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East Oregonian
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Seahawks: Visiting teams get better locker room
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The Rams’ history with
the Seahawks — and Wil-
son’s playmaking presence
— means they won’t take
anything for granted.
“It’s always a hard-fought
game when we play Seat-
tle,” said defensive tackle
Aaron Donald, who has
sacked Wilson eight times
in the teams’ last fi ve meet-
ings. “It’s always a challenge
when you’re playing against
a great quarterback who can
do so much.”
Dallas Bolen/Contributed Photo
Sutton Terra Cotta, ridden by Dallas Bolen of Hermiston, won
the Morgan World Champion Dressage Training Level Open
in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Carrying the load
Wilson has plenty of
work to do, For the third
straight game, the Seahawks
are likely to be without their
top two running backs, Chris
Carson and Carlos Hyde.
Rookie DeeJay Dallas has
been the primary ball carrier,
but had just seven rushes last
week against Buffalo.
Travis Homer and Alex
Collins also were in the mix
against the Bills, but Seat-
tle isn’t likely to run much
against the fi fth-best run
defense in the league.
Staley vs. Seahawks
Carroll is impressed by
the work of rookie Rams
defensive coordinator Bran-
don Staley, whose group is
near the top of the league in
most statistical categories.
“They’re able to keep the
explosives down and take
advantage of one of the best
players ever, ever in Aaron
Donald,” Carroll said. “He’s
off to another great season.
Nine sacks already. He’s
had a bunch of close ones,
too. He could have 20 prob-
ably already. I think (Staley)
doing a good job playing to
Memories:
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(Donald’s) strengths.”
Air raid
In 2013 season, the Sea-
hawks allowed 2,752 yards
passing. In eight games
this season, the Seahawks
already have given up 2,897
through the air.
Granted they are entirely
different teams, but Seat-
tle’s pass defense is the big-
gest weakness of a team with
big postseason aspirations.
During the loss last week,
the Bills barely even tried to
run, attempting just 19 rush-
ing plays, only three in the
fi rst half.
Seattle is allowing a
league-worst 362 yards per
game passing, on pace to
shatter the NFL record for
most passing yards allowed
in a season.
“We have a lot of a season
still left and a lot of time to
change it,” Seattle linebacker
Bobby Wagner said. “I’m
confi dent in the guys in the
locker room, and I’m con-
fi dent in our coaches. I feel
like it’s going to get done.”
Marquee matchup
Jalen Ramsey plays all
over the fi eld on the Rams’
defense, but the standout
cornerback seems likely to
match up regularly with DK
Metcalf, the Seahawks’ bur-
geoning star receiver. Met-
calf didn’t back down from
Ramsey last year, even get-
ting into a shoving match.
Staley isn’t committing
to a one-on-one showdown,
but he’s looking forward to it
anyway.
“This is going to be a
great chess match between
these two guys, if they line
up near each other,” Staley
said. “This is what gets you
excited about pro sports, is to
see two elite players square
off against one another.
These two guys are as good
Zander: ‘We have a really good balance’
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McInerney said. “We will
evaluate him when he comes
in. It will depend on what
direction he wants to go.
If he wants to contend for
a position on the fi eld, we
will allow him to do that. He
could be a two-way player
for us. He’s athletic, he’s hun-
gry and he wants to be here.
He will fi nd a way to get on
the fi eld.”
Pendleton coach T.J.
Haguewood said Zander has
worked hard for the opportu-
nity to play college ball.
“He has worked his
butt off to get where he is,”
Haguewood said. “Tucker is
very accurate with the base-
ball and has a quick release.
His real strength is placing
the ball, whether it is in the
fi eld or on the hill. He is the
epitome of what we like as
players at Pendleton, and he
is grateful to the people who
help him.”
Zander has been able
to work on his skills and
strength this fall — as much
as the COVID-19 mandates
allow.
“The high school opened
up weightlifting sessions
after school about a month
ago,” Zander said. “We get
about an hour, and we are
fortunate to get that. We had
a fi ve-week practice where
we got to scrimmage against
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson scrambles to pass against the San Francisco
49ers during the second half of an NFL football game on Nov. 1, 2020, in Seattle.
our own teammates. It was
benefi cial for us to get out
there and prepare for the
spring.”
