6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUNDUP
Still lossless in Seattle
■ Seahawks improve to 5-0 for first time in franchise history with a comeback
against Minnesota that included fourth-down stop and Russell Wilson’s heroics
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — By this
point, Russell Wilson piecing
together more late dramatics
that end with the Seattle Se-
ahawks erupting in celebra-
tion seems almost expected.
Another late drive. Another
touchdown throw by Wilson.
Another Seahawks victory.
“I don’t know how anybody
could ever be better than
what he continues to show us
in those situations,” Seattle
coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s
as good as you can get.”
Wilson capped a 94-yard
drive with a 6-yard touch-
down pass to DK Metcalf on
fourth-and-goal with 15 sec-
onds left, and the Seahawks
beat the Minnesota Vikings
27-26 on Sunday night.
Seattle improved to 5-0
for the fi rst time in franchise
history with Wilson providing
more prime-time magic and
yet another late comeback on
a soggy October night in an
empty stadium.
In his career, Wilson has 34
career game-winning drives
when tied or trailing in the
fourth quarter and over-
time — regular season and
playoffs combined.
And this will rank among
his best.
“I believe this is like one of
the top three or four most im-
pressive things I’ve seen this
team do,” Seattle linebacker
K.J. Wright said.
Wilson was 20 of 32 for
217 yards and three touch-
downs. It wasn’t his best
performance — he had a pass
intercepted by Eric Wilson on
a careless attempt midway
through the fourth quarter —
but he made the key throws
late.
Seattle’s last drive included
a fourth-and-10 conversion
on a 39-yard pass to Met-
calf early in the possession.
Seattle appeared to get a
winning TD to Metcalf on
second-and-goal, but he lost
the ball as he was hit from
behind. Given another chance
on fourth-and-goal, Metcalf
fl ashed open cutting across
Prescott hurt in
Cowboys’ win
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott sustained
a gruesome ankle injury not long after his fi rst career
touchdown catch before backup Andy Dalton led a drive
to a fi eld goal on the fi nal play, and the Dallas Cowboys
beat the winless New York Giants 37-34 on Sunday.
Michael Gallup made two spectacular sideline
catches on throws from Dalton, the second a 38-yarder
to the New York 16. The Cowboys ran the clock down
to 3 seconds, and Greg Zuerlein had his second game-
ending kick of the season, from 34 yards.
Prescott was going down in the arms of defensive
back Logan Ryan at the end of a 9-yard run in the third
quarter when the Dallas quarterback’s lower right leg
got caught under Ryan and appeared to snap.
Prescott reached for the leg as he writhed in pain,
and TV images showed his right foot bent at an awk-
ward angle away from his leg. He was fi ghting back
tears as he was carted off with a cast on the leg. Most of
Prescott’s teammates rushed to greet him.
The team said Prescott had a fracture dislocation
of the right ankle and was taken to a hospital, where
surgery was planned later in the day.
RAIDERS 40, CHIEFS 32
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Derek Carr threw for
347 yards and three touchdowns, outplaying Super
Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes along the way, and the
Las Vegas Raiders nearly shut out the potent Kansas
City offense in the second half to rally for a 40-32 vic-
tory Sunday that ended the Chiefs’ franchise-record
13-game winning streak.
Dean Rutz / Seattle Times-TNS
DK Metcalf makes the game-winning catch against Minnesota Sunday night at
CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
the end zone and Wilson
delivered a fastball into a tiny
opening.
“It came down to a clutch
moment ... and I just saw
DK run across the fi eld and
just tried to zoom it in there
to him in a tight window,”
Wilson said. “He just made an
unbelievable catch, unbeliev-
able play.”
Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins
was 27 of 39 for 249 yards and
two second-half TD passes
to Adam Thielen. Alexander
Mattison rushed for a career-
high 112 yards in place of
Dalvin Cook after he suffered
a groin injury on the opening
possession of the second half.
But Mattison was stopped on
fourth-and-1 at the Seattle
6 with 1:57 left, setting the
stage for yet another Wilson
comeback.
It’s a decision by Minne-
sota coach Mike Zimmer that
certainly will be questioned.
A fi eld goal would have given
Minnesota a 29-21 lead and
forced Seattle to score a touch-
down and a 2-point conversion
just to force overtime.
Instead, the Vikings (1-4)
were tagged with another
crushing loss in a challenging
start to the season.
“It was about a half a yard.
If we got the half a yard, we
win the game. So I was trying
to go win it,” Zimmer said.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks
head into their bye week rid-
ing the best start in franchise
history. Not even the 2013
team that went on to win the
only Super Bowl title for the
franchise started 5-0.
