D6 Sunday, November 14, 2010 • THE BULLETIN
PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP
Mountain View tops Corvallis, reaches 5A girls semifinals By Keith Bleyer The Bulletin
The Cougars were far from full strength. With a trio of important attacking players already out with injuries and a pair of central defenders playing under the weather, Mountain View coach Grant Mattox was forced to improvise in his team’s Class 5A girls soccer quarterfinal against Corvallis in Bend on Saturday afternoon. “We had to move a lot of kids around,” Mattox said. “We were fighting to find the right combinations out there.” The Cougars beat the Spartans with ease during the regular season in Corvallis, but Saturday’s victory — a 4-2 home decision that moved Mountain View to the semifinal round — took more time and effort to acquire. Mountain View did not score its first until the 24th minute, when Katie Stevens sent a square pass into the path of Tash Anderson, who calmly drove the ball low and hard to the far post to beat Corvallis goalkeeper Jaclyn Zalesky. Courtney Candella was taken down in the 18-yard box four minutes later and the Cougars were awarded a penalty kick. But just as it seemed Mountain View was about to take control of the match, Zalesky denied Allie Cummins twice, first stopping the kick from the spot and then parrying her rebound attempt over the crossbar. The Spartans, quickly energized by their keeper’s heroics, had more of the possession over the next 20 minutes, and senior Whitney Redberg tied the score just two minutes after the halftime break. “We just didn’t seem very organized,” Mattox admitted. “We had some breakdowns in the back we don’t normally have.” Mountain View was awarded another penalty kick in the 53rd minute after McKayla Madison was tripped in the box, and Madison herself converted the opportunity to reclaim the lead for her team. Edna Ibarra gave Mountain View a 3-1 advantage four minutes later on a shot over Zalesky’s head from such a difficult angle that her attempt actually may have been more of a cross. Regardless of her intent, the Cougars had a twogoal lead — but that can be the trickiest advantage to keep in soccer. Sure enough, with Mountain View’s defense relaxed, Redberg found another seam in the 62nd minute to make it a 3-2 match. After a few tense moments, Mountain View finally secured the win in the 75th minute when central defender Torie Morris, playing through an illness like her teammate Cummins, scored on a free kick from 25 yards out. The Cougars (13-2-1) advance to play in a 5A semifinal at Marist of Eugene on Tuesday. With Summit playing in the other semifinal, an allCentral Oregon girls final is possible. “It just shows that even though we’re a small town,” said Morris, “we produce the best players.” In other soccer playoff action Saturday: GIRLS SOCCER Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Philomath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 CORVALLIS — Sisters re-
Rodeo Continued from D1 He took the Friday night performance with a score of 85 and then posting scores of 83 in each of Saturday’s performances to win the average. “It was good to come here and get the rust knocked off,” said Mote, who spent much of the past summer idle because of injury. “Good horses, ride against good guys in front of my hometown, so it’s hard to beat that.” Ryan Gray, of Cheney, Wash.,
mained undefeated and stayed alive in the postseason with a Class 4A state quarterfinal win at Corvallis High School. Philomath, the top-ranked 4A team in the state according to the Oregon School Activities Association power rankings, and the Outlaws (16-0-0) needed all of two overtimes and a sudden-death penaltykick shootout to decide it. Philomath, winner of 10 consecutive games by a combined score of 80-1, scored the first goal of the match 13 minutes in, but Sisters countered four minutes later when Shennon Chick scored on a corner kick taken by Jodie Reoch. The Outlaws took the lead 12 minutes into the second half on an unassisted goal by Marin Allen, but Philomath tied it again on a corner kick in the 65th minute. After two scoreless overtime periods, the deadlock moved to penalty kicks. Each team scored twice in the first round of five, so the competition advanced to a sudden-death shootout. After Zoe McAllister buried her attempt, Sisters goalkeeper Sara Small denied the next shot by Philomath, and the Outlaws finally prevailed. The Outlaws will play at Scappoose in the Class 4A semifinal round on Tuesday. BOYS SOCCER Madras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 MADRAS — Following a flat performance by his