MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 7A
WEEK AHEAD IN
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS
BAKER VOLLEYBALL
OREGON FOOTBALL
Ducks dominate
Nevada, 77-6
By Anne M. Peterson
AP Sports Writer
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Hailey Zikmund spikes the ball during a previous match against Parma, Idaho.
Baker fi nished third at the Burns volleyball tournament Saturday.
Bulldogs place 3rd
at Burns tournament
BURNS — Baker played its best vol-
leyball of the young season Saturday and
placed third in a tournament at Burns.
After dropping their fi rst three non-
league matches, the Bulldogs were sharp
in the pool play portion of tournament at
Burns High School.
Baker started by beating Bonanza, 25-
23, 25-16.
After splitting a pair of sets against
Adrian, 25-13, 21-25, Baker concluded
pool play by sweeping Horseshoe Bend,
Idaho, 25-24, 25-16.
In bracket play Baker drew Lakeview
in the fi rst round and swept the Honkers,
25-14, 25-8.
In the second round Baker fell to 25-20,
25-18, to Nampa Christian of Idaho to fi n-
ish third overall.
The Bulldogs return to the road Tues-
day, traveling to Fruitland, Idaho, for a 5
p.m. PDT match.
PAC-12 FOOTBALL
Cal upsets Washington
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — It took until early Sunday
morning before California could run onto
the fi eld in celebration, party with the few
Golden Bears fans still hanging around
and enjoy another victory over Washington.
Greg Thomas kicked a 17-yard fi eld goal
with 8 seconds left, and California beat No.
14 Washington 20-19 in a game delayed
more than 2½ hours due to severe weather.
The Pac-12 Conference opener for the
schools ended up being a strange night on
the shore of Lake Washington, capped by
Thomas’ short fi eld goal, giving the Golden
Bears (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) the shocking victory.
A severe thunder and lightning storm
delayed the game early in the fi rst quarter
and left only a smattering of fans wait-
ing out the lengthy delay when the game
resumed at 10:30 p.m. and fi nally ended at
1:22 a.m.
It was only the Bears’ fans cheering in a
corner of the mostly empty stadium when
the clock hit zero after knocking off the
Huskies for the second straight year.
“I’m really proud of the team because
it wasn’t the cleanest, but they just keep
fi ghting and they’re a tough bunch of guys,”
Cal coach Justin Wilcox said.
California quarterback Chase Garbers
wasn’t asked to do much with his arm, but
came up with two big completions on the
fi nal drive, hitting Jordan Duncan for 19
yards and Kekoa Crawford for 27 yards
to get inside the Washington 5. The Bears
were aided by a pass interference call
and, after forcing Washington to call three
timeouts, Thomas connected on a fi eld goal
shorter than an extra point.
“It’s like a dream come true, basically.
It’s like what you ask for as a kicker, last
kick comes down to you and you make it,”
Thomas said
Washington (1-1, 0-1) took a 19-17 lead
with 2:05 left when Peyton Henry hit a
career-best 49-yard fi eld goal that sneaked
inside the right upright. It was the last of
Henry’s four fi eld goals, two of which came
inside 25 yards.
U.S. OPEN TENNIS MENS FINAL
Nadal wins 19th Grand Slam
off his historic comeback bid, pulling out a
7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 victory in 4 hours, 50
NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal’s 19th
minutes of highlight-worthy action and
Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to Broadway-worthy drama to collect his
suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. fourth championship at Flushing Mead-
Open fi nal.
ows.
What had all the makings of a casual
“One of the most emotional nights of my
crowning morphed into a grueling contest tennis career,” said Nadal, who covered
thanks to Nadal’s opponent, Daniil Medve- his face with his hands while crying when
dev, a man a decade younger and appearing arena video boards showed clips from each
in his fi rst major title match. Down by two of his Slam triumphs.
sets and a break, Medvedev shifted styles,
“The last three hours of the match have
upped his level against a rattled Nadal
been very, very intense, no?” Nadal said.
— and even received an unexpected boost
“Very tough mentally and physically, too.”
from the Arthur Ashe Stadium spectators.
