A6 — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021
SPORTS
Oregon State beats Stanford
to become bowl eligible
First time
Beavers have had
six wins since 2013
a short pass into a 67-yard
touchdown.
Stanford answered with
Patu’s 8-yard touchdown pass
to tight end Benjamin Yurosek
on fourth and 2, cutting the
lead to 21-7.
B.J. Baylor’s 6-yard touch-
down run late in the third
quarter, and a 5-yard touch-
down pass to tight end Teagan
Quitoriano early in the third
quarter gave Oregon State a
35-7 lead.
By GARY HOROWITZ
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Chance No-
lan passed for 257 yards and
two touchdowns, and ran for a
score, leading Oregon State to
a 35-14 win over Stanford on
Saturday, Nov. 13.
The victory makes Oregon
State (6-4, 4-3 Pac-12) bowl
eligible for the fi rst time since
2013, and snapped an 11-
game losing streak against the
Cardinal.
“It’s been a long time com-
ing, man,” Oregon State senior
linebacker Andrzej Hughes-
Murray said of becoming bowl
eligible. “I’m happy for my guys
and happy for coach (Jona-
than) Smith. And happy for
myself, too.”
Smith, who was hired in
2018 to coach at his alma ma-
ter, inherited a team that was
coming off a 1-11 season.
“There’s no question this is
big,” said Smith, who was the
starting quarterback during
Oregon State’s 2000 Fiesta
Bowl season. “(Win) number
six is big. I’m not going to
dance around that. We’ve got
a couple more games that can
mean a whole lot.”
Nolan completed 19 of 25
passes, including a 67-yard
touchdown to Trevon Bradford
that increased the lead to 21-0
early in the third quarter.
Injuries have taken a toll on
Stanford (3-7, 2-6), which has
lost fi ve games in a row for the
fi rst time under coach David
Shaw.
Freshman Ari Patu
struggled to get the Cardinal’s
passing game going in his fi rst
career start, completing 7 of 14
Leon Neuschwander/The Oregonian-TNS
Oregon State’s Deshaun Fenwick (No. 5) runs the ball as
the Beavers face the Stanford Cardinal in a Pac-12 football
game on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at Reser Stadium in
Corvallis. Oregon State won 35-14.
for 51 yards with a touchdown
and interception before leaving
midway through the third
quarter with an undisclosed
injury. Stanford used three
quarterbacks in the game.
“Better fi ght from our guys
this week,” said Shaw, whose
team was coming off a 52-7
loss to Utah. “We’re not just
looking for better, we’re trying
to win.”
Oregon State’s defense
made strides after giving
up a total of 76 points in its
previous two games, losses at
California and Colorado.
Smith fi red defensive
coordinator Tim Tibesar on
Sunday, handing the reins to
linebackers coach Trent Bray
on an interim basis. The Bea-
vers forced three turnovers, in-
cluding interceptions by safety
Jaydon Grant and cornerback
Rejzohn Wright. Stanford was
limited to 230 total yards.
“Better energy, yeah, 100
percent,” Hughes-Murray said.
“We talked about earlier this
week just letting it rip. Just go-
ing out, cutting loose and just
playing. That’s what we went
out there and did.”
The Beavers weren’t exactly
facing an offensive juggernaut.
Stanford managed just 168
total yards in the lost to Utah,
which was the program’s most
lopsided defeat since 2003.
Oregon State, which
amassed 475 total yards,
opened the scoring in the fi rst
quarter on Nolan’s 4-yard
touchdown run, capping a 16-
play, 74-yard drive.
Jack Colletto’s 2-yard touch-
down run on a direct snap with
17 seconds left in the fi rst half
gave the Beavers a 14-0 ad-
vantage at the break. Stanford
managed just 74 total yards in
the opening half and its best
drive ended on a blocked fi eld
goal attempt from 55 yards.
Oregon State increased its
lead to 21-0 early in the third
quarter when Bradford turned
The takeaway
Stanford: The Cardinal are
guaranteed to have their sec-
ond losing season since Shaw
become head coach in 2011.
Stanford was 4-8 in 2019.
Patu became the fi rst true
freshman to start at quarter-
back for Stanford since John
Paye in 1983. He had played
in just one previous game,
attempting two passes against
Utah. Tanner McKee, who
made six starts this season
and had 14 touchdown passes,
suffered a leg injury in the
Washington game Oct. 30 and
is out indefi nitely.
