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A6 The BulleTin • Thursday, OcTOBer 21, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD THURSDAY HORSE RACING america’s day at the races SOCCER Men’s college, ucla at california Women’s college, Florida at Georgia Women’s college, Maryland at Michigan st. Women’s college, arizona at california Women’s college, Texas a&M at Mississippi st. Women’s college, Penn st. at Michigan Women’s college, northwestern at Purdue Women’s international friendly, u.s. vs. south Korea Women’s college, arizona st. at stanford cOncacaF league quarterfinal, saprissa vs. comunicaciones Women’s college, ucla at Washington cOncacaF league quarterfinal, Marathón at Motagua BASKETBALL nBa, dallas at atlanta nBa, l.a. clippers at Golden state FOOTBALL college, Florida atlantic at charlotte college, Tulane at sMu college, louisiana at arkansas st. nFl, denver at cleveland college, san Jose st. at unlV BASEBALL MlB playoffs, atlanta at l.a. dodgers GOLF PGa Tour, ZOZO championship, 2nd round european Tour, Mallorca Golf Open, 2nd round Time 9:30 a.m. TV Fs2 noon 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. Pac-12 esPnu Big Ten Pac-12 sec Fs1 Big Ten esPn2 Pac-12 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Fs2 Pac-12 7 p.m. Fs2 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. TnT TnT 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 8 p.m. cBssn esPn esPnu FOX, nFl cBssn 5 p.m. TBs 8:30 p.m. 4:30 a.m. (Fri) Golf Golf ON DECK Prep sports THURSDAY Volleyball: Bend at South Salem, 6:30 p.m.; Summit at Sprague, 6:30 p.m.; Ridgeview at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.; Redmond at Crook County, 6:30 p.m.; Woodburn at Sisters, 6 p.m.; Creswell at La Pine, 6 p.m. Boys soccer: Ridgeview at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m.; Hood River Valley at Redmond, 6 p.m.; Pendleton at Crook County, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at Corbett, 6 p.m.; Philomath at Sisters, 6 p.m.; La Pine at Santiam Chris- tian, 4:30 p.m. Girls soccer: Redmond at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Crook County at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.; The Dalles at Ridgeview, 4:30 p.m; Corbett at Madras, 5:30 p.m.; Sisters at Philomath, 4 p.m. Cross-country: Madras, La Pine, Culver at Gold Rush Run, Grant Union, 4:30 p.m. FRIDAY Football: West Salem at Bend, 7 p.m.; Pendleton at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.; La Salle at Redmond, 7 p.m.; Crook County at Madras, 7 p.m.; Junction City at La Pine, 7 p.m.; Culver at Kennedy, 7 p.m. Boys soccer: McKay at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; Bend at Summit, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: Summit at Bend, 4 p.m. PREPS Volleyball Tuesday’s late results Mountain View 3, Sprague 0 (27-25, 30-28, 25-20) Summit 3, McNary 1 (25-18, 25-18, 29-32, 25-16) Redmond 3, The Dalles 0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-15) Ridgeview 3, Crook County 0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-16) Sisters 3, Cascade 0 (26-24, 25-18, 31-29) Pleasant Hill 3, La Pine 1 (25-23, 25-14, 26-28, 25-16) Culver 3 Colton 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-4) Wednesday’s results North Marion 3, Madras 0 (25-7, 25-8, 25-8) Chiloquin 3, Gilchrist 2 (19-25, 20-25, 25-8, 25-21, 15-10) Central Christian 3, Paisley 0 (25-7, 25-17, 25-10) Crosspoint Christian at Gilchrist, canceled MOTOR SPORTS Formula 1, united states Grand Prix practice Formula 1, united states Grand Prix practice GOLF Tour champions, dominion energy charity classic, 1st round PGa Tour, ZOZO championship, 3rd round SOCCER Premier