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SPORTS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep cross-country Heppner’s Nichols, Mustangs third at state meet East Oregonian Ben Ludeman/The Oregonian via AP Portland Timbers’ Sebastian Blanco (10) celebrates his first-half goal against the Seattle Sounders in an MLS soccer game in the Western Conference semifinals in Portland on Sunday. TIMBERS ONE LEG UP Timbers go up 2-1 after first leg of semifinal with Sounders By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer P ORTLAND — The Port- land Timbers did what they needed to do at home for the first go-round against the rival Seat- tle Sounders in the MLS playoffs. Sebastian Blanco put the Tim- bers in front with a goal in the 29th minute and Portland hung on over a tense second half to go up 2-1 in the opening leg of their Western Conference semifinal against the Sounders on Sunday. The second leg is set for Thurs- day night in Seattle. “We won, that’s the important thing,” Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said. “We’ll think about everything else later. We needed a win today and found the win that we needed.” Seattle was hurt by a pair of key injuries to starters Cristian Roldan and Chad Marshall in the opening half that could impact the second leg. “Obviously it wasn’t the result that we wanted, but at the end of the day we got a road goal, so that always helps. It’s something to put in your pocket for later. But we understand (we have to) win the game on Thurs- day. Those are the facts,” Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer said. Seattle, the second seed in the West, had avoided a knockout round game this week after wrap- ping up the regular season with a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. The win, secured on Raul Ruidiaz’s stoppage-time goal, combined with Colorado’s Deci- sion Day victory over FC Dallas, slid the Sounders into second place in the standings for the opening round bye. The Sounders won 14 of their final 16 regular-season games in another remarkable second-half surge under Schmetzer. Fifth-seeded Portland lost its final regular-season match against the Whitecaps and had the daunt- ing task of facing FC Dallas on the road in the knockout stage. But the Timbers pulled off a 2-1 upset with 2A/1A Boys Team Scores 1. Union/Cove 44 points, 2. St. Stephen’s Academy 101, 3. Heppner/Ione 102, 4. East Linn Christian 105, 5. Bandon 129, 6. Kennedy 151, 7. Lakeview 161, 8. South- west Christian 164, 9. Nestucca 191, 10. Chemawa 211. Prep volleyball Mariota recovers, Titans top Cowboys TigerScots take sixth at 2A state tournament East Oregonian By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas — Mar- cus Mariota threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score after fumbling on Tennessee’s first two possessions, and the Titans spoiled Amari Cooper’s Dallas debut with a 28-14 victory over the Cowboys on Monday night. Kevin Byard sparked the slug- gish Titans with an end-zone inter- ception of Dak Prescott and cele- brated T.O.-style. The Tennessee safety sprinted to midfield and stood on the Cowboys’ star logo while spreading his arms, just as Terrell Owens did 18 years ago at a pair of goals from Diego Valeri, despite playing for much of the second half a man down. The victory set up the Cascadia semifinal between the two teams, who last met in the 2013 confer- ence finals with Portland winning 5-3 on aggregate. Ruidiaz scored in the 10th min- ute to give the Sounders the early lead. Roldan moved the ball up the left side and passed it off to Vic- tor Rodriguez, who served it into Ruidiaz out in front of the goal. Ruidiaz tucked his shot into the left side of the net out of Jeff Atti- nella’s reach. It was his 11th goal this season. The Sounders went into the match 12-0-0 in MLS playoff games when they scored first. The Heppner boys cross-country team, in its first year running at the 2A/1A state meet, returned home with a third-place trophy. The Mustangs, led by senior Hunter Nichols, fin- ished with 102 points Sat- urday, one point back of runner-up St. Stephen’s Academy at Lane Commu- nity College in Eugene. Union, behind Tim Ste- ven’s first-place finish, won the team title with 44 points. Stevens turned in a time of 15 minutes, 33 seconds. Nichols finished third on the day with a time of 16:30 over the 5,000-meter course. He was eighth last year, and 15th as a sophomore. The rest of the Mustangs ran at the state meet for the first time. Hayden Qualls finished 16th (17:37), Trevor Antonucci was 35th (18:19), Colt Parker 37th (18:22), Leo Waite 44th (18:42), Tyson Vawser 45th (18:42), and Christian Dubry 68th (19:24). In the boys 3A race, Umatilla senior Zayne Tro- eger finished fourth with a time of 16:56. Mac-Hi senior Leo Lla- mas finished 61st in the boys 4A race in a time of 18:14. AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) runs out of the pocket against the Tennessee Titans during the first half of an NFL football game on Monday in Arlington, Texas. old Texas Stadium in a San Fran- cisco rout. The Cowboys looked like the team headed for a blowout win, but led just 7-0 after Mariota’s early miscues because of Brett Maher’s missed 38-yard field goal and Prescott’s ill-advised throw into double coverage. The Titans (4-4) stopped a three- game losing streak while handing the Cowboys (3-5) their first loss in four home games and giving Dal- las a difficult road to recovery for See TITANS/2B Weston-McEwen’s volley- ball season came to an end Sat- urday with a sixth-place finish at the 2A state tournament in Redmond. The TigerScots, who lost their opening match Friday to eventual champion Portland Christian, bounced back Sat- urday morning with a 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 15-11 victory over Glide. Hailey Weaver led WMHS with 17 kills and 10 blocks, while Bryce Thul added 20 assists, 10 digs, six kills, six blocks and three aces. Ellie Scheibner chipped in 11 digs, nine assists and four blocks, while Jesse Manning had 16 digs, and Keree Graves eight digs and four kills. Playing in the fourth/sixth- place match, the TigerScots were swept by Coquille 25-20, 25-19, 25-18. Tyree Burks had six kills, four blocks and three aces for W-M, while Thul had 10 assists, eight digs and five kills, Emma Olson was 12 of 12 serving and had 10 digs, and Manning chipped in 10 digs and three kills. “Our team played great in a really deep and talented tour- nament,” WMHS coach Shawn White said. “We capped off an outstanding year with a trophy.” Weaver was named to the all-state first team, and the TigerScots won the sportsman- ship trophy. Portland Christian knocked off defending state champion Grant Union in five sets in the title match. Sports shorts THIS DATE IN SPORTS Cross Counter wins Melbourne Cup for Godolphin Racegoers arrive before the running of the Melbourne Cup. AP Photo/ Andy Brownbill MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — English stayer Cross Counter, ridden by Kerrin McA- voy, gave Dubai-based Godol- phin stables its first Melbourne Cup with a length victory in Aus- tralia’s largest and most presti- gious horse race on Tuesday. Cross Counter, a four-year-old bay gelding trained by Charlie Appleby and based at Newmar- ket, England, was quoted early at 10-1. It was only Cross Counter’s eighth start, but he had missed a top-two finish only once. Marmelo was second and A Prince of Arran two lengths behind in third at Flemington. It was the 158th running of the two-mile race and had a purse of 7.3 million Australian dollars or $5.3 million U.S. 1981 — Larry Holmes knocks out Renaldo Snipes in the 11th round to retain the world heavy- weight title in Pittsburgh. 1999 — Charles Roberts rushes for 409 yards and five touch- downs to lead Sacramento State past Idaho State 41-20, setting an NCAA record for a single-game rushing performance. 2005 — Annika Sorenstam becomes the first player in LPGA Tour history to win a tournament five straight times. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
