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BY THOMAS MORIARTY

COOS BAY — When the world suddenly turns upside down, you have to be ready to survive.

That is a tough thought for people to grapple with, but not thinking about it does nothing to help your chances. Getting information, and following-up on that information, can work wonders.

On Saturday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Coos Bay Fire Department is hosting its second annual information fair, called “Get Ready Coos Bay.” “It is essentially a fair to have several different organizations and businesses here talking about how people can get better prepared for a natural disaster,” firefighter Steve Takis said during a recent break in event planning at the main fire station.

He says there are a couple of changes from last year, but the goal remains the same.

“It’s the same premise as last year, which is following FEMA’s guidelines,” Takis said. “Their thing this year, their preparedness goal, is a family communication goal. Making sure that families have not only the kits they need to have to be prepared for a natural disaster, but (that) they also have a communication plan so that if the family is not at home — how do we get a hold of them. (Making sure) everybody knows what to do in that case.”

NW Natural is the primary sponsor, along with the Red Cross, and will have emergency kits to give to the first 100 attendees.

Takis said that, early on, the company realized the need for this type of program.

Von Summers, NW Natural community affairs manager, said

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Ralph Brooks, assistant principal at North Bend Middle School, watches as the students arrive for the first day of the new school year Wednesday. The students had to wait until the doors were opened at 7:45 a.m. to go in and get their schedules and find their rooms.

School year starts with a few hiccups

BY CHELSEA DAVIS The World

NORTH BEND — Without fail, there are always glitches on the first day of school.

That was the case Wednesday morning at North Bend Middle School and Tuesday with the Coos Bay School District’s automated calling system.

Overall, though, administrators in both districts say the 2014-2015 school year is off to a pretty smooth start.

“Tomorrow morning it’s going to be a circus out there,” Lighthouse School director Wade Lester said As the students enter North Bend Middle School for the first Tuesday afternoon. day of the new year Wednesday, they were guided to the gym More online: He was right. or library to pick up their schedules.

Watch the video at Lighthouse, the district’s theworldlink.com.

K-8 charter school, is a new utes leading up to the foghorn bell at 8:09 a.m. addition to the middle school “They’re amassing! When do you want to let this year. In July, the school’s them in?” middle school assistant principal Ralph agreement to move into the Brooks called out to principal Marci Stadiem as the former ACS/Xerox call center sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders crowded outfell through and district offi- side the doors. cials were left scrambling to The kids scurried from the gym and library find the school a new home. They chose one of the (where they got their schedules) to their lockers middle school’s wings. (which nearly everyone had trouble opening), Buses and cars were jammed in the parking lot, before racing to their first class (where they spotwith a line of cars backed up all the way to ted their friends and squealed).

Broadway Street. Lighthouse started a week earli“We had way more students than we expected,” er than the middle school.

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BY JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press GRANTS PASS — The Obama administration is offering a new approach to saving the bull trout, a fish whose need for clean and cold water has put it in conflict with logging, mining and grazing in the Northwest.

The draft recovery plan posted online Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service eliminates numerical goals for rebuilding populations, recognizes that climate change makes losing some populations inevitable, and focuses on fixing threats to habitat and genetic diversity.

The public has 90 days to

comment, and then another draft will be issued. After another public comment period, a federal court settlement calls for a final plan to be issued by Sept. 30, 2015.

Michael Garrity of the conservation group Alliance for the Wild Rockies says if the elimination of numerical goals stands, they will be back in federal court.

“Conservation biology says if they are going to drop those goals, they are not going to recover bull trout,” Garrity said. “It’s an extinction plan, not a recovery plan.

“They are writing off areas based on politics, not science.”

The service issued draft recovery plans in 2002 and 2004, but

never got to the point of a final plan. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan sued, and Fish and Wildlife agreed last month to issue a draft plan by the end of September.

Lead biologist Stephen Duke says the adverse effects of ongoing logging, mining and grazing have mostly been addressed since the bull trout was listed as a threatened species in 1999. Key issues still to be fixed include connecting fragmented habitats and improving fish passage so bull trout in different areas can breed together, and eliminating threats from non-native fish such SEE TROUT | A8

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SALEM — When Vic Atiyeh was running for governor in 1978, a campaign consultant advised him that Oregon voters were in the mood for oatmeal.

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, who recalled the story Wednesday at a public memorial service, said that’s not typically how a politician wants to be portrayed.

“And yet,” Walden said of his fellow Republican. “Vic was oatmeal.

Darn good oatmeal.

Competent. Effective. And very good for the state. A healthy choice for what Oregonians needed during a very difficult time.”

Walden was among a who’s who

COOS BAY — Police have released the name of a 40-yearold Coos Bay man who was seriously injured Tuesday when he crashed a motorcycle into a police car.

According to Oregon State Police, John Thomas Bracken is currently being treated for severe injuries at Sacred Heart Medical in at RiverBend Center Springfield.

The crash happened around 6:37 p.m. when a Coquille Indian Tribe police officer tried to stop Bracken's 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle as it traveled eastbound on Ocean Boulevard.

Police say Bracken took off at a high rate of speed. Witnesses at the scene described the motorcycle skidding as it made a left turn onto Central Avenue, and estimated it was going more than 100 miles an hour.

As the motorcycle turned onto Central, it struck a marked Chevrolet Tahoe patrol SUV driven by a Coos Bay police officer.

Bracken, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown clear of the bike and landed in brush on the south side of the street. He was taken to Bay Area Hospital before being transferred to Sacred Heart.

Bracken had been arrested last week in an unrelated case on warrants for the unlawful possession and delivery of methamphetamine.

Police closed the intersection for several hours and detoured traffic onto 12th Street while they reconstructed the scene.

Reporter Thomas Moriarty can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext.

240, or by email at thomas.moriarty@theworldlink.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ThomasDMoriarty.

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of Oregon politicians who crowded the House chamber at the state Capitol to remember the nation’s first Arab-American governor and the last Republican to hold the job in Oregon.

Atiyeh died in July at age 91. His family held a private burial shortly after his death, and Wednesday’s service gave the public a chance to say goodbye.

Both of Oregon’s U.S. senators attended the service, as did four of five congressional representatives.

Gov. John Kitzhaber was there along with every former governor except Neil Goldschmidt.

Atiyeh, the governor from 1979 until 1987, was known for estab-

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The Coquille Indian Tribe is the federally recognized tribe of the Coquille and Coos people, which encompasses several groups and subtribes.

As early as 8,000 years ago, people lived in permanent villages on Oregon’s South Coast, living primarily by fishing and collecting shellfish. In the 1850s, the native inhabitants, including the Coquille, came into conflict with miners who sought gold in the area, and most members of local tribes were marched to the Coastal Indian Reservation north of Florence.

Some of their descendants remained on the reservation, some returned, and others were scattered.

In 1954, the U.S. government terminated its recognition of the Coquille, who numbered only 271 at that time. For decades, the Coquille, like many other tribes, sought restoration of their tribal status. When they attained it in 1989, the tribe formed a government and purchased land in its traditional territory in Coos County, where it has created a reservation with housing and services and started businesses. It also has stewardship of an additional 5,400 acres, held in trust by the federal government, which the tribe manages along guidelines that balance timber production with ecological sustainability.

The tribe has nearly a thousand members, of whom more than 250 live on the tribe’s reservation in Barview, called Kilkich. Tribal enterprises include The Mill Casino-Hotel-RV Park, Coquille Cranberries, and ORCA Communications, making it the second largest employer in Coos County.

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Aug. 2, 9:42 a.m., burglary, 1500 block of Newmark Avenue.

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Aug. 2, 12:27 p.m., disorderly conduct, Radar Road and Ocean Boulevard.

Aug. 2, 2:14 p.m., burglary, first block of South Cedar Street.

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Aug. 2, 4:46 p.m., woman arrested on two Douglas County warrants charging contempt of court, 1300 block of California Avenue.

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COOS BAY — Three people were arrested Wednesday after the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team served a search warrant at an Empire-area home.

Detectives, along with officers from the Coos Bay and North Bend police departments and the Coquille Tribal Police K-9 unit, served a warrant at 365 S. Wall St.

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Meet & Greet the Artist: Patricia Davidson 11 a.m-4 p.m., Second Street Gallery, 210 Second St., Bandon.

Blueberry Bash 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Langlois Public Library, 48234 U.S. Highway 101, Langlois. Baked goods auction, refreshments, dessert.

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Aug. 3, 9:48 a.m., burglary, 1800 block of North 28th Court.

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A4 • The World • Thursday, September 4,2014

Editorial Board Jeff Precourt, Publisher Larry Campbell, Executive Editor

Les Bowen, Digital Editor Ron Jackimowicz, News Editor

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Back to the gridiron — oh, yeah Our view School’s begun and fall is here. Time again to get in the spirit.

What do you think?

The World welcomes letters. Email us at letters@theworldlink.com.

I love the football culture here in Oregon. Growing up in Indiana meant a focus on basketball. Having a hoop in your driveway, or possibly on the side of your barn, was as common as a cornfield in my home state.

If you didn't play competitively, you were at least a driveway shooter. We were football fans too, but it certainly wasn't the focus.

Two football seasons ago I lived in Canton, Ohio, birthplace of professional football and the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In Ohio, football was a passion unlike anything I'd ever seen. During rivalry week, employees at the

newspaper PUBLISHER who were graduates of competing high schools wouldn't speak, or even make eye contact.

JEFF This past P RECOURT weekend was the kickoff for both high school and college ball, and we saw some exciting football in Oregon. Jamborees took center stage in the high school arena. Check out our high-school preview section today as we look forward to an exciting season of high school athletes

on the gridiron. I'll be attending Bandon Tiger home games for sure.

The Ducks opened their season with an expected romp of South Dakota while the Beavers handled Portland State. I haven't quite figured out the ratio of Ducks fans to Beaver fans, but someday I will.

We at The World are having fun with football, too. We're tweeting updates from many of the high school games every week. Search #CoosPreps or simply watch the feed on our homepage. We're also competing against our readers all season as we put

our pro football picks in the paper each week. Just email us at fourthdown@theworldlink.com with your name, city of residence and a photo of yourself. Give us your picks each week either by filling out a ballot from the paper or sending us an email. You could win weekly bragging rights with your friends plus a chance to win prizes.

Here in Oregon, the fans seem to have the right balance figured out. Who knows, I could be wrong if I see some of my coworkers refusing to speak leading up to Oct. 24 when Marshfield and North Bend collide.

Awake in the face of evil How many times have we heard the phrase “Never again"? How often have we trotted out that old chestnut: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing?” And yet: Do we do nothing? Do we say precious little in the face of evil?

“I don’t want to have on my conscience that I was complicit in something as horrendous as this simply by being quiet,” is how Washington, D.C., Cardinal Donald Wuerl felt about the persecution being wielded against Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.

As we applaud Miley Cyrus for not twerking on MTV’s Video Music Awards and Beyonce for her ode to feminism, and argue over whether the Emmys are sexist or not, a moment of silent reflection is in order, to recollect our consciences, choices and priorities.

The execution of American journalist James Foley at the hands of the terrorist group ISIL obligates us to take notice.

In a letter that a fellow prisoner memorized for Foley’s family, Foley said: “I know you are thinking KATHRYN of me and praying for me.

LOPEZ And I am so thankful. I feel you all, especially Columnist when I pray. I pray for you to stay strong and to believe. I really feel I can touch you even in this darkness when I pray.”

In an interview, Foley once recounted his life in a Libyan jail during an earlier imprisonment. A few days in, he heard a knock on the wall of his cell. It was the muffled voice of an American contractor, also detained there. They read the Bible and prayed together. “In a very calm voice, he’d read me Scripture once or twice a day,” Foley told me in 2011. “Then I’d pray to stay strong. I’d pray to soften the hearts of our captors. I’d pray to God to lift the burdens we couldn’t handle. And I’d pray that our moms would know we were OK.” Foley was not alone in his faith in the power of prayer and our obligations to truth.

Just this past week, Pope Francis met with Paul Bhatti, the brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain minister for minorities in Pakistan.

Before he was killed, Bhatti talked about the threats he received for his work against blasphemy laws: “I want to share that I believe in Jesus Christ, who has given his own life for us. I know what is the meaning of cross, and I am following of the cross, and I am ready to die for a cause.”

That’s real faith. “(T)he spectacle of tragedy has always filled men, not with despair, but with a sense of hope and exaltation,” writes Whittaker Chambers, who National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. described as “the most important American defector from Communism.” Chambers asserts: “Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy — not defeat or death.”

Is this a time of awakening?

At one point in his book “Witness,” Chambers recounts how the daughter of an East German diplomat explained her father’s defection: The diplomat had been extremely pro-Communist and then “one night — in Moscow he heard screams. That’s all. Simply one night he heard screams.”

Do we hear the screams? Will we respond with prayer and action? Will we recognize the truth about the dignity of every man and woman, of whatever or no faith? Or will we be complicit by our silence, distracted rather than living the truth that men and women of our day are dying for? Will we sinners strive to be saints and heralds of truth by the very way we live, by what we choose to do and say?

Letters to the Editor New charter is the way to go “We the People” is the way the preamble to our Constitution starts. I always liked the sound of that, but where have “We the People” gone? Some no longer vote or consider the need to participate in any way. Only a few will become candidates to serve in political positions.

The design of the founders was for volunteer service. Volunteer service requires that we maintain awareness and have interest in the affairs of government. It is also a way to keep government within reasonable bounds.

The best opportunity to serve in government is local or city, and the next best is your county government.

Thanks to two Coos County residents, who want to enhance a “We the People” governing of Coos County, a new charter has been developed. The aim of the

charter is to put people in control.

Voter approval would be required for; 1) capital programs, 2) All bonded indebtedness, 3) The gifting of public funds, 4) The granting of property tax exemptions; and more.

Voter approval would be required for urban renewal.

Accountability for use of urban renewal funds will require public presentation on a county website with full disclosure of the disbursement of urban renewal funds.

Budgeting will be zero-based, which means that they will be based on the cost of service delivery for the coming period.

Voters in Coos County should get well acquainted with this home rule proposal in order to make an informed decision on it.

It is much better than I had expected.

If approved by the voters, Coos County could become a destination for new investment. People who want to have more control

over their lives will consider establishing themselves in Coos County. Coos County could become the envy of the nation by shining daylight on the operation of government.

Sign me as consumed with envy in Douglas County!

Merv Cloe Reedsport

Belloni Ranch thanks supporters Bob Belloni Ranch, Inc. recently received generous grants from Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation and Bay Area Hospital to support the Independent Living Program, a Foster Youth transition program serving Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties.

Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation awarded $10,000 for the purchase of a used vehicle.Bay Area Hospital awarded an additional $4,000 to support this project. The vehicle was pur-

chased at Kendall Honda of Eugene in June, which made us a great deal on the price of the vehicle.

We are exceedingly grateful for the generosity of these three community stakeholders and our community members. We appreciate the confidence that you show in our program with your continued support.

Juliet Davison Bob Belloni Ranch Inc. ILP Program Director

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The ‘Spiral of silence’ With folks yapping all day on social media — Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and the rest — how can there be such a thing as a “spiral of silence” online?

Easy. Just make the experience of online political debate so disjointed, impersonal and unpleasant that people shut themselves up. Or they hide out in groupings where everyone says much the same thing. In that case, what they’re doing is cheerleading, not debating.

The “spiral of silence” is a theory that people hesitate to say things they believe others in their group won’t agree with. It predates the Internet age.

Let me add that the “spiral of disproportionately silence” affects the shy, the thoughtful and the female.

Social media were supposed to free these cooped-up opinions by offering new venues for speaking one’s piece. But this high-minded promise of a vast online town hall for pensive argument has fallen flat, according to a new report by Pew Research Center and Rutgers University.

If anything, people seem less willing to engage in real back-andforth about public affairs on websites than they are in old-fashioned FROMA personal set- HARROP tings, the r e s e a r c h e r s Columnist found.

We’re talking about politics here, not hiking trips, kitchen renovations and dog adoptions.

And the politics we’re talking about is not a rally for Sen. Foghorn -- the sort of thing that works well online — but a real hashing out of political differences.

To find out how the public ranks social media as a place for political debate, the researchers asked questions about Edward Snowden’s leaks of the National Security Agency’s operations.

They used this issue because polls found the public fairly divided on the subject.

Only 16 percent of respondents who use Facebook said

they’d discuss it there. And only 14 percent of those on Twitter said they’d talk about it on Twitter.

But 40 percent said they’d be willing to debate the matter at a family dinner table and 32 percent at a restaurant with friends.

Why aren’t we doing more political interchange online? For starters, the Web fragments us into bands of the like-minded.

People with minority views can huddle with others holding the same views, making them feel safer, part of a majority.

Further, online interaction is notoriously devoid of restraints on anti-social behavior — doubly so when creeps hide behind fake identities or go anonymous.

Not everyone can laugh at “You are an idiot.” And for the vulnerable, squads of lowlife trolls can multiply the hurt.

Here’s another possible reason for social media’s poor showing as a stage for political debate. How can anyone engage in a serious discussion on Facebook with videos of goats nuzzling monkeys cluttering the feeds, alongside pix of weddings

and kayaks?

As for Twitter, how can anything more complicated than the temperature in Chicago be discussed in 140 characters or fewer? What passes on Twitter for political debate is often a battle of links. People offer a link to a longer article or post and then add only a handful of their own words, such as “I agree” or “This guy is right” or “You’re wrong, read this.”

According to the Pew-Rutgers report, people weren’t even using social media for basic information about the Snowden-NSA conflict. Almost 60 percent said that television/radio was one of their sources. Some 34 percent said they used online sources other than social media — mainly the sites of mainstream news organizations, I bet. Only 15 percent sought knowledge on the issue through Facebook, and a mere 3 percent used Twitter.

It all sounds paradoxical, but here we have it: Noise only increases the silence on things that matter to our society.

Thursday, September 4,2014 • The World • A5

State Plans to share a room hit a snag over mom’s snoring DEAR ABBY: My son’s out-of-town wedding is coming up. My mother will attend and be traveling with me. I am single, and my mom is also single.

She’s planning on DEAR sharing a room with me.

Abby, my mom has a s e v e r e snoring problem, and I’m a very light JEANNE PHILLIPS sleeper. I c a n n o t sleep with a snorer! I don’t want to ruin my time at my son’s wedding, and she’s upset about the added expense of another room, which neither of us can really afford, but I don’t know what else to do. — MOTHER OF THE GROOM D EA R M O T HE R O F T HE GROOM: The separate room may be a luxury you can’t “really afford,” but incurring the expense may be worth it so you won’t sleepwalk through your son’s wedding. I’m not recommending earplugs because, while they may dull the racket, they won’t completely eliminate the sound of severe snoring.

P.S. If your mother’s physician doesn’t know about her snoring, it should be discussed so the doctor can make sure it isn’t a symptom of a serious health problem.

DEAR ABBY: My son has two children who are in temporary foster care, and has visitation with the ex’s stepsister, who got the right to grant visitation.

Recently we had a birthday party for them. All the grandparents, aunts and uncles were invited. It was a kiddie party, of course, and I jumped into the pool and played with the children. We had a ball!

A few weeks later, I heard the stepsister’s mother had said I had “no business” playing in the pool with the kids. I was taken aback.

Isn’t that what grandmas are for? I love playing with the little ones.

Was I wrong for not “acting my age”? Did I make a fool of myself? The custody fight is ongoing and I don’t want to do anything that would jeopardize my son winning custody. — WORRIED IN NEW YORK DEAR WORRIED: I don’t think you did anything inappropriate.

I suspect the stepsister’s mother was jealous that she wasn’t the person in the pool, which is why she didn’t speak up during the party and you had to hear it weeks later secondhand.

DEAR ABBY: On July 31 you printed my question about throwing a 25th anniversary party for my parents.

I want to let you know that instead of taking on an expensive dinner that I can’t afford right now, I’m collaborating with a cousin to have a chef come into their home to prepare a nice meal for them and the people who participated in their wedding.

I felt it was a much more personal and cost-effective way to give them the nice anniversary they deserve.

Thank you for your advice!

— SON OF SILVERS DE A R S . O. S . : I’m delighted you wrote to share your solution.

The idea is terrific. I am sure your parents will be thrilled and other readers will appreciate your ingenuity. Thank you!

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

New Merkley ad targets Wehby, Koch brothers’ money

ABBY

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An X-ray of a dog that consumed a number of socks in Portland.

Surgery on ailing Great Dane yields 43 1⁄2 socks

PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s campaign has released a new television ad meant to tie his Republican challenger Monica Wehby to the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, whose group has pummeled the Democratic incumbent with negative ads for weeks.

The new ad, released Wednesday, highlights the millions of out-of-state dollars the Koch brothers have spent on the anti-Merkley TV ads. It also accuses the brothers and Wehby of sharing an agenda that includes wanting to gut the Clean Air Act and give billionaires tax breaks.

Resentencing in Redmond 5 killing

PORTLAND (AP) — The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.

It was something he ate!

X-rays showed a stomach full of “a large quantity of foreign material.” Nearly two hours of surgery later, Dr. Ashley Magee had the answer — the dog had con- DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital shows socks that were removed 1 sumed 43 ⁄2 socks. from a dogs stomach.

DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital spokes- tale, complete with X-rays, charged home a day after woman Shawna Harch said in an annual contest spon- surgery. it’s perhaps the strangest sored by the vet magazine, Harch says the owners case in the hospital’s history, Veterinary Practice News, aren’t available for comment The Oregonian reported. and won a prize. The but she confirms the dog is So strange that the hospi- DoveLewis entry summary alive. No word on what he’s tal entered last February’s says the Great Dane was dis- eaten lately.

BEND (AP) — A defendant in the 2001 Redmond Five murder case will return to a Central Oregon courtroom in April to be sentenced again.

Justin Link, now, 31, was serving life without the possibility of parole for killing Barbara Thomas, 52, of Redmond.

The Oregon Supreme Court has reduced the number of aggravated murder convictions he faces and ruled he’s entitled to a new sentencing hearing.

On Tuesday, Judge Alta Brady scheduled it to begin April 21.

Forestry board moves to protect cool water SALEM (AP) — The Oregon Board of Forestry has voted unanimously to keep moving forward on developing rules to making sure logging sites leave enough

STATE D I G E S T trees standing along salmon streams to keep the water shaded and cool.

The vote Wednesday in Salem directs the Department of Forestry to finish developing various alternatives - including voluntary and mandatory measures — to assure the cool water standard set by the state Environmental Quality Commission is met.

Visiting Utah giraffe bidding farewell PORTLAND (AP) — Riley the visiting giraffe is about to leave his temporary home at the Oregon Zoo in Portland and head home to Salt Lake City.

After a two-year stay, Oregon Zoo officials say the 17-foot-tall giraffe will be returning to Utah’s Hogle Zoo this month. He came to Portland during renovations at his home zoo, which recently opened its new mixed-species African Savanna exhibit.

The Oregon Zoo’s senior Africa keeper, Laura Weiner, says keepers have grown fond of 10-year-old Riley.

She describes him as “a spirited fellow” who has been a good companion to two younger male giraffes.