Now at 19 majors — a total Medvedev
Truly tested for the only time in the tour- called “outrageous” — Nadal is merely one
nament, the No. 2-seeded Nadal managed away from rival Roger Federer’s record for
to stop Medvedev’s surge Sunday and hold men.
By Howard Fendrich
AP Tennis Writer
EUGENE — With a romp
over Nevada, No. 16 Oregon
got back on track.
Justin Herbert threw for
310 yards and fi ve touch-
downs before heading to the
sideline in the third quarter,
and the Ducks rebounded
from their season-opening
loss to Auburn with a 77-6
rout Saturday night.
The Ducks (1-1) have won
15 straight home openers and
24 straight over nonconfer-
ence foes at Autzen Stadium.
Oregon tied a school record
with seven touchdown passes
— caught by seven receivers.
The Ducks also tied their
record for points at Autzen.
“Huge step in the right
direction,” Herbert said after-
ward. “Tough loss last week
but we came back and had a
great week of practice and we
were fi red up to be here, and
glad to get back at it tomor-
row.”
Tight end Jacob Breeland
caught four passes for a
career-high 112 yards and
a score. A total of 11 Ducks
scored.
True freshman Brandon
Talton kicked a pair of fi rst-
half fi eld goals for Nevada
(1-1). The Wolf Pack were
coming off a 34-31 victory
over Purdue last week, just
their second win over a Big
Ten program.
Redshirt freshman Carson
Strong, who threw for 295
yards and three touchdowns
in his debut, threw for 89
against the Ducks and was
intercepted twice. He was
sacked three times.
“It wasn’t really about
what they were doing, it was
about us. It all starts with us.
There were guys that were
open down the fi eld and I’ve
got to be able to see them and
be able to get them the ball,”
Strong said. “I missed a lot of
plays. I left a lot of plays on
the fi eld tonight.”
The Ducks were coming
off a 27-21 loss to Auburn in
the team’s high-profi le season
opener in Texas. Bo Nix threw
a 26-yard touchdown pass to
Seth Williams with 9 seconds
remaining to give the Tigers
the victory. Herbert fi nished
with 242 yards passing a
touchdown.
“Tonight it was more of the
Oregon Football that we’ve
been trying to establish,”
coach Mario Cristobal said.
“Being a disciplined football
player and playing with
relentless effort as a competi-
tor, that’s what we’re trying to
get to and we moved closer to
that tonight.”
Talton’s 24-yard fi eld goal
gave Nevada the early lead
midway through the opening
quarter. Talton, a walk-on,
kicked a 56-yard fi eld goal as
time ran out for the victory
over Purdue, earning the
game ball and a scholarship.
Herbert hit Breeland with
a 66-yard scoring pass on
the ensuing drive to put the
Ducks in front. Herbert has
thrown a touchdown pass in
30 straight games, the longest
active streak in the nation.
But the senior quarterback
has had to deal with a de-
pleted receiver corps because
of injuries heading into the
season. Graduate transfer
Juwan Johnson, a projected
starter, was on the sidelines
for the second straight game
with an unspecifi ed injury.
Talton added a 45-yard
fi eld goal for the Wolf Pack
before CJ Verdell muscled his
way into the end zone from 2
yards out to give the Oregon
a 14-6 lead. After Sampson
Niu intercepted Strong,
Oregon scored two plays later
on Herbert’s 16-yard pass to
Ryan Bay.
The game further slipped
away from Nevada when
Oregon took over on the Wolf
Pack 7 after a muffed punt,
and Herbert found tackle
Brady Aiello with a 1-yard
scoring pass to make it 28-6.
“The turnovers, I mean
we mishandled the punt, we
had a bad snap there. We had
turnovers in the second quar-
ter. And then the big plays,”
Nevada coach Jay Norvell
said. “You can’t pile on those
types of mistakes one on top
of the other and expect to
have a proper outcome, it’s
just not gonna happen.”
Herbert threw his fourth
touchdown of the game before
the end of the fi rst half, a
24-yard pass to a wide-open
Bryan Addison, then added
another in the third quarter
to Daewood Davis, recently
moved to receiver from
cornerback because of the
injuries.
