Wednesday, January 23, 2019
East Oregonian
Sounders open preseason camp with notable absences
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
TUKWILA, Wash. —
For the first time in fran-
chise history, Osvaldo
Alonso wasn’t on the roster
as the Seattle Sounders
opened preseason camp.
For the first time since
2014, neither was Clint
Dempsey.
The process of saying
farewell to a number of
key figures from the first
decade of Seattle’s exis-
tence has been ongoing
for several seasons. But
those two notable absences
on the first day of camp
Tuesday seemed to empha-
size the changes that have
taken place for a team that’s
remained among the MLS
elite.
While the Sounders are
moving on from Alonso
and Dempsey — Alonso is
now with Minnesota United
while Dempsey retired
last summer — the club
welcomed back a healthy
Jordan Morris.
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
NFL
TUESDAY, JAN. 22
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Boys Basketball
Mac-Hi at Elgin, 6 p.m.
Mitchell/Spray at Ione, 7:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Riverside, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Mac-Hi at Elgin, 5 p.m.
Irrigon at Riverside, 6 p.m.
Mitchell/Spray at Ione, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20
NFC: L.A. Rams 26, New Orleans 23, (OT)
AFC: New England 37, Kansas City 31,
(OT)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23
Men’s Basketball
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, JAN. 24
Boys Basketball
Umatilla at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Umatilla at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Walla Walla at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Walla Walla at Hermiston, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JAN. 25
Stanfield at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Enterprise at Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m.
Echo at Horizon Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Pendleton at The Dalles, 6:30 p.m.
Hanford at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Ione at Dufur, 7:30 p.m.
Helix at Joseph, 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Hanford at Hermiston, 5:30 p.m.
Dufur at Ione, 6 p.m.
Helix at Joseph, 6 p.m.
Grant Union at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
The Dalles at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Stanfield at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Weston-McEwen, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Mac-Hi/Weston-McEwen at Ontario, 1 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Riverside at Hood River Valley, 12 p.m.
SATURDAY, JAN. 26
Boys Basketball
Baker at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Grant Union, 4 p.m.
Echo at Sherman, 5:30 p.m.
Elgin at Helix, 5:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Richland, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Echo at Sherman, 4 p.m.
Elgin at Helix, 4 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 4 p.m.
Baker at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m.
Heppner at Grant Union, 5:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Richland, 5:45 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 2 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Riverside at Hood River Valley, 12 p.m.
PRO BOWL
Sunday, Jan. 27, at Orlando, Fla.
AFC vs. NFC, noon (ABC/ESPN)
SUPER BOWL
Sunday, Feb. 3, at Atlanta
New England vs. L.A. Rams,
3:30 p.m. (CBS)
Thursday’s Games
Golden State at Washington, 5 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Miami at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Houston, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Detroit at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 6 p.m.
NBA
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Miami
Charlotte
Washington
Orlando
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
W
36
31
29
25
10
W
22
22
20
20
14
W
34
31
20
11
9
L
13
17
18
23
35
L
23
24
26
27
32
L
12
15
26
36
39
Pct
.735
.646
.617
.521
.222
Pct
.489
.478
.435
.426
.304
Pct
.739
.674
.435
.234
.188
GB
—
4½
6
10½
24
GB
—
½
2½
3
8½
GB
—
3
14
23½
26
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
W
L
Pct
Houston
26 20 .565
San Antonio
27 21 .563
New Orleans
22 25 .468
Dallas
21 26 .447
Memphis
19 28 .404
Northwest
W
L
Pct
Denver
31 14 .689
Oklahoma City 29 18
.617
Portland
29 20 .592
Utah
26 22 .542
Minnesota
23 24 .489
Pacific
W
L
Pct
Golden State
33 14 .702
L.A. Clippers
25 22 .532
L.A. Lakers
25 23 .521
Sacramento
24 24 .500
Phoenix
11 38 .224
———
Tuesday’s Games
Toronto 120, Sacramento 105
Oklahoma City 123, Portland 114
Dallas 106, L.A. Clippers 98
Minnesota 118, Phoenix 91
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Houston at New York, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 7:30 p.m.