The zoo says keepers have been working with Riley to help him be as relaxed as possible during his trip.He’ll travel in an extra-tall trailer equipped with a video camera so keepers can make sure he’s safe.

Obituaries Velores Margaret McLean Schroeder Jones June 25, 1918 - Aug. 31, 2014

Velores Margaret McLean Jones was born in Dollarville (Newberry) Mich., on 25, June 1918, the and third youngest child of AD (Alexander Douglas) Velores McLean and Nettie Schroeder Jones ( L e o n a r d ) McLean.She died Aug. 31, 2014. “Val” as she was fondly known, married Vernon A. Mosher in 1936, separated in 1939. They had two children.

During World War ll she worked as “Rosy the Riveter” at Willow Run Bomber Plant near Detroit, Mich., building B 24’s. Before and after the war she worked at Newberry State and Kalamazoo Hospitals as a nursing attendant, and later as Hydro Therapist and then Occupational Therapist.

She also worked several years as correspondent and feature writer for several Michigan newspapers. She married Fred Schroeder in 1963 and moved back to the Upper Peninsula (Engadine/Naubinway area) near her beloved home town of Newberry. Val ran for public office in 1988 and won by one vote for position of Garfield township clerk. She was the first woman and oldest member to hold a seat on that board. After Mr. Schroeder’s demise, Val resigned her office to move to California in 1990 to be near her only sibling.

They came to Brookings, Ore., in June of that year.

She met and married Melvin A. Jones in November and moved to Coos Bay, Ore., where Melvin and she have lived when not traveling.

Val was/is a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Engadine, Mich., for over 45 years.She was a volunteer with Senior Companions in Michigan, more than seven years. In Coos Bay she volunteered with Hospice, Ombudsman, many children’s programs, monitoring disabled parking spaces for state police, and RSVP volunteer for over 19 years (chamber of commerce over seven years) and with furry friends. Val edited the “Good

Sam” newsletter as well as “BASCC” (Senior Computer Club) newsletter in Coos Bay/North Bend, Ore., for several years. She wrote and published a book of religious poems “Heavenly Sentiments”.

She will be remembered for her great love and pride for husband Melvin, poems, short stories, newsy letters, out-standing computermade cards, her family, friends and people, her home state and all her many adopted canines as well as her great knowledge in crocheting, knitting, sewing, cooking and appreciation of good organ music.

She enjoyed R.V. traveling which Melvin and she did extensivley, especially their reversed Oregon-Trail trip when they were in their late 70’s.

Val is survived by her husband, Melvin A. Jones of Coos Bay; her son, Kenneth L. Mosher of Camas, Wash.; four grandchildren, Richard (Kirsten) Hurd; Kathleen Hurd (John) LaVallier; Daniel Mosher; and Sheri Mosher Archer; five great-grandchildren, Allision and John J. LaVallier; Dane R. Hurd; twins, Brock and Nikola Hurd, all residents of Michigan. One nephew, Michael (Jenny) McLean of Palm Springs, Calif.; as well as many cousins and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law (Jones).

She was predeceased by her parents; sister, Nina Bell McLean in 1924; brother, Leonard D. (Mac) McLean of Palm Springs, Calif., in 1991; daugher-in-law, Norma J. Mosher of Ten Mile in 2005; and daughter, Jerrolyn (Jerry)

Hurd of Flint, Mich., in 2007.

William “Bill” There will be no funeral.

Leonard Warner Her body has been donated Nov. 23, 1922 - Aug. 27, 2014 to science, remains to be creWilliam “Bill” Leonard mated with ashes to be placed near, her parents, Ad Warner passed away peaceand Nettie McLean’s, graves, fully Aug. 27, 2014, in Florence, in the McLean family plot of Ore., due to Forest Lawn Cemetery in co m p l i ca Newberry, Mich., with a t i o n s small tombstone. resulting We have lost another from a member of the “worlds recent fall. greatest generation”.

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A mass commemorating his life will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church, Reedsport. Ore., on Friday Sept. 5, 2014, at 11 a.m. A reception for family and friends will be held in the parish hall immediately after mass.

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Nation In this Aug. 20 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant in Florrissant, Mo.

Ohio man charged with killing 4 BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man was charged with aggravated murder Thursday in the slayings of four men who were found beaten in separate homes earlier this week.

Donald Hoffman had been in custody since Tuesday.

The charges against the 41year-old were announced during what had been a scheduled hearing on an alleged probation violation.

He was ordered held on a $10 million bond — $2.5 million for each alleged slaying.

Authorities said they expected the case would be presented to a grand jury Monday.

Hoffman appeared in Crawford County Municipal Court via video feed. He sat in an orange jail outfit and

spoke only when the judge asked him if he understood the proceedings. He said he did.

The judge said he was appointing an attorney to represent him.

The bodies of 55-year-old Billy Jack Chatman and 67year-old Freelin Hensley were discovered Monday in this town of 12,000 residents about 65 miles north of Columbus. Then on Tuesday, the bodies of 65-year-old Darrell Lewis and 65-year-old Gerald Lee Smith were found.

Bucyrus police Chief Dave Koepke noted at least one gruesome commonality: “All the victims suffered.” Koepke said each man had trauma above the shoulders, but he wouldn’t give specifics.

Brenda Lauthers, a Bucyrus

resident whose brother was among the slain men, said that she found a frying pan in a bathroom sink near his body and that the family of another victim told her that man apparently was hit with a hammer. Police refused to discuss those kinds of details, citing the ongoing investigation.

Crawford County Sheriff Scott Kent, whose office is assisting local police, said Wednesday that Hoffman gave some information as to why the killings occurred, but authorities weren’t releasing the details.

The town is unaccustomed to violent crime but doesn’t shy from discussing what residents and police describe as prevalent drug problems, especially with heroin.

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US to investigate Ferguson police WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday night.

The person said the investigation could be announced as early as Thursday afternoon. Missouri officials were notified Wednesday of the probe.

The investigation will look at the practices in the past few years of the police department, including patterns of stops, arrests and use-of-force, as well as the training the officers receive, the person said.

The inquiry is separate from an ongoing civil rights investigation the Justice Department is conducting into the shooting of 18year-old Michael Brown by

Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. A local grand jury is also investigating the shooting, which set off about two weeks of unrest in the streets of Ferguson and became a flashpoint in the national discussion of police treatment of minorities across the country. Attorney General Eric Holder two weeks ago visited the St. Louis suburb, where he met with investigators and Brown’s parents and shared personal experiences of having himself been mistreated by the police.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation, first reported by The Washington Post, had not yet been announced.

Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson did not immediately return a call seeking comment about the Justice Department investigation.

Police have said the shooting followed a scuffle that broke out after Wilson told Brown and a friend to

move out of the street and onto a sidewalk. Police say Wilson was pushed into his squad car and physically assaulted. Some witnesses have reported seeing Brown’s arms up in the air before the shooting in an act of surrender. An autopsy paid for by Brown’s family concluded that he was shot six times, twice in the head.

The new investigation, though, goes far beyond the circumstances of the shooting. It will look at the actions of a police department that is predominantly white even though Ferguson is about 70 percent black.

Some in Ferguson have said police disproportionately target black motorists during traffic stops. A 2013 report by the Missouri attorney general’s office found that Ferguson police stopped and arrested black drivers nearly twice as frequently as white motorists but were also less likely to find contraband among the black drivers.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Police handcuffed several protesters in New York and Detroit on Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour.

The protests, which are planned by labor organizers for about 150 cities nationwide throughout Thursday, are part of the “Fight for $15” campaign. Since the protests began in late 2012, organizers have switched up their tactics every few months.

Before Thursday’s protests, organizers said they planned to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to draw more attention to the cause. In the past, supporters have showed up at a McDonald’s shareholder meeting and held strikes. The idea of civil disobedience arose in July when 1,300 workers held a convention in Chicago.

Dinosaur may shed light on huge beasts NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur — a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants — have given it an name: colossal equally Dreadnoughtus, or “fearing nothing.”

Scientists hope its unusually well-preserved bones will help reveal secrets about some of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth.

The four-legged beast, with a long neck and powerful 29-foot tail, stretched about 85 feet long and weighed about 65 tons.

That’s more than seven times the weight of even a plus-size male African elephant.

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Officials said two staff members suffered minor injuries at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, where just two days earlier, 32 teens escaped after finding a weak spot in the fence surrounding the yard. Six remained at large Thursday.

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World US, UK will ‘not be cowed’ by militants

WORLD D I G E S T Terrorist group has expanded into India NEW DELHI (AP) — AlQaida has expanded into India, the leader of the terror group said in a video released Thursday, vowing that its militants would bring Islamic law to the entire subcontinent and “wage jihad against its enemies.”

At least three Indian states with large Muslim populations have been put on alert in the wake of the video’s release, local TV stations reported, though there was no indication of an increased security presence.

Untested treatment to fight Ebola in Africa LONDON (AP) — As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors.

The evidence is mixed for using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors’ blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it’s worth a shot.

“This is something that’s fairly simple to do,” said Dr. Peter Piot, director of London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus.

Israel to remove disputed footbridge JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official says Israel has agreed to dismantle a wooden footbridge at a Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of a key Mideast dispute, following an appeal from Jordan.

The official told The Associated Press on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the footbridge between Jerusalem’s Western Wall and the religiously sensitive Temple Mount taken down.

NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis in Ukraine and next steps in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared that their nations would “not be cowed” by extremists from the Islamic State group who have claimed responsibility for killing two American journalists. They also challenged NATO to not turn inward in the face of the threat.

“Those who want to adopt an isolationist approach misunderstand the nature of security in the 21st century,” Obama and Cameron wrote in a joint editorial in the Times of London. “Developments in other parts of the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, threaten our security at home.”

Obama, Cameron and dozens of other NATO leaders met on a golf resort in Wales for the two-day summit. Leaders here also planned to commit to a more robust rapid response force on its eastern flank, which would aim to serve as a deterrent to Russian aggression.

Yet much of the action was to take place on the sidelines of the summit, where the American and British leaders were expected to drum up support for an international response to confronting the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Arriving at the summit site on Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he believes the broader international community “has an

Rebels ready for cease-fire MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists appeared increasingly close to signing a deal to end four months of fighting, even as Ukraine’s leader met Thursday with President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders in Wales.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he’s ready to order a cease-fire in the east on The Associated Press Friday, if a peace deal is signed U.S. President Barack Obama, fourth from left, is seated at a table with, at talks in Minsk, Belarus. The from left to right: France's President Francois Hollande; Ukraine rebels also said they were ready President Petro Poroshenko; British Prime Minister David Cameron; to declare a truce Friday if an

agreement with Ukraine is reached on a political settlement for the mostly Russian-speaking region.

Poroshenko discussed the outlines of a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, and they both voiced optimism about reaching an agreement in Minsk.

Facing major challenges with conflicts in Ukraine,Syria and Iraq and a winding down of operations in Afghanistan, NATO leaders gathered for a two-day summit.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel; and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as they meet about Ukraine at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is seated at rear left. obligation to stop the Islamic State from advancing further,” but noted that the alliance hasn’t received any request for help.

“I’m sure that if the Iraqi government were to forward a request for NATO assistance, that would be considered seriously by NATO allies,” Rasmussen said.

Obama also planned to meet Thursday with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East that’s

caught in the crossfire of the region’s instability.

The Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for murdering two American journalists, releasing gruesome videos of their beheadings. Both the U.S. and Britain are deeply concerned about the potential threat to their homelands that could come from the foreign fighters who have joined the violent Islamic State group.

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respond to six, eight, maybe ten calls a day for emergency needs. But, when that six, or eight, or ten, turns into hundreds in a day, we’re just not going to be able to get to everything right away. We are going to have to prioritize. So our response is going to be delayed.”

Which is why the city of Coos Bay and the fire department have worked to bring this event to the coast, including information provided by some 20 different agencies and businesses.

“The community as a whole, our ability to recover, really is directly impacted by how prepared the citizens are,” he added. “So, if they can prepare and get their 72hour kit, and we even talk about maybe even a week, if they can prepare and be able to sustain themselves for a little bit we’ll get to them eventually, but we need their

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versation about what to do, where to go and who to rely on should a disaster occur,” Sloman said. “A wealth of resources are on site at each event, thanks to the coordinating efforts of NW Natural.”

People on the South Coast, particularly, Takis says, need to realize that there are a number of disasters that could wreak havoc on the area, shutting down local stores, gas stations, the power grid and phones systems.

“We live in an area that is fairly isolated, so even just a big winter storm can put us back on our heels a little bit,” he said. “What a lot of people don’t realize is, if we have a major event here, (emergency responders are) not going to be overwhelmed, but we are not going to be able to respond as we normally do. We are set up to

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On Wednesday, there were about 545 students in grades 6-8 and 222 in Lighthouse.

“It’s going to take a couple weeks before we get this dialed in,” Lester said. “I imagine some parents, at least Lighthouse parents, will be annoyed with it since

By Lou Sennick, The World at North Bay (Elementary) School buses glow yellow in the sunshine reflected in the windows of North Bend Middle School on we had all kinds of places to Wednesday morning. They delivered students for the first day of classes at the school. park.

“We’re getting into the percent,” she said. “But then groove.” some of them don’t stay.

Technology didn’t work It’s going to take a couple weeks Over Christmas break, some on the first try, either. leave. But last year we got 25 before we get this dialed in.

Coos Bay schools’ autonew kids in two different system calling mated Wade Lester schools.” accidentally called a lot of It shows in the classroom: Lighthouse School director parents Tuesday, saying There’s a kindergarten class their students were absent. at Madison 27 of The entire student body Elementary, classes of 25 and didn’t ditch the first day of 26 at the elementary and school, said superintendent middle schools, and classes in the morning and the The same thing is hapDawn Granger. of 28 at Marshfield High.

The problem was fixed by afternoon, catching high- pening in Coos Bay. Granger “We’re at or above enrollschoolers who play hooky doesn’t want to jinx it, but Wednesday. ment projections in almost enrollschools’ lunch.

Bay after Coos “We program it twice a every building,” she said.

Classes were also unbal- ment could increase this day to call parents if their Reporter Chelsea Davis student was marked absent- anced the first day: There year, defying a common can be reached at 541-269unexcused,” she said. “We were 36 in one middle school trend of decreasing enroll- 1222, ext. 239, or by email at don’t have the people to teacher’s class, but 24 in her ment on the South Coast. chelsea.davis@the“What happens is you make the calls for the 3,000- other class. Those tend to worldlink.com. Follow her on level out in the first few lose 20 percent of your stusome kids we have.”

Twitter: @ChelseaLeeDavis. weeks, she said. dents and get new kids, 20 The system calls parents

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that during National Preparedness month in September, they will be holding eight such events around the state.

“Safety is a top priority for NW Natural, and we want to help our communities prepare for any natural disaster that might occur,” Summers said.

Cara Sloman, regional disaster program officer for the American Red Cross Cascades Region, says that is why these events are free.Lunch will also be provided, and there is no registration needed.

“These community gatherings are fun and a great way to introduce family con-

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s respite from troublesome health care inflation is ending, the government said Wednesday in a report that renews a crucial budget challenge for lawtaxpayers, makers, businesses and patients.

Economic recovery, an aging society, and more people insured under the new health care law are driving the long-term trend.

The report from the Office of the Actuary projects that spending will grow by an average of 6 percent a year from 2015-2023. That’s a notable acceleration after five consecutive years, through 2013, of annual growth below 4 percent.

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lishing trading ties with Asia while shepherding the state through a severe recession and dealing with the Rajneesh cult in Central Oregon.

State Sen. Jackie Winters, who served as Atiyeh’s ombudsman, said she never saw Atiyeh more angry than after a cross-burning incident in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie. The son of a Syrian immigrant responded by sponsoring one of the earlier anti-hate crime bills.

“Nothing defiles humanity as much as outrageous acts of racism,” Atiyeh said at the time.

Atiyeh grew up in Portland and played guard for the University of Oregon football team.He turned down an offer to play for the Green Bay Packers to take over his family’s rug business.

He entered politics in the Oregon Legislature. The desk on the House floor where Atiyeh sat as a representative carried his name Wednesday, along with a photo and a redand-white flower display. The same was done on the floor of the Senate, where Atiyeh served two terms.

He lost his first run for governor in 1974 to Democrat Bob Straub — the only election in which he was defeated. He challenged Straub again four

help. That’s what this is all about.”

For more preparedness information you can also check out fema.gov, ready.gov, or redcross.org.

But Takis is hoping that people can spare a few moments to go through the fair, for even a few minutes, and stresses that it is open to anyone.

“We hope we get a good turnout for this. It’s a pretty good event and we are looking at stuff for next year already to make it even a little bit better,” Takis said.“We are trying to change it up every year so it is not exactly the same. There is going to be some new information this year, and we are already looking at finding some newer stuff for next year.”

If you have questions on the event itself, you can contact the Coos Bay Fire Department at 541-269-1191.

years later and won, taking office in 1979 as Oregon underwent what was then its most severe recession since the Great Depression.

Although Atiyeh won on a platform of cutting taxes, he wound up raising them because of the recession. He also cut his own salary to help balance the budget.

Speakers noted a bipartisanship, kindness and civility within Atiyeh that they said has become increasingly rare in the age of the Internet and 24-7 news-and-talk cycle.

Former Gov. Barbara Roberts, a Democrat, was in the Legislature when Atiyeh was in office. She remembers the tough choices he made to balance the budget, taking actions that pleased neither party. A staunch Democrat, she acknowledged often quoting party stalwarts like John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“However, the person I quote the most frequently in speeches is Gov. Victor Atiyeh,” she said.

Atiyeh was a frequent traveler, not only on trade missions to Asia, but to county fairs and town hall meetings in every corner of the state.

Roberts marveled at his popularity after leaving office, saying: “Oregon never forgot him because he never forgot Oregonians.”

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It’s that time again

A look at this week’s games North Valley at North Bend Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: K-Light (98.7 FM) Outlook: The Bulldogs begin their season at home, hoping for a fast start with a veteran roster. North Bend reached the state semifinals a year ago and returns many of the key players from that roster. North Valley, from the Skyline League, reached the playoffs, but lost to eventual state champion Ridgeview a year ago. The junior varsity teams from the two schools also will play Friday at Vic Adams Field, starting at 4 p.m. North Bend will charge admission for the JV game ($5 for adults and $3 for students), with one ticket getting fans into both games.

Marshfield at Cottage Grove Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KMHS (91.3 FM) Outlook: The Pirates are excited to take a big step forward after winning just two games in their first year in Class 4A. They start against a team that played for the title a year ago. Cottage Grove lost to Ridgeview in the championship game after beating North Bend in the semifinals. But the Lions also graduated their quarterback and many of their top players. Marshfield returns a lot of its playmakers this fall, and hopes a healthy Jake Miles can make the Pirates more effective on offense. This is the first of back-toback road games to start the year for Marshfield, which visits Sutherlin Next week.

Siuslaw at Newport Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KCST (106.9 FM) Outlook: The Vikings and Cubs continue their long rivalry as Siuslaw begins what it hopes will be another season that ends in the playoffs. The Vikings continue to use the veer offense that has been a staple since before current coach Tim Dodson took the reins of the program nearly two decades ago. And Siuslaw has a pair of talented quarterbacks to run the offense — 2013 starter Joe Dotson and Preston Mitchell, who took over when Dotson was hurt late in the season.

Phoenix at Brookings-Harbor Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KURY (95.3 FM) Outlook: Unlike North Bend and Siuslaw, which have made regular runs to the playoffs in recent years, Brookings-Harbor is trying to build something positive this fall after a winless 2013 season. The season opener is a chance to gain some momentum as the Bruins break out a new offense under the direction of co-head coaches Dan O’Brien and Buell Gonzalez Jr.

The Associated Press

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson, center, will try to lead the Seahawks to their second straight Super Bowl, starting tonight against Green Bay.

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Seahawks begin title defense SEATTLE (AP) — At some point they will take a moment to acknowledge the celebration taking place around them. Pete Carroll and his team will step back from an offseason focused on forgetting what happened in 2013 and for a brief second appreciate the festivities commemorating Seattle’s first Super Bowl title.

Once the Super Bowl banner is unveiled, it will be time to embark on the quest to become the first team in a decade to repeat.

“There’s a challenge every game, particularly opening game.

After coming off the offseason and all that, there’s always a big challenge,” Carroll said.

Seattle will raise the curtain on the 2014 NFL season Thursday night hosting fellow NFC contender Green Bay. It’s the first reg-

ular- season meeting between the teams since the “Fail Mary” two years ago when Seattle won on a disputed touchdown on the final play of a game that also helped bring an end to the use of replacement officials.

But history was not the focus for Seattle this entire offseason, whether it was a controversial win two seasons ago, or its 43-8 romp over Denver in the Super Bowl.

“I think the thing that really separates us is we always stay true to who we are,” Seattle safety Earl Thomas said. “We’re going to recapture what we did last year and add a few more things to it.”

Green Bay knows about winning a title and the pitfalls of trying to repeat. Aaron Rodgers got his championship four seasons ago and followed up by going 15-1

in the 2011 regular season before being bounced in the divisional round of the playoffs by the New York Giants.

With the addition of Julius Peppers to the defense, a revamped secondary and Year 2 of Eddie Lacy creating a balanced offense, many pundits believe the Packers can dethrone Seattle in the NFC. That test begins Thursday.

“This is a game that we’ve been in before after we won the Super Bowl. We know the excitement that surrounds it,” Rodgers said.

“It’s a highly rated game. We’re playing at a tough environment with the Super Bowl champions, so it’s going to be a tough test for us.”

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Coquille at Gold Beach Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KGBR (92.7 FM) Outlook: Coquille, which now is the only Class 3A program on the South Coast, plays the first of three straight games against former Sunset Conference rivals. The Red Devils and Panthers had great battles the past few years, and this time should be no different, with a young, but veteran, Coquille team taking on a Gold Beach squad with a new head coach. Justin Storns has taken over the program after longtime coach Kevin Swift retired from the post following the 2013 season.

Storns had to replace a lot of key playmakers, but hopes Gold Beach’s winning tradition continues. Coquille, meanwhile, hopes to finally beat the Panthers as the Red Devils tune up for the Mountain Valley Conference and a group of new rivals.

Riddle at Myrtle Point Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Bobcats have improved dramatically in the past two seasons, including last year’s four-win campaign. With the increase in wins has come a bigger roster and depth at nearly every position. Myrtle Point breaks in new quarterback Tristan Mussatti in the game against the Irish. Mussatti has the benefit of multiple playmakers to distribute the ball to as the Bobcats try to get the year off to a good start and build momentum for next week’s showdown game with rival Coquille.

Reedsport at Neah-Kah-Nie Time: 6:30 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Braves travel up the coast to begin a highly anticipated season after reaching the Class 2A playoffs a year ago.

Reedsport fell to the Pirates 32-20 in last year’s season opener, but then won seven of its next eight games. Reedsport returns a bunch of starters from last year’s squad, though new quarterback Tyler Tresch has big shoes to fill replacing team leader Haden Sams. With a veteran offensive line and several potent ball carriers, Reedsport should be fine on offense. The defense, meanwhile, gets a boost with the return of assistant coach Lynn Fulps, who came out of retirement to help the program this fall.

