B4 The BulleTin • Friday, april 9, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
FRIDAY
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
TENNIS
WTA, Volvo Car Open
WTA, Volvo Car Open
GOLF
The Masters
BASEBALL
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, regional coverage
College, Arkansas at Ole Miss
College, Minnesota at Iowa
College, West Virginia at Baylor
College, Oregon St. at Oregon
MLB, regional coverage
SOFTBALL
College, Minnesota at Northwestern
College, Utah at California
College, UCLA at Oregon
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League,
Championship Tour: Newcastle Cup
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR Xfinity Series, Martinsville (VA)
SOCCER
NWSL Challenge Cup, Chicago at Houston
Time
10 a.m.
TV
FS2
10 a.m.
4 p.m.
Tennis
Tennis
noon
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
5 p.m.
ESPN
MLB
MLB
SEC
Big Ten
ESPNU
Pac-12
MLB
Prep sports
FRIDAY
Football: Mountain View at Bend, 7:15 p.m.; pend-
leton at Summit, 7:15 p.m.; The dalles at redmond, 7
p.m.; ridgeview at la Salle prep, 7 p.m.; henley at Crook
County, 6 p.m.; South umpqua at la pine, 7 p.m.; Sisters
at philomath, 7 p.m.; alsea at Gilchrist, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY
Cross-country: Oxford Classic, at Juniper park in
Bend, 1 p.m.; 4a state championships, at Tillamook;
3a/2a/1a state championships, at lebanon.
PREP SPORTS
Volleyball
Thursday’s Games
Bend 3, Mountain View 1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15)
Sisters 3, Junction City 0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-20)
ESPNU
Pac-12
Pac-12
Thursday’s Games
Bend vs. north eugene, late
3:30 p.m.
FS2
Thursday’s Games
Bend 3, north eugene 0
5 p.m.
FS1
Boys soccer
Girls soccer
5:30 p.m.
CBSSN
6:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
CBSSN
FS1
SATURDAY
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula E, Round 3
NASCAR Cup Series, Martinsville (VA)
SOCCER
Premier League, Liverpool vs. Aston Villa
Men’s college, Big Ten, Ohio St. at Penn St.
Premier League, Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea
Women’s international friendly, U.S. at Sweden
Men’s college, Big Ten, Northwestern at Indiana
Men’s college, Georgetown at St. John’s
Men’s college, Stanford at Oregon St.
TENNIS
WTA, Volvo Car Open
WTA, Volvo Car Open
SOFTBALL
College, Alabama at Arkansas
College, South Carolina at Ole Miss
College, Utah at California, Game 1
College, Indiana at Purdue, Game 1
College, UCLA at Oregon, Game 1
College, Auburn at Texas A&M
College, Utah at California, Game 2
College, Indiana at Purdue, Game 2
College, UCLA at Oregon, Game 2
BASEBALL
MLB, N.Y. Yankees at Tampa
MLB, Seattle at Minnesota
College, LSU at Kentucky
MLB, Oakland at Houston
MLB, regional coverage
College, Florida at Tennessee
College, Oregon St. at Oregon
MLB, regional coverage
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
America’s Day at the Races
Arkansas Derby
LACROSSE
Men’s college, Army at Loyola (Md.)
Men’s college, Air Force at Jacksonville
FOOTBALL
College, Alabama A&M at Jackson St.
College, Delaware at Delaware St.
GOLF
The Masters
HOCKEY
Men’s NCAA Division I Championship,
St. Cloud St. vs. TBD
BASKETBALL
NBA, L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn
NBA, Detroit at Portland
BOXING
Joe Smith Jr. vs. Maxim Vlasov
ON DECK
7 a.m.
NBCSN
9 a.m.
Big Ten
9:30 a.m.
NBC
10 a.m.
FOX
11 a.m.
Big Ten
12:30 p.m.
CBSSN
5 p.m.
Pac-12 (Ore)
7:45 a.m.
10 a.m.
Tennis
Tennis
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
ESPN2
SEC
Pac-12
Big Ten
ESPN2
SEC
Pac-12
Big Ten
Pac-12
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
MLB
Root
SEC
FS1
MLB
SEC
Pac-12
MLB
10 a.m.
noon
4 p.m.