team in a first-round Class 4A playoff match earlier in the week, Madras coach Clark Jones was anxious about how the White Buffaloes would perform in their quarterfinal game against Central of Independence. But within three minutes, Madras had the lead when Eduardo Lopez scored to give the home team a lead they never relinquished. “Best shot I’ve seen him take all year,” said Jones of the quick turn and blast by Lopez to get the Buffs started. In the 24th minute, Michael Giron added a second goal on an assist from Andres Escalante. Those two tallies would be all the scoring Madras would need to advance to the state semifinals. Madras goalkeeper Jonny Villanueva posted the clean sheet in what Jones called “a solid team effort.” The White Buffaloes (142-1) will play at Hidden Valley of Grants Pass on Tuesday for a spot in the 4A championship match. Crescent Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mountain View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 CORVALLIS — Mountain View could not make it a second consecutive road playoff win, as the Cougars were blanked by Crescent Valley of Corvallis in a Class 5A quarterfinal match played at Corvallis High School. The visiting Cougars (9-4-3) had a number of looks in the first 60 minutes of play but were unable to finish, according to Mountain View coach Chris Rogers. The champions of the Intermountain Conference, who had won a first-round game Tuesday at Ashland, were called for a foul in the 65th minute, and the Raiders converted their penalty kick to take a 1-0 lead. The host team took advantage of the Cougars’ late-game offensive push and added a second goal in the 78th minute. Crescent Valley advances to play Corvallis in a semifinal match Tuesday.
won the year-end circuit standings. He leads the pro rodeo bareback standings going into the National Finals Rodeo next month in Las Vegas. Steven Peebles, of Redmond, challenged in the second performance with a winning score of 86. The average winner (over the three performances at the circuit finals) and year-end winner each qualify for the Dodge National Circuit Finals next spring in Oklahoma City. Casey McMillen, of Redmond, taught another lesson in consistency in the steer wrestling. He
Beavs Continued from D1 This was not supposed to happen. This was supposed to be a day when Oregon State notched an easy victory over the Pac-10’s most win-challenged team before running a three-game gauntlet to become bowl eligible. But make no mistake, Washington State outplayed and outcoached Oregon State to the tune of 31-14 on a rainy and all-around gloomy day. And after losing to UCLA last week, the Beavers are left with some soul-searching to do. “I can’t remember the last time I wanted to cry after a football game,” said OSU tailback Jacquizz Rodgers. “It hasn’t been since high school. I love to win, and I wish everybody felt that way at times.” How shocking was this game? WSU quarterback Jeff Tuel racked up more gross rushing yards than Rodgers, with 103 (79 net), as Tuel constantly evaded OSU defenders. Before Saturday, Tuel, who has been the Cougars’ starter since midway through the 2009 season, had never rushed for more than 34 yards in a game. Now the Beavers are faced with this: having to beat USC next week and then beat at least one of the best teams in the country — either Oregon or Stanford — just to make a bowl game. The Beavers have played in a bowl game in every season but one since 2001, missing out only in 2005. But after losing to one of the worst teams in the nation Saturday, that seems hard to imagine. “We better do something really quick or we’re going to have an early break,” said Rodgers about his team’s need to win two of its next three games. What went wrong against Washington State? It’s tough to tell other than to answer: “everything.” The Cougars dominated Oregon State’s offensive front, for one. They sacked Oregon State quarterbacks five times and contained Rodgers to 93 yards on 15 carries. And when something good did happen for the Beavers, something bad always seemed to follow — such as the trips Oregon State
