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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Coaches: Rockets volleyball begins Aug. 29 at Helix Continued from Page B1 coaching) position, I was scared to death,” Baleztena said. “I’d been in the junior high bubble for 10 years. I had a lot of people encour- age me, and I said, ‘OK, we’ll bite it off and do it.’” Perrine is taking over for a girls basketball program that went 8-14 overall and 2-10 in conference action last year. A 2015 Corbin University graduate, she brings a lifetime of basket- ball experience, two years of junior high coaching, and varsity assistant coaching to the table. “My expectations for Rockets basketball is set high,” she said. “I want to bring that back. I want other teams to have to prepare for us.” Like Baleztena, Perrine was hesitant to lead the pro- gram, but the support of her hometown gave her the push she needed. “I think we can both say that our town is really sup- portive,” Perrine said. “It’s nice to have that. People I didn’t even know in town were congratulating us.” Perrine also teaches high school science and leader- ship for the Rockets. “AmyLee has been a really huge part of our bas- ketball program,” Presley said. “She’s super knowl- edgeable and has a good rapport with our kids. We’re very optimistic and excited to have some new faces on our staff. They’re bring- ing a lot of positive energy that we’re looking for in our department.” It will be a few months until fans get to see Zyph and Perrine courtside, but the Rockets volleyball sea- son kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 29 with a nonleague match at Helix. Their first home showing is set for Tuesday, Sept. 3 against Imbler at 6:30 p.m. Ducks: Big bodies reign supreme Continued from Page B1 Johnson on the inside allows the Ducks to play 6-foot-5 backup receiver Bryan Addison at X, creating a tandem of vertical threats. That could be particularly effective in the red zone and on third down, especially if paired with a tight end like Cam McCormick or Jake Breeland as well. “Big bodies always pres- ent problems,” Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said. “I thought we saw that last year in the College Foot- ball Playoff, right? Big bod- ies kind of reign supreme during that run for those teams. I do feel that we’re bigger, but I also feel that our slots are also really explosive and fast and they have a great feel for the maneuver routes, some of the stuff underneath and some of the stuff where you blow by guys as well. It’s an added dimension and cer- tainly it’s something we always explore and look at. We do feel very comfortable with the progression of the red zone package.” Though a skyscraping personnel package of receiv- ers was naturally a possibil- ity, the right foot injury to Brenden Schooler forced Oregon to shuffle wide outs and grouping more and at a faster pace in fall camp. Combined with four true freshmen and the addition of Johnson, there are a lot of receivers learning tim- ing with Justin Herbert and getting acclimated to a new offense and each other. “Obviously losing Schooler was a blow, but now we’ve got some guys that haven’t really played that much together,” offen- sive coordinator Marcus Arroyo said. “So you’re trying to find chemistry between Herbert and the group and quarterbacks and moving those guys to dif- ferent places to see what matchups you’re able to find or leverage you can play is something we’re playing with. Addison has done a real good job of coming for- ward and Juwan, moving him around has been good.” To be clear, Johnson is unquestionably Oregon’s top X receiver and Addison is right behind him. But if an opposing secondary is par- ticularly undersized or if the Ducks want to create certain matchups or face specific situations, going with a sky- scraping package of wide outs is a very real option that did not exist last season. “It’s scary,” receivers coach Jovon Bouknight said of the options available with Johnson inside. “His size. He’s got some twitch with his strength, him and (Addi- son). That’s what makes it scary when you talk about if they want to put that nickel guy and per se, most nick- els are more of the shift- ier, smaller guys. How are they going to play us? Are they going to really play their nickel there or are they going to try to match it and maybe create a mismatch on the outside? I don’t know.” Beavers: Stoudamire is a first-team defensive back Continued from Page B1 because the Roughriders had a number of newcom- ers and college coaches did not know who they were. Stoudamire transferred to Roosevelt, in part to be on the same team with uncle Anthony Stoudamire, the Roughriders’ offensive coordinator. Price believes Stoudamire, a first-team all-Portland Interscholas- tic League defensive back, belongs at the FBS col- lege level. Price described Stoudamire as “tall, with lanky long arms, and great in man-to-man coverage.” Stoudamire had a partial scholarship offer to North- ern Colorado. Other schools showed interest late in the process, including Oregon State. “They saw his tape, and thought we should give this kid a chance,” Price said. “He ain’t come back home, so I guess he must be doing all right.” Damon Stoudamire says he has not talked to Cam since he started OSU’s preseason