FS1
FS2
NBCSN
10 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
CBSSN
CBSSN
noon
3 p.m.
ESPN
ESPN2
noon
CBS
Cross-country
Wednesday Late Results
Intermountain Conference Championships
at Sorosis Park
Boys 5,000 Meters
Team Scores — hood river Valley 36, The dalles 58,
pendleton 85, Crook County 92, redmond 120.
Individuals (top 15) — 1. alec Carne, CC, 16:40.7;
2. Juan diego Contreras, dal, 16:47.3; 3. elliot haw-
ley, hrV, 17:07.0; 4. Finn anspach, rV, 17:33.1; 5. nick
Caracciolo, dal, 17:54.8; 6. leo lemann, dal, 18:01.4;
7. Jackson Bullock, hrV, 18:23.9; 8. Thomas Ziegler,
hrV, 18:46.4; 9. James Thatcher, pen, 18:49.3; 10. Wil-
liam Bunch, hrV, 19:06.9; 11. alex Vail, CC, 19:12.1; 12.
Joshua humann, hrV, 19:16.2; 13. Brad alexander, rV,
19:23.4; 14. Geoffrey Shoaf, hrV, 19:38.2; 15. Sam el-
dridge, red, 19:39.5.
Girls 5,000 Meters
Team Scores — hood river Valley 25, The dalles 53,
pendleton 66, Crook County 89, redmond 115.
Individuals (top 15) — 1. Chloe Bullock, hrV,
20:25.8; 2. hanna Ziegenhagen, dal, 21:47.5; 3. phoe-
be Wood, hrV, 22:00.2; 4. Savanna pitman, rV, 22:03.7;
5. Kendall Bonzani, pen, 22:25.1; 6. Mieka McKnight,
hrV, 22:25.3; 7. Sophie Kaden, hrV, 22:40.3; 8. emily
Johnson, dal, 22:42.5; 9. lindsey Mode, CC, 22:47.3; 10.
lizzie albin, rV, 22:58.2; 11. Caitie Wring, dal, 23:06.2;
12. lucy hennessy, hrV, 23:08.1; 13. Jordyn Murphy,
pen, 23:11.4; 14. ellaynah Brown, pen, 23:13.3; 15.
Charis Bronson, hrV, 23:44.9
GOLF
The Masters
Masters Scores
Thursday at Augusta, Ga.
Yardage: 7,475; Par: 72
First Round
Justin rose
35-30—65
Brian harman
36-33—69
hideki Matsuyama
33-36—69
Will Zalatoris
36-34—70
Webb Simpson
34-36—70
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
33-37—70
patrick reed
34-36—70
Si Woo Kim
34-37—71
Jason Kokrak
38-33—71
Shane lowry
34-37—71
Tyrrell hatton
38-33—71
Jordan Spieth
38-33—71
Michael Thompson, 37-35—72. Kevin Kisner, 35-37—
72. Cameron Champ, 35-37—72. Xander Schauffele, 36-
36—72. Jon rahm, 36-36—72. Mackenzie hughes, 36-
36—72. Marc leishman, 33-39—72.
hudson Swafford, 34-39—73. henrik Stenson, 35-38—
73. Brendon Todd, 36-37—73. Corey Conners, 34-39—73.
Viktor hovland, 37-36—73. paul Casey, 33-40—73. Gary
Woodland, 37-36—73. Scottie Scheffler, 37-36—73. Justin
Thomas, 39-34—73. Collin Morikawa, 36-37—73.
Matt Jones, 36-38—74. Stewart Cink, 36-38—74. Se-
bastian Munoz, 36-38—74. Bernhard langer, 36-38—74.
ian poulter, 39-35—74. Charl Schwartzel, 37-37—74. harris
english, 38-36—74. Bubba Watson, 36-38—74. Brooks
Koepka, 36-38—74. dustin Johnson, 37-37—74. Martin
laird, 36-38—74.
Bernd Wiesberger, 35-39—74. robert Macintyre, 38-
36—74. Matt Wallace, 37-37—74. Francesco Molinari,
37-37—74. ryan palmer, 37-37—74. Tommy Fleetwood,
39-35—74. Matt Fitzpatrick, 35-39—74. adam Scott, 38-
36—74. Max homa, 37-37—74. Tony Finau, 37-37—74.
