6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP
SERIES
POWDER VALLEY VOLLEYBALL
Altuve’s
homer
lifts
Astros
BAKER BOYS SOCCER
Powder Valley
completes
unbeaten
league season
■ Houston
meets
Washington in
Game 1 of
World Series
Tuesday
■ Badgers rebound from an injury to
Belle Blair on Friday against Cove to
win two matches on Saturday
NORTH POWDER —
Powder Valley’s volleyball
team ended the regular
season last weekend with
a 29-1 record as the Class
1A No. 1 ranked team.
Thursday, traveling to
Imbler, Powder won 25-12,
25-19, 25-16.
Following that match,
Powder played Griswold,
winning 25-7, 25-12, 25-13.
Friday the Badgers
traveled to Cove, defeating
the Leopards 25-20, 25-15,
25-16.
“Even through we came
away with the win, we
did suffer a major blow to
our team, as Belle Blair
was taken out of the game
with a major ankle injury
when she came down on
an opponent’s foot early in
the third set,” said Coach
Marji Lind.
As Saturday dawned,
the Badgers were faced
with adversity and a new
challenge of developing
a new line-up for the two
matches that awaited
them that afternoon. This
required that players
accept new roles on the
team.
The fi rst game of the
day was against Nixy-
aawii. Powder Valley de-
feated the Golden Eagles
25-6, 25-9, 25-12.
Powder Valley then
faced the No. 2-ranked
Union Bobcats from the
2A division.
Powder dropped the fi rst
set 25-27. The Badgers
then took the next two sets
in a row 25-18, 25-18.
In the fourth set, Pow-
der got off to a rocky start
and ended up losing 18-25.
The fi fth and fi nal set,
the Badgers won 15-8.
“It was amazing volley-
ball played by both teams,”
Lind said. “The energy
in the gym was electrify-
ing and the look of love,
accomplishment and unity
among those 10 fantastic
young women was utter
satisfaction. It is amazing
what a team can accom-
plish together”
Next up for the Badgers
is the district tournament,
which will take place at La
Grande High School, Sat-
urday, Oct. 26. Times have
yet to be determined.
By Kristie Rieken
AP Sports Writer
Kathy Orr/ Baker City Herald
Nico Helmreich in action against Ontario Saturday.
Ontario defeats Bulldogs
By Gerry Steele
gsteele@bakercityherald.com
Ontario put up a roadblock
for Baker’s Greater Oregon
League boys soccer playoff
hopes Saturday, defeating
the Bulldogs 3-1 at the Baker
Sports Complex.
Ontario scored twice in
the fi rst half to take a 2-0
halftime edge.
The defi cit could have
been worse except for some
sparkling defensive moves by
Baker.
Ontario had a shot carom
off the crossbar, had Baker
defender Dakota Rilee make
a save in front of the net as
keeper Silas Carter recovered
from one of several sliding
and diving saves.
Ontario then increased its
lead to 3-0 in the second half
before Brylan Robb scored for
the Bulldogs.
Baker (1-4 in GOL play)
hosts Mac-Hi Saturday at
2 p.m. in its fi nal regular
season match.
PAC-12 FOOTBALL
WSU tops Colorado
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) —
After a few frustrating weeks,
Washington State coach Mike
Leach was pleased to see the
Cougars play with a level of
consistency that has been
absent.
“Consistency and the men-
tal tough ness to stay focused
from one play to the next,”
Leach said. “Everyone wants
to get ahead of themselves
but all you have is that one
play in the present moment
and you better focus on that
one and I thought we did a
better job of keeping track of
that tonight.”
Anthony Gordon passed for
369 yards and four touch-
downs and Washington State
rolled over Colorado 41-10
on Saturday, snapping the
Cougars’ three-game losing
streak.
Gordon threw a 4-yard TD
pass to Max Borghi and a
22-yarder to Dezmon Patmon
in the fi rst quarter as the
Cougars (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12)
jumped to a 14-0 lead, scored
touchdowns on their fi rst
three drives and cruised to a
needed victory. Gordon was
35-of-51 passing and con-
nected with eight different
receivers.
The WSU defense was ex-
cellent after weeks of getting
shredded.
HOUSTON — Jose
Altuve, the 5-foot-6
driving force of Hous-
ton, delivered a swing
that will play in Astros’
highlights forever.
Altuve homered off
Aroldis Chapman with
two outs in the ninth
inning and Houston
outlasted the New
York Yankees 6-4 Sat-
urday night to advance
to the World Series
for the second time in
three years.
“That’s one of the
best moments of post-
season history,” Hous-
ton general manager
Jeff Luhnow said.
In a bullpen Game 6
with a back-and-forth
fi nish, DJ LeMahieu
hit a tying, two-run
shot off Astros closer
Roberto Osuna in the
top of the ninth. Altuve
answered with a two-
run drive to left-center,
setting off a wild
celebration at Minute
Maid Park and earning
himself AL Champion-
ship Series MVP.
“Beautiful game,”
Altuve said.
Astros ace Gerrit
Cole was waiting to
pitch a potential Game
7 on Sunday. Instead,
the postseason star
— undefeated since
May 22 — can be
lined up for Game 1 at
home against the NL
champion Washington
Nationals on Tuesday
night.
Yuli Gurriel hit a
three-run homer in the
fi rst inning, and fl ashy
outfi eld defense helped
Houston’s relievers
defeat the Yankees and
their vaunted bullpen.
It almost fell apart
in the ninth. Gio
Urshela singled off
Osuna leading off for
his third hit of the
game, and LeMahieu
put a ball into the fi rst
row of seats in right
fi eld — inches over the
glove of leaping George
Springer — to tie it
at 4.
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