Mariners get key series win OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — If the Seattle Mariners can get into the AL wild card game against Jon Lester and the Oakland Athletics, they’ll be plenty confident with King Felix on the mound.

Kyle Seager and Corey Hart homered leading off the seventh inning to back Felix Hernandez’s stellar start, and the Mariners rallied to beat the A’s 2-1 on Wednesday to win the three-game series between playoff contenders.

“I think we match up well,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. “We’ve got a few bullets to throw at them that toe the rubber. We like our chances.”

McClendon and the Mariners were in a light-hearted mood after the victory.

The manager pointed out that Hernandez looked well rested despite his much-maligned move to push his ace back a day before his last start against the Washington Nationals — which was Hernandez’s worst outing of the season — by referencing a profanity-laced quote from former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight.

McClendon could crack jokes mostly because of the homers that erased an otherwise brilliant performance by Lester (13-10) and helped Hernandez (14-5) win for the first time in four outings.

Adam Dunn’s homer in the

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Seattle’s Kyle Seager, right, is congratulated by Corey Hart after hitting a solo home run off in the seventh inning Wednesday. fourth accounted for the only run Hernandez allowed in eight innings. The right-hander gave up three hits, struck out four and walked two to outduel Lester in a matchup of two of the AL’s best pitchers.

The Mariners tagged Lester for seven hits in eight innings.

Fernando Rodney pitched a perfect ninth for his 41st save in 44 chances.

“It was special,” said Hernandez, adding that he promised his wife a win for her birthday.

“We came here to win the series and that’s what we did.”

Hernandez improved to 19-7 against Oakland, including 4-0 in five starts this season. He said he’s just happy to finally be pitching in a playoff race.

“It feels great. It feels really good. It’s fun to do that,” he said.

The A’s have lost seven of nine, including a four-game series at the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels before dropping two of three to Seattle at the Coliseum.

The Mariners remain right behind Detroit and Oakland in the chase for the AL’s two wild cards.

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Bandon at Rogue River Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Tigers begin their first year as a Class 2A school with a new offense. Bandon has gone to a spread formation with quarterback Quentin Coomer distributing the ball to a number of receivers. The offense is good for a squad that returns just one starter and very little varsity experience on the offensive line. While Bandon lacks experience up front, the Tigers do have veterans at the skill positions on offense and at linebacker and in the defensive backfield. The group has a few weeks to gain confidence before Sunset Conference play starts and a win over Rogue River, which had just one victory last year, would be a good start.

Powers at North Douglas Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Cruisers open the season with a rare night game against a team that is transitioning to eight-man football. North Douglas dropped down from Class 2A this fall and will be a league foe for Powers in the other team sports, but is in a separate special district for football. Powers enters the new season with anticipation of a possible playoff berth after just missing a year ago. The strength of the Cruisers is in veteran playmakers, including sophomore quarterback Jackson Stallard and senior backs Tye Jackson and Devin Mackensen. The athletic Cruisers will try to spread the field and use their team speed, a huge asset. With the Mountain Skyline League split into north and south divisions, Powers gets a couple of preseason games to warm up before the counting games start.

Random thoughts from a sleep-deprived sports editor …

When you open the paper today, you will find our annual high school football preview.

I won’t bore you with details about how much work goes into this publication every year, but will say that ever since I took over the sports department, I have embraced Labor Day weekend as just that, a time for labor.

This year’s project is the biggest it’s ever been, 20 pages, because of the great support for high school sports on the South Coast and the efforts of our advertising department to find those supporters. It simply SPORTS wasn’t possible to have single team pages for North Bend, Marshfield, Reedsport and Bandon. With a few more ads, the same would have been the case for Myrtle JOHN Point and Coquille. Maybe GUNTHER we’re heading toward a 24-page section next year. (Don’t tell my family that.

They haven’t seen much of me since last Thursday).

Anyhow, take time to peruse (and hopefully enjoy) the section.

In addition to details of all the high school teams, you can find college and NFL schedules there.

The football preview usually signals the end of summer for me, but also the thrill of the new sports year.

I got my reporter’s feet wet watching a little volleyball last week in a jamboree at Marshfield.

I was excited to see the potentialfilled Pirates who hosted the event, as well as a couple of athletes I’ve been looking forward to watching on the volleyball court — Coquille’s Darian Wilson and McKenna Wilson. They’re not sisters, but share the trait of incredible athleticism.

As an added treat, I was warmly greeted by several players from Powers when I poked my head in the gym during my visit to their town for the football preview, and then got to watch them on the court during the jamboree.

I also saw North Bend’s girls face Philomath in a battle between two outstanding soccer programs.

Philomath was a little better Tuesday, but I think North Bend will be just fine by the time the matches become important.

I’ve grown to really enjoy watching soccer — from the high schools to the Timbers and Thorns — and know that the Bulldogs are loaded with potential. I can’t wait to see their boys play — both North Bend squads reached the state semifinals last fall and return tons of talent (at least figuratively … I’m not sure you could get to a ton if you combined the weight of all of North Bend’s boys or girls soccer players last year).

The final fall sport, and one of my favorite, is cross country. We’ll get our first peek at that next week when North Bend hosts its annual invitational, which includes every South Coast team, on Wednesday at Tugman State Park.

One selfish reason I love the meet is that the course is easy to follow. Last year, I ran the route after both the early invitational and the district meet with my training partner Alysha Beck, also one of our two stellar photographers. Alysha left us a few weeks ago for the steamy running climate of Houston, but we got in one last trek around the course for good times after our preseason football trip to Siuslaw and Reedsport. I can’t wait to see how her time compares with the high school kids next week.

As for me, I know the top boys are a lot faster. And 5,000 meters is short for the training I’ve been doing, which has been greatly devoid of speedwork all year, but good for being able to finish the brutal Sunset Bay Half Marathon Trail Run in just under two hours Sunday. But I do have a certain godson who is a freshman on one of the teams, and I’ll be watching his time closely Wednesday (and secretly hoping to beat it when I run the course after the kids).

Hopefully, I’ll have caught up on my sleep by then.

Officials crack down on illegal hits As your favorite high school team gets ready to take the field this Friday night, fans should be aware that the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has taken further action during the off-season in an effort to minimize the risk of serious head and neck injuries to participants. Urging players to “keep their head out of football,” mostly through elimination of illegal contact to the helmet, several new rules were written into the high school rule book.

The first rule to be aware of adds a new term called “targeting,” which is defined as “an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow, or shoulders.”

The rule states, “No player or nonplayer shall target an opponent.”

All participants in the sport should recognize targeting an

opponent has no place in the game. Officials have been directed to observe all related actions to tackles and blocks, and IT’S THE enforce the targeting rule vigorously. The penalty for this illegal personal contact foul is 15 yards, and if deemed “flagrant” or excessive will result in player ejection.

MARK The second S TEPHENS new rule places restrictions on hits to players who are not in a position to defend themselves. A defenseless player is defined as a “player who, because of his/her physical position and focus of concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury.”

Officials will be diligent in watching for contact against play-

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ers who are deemed defenseless, and draw a distinction between contact necessary to make a legal block or tackle, and contact that targets the defenseless player. This is another illegal personal contact foul that will result in a 15-yard penalty, and will result in the offending player’s ejection if the contact is judged flagrant by the covering official.

Coaches, game officials, administrators, players and parents involved in the game are being urged by the NFHS to reinforce the positive aspects of proper tackling and blocking in high school football.

Best of luck to all participants and their teams this week as the 2014 season kicks off! If you have questions about rulings that occur on the field during a game, or are interested in becoming an official for high school, junior high, and/or youth football games contact Commissioner Emery Phillips at 541-297-0677.

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Sports Seau’s family opts out of settlement THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The family of Junior Seau has opted out of a proposed NFL legal settlement with former players over concussion-related injuries.

The family will continue its wrongful death lawsuit against the league. Seau, a star linebacker for 20 seasons who made 11 Pro Bowls, committed suicide in 2012.

More than 4,500 former players have filed a class action suit against the league, some accusing it of fraud for its handling of concussions.

They include Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett and Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who suffers from dementia. A federal judge preliminarily approved the league’s settlement proposal in July, which could exceed $675 million in total damages and involve as many as 20,000 retired players.

Former players and their families have the option to skip the settlement and pursue their own lawsuits.

That’s what Seau’s family has done one month before the deadline to opt out.

Several other former players filed objections to the proposed settlement on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.

They said the monetary awards were insufficient, there were too many reductions related to age and length of playing time, and assortment of other complaints.

The players are Nate Newton, who won three Super Bowls with Dallas; Larry Brown, who also won three Super Bowls with Dallas and was the MVP of the 1996 game; Kenneth Davis, who played in four Super Bowls for Buffalo; Michael McGruder, who played in one Super Bowl with San Francisco; Cliff Odom, who played 13 NFL seasons; George Teague, who played nine NFL seasons; and Ramon Armstrong, who played in the AFL in the 1960s.

The settlement is designed to last at least 65 years and cover retired players who develop Lou Gehrig’s disease, dementia or other neurological problems believed to be caused by concussions sustained during their careers.

The league declined comment on the Seau family’s decision.

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Washington’s Asdrubal Cabrera hits a two-run home run during the 14th inning against the Dodgers on Wednesday.

Nationals tip Dodgers in marathon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Adam LaRoche came off the bench in the ninth inning and drove in five runs, including a tying homer and a go-ahead grounder in the 14th that sent the Washington Nationals to a wild 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

Asdrubal Cabrera added a two-run shot for the Nationals, who MLB withstood two late Recap rallies in a game that lasted 5 hours, 34 minutes — the longest at Dodger Stadium this season. Washington won two of three in the series, a potential playoff preview between NL division leaders.

All of LaRoche’s RBIs either tied the game or gave his team the lead. He delivered a pinch-hit, two-run homer off closer Kenley Jansen that tied it in the ninth and a go-ahead, two-run single in the 12th.

LaRoche then gave the Nationals the lead for good with a fielder’s choice grounder in the 14th after an error by shortstop Justin Turner. Ian Desmond scored on the play, and LaRoche beat the relay to first to avoid a potential inning-ending double play.

Blake Treinen (2-3), the 10th Nationals pitcher, finally made the lead stand up in a game that featured three blown saves.

Kevin Correia (2-3) took the loss.

Turner snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the seventh. Carl Crawford’s two-run shot tied it 5-all in the 13th.

Cardinals 1, Pirates 0: Peter Bourjos singled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and St. Louis beat Pittsburgh to stretch its winning streak to five.

Yadier Molina walked with two outs in the ninth on a 3-2 pitch from Mark Melancon (2-4). Molina advanced to second on John Jay’s single and scored on the hit by Bourjos, easily beating the throw home from center fielder Andrew McCutchen.

St. Louis moved into sole possession of the NL Central lead for the first time Monday and extended its margin with a three-game sweep that dropped the Pirates five games back. Pittsburgh has lost 10 of its last 12 road games, drop-

ping to a major league-worst 17-29 away from home in day games.

Cubs 6, Brewers 2: Jorge Soler hit a two-run double and Chicago handed Milwaukee its eighth loss in a row.

Soler became the second player in Cubs history with as many as 10 RBIs in his first seven games. The rookie joined Mandy Brooks, who had 12 RBIs in 1925, as the only Chicago players to accomplish the feat.

Braves 7, Phillies 4: Rookie catcher Christian Bethancourt had three hits in his return to the major leagues, including a fifth-inning single that helped Atlanta break out of its scoring slump in a win over Philadelphia.

Bethancourt, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday following a sixweek demotion, drove in the Braves’ first run with an infield single and put Atlanta ahead 5-4 with an RBI single in the fifth.

Rockies 9, Giants 2: Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead, three-run homer and Corey Dickerson followed with his second of the game, leading Colorado past San Francisco.

Christian Bergman (2-2) pitched six sharp innings, limiting the Giants to two runs on nine hits and helping the Rockies take the season series 10-9. It is the first time Colorado has won the season series with its NL West rival since going 11-7 against the Giants in 2008.

Mets 4, Marlins 3: Travis d’Arnaud hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning to lift New York over Miami.

Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton homered for the third consecutive game to give him 36 on the season and bring Miami to 4-3 in the eighth after the Mets took a two-run lead in the top half.

Diamondbacks 6, Padres 1: Daniel Hudson returned from two reconstructive elbow operations to pitch in the big leagues for the first time in more than two years, and David Peralta drove in two runs to help Arizona beat San Diego.

Hudson became the fourth pitcher to undergo Tommy John surgery in consecutive years and return to the majors.

Hudson, who won 16 games for Arizona in 2011, retired the side in the eighth on 13 pitches and was warmly greeted by his teammates when he reached the dugout.

Hudson hadn’t pitched since June 26, 2012, when he originally tore his ulnar collateral ligament. He underwent surgery 15 days later. Hudson tore the ligament again during a rehab start with

Double-A Mobile on June 4, 2013, and was operated on two weeks later.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Yankees 5, Red Sox 1: Brian McCann homered among his career high-tying four hits and the Yankees bounced back to end a three-game losing streak, beating the Red Sox. Indians 7, Tigers 0: Danny Salazar (6-6) pitched his first career shutout, scattering eight hits, and the Indians beat the Tigers.

Astros 4, Angels 1: Chris Carter homered twice and drove in three runs, Collin McHugh pitched into the eighth inning and Houston beat Los Angeles.

The first-place Angels lost both games in the series after sweeping the A’s in a four-game set before arriving in Houston.

Carter has 35 home runs, and his seven multihomer games this season are a franchise record. It’s the most homers by an Astros player since Lance Berkman hit 45 in 2006.

Royals 4, Rangers 1: Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer, Jason Vargas (11-7) pitched into the seventh inning and Kansas City beat Texas to finish a threegame sweep.

The victory, along with Detroit’s loss to Cleveland, allowed the first-place Royals to extend their lead to 11⁄2 games over the Tigers in the AL Central.

Blue Jays 7, Rays 4: Dioner Navarro and Edwin Encarnacion each hit a tworun homer, and Toronto rolled past Tampa Bay for its fourth straight win.

Adam Lind had four consecutive hits and scored twice for the Blue Jays, who won a road series against the Rays for the first time since April 2007.

Twins 11, White Sox 4: Kennys Vargas homered for the second consecutive night and Eduardo Nunez had four hits as Minnesota defeated Chicago.

INTERLEAGUE Orioles 6, Reds 0: Miguel Gonzalez (8-7) pitched a four-hitter for his first career complete game, and the Orioles hit three home runs off Dylan Axelrod in a victory over the Reds.

David Lough and Jonathan Schoop hit solo shots before Chris Davis connected with a man on in the fourth to make it 4-0. That was more than enough offense for Gonzalez, who has given up four runs over his last 27 1-3 innings.

Cowboys sign Sam to their practice squad IRVING, Texas — Michael Sam’s second chance will be with the Dallas Cowboys.

Coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday that the NFL’s first openly gay player will be added to the Cowboys’ practice roster.

The Cowboys, who are seeking help with their pass rush because of injuries and the offseason release of franchise sacks leader DeMarcus Ware, added Sam four days after he was released by St. Louis when teams had to cut their rosters to 53 players.

Sam isn’t likely to be on the active roster for Sunday’s season opener against San Francisco.

Any team can sign Sam off the Cowboys’ practice squad, but would have to put him on the 53-man roster for a minimum of four weeks.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL UCLA loses running back Manfro to torn ACL LOS ANGELES — UCLA running back Steven Manfro will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, a school spokesman said Wednesday.

Manfro was taken off the practice field on a cart after injuring his knee Tuesday.

The junior is part of the No. 11 Bruins’ three-man rotation at the position with Paul Perkins and Jordon James, and he was often featured as a receiver out of the backfield.

Manfro caught 37 passes for 400 yards and two touchdowns over the last two seasons and was also featured on special teams.

UCLA spokesman Steve

Rourke confirmed Manfro’s injury Wednesday.

BASEBALL Dickey injured after being hit by line drive ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey was struck on the head by a line drive off the bat of Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria during batting practice Wednesday before a game against the Rays.

Dickey returned to the Blue Jays clubhouse and wasn’t injured, club spokesman Mal Romanin said.

The 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner was loosening up in left field and facing away from the plate when hit on the side of the head, according to several witnesses.

The 39-year-old knuckleballer is 11-12 with a 3.94 ERA.

WNBA Chicago beats Fever to reach WNBA finals INDIANAPOLIS — Allie Quigley scored 24 points, and the Chicago Sky advanced to the WNBA Finals with a 7562 win over the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night, ending the career of Hall of Fame coach Lin Dunn.

Quigley had 10 of her points in a key second quarter stretch that gave Chicago the lead for good. Sylvia Fowles added 17 points in the decisive Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The Sky will face the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals, which begin Sunday.

Dunn had announced before the season that she would retire when the year was over. She will be succeeded by assistant coach Stephanie White.

Shavonte Zellous scored 16 points to lead the Fever.

All-Star forward Tamika Catchings finished with just nine.

NHL Panthers reach rookie deal with top draft pick SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers and No. 1 overall draft pick Aaron Ekblad have agreed on a three-year entry-level contract.

Panthers general manager Dale Tallon announced the deal Wednesday, eight days before Ekblad will begin competing at Florida’s annual camp for prospects. Ekblad was the Ontario Hockey League’s top defenseman last season, with 23 goals and 53 points.

Ekblad also attended Hockey Canada’s world junior summer development camp last month, his stay there ending early because of a concussion. Ekblad was held out of the rest of that camp for precautionary reasons.

COLLEGE SPORTS AD resigns after making inappropriate comments LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas-Little Rock athletic director Chris Peterson has resigned after making inappropriate comments about a player’s mother during a live webcast of a women’s soccer game.

Chancellor Joel Anderson said in a statement Wednesday night that he accepted Peterson’s resignation Tuesday.

“What one hears from the director of athletics on the live video transmission of the women’s soccer game on Aug. 22 is unacceptable for a person in a university leadership position,” Anderson said in the statement.

Peterson was in his 15th season as athletic director.

“I made insensitive remarks while visiting with some athletic department employees at a soccer game,” Peterson said in a statement.

“My comments were picked up by an open microphone, unknowingly, making a private conversation public. I have apologized to the parties that may have been offended by my remarks and fully acknowledge my words were insensitive and out of line. I’ve learned a hard lesson.”

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Pirates fall in soccer openers THE WORLD

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Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Andy Murray 7-6 (1), 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-4 during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open early this morning.

Djokovic outlasts Murray at U.S. Open NEW YORK (AP) — Through a pair of back-and-forth sets, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray put on a display befitting a matchup of past U.S. Open champions.

They tracked down would-be winners and somehow got them back, prolonging points that involved 10 or 20 strokes or more, extended by Djokovic’s slides and splits or Murray’s gifted anticipation. After one 30-shot masterpiece on his way to victory, Djokovic raised his right fist, bellowed, “Come on!” and windmilled his arms to rile up the crowd.

Eventually, the physically demanding action proved too much for a fading Murray, and Djokovic pulled away to win 7-6 (1), 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-4 and reach the tournament’s semifinals for the eighth consecutive year.

“I knew coming into tonight’s match that it’s going to be tough, that he’s going to go for his shots, and the more aggressive one would win it,” the No. 1ranked and No. 1-seeded Djokovic said.

“I’m glad I managed to stay fit in the end and pull it through.”

It took a while for him to push out front in a 3-hour, 32-minute match that ended after 1 a.m. Thursday.

Asked in an on-court interview to look ahead to facing 10th-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan in Saturday’s semifinals, Djokovic joked: “My thoughts are just directed to sleeping right now.”

That drew guffaws from spectators, and he continued: “Or party. What do you say? Let’s party. I think my coach right there would chase me with a little baseball bat if he saw me going to the city to party right now.”

Nishikori became the first man from Japan to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since Ichiya Kumagae in 1918, outlasting third-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4.

In the women’s quarterfinals, topseeded Serena Williams dropped the first three games before quickly turning things around to defeat 11th-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 6-2.

Williams, who counts five U.S. Open titles among her 17 Grand Slam trophies, will play 17th-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the semifinals.

Taking advantage as the eighthseeded Murray’s lively forehand dipped in quality and the Scot’s service speeds slipped, Djokovic broke to go up 3-1 in the third set, then fended off a pair of break points in the next game. On the first, Murray sailed a backhand long to end a 28-stroke point, then leaned over and put a hand on his knee. On the second, he dumped a forehand into the net, then slammed his racket against his right thigh and yelled.

Soon, Murray was turning to his box to say, “Nothing in the legs.” In the fourth set, a trainer came out to deliver a heat pack to Murray.

“I got stiff in my hips and my back. ... I don’t know exactly why,” said Murray, who beat Djokovic in the finals at the U.S. Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013. “I didn’t hurt anything. It was just, I think, fatigue.”

Marshfield’s girls and boys soccer teams both lost hard-fought games in their season openers at Newport on Thursday, the girls falling 2-0 and the boys losing by a 7-0 score.

The girls were evenly matched with Newport, but gave up two hard-luck goals, coach Kevin Eastwood said.

Newport’s first goal came on a penalty kick after officials called a foul on Marshfield during a scramble for a loose ball in the penalty box. Eastwood said the call was particularly upsetting because the officials didn’t say who the foul was on.

Newport’s second goal also came after a loose-ball foul. The Cubs converted a set piece into a goal on the ensuing free kick.

Marshfield’s boys, on the other hand, were “out-

MARINERS From Page B1 And for most of the sunsplashed afternoon, it looked like a possible preview for that game.

Hernandez, who allowed a career-high four home runs in his last start against the Washington Nationals, returned to his dominant ways for all but one pitch. It was Dunn’s second homer in three days since being traded from the Chicago White Sox, his 22nd this season and 462nd of his career, tying him with former A’s slugger Jose Canseco for 34th in major league history.

Lester looked to be in his All-Star form, scattering hits and keeping batters off

matched by a bigger, better team,” Eastwood said.

The Pirates showed great fight until the end, even down by several goals, he said.

“The best thing they took from the match was to stay in the fight,” Eastwood said.

The Pirates had some good passing, but didn’t create enough scoring chances, he said.

“We did get the opportunity to play some of our youngest players,” Eastwood said. “That will help our program and provide experience.”

Marshfield’s teams visit Klamath Union on Saturday.

The girls play the Pelicans at 1 p.m., followed by the boys at 3 p.m.

Both teams are on the road again Tuesday, with the girls visiting Junction City and the boys traveling to Pacific.

balance, but Seattle changed that on the left-hander’s first three pitches of the seventh.

Seager and Hart hit backto-back homers to give the Mariners the lead. It was Seager’s 22nd home run this season, tying a career high, and Hart’s fifth.

“Two mistakes, two solo homers,” Lester said.

“Nothing else really to talk about as far as the game went for me.”

INJURED VOGT: A’s first baseman Stephen Vogt was replaced in the seventh after spraining his left ankle, which he injured sliding into second on a failed hit-andrun in the fifth. Vogt said Xrays were negative and he’s hoping he’s only out a few days.