Cameron Smith, 40-34—74.
robert Streb, 38-37—75. Joaquin niemann, 36-39—
75. abraham ancer, 35-40—75. daniel Berger, 37-38—
75. Jimmy Walker, 37-38—75. Jose Maria Olazabal, 39-
36—75. Kevin na, 37-38—75. phil Mickelson, 37-38—75.
dylan Frittelli, 39-37—76. ian Woosnam, 40-36—76.
Jim herman, 39-37—76. danny Willett, 37-39—76. Mat-
thew Wolff, 37-39—76. Sergio Garcia, 40-36—76. rory
Mcilroy, 39-37—76. lanto Griffin, 38-38—76. Charles
Osborne, 38-38—76. Billy horschel, 39-37—76. Bryson
deChambeau, 40-36—76. louis Oosthuizen, 36-40—76.
Jason day, 38-39—77. Zach Johnson, 39-38—77.
Sungjae im, 35-42—77. lee Westwood, 40-38—78. Brian
Gay, 37-41—78. Mike Weir, 40-38—78. Victor perez, 40-
38—78. Matt Kuchar, 38-40—78.
Vijay Singh, 39-40—79. C.T. pan, 41-38—79. Fred
Couples, 40-39—79. patrick Cantlay, 38-41—79. Tyler
Strafaci, 39-41—80. Sandy lyle, 42-39—81. Joe long,
43-39—82. Carlos Ortiz, 39-43—82. larry Mize, 42-
42—84.
BASEBALL
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Baltimore
4
3
.571
—
Boston
4
3
.571
—
new york
3
3
.500
½
Toronto
3
3
.500
½
Tampa Bay
2
4
.333
1½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
5
2
.714
—
Chicago
4
4
.500
1½
detroit
3
3
.500
1½
Kansas City
3
3
.500
1½
Cleveland
2
3
.400
2
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
houston
5
1
.833
—
los angeles
4
2
.667
1
Texas
3
3
.500
2
Seattle
3
4
.429
2½
Oakland
1
6
.143
4½
Wednesday’s Late Game
Baltimore 4, n.y. yankees 3, 11 innings
Thursday’s Games
Boston 7, Baltimore 3
Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 0
Minnesota 10, Seattle 2
l.a. angels at Toronto, late
Oakland at houston, late
Friday’s Games
n.y. yankees (Kluber 0-0) at Tampa Bay (hill 0-0),
12:10 p.m.
l.a. angels (heaney 0-1) at Toronto (Zeuch 0-0), 4:07 p.m.
detroit (Teheran 1-0) at Cleveland (plesac 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
San diego (Musgrove 1-0) at Texas (arihara 0-0), 5:05 p.m.
Oakland (Manaea 0-1) at houston (McCullers Jr. 1-0),
5:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
philadelphia
5
1
.833
—
new york
2
2
.500
2
Washington
1
2
.333
2½
atlanta
2
4
.333
3
Miami
1
6
.143
4½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Cincinnati
5
1
.833
—
St. louis
5
2
.714
½
Chicago
4
3
.571
1½
Milwaukee
3
4
.429
2½
pittsburgh
1
6
.143
4½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
los angeles
5
2
.714
—
San diego
4
3
.571
1
San Francisco
3
3
.500
1½
Colorado
3
4
.429
2
arizona
2
5
.286
3
Wednesday’s Late Game
Colorado 8, arizona 0
Thursday’s Games
n.y. Mets 3, Miami 2
Chicago Cubs 4, pittsburgh 2
Colorado 7, arizona 3
St. louis 3, Milwaukee 1
Friday’s Games
Washington (ross 0-0) at l.a. dodgers (Buehler 0-0),
1:10 p.m.
Colorado (Gomber 0-1) at San Francisco (Cueto 0-0),
1:35 p.m.
philadelphia (Wheeler 1-0) at atlanta (Morton 0-1),
4:20 p.m.
San diego (Musgrove 1-0) at Texas (arihara 0-0), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Mahle 1-0) at arizona (Widener 1-0), 6:40 p.m.
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Brooklyn
36
16
.692
phila.