OREGON STATE FOOTBALL
Hawaii rallies
past Beavers
HONOLULU (AP) — JoJo Ward had four touchdown re-
ceptions, Ryan Meskell kicked a 28-yard fi eld goal late, and
Hawaii escaped with a 31-28 win Oregon State on Saturday
night.
The Rainbow Warriors (2-0) overcame a pair of 14-point
defi cits, scored the game’s fi nal 17 points and never led until
Meskell’s go-ahead kick.
Meskell missed his fi rst three fi eld goal attempts from 48,
27 and 48 yards — all of them wide left — before hitting the
winner.
Oregon State has lost six in a row dating to last season
and have just one win since beating Southern Utah 48-25 on
Sept. 8, 2018.
Cole McDonald 30-of-52 passing for 421 yards and Ward
fi nished with 10 catches for 189 yards. The pair hooked up
on scoring strikes 29, 35, 5 and 29 yards.
It was the fourth time McDonald went over 400 pass-
ing yards in a game and Ward’s fourth game eclipsing 100
receiving yards. Ward tied the school record for touchdown
receptions in a game.
Oregon State had a chance to tie with 1:25 left, but Jordan
Choukair’s 52-yard fi eld goal missed wide left. The Beavers
eventually got the ball back with four seconds left, but could
only get to the Hawaii 45.
Jermar Jefferson carried 31 times for 183 yards and a
touchdown and Artavis Pierce added 79 yards and two
scores on seven rushes for Oregon State (0-2). Isaiah
Hodgins added seven receptions for 96 yards and a touch-
down.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
■ Girls soccer: Weiser at
Baker, 4 p.m.
■ Boys soccer: Baker at
Weiser, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10
■ Volleyball: Baker at
Fruitland, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12
■ Volleyball: Wallowa
at Powder Valley, 5:30
p.m.; Homedale at
Baker, 6:30 p.m.; Pine-
Eagle at Imbler, 6:30
p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13
■ Football: Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler at
Huntington, 1 p.m.;
Cascade at Pine-
Eagle, 2 p.m.; Baker
at Homedale, 7 p.m.
(MT); Wallowa at
Powder Valley, 7 p.m.;
Sherman/Condon at
Prairie City/Burnt River,
7 p.m.
■ Cross country: Baker
at Catherine Creek
Scamper, tba, Union
■ Volleyball: Baker
tourney, 9 a.m.; Country
Christian at Powder
Valley, 12:30 p.m.;
Perrydale at Powder
Valley, 3:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14
■ Girls soccer: Fruitland
at Baker, noon
■ Boys soccer: Baker at
Fruitland, noon
■ Volleyball: Pine-Eagle
vs. Trinity Lutheran, tba,
Prairie City; Heppner
at Powder Valley, 9:30
a.m.; Pine-Eagle at
Prairie City, noon; Pilot
Rock at Powder Valley,
3:30 p.m.
AT A GLANCE
PC/Burnt River
wins football
opener
SPRAY — Prairie City/
Burnt River stopped
Spray/Mitchell/Wheeler
47-20 in a nonleague
football game Friday.
Union defeats
Pine-Eagle in
volleyball match
UNION — Union
defeated Pine-Eagle in
straight sets Friday in
nonleague volleyball
acton.
Union won 25-9, 25-6,
25-20.
Mexico shuts out
U.S. men 3-0
EAST RUTHERFORD,
N.J. (AP) — The soccer
gap between Mexico
and the United States
is far wider than the Rio
Grande that separates
the nations.
Exactly a year before
the start of qualifying
for the 2022 World Cup,
Mexico handed the
Americans their most
one-sided loss in the
rivalry since 2009.
Javier Hernández
scored after U.S. new-
comer Sergiño Dest was
nutmegged in the 21st
minute, and Érick Gutiér-
rez and Uriel Antuna
added late goals in a 3-0
exhibition win Friday
night.
“We still play with fear
against them, and that
is what I can’t really live
with,” U.S. star Christian
Pulisic said. “That needs
to change.”
Huntington falls
to Condon
CONDON — Sher-
man/Condon defeated
Huntington 73-22 in
a nonleague football
game Saturday.
Pine-Eagle wins
CAMBRIDGE — Pine-
Eagle topped Cambridge
50-13 in a nonleague
football game Friday.