Scoreboard On The Air Today NFL Football — Green Bay at Seattle, 5:30 p.m., NBC. College Football — Arizona at Texas-San Antonio, 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Tennis — U.S. Open, 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., ESPN2.

Major League Baseball — Seattle at Texas, 5 p.m., Root Sports.

International Basketball — FIBA World Cup, Ukraine vs. United States, 8:30 a.m., ESPN2.

Golf — PGA Tour BMW Championship, 1 p.m., Golf Channel; European Masters, 2:30 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Chiquita Classic, 9:30 a.m., Golf Channel.

Friday, Sept. 5 High School Football — North Valley at North Bend, 7 p.m., K-Light (98.7 FM); Marshfield at Cottage Grove, 7 p.m., KMHS (91.3 FM); Coquille at Gold Beach, 7 p.m., KGBR (92.7 FM); Siuslaw at Newport, 7 p.m., KCST (106.9 FM).

College Football — Pittsburgh at Boston College, 4 p.m., ESPN; Washington State at Nevada, 7:30 p.m., ESPN. Major League Baseball — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 11 a.m., WGN; Seattle at Texas, 5 p.m., Root Sports.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Federated Auto Parts 400, practice at 10 a.m. and qualifying at 2:30 p.m., ESPN2; NASCAR Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250, qualiyfing at 12:30 p.m. and race at 4:30 p.m., ESPN2.

Major League Soccer — Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Golf — PGA Tour BMW Championship, 1 p.m., Golf Channel; European Masters, 2:30 a.m., Golf Channel; Champions Tour Quebec Championship, 8:30 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Chiquita Classic, 10:30 a.m., Golf Channel.

Saturday, Sept. 6 College Football — College GameDay, from Eugene, 6 a.m., ESPN; Oklahoma at Tulsa, 9 a.m., ABC; Akron at Penn State, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Missouri at Toledo, 9 a.m., ESPN; Kansas State at Iowa State, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Southern Methodist at North Texas, 9 a.m., Root Sports; USC at Stanford, 12:30 p.m., ABC; Ball State at Iowa, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2; Missouri State at Oklahoma State, 12:30 p.m., Root Sports; Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 1:30 p.m., ESPN; Michigan State at Oregon, 3:30 p.m., Fox and KWRO (630 AM and 100.3 FM); teams TBA, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Michigan at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m., NBC; BYU at Texas, 4:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Virginia Tech at Ohio State, 5 p.m., ESPN; Colorado State at Boise State, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2; Oregon State at Hawaii, 7:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network and KBBR (1340 AM); Texas Tech at Texas-El Paso, 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Tennis — U.S. Open, men’s semifinals, 9 a.m., CBS. Major League Baseball — San Francisco at Detroit, 10 a.m., Fox; Kansas City at New York Yankees, 1 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 4 p.m., WGN; Seattle at Texas, 5 p.m., Root Sports.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Federated Auto Parts 400, 4:30 p.m., ABC. Golf — PGA Tour BMW Championship, 10 a.m., Golf Channel, and noon, NBC; European Masters, 4 a.m., Golf Channel; Champions Tour Quebec Championship, 4 p.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Chiquita Classic, 2 p.m., Golf Channel.

Major League Soccer — Sporting Kansas City at New York, 4:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Local Schedule Today H i g h S c h o o l V o l l e y b a l l — Marshfield at Newport, 6 p.m.; Reedsport at Coquille, 6 p.m.; Myrtle Point at Cascade Christian, 6:30 p.m.; Gold Beach at Rogue River, 6:15 p.m.; Glendale at Powers, 6 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — Coquille at Glide, 5 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 5 High School Football — Reedsport at NeahKah-Nie, 6:30 p.m.; North Valley at North Bend, 7 p.m.; Marshfield at Cottage Grove, 7 p.m.; Coquille at Gold Beach, 7 p.m.; Bandon at Rogue River, 7 p.m.; Riddle at Myrtle Point, 7 p.m.; Powers at North Douglas, 7 p.m.; Siuslaw at Newport, 7 p.m.; Phoenix at Brookings-Harbor, 7 p.m.

High School Volleyball — Camas Valley at Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6 High School volleyball — Siuslaw, Coquille, Riddle, Oakland, Yoncalla, North Douglas, Glide and Reedpsort at Reedsport Invitational, 10 a.m.

High School Boys Soccer — North Bend vs.

Astoria at Corvallis, 3 p.m.; Pacific at South Umpqua, 1 p.m.; Marshfield at Klamath Union, 3 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — North Bend vs.

Astoria at Corvallis, 1 p.m.; Marshfield at Klamath Union, 1 p.m.

High School Cross Country — North Bend and Marshfield at Ultimook Invitational, Tillamook, 10 a.m.

Pro Football NFL Schedule Today’s Game Green Bay at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Washington at Houston, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

New England at Miami, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 7:20 p.m.

Pro Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 81 57 .587 — 71 66 .518 91⁄2 New York Toronto 71 67 .514 10 Tampa Bay 67 73 .479 15 1 Boston 61 78 .439 20 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 77 61 .558 — Detroit 76 63 .547 11⁄2 1 5 ⁄2 71 66 .518 Cleveland 1 Chicago 63 76 .453 14 ⁄2 1 Minnesota 61 78 .439 16 ⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 83 55 .601 — 1 Oakland 79 60 .568 4 ⁄2 Seattle 75 63 .543 8 23 61 79 .436 Houston 1 Texas 53 86 .381 30 ⁄2 Wednesday’s Games Seattle 2, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 7, Detroit 0 Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 11, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 4, L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 4, Texas 1 Today’s Games Boston (Workman 1-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 2-3), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 10-11) at Baltimore (Tillman 11-5), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 15-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 57), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 11-9) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 10-11), 4:10 p.m.

Seattle (Elias 9-12) at Texas (S.Baker 3-3), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 4-7) at Minnesota (Gibson 11-10), 5:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Carroll 5-9) at Cleveland (House 2-3), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 12-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-4) at Detroit (Porcello 15-9), 4:08 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 14-4) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-7), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 9-11) at Boston (Buchholz 6-8), 4:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 13-6) at Texas (N.Martinez 310), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Undecided) at Minnesota (Nolasco 5-10), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 4-10) at Oakland (Samardzija 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 79 59 .572 — Atlanta 73 67 .521 7 Miami 67 71 .486 12 New York 66 74 .471 14 1 Philadelphia 64 75 .460 15 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 76 63 .547 — Milwaukee 73 66 .525 3 5 71 68 .511 Pittsburgh 10 66 73 .475 Cincinnati 1 64 76 .457 12 ⁄2 Chicago West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 78 62 .557 — San Francisco 76 64 .543 2 San Diego 66 72 .478 11 1 Arizona 58 81 .417 19 ⁄2 Colorado 56 84 .400 22 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 0 Colorado 9, San Francisco 2 Washington 8, L.A. Dodgers 5, 14 innings Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 0 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 6, San Diego 1 Today’s Games Cincinnati (Leake 10-11) at Baltimore (Tillman 11-5), 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 5-5) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 15-9), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Delgado 2-3) at San Diego (Kennedy 10-11), 6:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh (Worley 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Doubront 1-0), 11:20 a.m.

Philadelphia (Je.Williams 3-0) at Washington (Strasburg 11-10), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-4) at Detroit (Porcello 15-9), 4:08 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 10-9) at Miami (Cosart 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 12-11) at Cincinnati (Simon 13-9), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 2-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 4-2), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 6-15) at Colorado (Matzek 49), 5:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nuno 0-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 1110), 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Linescores Mariners 2, Athletics 1 Seattle 000 000 200 — 2 8 0 Oakland 000 100 000 — 1 3 1 F.Hernandez, Rodney (9) and Zunino; Lester, Gregerson (9) and De.Norris. W—F.Hernandez 14-5. L—Lester 13-10. Sv—Rodney (41). HRs— Seattle, Seager (22), Hart (6). Oakland, A.Dunn (22).

Yankees 5, Red Sox 1 Boston 000 001 000 — 1 6 0 New York 020 010 20x — 5 11 0 Ranaudo, Breslow (6), A.Wilson (7), Mujica (8) and Vazquez; Kuroda, Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and B.McCann. W—Kuroda 108. L—Ranaudo 3-1. HRs—New York, B.McCann (17).

Indians 7, Tigers 0 Detroit 000 000 000 — 0 8 1 Cleveland 200 200 30x — 7 11 1 Verlander, McCoy (7), Ray (8) and Holaday; Salazar and Y.Gomes. W—Salazar 6-6. L— Verlander 12-12. HRs—Cleveland, C.Santana (24).

Blue Jays 7, Rays 4 Toronto 020 130 100 — 7 12 0 Tampa Bay 000 002 020 — 4 11 0 Stroman, Loup (7), McGowan (8), Aa.Sanchez (9) and D.Navarro; Archer, Yates (7), Beliveau (8), Balfour (9) and J.Molina. W—Stroman 9-5. L— Archer 8-8. Sv—Aa.Sanchez (2). HRs—Toronto, D.Navarro (12), Encarnacion (29). Tampa Bay, Longoria (18).

Twins 11, White Sox 4 Chicago 000 210 010 — 4 9 1 Minnesota 300 052 01x — 11 19 1 Joh.Danks, Lindstrom (5), Snodgress (6), Belisario (6), Bassitt (8) and Phegley; May, Duensing (6), Pressly (7), Tonkin (8), Achter (9) and Pinto. W—May 1-4. L—Joh.Danks 9-10. HRs— Chicago, Viciedo (19). Minnesota, K.Vargas (6).

Royals 4, Rangers 1 Texas 000 000 010 — 1 8 1 Kansas City 000 200 20x — 4 6 1 Tepesch, Claudio (7), Klein (8) and Telis; J.Vargas, K.Herrera (7), L.Coleman (8), W.Davis

(8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—J.Vargas 11-7.

L—Tepesch 4-9. Sv—G.Holland (42). HRs—Kansas City, A.Gordon (19).

Astros 4, Angels 1 Los Angeles 001 000 000 — 1 4 0 Houston 010 100 02x — 4 7 1 Weaver, Grilli (7), Salas (8) and Iannetta; McHugh, Veras (8), Qualls (9) and J.Castro. W— McHugh 8-9. L—Weaver 15-8. Sv—Qualls (17).

HRs—Houston, Carter 2 (35).

Orioles 6, Reds 0 Cincinnati 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Baltimore 001 300 20x — 6 7 1 Axelrod, Contreras (7), Hoover (7), Holmberg (8) and Mesoraco, Barnhart; M.Gonzalez and C.Joseph. W—M.Gonzalez 8-7. L—Axelrod 1-1.

HRs—Baltimore, Schoop (14), Lough (3), C.Davis (25).

Braves 7, Phillies 4 Philadelphia 102 010 000 — 4 8 1 Atlanta 030 112 00x — 7 7 0 D.Buchanan, Hollands (5), Miguel Alfredo.Gonzalez (5), De Fratus (6), C.Jimenez (8) and Nieves; E.Santana, Shreve (7), D.Carpenter (8), Kimbrel (9) and Bethancourt.

W—E.Santana 14-7. L—Hollands 2-2. Sv—Kimbrel (42). HRs—Philadelphia, G.Sizemore (3). Atlanta, B.Upton (10).

Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 St. Louis 000 000 001 — 1 5 0 Volquez, Watson (7), Melancon (8) and R.Martin; S.Miller, C.Martinez (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina. W—Rosenthal 2-6. L—Melancon 24.

Rockies 9, Giants 2 San Francisco 100 010 000 — 2 10 1 Colorado 010 044 00x — 9 12 1 Vogelsong, J.Gutierrez (6), Cordier (7), Strickland (8) and Posey; Bergman, Friedrich (7), Nicasio (8) and McKenry. W—Bergman 2-2.

L—Vogelsong 8-10. HRs—Colorado, Co.Dickerson 2 (22), Arenado (15), McKenry (6).

Nationals 8, Dodgers 5 Washington 000 000 003 002 03 — 8 12 2 Los Angeles 000 000 201 002 00 — 5 13 1 (14 innings) Zimmermann, Thornton (7), Storen (8), R.Soriano (9), Stammen (10), X.Cedeno (10), Barrett (10), Blevins (11), Clippard (12), Treinen (13) and Lobaton, S.Leon; Frias, Howell (7), B.Wilson (8), Jansen (8), P.Baez (9), J.Wright (11), League (12), Correia (13) and Federowicz, A.Ellis, Butera. W—Treinen 2-3. L—Correia 2-3. HRs— Washington, LaRoche (20), A.Cabrera (5). Los Angeles, Ju.Turner (5), C.Crawford (6).

Mets 4, Marlins 3 New York 000 200 020 — 4 9 0 Miami 001 000 110 — 3 9 0 deGrom, Carlyle (7), D.Alvarez (7), C.Torres (7), Mejia (9) and T.d’Arnaud; Koehler, M.Dunn (8), Morris (8), Hatcher (9) and Saltalamacchia. W— C.Torres 6-5. L—M.Dunn 10-6. Sv—Mejia (23).

HRs—New York, Nieuwenhuis (3). Miami, Stanton (36).

Cubs 6, Brewers 2 Milwaukee 010 001 000 — 2 10 1 Chicago 024 000 00x — 6 11 2 Garza, Estrada (4), W.Smith (6), Kintzler (7), Figaro (8) and Lucroy; Hendricks, Grimm (6), N.Ramirez (7), Strop (8), H.Rondon (9) and Castillo. W—Hendricks 6-1. L—Garza 7-8. HRs— Chicago, Valaika (3).

Cardinals 6, Padres 1 Arizona 100 030 011 — 6 8 0 San Diego 001 000 000 — 1 5 1 Collmenter, D.Hudson (8), A.Reed (9) and M.Montero; Cashner, Garces (8), Campos (8), R.Alvarez (9), A.Torres (9) and Rivera. W— Collmenter 10-7. L—Cashner 2-7.

Tennis U.S. Open Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Singles Men Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (8), Britain, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-4.

Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Women Quarterfinals

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Flavia Pennetta (11), Italy, 6-3, 6-2.

Ekaterina Makarova (17), Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles Men Quarterfinals Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (11), Spain, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (2), Brazil, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (4), Brazil, def. Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Women Quarterfinals Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Zheng Jie (8), China, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Mixed Semifinals Sania Mirza, India, and Bruno Soares (1), Brazil, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Ross Hutchins, Britain, 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.

Abigail Spears, United States, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Pro Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 14 8 4 46 42 30 Sporting KC 12 9 6 42 38 32 11 12 3 36 37 37 New England Toronto FC 9 10 6 33 35 40 Columbus 8 9 9 33 35 34 Philadelphia 8 9 9 33 41 41 New York 7 8 10 31 39 38 Chicago 5 6 14 29 32 37 8 13 4 28 28 46 Houston Montreal 5 15 5 20 27 45 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 16 7 3 51 48 35 Los Angeles 13 5 7 46 48 27 Real Salt Lake 11 5 10 43 40 31 FC Dallas 12 8 6 42 45 34 Portland 8 8 10 34 44 43 Vancouver 7 6 12 33 33 34 Colorado 8 12 6 30 37 40 6 10 8 26 29 33 San Jose 6 14 6 24 23 44 Chivas USA NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday, Sept. 3 Philadelphia 1, Toronto FC 0 New England 3, Sporting Kansas City 1 Seattle FC 4, Chivas USA 2 Friday, Sept. 5 Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6 Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 11 a.m.

Sporting Kansas City at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

D.C. United at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 7 Chivas USA at Columbus, noon San Jose at Portland, 2 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 10 Los Angeles at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at New York, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 12 Real Salt Lake at Seattle FC, 7:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 13 New York at Philadelphia, noon Montreal at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Columbus at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 14 Los Angeles at San Jose, noon

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Brandon Workman from Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Reinstated RHP Josh Tomlin from the paternity list.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contract of OF Ryan Kalish from Iowa (PCL). Transferred OF

Ryan Sweeney to the 60-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced a two-year extension of their player development contract with El Paso (PCL) and San Antonio (Texas).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Re-signed C Bernard James.

DETROIT PISTONS — Named Otis Smith coach of Grand Rapids (NBADL).

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G-F Chris Douglas-Roberts and F-C Ekpe Udoh.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Named Jim Cleamons, Rasheed Hazzard, Brian Keefe and Joshua Longstaff assistant coaches.

SACRAMENTO KINGS—Waived G Wayne Ellington.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB Anthony Gaitor to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Tevin Reese to the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE Michael Sam to the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed WR Nathan Palmer from their practice squad. Signed G Ryan Miller to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed C Garth Gerhart to the active roster from the practice squad. Signed G Josh Allen to the practice squad. Placed C/G JC Tretter on injured reserve.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed S Ahmad Dixon and T Mike Remmers to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Chris Barker, TE Allen Reisner and RB Marcus Thigpen to the practice squad. Released DL Bruce Gaston and DL Kelcy Quarles. Released LS Charles Hughlett, QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson, S Kanorris Davis and DB Daxton Swanson from the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed LB Junior Galette to a four-year contract extension and WR Robert Meachem. Placed LB Khairi Fortt on short-term injured reserve.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed G Geoff Schwartz on recallable injured reserve. Signed OL Adam Snyder. Signed TE Jerome Cunningham and DT Dominique Hamilton to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed QB Case Keenum.

Waived/injured TE Justice Cunningham.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed C Lemuel Jeanpierre on injured reserve. Signed WR Phil Bates to the 53-man roster.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Montreal D Hassoun Camara for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for endangering the safety of an opponent in a game against Columbus on Aug. 30. Fined Seattle MF Gonzalo Pineda and D.C. MF Luis Silva undisclosed amounts for simulation violations. Suspended Chivas F Erick Torres one additional game and fined him an undisclosed amount after receiving a red card for endangering the safety of an opponent in a game against Los Angeles on Aug. 31.

COLLEGE CLEMSON — Announced freshman WR Kyrin Preister has been dismissed from the team.

TEXAS — Suspended OT Desmond Harrison and OT Kennedy Estelle for unspecified violations of team rules.

TEXAS A&M — Agreed to terms with Billy Kennedy, men’s basketball coach, on a two-year contract extension through the 2018 season.

B4 •The World • Thursday,September 4,2014

Sports

It’s a big week for the Big Ten

Veteran QB leads Spartans EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Connor Cook tried his best last season to ignore the talk of how Michigan State’s defense was carrying the team.

“I can’t control what other people are saying about our offense,” Cook said. “It really doesn’t get to me. The only thing that I can focus on is just being the best quarterback I can possibly be.”

Cook’s emergence toward the end of last season helped the Spartans to a Rose Bowl victory, and an exceptional opener this year against Jacksonville State has quieted many of the concerns about Michigan State’s offense. Now the junior faces a stern test this weekend, when Cook leads seventh-ranked Michigan State into one of the most anticipated nonconference games of the year at No. 3 Oregon.

The high-scoring Ducks (1-0) are led by quarterback Marcus Mariota, a Heisman Trophy candidate. But make no mistake: These Spartans (1-0) are more than just a bruising defense.

“I think Connor Cook picked up where he left off last year,” Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. “I think Cook has got a great release, very strong arm. He’s big, he’s mobile, and there’s a lot of things that he can do that are untapped yet, and I really feel like some of that involved his running ability.”

Cook had barely played in 2012 when Dantonio put the redshirt freshman in during the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

Cook helped the Spartans to a 17-16 victory over Texas Christian, but that didn’t mean he was taking over at quarterback just yet.

There was no clear No. 1 quarterback at the beginning of last season — and the competition for the starting job began in such uninspiring fashion that fans were chanting for freshman Damion Terry, who ended up redshirting. By the time Big Ten play started, Cook was the starter, but he was averaging only 5.1 yards per pass attempt.

The term “game manager” — so often applied to marginal passers who rarely take risks — seemed to represent the best the Spartans could hope for in 2013, but as Michigan State quietly became a serious Rose Bowl contender, Cook began putting up better numbers.

He went 15 of 16 with three touchdowns at Illinois, and he threw for 293 yards in a win at Northwestern.

Then in the Big Ten title game against Ohio State, he passed for a career-high 304 yards, only to surpass that with a 332-yard effort against Stanford in the Rose Bowl. In this season’s opener against Jacksonville State, he completed his first nine passes en

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Judgment day for the Big Ten. That might sound ominous, but the conference has a chance Saturday to make a statement with three marquee out-of-league games that could resonate with the College Football Playoff selection committee come December.

No. 7 Michigan State faces the stiffest test. The defending Big Ten champions play at No. 3 Oregon, a game that even Commissioner Jim Delany acknowledged has potential to be “disproportionately important” for the perception of the conference.

“I don’t downplay the game, it takes on an added dimension,” Delany told SI.com earlier this week. “I think all the emphasis on these games is merited.

They’re potential pivot points for the decision-making.”

The other pivotal points come in South Bend, Indiana, where Michigan faces No. 16 Notre Dame, and Columbus, Ohio, where No. 8 Ohio State hosts Virginia Tech.

The picks:

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MARQUEE MATCHUPS

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Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook throws a pass against Jacksonville State during last week’s game. Cooks leads the Spartans into Autzen Stadium to face Oregon on Saturday. route to a dazzling stat line: 12 of 13 for 285 yards and three TDs. The most anxious moment of that game came early, when Cook threw a long touchdown pass but was hit late by a diving defender. He was able to keep playing, but on Tuesday it was clear the hit still bothered him.

“I’ve watched a lot of football growing up — watching NFL, watching college — and I’ve never seen a dirtier hit than that,” Cook said. “I think the ball was clearly out of my hands for a solid one second, whatever. The guy closed in on me for another five yards, intentionally dove at my knee — so yeah, it was a very dirty hit. I wasn’t too happy about it, but I’m just fortunate that it wasn’t

worse than what it was.”

With that minor scare behind him, Cook can focus on Oregon. The game is being billed as a showdown between the Ducks’ fast-paced offense and Michigan State’s aggressive, wellschooled defense. That’s a fair story line, but this is a chance for Cook and the Spartans to show they can put up a few points themselves.

“What bigger stage could you want?” Cook said. “Obviously, the pressure’s on us as an offense. Our defense is going to do their thing, so we’ve got to control the football. We’ve got to try and win the time of possession, run the ball well, pass the ball well.”

Seahawks will start year with win

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press Fail Mary.

OK, we got that out of the way.

Well, not really, because one of the major focal points of the 2014 season opener between the Super Bowl champion Seahawks and the Packers is what happened the last time Green Bay was in Seattle.

For those who don’t remember — and for all those Packers fans who have blocked it from their minds — the Seahawks p reva i l e d 14-12 on Russell Wilson’s desperation pass that Golden Tate stole away from Green Bay’s secondary on the final play.

Two days later, the NFL reached a new contract with its officials, and the replacements were, uh, sent packing.

“Now, we’ll all have our own debate about that whenever the time comes when we’re retired and gone,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “That referee was standing right there, looking

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right there — right down at it — and he didn’t miss what he saw. He just saw it the way that Golden Tate made the catch. So I know that he wasn’t confused.”