league, arsenal vs. aston Villa Men’s college, Oregon st. at Washington Premier league, chelsea vs. norwich city FOOTBALL college, Middle Tennessee st. at connecticut college, columbia at dartmouth college, Memphis at ucF college, colorado st. at utah st. college, Washington at arizona BASKETBALL Men’s college, Kentucky Blue-White Game nBa, Brooklyn at Philadelphia nBa, Phoenix at l.a. lakers BASEBALL MlB playoffs, Boston at houston 9:25 a.m. 12:55 p.m. esPn2 esPn2 11 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Golf Golf noon nBcsn 5 p.m. Pac-12 (Ore) 4:30 a.m. (sat) nBcsn Boys soccer 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. cBssn esPnu esPn2 cBssn esPn2 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. sec esPn esPn 5 p.m. Fs1 Listings are the most accurate available. SPORTS BRIEFING FOOTBALL Seahawks claim ex-Huskies QB Eason off waivers from Colts — Jacob Eason returned home once to revive his football career, deciding to transfer to Washington after leav- ing Georgia in 2018. Three years later Eason returns home once more hoping to revive his football career. Only this time, the decision was made for him as the Seahawks on Wednes- day claimed him off waivers from the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts waived Eason the day before after activating rookie Sam Ehlinger off injured reserve to serve as a third quarterback be- hind Carson Wentz and Brett Hundley. The Colts had hoped Eason would clear waivers and return to their practice squad. Instead, the Seahawks scooped him up and will now let him compete with Jake Luton as a backup for the moment to Geno Smith for as long as Russell Wilson is out, which will be at least two more games based on IR rules. OTHER SCORES TOP 25 Wednesday’s Game Appalachian St. 30, No. 14 Coastal Carolina 27 America’s Line FAVORITE RAVENS Panthers PACKERS Chiefs Falcons PATRIOTS RAMS RAIDERS BUCS CARDS 49ERS Girls soccer Tuesday’s late results Hood River Valley 3, Crook County 0 North Marion 8, Madras 0 Sisters 3, Newport 0 Wednesday’s results McNary 2, Mountain View 1 Saints FAVORITE FOOTBALL NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 4 2 0 .667 New England 2 4 0 .333 N.Y. Jets 1 4 0 .200 Miami 1 5 0 .167 South W L T Pct Tennessee 4 2 0 .667 Indianapolis 2 4 0 .333 Houston 1 5 0 .167 Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 North W L T Pct Baltimore 5 1 0 .833 Cincinnati 4 2 0 .667 Cleveland 3 3 0 .500 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 West W L T Pct L.A. Chargers 4 2 0 .667 Las Vegas 4 2 0 .667 Denver 3 3 0 .500 Kansas City 3 3 0 .500 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Dallas 5 1 0 .833 Phila. 2 4 0 .333 Washington 2 4 0 .333 N.Y. Giants 1 5 0 .167 South W L T Pct Tampa Bay 5 1 0 .833 New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 Carolina 3 3 0 .500 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 North W L T Pct Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 Chicago 3 3 0 .500 Minnesota 3 3 0 .500 Detroit 0 6 0 .000 West W L T Pct Arizona 6 0 0 1.000 L.A. Rams 5 1 0 .833 San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 Seattle 2 4 0 .333 Thursday’s Game Denver at Cleveland, 5:20 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Miami, 10 a.