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E AST O REGONIAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS B1 PENDLETON Newsom has record day as Bucks top Ridgeview Senior sinks nine 3-pointers for school record By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins gets sacked by Washington linebacker Ryan Bowman during the fi rst half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif. Buckeyes top Huskies ROSE BOWL By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. — Dwayne Haskins passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Urban Meyer fi nished his coach- ing career at Ohio State with a 28-23 victory after the Buckeyes held off Washington’s thrilling fourth-quarter comeback in the 105th Rose Bowl on Tuesday. Parris Campbell, Johnnie Dixon and Rashod Berry caught TD passes in the fi rst half for the fi fth-ranked Buckeyes (13- 1), who took a 25-point lead into the fourth. But Myles Gaskin threw a touchdown pass and rushed for two more scores for the No. 9 Huskies (10-4), scoring from 2 yards out with 42 seconds left. The Buckeyes intercepted Jake Browning’s pass on the 2-point conversion attempt and then recovered the Huskies’ onside kick to wrap up the fi nal game of Meyer’s seven-year tenure. “I’m a very blessed man,” Meyer said. “I’m blessed because of my family, (but) this team, this year, I love this group AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer watches during warm ups before the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game against Washington on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif. as much as any I’ve ever had.” The 54-year-old coach is walking away after going 83-9 at Ohio State with one national championship, three Big Ten titles and this Rose Bowl vic- tory, the Buckeyes’ eighth over- all in the Granddaddy of Them All. Meyer cited his health last month in his decision to step down. A cyst in Meyer’s brain causes severe headaches that are even worse in a high-stress job. After this nail-biting fi nish in Pasadena, it’s easy to see why anyone might need a break from the madness of college football. And after Southern Califor- nia’s epic win over Penn State and Georgia’s double-overtime thriller over Oklahoma over the Ohio State Washington 28 23 past two years in Pasadena, the Rose Bowl got another matchup full of late-game fi reworks. Browning passed for 313 yards and Gaskin rushed for 121 in the fi nal game of the four- year starters’ landmark careers at Washington, which has lost three straight New Year’s Day bowl games. But after three poor offensive quarters, the Pac-12 champions made it awfully interesting late. The Huskies racked up 266 yards of offense in the fourth, but they had fallen too far behind in their fi rst Rose Bowl game appear- ance in 18 years. Coach Chris Petersen dropped to 1-4 in bowls during his otherwise remarkable ten- ure at Washington, including See Buckeyes, Page B2 AuCoin, Americans cash in on New Year’s Eve By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Traditions are fun, and on New Year’s Eve the Tri-City Americans and Spokane Chiefs know how to throw a party. For the 29th consecutive year, the teams put on a show at Toyota Center, with Parker AuCoin scor- ing two short-handed goals, and adding an assist, to lead the Amer- icans to a 6-1 victory over the Chiefs. Tri-City goalie Beck Warm fi n- ished with 21 saves for his 18th win of the season. “This is the most packed I have seen this building, and we put on a show for the fans,” AuCoin said. “They are our biggest rival, and we really brought it.” Senior Tyler Newsom poured in a career-high 44 points — including a school record nine 3-pointers — to lead Pendleton to an 82-63 win Saturday over Ridgeview on the fi nal day of the Summit Holiday Tournament. “Today, they played with confi dence and shot the ball well,” Bucks coach Zach Dong said. “I was pretty proud of the guys.” Newsom scored 17 points in the fi rst quarter for Pendle- ton (6-4), then added 15 in the second. “He did most of his damage in the fi rst half,” Dong said. “He was real hot. They didn’t have an answer for him. The basket was an ocean for him.” Ryan Sams had the sin- gle-game 3-point record for the Bucks with eight before New- som’s record performance. Cooper Roberts added 12 points and Kason Broncheau 11 for the Bucks, who will host La Grande on Jan. 8. Pendleton will open Inter- mountain Conference play Jan. 11 at Hood River Valley. Girls HOCKINSON (Wash.) 52, PENDLETON 40 — The Bucks (3-8) closed out their weekend at the Summit Holi- day Tournament with a loss to the Hawks (5-4). We did not play our best when we were down here,” Pendleton coach Kevin Por- ter said. “We were missing our starting point guard (Muriel Hoisington) the whole tourna- ment, which doesn’t help much and throws the chemistry off.” The Bucks led by eight at the half, but struggled in the third quarter. “These games matter to build our foundation for league,” Por- ter said. Natalie Neveau had 10 points and six rebounds for the Bucks, while Katie Bradt had 12 rebounds. “The positives are, the girls never gave in and they never quit trying,” Porter said. “We play for 32 minutes and we play hard. As long as you can walk off the court and not have any regrets, we have done our job.” Jasmine Shigeno had 27 points for Hockinson on a school record nine 3-pointers. The Americans lead the series 18-9-0-1 with one tie. The holiday game was the fi rst for coach Kelly Buchberger. “It’s exciting for everybody,” he said. “It’s New Year’s Eve, the fans are jacked and they are feeling it. They were our seventh man, and they helped us tonight. It’s a big win for us.” The Americans wasted no time in taking control of the game, scor- ing three times in the fi rst period. On a line change, Connor Bouchard fl ew off the Tri-City bench, went after Spokane’s Mike Layman and knocked the puck free. Bouchard fed the puck out front to Paycen Bjorklund, who scored his fi rst goal of the season Courtesy of the Tri-City Americans SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Damian Lillard shook off a sluggish night shooting to score fi ve of his 25 points in overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied after blowing a 14-point halftime lead to beat the Sacra- mento Kings 113-108 on Tues- day night. Jusuf Nurkic had 24 points See Hockey, Page B2 Tri-City’s Parker AuCoin celebrates one of his two short-handed goals on Monday night against Spokane. The Americans beat the Chiefs 6-1. See Blazers, Page B2 Trail Blazers beat Kings in OT By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press