As for this spicy matchup Thursday night to kick off the schedule, both teams are favored to win their divisions and push each other for the NFC title.

Aaron Rodgers testing Seattle’s superb secondary is intriguing. So is Marshawn Lynch running against what Green Bay sure hopes is a more stingy defense.

“I can promise you that the only time that topic will be brought up is when I’m in here,” coach Mike McCarthy told reporters. “We’re past it.”

The champion Seahawks, 1 No. 1 in the AP Pro32, are 5 ⁄2point favorites over No. 4 Green Bay. Pro Picks came on strong like the Seahawks did in the playoffs last winter. So why not ride the champs in the opener at very loud CenturyLink Field? SEAHAWKS, 30-20 B u f f a l o ( p l u s 6 1⁄ 2) a t C h i c a g o : The Bills take a huge step toward a 15th straight non-playoff season ... BEST BET: BEARS, 31-10 San Diego (plus 3) at

Arizona, Monday: Have to wait for the last game of opening weekend for the ...

UPSET SPECIAL: CHARGERS, 21-20 Indianapolis (plus 7) at Denver: In a league pretty much all about the QBs, this one has Peyton Manning, king of Colorado, vs. his replacement in Indy, Andrew Luck. Go with the royalty in a tight one ... BRONCOS, 37-35 Cincinnati (plus 2 1⁄2) at B a l t i m o r e : One of these teams that AP Pro32 has dead even gets an early foothold in the AFC North ... BENGALS, 20-17 C l eve la nd (p l u s 6 1⁄2) at Pittsburgh: Not even one of sports’ greatest rivalries can overshadow the biggest NFL uncertainty: Will Johnny Football play? Won’t matter ... STEELERS, 20-7 New England (minus 41⁄2) at Miami: Patriots haven’t lost an opener since 2003.

They won’t end that success string in the Miami heat ...

PATRIOTS, 26-17 New Orleans (minus 3) at Atlanta: Early-season test in NFC South, which looks like Saints’ division to rule ...

SAINTS, 33-23 San Francisco (minus 51⁄2) at Dallas: Two teams coming off messy preseasons. Dallas’

regular season might be just as bad ... 49ERS, 19-7 Washington (plus 21⁄2) at H o u s t o n : Two first-time head coaches. Game could be decided by how many times Clowney and Watt get to RG3 ... TEXANS, 17-16 Tennessee (plus 4 1⁄2) at Kansas City: Salary cap woes prevented Chiefs from improving in offseason. It will hurt them immediately ... TITANS, 17-14 Carolina (plus 1) at Tampa Bay: Panthers are another team that took steps backward ... BUCCANEERS, 2320 Oakland (plus 5) at N.Y. J e t s : Considering their upcoming schedule, Jets already have a must-win game ... JETS, 22-10 J a c k so n v il l e ( p l u s 1 0 ) a t Philadelphia: We’re already out of breath thinking about the pace Chip Kelly’s Eagles will keep. Jaguars won’t slow it much ... EAGLES, 31-13 Minnesota (plus 4) at St. Louis: Rams’ defense must carry them and just might — at least this week ... 0RAMS, 17-14 N.Y. Giants (plus 41⁄2) at Detroit, Monday: Upheaval in both places. Lions seem a tad further along ... LIONS, 20-17

Longhorns suspend two offensive linemen AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Charlie Strong has suspended two offensive linemen for the Longhorns’ game Saturday night against BYU, further depleting a unit that already lost starting center Dominic Espinosa to injury.

Texas said Wednesday night that tackles Desmond Harrison and Kennedy Estelle were suspended for unspecified violations of team rules. No timeline was

given for their return.

Harrison missed Texas’ 38-7 season-opening victory over North Texas last week because of a rules violation.

But he was reinstated Monday and was expected to start against BYU. Estelle started against North Texas.

Two other potential starters, receiver Daje Johnson and safety Josh Turner, remain suspended for rules violations. Texas also

will play without starting quarterback David Ash after he had concussion symptoms following the opener.

BYU opened with a 35-10 victory at UConn last week.

Idaho, Florida won’t reschedule: Florida and Idaho have agreed to cancel their postponed season opener.

The Gators announced Wednesday that they decided not to reschedule the game, which was called Saturday

night after heavy rain created unsafe field conditions.

The schools agreed to play a game in Gainesville in 2017; both will play 11 games this season.

The Vandals still will get their contracted $975,000 for making the trip to Gainesville this year. Florida, meanwhile, will refund millions in ticket sales, although insurance is expected to cover all or most of the lost revenue.

Commodores’ opener under new coach Derrick Mason couldn’t have gone much worse (37-7 loss at home to Temple) ... MISSISSIPPI 3120.

No. 20 Kansas State (minus 121⁄2) at Iowa State: Cyclones lost to North Dakota State to open season — just as the Wildcats did to open last season ... KANSAS STATE 28-21.

UPSET SPECIAL No. 24 Missouri (minus 5) at Toledo: Tigers coach Gary Pinkel returns to the place he coached from 1991-2000. He joked that when he agreed to the game, he figured he’d be fired by the time it was played. Jokes aside, potentially tricky spot ... TOLEDO 35-28.

WORTH A LOOK San Diego State (plus 15) at No. 21 North Carolina: Tar Heels ran 93 plays last week against Liberty, the most for the UNC since 1994 ...

NORTH CAROLINA 41-17 East Carolina (plus 161⁄2) at No. 21 South Carolina: Gamecocks try to rebound from A&M beating against another potent offense and talented quarterback in the Pirates and Shane Carden ...

SOUTH CAROLINA 45-24.

UNRANKED BUT NOT UNINTERESTING

No. 7 Michigan State (plus 121⁄2) at No. 3 Oregon: It’s not just a big game for Spartans. The Ducks get dinged for not being tough enough against power-based teams (see consecutive losses to Stanford). Statement opportunity for Oregon, too. ... OREGON 31-21.

Virginia Tech (plus 111⁄2) at No. 8 Ohio State: Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer says Virginia Tech’s defensive line might be the best Ohio State faces this season. Hokies coach Frank Beamer says it’ll take “110 percent” effort to block Ohio State’s disruptive front. Whichever offensive line holds up best wins ...

OHIO STATE 23-14.

No. 14 Southern California (plus 21⁄2) at No. 13 Stanford: In a conference filled with star quarterbacks, USC’s Cody Kessler and Stanford’s Kevin Hogan can get overlooked. Cardinal coach David Shaw called “Rodney them the Dangerfields” of the Pac-12’s elite QB class ... STANFORD 27-24.

Michigan (plus 5) at No. 16 Notre Dame: It’s the last game scheduled between the Wolverines and the Fighting Irish, because Notre Dame needed to clear some room on its schedule to accommodate its new ACC relationship. Surely, those future games against North Carolina State and Wake Forest will be just as exciting ... NOTRE DAME 27-23.

Arizona (minus 7) at Texas-San Antonio: Coach Larry Coker’s Roadrunners can take their Conference USA breakout national with a Pac-12 upset ... ARIZONA 38-24.

BYU (plus 31⁄2) at Texas: Cougars QB Taysom Hill ran for 3,000 yards against Longhorns last season. OK, it wasn’t that much, but it sure felt that way ... BYU 24-23.

Colorado State (plus 101⁄2) at Boise State: Rams can take an early lead in MWC’s Mountain Division ... BOISE STATE 28-21.

Northern Illinois (plus 61⁄2) at Northwestern: Wildcats are unbeaten in seven meetings against Huskies. ...

NORTHWESTERN 31-24.

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ments in the loudest stadium in the NFL. “If I’m a rookie and I’ve got Brandon Mebane my first game — he’s one of the best nose tackles in the league,” Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin said. “So it’s going to be big for him. I’m going to pray for him. It’s going to be a long night, man.”

Britt won the starting job during training camp. And his NFL debut means having to slow down the pass rush of Clay Matthews and Peppers trying to create havoc off the edges.

SPEED AND MORE S P E E D : The Packers and Seahawks want their offenses to use speed, but in different ways. The Packers want to push the tempo, going nohuddle and trying to keep opponents from getting their defenses set. Seattle will rely more on speed from the skill positions this season, taking advantage of a healthy Percy Harvin and rookie Paul Richardson.

EIGHT IS ENOUGH: Lost in the chaos of the final play two years ago was a miserable first half for Rodgers during which he was sacked eight times.

MISMATCHES

No. 4 Oklahoma (minus 241⁄2) at Tulsa: Sooners have won 12 of 13 against the Golden Hurricane scoring at least 45 in the last four ...

OKLAHOMA 45-14.

San Jose State (plus 31) at No. 5 Auburn: Tigers coach Gus Malzahn is finding new toys to play with on offense: junior college transfer receiver Duke Williams had nine catches for 154 yards against Arkansas ... AUBURN 56-17.

Memphis (plus 24 1⁄2) at No. 11 UCLA: Would be a more interesting basketball game ... UCLA 45-17.

No. 17 Arizona State (minus 26) at New Mexico: Speaking of basketball, Lobos might be favored CONFERENCE CALLS against Sun Devils on the No. 15 Mississippi (minus hardwood ... ARIZONA 20) at V a n d e r b i l t : STATE 49-21.

From Page B1 Here are things to watch for as the season begins: QUALITY QBs: Not a bad matchup of quarterbacks to begin the season with Rodgers and Seattle QB Russell Wilson taking center stage. Both led their respective offenses with precision during the preseason. Wilson led the Seahawks to scores on 11 of 13 preseason possessions, including nine touchdowns. Rodgers, who missed seven games last season with a collarbone injury, wasn’t quite as dynamic in the preseason but the Packers’ offense looked potent in his limited playing time.

WELCOME AND GOOD L U C K : Green Bay rookie center Corey Linsley and Seattle rookie right tackle Justin Britt get difficult introductions to the NFL. Linsley was thrown into a starting role when J.C. Tretter went down with a knee injury during training camp. His challenge will be trying to communicate with the rest of the offensive line and hear Rodgers’ adjust-

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BRIDGE John Lennon said, “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”

This week we are looking at deals from reality — how they were actually bid and played by nonexperts.

What do you think of the bidding in this deal?

Also, against five diamonds, West led the heart two. When declarer played low from the dummy, East put up his king. South won with her ace, played a diamond to dummy’s king, returned a heart to her jack, ruffed a

club in the dummy, discarded a club on the heart queen, drew the missing trump, and claimed all 13 tricks. How many mistakes were made?

In the auction, East might have made a takeout double over one spade. And South should not have jumped straight to five diamonds. With four aces, her hand had slam potential. I would have continued with three hearts, leaving partner room to describe his hand. Here, North would probably have bid four diamonds. (I like the Principle of Fast Arrival, when, in a gameforcing auction, a jump to game is discouraging. So four diamonds is stronger than five. Yes, North has only six points, but four trumps and a club void are great assets.)

In the play, West should have led the heart seven, top of nothing. Regardless, East should have played his eight at trick one, not the king. West would not have been underleading (leading low away from) the ace. East should have assumed that West had the heart jack.

The rest of the play was fine except that declarer should have drawn the second round of trumps a tad quicker.

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TOM: There are no other choices, except larceny.

RAY : According to the principles of industrial stoichiometry, whatever goes in has to either stay in or come out. And that’s true for the oil in your crankcase.

TO M : It’s possible for either situation to be difficult to detect. If it’s leaking very slowly, you might be leaking a few drops per mile every day between your house and the bingo parlor.

RAY: Or it could be leaking onto your hot exhaust manifold and burning up, rather than dripping onto your driveway.

TOM: Just as likely, it’s sneaking past the piston rings when the engine is running, and is getting burned up and sent out the tailpipe.

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RAY: If you’re replacing less than a quart every 500 miles, my advice would be to forget about it.

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TOM: And continue to get your oil changed at the prescribed intervals — that will protect the engine parts that still work. Just dumping in new quarts to replace those that have leaked out or burned up does not constitute an oil change, because a lot of the sludgy oil stays in there.

RAY: I’d start keeping a log of how often you add a quart. Write down the date and mileage reading — that’s useful information. When you take your car for service, give those details to your mechanic, and ask him to take a look. If it turns out it’s a leak, and it’s caused by something simple like a valve cover gasket, you might as well fix it. That’d be a couple of hundred bucks, and the problem would be solved.

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RAY: If you discover that you’re burning more than a quart every 500 miles, then that’s still our advice, but for different reasons.

TOM: It’s hard to recommend putting thousands of dollars into a 10-year-old car. You could do it, but what if the transmission fails a week later?

R A Y : And with the amount of driving you do — less than 5,000 miles a year — you could keep this car going for several years without fixing it — as long as you keep the crankcase full and can pass your state’s emissions test.

TOM: And during that time, you can be saving up for upgrade. What would you think about a nice ’06 Pacifica?

How do you change a CHMSL? Dear Tom and Ray: I need to remove the upper light cover on the back hatch of my 2012 Subaru Outback, Limited, 6 cylinder.

My book has instructions on how to change the bulbs, after removing the covers on all the car’s exterior lights — except this one. The light is almost at the roof line on the back hatch and has no inside or outside screws, and I am reluctant to try to pry it off, unless that is the only way to remove it. Is that how it’s done? — Brenda TOM: Well, that is the tried-and-true method, Brenda. But I wouldn’t try it in this case.

RAY: You’re talking about your center, high-mounted brake light, for which there’s

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T O M : They call it the CHMSL, pronounced “chimzel,” which stands for Center High-Mount Stop Light.

RAY: That might not be the worst acronym ever, but it deserves a nomination, along with: PUMCODOXPURSACOMLOPOLAR, which stands for: Pulse Modulated Coherent Doppler-Effect X-Band Pulse-Repetition SyntheticArray Pulse Compression Side Lobe Planar Array.

TOM: And my personal favorite: CINCUS, which, for many years stood for Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, until someone realized is was pronounced “Sink us.”

R A Y : Anyway, most CHMSLs these days are LED fixtures (that’s Light Emitting Diode, by the way). So when they stop working, you have to replace the whole fixture.

And, depending on the fixture, that’ll cost you somewhere between $75 and $275.

TOM: So, if I were you, I’d high-mount my nearest brake light, and gallop over to your nearest Subaru dealer.

On a 2012 car, I think you can reasonably ask them to replace it under warranty.

RAY: I don’t know exactly what the lifespan of this third brake light is (“TBL” is what I would have called it). But since it’s an LED, and I’m a demanding SOB, I would expect mine to be my BFF and last the life of my vehicle.

Or pretty darned close.

TOM: It’s also possible that there’s a wiring problem rather than a bulb problem.

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Schedule of Complete week-by-week football schedule Table contents Friday, Sept. 5 Far West League North Valley at North Bend Marshfield at Cottage Grove Siuslaw at Newport Phoenix at Brookings-Harbor Hidden Valley at South Umpqua Illinois Valley at Douglas Mountain Valley Conference Coquille at Gold Beach Glide at Bonanza Culver at La Pine Harrisburg at Santiam Christian Pleasant Hill at Dayton Sunset Conference Bandon at Rogue River Reedsport at Neah-Kah-Nie Riddle at Myrtle Point Toledo at Oakridge Waldport at Nestucca Mountain Skyline League Powers at North Douglas Elkton at Yoncalla McKenzie at Days Creek Butte Falls at Prospect Glendale at Mohawk Saturday, Sept. 6 Moutain Valley League Creswell at St. Mary’s Friday, Sept. 12 Far West League Marshfield at Newport North Bend at Cottage Grove North Valley at South Umpqua Douglas at Hidden Valley Siuslaw at Scio Brookings-Harbor at Illinois Valley Mountain Valley Conference Myrtle Point at Coquille Pleasant Hill at Cascade Christian Jefferson at La Pine Creswell at Oakridge Clatskanie at Harrisburg Rogue River at Glide

Sunset Conference Reedsport at Amity Gold Beach at Vernonia Santiam at Waldport Toledo at Taft Mountain Skyline League Prospect at Days Creek Butte Falls at Triad Camas Valley at Lowell Glendale at Chiloquin Saturday, Sept. 13 Sunset Conference Pemberton at Bandon Mountain Skyline League *North Douglas vs. Elkton *Yoncalla vs. Powers *at North Bend Friday, Sept. 19 Far West League Newport at Marshfield Marist at North Bend Brookings-Harbor at Yreka Hidden Valley at Siuslaw South Umpqua at Banks Mazama at Douglas Mountain Valley Conference Coquille at Bandon Reedsport at Glide St. Paul at Creswell Amity at Pleasant Hill La Pine at Lakeview Sutherlin at Harrisburg Sunset Conference Myrtle Point at Powers Kennedy at Waldport Mountain Skyline League Prospect at Glendale Saturday, Sept. 20 Sunset Conference Gold Beach at St. Mary’s Mountain Skyline League Chiloquin at Butte Falls Friday, Sept. 26 Far West League

Douglas at North Bend Marshfield at Brookings-Harbor Siuslaw at South Umpqua Mountain Valley Conference Illinois Valley at Coquille Glide at Myrtle Point Creswell at Kennedy Harrisburg at Cascade Christian Burns at La Pine Sunset Conference Santiam at Reedsport Central Linn at Toledo Neah-Kah-Nie at Waldport Gold Beach at North Eugene Mountain Skyline League Butte Falls at Powers Elkton at Days Creek Camas Valley at Glendale Friday, Oct. 3 Far West League North Bend at Siuslaw Douglas at Marshfield South Umpqua at Brookings-Harbor Mountain Valley Conference Pleasant Hill at Coquille Creswell at La Pine Glide at Harrisburg Sunset Conference Reedsport at Toledo Myrtle Point at Bandon Waldport at Gold Beach Mountain Skyline League Elkton at Powers Saturday, Oct. 4 Mountain Skyline League Glendale at Butte Falls Days Creek at Camas Valley Friday, Oct. 10 Far West League Marshfield at Siuslaw South Umpqua at North Bend Brookings-Harbor at Douglas Mountain Valley Conference Coquille at Creswell

La Pine at Glide Harrisburg at Pleasant Hill Sunset Conference Gold Beach at Reedsport Toledo at Myrtle Point Bandon at Waldport Mountain Skyline League Days Creek at Powers Glendale at Elkton Saturday, Oct. 11 Mountain Skyline League Butte Falls at Camas Valley Friday, Oct. 17 Far West League North Bend at Brookings-Harbor Marshfield at South Umpqua Siuslaw at Douglas Mountain Valley Conference La Pine at Coquille Glide at Pleasant Hill Creswell at Harrisburg Sunset Conference Reedsport at Waldport Myrtle Point at Gold Beach Toledo at Bandon Mountain Skyline League Powers at Glendale Camas Valley at Elkton Saturday, Oct. 18 Mountain Skyline League Days Creek at Butte Falls Friday, Oct. 24 Far West League North Bend at Marshfield Brookings-Harbor at Siuslaw Douglas at South Umpqua Mountain Valley Conference Coquille at Glide Harrisburg at La Pine Pleasant Hill at Creswell Sunset Conference Bandon at Reedsport Waldport at Myrtle Point Gold Beach at Toledo

Mountain Skyline League Powers at Camas Valley Glendale at Days Creek Saturday, Oct. 25 Mountain Skyline League Elkton at Butte Falls Friday, Oct. 31 Far West League Class 4A Play-In Round Mountain Valley Conference Coquille at Harrisburg Glide at Creswell La Pine at Pleasant Hill Sunset Conference Reedsport at Myrtle Point Gold Beach at Bandon Waldport at Toledo Mountain Skyilne League League playoff Nov. 6-7 Far West League Class 4A first round Mountain Valley Conference Class 3A first round Sunset Conference Class 2A first round Mountain Skyline League Class 1A first round Nov. 13-14 Far West League Class 4A quarterfinals Mountain Valley Conference Class 3A quarterfinals Sunset Conference Class 2A quarterfinals Mountain Skyline League Class 1A quarterfinals Nov. 20 Class 4A-3A-2A-1A semifinals Locations determined by OSAA Nov. 27 Class 4A-3A-2A-1A championships Locations determined by OSAA

Master Schedule . . . . . . . . . . .2 Radio Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Football 2014 Credits . . . . . . .2 College Schedules . . . . . . . . .3 Bowl Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Powers Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . .4 Final 2013 Standings . . . . . . .4 2013 Playoff Results . . . . . . .4 Myrtle Point Bobcats . . . . . . .5 Marshfield Pirates . . . . . . .6-7 Marshfield Musicians . . . . . . .8 Column, John Gunther . . . . . .8 Cover Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 North Bend Bulldogs . . . .10-11 Reedsport Braves . . . . . .12-13 Feature, Lynn Fulps . . . . . . .13 Bandon Tigers . . . . . . . . .14-15 Driving Directions . . . . . . . . .15 Gold Beach Panthers . . . . . .16 Column, George Artsitas . . .16 Coquille Red Devils . . . . . . . .17 Brookings-Harbor Bruins . .18 Halls of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Siuslaw Vikings . . . . . . . . . . .19 League Alignments . . . . . . .19 Playoff Qualifying . . . . . . . . .19 NFL Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Football radio listings THE WORLD Games for eight of the South Coast’s 10 high schools can be heard on local radio, with five teams having dedicated radio stations and three more having some of their games broadcast by one of the local stations.

Most of the stations have a relatively small range, and can’t be heard on the entire South Coast.

Here are the stations, listed in order from the bottom of the radio dial.

KMHS Pirate Radio (91.3 FM): Broadcasts all Marshfield football games. They also can be heard on the Internet at http://kmhsradio.cbd9.net. Marshfield volleyball games are broadcast on the school’s AM statio (1420 AM) and the FM station broadcasts the Coaches Corner show every Monday morning at 7 a.m.

KGBR (92.7 FM): Broadcasts Gold Beach games.

KURY (95.3 FM): Broadcasts BrookingsHarbor games.

KSHR (97.3 FM): Broadcasts a mix of Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point games (see schedule below).

K-Light (98.7 FM): Broadcasts North Bend games. They also are streamed on the Internet at www.lighthouseradio.com.

KCST (106.9 FM): Broadcasts Siuslaw games.

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KSHR Schedule Sept. 12: Myrtle Point at Coquille Sept. 19: Coquille at Bandon Sept. 26: Glide at Myrtle Point Oct. 3: Pleasant Hill at Coquille Oct. 10: Bandon at Waldport Oct. 17: La Pine at Coquille Oct. 24: Waldport at Myrtle Point Oct. 31: Gold Beach at Bandon

Ducks and Beavers University of Oregon games can be heard in Coos County on KWRO (630 AM and 100.3 FM) and in Florence and Reedsport on KCST (106.9 FM). Other major stations around the state include KUGN in Eugene (590 AM), KXL in Portland (750 AM) and KQEN in Roseburg (1240 AM).

Oregon State University games can be heard in the Bay Area on KBBR Radio (1340 AM) and in Florence on KCST (1250 AM). The Beavers also can be heard on KPAM (860 AM), on KKNX in Eugene (840 AM) or on KRNR (1490 AM) in Roseburg.

College and NFL A mix of college and NFL games can be heard throughout the season at 1230 AM, which is based in the Bay Area. The station will broadcast one national college game on Saturdays and the prime time NFL games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights.

