MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
WEEK AHEAD IN
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS
OREGON FOOTBALL
MONDAY, SEPT. 16
■ Volleyball: Baker at
Pendleton, 7 p.m.
■ Boys soccer: Weiser at
Baker, 4 p.m.
■ Girls soccer: Baker at
Weiser, 3 p.m.
BAKER VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Ducks roll past
Montana, 35-3
“We need to get better.
We lost,” Montana coach
EUGENE — Justin
Bobby Hauck said when
Herbert isn’t satisfi ed yet
asked what his team can
but he’s confi dent that the take away from the game.
Ducks are on the right
“We came here to win, and
path.
we didn’t do it.”
The senior quarterback
Oregon was coming off
threw for 316 yards and
a 77-6 rout of Nevada that
fi ve touchdowns in No. 15
helped get the team back
Oregon’s 35-3 victory Sat-
on track after a disappoint-
urday night over Montana, ing loss to Auburn in the
the Ducks’ fi nal tuneup
season opener. Herbert also
before opening Pac-12 play threw fi ve TDs against the
at Stanford next week.
Wolf Pack and now has 11
Jacob Breeland and
for the season.
Johnny Johnson III each
“We’re a real brotherhood
caught a pair of touch-
this year, and you know it’s
downs for the Ducks (2-1), a real family on this team
who won their 25th straight and I think he (Herbert)
nonconference game at Aut- knows that and he’s a big
zen Stadium.
part of this family and we
“I think we’ve been do-
all look up to him,” Johnson
ing some good things and
said.
defi nitely some stuff we
Montana opened the
can learn and fi x, but I like season with wins over
the direction we’re going in South Dakota and North
and I like the guys who’ve Alabama, climbing into the
stepped up and made
STATS FCS Top 25 at No.
plays,” Herbert said.
20. The Ducks are the sec-
Herbert has thrown for
ond-highest ranked team
a touchdown in 31 straight the Grizzlies have faced in
games, the longest current the modern era after a 63-7
streak in the nation. It
loss to No. 7 Washington
was his fi fth career fi ve-
two years ago.
touchdown game, most by
Montana senior receiver
an Oregon quarterback.
Jerry Louie-McGee caught
Marcus Mariota had four.
six passes for 66 yards. He
Fifth-year senior Dalton went into the game needing
Sneed threw for 184 yards just three catches to break
for FCS-level Montana
Raul Pacheco’s career
(2-1), which avoided its fi rst record of 192 set in 1998.
shutout since 1988 with
Herbert made his fi rst 10
Brandon Purdy’s 25-yard
passes of the game for 113
fi eld goal late in the third
yards and two scores, both
quarter.
to Breeland.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17
■ Volleyball: Ontario at
Baker, 6:30 p.m.
By Anne. M. Peterson
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
■ Volleyball: Imbler at
Powder Valley, 6:30
p.m.
■ Boys soccer: Four
Rivers at Baker, 4 p.m.
AP Sports Writer
OREGON STATE FOOTBALL
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20
■ Volleyball: Powder
Valley at Pine-Eagle,
4 p.m.; Burnt River at
Dayville/Monument, 7
p.m.
■ Football: Powder
Valley at Pine-Eagle, 2
p.m.; Baker vs. Elmira,
7 p.m., Summit
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
■ Volleyball: Powder
Valley at Joseph, 1
p.m.; Pine-Eagle at
New Meadows, 2
p.m.; Baker at Sisters
tourney, tba
■ Cross country:
Baker at Three Course
Challenge, tba,
Warrenton
■ Boys soccer: Baker at
La Grande, 2 p.m.
■ Girls soccer: Baker at
La Grande, noon
AT A GLANCE
Spartans game
with Cascade
called off
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Baker's Kaylee Dalke, with arms extended, keeps the ball alive against Burns.
Bulldogs take third place
behind the serving of Hailey
Zikmund.
Baker placed third at the
Baker then maintained its
Baker Volleyball Invitational edge the rest of the game.
Friday at BHS.