It didn’t seem another
Wilson comeback was pos-
sible with Minnesota leading
13-0 at halftime. But Seattle
suddenly ignited in the third
quarter, with a 21-point
barrage that took less than
2 minutes. Wilson hit Will
Dissly and Metcalf on TD
passes sandwiched around
a fumble by Cousins. After
Cousins’ pass was intercepted
by Wright, Chris Carson
rumbled 29 yards and Seattle
had a 21-13 lead.
It took just eight combined
plays and suddenly a 13-point
defi cit was an eight-point lead.
FRENCH OPEN TENNIS: MEN’S FINAL
Nadal wins 20th Grand Slam
with his racket — right, then left, then right
again. He discarded one tennis ball behind
PARIS — All the years of work, all the
him, another in the pocket of his blue shorts.
many wins, led to this moment, with Rafael
And then, fi nally ready to proceed, Nadal
Nadal preparing to serve against Novak
delivered an ace at 106 mph to cap a fl aw-
Djokovic, one point from a 13th French Open less performance and a surprisingly lopsided
championship, one point from a 20th Grand 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 victory over the No. 1-ranked
Slam trophy to tie Roger Federer’s record for Djokovic. Nadal dropped to his knees, smiling
men.
broadly, and pumped his arms.
Nadal swept his right foot along the base-
Neither Djokovic, on this day, nor Federer,
line, clearing away the red dust as he has so over the course of time, ever truly stood a
many times before. He rapped his shoes’ soles chance of resisting the relentless Nadal.
By Howard Fendrich and John Leicester
AP Sports Writers
But Cousins didn’t fold.
Mattison proved to be a more
than capable replacement for
Cook, and Cousins got hot. He
was 6 of 8 for 64 yards and a
3-yard TD pass to Theilen on
Minnesota’s next drive cutting
the defi cit to 21-19.
After Seattle punted for a
second time inside Vikings
territory, Cousins led Min-
nesota 97 yards, capping the
drive with a 6-yard TD pass
to Thielen. The 15-play drive
took 8 minutes off the clock
and gave Minnesota a 26-21
lead with 7:08 remaining.
RAMS 30, WASHINGTON 10
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jared Goff threw for 309
yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, and
Los Angeles improved to 4-1 by beating Washington in
Alex Smith’s return almost two years since a gruesome
injury put his career in jeopardy.
Smith played his fi rst NFL game 693 days since
breaking his right tibia and fi bula, entering when new
Washington starting quarterback Kyle Allen injured his
left arm. He was 9 of 17 for 37 yards on the same fi eld
he was carted off of on Nov. 18, 2018, before undergoing
17 surgeries to repair the injury.
DOLPHINS 43, 49ERS 17
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick
threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns and Miami
sent defending NFC champion San Francisco to its
third straight home loss to open the season.
Fitzpatrick connected on a 3-yard TD pass to Adam
Shaheen on the opening drive of the game for the Dol-
phins (2-3) and didn’t let up, quieting talk for at least
another week that rookie Tua Tagovailoa should take
over as starter.
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Early Learning Center opens
The Baker Early Learn-
ing Center attracted school
leaders from throughout
the community, the region
and the state as its grand
opening was celebrated with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony
Friday.
Angela Lattin, the center’s
director, noted that the reno-
vated former North Baker
School building at 2725
Seventh St. is the result of 3
years of collaboration among
multiple Baker County
stakeholders.
“There is no other place
like it where public educa-
tion, preschool, local agen-
cies, and the community
all come together to work
together in a shared space,”
she stated in a press release.
“The investment in early
education will have a pro-
found impact on the families
and children in Baker City.”
Other speakers included
Cassie Hibbert, project
manager for the Wenaha
Group; Baker School District
Superintendent Mark Witty,
Robert Kleng, director of
Eastern Oregon University
Head Start; Katie Lamb,
Baker School Board member;
and Miriam Calderon, Early
Learning System director
who oversees Oregon’s Early
Learning Division.
Calderon joined the event
via the Zoom computer app.
“Geography is the predic-
tor of whether a child has
access to an early learning
opportunity,” Calderon stated
in the press release. “Today
is a remarkable day for the
children and families in your
community.”
Kindergarten teachers
began distance learning with
students from their new
classrooms on Oct. 5. Later
this month, Head Start will
transition classrooms to
the Baker Early Learning
Center and preschoolers will
be welcomed at the new site
in early November, the press
release stated.
The BELC will share space
with community partners
including Building Healthy
Families, the Intermountain
Education Service District’s
early intervention and early
childhood special education
programs and others.
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