35
16
.686
Milwaukee
32
18
.640
Charlotte
26
24
.520
atlanta
27
25
.519
Miami
27
25
.519
Boston
26
26
.500
new york
25
27
.481
indiana
23
27
.460
Chicago
22
28
.440
Toronto
20
32
.385
Cleveland
19
32
.373
Washington
18
32
.360
Orlando
17
34
.333
detroit
15
36
.294
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
utah
38
13
.745
phoenix
36
14
.720
l.a. Clippers
34
18
.654
denver
33
18
.647
l.a. lakers
32
20
.615
portland
30
20
.600
dallas
28
22
.560
Memphis
26
23
.531
San antonio
24
25
.490
Golden State
24
27
.471
new Orleans
22
29
.431
Sacramento
22
29
.431
Oklahoma City
20
32
.385
houston
14
37
.275
Minnesota
13
39
.250
Wednesday’s Late Game
denver 106, San antonio 96
phoenix 117, utah 113, OT
Thursday’s Games
Chicago 122, Toronto 113
Cleveland 129, Oklahoma City 102
Miami 110, l.a. lakers 104
Milwaukee at dallas, late
detroit at Sacramento, late
phoenix at l.a. Clippers, late
portland at utah, late
Friday’s Games
indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Memphis at new york, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at atlanta, 5 p.m.
phila. at new Orleans, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
San antonio at denver, 6 p.m.
houston at l.a. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Washington at Golden State, 7 p.m.
GB
—
½
3
9
9
9
10
11
12
13
16
16½
17
18½
20½
GB
—
1½
4½
5
6½
7½
9½
11
13
14
16
16
18½
24
25½
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
n.y. islanders 40 26 10 4 56 121 92
Washington
40 25 11 4 54 134 122
pittsburgh
40 25 13 2 52 135 112
Boston
37 21 10 6 48 106 93
philadelphia 39 18 15 6 42 116 141
n.y. rangers 39 18 16 5 41 127 108
new Jersey
38 14 18 6 34 97 121
Buffalo
39 9 24 6 24 90 137
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina
39 27 9 3 57 128 94
Tampa Bay
40 27 11 2 56 138 101
Florida
41 26 11 4 56 132 111
nashville
41 22 18 1 45 109 116
Chicago
41 18 18 5 41 114 129
dallas
38 14 14 10 38 105 100
Columbus
42 15 19 8 38 106 137
detroit
42 13 23 6 32 91 135
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado
39 26 9 4 56 140 95
Vegas
38 25 11 2 52 120 88
Minnesota
38 24 12 2 50 116 97
arizona
40 19 16 5 43 110 122
St. louis
39 17 16 6 40 107 125
San Jose
38 17 17 4 38 106 127
los angeles
38 15 17 6 36 104 110
anaheim
40 12 21 7 31 92 131
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
40 27 10 3 57 133 100
edmonton
41 25 14 2 52 134 115
Winnipeg
40 24 13 3 51 129 109
Montreal
37 17 11 9 43 118 103
Vancouver
37 16 18 3 35 100 120
Calgary
40 16 21 3 35 103 124
Ottawa
41 13 24 4 30 107 153
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Wednesday’s Late Games
St. louis 3, Vegas 1
los angeles 4, arizona 3
Minnesota 8, Colorado 3
Soccer
4 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
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SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
Beavers’ Tariq Silver to transfer — Tariq Silver is leav-
ing the Oregon State men’s basketball team, the program an-
nounced Thursday. Silver, a junior guard from Clarksville,
Tennessee, was with the Beavers for one season. He played one
year at Eastern Michigan and one at Tallahassee Community
College before coming to OSU. “I would like to thank Coach
(Wayne) Tinkle and the coaching staff for giving me the op-
portunity,” Silver said in a release. Silver averaged 1.6 points
and 7.4 minutes in 23 games for the Beavers. Silver joins red-
shirt freshman guard Julien Franklin in entering the NCAA
transfer portal. Franklin made his announcement last week.
The Beavers have already signed transfers Ahmad Rand, a
6-foot-8 forward, and 6-3 guard Dashawn Davis.
UCLA extends coach Cronin after Final Four run — As
a reward for taking UCLA back to the Final Four, Mick Cro-
nin has received a two-year contract extension. The contract
extension will be worth a guaranteed $4 million per year. The
additional years will keep Cronin under contract through the
2026-27 season after he guided the Bruins to their deepest
NCAA Tournament run since 2008. Eleventh-seeded UCLA
won five games before losing to Gonzaga on a 40-footer at
the overtime buzzer in a national semifinal in Indianapolis.