In the second game, Anna
The Bulldogs defeated
Carter served the Bulldogs to
Ontario 25-21, 25-11 in the
a 9-0 lead and Ontario could
third-place match.
get no closer than fi ve points
Baker fi nished fi rst in its
the rest of the way.
pool, defeating Burns 25-16,
In bracket play with Burns,
25-17, and splitting with Ir-
the teams battled through
rigon 25-23, 16-25.
seven ties in the fi rst set
In bracket play Baker then before Burns scored the fi nal
lost a rematch with Burns,
three points for the win.
25-23, 25-20.
In the second set Baker
“It was great to play some took a quick 7-2 lead and led
new teams we have not seen,” 14-10 before Burns rallied for
said Baker coach Chelsea
a 16-14 edge.
Hurliman. “The girls held
The Hilanders maintained
strong and continued to fi nd a slim lead the rest of the
their strengths on the court.” match.
In the third-place matc
In pool play against Burns,
against Ontario, the fi rst set Baker broke a 10-10 tie
went back and forth until
behind the serving of Lauren
Baker took a 21-19 lead
Benson.
By Gerry Steele
gsteele@bakercityherald.com
Luton leads OSU
past Cal Poly, 45-7
Flemings’ second score
came on a 75-yard catch
CORVALLIS — The
and run with 21 seconds
smallest player on the fi eld left in the fi rst half. He
had perhaps the biggest
also had a 66-yard kickoff
impact.
return.
Oregon State wide
Luton passed for 255
receiver Champ Flemings, yards and four fi rst-half
a 5-foot-5, 141-pound red- touchdowns — tying the
shirt sophomore, had fi ve
school record for most
catches for 142 yards and touchdown passes in a half
two long touchdowns from — and the Beavers’ offense
quarterback Jake Luton,
amassed 549 total yards
leading Oregon State to a despite the absence of
45-7 victory over Cal Poly leading rusher Jermar Jef-
on Saturday.
ferson, who was out with a
The win snapped a six- foot injury.
game losing streak for the
Luton was coming off
Beavers (1-2).
a subpar performance in
“He’s been waiting on
last Saturday’s 31-28 loss
a couple opportunities,”
at Hawaii, but he was on
second-year OSU coach
target from the outset
Jonathan Smith said.
against the Mustangs. The
“We’ve been giving him
sixth-year senior completed
(opportunities) in the
17 of 22 passes.
return game, but he got
He played one series in
a bunch of time today at
the third quarter before
wideout and he made due giving way to backup quar-
on that.”
terback Tristan Gebbia.
Flemings had four
“We’re trying to build
receptions for 68 yards last some depth and we’re
season, receiving the bulk heading that way,” Smith
of his playing time on kick said.
returns.
The Mustangs (1-2), who
Both of Flemings’ touch- lost 41-24 last week at We-
downs Saturday came
ber State, played a Pac-12
late in the second quarter school for the second time
as the Beavers increased
in school history.
a 24-7 lead to 38-7 at the
Cal Poly coach Tim
break.
Walsh said his biggest con-
Flemings outjumped a
cern entering the game was
defender at the goal line for the size of OSU’s offensive
a 47-yard score, which was line against the Mustangs’
the fi rst touchdown of his
defensive front.
college career.
“Too many mistakes on
“Jake just trusted me
the defensive side of ball,
and he put the ball up,”
especially in the run game
Flemings said. “The de-
that gave us no opportunity
fender did go up and tried to compete defensively in
to pick it off, but I just felt
the fi rst half,” Walsh said.
like I could outjump him.
Cal Poly had some
So, I jumped up there, was success moving the ball
able to track the ball with between the 20-yard lines,
my eyes and make a good but it struggled in the red
catch.”
zone.
By Gary Horowitz
Associated Press
The Bulldogs took a 17-10
advantage and coasted to the
win in the fi rst set.
In the second set, the serv-
ing of Carter and Josie Lewis
broke the game open late.
Baker then led Irrigon
most of the fi rst set before
facing a 23-23 tie.
Lewis then served the fi nal
two points for the win.
In the second set, Baker led
16-14 before Irrigon rallied to
score the fi nal 11 points and
gain the split.