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Tennessee, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 10 a.m. Washington at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Detroit at L.A. Rams, 1:05 p.m. College PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games North W L PF PA W L PF PA Oregon 2 1 89 67 5 1 203 126 Oregon St. 2 1 96 82 4 2 204 139 Wash. St. 3 2 113 130 4 3 180 180 Stanford 2 3 138 149 3 4 186 196 Washington 1 2 72 75 2 4 141 122 California 0 3 47 76 1 5 138 162 Conference All Games South W L PF PA W L PF PA Utah 3 0 101 60 4 2 189 136 Arizona St. 3 1 126 81 5 2 219 132 UCLA 3 1 116 99 5 2 235 176 Southern Cal 2 3 163 157 3 3 193 164 Colorado 1 2 61 72 2 4 103 119 Arizona 0 3 35 109 0 6 84 192 Friday’s Game Washington at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday’s Games No. 10 Oregon at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Colorado at California, 12:30 p.m. (Pac-12) BYU at Wash. St., 12:30 p.m. (FS1) Utah at Oregon St., 4:30 p.m. (Pac-12) Southern Cal at No. 13 Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) BROWNS Tuesday’s late results Hood River Valley 8, Crook County 0 Sisters 2, Newport 1 Wednesday’s results Portland Christian 5, Central Christian 3 FRIDAY Phila. at Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. Indianapolis at San Francisco, 5:20 p.m. BYES: Buffalo, Jacksonville, L.A. Chargers, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Minnesota Monday’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. PF 203 125 67 99 PF 166 139 92 116 PF 170 148 156 117 PF 148 147 126 185 PA 98 127 121 177 PA 161 131 172 172 PA 123 111 151 132 PA 150 144 110 176 PF 205 137 136 114 PF 195 127 143 105 PF 144 98 147 109 PF 194 179 117 140 PA 146 152 186 177 PA 144 91 121 148 PA 136 124 137 172 PA 109 127 119 149 SMU UL-Lafayette Fla Atlantic San Jose St Mid Tenn St Memphis Colorado St Washington W Michigan FLORIDA ST GEORGIA ST Ohio St Buffalo PENN ST VIRGINIA LOUISVILLE VA TECH PITTSBURGH MINNESOTA MICHIGAN C MICHIGAN Kent St Cincinnati Nc State Wake Forest USF E Michigan HOUSTON Oklahoma BALL ST WYOMING CALIFORNIA Utah Byu UCLA TEXAS TECH TCU IOWA ST UAB ALABAMA TEXAS A&M Miss St Wisconsin MISSISSIPPI S Alabama Liberty Utsa W Kentucky AIR FORCE NOTRE DAME FRESNO ST HAWAII (Home teams in CAPS) NFL OPEN CURRENT O/U UNDERDOG Thursday 5 2 41 Broncos Sunday 61/2 61/2 461/2 Bengals 3 3 431/2 GIANTS 10 9 49 Washington 51/2 51/2 571/2 TITANS PK 21/2 48 DOLPHINS 61/2 7 421/2 Jets 15 15 501/2 Lions 3 3 481/2 Eagles 121/2 121/2 471/2 Bears 17 181/2 471/2 Texans 4 4 441/2 Colts Monday 5 5 421/2 SEAHAWKS COLLEGE OPEN CURRENT Thursday 14 14 17 18 51/2 7 41/2 4 Friday 15 15 +21/2 1 21/2 31/2 151/2 171/2 Saturday 3 21/2 351/2 351/2 101/2 101/2 19 21 11 11 231/2 231/2 7 7 61/2 6 31/2 31/2 31/2 31/2 5 5 211/2 231/2 5 5 51/2 51/2 27 271/2 31/2 3 31/2 31/2 31/2 21/2 31/2 3 13 13 38 381/2 61/2 51/2 20 20 10 9 3 3 1 4 11/2 2 1 PK 5 41/2 61/2 7 221/2 231/2 271/2 251/2 21 21 23 201/2 3 3 11 91/2 131/2 131/2 22 22 6 61/2 17 15 41/2 31/2 61/2 7 4 3 18 18 misdemeanor driving under the influence in Idaho and must pay a fine of $1,000 in lieu of spending four days in jail, ac- cording to court documents. He must also perform 24 hours of community service and his driver’s license was suspended until Nov. 5, after which he will be required to use an ignition interlock device while on unsupervised probation for the next year. Few has completed a required alcohol and drug class. Few entered the plea during a hearing Friday. The 58-year-old Few had faced a maximum penalty of six months in jail. Few had previously been suspended for top-ranked Gonzaga’s two exhibition games and the season opener Nov. 9 against Dixie State over the incident. He is expected to return for Gonzaga’s Nov. 13 game against No. 5 Texas in Spokane. BASEBALL — Bulletin wire reports POWERBALL The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 7 Oregon Lottery results as listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites 29 36 41 43 5 The estimated jackpot was not available at press time. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 8 10 21 22 31 36 The estimated jackpot is now $4.7 million. 551/2 CONNECTICUT 631/2 UCF 581/2 UTAH ST 461/2 ARIZONA 541/2 601/2 601/2 601/2 571/2 461/2 631/2 561/2 451/2 471/2 541/2 511/2 571/2 661/2 481/2 511/2 521/2 551/2 491/2 571/2 671/2 511/2 401/2 421/2 551/2 551/2 591/2 601/2 571/2 471/2 451/2 671/2 441/2 511/2 40 761/2 501/2 601/2 571/2 761/2 401/2 571/2 641/2 601/2 TOLEDO UMass Texas St INDIANA AKRON Illinois Georgia Tech Boston Coll Syracuse Clemson Maryland Northwestern No Illinois OHIO U NAVY MIAMI-FLA ARMY Temple BOWL GREEN E Carolina KANSAS Miami-Ohio New Mexico Colorado OREGON ST WASH ST Oregon Kansas St W Virginia Oklahoma St Rice Tennessee S Carolina VANDERBILT PURDUE Lsu UL-MONROE N TEXAS LA TECH FLA INT’L San Diego St Usc Nevada N Mexico St young Kwak/aP Oregon State quarterback Chance Nolan throws a pass during the first half against Washington State on Oct. 9 in Pullman, Washington. Volleyball Continued from A5 The Lava Bears did so with a three-set sweep of West Salem (25-23, 25-19, 25-15) at Bend High. “We haven’t earned (a con- ference title) at Bend High since joining the conference,” said Bears coach Kristin Coo- per. “They worked really hard for it. It was exciting to cele- brate the last game and cele- brate with them on their senior night.” The Lava Bears (19-2, 13- GB — — — — — — 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GB — — — — — 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 BASEBALL MLB playoffs LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE Houston 3, Boston 2 Game 1: Houston 5, Boston 4 Game 2: Boston 9, Houston 5 Game 3: Boston 12, Houston 3 Tuesday’s late game: Houston 9, Boston 2 Wednesday: Houston 9, Boston 1 Friday: Boston (Eovaldi 11-9) at Houston, 5:08 p.m. (FS1) x-Saturday: Boston at Houston, 5:08 p.m. (Fox and FS1) NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Game 1: Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Game 2: Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Game 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 5 Wednesday: Atlanta 9, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday: Atlanta (Fried 14-7) at L.A. Dodgers, 5:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Saturday: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 2:08 or 5:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Sunday: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 4:38 p.m. (TBS) HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 3 3 0 0 6 14 6 Buffalo 3 3 0 0 6 12 4 Detroit 3 2 0 1 5 13 9 Toronto 4 2 1 1 5 8 7 Ottawa 3 2 1 0 4 7 7 Tampa Bay 4 2 2 0 4 12 17 Boston 2 1 1 0 2 6 7 Montreal 4 0 4 0 0 3 15 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 4 2 0 2 6 16 11 Philadelphia 3 2 0 1 5 16 9 Washington 3 2 0 1 5 12 6 N.Y. Rangers 4 2 1 1 5 8 10 Carolina 2 2 0 0 4 9 5 New Jersey 2 2 0 0 4 8 5 Columbus 3 2 1 0 4 11 7 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 8 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 3 3 0 0 6 11 8 St. Louis 2 2 0 0 4 12 7 Dallas 4 2 2 0 4 8 9 Nashville 3 1 2 0 2 7 8 Colorado 3 1 2 0 2 10 13 Winnipeg 3 0 2 1 1 9 14 Arizona 3 0 2 1 1 7 17 Chicago 4 0 3 1 1 8 17 Continued from A5 Gonzaga coach Mark Few pleads guilty to misde- meanor DUI — Gonzaga coach Mark Few pleaded guilty to Valdez was perfect through four, took a two-hit shutout into the seventh and became the first pitcher in the 2021 postsea- son to finish eight innings on Wednesday as the Houston Astros beat Boston 9-1 in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series and moved one win from a trip to the World Series. Yordan Alvarez had three hits and three RBIs for Houston, which can clinch its third pennant in five years with a victory in Game 6 at home on Friday night. The Red Sox need a win to force a deciding seventh game on Saturday. UNDERDOG NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Chicago 1 0 1.000 New York 1 0 1.000 Washington 1 0 1.000 Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 Charlotte 1 0 1.000 Phila. 