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Bucks headed to semifinals
Pendleton rallies to beat Scappoose for deepest playoff run since 1977
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Aiden Patterson runs downfield during Friday’s state playoff game against the Scappoose Indians.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton quarterback Trent Sorey prepares to give the
ball to Aiden Patterson during Friday’s game against
the Scappoose Indians.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Semifinals
Pendleton vs. Thurston
Saturday, November 17
Hillsboro Stadium
(Tentatively)
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton
Scappoose
21
14
Pendleton quarterback Trent Sorey stands on the side-
lines after injuring his knee in the first quarter of Fri-
day’s game against the Scappoose Indians.
On a night when the
Pendleton Bucks lost their
quarterback in the first quar-
ter, they returned to what got
them to this point of the sea-
son — their run game.
Aiden Patterson ran for
two touchdowns and caught
another to lead the Bucks to
a 21-14 victory over Scap-
poose in the 5A state quar-
terfinals on a chilly Fri-
day night at the Round-Up
Grounds.
“I wasn’t going to be
denied. Not tonight,” Patter-
son said. “The stakes were
too high for that. This is the
biggest game I have ever
played in. It’s great to be
part of this team.”
The Bucks advance to the
semifinals for the first time
since 1977. They will play
Thurston in the semifinals
next week. The game is ten-
tatively set for Saturday at
Hillsboro Stadium, accord-
ing to head coach Erik
Davis. Thurston defeated
Churchill 49-48 to advance.
“This is unbelievable,”
Davis said. “These kids and
coaches deserve it. We have
looked at this team for a
long time — that they were
special — and they are prov-
ing me right.”
The Bucks (10-1) wasted
no time in establishing dom-
inance. Scappoose fumbled
on its second play of the
game, and Patterson came
up with the ball.
Trent Sorey hit Cam San-
ford with a 35-yard pass
down the right side, then
Patterson had runs of 1 and
6 yards. On third-and-4, Pat-
terson scampered 10 yards
for his first of three scores.
Sorey suffered a knee
injury with less than 1 min-
ute to play in the first quar-
ter and did not return to the
game.
The Bucks offense was
out of sorts the rest of the
first half, while the Indians
(8-3) sprang to life.
Quincy Cleveland scored
on a 4-yard run midway
through the second quar-
ter, and took a 14-7 lead at
the half as Connor McNabb
tacked on a 16-yard touch-
down run with 4:14 left in
the second quarter.
Pendleton, which got
away from its run game in
the second quarter, came out
and pounded the ball in the
second half.
The Bucks used nearly 4
minutes of the clock on their
first drive of the third quar-
ter, moving 59 yards in eight
plays, ending with a 6-yard
touchdown pass from Coo-
per Roberts to Patterson to
tie the score.
“At halftime, the coaches
said it’s time to go to work.”
Patterson said. “We know
what that means — run the
ball.”
Patterson and Shawn
Yeager shared touches on
the Bucks’ first drive of the
fourth quarter, which ended
with Patterson going around
the left end for a 19-yard
touchdown and a 21-14 lead
with 6 minutes left in the
game.
“I knew at halftime, our
tailbacks would have to win
this game for us,” Davis said
of Patterson and Yeager.
“We made some good half-
time adjustments up front.
The offensive and defensive
lines have gotten us where
we are.”
The Bucks twice stopped
Scappoose on fourth down
in the final the 6 minutes
of the game — once at the
Pendleton 40, and again at
Pendleton 43 as time ran out
for the Indians.
Roberts struggled when
he first entered the game, but
settled down in the second
half and orchestrated two
nice drives to put the Bucks
out front.
“My heart sinks for
Trent,” Davis said. “He is a
tremendous leader and a big
part of this team. You throw
a young kid like Cooper in
and it takes time to adjust.
He settled in and I’m proud
of him.”
Pendleton
also
lost
defensive ends Beau Skin-
ner (ankle) and Ruger Dem-
ing (shoulder) in the sec-
ond half, but Davis said
he expects them back next
week.
———
Scappoose 0
14
0
-
14
Pendleton 7
0
7
7
-
21
Scoring
1Q
P - Aiden Patterson 10 run (Alex Rendon
kick)
2Q
S - Quincy Cleveland 4 run (Cade McDon-
ald kick)
S - Connor McNabb 16 run (McDonald
kick)
3Q
P - Patterson 6 pass from Cooper Roberts
(Rendon kick)
4Q
P - Patterson 19 run (Rendon kick)
0
“I knew at halftime, our
tailbacks would have to win this
game for us”
— Erik Davis, Pendleton head coach
BMCC volleyball
Timberwolves off to the NWAC
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
Blue Mountian cel-
ebrated
their
confer-
ence-closing home match
with a swift three-set vic-
tory over the Columbia
Basin Hawks on Friday
night.
The
Timberwolves
downed the Hawks 25-10,
25-14, and 25-7 to secure
the No. 3 spot in the east
region standings and a trip
to the Northwest Athletic
Conference tournament,
where they last claimed the
title in 2015. They’ll face
the south’s No. 2-ranked
Chemeketa in Tacoma on
Nov. 15 to kick off the
tournament.
“Our team was confi-
dent offensively tonight,
and had fun,” said head
coach Jessica Humphreys.
“We’re looking to bring
that into the NWACs.”
Blue Mountain played
patient and assured on
Friday, while the Hawks’
greatest vice was their lack
of control. Columbia Basin
hit five balls out of bounds
in the first set alone. The
Timberwolves
pulled
ahead with a 10-point lead
twice.
Blue Mountain setter
Grace Roko injured her
knee on a dig in the first set
and spent the remainder of
the game getting treatment.
She will be absent from
next week’s tournament.
The Hawks got the first
two points in the second
set before Timberwolves
middle blocker Sydney
Neuman strung together
three kills and a block to
regain dominance.
The 6-foot-1 sopho-
more was a threat in the
attack zone, recording
eight kills with just one
error and hitting .438 for
her final home match.
“That takes a lot of
experience,” Humphreys
said of Neuman’s per-
formance. “She’s very
methodical and precise. It
was nice to see her tee off
on a couple of those sets
tonight.”
Columbia scored five
points in set three before
the Timberwolves pounded
away with 14 consecutive
scores to take a 19-5 lead.
The Hawks recorded two
more points, but Neuman
and outside hitters Erin
Kelly and Mariah Multon
put the finishing touches
on the Blue Mountain win.
Brianna Cathers had
nine kills and 20 digs, and
setter Sophia Casarez had
23 assists for the match.
“It was a great way to
end our season with the
rest of our sophomores,”
Neuman said.
“We’re mentally stron-
ger and know how to
read the court better than
(Columbia). If we keep it
up, the NWACs will be a
breeze.”
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
The Timberwolves’ Erin Kelly (18) and Ella Renzel-
man-Catt (15), of Columbia Basin College, battle at the
net Friday at BMCC.