On the cover North Bend senior Drew Matthews celebrates a big play during last fall’s game against Molalla (photo by Lou Sennick). This year, for our cover story we chose to highlight North Bend’s team, which has become one of the elite programs in Class 4A, with trips to the semifinals, title game and quarterfinals in the past three seasons. Read more about the Bulldogs and the impact of head coach Gary Prince on the team’s success on Page 9.

Follow the action In addition to coverage of the area’s high school games in the newspaper and online at www.theworldlink.com each week, The World’s sports staff also has an active Twitter presence on game nights throughout the school year, starting with football, volleyball and soccer and continuing with basketball and the spring sports.

You can find updates on Twitter from John Gunther (@jguntherworld), George Artsitas (@DucksTheWorld) and Tim Novotny (@novots34) or by following #coospreps.

Tweets also appear near the bottom of the home page at www.theworldlink.com.

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College Schedule CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS

ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS

2014-15 Bowls

Saturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl (MWC vs. Sun Belt), 8 ASHINGTON STATE COUGARS a.m, ESPN New Mexico Bowl (C-USA vs. MWC), 11:20 a.m., ESPN Las Vegas Bowl (MWC vs. Pac-12), 12:30 p.m., ABC Idaho Potato Bowl (MAC vs. MWC), 2:45 p.m., ESPN Camelia Bowl (MAC vs. Sun Belt), 4:15 p.m., ESPN Monday, Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl (BYU vs. American), 11 a.m., ESPN Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton Bowl (C-USA vs. MAC), 3 p.m., ESPN WASHINGTON HUSKIES Poinssettia Bowl (MWC vs. Navy), 6:30 p.m., ESPN Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl (C-USA vs. MAC), 9 a.m., ESPN Hawaii Bowl (C-USA vs. MWC), 5 p.m., ESPN Friday, Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl (Big Ten vs. C-USA), 10 a.m., ESPN Quick Lane Bowl (Big Ten vs. ACC), 1:30 p.m., ESPN St. Petersburg Bowl (ACC vs. American), 5 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Dec. 27 UTAH UTES Military Bowl (ACC vs. American), 10 a.m., ESPN Sun Bowl (ACC vs. Pac-12), 11 a.m., CBS Independence Bowl (ACC vs. SEC), 1 p.m., ESPN2 Pinstripe Bowl (ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten), 1:30 p.m., ESPN Holiday Bowl (Big Ten vs. Pac-12), 5 p.m., ESPN Monday, Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl (Big 12 vs. SEC), 11 a.m., ESPN Russell Athletic Bowl (ACC vs. Big 12), 2:30 p.m., ESPN Texas Bowl (Big 12 vs. SEC), 6 p.m., ESPN Tuesday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl (ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC), noon, ESPN Belk Bowl (ACC vs. SEC), 3:30 p.m., ESPN San Francisco Bowl (Big Ten vs. Pac-12), 7 p.m., ESPN Wednesday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl (at-large vs. at-large), 10 a.m., ESPN Fiesta Bowl (at-large vs. at-large), 2 p.m., ESPN Orange Bowl (ACC/At-large vs. Big Ten/SEC/Notre Dame), 5:30 p.m., ESPN Thursday, Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl (ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC), 10 a.m., ABC Outback Bowl (Big Ten vs. SEC), 10 a.m., ESPN2 Cotton Bowl (at-large vs. at-large), 10 a.m., ESPN Rose Bowl (playoff semifinal), 2 p.m., ESPN Sugar Bowl (playoff semifinal), 5:30 p.m., ESPN Friday, Jan. 2 Armed Forces Bowl (Army vs. American), 9 a.m., ESPN TaxSlayer Bowl (ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC), 12:20 p.m., ESPN Alamo Bowl (Big 12 vs. Pac 12), 3:45 p.m., ESPN Cactus Bowl (Big 12 vs. Pac-12), 7:15 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Jan. 3 Birmingham Bowl (SEC vs. American), 10 a.m., ESPN2 Sunday, Jan. 4 GoDaddy Bowl (MAC vs. Sun Belt), 6 p.m., ESPN Monday, Jan. 12 Championship game, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

COLORADO BUFFALOES

Oregon’s smaller football schools UCLA BRUINS

Schedules include any South Coast Willamette University players on the college rosters, as well as Sept. 13 Trinity the schools’ athletic websites Sept. 20 at California Lutheran Oregon OregOREGON on State DUCKS Portland State Oct. 3 George Fox George Fox University Aug. 30 d. South Dakota 62-13 Aug. 30 d. Portland State 29-14 Aug. 30 lost Oregon State 29-14 Oct. 11 at Whitworth Sept. 6 Arizona Christian ARIZONA WILDCATS Sept. 6 Michigan State Sept. 6 at Hawaii Sept. 6 Western Oregon Oc.t 18 Lewis & Clark Sept. 13 LaVerne Sept. 13 Wyoming Sept. 20 San Diego State Sept. 13 at Washington State Oct. 25 at Pacific Lutheran Oct. 3 at Willamette Sept. 20 at Washington State Sept. 27 at Southern Cal Sept. 20 at Cal Poly Nov. 1 at Linfield Oct. 11 at Linfield Nov. 8 at Pacific Oct. 2 Arizona Oct. 4 at Colorado Oct. 4 UC Davis Oct. 18 Puget Sound STANFORD CARDINALS Nov. 15 Puget Sound Oct. 11 at UCLA Oct. 16 Utah Oct. 11 at North Dakota Oct. 25 Pacific League: Northwest Conference Nov. 1 at Whitworth Oct. 18 Washington Oct. 25 at Stanford Oct. 18 Northern Arizona Website: www.willamette.edu/athletics Nov. 8 Lewis & Clark Oct. 24 at California Nov. 1 California Oct. 25 at Weber State Nov. 15 at Pacific Lutheran Nov. 1 Stanford Nov. 8 Washington State Nov. 1 Idaho State South Coast player:CALIFORNIA Mason Laird, fr, BEARS GOLDEN Nov. 8 at Utah Nov. 15 Arizona State Nov. 8 at Montana State Eastern Oregon University FB/DL, North Bend; Cole Walker, fr, OL, Aug. 23 d. Menlo 45-27 Nov. 15 at Sacramento State Nov. 22 Colorado Nov. 22 at Washington Gold Beach; Brandon Adams, fr, DL, Sept. 13 Southern Oregon Nov. 29 at Oregon State Nov. 29 Oregon USC TROJANS Nov. 21 Eastern Washington Gold Beach Sept. 20 at Montana Tech WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS League: Northwest Conference Sept. 27 at Rocky Mountain Website: Oct. 4 College of Idaho athletics.georgefox.edu/sports/fball Oct. 11 Carroll NCAA PAC 12 LOGOS 081613: Team logos and helmets for the PAC 12 Conference; 1c x 1 inches; Oct. 18 at Montana-Western OREGON DUCKS stand-alone; staff; ETA 5 p.m.

Oct. 25 Montana State-Northern Linfield College Nov. 1 Montana Tech Sept. 13 at Chapman Thursday, Aug. 28 UCLA at Colorado San Diego State at Oregon State Nov. 8 at College of Idaho Sept. 20 at Redlands Saturday, Nov. 1 California at Arizona Utah 56, Idaho State 14 Nov. 15 at Southern Oregon Oct. 4 at Pacific Lutheran WASHINGTON HUSKIES Hawaii at Colorado Rutgers 41, Washington State 38 Stanford at Oregon League: Frontier Conference Oct. 11 George Fox Utah at Michigan Arizona State 45, Weber State 14 California at Oregon State Website: eousports.com Oct. 18 Whitworth Friday, Aug. 29 Georgia State at Washington Arizona at UCLA Oct. 25 at Lewis & Clark Thursday, Sept. 25 Utah at Arizona State Colorado State 31, Colorado 17 Nov. 1 Willamette Southern Oregon University USC TROJANS USC at Washington State Arizona 58, UNLV 13 UCLA at Arizona State Nov. 8 at Puget Sound Aug. 30 d. Menlo 51-14 Nov. 15 Pacific Saturday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Sept. 27 Washington at Colorado Sept. 6 Carroll SouthNCAA CoastPAC player: Kip Marstall, fr, CB, Sept.

Saturday, Nov. 8 UCLA 28, Virginia 20 Oregon State at USC 12 LOGOS 081613: Team logos and 13 at Eastern Oregon UTAH UTES helmets for the PAC 12 Conference; 1c x 1 Sept. inches;20 College of Idaho Gold Beach at Utah Oregon California 31, Northwestern 24 Colorado at California stand-alone; staff; ETA 5 p.m.

League: Northwest Conference Washington State at Oregon State Stanford 45, UC Davis 0 Washington State at Utah Sept. 27 at Montana State-Northern Website: www.linfield.edu/sports Colorado at Arizona Oregon State 29, Portland State 14 Stanford at Washington Oct. 11 Montana-Western Oct. 18 at Carroll Thursday, Oct. 2 Notre Dame at Arizona State Southern Cal 52, Fresno State 13 Oct. 25 at College of Idaho Lewis & Clark University UCLA at Washington Oregon 62, South Dakota 13 Arizona at Oregon Nov. 1 Rocky Mountain Sept. 6 at Whitworth Saturday, Oct. 4 Thursday, Nov. 13 Washington 17, Hawaii 16 Nov. 8 at Montana Tech Sept. 13 at Claremont Mudd Scripps Thursday, Sept. 4 Stanford at Notre Dame California at USC Nov. 15 Eastern Oregon Sept. 20 at Whittier Saturday, Nov. 15 Arizona at UTSA Oregon State at Colorado South Coast players: Heston Altenbach, Oct. 4 at Puget Sound Friday, Sept. 5 Arizona State at Oregon State Arizona State at USC sr, DB, Coquille; Larry Bowen, fr, OL, Oct. 11 Pacific-Lutheran Washington State at Nevada Washington at Arizona Utah at UCLA Coquille Oct. 18 at Willamette Saturday, Sept. 6 Utah at Stanford California at Washington State League: Frontier Conference 25 Linfield Oct. Friday, Oct. 10 Saturday, Nov. 22 Colorado at UMass Website: www.souraiders.com Nov. 1 Pacific Washignton State at Stanford Colorado at Oregon E. Washington at Washington 8 at George Fox Nov. Saturday, Oct. 11 Oregon State at Washington Fresno State at Utah League: Northwest Conference Western Oregon University Arizona at Utah Oegon at UCLA Sacramento State at California Website: www.lcpioneers.com Sept. 6 at Portland State Washington State at Arizona State USC at Arizona Southern Cal at Stanford Sept. 13 at Simon Fraser Washington at California USC at UCLA Michigan State at Oregon Sept. 20 Central Washington Pacific University Thursday, Oct. 16 Arizona State at New Mexico Stanford at California Sept. 27 at Humboldt State Sept.

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Powers Cruisers

Bigger roster spurs competition in Powers

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

POWERS — Tim Stallard has a luxury the Powers football program hasn’t enjoyed for years this fall.

The Cruisers coach can line up full squads on both sides of the ball and run a scrimmage, with extra players to spare.

Powers, which plays eight-man football in Class 1A, has 21 players on the roster, with another hoping to get medical clearance from an old injury and also join the squad.

“It’s nice to be able to scrimmage,” Stallard said of the biggest benefit of his larger group.

Powers, which just missed the playoffs last fall, is led by a veteran group including seven seniors.

“They’re a good group of kids — the core group,” Stallard said. “They kind of get after each other, which is nice.”

“I think there’s a lot more leadership out here,” senior

Tye Jackson

Devin Mackensen said.

“There’s no screwing around.”

The leaders are keeping the other players on track, while the competition for several open positions is making the entire squad better.

“Everyone seems more hungry,” senior Tye Jackson said, adding that the competition “makes everybody have to work hard in practice and everybody challenge each other. Otherwise, you won’t play.”

Powers only lost two key seniors last year, but graduates Jaron MacDonald and Clayton Stallard left big holes to fill.

On the flip side, the Cruisers return a bunch of starters, including the core pieces to a potentially explosive offense.

Sophomore Jackson Stallard started the final few games at quarterback last fall, allowing Tye Jackson to move to running back along with Mackensen.

“When we spread the field and have (Tye) Jackson

Devin Mackensen

Aaron Pedrick

Powers League: Class 1A District 2 Coach: Tim Stallard (third season) Assistants: Guy Ellis, Kayne Pedrick 2013 Record: 5-4 (53 in league) Returning Starters: Offense 6, Defense 6 Key Players: Devin Mackensen, sr, RB/DL; Tye Jackson, sr, RB/CB; Aaron Pedrick, sr, OL/DE; Jackson Stallard, soph, QB/LB; Wyatt Gregorio, sr, OL/DL; Tim Stallard Patrick Byrd, sr, OL/DL; Sean Bartlett, sr, OL/DL; Tristan Johnson, jr, OL/CL; James Clauson, jr, WR/DE; Tristan Sears, jr, RB/LB; Colt Bessey, soph, Brennan VanFossen, soph, utility; Connor Kellogg, fr, WR/CB; Nathan Sheldon, soph, LB; Austin Stallard, soph, DB.

2014 Schedule Sept. 5 @North Douglas Sept. 13 Yoncalla @North Bend Sept. 19 Myrtle Point Sept. 26 *Butte Falls Oct. 3 *Elkton Oct. 10 *Days Creek Oct. 17 *@Glendale Oct. 24 *@Camas Valley Oct. 31 League playoff *denotes league game

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Receivers work through their routing drills at a recent afternoon practice in Powers. The Cruisers boast a potent offense in 2014. and Devin in the backfield, it’s going to be hard to handle,” Tim Stallard said.

Jackson was more than happy to give up the quarterback spot to his younger counterpart.

“I’ll play wherever they want me to play,” he said, adding that Stallard is a great quarterback surrounded by “a lot of weapons.”

Senior Aaron Pedrick will be among the receivers, possibly along with junior James Clauson and talented freshman Connor Kellogg.

Junior Tristan Johnson, who missed the season with an injury last year, will be the team’s center, while seniors Wyatt Gregorio and Patrick Byrd return as starters at guard, though they are being pushed by others including fellow senior Sean Bartlett.

The overall line play is one area where the team should see big improvement during the season.

“Our line isn’t bullet proof, but they’re working hard,” Mackensen said.

Tristan Sears, a junior transfer from Myrtle Point, will be in the mix for playing time at running back.

The offensive potential is huge, the players said.

“Spreading the field is going to be a big help,” Jackson Stallard said. “We don’t have a very big line.”

But the Cruisers do have quickness, which is an immense asset.

“It’s a pretty big advantage in eight-man football if your faster than the opponent,” Tim Stallard said.

The speed also should help on defense, where

While the rest of the team looks on, two Cruisers work through a tackling drill.

Powers is hoping improved technique will make up for one of the team’s biggest weaknesses last fall.

“In past years, we had sketchy tackling,” Pedrick said. “This year, the first practice we were on it right away.”

Pedrick returns at defensive tackle, while Mackensen is moving up to a defensive tackle spot, where he hopes to use his speed to get around bigger offensive linemen and cause problems for opponents.

Clauson also played some at defensive end last year, while Bartlett, Gregorio and Byrd are in the mix on the line.

Stallard and fellow sophomore Colt Bessey will start at linebacker, with sophomore Nathan Sheldon and Sears in the mix. Jackson and Kellogg will start at the cornerbacks.

Austin Sophomore Stallard, who hasn’t yet had the growth spurt that his

cousin and everyone else in the extended family enjoyed, will fill a reserve role in the defensive backfield.

“Our defense has definitely improved,” Tye Jackson said. “There’s spots up for grabs. There’s battles going on everywhere.”

The Cruisers have great potential.

“This is our biggest, most motivated team,” Pedrick said. “If you have the right kind of motivation, you can do almost anything.”

The Cruisers hope that means a trip to the playoffs, ideally with a win over rival Camas Valley, which won the state title two years ago and was the only team to slow the Powers offense last year, when the Hornets had a senior-dominated group.

Class 1A has a different structure this fall after several schools switched classifications. Powers is in a district with two divisions. To have a chance to reach the playoffs, the Cruisers need to finish in

the top three in the north division, which also includes Camas Valley, Elkton, Days Creek, Glendale and Butte Falls.

The champions of each division are guaranteed playoff spots, with the winner of their league playoff game getting a top-four seed for state.

Meanwhile, the No. 2 seeds host the No. 3 team from the other division for the other two spots in the playoffs.

“We just need to be fundamentally sound,” Jackson Stallard said. “Last year, we blew some big things.”

For the seniors, finishing the season in the playoffs would be a treat.

“It would mean a lot to me,” Pedrick said. “It’s a great possibility that we can make it to the playoffs.”

The coach expects it.

“I will be very disappointed if we don’t make playoffs,” Tim Stallard said. “We’re going to score points. We should be good on defense, too.”

Looking back at the 2013 regular season and playoffs 2013 Football Playoffs Class 1A First Round Lowell 56, Condon/Wheeler 0 St. Paul 72, Yoncalla 44 Adrian 62, Elkton 20 Camas Valley 64, Crane 34 Imbler 59, Perrydale 14 Triad 38, Powder Valley 34 Triangle Lake 46, Sherman 36 Dufur 70, Monument/Dayville 14 Quarterfinals Lowell 60, St. Paul 22 Camas Valley 52, Adrian 28 Imbler 74, Triad 22 Triangle Lake 40, Dufur 30 Semifinals Lowell 66, Camas Valley 44 Imbler 62, Triangle Lake 6 Championship Imbler 88, Lowell 76

Heppner 48, Reedsport 8 Monroe 25, Lost River 14 Oakland 33, Kennedy 7 Regis 61, Stanfield 0 Quarterfinals Portland Christian 21, Knappa 7 Grant Union 24, Gold Beach 14 Heppner 52, Monroe 7 Regis 44, Oakland 19 Semifinals Grant Union 34, Portland Christian 24 Regis 21, Heppner 14 Championship Grant Union 12, Regis 7

Vale 27, Harrisburg 25 Semifinals Nyssa 19, Dayton 15 Cascade Christian 24, Vale 19 Championship Cascade Christian 41, Nyssa 6

Class 4A

First Round Philomath 49, Ontario 27 Gladstone 29, Siuslaw 9 Henley 28, Banks 19 Ridgeview 41, North Valley 12 Scappoose 39, Elmira 32 North Bend 35, Cascade 7 Class 3A Central 41, Klamath Union 40 First Round Cottage Grove 48, Seaside 32 Dayton 42, Coquille 12 Quarterfinals Blanchet Catholic 28, Valley Catholic 24 Philomath 35, Gladstone 17 Nyssa 48, Illinois Valley 10 Ridgeview 28, Henley 21 Santiam Christian 49, Colton 0 North Bend 21, Scappoose 20 Cascade Christian 56, Pleasant Hill 7 Cottage Grove 42, Central 38 Rainier 42, Horizon Christian 6 Semifinals Class 2A Vale 46, Clatskanie 0 Ridgeview 49, Philomath 17 First Round Harrisburg 49, Gervais 0 Cottage Grove 37, North Bend 34 Portland Christian 49, North Douglas 0 Quarterfinals Championship Knappa 42, Weston-McEwen 7 Dayton 20, Blanchet Catholic 7 Ridgeview 50, Cottage Grove 31 Gold Beach 34, Central Linn 0 Nyssa 29, Santiam Christian 0 Grant Union 49, Nestucca 20 Class 5A Cascade Christian 68, Rainier 12 First Round Sherwood 55, Churchill 0 Crescent Valley 36, Wilsonville 29 Ashland 54, Pendleton 9 Roosevelt 38, Marist 35 Springfield 70, Franklin 20 Silverton 35, Mountain View 0

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Dallas 41, Hermiston 35 West Albany 48, Summit 20 Quarterfinals Sherwood 68, Crescent Valley 7 Ashland 13, Roosevelt 7 Silverton 35, Springfield 3 West Albany 51, Dallas 6 Semifinals Sherwood 57, Ashland 12 West Albany 17, Silverton 0 Championship West Albany 21, Sherwood 20, OT

Class 6A First Round Jesuit 56, Crater 21 Lake Oswego 35, Sunset 28 Lakeridge 28, West Linn 20 Beaverton 35, Sprague 34 Canby 35, Newberg 7 Tualatin 14, Centennial 3 Sheldon 56, Lincoln 28 Central Catholic 55, Century 7 McNary 30, Roseburg 14 Glencoe 49, West Salem 34 Clackamas 47, Aloha 7 North Medford 49, Reynolds 27 Oregon City 40, McMinnville 23 Grants Pass 54, Westview 7 Tigard 57, Gresham 29 Second Round Jesuit 21, Lake Oswego 19 Lakeridge 28, Southridge 20 Canby 31, Beaverton 7 Sheldon 45, Tualatin 21

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Myrtle Point Bobcats

Depth bolsters Bobcats’ hopes for big season

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

MYRTLE POINT — Marty Stallard looked out at the field with a mix of pleasure and excitement.

When he took over Myrtle Point’s football program at the last minute before the 2012 season, he didn’t have enough players to field an entire 11man squad the first day.

This fall, when practice started he had players he didn’t know the names of among a group of more than 30 students in all.

“I never thought we’d have the numbers we have,” Stallard said. “I never thought we’d have the athletes we have.

“We’re young. We’re getting better.”

Stallard hesitated to predict how the Bobcats would do in the new-look Sunset Conference this fall. But he was thrilled with the team’s progress.

“When you see where we’re at and the numbers … we look like a football program,” he said.

What’s even more impressive about the turnout is the Bobcats are missing a handful of players who were expected to be part of the team because they either moved or didn’t come out for other reasons.

The players who did come out have been putting in

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extra effort.

“Jared Chamley did a great job of recruiting kids and getting them motivated and working hard,” Stallard said.

Chamley is one of three seniors who have been with the team all four years, along with Justin Kohl and Billy Strain.

“We’re the best we’ve been in years,” Chamley said, crediting hard work, dedication and the larger roster.

“We all have the same goal.

We want a winning season.”

Like their coach, the seniors couldn’t have imagined the team growing this much.

But they’re enjoying the benefits of the bigger group.

“Our starting 11 is the best it’s been,” Chamley said.

“And we have backups at every position.

“It’s definitely a great year to be a Bobcat.”

The team entered fall camp with momentum from a great summer working together.

“I think where we’re at right now is probably where we were halfway through last year,” Kohl said.

Still, there is a lot of work to do, including breaking in new quarterback Tristan Mussatti, a senior who wasn’t on the team the past few seasons.

“It was a little rough at first, getting back into fundamental footwork,” he said.

Mussatti has quickly

Justin Kohl

Kyle Fore

made progress getting into the groove of the position, Stallard said.

“He’s inexperienced, but he does things really well,” the coach said.

Mussatti’s backup, sophomore Jake Miller, started both on offense and defense last year and is better suited for the Bobcats at tailback, Stallard said.

Myrtle Point’s strength likely will be in the run game.

The team has two outstanding, big fullbacks, sophomore Anthony Stoddard and junior Isaac Godfrey, Stallard said.

The running backs include Miller and senior Kyle Fore, who was a lineman last year.

“This is my first year playing tailback,” Fore said.