Washington State snaps Pac-10 skid with win over Oregon State CORVALLIS — Jeff Tuel passed for 157 yards and rushed for 79 Saturday as Washington State snapped a 16-game conference losing streak with a 31-14 win over Oregon State. It was the Cougars’ first Pac10 win since a 16-13 overtime victory against Washington in the 2008 Apple Cup. “I think we dominated in so many ways, in every aspect, I couldn’t be happier,” said Washington State coach Paul Wulff. “It was a complete team win and they’re very excited and it gives them a belief now that they’ve actually done it.” Tuel completed 10 of 15 passes, connecting with receiver Daniel Blackledge four times for 76 yards and hitting Marquess Wilson for a 33-yard touchdown pass that gave Washington State a 21-0 lead in the third quarter. James Montgomery added 67 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Cougars. Washington State (2-9, 1-7 Pac-10) had previously only beaten Montana State this season. The Cougars had been 4-31 under Wulff and endured some ghastly losses while trying to rebuild a program that thrived under former
coach Mike Price in the 1990s. The Beavers (4-5, 3-3) lost for the third time in the last four games — and the first time in seven games at Reser Stadium — and are in jeopardy of missing the bowl season for the first time in five years. Oregon State’s Ryan Katz completed 12 of 21 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns — both to Markus Wheaton, who had six catches for 97 yards. Tuel completed six of eight passes for 101 yards and ran for 66 yards in the first half. He was injured after rushing the ball to the Beavers 1-yard line, where Montgomery punched it in to give the Cougars a 14-0 lead that they took into halftime. Tuel came back out for the second half and led the Cougars on a 64-yard drive that culminated in his touchdown pass to Wilson. Katz sandwiched two touchdown passes to Wheaton around a 37-yard field goal by Washington State’s Andrew Furney that made the score 24-14 with 9:50 remaining. The Cougars capped the scoring with a 5-yard TD run by Chantz Staden with 2:04 left. — The Associated Press
made into Washington State territory in the first half that ended in a missed field goal and a Ryan Katz interception. But Washington State also came out with an attitude, evidenced by the late-hit penalty called against C.J. Mizell on Rodgers on the game’s first play from scrimmage. Not winning a league game in two seasons has a way of putting a team in a bad mood. That play, despicable as it was, seemed to fire up the Cougars. And Oregon State could not answer the bell. Though the Beavers looked flat until the second half, when they attempted to make a comeback with a pair of Katz-to-Markus Wheaton touchdowns that closed
the lead to 24-14 in the fourth quarter, coach Mike Riley saw something else in his team. “We just seemed tight and not cutting loose,” Riley said. “Afraid to lose is probably a very accurate assessment. Although, it sounds a little like a cop-out.” The Cougars sometimes looked like the mistake-riddled team that has become the doormat of the Pac-10. Washington State’s first scoring chance slipped away when Isiah Barton was flagged for unnecessary roughness, pushing the Cougars out of field-goal range on their first drive of the game. And Washington State made a double dose of mind-numbing mistakes in the second quarter,
Continued from D1 “It feels really good to come through for the offense this time,” linebacker Casey Matthews said. “We did pretty good, but we should do that every week, no matter what the offense does.” Darron Thomas passed for 155 yards and led a final drive that chewed up the last 9½ minutes. It was a strange sight to see the high-speed Ducks down shift into super-slow motion, but it worked to perfection. Kenjon Barner and LaMichael James took turns with the ball while Thomas milked the play clock on an 18-play, 65-yard drive. The Bears held the nation’s most potent offense to a seasonlow 317 yards, but couldn’t get the Ducks’ offense off the field when they most needed a stop. Cal defensive tackle Derrick Hill forced a fumble and recovered it in the end zone for the Bears (5-5, 3-4), who lost in Strawberry Canyon for the first time all season — but only after putting a mighty scare into their first top-ranked opponent in five years. James rushed for a season-low 91 yards in a tentative performance by the Heisman Trophy hopeful, but Oregon’s defense shut out Cal’s offense for the final 55 minutes. Shane Vereen rushed for 105 yards and scored a touchdown on Cal’s opening drive. Brock Mansion went 10 for 27 for 69 yards in his second career start. The Ducks had played just three scoreless quarters all season long until Cal shut them out in the first and fourth quarters. Oregon kicker Rob Beard also missed two field goals after going eight for eight Oregon, which hadn’t won by