camp, but he adds, “I’ve been getting word that he’s tired a lot.” Football was not Damon’s sport. He played Pop Warner and his fresh- man year at Wilson before shelving football for full- time basketball. Damon said because of his coaching life, he has never watched Cam play football live, but he has viewed plenty of vid- eotape. He is hoping that changes with Cam now part of college football. “Yeah, I’m going to fol- low Oregon State a bit. I’m going to get down there and see how he’s doing,” Damon Stoudamire said. “I want him to get accli- mated first. It’s a mara- thon, not a sprint. Only thing I care, man, is just you got to believe in yourself.” Saturday, August 17, 2019 Blue Jays defeat Mariners 7-3 By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Randal Gri- chuk hit back-to-back home runs, Jacob Waguespack won his third straight deci- sion and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mari- ners 7-3 Friday. Derek Fisher and Danny Jansen also went deep for the Blue Jays, who have hit 110 home runs since June 16. The New York Yankees entered play Friday with a major league-leading 112 homers in the same span. Toronto has won five of seven and 12 of 18. The Mariners have lost five of eight and 10 of 13. Waguespack (4-1) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings, win- ning for the third time in three starts. The right- hander threw a career-high 102 pitches. Guerrero Jr. and Grichuk connected off left-hander Wade LeBlanc (6-7) four pitches apart in the third inning. Guerrero’s homer was his 14th. Grichuk hit his 23rd. The Blue Jays have hit back-to-back homers 12 times this season, breaking the team record set in 1999. Fisher homered off LeB- lanc in the second inning as the Blue Jays overcame a two-run deficit with the first of consecutive three-run innings. Jansen made it four homers off LeBlanc, leading off the seventh inning with his 12th of the season. The four home runs allowed matched LeB- lanc’s career-worst. He also allowed four homers against Minnesota on May 18. LeBlanc has lost four AP Photo/Fred Thornhill Seattle Mariners’ Mallex Smith is tagged out by Toronto Blue Jays’ Cavan Biggio while trying to stretch a single into a double during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday in Toronto. straight decisions. He allowed seven runs and matched a career-worst by giving up 11 hits in seven innings. Matt Wisler opened for Seattle with a scoreless first, and the Mariners jumped ahead on a two-out, two-run single by Tim Lopes in the second. Toronto turned the defi- cit around in the bottom half when Brandon Drury hit an RBI single and Fisher fol- lowed with his fourth home run. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: RHP Félix Hernández (shoulder) is scheduled to make a rehab start at Triple-A Tacoma Monday. Hernandez pitched four shutout innings for Class A Everett on Aug. 14, striking out eight and allow- ing just one hit. Hernandez went 1-4 with a 6.52 ERA in eight starts for Seattle in April and May, but hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 11 at Boston, when he allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. ROSTER REPORT Blue Jays: Toronto claimed C Beau Taylor on waiver from Oakland and assigned him to Triple-A Buffalo. MEJIA SUSPENDED Mariners minor league LHP Eliezer Mejia was sus- pended 72 games Friday for testing positive for the ste- roid stanozolol. Mejia, 18, was playing in the Domin- ican Summer League. His suspension will carry into next season. UP NEXT Mariners: Seattle has not named a starter for Saturday afternoon’s game. Blue Jays: RHP Trent Thornton (4-8, 5.34) starts for Toronto on Saturday, his first career appearance against Seattle. Thorn- ton was a hard-luck loser against the Yankees on Aug. 11, allowing one run in six innings. He’s 1-1 with a 4.60 ERA in three starts this month. Earnhardt’s plane bounced, went off runway ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — The plane carry- ing NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his fam- ily bounced multiple times during a crash landing and veered off the runway before ending up on a Tennessee highway, investigators said Friday. “It’s just the grace of the good Lord that a vehi- cle didn’t get struck by the plane,” Elizabethton Police Chief Jason Shaw said at a news conference. “It’s a very heavily trafficked roadway.” Earnhardt’s sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, said in a statement that all five people aboard the plane Thursday are “doing well.” Earnhardt, now a NASCAR television analyst, was taken to hospital for evaluation Thursday and discharged that day. National Transporta- tion Safety Board investi- gator Ralph Hicks said the Cessna Citation Latitude had left Statesville, North Caro- lina, about 20 minutes before the crash at 3:40 p.m. Earn- hardt was with wife Amy, 15-month-old daughter Isla, two pilots and a dog. Hicks said investigators have obtained video footage. “The airplane basically bounced at least twice before AP Photo/David Crigger A member of the National Transportation Safety Board looks at the wreckage of a plane that Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and daughter and two pilots and a dog were on when it crash landed Thursday at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport Friday in Elizabethton, Tenn. coming down hard on the right main landing gear,” he said. “You can actually see the right main landing gear collapsing on the video. The airplane continued down the runway, off to the end, through a fence and came to a stop behind me here on High- way 91.” Federal Aviation Admin- istration officials had said the plane caught fire after landing. Hicks said everyone aboard was able to evacuate through aircraft doors. “As bad as this accident was, there’s a lot of good things that happened,” Eliz- abethton Mayor Curt Alex- ander said. “One being that everyone walked away. The second being at 3:40 in the afternoon, after school had just let out a couple of miles up the road, there were no cars involved in this accident.” Hicks said investigators have spoken with the Earn- hardt family and the two pilots, all giving accounts consistent with what was seen on video. Hicks expects investigators to release a preliminary report in about seven days that will provide basic facts but no conclusions about the cause. He said the cockpit voice recorder will be sent to the NTSB’s Washing- ton headquarters. Earnhardt’s sister said the family is assisting FAA and NTSB officials. SCOREBOARD SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 13 7 6 45 48 38 Atlanta 13 9 3 42 43 30 D.C. United 10 7 9 39 34 32 New York City FC 10 5 8 38 41 31 New York 11 10 4 37 43 38 New England 9 9 7 34 37 44 Montreal 10 13 3 33 36 47 Orlando City 9 11 6 33 34 34 Toronto FC 9 10 6 33 39 41 Chicago 7 11 9 30 40 40 Columbus 7 14 5 26 27 39 Cincinnati 5 17 3 18 25 57 WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles FC 17 3 4 55 65 25 Minnesota United 12 8 5 41 43 35 LA Galaxy 13 11 1 40 33 36 Real Salt Lake 12 9 4 40 38 32 Seattle 11 8 6 39 38 37 San Jose 11 8 5 38 41 36 Portland 11 9 4 37 41 36 FC Dallas 10 10 6 36 36 33 Houston 9 13 3 30 35 41 Sporting Kansas City 7 11 7 28 37 44 Colorado 7 13 5 26 41 50 Vancouver 5 12 9 24 26 45 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday, August 17 New England at New York, 4 p.m. FC Dallas at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. New York City FC at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Orlando City at Minnesota United, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m. San Jose at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Houston, 6 p.m. D.C. United at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Seattle at LA Galaxy, 7 p.m. Sunday, August 18 Atlanta at Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 21 Columbus at New York City FC, 4 p.m. New York at D.C. United, 5 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles FC, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 22 Minnesota United at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 23 Atlanta at Orlando City, 5 p.m. Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m. Saturday, August 24 New York at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Chicago at New England, 4:30 p.m. D.C. United at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 7 p.m. Sunday, August 25 Columbus at Cincinnati, 3 p.m. Houston at FC Dallas, 5 p.m. LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC, 7:30 p.m. FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 New England 1 0 0 1.000 Miami 1 0 0 1.000 PF PA 51 30 31 3 34 27 N.Y. Jets South 1 1 0 .500 44 W L T Pct Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 Houston 0 1 0 .000 North W L T Pct Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 West W L T Pct Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 Oakland 2 0 0 1.000 Denver 1 1 0 .500 L.A. Chargers 0 1 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 Washington 0 2 0 .000 South W L T Pct Carolina 1 1 0 .500 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 North W L T Pct Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 West W L T Pct 41 PF PA 27 10 10 53 16 24 26 28 PF PA 55 13 30 10 30 28 40 51 PF PA 38 17 47 29 28 32 13 17 PF PA 31 22 34 37 9 17 23 53 PF PA 37 40 28 30 47 70 25 34 PF PA 34 25 41 52 13 23 3 31 PF PA San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 9 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 22 14 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 43 46 L.A. Rams 0 1 0 .000 3 14 ——— Friday’s Games Buffalo 27, Carolina 14 Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. New England at Tennessee, 4 p.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 5 p.m. Dallas vs L.A. Rams at Honolulu, Hawaii, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games New Orleans at L.A. Chargers, 1 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Monday’s Games San Francisco at Denver, 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Carolina at New England, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Green Bay vs Oakland at Winnipeg, CAN, 5 p.m. Jacksonville at Miami, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 Arizona at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Houston at Dallas, 4 p.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. San Francisco at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Denver at L.A. Rams, 6 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Chargers, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 5 p.m.