Mounties
coming together
McInerney was hired
in January to revitalize the
EOU baseball team that last
played in 2006.
He spent the past eight
years as the associate head
coach at Western Oregon
University, working mainly
as the Wolves’ pitching
coach.
McInerney
has
put
together a solid team at EOU
with mainly high school and
community college play-
ers. The cornerstone of
the Mounties is junior left-
handed pitcher Kolbe Bales
of Dufur, who followed
McInerney from WOU.
“Having Kolbe makes
it easier with the pitching
staff,” McInerney said. “He
knows how things are done.”
McInerney has done a
good job of signing local
talent. He picked up right-
handed pitcher Cooper Rob-
erts of Pendleton in his fi rst
round of signees, along with
a handful of La Grande High
School players, Irrigon’s
Adrian Roa (Blue Mountain
Community College), and a
couple of top players out of
the Tri-Cities.
“We had an emphasis on
getting kids in our region,”
McInerney said. “We lucked
out. There was some legit-
imate talent in our region
that wanted to play here, and
others that weren’t signed
yet. If you are able to get
regional talent and they have
a good experience, it’s a ben-
efi t for the college and the
community.”
Of the community college
players coming in, four are
from Treasure Valley.
“I know coach (Brady)
Baker, and they are
entrenched with tradition
on how to do things right,”
McInerney said. “They buy
in 100 percent and they are
incredibly coachable.”
The Mounties also have a
strong pitching staff, includ-
ing fi ve left-handers.
“We have a really good
balance,” McInerney said.
“We have a little bit of
everything.”
McInerney said the
Mounties do not yet have a
schedule, but when they do,
they are ready to go.
“No one has dealt with
COVID and restarting a pro-
gram,” he said. “We are off
the cuff with what we are
doing. The athletic depart-
ment and the university have
been very supportive. Even
with the craziness that is
happening, I see us build-
ing this quickly and being
successful.”
Because of the COVID
pandemic, Bolen said the
numbers at nationals were
down about 10%. Com-
petitors from Canada were
unable to make the trip, as
were some European riders.
There still were more than
1,000 entrants at the event.
While nationals presents
championship ribbons, there
are no monetary awards.
“You can’t put a price on
memories,” Bolen said.
as I think that I’m seeing
right now in the NFL at their
positions.”
New digs
Carroll will forever be
linked to the LA Coliseum
after his decade-long run
of success as head coach at
Southern California, but he’s
thrilled to see what SoFi Sta-
dium looks like on the inside.
Especially a better visi-
tors locker room than at the
Coliseum.
“That locker room is so
bad for the visiting team.
It’s like putting 50 guys in a
closet,” Carroll said. “You’ve
got to give that to Al Davis.
He reconstructed that when
they were playing there back
in the day to make it as mis-
erable as possible on their
opponent, and he got it done.
I really didn’t realize how big
of a factor it might have been
over the years when we were
there.”
The appeal of Morgan
horses
Known for their versatil-
ity, Morgans are one of the
fi rst breeds to be developed
in the United States.
According to history,
every Morgan today can
trace its lineage back to
a horse named Figure, a
hardy stallion who was born
in West Springfi eld, Massa-
chusetts, in 1789.
Morgans are family
horses, show horses, and
once were used to work in
the fi elds.
As show horses, they are
used in several different dis-
ciplines, from jumping to
dressage to endurance rid-
ing. They also make good
rodeo partners in barrel rac-
ing, tie-down roping and
team roping.
Bolen trains Goldmann’s
fi ve Morgans, and has sev-
eral of her own, including
a 4-month-old she recently
bought.
“I’ve been competing
since I was about 9 years
old,” Bolen said. “It’s in your
blood. My mom thought I’d
grow out of it. I never did.
She’s still waiting.”
Training horses is a side
job for Bolen, who works
at Wheatland Insurance in
Pendleton.
“I train for Liz, but I also
have other clients,” Bolen
said. “I have a super sup-
portive husband (Kai). He
came down to nationals and
helped us set up, then fl ew
back home to go to work.
When it was over, he fl ew
down, helped us pack up
and drove home with us.”
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