1 0 1.000 Atlanta 0 0 .000 Miami 0 0 .000 Boston 0 1 .000 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 Cleveland 0 1 .000 Detroit 0 1 .000 Indiana 0 1 .000 Orlando 0 1 .000 Toronto 0 1 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 1 0 1.000 Golden State 1 0 1.000 San Antonio 1 0 1.000 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 Memphis 1 0 1.000 Dallas 0 0 .000 Denver 0 0 .000 L.A. Clippers 0 0 .000 Phoenix 0 0 .000 Sacramento 0 0 .000 Portland 0 0 .000 Houston 0 1 .000 L.A. Lakers 0 1 .000 New Orleans 0 1 .000 Oklahoma City 0 1 .000 Tuesday’s Late Game Golden State 121, L.A. Lakers 114 Wednesday’s Games Chicago 94, Detroit 88 Charlotte 123, Indiana 122 Washington 98, Toronto 83 Phila. 117, New Orleans 97 Memphis 132, Cleveland 121 Minnesota 124, Houston 106 New York 138, Boston 134, 2OT San Antonio 123, Orlando 97 Utah 107, Oklahoma City 86 Denver at Phoenix, late Sacramento at Portland, late Thursday’s Games Dallas at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 7 p.m. Nolan BASKETBALL Astros stomp Red Sox for 3-2 ALCS series — Framber O/U 701/2 Tulane 671/2 ARKANSAS ST 561/2 CHARLOTTE 441/2 UNLV BASKETBALL “I feel like he’s been pretty sharp the last week and a half.” Nolan insists he didn’t get too high during the good times of Hawaii-Ida- ho-USC, and low when things weren’t clicking against Washington-WSU. “Football is an adverse game. Week in, week out, you’ve got to bring it,” Nolan said. “You can’t let what happened the past week affect what’s going to happen this week.” It’s not like Nolan is a bust. His perfor- mances against Hawaii, Idaho and USC were some of Oregon State’s best quarter- back play in several years. “I understand that things aren’t always going to go your way. But at the same time, we have a great running game, and a lot of the things we do can help me get my passing game more involved,” Nolan said. “I think we’ve got a lot of juice at our wide SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF New England 21 4 6 69 62 Nashville 11 3 16 49 47 Phila. 12 8 10 46 42 Orlando City 12 8 10 46 43 Atlanta 11 9 10 43 40 CF Montréal 11 10 9 42 43 D.C. United 12 13 5 41 51 NY City FC 11 11 8 41 45 New York 11 11 7 40 35 Columbus 10 12 8 38 37 Inter Miami CF 10 15 5 35 28 Chicago 8 16 7 31 35 Toronto FC 6 17 7 25 34 Cincinnati 4 18 8 20 32 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Seattle 17 6 7 58 50 Sporting KC 15 7 7 52 52 Colorado 14 6 10 52 43 Portland 14 11 4 46 46 LA Galaxy 13 11 6 45 44 Minnesota United 12 10 8 44 35 Real SL 12 11 6 42 48 LA FC 11 12 7 40 46 Vancouver 10 9 10 40 37 San Jose 8 12 9 33 36 Houston 6 13 12 30 35 FC Dallas 6 14 10 28 41 Austin FC 7 18 4 25 29 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3 CF Montréal 1, Orlando City 1, tie NY City FC 1, Atlanta 1, tie New England 3, D.C. United 2 Miami 3, Toronto FC 0 LA FC 3, FC Dallas 2 Minnesota 3, Phila. 