“It’s fun. It’s exciting.”

Billy Strain, another player who has been a starter on the line for two years, is a flanker now.

Meanwhile, the line as a whole has improved, Stallard said.

Chamley, Kohl and junior Cole Osbon all have been starters on the line at least the past two years. Junior Owen Brown, sophomore Ryan Godfrey and senior Wiley Licea, who hasn’t played since his freshman year, also will be part of the front group.

“Our line has the best blocking we’ve ever had,” Chamley said.

Mussatti agreed that the group is solid.

“I can full-heartedly say I can stand back there and I’m not scared a bit,” he said.

Myrtle Point also returns experience on defense, with Chamley and Kohl back on the line and Stoddard and Isaac Godfrey back at linebacker.

Strain, who has been a lineman, will switch to linebacker,

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Myrtle Point assistant coach Jamil Wynn, left,works with center Cole Osbon and quarterback Tristan Mussatti on their snap exchange. where he joins Miller. Senior Brady Schrader also returns to the defensive backfield.

Jay Heinisch, a senior new to the team, should contribute on the line.

Gunnar Sams, a transfer to Myrtle Point from Eagle Point, also will help out on the line and his younger brother, freshman Jared Sams, also likely will play, at cornerback.

Several others probably will contribute in games, too.

For now, their big assistance has come in practice.

“We haven’t been able to scrimmage in two years,” Stallard said. “It makes a heck of a lot of difference.”

The depth will be a bonus in games, too.

“It’s nice being able to run the plays we want to do, and sub people in and out,”

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Marshfield Pirates

Pirates aim to take next step as a program

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COOS BAY — It’s time for the Pirates to chart their new course.

Marshfield took massive leaps last year as a program, winning its first home game in two years and going 2-6 in the school’s first season as part of the Class 4A Far West League.

This year, Marshfield will have a new challenge: Escaping mediocrity.

“For us, it’s all about urgency.” Marshfield head coach Josh Line said. “We just have to keep pushing and getting better. I certainly feel better about the direction we’re going and I like what happened last year. We got better as a program, but this year we have to take it to another level and hopefully we take it to a pretty high level.

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thing in our league yet, we don’t have any reason to feel comfortable.”

Line is entering his second year at the helm of the Pirates and expects a jump, not just in the standings, but to “bring back the physical.”

“One of the things that was indicative of Marshfield football in the past was some really tough, hard-nose kids,” Line said. “Not necessarily the biggest or the strongest, but kids that were committed to getting physical and that’s something that has been a major focus for us.

“We want to make sure they’re safe, but at the same time, playing downhill and being fast keeps them safer than if they’re tentative and soft.”

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“This team is full of energy right now,” said senior Lance Grigsby, who missed practically the entire 2013 season due to a shoulder injury suffered in the first game. “We’re hitting hard and it’s just a completely different team from what it was last year. We have bigger guys, everyone’s more anxious to hit, nobody’s scared to hit. We’re just going all out.”

Along with Grigsby, the senior class is wrought with talent, starting with dynamic playmaker Andrew Sharp.

The second-team all-league defensive back will be taking a leadership role, and Line thinks that shouldn’t be a challenge with how much everyone on the team respects him.

Allan Engstrom will be vital as a returning starter at left guard and on the defensive line, where he was an allleague pick last fall. Hunter Olson will be crucial at receiver. Line also highlighted linemen Cody Easton and Jake Leach.

Beau Hunter will be coming into his third year starting at cornerback and likes what he sees after four years in the program.

“I think the expectations for this year’s team is for us to do better than we have in the

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Marshfield Pirates MARSHFIELD From Page 6 “I think for kids, it’s having enough experience in physical situations when they finally realize not necessarily ‘I can do this’ but ‘I can do this because I’ve done it and didn’t die. I didn’t get hurt. I can push through that stuff,’” Line said. “The more we expose them to that, the better we’ll get.”

Line has been impressed with junior Corey Shaffer and how the 2013 Far West League honorable mention at center is developing at his position this year. Line “put him in the fire” last year and can already see the influx of toughness.

“We said sink or swim,” Line said. “He’s dog paddling right now.

“We all believe he can be a physical player and he’s starting to embrace that.”

Line has a gaggle of juniors to work with. Rylee Trendell, Vincent Tine, Matt McCallister, Isaac Smith, Kaine Homer, Sam Smith all promise to contribute.

Trendell and McCallister both broke out at running back last year in limited carries behind Alex Brown.

Justin Cooper’s athleticism, which earned him a Far West League honorable mention at receiver last year, should manifest itself in a couple highlight plays this year.

The junior leading the way will be Jake Miles at quarterback.

Miles had a little taste of quarterback last year, splitting snaps with Austin Howerton, but a back injury hobbled him most of the year — and into basketball season where he starts for the Pirates at point guard.

Line has seen a lot of “grit” in Miles, and in a Far West League filled with good quarterbacks, his technician style should stick out and hopefully make up for his lack of size.

“I like it more that I’m getting more of the snaps,”

Jake Miles throws a pass during Marshfield’s practice. Now healthy after being slowed by injury last year, Miles has taken over as the leader of the team’s offense.

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Marshfield players work through their offense during fall camp.

Miles said. “I think I can take more of a leadership role this year and I’m liking it. I’m just trying to be the best leader I can. Just be encouraging and positive.”

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Profiles

Marshfield musicians are teammates on, off field

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COOS BAY — Every Marshfield game last year, James Miranda would get a little anxious right before halftime.

Miranda was rarely in the action — as a sophomore, he was behind Austin Howerton at strong safety — but performance anxiety still set in.

As his team ran to the locker room, someone would come out with a snare drum connected to a harness, Miranda would slip it on and bang out the beat for Marshfield’s marching band halftime show, football pants still on.

“It was definitely different,” Miranda said. “Having to run out there real quick while everyone else is going inside.

“Football is a whole lot different than a band. And it’s really cool to be part of those two groups. Being able to see what it’s like and all the different personalities. It’s really cool.”

Miranda is lead snare and section leader of the drumline at Marshfield. He’s been drumming since he was a tyke, but now teams with fellow Pirate football player Trent Christensen as a local band named Crushing Crayons. They’re an “immature, younger, having fun-type thing” that plays music ranging from alternative rock to metal.

Miranda is in charge of the drumline for Marshfield’s Band of Pirates, so he makes decisions, coordinates, teaches cadences and essentially makes sure everything runs smoothly.

Unfortunately for Miranda this year, he can’t even watch during games. He’ll be in the locker room during the halftime show.

“I really want to be out there with the rest of my drumline,” Miranda said.

Last year, Miranda wasn’t an integral part of the team, so playing at halftime was fine with head coach Josh Line. With how vital Miranda figures to be this season, Line is less inclined to let him play at halftime.

“He’s going to be a key guy for us and I’m going to need him in the locker room at halftime,” Line said.

Line still endorses the Crushing Crayons.

“I love it,” he said. “I love our kids doing a variety of different things, and I’ll support it as long as it doesn’t interfere with what we’re trying to accomplish as a team.”

By Lou Sennick, The World

Not only are James Miranda, left, and Trent Christensen football players for Marshfield, but they also have their own band, Crushing Crayons.

Juggling football and music isn’t ideal, especially when it comes to scheduling.

“It’s horrible,” said Christensen, who in true Rock n’ Roll fashion, wears a bandana around his temple underneath his helmet when he plays football. “When you’re doing gigs, you plan them ahead of time and you don’t know when you’re going to have mandatory football meetings or a game. During football season we tend to gig less, and when we do gig it has to be on Saturdays, because we can’t do anything during the week and Fridays we have

games. During football season, we slow down.”

With the limited time they do have, the two write a lot more music (mostly original songs), practice often and get tighter so they can “go all out” after football season.

They gig at Time Bomb most of the time but also perform at Joey’s Arcade and private parties. They used to play at Green Spot. This summer, they also played the Coos County Fair.

When they do cover songs, they play “Plug” by Muse, “Hey Joe” and

“Wind Cries Marry” by Jimi Hendrix, “Freedom” by Rage Against the Machine and “Moby Dick” by Led Zepplin. They also put their own punk twist to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son.” As for the future, Crushing Crayons plan to make a music video, want to go on tour to spread their radius and will play at the Bay Area Fun Festival in September.

They’re also working on putting together an extended play right now.

Mixing football and music the

two last years is something Miranda won’t soon forget.

“Of course playing in a football game is awesome, there’s nothing like it, but getting to do a completely different thing,” Miranda said. “Something you love while you’re in the middle of a football game.

“You’re in the mode of football, focusing on all your plays, but then next thing you know you’re taking your pads off and getting into a whole other mindset to play music.

It’s just really cool to get to make that transition.”

New season brings another round of new changes What would a new season be without a whole bunch of new changes?

And it’s not just the new league alignments brought about through the Oregon School Activities Association’s redistricting process, though those are significant of course.

The significant changes span a number of different categories.

Just to be different, let’s start at the end, the playoffs.

Actually, this category can be split into two parts of its own.

One is the power ranking system that OSAA started employing four years ago.

Seemingly every year, questions have come up about whether the system was fair or an accurate indicator of how good teams are.

During the evaluation process last year, OSAA’s executive board decided to use two systems this year.

The traditional RPI-style power rankings will count for half of a team’s total ranking.

The other half will come from the Colley ranking system, which focuses on games against just teams in the same classification. For instance, last year Coquille’s boys basketball team lost to Class 6A McNary and Class 4A Marshfield, North Bend and Brookings-Harbor, which impacted the Red Devils’ power ranking. Those games wouldn’t be factored into the Colley ranking.

Starting this fall, a team’s ultimate OSAA ranking will be an average of the RPI and Colley rankings. If two schools finish with the same average, the RPI ranking will be the tiebreaker.

Getting to the point where the power rankings matter will be different for a number of schools because of their new league alignments.

Things haven’t changed for the South Coast’s biggest schools. Marshfield, North

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Coquille is the only Class 3A school left on the South Coast, and is part of JOHN the new G UNTHER Mountain Valley Conference with Glide, Harrisburg, Pleasant Hill, Creswell and La Pine. The league gets three spots for football and two for the other team sports.

Reedsport, Bandon, Myrtle Point and Gold Beach are in the Class 2A Sunset Conference with Toledo and Waldport. Two teams advance to the playoffs from the league in all team sports.

A third spot might be added for football when the OSAA Executive Board decides how to allocate four spots next week.

And in Class 1A, OSAA now has four special districts, with each getting four spots in the playoffs. Powers needs to finish in the top three in the north division of District 2, a group that also includes Camas Valley, Elkton, Days Creek, Glendale and Butte Falls, to have a chance to advance to the playoffs.

It’s still a few weeks down the road before the teams have to stress about playoff implications. Every school has a couple of preseason games.

And one other change could directly impact those games, or at least a specific

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Every year, the National Federation of State High School Associations reviews all sports and determines if rules changes are needed.

This year, NFHS specifically added definitions for targeting and defenseless players.

Targeting, basically, is hitting a player above the shoulder with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulders. Targeting will be a personal foul carrying a 15yard penalty. Flagrant targeting, which often includes the defender launching himself at an offensive player (but often also can include blind-side blocking by offensive players), will result in ejection.

A defenseless player is a player who is especially vulnerable to injury because of his physical position and focus of concentration.

A video describing illegal and legal plays is available on the Oregon School Activities Association’s website, www.osaa.org. Coaches, players and officials are encouraged to watch the video.

Everybody will have to adjust.

Will we see more flags during games? Maybe at first, but coaches will get the message across to their players when penalties start adding up.

And from the perspective of the officials, the top priority always will be the safety of the students.

The game is always more fun when it comes without serious injuries.

And this year, more players will be enjoying the game, at least at a few schools.

The number of players has increased significantly at Marshfield, as well as at Reedsport, Myrtle Point and Powers.

If current projections hold up, Marshfield will have well over 100 players again

By Lou Sennick, The World

A Powers practice session is reflected in the sunglasses of head coach Tim Stallard. This year he has a lot more Cruisers to watch, with more than 20 players suited up. next season, returning to the levels of the dominant Pirate squads of the 1990s — when the school was much larger.

Much of the credit for the bigger teams goes to the South Coast Youth Football League, which has been around long enough that the first players from the league are now juniors and seniors.

Reedsport also credits its

increased squad — and larger numbers in the junior high program — to the youth league. Myrtle Point finally is building back up to solid levels after the team barely had enough players to start the season just three years ago.

This fall, the Bobcats can hold 11-on-11 scrimmages in practice. And up the road, Powers can have head-to-

head scrimmages with more than 20 players on the squad.

In fact, when combining the football and volleyball programs, nearly every high school student in Powers is playing a sport this fall.

How great is that?

Here’s to a fun season for all the players, coaches and fans.

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By Alysha Beck, The World

North Bend’s Anthony Hawk celebrates on the sideline after a North Bend touchdown during the 2012 Class 4A championship game against Baker in Hillsboro.

Bulldogs build to elite status in Class 4A E very empire needs its Prince.

For the past three years, North Bend’s football team has rocketed itself into a powerhouse program in the state, largely behind the guidance of head coach Gary Prince.

During his time lording over Vic Adams field, Prince has employed a team motto that doubles as a promise.

“Those who stay, will be champions.”

“That’s the one that resonates with us,” Prince said. “I don’t think anyone expected us to be this good the past three years, but it’s been a heck of a ride.”

The Bulldogs have only lost six games since Prince took over in 2011, racking up three straight 10win seasons, 31 wins total. With this year’s seniors being the group that came in with Prince as freshmen, the players can reflect on how much the program has transformed since he was promoted from assistant almost four years ago.

“I don’t want to say it’s all coach Prince, but ever since he came here it’s been a completely different program,” senior wideout Levi Rider said. “My first year was his first year and ever since then, he’s turned around the program.”

Prince started at North Bend as an assistant coach in 2001 under former Bulldogs coach Bill Masei. After seven years, Masei took a job in Dallas and Prince remained an assistant under Rick Taylor.

Three years later, the construction program was cut at North Bend, forcing Taylor out and leaving Prince “at the right place at the right time.”

“It was open,” said Prince, who applied to only one other place, in Holbrook, Ariz., during his decade as an assistant. “I don’t’ know if there were any other applicants, but somehow I got the job.” rince took over a sub-500 team coming into year one, but set standards high from the start. If he’s being honest, Prince admits he wanted about 5-6 wins his first year, but always told the kids they could win the state title that season.

In his first year, the Bulldogs shattered expectations with a 102 record and a loss in the quarterfinals to La Salle Prep on a last-second field goal.

In year two, North Bend took another step forward, finishing 11-2 and losing in the state championship game to Baker. Last year, North Bend went 10-2, with both losses coming from Cottage Grove, including a punishing 3734 heartbreaker to the Lions in the state semifinals.

“People used to look at us like a joke,” Rider said. “But now I guess we’re kind of a powerhouse.

At least that’s what I hope people would think of us.”

North Bend’s reputation as a juggernaut hasn’t come without brow sweat.

Coming into his first year, Prince went to a few spring practices at Oregon and Oregon State and loved how efficiently orchestrated they were. Prince tries to mimic the concept with his own meticulously run practices, with an Excel spreadsheet acting as the

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template for separate drills, rotations and groupings. Everyone is — in some way or another — always in motion. On the scoreboard, five minute intervals are counted down with a horn, signifying when they need to switch — or at least to keep them cognizant of how much time has elapsed. Each body on the field is engaged in a drill and everyone, from first string to freshman, is getting as many reps as Prince can squeeze in.

“If I have a kid who just sits there for two hours a day and not getting any better, we’re going to be in trouble,” Prince said.

Last year, he had two tackles quit and plugged in Tim West seamlessly as a replacement, primarily because of West getting the same amount of attention as the starters.

“It’s all about the repetition for us,” Prince said. “All that lends itself to success on Friday night.” rince also uses some tricks from his predecessors. He always respected how Masei was highly organized and really pushed the kids. Taylor, on the other hand, was a wealth of information and worked with the kids in a way that Prince “admired.”

Prince’s style is to “motivate,” not punish. He’s a very soft-spoken person in general, so whenever his voice does rise, it carries dumbbells.

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“Our coaches have put us in the best position possible, and us buying into everything they say has helped us be successful.”

Cam Lucero North Bend quarterback

But as long as Prince has a coacheable kid, he’s in business.

“Our coaches have put us in the best position possible, and us buying into everything they say has helped us be successful,” North Bend quarterback and firstteam all-state defensive back Cam Lucero said of his coach.

When asked what the best part of Prince’s past four years were, second-team all-state receiver and defensive back Drew Matthews said, “His commitment to all of us; him knowing what our tasks are that need to be done and be prepared for it.”

Aaron Wagner started sophomore year as a nose tackle, then under the guidance of Prince and the Bulldogs coaching staff, moved to defensive end last year.

It worked.

In 2013, Wagner was a secondteam all-state selection, playing alongside first-team all-state linebacker Mason Laird.

This year, Wagner will start the first few weeks of the season on the sideline with a broken ankle and torn ligaments, but he knows with Prince’s coaching

style, it’s just another way to prove himself.

“He recognizes a hard worker,” Wagner said. “He just has a great attitude about everything and likes to get work done. He likes hard working people and as long as you work hard in practice and show you’re worthy, he’ll see that as you wanting to play.” orkers like Wagner, players who are effortlessly coachable and innately motivated, are the only type Prince welcomes. Bulldogs who buy in on the highest level.

Prince loses players throughout the year from them relenting on their commitments, but it’s necessary to keep the standard high.

“This is hard work and not everyone is capable of meeting the expectations that we as a coaching staff have,” Prince said.

“But those who do stay, we will be champions. That doesn’t just mean in football, but in life.”

While putting in the work is paramount to Prince’s program, he hasn’t been short on talent in his tenure. Some of his graduated standouts include esteemed Bulldogs like Laird, Zach Wallace, Ty Roane, Hamilton Mateski, Logan Lucero, Gage Green, Duke Mitchell, Jon Harris, Clayton Duryee, and Ryan Esparza.

“Our generation has lucked out to have such great athletes,” senior linebacker and running back Jake Buck said, adding, “Coaching, too.” he biggest change Prince brought in through Xs and Os is how he integrated a spread offense.

North Bend is smaller than most teams, so he builds to their strengths.

He sets up a workout plan that has his team go to the weight room four days a week, building to be agile and mobile, not necessarily for bulk.

To the outside observer, Prince’s spread offense seems like a pass-first attack. Not the case.

Prince tries to spread the defense out, but wants to be known as a physical team. If the defense puts six people in the box, Prince will opt to throw, but otherwise, they pound the running game.

“We ran for 3,000 yards last year, but if you ask people they’d think we’re a pass-happy team, which we’re not,” Prince said.

“We try to be physical up front and win the ground game.”

This year, Prince’s personnel is teeming with experience, with 17 seniors.

On offense, Anthony Hawk and Buck will be taking the handoffs from Cam Lucero, with Rider and Matthews poised to be vital at wideouts.

Key linemen Tanner Henderson, Rhett Strode, Joe Rutherford and Hunter Harden will be crucial to success in the running game. hen asked what he likes most about this particular group of seniors, Prince answered, “They’re still here.”

“They’re just great kids and have been a lot of fun to hangout with,” he added. “I’ve probably spent more time with them than my own daughters.”

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North Bend football coach Gary Prince talks to a player during a preseason practice.

Prince has guided the Bulldogs to playoff wins all three years he has been head coach. time comes outside of football, during the annual retreat the team takes to Prince’s hometown of Happy Camp, Calif.

Coming into his first season as coach, Prince needed to find a way to bond with his team and assert himself as the new top Bulldog.

“You’re trying to make a statement like things have changed and what better way to do that?” he said.

The name of the town is apropos to the experience.

Prince takes his team out into nature, with no cell phone service, so the kids have to entertain themselves.

The team usually comes back with typical camping stories — eaten alive by mosquitos, catching poison oak, crashing water rafts — but its the bonding time that translates to Friday nights.

“The value is getting outside of football,” said Prince, who had 38 kids make it out to Happy Camp this year. “It’s just getting to hang out with the kids and getting to know them. “(But) when it’s time for foot-

ball, it’s time for football.”

In the near future, Prince would like to have the development start early, with local youth football mirroring the way they do it in high school.

Prince holds coaching clinics for youth football coaches to get a feel for the philosophy at North Bend. He wants the youth league teams in the area to develop a practice plan like they do in North Bend, then incorporate it in the middle school so future Bulldogs are familiar with what to expect when they get to high school. s far as 2014 is concerned, Prince would like to get a third straight Far West League title, but ultimately, the goal has been the same since he got the gig four years ago.

“We want to get to Hillsboro and play in the state championship,” Prince said. “We may not get there, but that’s our goal.

“If it’s meant to be, it will be, and those who stay, will be champions.”

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North Bend Bulldogs

North Bend aims to reach Class 4A pinnacle

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NORTH BEND — Three straight years with deep runs into the playoffs, a 31-6 record over those seasons and a statewide reputation as a power.

In 2014, all the Bulldogs can hope for is more of the same.

“Right now (our reputation) is pretty good,” senior Levi Rider said. “And we have a huge target on our back.”

This season North Bend’s roster has 17 seniors. The 2015 graduating class is the first from head coach Gary Prince’s inaugural year, and they hope this is the year the Bulldogs finally bring a state championship trophy back to the Bay Area.

“The expectations have been the same the past three years: Win a state championship,” starting quarterback Cam Lucero said. “It feels different this year because our class all played as sophomores and it just feels different. Like this is the year.”

Last season, North Bend was 10-2, with both losses coming by way of Cottage Grove — and both in games North Bend led late. The Lions won the first by a single point in overtime and the other on

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North Bend head coach Gary Prince practices with the defensive linemen during an early practice for the Bulldogs. by scoring a late touchdown and blocking a field goal on the final play. This year, a rematch in Cottage Grove is set for Sept. 12.

The Bulldogs’ year ended

with a crushing loss to Lions in the state semifinals at Autzen Stadium in Eugene.

The previous two years, North Bend lost in the state final to Baker in 2012 and the

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“It’s our last chance to do it,” said Drew Matthews, a second-team all state selection at defensive back and receiver. “We faced some adversity obviously already.”

North Bend suffered a pair of crucial setbacks in the preseason. Running back Anthony Hawk suffered appendicitis and missed all of training camp, but could make it back by the Cottage Grove game. Aaron Wagner, a second-team all-state selection, will be out six weeks after breaking and tearing a ligament in his ankle.

“Since I’m injured, I just want to get out there and play,” Wagner said. “I’m

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“We’re usually undersized compared to our opponents, but that’s OK,” Prince said.

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North Bend Bulldogs BULLDOGS From Page 10 While the small dink and dunk passes the Bulldogs frequently use might give off the impression that North Bend is a pass first team, the Bulldogs aren’t.

Last year, North Bend ran for over 3,000 yards, a majority coming from the senior duo of Mason Laird and Zack Hawk.

This year, Jake Buck will be taking over, trying to stay in toe with Laird’s bruising style. Buck, along with Anthony Hawk and Luke Lucero, will make up the Bulldogs’ backfield this season.

