Stanford is at No. 20 Oregon in
a nationally televised game that
will most likely have implications
in the race for the division title and
the conference championship. It
is one of just two games this Sat-
urday involving a pair of ranked
teams, joining No. 22 Texas A&M
at No. 1 Alabama. The game also
features two of the league’s mar-
quee names, Cardinal running
back Bryce Love and Ducks quar-
terback Justin Herbert. Stanford is
just a slim favorite. So yeah, this is
the one to watch.
Line: Stanford by 2.
Series record: Stanford leads,
48-32-1.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
This is a divisional game that
could have implications for not
only the Pac-12 North, but also the
league championship. Five times
since 2011 the winner of the game
between Stanford and Oregon has
gone on to win the division. It will
be the first real challenge of the
season for Oregon, which has wins
over Bowling Green, Portland
State and San Jose State. Stan-
ford RB Bryce Love and Oregon
QB Justin Herbert figure to be the
headliners.
KEY MATCHUP
Stanford’s running game against
Oregon’s run defense. Love ran
for a pair of touchdowns within
the first five minutes of the last
meeting between the two teams,
and finished with 147 yards. Ore-
gon has allowed an average of 77
yards rushing per game, 13th in the
See PAC-12/3B
Pirates open league with shutout
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
It was a good day to be a Pirate
— Riverside beat their rival Uma-
tilla at home on Thursday evening,
scoring their first league win.
The Pirates came out with
guns blazing, opening the game
with a pass from center-mid Uly-
ses Lopez to Angel Montez, who
headed it in for a goal.
“Ulyses is one of our most tal-
ented players,” said Riverside
coach Francisco Velazquez. “This
was a great game for him.”
Lopez played a major role in
his team’s win. Throughout the
BOYS SOCCER
Riverside
Umatilla
4
0
remainder of the first half, he
helped put two more points on the
scoreboard — one on his own, and
another from a penalty kick that he
sent straight to midfielder Gerardo
Lopez, who kicked it in for the
Pirates’ third goal.
The first half ended with River-
side up, 3-0.
The second half saw Lopez
attempting several more shots-
on-goal, beginning with a pass
from Gerardo to Lopez, who over-
shot the net and sent it flying out
of bounds. But the Pirates quickly
made up for the miss. Forward
Alexis Cambero fired a long-dis-
tance kick that made it into the net,
just out of Umatilla goalie Saul
Salas’ reach.
It would be the last goal of the
game, leaving Riverside in the lead
at 4-0.
Umatilla coach Pedro Ortiz left
See SOCCER/2B
Staff photo by Brett Kane
Riverside midfielder Jose Napoles stumbles while defending the
ball from Umatilla’s Luis Castro.
Sports shorts
FanDuel to pay out
disputed $82K bet
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Upon
further review, a New Jersey man will
get his full $82,000 payout on a disputed
$110 sports bet. And several other gam-
blers who made similar bets at wildly
inflated odds will also be paid in full,
FanDuel said Thursday.
The online sports betting company
said it will pay Anthony Prince of New-
ark the full 750-1 payout he was prom-
ised when the company’s automated sys-
tem mistakenly generated long odds on
the final moments of the Denver Bron-
cos-Oakland Raiders game on Sunday.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
Busy day lands Angels’ Arcia in record books
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Ange-
les Angels catcher Francisco Arcia began
the day behind the plate, did a brief stint
on the mound and ended up in the major
league record books.
Arcia pitched two innings of relief and
hit his sixth home run in the Angels’ 21-3
loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
In doing so, Arcia became the first
player to catch, pitch and homer in the
same game, according to the Angels.
“They just told me that,” Arcia said.
“I’m pretty happy, I guess.”
1940 — For the first time in
the history of photo finishes a tri-
ple dead heat for first place is
recorded, at Willow’s Park, Victo-
ria, British Columbia.
1994 — The North Carolina
women’s soccer team wins its 89th
straight game, setting the unoffi-
cial record for the longest winning
streak in college sports. The 5-1
victory over rival N.C. State broke
the mark of 88 in a row set by
the UCLA men’s basketball team
during the early 1970s.
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