The Bruins (22-10) finished with a No. 7 national ranking in
the USA Today coaches poll after having entered the NCAA
Tournament unranked and on a four-game losing streak.
Blazers sign Hollis-Jefferson to 10-day contract — The
Portland Trail Blazers have signed forward Rondae Hollis-Jef-
ferson to a 10-day contract, the team announced Thursday.
The news of Hollis-Jefferson joining the Blazers was con-
firmed last week but he couldn’t begin playing with the team
until he completed the NBA’s health and safety protocols,
which included passing multiple COVID-19 tests. Signing
Hollis-Jefferson allows the Blazers to reach the league-re-
quired roster size of 14 players that teams must meet by Fri-
day. The team is also hoping to sign forward T.J. Leaf to a two-
way contract. He is in the process of clearing protocols.
— Bulletin wire reports
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Redmond’s Jillian Bremont (3) kicks the ball down field during the first
half against Ridgeview on Wednesday night.
Penalty kicks are rare in
high school soccer in Oregon.
There is no overtime or penalty
kicks in regular season games.
Only in postseason matches are
games decided by penalty kicks
— something the Redmond
players had not experienced.
“I’m just telling the girls to
take a deep breath and place
the ball,” said Redmond coach
Martha Segura. “Which is not
what we did. But that’s OK,
you have to find something to
learn from every experience. I
feel for these girls because they
have never had that pressure
put on them.”
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BOSTOn red SOX — activated lhp eduardo rodri-
guez from the il.
ChiCaGO WhiTe SOX — placed OF Billy hamilton on
the 10-day il. Selected the contract of OF nick Williams
from alternate training site. Transferred lhp Jace Fry from
the 10-day il to the 60-day il.
lOS anGeleS anGelS — Selected the contract of 1B
preston palmeiro from high point(n.C.).
OaKland aThleTiCS — placed lhp a.J. puk on the
10-day il retroactive to april 7. Selected the contract of
rhp deolis Guerra from alternate training site. Transferred
rhp Trevor rosenthal from the 10-day il to the 60-day il.
National League
ariZOna diaMOndBaCKS — recalled 2B andrew
young from alternate training site. placed 2B Ketel Marte
on the 10-day il.
aTlanTa BraVeS — Optioned rhp Jacob Webb to
alternate training site.
neW yOrK MeTS — placed rhp dellin Betances on
the 10-day il. Selected the contract of rhp Trevor hild-
enberger from alternate training site.
WaShinGTOn naTiOnalS — Optioned lhp Ben Bray-
mer to alternate training site.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
nBa — Suspended Toronto Gs deandre Bembry
and Fred Van Fleet and los angeles lakers G Talen hor-
ton-Tucker for one game without pay. Fined Toronto F
OG anunoby $30,000 and los angeles lakers F/C Mon-
trezl harrel $20,000 for an on-court altercation.
WaShinGTOn WiZardS — Waived G Jerome rob-
inson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
denVer BrOnCOS — released dB nate hairston.
deTrOiT liOnS — Signed S dean Marlowe.
hOuSTOn TeXanS — Signed dl Jaleel Johnson.
neW yOrK GianTS — named russ Callaway offensive
quality control coach and ryan anderson and Carter
Blount defensive quality control coaches.
neW yOrK JeTS — re-signed S Bennett Jackson.
TaMpa Bay BuCCaneerS — Signed lS Zach Triner to
a one-year tender for the 2021 season.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ariZOna COyOTeS — Waived lW drake Caggiula.
ChiCaGO BlaCKhaWKS — Traded d lucas Carlsson
and C lucas Wallmark to Florida in exchange for d riley
Stillman, C henrik Borgstrom and rW Brett Connolly and
a seventh-round draft pick in 2021.
FlOrida panTherS — acquired d lucas Carlsson and
C lucas Wallmark in trade with Chicago.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
aTlanTa uniTed FC — Signed CB alan Franco as
designated player via transfer from argentine primera
division to a five-year contract and will occupy an interna-
tional roster spot pending the receipt of his international
transfer certificate and p-1 visa.
