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SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS State prep playoffs Bucks, Heppner to host first-round games By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Heppner’s Jayden Wilson stiff arms Grant Union’s Taylor Hunt in the Mustangs’ 47-17 win against the Prospectors on Oct. 19 in Heppner. The OSAA state football, vol- leyball and soccer brackets are out, and there are a handful of local teams sprinkled in the midst of the competition. The Pendleton Bucks (8-1) will host Crescent Valley (6-3) at 7 p.m. Friday in the first round of the 5A football playoffs at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds. It’s the first time since 2011 the Bucks have reached the playoffs. They have not won a playoff game since 2006. “We have watched film,” Pend- leton coach Erik Davis said. “They are a very good football team, and they have some size up front. They beat an undefeated Silverton team (27-14) a couple of weeks ago. We are prepared for a good game.” The Bucks are coming off a tough 53-7 loss to Wilsonville last week in the 5A Special District 1 title game. “It’s frustrating, but I think it is harder for a coach to take a loss like that than the kids. They are resil- ient,” Davis said. In the 2A playoffs, Heppner (7-2) will host Kennedy (7-2) at 7 p.m. Friday night. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii (6-2) will travel to play Adrian/Jordan Valley (6-3) at noon Friday. The game will be played at Adrian High School. In the 2A state volleyball tourna- ment, Weston-McEwen will open play at 1:15 p.m. Friday against Portland Christian. The tournament will be held at Ridgeview High School in Redmond. In girls soccer, Riverside will host Douglas at 4 p.m. Wednesday in a 3A/2A/1A first-round matchup, while in the 4A tournament, Mac-Hi will play North Valley at 3:30 p.m. at Grants Pass High School. In the boys 3A/2A/1A tourna- ment, Umatilla will play at top- ranked Oregon Episcopal (Port- land) at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, while Riverside will host Taft at 4:30 p.m. In the 4A tournament, Mac-Hi will play at Madras at 2 p.m. Tues- day in the first round. The state cross-country meets will take place Saturday at Lane Community College in Eugene. The Heppner boys, who fin- ished second at the Special District 3 meet last Friday, will compete in the 2A/1A race, while Zayne Tro- eger will run for Umatilla in the 3A boys race. Leo Llamas will run for Mac-Hi in the boys 4A race. Blazers charge past Pacers By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer I NDIANAPOLIS — The Portland Trail Blazers may not need to rely exclusively on their dynamic duo to throw scoring punches any longer. Their new supporting cast trades jabs pretty well, too, and it could make a real difference to their long- term prospects. With Damian Lillard struggling Monday and C.J. McCollum scor- ing just 17 points, the Blazers got 17 points from Zach Collins and the first career double-double from former Purdue star Caleb Swanigan to put away the Indiana Pacers 103-93. “They’ve been great for us all sea- son. They’ve been keeping us alive all season,” McCollum said, referring to Portland’s bench. “They’re the dif- AP Photo/David J. Phillip Boston Red Sox’s David Price holds the cham- pionship trophy after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series on Sunday. Team of the century? NBA Red Sox win fourth title in 15 seasons, beating Dodgers Blazers Pacers 103 93 ference between us being an average team and a really good team.” It’s a series Portland has dominated. They’ve won three straight over Indiana and eight of the last nine, largely behind the play of Lillard who had scored at least 33 points in three of his six previous trips to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. And Lillard was coming off back-to-back 40-point games. This time the All-Star guard missed his first five shots, didn’t score until the final seconds of the first half and wound up with a season-low 16 points on 5 of 13 shooting with one rebound and two assists. McCollum was 7 of 15 with six rebounds and one assist and they combined for three 3-pointers. In previous seasons, those num- bers might have doomed Portland’s chances. But Swanigan softened up the Pacers with his early flurry and Col- lins delivered the knockout punch by repeatedly scoring in the fourth quar- By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer AP Photo/Michael Conroy Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis (11) shoots between Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Collins (33) and forward Caleb Swanigan (50) during the first half of the NBA game on Monday. ter to help Portland pull away. “The second unit came in and played really well,” said Collins, who matched his career high scoring total. “We ran the lead up and didn’t let it go down. In the second half, we did our job.” The result: Indiana lost its first home game of the season with a lack- luster performance. LOS ANGELES — Chris Sale’s final pitch for this Boston juggernaut triggered a celebration on the Dodger Stadium infield, among thousands of fans who made their way to California — and even outside Fenway Park back home. The quest is complete. Yes, these 2018 Red Sox really are that great. A team to remember from top to bottom. A sea- son to savor from start to finish. David Price proved his postseason mettle, Steve Pearce homered twice and Boston beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Sunday to finish off a one- sided World Series in five games. A tormented franchise during decades of frustra- tion and despair before ending an 86-year champi- onship drought in 2004, the Red Sox have become baseball’s team of the century with four titles in 15 seasons. “Seeing all these grown men over there, just act- ing like kids, that’s what it’s all about,” Price said. “This is why I came to Boston.” Alex Cora’s team romped to a 17-2 start and a club-record 108 wins, then went 11-3 in the post- season, dispatching the 100-win New York Yan- kees and the 103-victory and defending champion See RED SOX/2B Sports shorts Wilson throws 3 TDs in 2nd quarter, Seahawks top Lions, 28-14 By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT — Russell Wilson was perfect. Seattle’s game plan was pretty good, too. Wilson threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter to put the Seahawks ahead and they went on to beat the Detroit Lions 28-14 Sun- day, leaning on their running game and defense just as they have throughout their turnaround. “We can do whatever we want right now,” Wilson said. The Seahawks (4-3) looked sharp on both sides of the ball coming off their bye and won for the fourth time in five games after opening the season with two losses. “I’m always going to regret that we started lousy,” Seattle coach Pete Car- roll said. Wilson completed 10 passes, two for scores, before having an incomple- tion late in the second quarter. He fin- ished 14 of 17 for 248 yards, leading to a perfect quarterback rating. Wilson’s 24-yard pass to Tyler Lockett, 15-yard throw to David Moore and 12-yard pass to Ed Dickson for touchdowns gave Seattle a 21-7 lead at halftime. Chris Carson, who had 105 of Seat- tle’s 176 yards rushing, scored on a 7-yard run early in the fourth to put the Seahawks up 28-7. “We ran 42 times,” Carroll said. “I couldn’t be more fired up about that.”