2 Columbus 1, Nashville 1, tie LA Galaxy 3, Houston 0 Seattle 1, Colorado 1, tie Vancouver at Portland, late Austin FC at San Jose, late Saturday’s Games Sporting KC at Seattle, 12:30 p.m. New York at Columbus, 3 p.m. D.C. United at NY City FC, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Phila., 4:30 p.m. CF Montréal at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. LA FC at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Real SL at Chicago, 5 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 5 p.m. Portland at Colorado, 6 p.m. FC Dallas at LA Galaxy, 7 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 7 p.m. GA 38 27 32 42 34 40 44 34 30 40 47 51 59 59 GA 26 33 32 46 46 37 45 44 39 47 49 50 45 NWSL W L T Pts GF Portland 13 6 4 43 33 Reign FC 12 8 3 39 34 Washington 10 7 6 36 28 Chicago 10 8 5 35 27 Gotham FC 8 5 8 32 26 Houston 9 9 5 32 31 North Carolina 9 9 5 32 28 Orlando 7 9 7 28 27 Louisville 5 12 5 20 19 Kansas City 3 13 6 15 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday’s Game Gotham FC at Kansas City, 5 p.m. GA 17 24 26 28 18 30 23 31 38 32 DEALS Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed OL D.J. Fluker and CB Desmond Trufant. Placed S Roderic Teamer on in- jured reserve. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Claimed QB Jacob Eason off waivers from Baltimore. outs. I’m excited to get back to where I was playing before.” When Nolan needs a mental pick- me-up, he turns to his junior college coach, Mark McElroy. “He’s like a mentor and a father figure to me,” Nolan said. “Talking and convers- ing with him kind of keeps my head level. That helps me stay on track, for sure.” Nolan’s first Oregon State start was last December against Utah. It was a choppy performance, but Nolan had the Beavers in a position for a win before coming up short on a last-minute drive. “He didn’t play very good in that game, and he’d be the first to tell you that,” Lind- gren said. “I feel like he’s come a long way in just his knowledge.” Nolan has plenty of motivation to bounce back. He hasn’t forgot last year’s game at Utah, or the recent performances. “I’m excited with my knowledge and our playbook and having a second chance to go after the Utah defense,” Nolan said. “We haven’t earned (a conference title) at Bend High since joining the conference. They worked really hard for it. It was exciting to celebrate the last game and celebrate with them on their senior night.” —Kristin Cooper, Bend High volleyball coach 0) will enter their final match against South Salem unde- feated and riding a 35-set winning streak in conference play. The last time Bend High dropped a set came in the sec- ond set of its second confer- ence match against Summit on Sept. 7. Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 14 9 San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 9 3 Anaheim 4 2 2 0 4 13 11 Vancouver 4 1 2 1 3 10 15 Seattle 5 1 3 1 3 11 19 Vegas 2 1 1 0 2 6 9 Los Angeles 3 1 2 0 2 9 7 Calgary 2 0 1 1 1 4 8 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Tuesday’s Late Game Edmonton 6, Anaheim 5 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 6, Boston 3 St. Louis at Vegas, late Thursday’s Games Carolina at Montreal, 4 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 4 p.m. San Jose at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Anaheim at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m. “We never as a team made that a focus,” said Cooper on the streak of set wins. “But once we have gone this far, we thought, ‘Let’s keep it going.’” As of Wednesday afternoon, the Lava Bears were No. 2 in the OSAA rankings, which would give them a home-court advantage throughout the first two rounds of the playoffs. Bend is aiming for another first-time accomplishment. Since joining the 6A ranks, the Lava Bears have yet to make the eight-team state tourna- ment. “We are trying to finish up the league and are excited with what is ahead,” Cooper said. “We haven’t hit that last goal (of making the state tourna- ment). We really want to do that this year.” e Reporter: 541-383-0307, brathbone@ bendbulletin.com