fewer than 11 points all season, will find out Sunday how its struggles will affect its position in the ranking and BCS standings, where the Ducks lead fellow unbeatens Auburn, TCU and Boise State. But after surviving Berkeley, just two hurdles remain between the Ducks and an unbeaten regular season: a visit from Arizona on Nov. 26, followed by the Civil War at Oregon State. The Bears began a three-game homestand to close the season on a postcard-perfect afternoon at Memorial Stadium, but their future got much chillier by the fourth quarter. If Cal loses the 113th Big Game to No. 7 Stanford next Saturday, the Bears must beat Washington in their finale to gain bowl eligibility and a chance to avoid their first nonwinning season in coach Jeff Tedford’s nine years in Berkeley. Oregon’s offensive struggles certainly weren’t for a lack of nerve: The Ducks went for it twice on fourth down on their opening drive, but turned over the ball at midfield. After an incomplete pass, Cal handed the ball five straight times to Vereen, who barreled in from one yard out just 4½ minutes into the first quarter. The rest of the first half was a fast-paced game of field position until midway through the second quarter, when Harris broke down the Oregon sideline for his fourth TD punt return of the season. Defensive end Dion Jordan took the two-point conversion in for a score on a trick play, putting the Ducks up 8-7. Vereen fumbled at the Cal 29 on the Bears’ first drive of the second half, and Thomas hit Maehl in stride for a score on the next play, finally showing off the quick-strike offense that has captivated college football. But Hill’s tremendous play
punished the Ducks moments later. He swatted the ball out of Thomas’ hand as the quarterback drew back to pass before recovering it in the end zone, with the play upheld by video review. Cal failed on the two-point conversion pass, but mounted another clock-chewing drive to the Oregon 7 moments later.
posted a first-performance score of 4.4 seconds, posted a 4.1-second time in the matinee performance Saturday, then topped off the weekend with a time of 4.3 seconds Saturday night to win the average. “All three runs this week I had great steers,” said McMillen. “I couldn’t ask for a better weekend.” Trevor Knowles, of Mt. Vernon, topped the year-end steer wrestling standings. In the saddle bronc event, Chance Millin, of Powell Butte, won the average, posting scores
of 79 on Friday, 70 on Saturday afternoon and 77 on Saturday night. Bryan Martinat, of Marsing, Idaho, won the year-end standings. Heeler Russell Cardoza, of Terrebonne, and header Charly Crawford, of Prineville, combined to lead the year-end standings in team roping, while Jake Stanley, of Hermiston, and Justin Davis, of Cottonwood, Calif., won the average. Tyson Durfey, of Colbert, Wash., won the tie-down roping year-end standings, and Brian Hill, of Lewiston, Idaho, won the average.
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when Cougar returner Aire Justin fumbled a punt and WSU was called for roughing the punter on the same play. That play should have been exactly what the Beavers needed. Down 7-0, that fumble left the Beavers at WSU’s 24-yard line with a layup opportunity to tie the game. But three plays and a missed field goal later, Oregon State was still without a score. Not exactly the drive a team in a must-win game against the league’s worst team wants to see. In all, the Cougars fumbled four times, losing two. And only one of those fumbles led to an Oregon State score. Good teams take advantage of those kinds of mistakes. But Oregon State could not. “We have not been playing good right now, and we haven’t really gotten better over these past few weeks,” said senior Beaver linebacker Keith Pankey. “And Washington State did, and that’s why they got the win.” Now, a season that was once so promising is teetering on being lost thanks in part to a grinder of a schedule and two — to Washington and UCLA — that could easily have been Oregon State victories. And now a loss in a game that most considered a gimme win for the Beavers — they were favored by more than three touchdowns — has them in a hole that is almost impossible to get out of with three games to go. Can Oregon State win two of the next three? “This team,” Pankey said, “can win three of the next three.” But it is difficult to imagine a successful season that includes a loss to Washington State. This OSU team did also beat a good Arizona team, and it went toe-to-toe with top-five teams TCU and Boise State on the road. But it will have to play its best football yet if it wants to go to another bowl game. “We’ve played better teams and beaten better teams,” said Oregon State guard Burke Ellis. “So we know we can heal from this and make the 2010 Beavers a good story.” Zack Hall can be reached at 541-617-7868 or at zhall@ bendbulletin.com.
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