Oregon State: Baylor
became the fi rst 1,000-yard
rusher for Oregon State since
Jermar Jefferson in 2018.
Baylor ran for 80 yards on 23
carries and scored his 12th
rushing touchdown of the
season.
The Beavers last bowl ap-
pearance was a victory over
Boise State in the 2013 Hawaii
Bowl.
Up next
Stanford: The Cardinal
host California next Saturday,
Nov. 20.
Oregon State: The Beavers
host Arizona State next Satur-
day, Nov. 20 in their fi nal home
game of the season.
POWDER VALLEY FOOTBALL
Badgers rout
Bobcats, advance
to semifi nals
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The (La Grande) Observer
NORTH POWDER — The Powder Valley High
School football team is on to the Class 1A state
semifi nals, thanks to a dominant effort in a win
over Myrtle Point. The Badgers came away with a
36-0 win over the Bobcats in the quarterfi nals at
home on Friday, Nov. 12.
“That was the best football game we’ve played
all season on both sides of the ball,” head coach
Josh Cobb said.
Powder Valley started the game on a high note,
scoring on a fi ve-yard quarterback keeper from
senior Reece Dixon early in the game.
After both teams exchanged possessions back
and forth, the Badgers were able to add two late
touchdowns in the second quarter and hold a
22-0 lead heading into halftime. While the game
still felt in reach for Myrtle through the fi rst two
quarters, the Badgers silenced any doubts in the
second half.
Early in the third quarter, a 63-yard run by Dix-
on set up a fi rst down at the Myrtle Point 15-yard
line. Dixon fi nished the drive with a seven-yard
touchdown run to extend the lead to 30-0 with 7:38
remaining in the third quarter.
Cobb noted that the team prepared for the
weather conditions, switching to a stronger empha-
sis on the run game.
“The fi eld was a little muddy, so our receivers
were a little slow on their cuts,” he said. “We just
practiced our ground game because it’s really hard
to win in November if you can’t run the ball.”
Powder Valley’s defense was strong throughout
the game, holding the Bobcats scoreless. Holding
a 30-0 lead at the end of three quarters, it was
Powder Valley’s game to lose.
“We had a custom-made defensive plan for this
team because they’re so prolifi c in their passing,”
Cobb said.
Senior running back Case Olson put the icing
on the cake with a 22-yard touchdown run in the
fourth quarter to give the Badgers a 36-0 lead.
Powder Valley would hold onto the 36-point defi cit
and ride off with a quarterfi nal victory.
The win over Myrtle Point sets up a semifi nal
rematch pitting Powder Valley against St. Paul on
Saturday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at Caldera High School
in Bend. The Badgers outlasted the Buckaroos 50-
40 on Sept. 17. Powder Valley is just two wins away
from bringing home its fi rst state title since 2003.
“We’re playing better ball than when we played
St. Paul the fi rst time, but so is St. Paul,” Cobb said.
“It’s going to be a good game.”
Eastern knocks off Southern Oregon,
fi nishes season on high note
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — It has
been a brutal season for the
Eastern Oregon University
football team, but things end-
ed on a high note in the fi nal
game of the year on Saturday,
Nov. 13.
The Mountaineers de-
feated the Raiders 14-10 on
a last-second touchdown to
end a six-game losing streak
and send its seniors out with
a victory in their fi nal game in
blue and gold. Senior quarter-
back Kai Quinn came away
with a fl awless game-winning
drive to cement his legacy at
Eastern.
It was another low-scoring
affair, with Eastern’s defense
making several key stops
throughout the matchup.
The game was scoreless
through the fi rst quarter, but
a 12-yard touchdown pass
from SOU quarterback Blake eight-yard touchdown run to
Asciutto to Ben Graziani put tie the game.
the Raiders up 7-0 just sec-
onds into the second quarter.
Eastern’s defense kept the
team in contention midway
through the second quarter,
when redshirt-freshman
Blaine Chavez intercepted
Asciutto deep in EOU terri-
tory. Just when it looked like
Eastern might tie the game
thanks to a deep completion
to the SOU two-yard line
by senior Isaiah Thomas,
the drive eventually stalled.
Kicker Zachary Cahill missed
from short range in a windy
afternoon game as the Moun-
taineers remained scoreless.
The Mountaineers were
unable to fi nd the end zone
in the fi rst half as Southern
went into halftime leading 7-0.
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