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A11
Sports writer
Kerry Eggers
returns
Thursday,
Oct. 28,
2021, to
Pendleton to
promote his
latest book,
“Jerome
Kersey:
Overcoming
the Odds.”
Eggers will promote new book in Pendleton
His eighth book
tells the story of
Trail Blazer Kersey
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Kerry
Eggers, a six-time Oregon
Sports Writer of the Year,
returns Thursday, Oct. 28, to
Pendleton to promote his latest
book, “Jerome Kersey: Over-
coming the Odds.”
The event begins at 5 p.m.
at Mac’s Bar
and Grill, 1400
S.W. Dorion
Ave.
Eggers,
68, will give a
short talk about
Eggers
the book, take
questions from the audience and
sign books, which will be avail-
able at the event for $25.
The book is Eggers’ eighth,
and follows his 2018 book “Jail
Blazers.”
“I’ve been around a long
time,” Eggers said. “I did cover
the team when Jerome played. I
knew him as well as any sports
writer at the time. He seemed to
be indestructible.”
The rags-to-riches life story
of one of the most successful
and popular players in Portland
Trail Blazers history is told
in this biography of Kersey,
who died in 2015 at age 52 of
a pulmonary embolism after
routine knee surgery.
“He played 17 seasons in
the NBA and never had one
surgery,” Eggers said.
According to promotional
infor mation, Kersey was
raised by grandparents in
rural Virginia in the 1960’s
and ’70s, and was among the
least likely of all eventual
NBA stars.
A late-bloomer as a basket-
ball player, he was overlooked
by college scouts. He signed
with Longwood College in
nearby Farmville, Va., which
was just making the transition
from NCAA Division III to
Division II.
See Eggers, Page A12
Kerry Eggers/Contributed Photo
A HEFTY ENDEAVOR
ON THE SLATE
Tuesday, Oct. 26
Prep girls soccer
Irrigon at Stanfi eld/Echo, 4 p.m.
Hood River Valley at Pendleton,
4:30 p.m.
McLoughlin at Baker, 5 p.m.
MCC/GSL District Tournament:
Hermiston at Mead, 7 p.m
Prep boys soccer
Irrigon at Ukiah/Long Creek, 4 p.m.
Pendleton at Hood River Valley,
4:30 p.m.
Prep volleyball
BMC playoff s: Weston-McEwen at
Union, TBD; Grant Union at Stanfi eld,
5 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 27
Prep volleyball
1A state tournament: Ione/Arling-
ton at Powder Valley, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 28
Prep volleyball
Hermiston at Richland, 5:30 p.m.
Prep girls soccer
Riverside at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pendleton at Ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.
Prep boys soccer
Ridgeview at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
College volleyball
Southern Oregon at Eastern
Oregon, 7 p.m.
College men’s soccer
Eastern Oregon at Northwest,
12:30 p.m.
College women’s soccer
Eastern Oregon at Northwest, 3 p.m.
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Pendleton High School special education teacher Katie Hall will compete Nov. 5, 2021, at the IPL Drug Tested World Championships in Costa
Mesa, California.
Pendleton High teacher to compete in powerlifting championships
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HELIX — If you need to fi nd
Katie Hall at lunchtime, check the
Pendleton High School weight room.
The special education teacher
tries to fi t in her workouts whenever
and wherever she can as she prepares
for the International Powerlifting
League Drug Tested World Cham-
pionships on Nov. 5, in Costa Mesa,
California.
“I have to fi t it in between kids,
job and all that,” Hall said.
The Pendleton football play-
ers might have a newfound respect
for Hall, who will open the World
Championships with a 375-pound
squat, a 195-pound bench press and
a 405-pound deadlift.
The championships will be
the third powerlifting meet of the
year for Hall, who also competed
in Eugene and Seattle. She will
compete in the open division.
“I’m looking forward to it,”
Hall said. “I feel really good, to be
honest. My body doesn’t have any
issues. Training has been going
really, really well. I am sitting about
sixth in the fi eld. A couple of women
have numbers I can’t touch. There is
a group of four or fi ve of us that is
really tight and will be going after
that third podium spot. I’m surprised
I’m even here. Let’s go see what
happens. I think it’s exciting to be in
the position I’m in. I’m excited to see
in a year what shape I’m in.”
See Hall, Page A12
Friday, Oct. 29
Prep football
Hermiston at Hanford, 7 p.m.
Heppner at Umatilla, 7 p.m.
Nyssa at McLoughlin, 7 p.m.
Stanfi eld at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Grant Union at Weston-McEwen 7 p.m.
Prep cross-country
Heppner, Nixyaawii, Pilot Rock,
Riverside, Stanfi eld/Echo, Umatilla,
Weston-McEwen at 3A/2A/1A Special
District 5 Championships, John Day, TBD
McLoughlin at GOL District Cham-
pionships, Milton-Freewater, TBD
Prep slowpitch softball
2A/3A Tournament: Hermiston vs.
Lake Washington, 10 a.m., Yakima
College volleyball
Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 30
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Katie Hall squats 350 pounds during a workout Saturday, Oct.
23, 2021, at 1910 Crossfi t in Pendleton. Hall is aiming to compete
Nov. 5, in Costa Mesa, California, at the International Powerlifting
League Drug Tested World Championships.
Prep volleyball
1A state tournament: Echo vs. TBD
College football
Carroll College at Eastern Oregon,
1 p.m.
Prep cross-county
Hermiston at District 8 3A/4A
Cross-country Championships,
Spokane, TBD
SPORTS SHORT
Farrington breaks EOU
career scoring record
East Oregonian
LA GRANDE — East-
ern Oregon University has a
new all-time leader in goals
in women’s soccer.
Morgan Farrington broke
Eastern’s record in goals
Friday, Oct. 23, against
Carroll College at Commu-
nity Stadium, La Grande.
Farrington, a senior
from Meridian, Idaho,
scored both goals in the
Mountaineers’ 2-0 victory
in Cascade Collegiate
Conference play. With
the win, EOU improves to
10-4-0 overall and is 7-3-0
in conference play.
The two goals brought
Farrington’s career total to
30, surpass-
ing Kris-
ten Rice’s
total of 29
that she set
bet ween
the 2003-
Farrington
06 seasons.
D efe n-
sively, EOU held Carroll
without a shot on goal in the
fi rst 45 minutes of play while
the off ense had eight in that
same span.
Farrington’s first goal
came in the second minute as
she played a pass from Kana
Mateaki to fi nd the back of
the net. Her goal gave EOU
a quick 1-0 lead and tied her
for the program record for
career goals scored.
Despite the early goal by
Eastern, the score remained
at 1-0 going into half-
time. EOU had its chances
though, putting up seven
more shots on goal before
the break.
In the second half,
Farrington needed just 46
seconds to etch her name
into the record books. She
played a pass from Mackin-
ley Gregus and scored from
the right side, 20 yards out,
to become the career leader
in goals scored.
EOU goalkeeper Made-
line Barker grabbed two
saves to earn the shutout
victory.
In net, Sarah Conway
had 10 saves for the Saints.
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