GB
—
—
4½
5½
7½
GB
—
3
4
6½
9
GB
—
8
8½
9½
23
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
49 37 10 2 76 199 140
Toronto
48 29 17 2 60 168 137
Boston
49 27 17 5 59 143 128
Montreal
50 27 18 5 59 152 148
Buffalo
48 24 18 6 54 140 144
Florida
48 20 20 8 48 152 170
Detroit
51 19 25 7 45 145 172
Ottawa
50 19 26 5 43 156 187
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 147 122
Washington 49 27 16 6 60 168 156
Columbus
48 28 17 3 59 154 146
Pittsburgh
48 26 16 6 58 169 146
Carolina
49 23 20 6 52 135 147
N.Y. Rangers 48 21 20 7 49 139 164
Philadelphia 48 19 23 6 44 139 169
New Jersey
48 18 23 7 43 140 164
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
48 31 15 2 64 167 134
Nashville
51 29 18 4 62 159 134
Minnesota 49 25 21 3 53 137 140
Dallas
49 24 21 4 52 126 128
Colorado
49 22 19 8 52 167 157
St. Louis
48 21 22 5 47 134 148
Chicago
51 18 24 9 45 156 190
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
51 33 13 5 71 190 145
San Jose
52 29 16 7 65 187 167
Vegas
51 29 18 4 62 156 138
Vancouver 50 23 21 6 52 145 156
Anaheim
50 21 20 9 51 119 148
Arizona
49 23 22 4 50 131 140
Edmonton 50 23 24 3 49 144 163
Los Angeles 50 20 26 4 44 114 150
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.
Tuesday’s Games
San Jose 7, Washington 6, OT
Arizona 3, Ottawa 2
Chicago 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO
Detroit 3, Edmonton 2
Calgary 3, Carolina 2, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Arizona at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Washington at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.
Nashville at Vegas, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Well-traveled QB Minshew
hoping to find NFL home
By JOHN ZENOR
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. —
Gardner Minshew carved
his own meandering path
from walk-on to NFL
prospect.
He began as a walk-on
at Troy, took a sharp left
to junior college, bounced
over to East Carolina, made
a beeline toward Alabama
and finally ended with
one terrific final season at
Washington State.
“I kind of took the long
way around,” Minshew
said Tuesday.
Whatever the route,
the nomadic Minshew has
landed in the Senior Bowl,
along with quarterbacks
like Duke’s Daniel Jones,
West Virginia’s Will Grier
and Missouri’s Drew Lock.
His goal remains the
same: A chance to be a
starting quarterback.
He got another shot
after enrolling as a grad-
uate transfer at Wash-
ington State in June, some
six months after graduating
from East Carolina.
Minshew made the most
of his time in the North-
west. He won the 2018
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm
Award as the nation’s top
senior or fourth-year junior
quarterback. Minshew led
the nation in passing yards
per game (367.6) while also
finishing in the top 5 with
38 touchdowns and a 70.7
percent completion rate.
His 4,779 yards set a
Pac-12 Conference record.
Minshew managed to fit
in well with his new team-
mates at Washington State
despite that late arrival, left
tackle Andre Dillard said.
“There’s
something
special about that guy, for
sure,” said Dillard, who’s
also playing in the Senior
Bowl. “He just has this
energy and vibe about him
that make others around
him want to be better
AP Photo/Butch Dill
South quarterback Gardner Minshew II of Washington
State (16) roll out to pass during practice for Saturday’s
Senior Bowl college football game Tuesday in Mobile, Ala.
people in general and foot-
ball players.”
Minshew is sporting
a full beard at the Senior
Bowl, but previously his
facial hair earned him
the nickname the Missis-
sippi Mustache. Cougars
fans started posting selfies
sporting fake mustaches.
Minshew enrolled at
Troy in January 2015 as a
walk-on, saying a scholar-
ship offer had been with-
drawn after a coaching
change. He left for North-
west Mississippi Commu-
nity College after spring
practices, with Brandon
Silvers holding down the
starting job.
He then spent two
seasons at East Caro-
lina, where he started two
games as a sophomore and
passed for 2,140 yards and
16 touchdowns as a junior.
Senior Bowl executive
director Jim Nagy puts a
positive spin on Minshew’s
moves.
“This guy is constantly
betting on himself,” said
Nagy, a former NFL scout.
Nagy said Minshew
approached him at break-
fast Monday morning
looking for phone numbers
of the South centers and
quarterbacks. He rounded
up some footballs and got
them together for some
extra work on snaps.
“Obviously the back-
ground
is
incredible
because it shows the resil-
ience and the mental tough-
ness,” Nagy said.
Minshew didn’t head
directly toward his final
college destination, Wash-
ington State. He planned to
enroll at Alabama, if Jalen
Hurts decided to transfer.
Hurts stayed put despite
ultimately
losing
the
starting job to Tua Tagov-
ailoa, who was Heisman
Trophy runner-up, a few
spots ahead of Minshew in
the voting.
“At the time it looked like
one of those two guys was
leaving and I was walking
in as No. 2 and splitting reps
50-50,” Minshew said. “I’ll
take my shot with anybody
when I get into a competi-
tion setting. Then it looked
like both of them were
staying and it was time for
me to look elsewhere.”
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