FC CinCinnaTi —acquired $250,000 in general alloca-
tion money, a 2022 MlS superdraft first-round selection
plus future performance-based incentives from the la
Galaxy in exchange for the discovery priority for Valenci-
ennes FC W Kevin Cabral.
inTer MiaMi CF — named Xavier asensi chief busi-
ness officer.
la GalaXy — Signed W Kevin Cabral to a five-year
contract with a one-year option pending receipt of his
p-1 visa and international transfer certificate.
OrlandO CiTy SC — Signed d rio hope-Gund to
a one-year contract with club options in 2022, 2023
and 2024.
National Women’s Soccer League
ChiCaGO red STarS — named Vicky lynch chief
business officer.
WaShinGTOn SpiriT — Signed MF Chinyelu asher,
d Camryn Biegalski and F Cali Farquharson to national
team replacement contracts.
Ridgeview (4-5-2 overall)
will face Hood River Valley in
the IMC championship match
on Friday, while Redmond’s
best season in recent memory
ended abruptly. The Panthers
finished 6-2-2 overall.
“It is everything we wanted
in a season,” Segura said. “Com-
ing down to a battle, having to
work hard, I’m just so proud of
our girls because they played
so hard the entire season, with
no letdowns. That is the beau-
tiful thing about soccer, you
can work so hard and it comes
down to PKs and it doesn’t end
in your favor. I’m just proud of
our season and what we did.”
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“The most important thing
is being aware of the ball
when you’re trying to make
a tackle. Always try to make
an attempt at the ball.”
Beavers
Continued from B3
Inside linebacker Omar Spei-
ghts, second on the team in
tackles with 63 a year ago, said
he’s looking to add to his ap-
proach.
“The most important thing
is being aware of the ball when
you’re trying to make a tackle,”
Speights said. “Always try to
make an attempt at the ball.
You might not make every at-
tempt, but it’s going to come
out some of the time.”
Tibesar said Speights and
Avery Roberts, who led Oregon
State in tackles a year ago, bring
the heat just fine. He needs to
see others do the same. Tibesar
said OSU defenders can’t worry
about missing tackles.
“Shoot your gun and play
fast and aggressive and then
we’ve got to count on the rest of
the guys running their tail off
to get there and cover if you do
miss the tackle,” Tibesar said.
Oregon State could stand
to add to its interception total,
Thursday’s Games
edmonton 3, Ottawa 1
new Jersey 6, Buffalo 3
pittsburgh 5, n.y. rangers 2
Winnipeg 4, Montreal 2
Carolina 3, Florida 0
Boston 4, Washington 2
Tampa Bay 6, Columbus 4
n.y. islanders 3, philadelphia 2, SO
nashville 7, detroit 1
dallas 5, Chicago 1
Vancouver at Calgary, ppd.
Friday’s Games
n.y. rangers at n.y. islanders, 4 p.m.
pittsburgh at new Jersey, 4 p.m.
Washington at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at St. louis, 5 p.m.
arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Colorado at anaheim, 7 p.m.
los angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
— Omar Speights, Oregon State
inside linebacker
Amanda Loman/AP file
Oregon State defensive back Alex Austin holds up the ball after recov-
ering an Oregon fumble to end the game and clinch a victory in Corval-
lis in November.
too. The Beavers had only five
last season, and 16 over the past
three years.
In this case, it’s a multiplayer
approach. Interceptions are of-
ten the product of a ferocious
pass rush, which leads to poor
throws that can be swiped by
the defense. OSU’s pass rush
was sub-par a year ago, as op-
posing quarterbacks completed
63% of their passes. The Bea-
vers had just seven sacks.
Oregon State’s least produc-
tive area on defense has been its
defensive interior front. There
is cautious optimism that the
Beavers are about to emerge,
though the proof comes in
September. OSU returns its
top three linemen in defensive
ends Simon Sandberg and Isaac
Hodgins, and tackle Evan Ben-
nett.
“We’re starting off at a com-
pletely different level, a step up
and more ready to go this time,”
Sandberg said. “After these two
years, there’s more hunger, that
we’re much more than what we
have shown. I think everybody
wants to show it now.”
Sandberg only makes one
promise for the 2021 season.
“We’re gonna ball out. That’s
what we’re gonna do,” he said.