Baker travels to Pendleton
today for a nonleague match
starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs then open
Greater Oregon League play
Tuesday by hosting Ontario,
also at 6:30 p.m. Baker then
travels to compete in the Sis-
ters tournament Saturday.
Homedale stops Bulldogs
with 1:56 left in the fi rst
quarter.
Baker couldn’t muster any
Uranga’s 10-yard touch-
consistent offense Friday
down run with four minutes
against Homedale in a
left in the fi rst half gave
nonleague football game at
Homedale a 14-0 edge.
Homedale.
The Trojans increased their
Karsen Freelove and Dani- lead to 21-0 two plays later
al Uragna each scored two
when Freelove scooped up a
touchdowns for the Trojans
Baker fumble and raced 30
(3-0) on the way to defeating yards for the touchdown.
Baker 28-7.
Uranga then added his
Baker’s defense held
second TD run late in the half
the defending Idaho state
to boost Homedale’s lead to
runnerup scoreless most of
28-0 at halftime.
the opening quarter despite
“They got their running
Homedale advancing inside
game going in the second
the Baker 20 three times.
quarter,” Ramos said of
“Our defense played well
Homedale’s 21-point period.
most of the game,” said Baker
Baker avoided the shutout
coach Jason Ramos.
with 3:16 left in the game
Homedale fi nally scored on when quarterback Spencer
a 6-yard run from Freelove
Shirtcliff scored on a 14-yard
gsteele@bakercityherald.com
Washington
routs Hawaii
in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — After
just three plays, Hunter
Bryant was celebrating in
the end zone. Five plays later,
it was Sean McGrew’s turn.
And after another seven
Brown sets
new record at
Pendleton
PENDLETON — Baker
cowboy Jesse Brown
won the steer wres-
tling competition at the
Pendleton Round-Up
Saturday.
In the process, Brown
set a new arena record
of 3.7 seconds.
Spartans split
two matches
PRAIRIE CITY —
Pine-Eagle split a pair
of volleyball matches
Saturday at Prairie City.
The Spartans lost
3-0 to Prairie City, and
defeated Trinity Lutheran
3-1.
Sherman/Condon
tops PC/BR
BAKER FOOTBALL
By Gerry Steele
HALFWAY — Pine-Ea-
gle’s nonleague football
game scheduled with
Cascade, Idaho, Friday
was canceled.
Pine-Eagle coach Itsy
Tanaka said Cascade
didn’t have enough play-
ers due to injuries and
other issues.
run.
“Offensively we had our
moments,” Ramos said. “We
just turned the ball over too
much. The miscues really
hurt us.
“We’re taking some posi-
tives away from the game.
We just have to play cleaner.
We’re going to build on this
game and move forward.”
Baker (1-1) plays its fi rst
“home” game Friday but it
won’t be at BHS. The Bull-
dogs host Elmira at 7 p.m. at
Summit High School in Bend.
Baker
0 0 0 7 — 7
Homedale
7 21 0 0 — 28
H — Freelove 6 run (Lomeli kick)
H — Uranga 10 run (Lomeli kick)
H — Freelove 30 fumble recovery (Lomeli
kick)
H — Uranga 6 run (Lomeli kick)
B — Shirtcliff 14 run (Rushton kick)
snaps, it was Puka Nacua
catching his fi rst collegiate
pass for a touchdown.
Washington rebounded
with a 52-20 romp over Ha-
waii on Saturday night.
CONDON — Sher-
man/Condon defeated
Prairie City/Burnt River
47-16 in 6-man football
action Friday.
Linfi eld stops
Rowan 35-14
GLASSBORO, N.J. —
Wyatt Smith passed 283
yards and four touch-
downs, and linebacker
Brian Pullman made 15
tackles to lead No. 12
Linfi eld past Rowan 35-
14 Saturday afternoon at
Richard Wackar Stadium.
Playing its season-
opening game, Linfi eld
(1-0) never trailed and
refused to wilt even after
Rowan (0-2) rallied from
two touchdowns down
to tie the game at 14
early in the third quarter.
Linfi eld answered
with Jacob Calo’s 11-
yard touchdown catch
from Smith, capping
a 47-yard drive that
included runs of 21 and
15 yards by tailback Artie
Johnson.