Buck had sparing carries throughout the season last year, but he’s ready for the enhanced role this fall promises.

“They’re big shoes to fill, I Gabby Hobson practices field goals for North Bend. Hobson and fellow can tell you that, but I’m pretty confident,” Buck said soccer player Ian Bream share placekicking duties for the Bulldogs. of filling in for Laird. “Now that I’m playing a lot more offense, I’ve changed my way of thinking.

“Last few years it’s just been defense and now I have to think offensively.”

North Bend’s offense also focuses on the quarterback having the option to run, and just like last year, Lucero will be taking the snaps under center. The North Bend sigCam Lucero Jake Buck Rhett Strode nal caller also was a firstteam all state selection at defensive back last year.

Lucero will hopefully be able to find good fortune Coach: Gary Prince (fourth season) with health after a shoulder Assistants: Roger Iparraguirre, Ryan Goll, Joe injury limited him most of Bollig, Brandon O’Neil, Jay Pennington, Sean the semifinal game — and Spence, Corey Goll, Mike Rose, Tim West Jr., forced him to miss all of basKingston Hughes ketball season.

2013 Record: 10Prince plans on Brody 2 (6-0 in league) Returning Lucero — who will be the JV Starters: Offense quarterback — and Rider tak6, Defense 7. ing a few snaps as well at Gary Prince Key Players: quarterback.

Hunter Harden, sr, At wide receiver, Rider 2014 Schedule OL/DL; Joe Rutheford, jr, OL/DL; Anthony Sept. 5 North Valley and Matthews will be key Hawk, soph, RB/DL; Aaron Wagner, sr, OL/DL; Sept. 12 @Cottage Grove when the Bulldogs choose to Jake Buck, sr, RB/LB; Drew Matthews, sr, Sept. 19 Marist WR/DB; Cam Lucero, sr, QB/DB; Rhett Strode, air it out.

Sept. 26 *Douglas sr, OL/DL; Tanner Henderson, sr, OL/DL; Luke Seniors Joe Rutheford, Oct. 3 *@Siuslaw Lucero, jr, RB/DB; Levi Rider, sr, WR/LB; Tanner Henderson and Oct. 10 *South Umpqua Marshall Rice, sr, WR/DB; Garrett McCoy, sr, Hunter Harden should prove Oct. 17 *@Brookings-Harbor TE/DE; Jared Hampel, sr, WR/LB; Roger to be leaders on the line.

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Brody Lucero throws a pass during warmups on North Bends first day of fall practice. Lucero is one of three quarterbacks for North Bend, along with his older brother Cam, who plays the role of starter, and Levi Rider. including three-year starters Buck at linebacker and Matthews at defensive back.

Replacing Far West League defensive MVP Laird at linebacker will be Michael Hannah, a 5-foot-8 165 pound junior. Prince calls him a fast, physical kid who is impressing enough with his work ethic that he might find a spot on the offensive line.

“He is a small undersized guy, but he’s got a motor that won’t quit,” Prince said.

Prince has a handful of newbies who just decided to play football this season.

Marshall Rice and Garrett McCoy, both standouts on the baseball diamond, will try to make an impression under the lights on Fridays.

Rice will play wide receiver and defensive back while

McCoy will play defensive end and tight end.

Prince also expects big things from Brandon Graham on both sides of the ball.

With the mix of old and new faces, North Bend anticipates finally reaching the summit.

“We just need to go that extra 10 percent and give our all,” Strode said. “This year, we’ll definitely get there.”

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Reedsport Braves

Veteran Braves seek return to the playoffs

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REEDSPORT — Last fall’s run to the playoffs has helped fuel optimism in Reedsport, not to mention a larger squad.

“We have 32 kids,” said Reedsport coach Shane Nelson. “I’m ecstatic. We had 27 last year, and that was a good number for us.”

The players include new seniors Chris James, Shallon Zehe and Marquece Williams, all expected to contribute to what already is a veteran lineup.

Reedsport returns six starters on offense and seven on defense.

“We’ve got quite a few good players back,” Nelson said. “We’ve just got to fill in around them.”

Reedsport does have to replace a pair of phenomenal leaders who graduated — quarterback Haden Sams and running back Matthew Rohde.

But juniors Egan Glover, Girffin Kaufmann and Joey Herr all earned all-league honors last year and senior Cameron Winfield, another all-league player, has embraced the leadership role.

“I love the chance to be able to do it,” he said. “I feel honored to do it.

“I’m trying to push everyone else and push myself.”

One person who has pushed himself to new heights is the Braves’ new

quarterback, junior Tyler Tresch.

Last year, Tresch had a breakout season at receiver, catching 48 passes from Sams.

This year, he wanted to take over the quarterback spot.

“I challenged him in the spring,” Nelson said. “I said, ‘If you want this, you’ve got to show it.’ He surpassed my expectations.”

Tresch said he was eager to replace Sams, his best friend.

“I wanted to be the quarterback — to be in control of the offense,” he said. “I like the challenge.”

While Kaufmann, Zehe and Williams were playing American Legion baseball this summer, Tresch worked relentlessly on his passing skills.

Now he provides Reedsport with more options on offense because of his athleticism.

“He has got the best arm and he’s very mobile,” Nelson said. “We could be the best we’ve been on offense.”

Tresch agreed.

“It could be deadly,” he said. “I like it a lot.”

The line is anchored by a trio of juniors. Kaufmann returns at center and Glover and Tragen Smart also return.

“I think our line is going to be sturdy,” Kaufmann said.

Sophomores Wayde Doane, Brian Fox and Dalton Mattice are ready to step in up front as well.

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Reedsport head coach Shane Nelson leads the team in practice during the first week of fall drills.

“Wayde is super strong,” Nelson said, adding that Mattice “put in work in the weight room and made a big jump.”

Herr is a proven commodity at running back, having earned honorable mention all-league honors after leading the team in rushing and touchdowns last fall.

Senior Jared Billings returns at the flyback position, where he backed up Rohde.

“He’s not the same type of player, but he’s big, strong and powerful,” Nelson said.

“People aren’t going to want to tackle him.”

Herr and Billings will be joined in the backfield rotation by sophomore running back Joe Hixenbaugh and fullbacks Zehe and sophomore Eric Williams.

The wild card in the mix is Marquece Williams, who might be the most athletic player on the team and could

prove a valuable weapon in Reedsport’s fly sweep.

The receiving corps includes sophomore Tucker Anderson at wideout. James, who hasn’t played since his freshman year, could be a valuable receiver with his 6foot, 4-inch frame. Zehe, who hasn’t played since jun-

ior high, could be in the mix at tight end along with Winfield, a returning starter at the position.

While Reedsport could be explosive on offense, the Braves are thrilled about the other side of the ball.

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Fulps returns to coaching staff Veteran comes out of retirement to lead the defense ■

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REEDSPORT — There’s a familiar face prowling the sideline for Reedsport this fall.

Lynn Fulps, who was assistant or head coach for the Braves for the better part of two decades before retiring from the football program in 2007, has returned to help current coach Shane Nelson.

Fulps, who also coached wrestling and basketball when he was a teacher in Reedsport, retired from fulltime work for the school district, leaving his final post as athletic director in 2010.

But he returned to the school as part-time dean of students last year, and this fall accepted Nelson’s invitation to return to the program.

“I wanted to help,” Fulps said. “They’re great kids.

They work hard.”

It’s been a great experience on all sides.

“I’m having fun,” Fulps said last week, when the Braves got their first on-field action in a jamboree at Coquille.

Reedsport has enjoyed a long tradition of assistant coaches who played for the program. Many of those coaches played for Fulps and Jim Akre.

But two of those assistants left in the past few years — Phillip Lopez to coach the

By Alysha Beck, The World wrestling team at North Reedsport assistant coach Lynn Fulps talks to the players during drills at practice. Fulps, a former head coach and assistant for the Braves, has Medford High School and returned this fall as defensive coordinator.

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BRAVES From Page 12 The defense will be led this year by former head coach Lynn Fulps, who came out of retirement to help coach the team with Nelson this fall.

“We’re so much further ahead this year than last year,” Kaufmann said, giving Fulps credit for much of the team’s improvement.

Kaufmann and Glover were bookends to the defensive line, each earning allleague honors (Glover was a first-team selection on both sides of the line).

Doane also started some on the line last year and the Braves return three starting linebackers — Winfield, who was the team’s leading tackler, along with Billings and Herr.

Tresch started at defensive back a year ago.

Zehe has found a spot in the center of the defensive line and James will help provide depth at defensive end, Nelson said. Mattice and fel-

low sophomores Brian Fox and Eric Williams also provide depth on the defensive line and Hixenbaugh and Anderson figure to be in the mix at defensive back.

“Our defense is looking awesome,” Winfield said.

“Coach Fulps is changing it around. He hasn’t completely changed it — he’s added more stuff to it and made it better.”

With Fulps leading the way, the defense will use multiple formations.

“Coach Fulps has coached every defense invented, plus a few more I think he made up with Coach Lombardi back in the ’50s,” Nelson said.

“He has a plan instantly for every offense we see.

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“We have a ton of potential, more than we’ve ever had,” Nelson said. “But potential doesn’t matter unless you develop it.”

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“Shane needed help,” Fulps said.

The longtime coach was more than happy to return to his traditional role as defensive coordinator to help Nelson. Fulps said the current head coach has done a nice job since taking over the program’s reins, including leading the Braves to their first playoff berth in years last fall.

“I was happy for Shane (last year),” Fulps said. “He’s been doing an excellent job.

He’s a good football coach.”

Nelson, meanwhile, has enjoyed the experience Fulps brings, not to mention his enthusiasm and energy.

“As much as it kills me to lose coach Hinshaw, it’s a huge shot in the arm for us to get coach Fulps out,” Nelson said. “It’s just tremendous for us to have a man that’s won a state championship as a defensive coordinator and taken several teams to the playoffs as a head coach.

“He is so energetic and passionate that the kids can’t help but be fired up. I’m doing my best to learn as much as I can from him this year, as well.”

One of the first things Fulps did was remind Nelson of some of the drills the Braves did back when he was a player for Akre and Fulps.

The players also are enjoying the chance to work with Fulps.

“He’s old school,” Griffin Kaufmann said. “He’s making us a lot tougher as a team.”

“He helps with intensity, too,” added Cameron Winfield.

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Bandon Tigers

Tigers turn to spread to reverse fortunes

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

BANDON — A new offense has energized Bandon’s football team as the Tigers make the drop from Class 3A to Class 2A this fall.

After mixed success running the option, the Tigers are switching to a spread attack similar to what they ran a few years ago.

“Everyone is excited and pumped up about it,” said senior quarterback Quentin Coomer.

Rather than trying to run over people, the Tigers now will be focused on quick passes to a speedy group of receivers.

“We try to get the ball into the hands of our playmakers,” Coomer said.

The spread attack is a good fit with a mostly inexperienced offensive line, Bandon coach Silia Polamalu said.

“Because we’re so young on the line, we can’t line up and smash it down people’s throats,” Polamalu said, though he quickly added he expects the line to grow through the fall. “Later in the season, we will have games where we run the ball more.”

Last year, the bulk of Bandon’s experience was on the line. Only senior center

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Bandon football players practice blocking drills on the second day of practice. The Tigers will counter the impact of a young line with a quick passing offense.

Aaron Willings returns to mores Doug Garrett, Tristen that group, though Polamalu Green and Homar Ferrer. has high hopes for junior Garrett didn’t play last Seth Sturgell and sopho- year, but only missed one

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workout all summer. Ferrer is one of the team’s strongest players. Sturgell had a strong season on the junior varsity team.

Willings has embraced the role of leader on the line.

“I’ve always been good at coaching,” he said. “I can help the other guys most of the time.”

He’s been impressed with the work they’ve put in.

“I’m so happy with the line I have right now.”

Fortunately for the group, in the spread package most of the technique is pass blocking. And with Bandon’s version of the offense, “the ball’s getting off really fast,” Willings said.

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“It’s a pretty complex offense,” Coomer said.

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“He’s been looking good,” Polamalu said. “He picked up the offense quick.”

Coomer and the rest of the receivers also had a lot of success during the summer in seven-on-seven passing leagues.

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Bandon’s Mark Austin reaches for the ball during passing drills. The Tigers expect to air the ball out often this season.

Coomer is excited about the athleticism of his receivers.

“They’ve got a lot of speed,” he said.

Gagnon, senior Jacob Taylor and junior Trae Dyer all were starters last year and Coomer said senior Shannon Forty and junior Ben Strain both have good speed and hands and will be strong contributors to the passing attack.

Another key contributor is newcomer Kohl Watson, a junior running back who didn’t play last year but had a strong summer, Polamalu said.

The most important newcomers, though, might be a pair of assistant coaches.

Marc Mauze coached at Douglas High School with Polamalu’s brother and set up Bandon’s offense.

“It’s been fun watching him working with the kids and listening to him,” Polamalu said.

Meanwhile, new JV coach Tobias Robinson brings experience as a college player in Pennsylvania who also played some professional football and coached at Cleveland High School in Portland last year.

Coomer said Robinson brought a new level of energy to the weight room. Polamalu said he also has helped reinforce the importance of staying focused.

“Having guys with that kind of experience is great,” Polamalu said.

“The last couple of years, attention to little details has hurt us.”

While Bandon is going through a big switch on offense, the Tigers haven’t altered the defense.

“I thought we got better each year we’ve done it,” Polamalu said.

Though the team will have a lot

of new starters on the defensive side of the ball, it has strong leadership.

“We have upperclassmen at each level to anchor our defense,” Polamalu said, referring to Dyer in the backfield, Gagnon at linebacker and Willings on the line.

Dyer and Coomer both were starters at defensive back last year.

Gagnon started several games at linebacker and Taylor also started a few games and was the top backup at several positions.

Garrett and Green are expected to fill spots on the defensive line, with Strain, Watson, Ferrer and Sturgell in the mix at linebacker.

Senior Jason Francis, junior Matt Rivera and sophomore Mark Austin also are expected to contribute at defensive back, with freshman Sam Cutler in the mix at linebacker.

Coomer said the defense “is looking pretty good.”

Bandon’s roster includes about 30 players. The number is down a little from the past few years because the Tigers no longer have their cooperative agreement with Pacific High School for football. The two schools can’t combine forces in the sport without competing as a Class 3A program because their combined enrollment is too high.

As it is, Bandon is part of the new-look Sunset Conference, with traditional rivals Gold Beach, Myrtle Point and Reedsport and two schools from further up the coast, Waldport and Toledo.

“I’m excited,” Gagnon said of the new league, adding if the Tigers can stay dedicated, they can compete for a playoff spot.

Polamalu has the same hope, and noted the schedule is favorable since the Tigers won’t see the league’s two other top teams until late October.

“We have Gold Beach and Reedsport at the end of the season,” he said. “If we improve every week, like we should, hopefully we can play with them.”

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Siuslaw High School Address: 2975 Oak St., Florence.

Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 north to Florence and turn west (left) onto 30th Street, which goes to the high school.

South Umpqua High School Address: 501 NW Chadwick Lane, Myrtle Creek. Directions: Take Highway 42 to Winston and turn south onto Interstate-5. Take the Tri Cities exit (Exit 103) and turn left back across the freeway. Follow the road around the corner and continue about half a mile to Chadwick Lane and turn left to the high school.

Several South Coast schools are having to get out roadmaps to find out how to get to some of their new league foes after the most recent round of realignment in Oregon.

Bandon, Gold Beach, Myrtle Point and Reedsport are facing two new foes in the Sunset revamped Conference, while Powers faces a new foe and an old one in its Class 1A special district.

And Coquille has to find Class 3A Mountain Valley out how to get to four schools Conference in the brand new Class 3A C o q u ille High School Mountain Valley Conference.

500 W. Central Ave., Address: Here are driving directions for the schools in the Coquille. Directions: From Highway 42 four football leagues with turn onto Central Avenue, either at the west end of town (across from the log South Coast schools.

Class 4A Far West League Brookings-Harbor High School Address: 564 Fern St., Brookings.

Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 south to Brookings and turn left (east) onto Easy Street, which goes over a hill and then runs right past the high school.

Douglas High School Address: 1381 NW Douglas Ave., Winston. Directions: Take Highway 42 to Winston. The high school is just north (left) of the highway right before town.

Marshfield High School Address: 10th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay. Directions: From U.S. Highway 101 turn west on either Golden Avenue or Hall or Ingersoll streets, all of which run up to the high school.

North Bend High School Address: 2323 Pacific Ave., North Bend. Directions: From U.S. Highway 101, turn west onto Virginia Avenue or Newmark Street and travel over the hill. From Virginia, turn left onto Harrison Street or from Newmark turn right onto Brussells Street (both are at traffic signals) and then turn west onto Crowell Lane, which runs

ponds) or the east end (near downtown), and travel about one mile to the high school, which is on the south side of Central, across from a cemetery.

Creswell High School Address: 33390 E. Nieblock Lane, Creswell. Directions: Take either Highway 42 or Highway 38 to Interstate-5 and turn north. Take the Creswell exit (Exit 182) and turn west onto Cloverdale Road, which becomes Oregon Avenue. Turn right onto Harvey Road and then left onto Nieblock Lane.

Glide High School Address: 18900 North Umpqua

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Highway, Glide. Directions: Take Highway 42 to Interstate-5 and head North into Roseburg. Turn east at the City Center exit (Exit 124) and follow signs for Highway 138 and Diamond Lake. Glide is 18 miles east of Roseburg and the high school is on the north side of the highway. A road to the football, baseball and softball fields is located a few blocks west of the high school (watch for signs).

Harrisburg High School Address: 400 S. Ninth St., Harrsiburgn. Directions: Take either Highway 42 or Highway 38 to Interstate-5 and turn north. Take exit 209 (Harrisburg exit) and turn left onto Diamond Hill Drive. Harrisburg is about 5 miles from the freeway. Turn left onto North Ninth Street. The high school is on the right about .6 miles down the street.

La Pine High School Address: 51633 Coach Road, La Pine. Directions: There are two ways to get to Highway 97. One is by taking either Highway 42 or Highway 38 to Interstate-5 and turning north. Take exit 188A to Highway 58 (the Willamette Highway) and following it 72 miles to Crescent Cutoff Road, and then 12 more miles to Highway 97.

Turn left (north) and travel 17 miles to La Pine. The other is taking Highway 42 to Interstate-5 and head north into Roseburg. Turn east at the City Center exit (Exit 124) and follow signs for Highway 138 and Diamond Lake. The highway meets Highway 97 about 100 miles from Roseburg. Follow Highway 97 north to La Pine (about 45 miles). In

Toledo High School Address: 1800 NE Sturdevant Rd., Toledo. Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 north to Newport (about 96 miles from Coos Bay) and turn east onto Highway 20. After 7.5 miles, turn right onto the Highway 20 business district, then after .8 miles, turn left onto Northeast Sturdevant Road. The high school is on the left.

Waldport High School Address: 3000 Crestline Dr., Waldport. Directions: Follow U.S. Highway 101 north to Waldport (80 Class 2A Sunset Conference miles north of Coos Bay). In Waldport, Bandon High School turn right (east) onto Southwest Address: 550 Ninth St. SW, Range Drive. After nearly one mile, Bandon. Directions: Take U.S. Highway turn right onto South Crestline Drive.

101 to Bandon and turn west onto The high school is on the right.

Ninth Street (at the Dairy Queen restaurant). The high school is three Class 1A District 2 North Division Butte Falls High School blocks from the highway.

625 Fir Ave., Butte Falls.

Address: Gold Beach High School Address: 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Directions: Take Highway 42 east to Gold Beach. Directions: Take U.S. Winston and turn south onto Highway 101 to Gold Beach. The high Interstate-5. South of Grants Pass school is on the west side of the high- take Exit 40 (about 75 miles south of Winston) and turn left onto Access way.

Road. Turn left onto Highway 99, then Myrtle Point High School right onto Dardanelles Street and Address: 717 Fourth St., Myrtle right onto Highway 234. Follow Point. Directions: Follow Highway 42 Highway 234 south and east 15 miles to Myrtle Point and turn west onto and turn onto Highway 62. After 15 Harris Street at the traffic signal. The miles, turn left onto the Crater Lake high school is two blocks from the Highway and after one mile turn right highway. onto the Butte Falls Highway and travReedsport Community Charter School el 15 miles to Butte Falls. Turn right Address: 2260 Longwood Drive, onto Fir Avenue. The high school is on Reedsport. Directions: Take U.S. the left.

Highway 101 to Reedsport. The high Camas Valley High School school is on the east side of the highAddress: 197 Main Camas Road, way near the south end of town.

Camas Valley. Directions: Take Highway 42 east to Camas Valley (32

La Pine, turn left onto Huntington Road. After .4 miles, turn left onto First Street and then right onto Coach Road. The high school is on the left.

Pleasant Hill High School Address: 84455 N. Enterprise Road, Pleasant Hill. Directions: Take either Highway 42 or Highway 38 to Interstate-5 and turn north. Take exit 188A to Highway 58 (the Willamette Highway). After about 5 miles, turn right onto North Enterprise Road. The school is on the left.

miles from Myrtle Point). Turn left (west) onto Main Camas Road. The high school is on the right.

Days Creek High School Address: 11381 Tiller Trail Highway, Days Creek. Directions: Take Highway 42 east to Winston and turn south onto Interstate-5. Take the Canyonville/Days Creek exit (Exit 98) and turn left onto First Street (Canyonville-Riddle Road). Turn right onto SE Main Street, and left onto SE Third Street, which becomes Douglas County Highway 1 (the Tiller Trail Highway). Days Creek is about 7 miles from Canyonville. The high school is on the right.

Elkton High School Address: 739 River Drive, Elkton.

Directions: Take Highway 101 north to Reedsport and turn east onto Highway 38. The high school is along the highway in Elkton (35 miles east of Reedsport).

Glendale High School Address: 10598 Azalea-Glen Road, Glendale. Directions: Take Highway 42 east to Winston and turn south onto Interstate-5. Take Exit 80 toward Glendale (about 35 miles south of Winston). After 2.5 miles, turn right onto Azalea-Glen Road. The high school is on the left.

Powers High School Address: 1 High School Hill Road, Powers. Directions: Turn onto the Powers Highway from Highway 42 about 3 miles south of Myrtle Point. Follow the highway about 18 miles to Powers and turn left onto Fir Street, which becomes High School Road after a few blocks and ends at the high school.

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Gold Beach Panthers

New coach aims to carry on Panther tradition

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

GOLD BEACH — It’s a new era for Gold Beach.

For the first time in 17 seasons, the Panthers have a new coach. After three years as an assistant to the legendary Kevin Swift, Justin Storns will have the daunting task of replacing the enormous shoes of the two-time state champion coach.

“Coach Storns is a lot like Swift in many ways, minus the aggressive personality of course that we all know Swift has,” senior Colton Maxwell said. “But in a way I think Justin’s more laid back temper is really getting somewhere with this year’s team and setting a positive, yet different tempo.

“I just see more of a spark with Storns this year and it excites me as well as the rest of the team. He seems just as excited to get this year going as much as the players are.”

Storns actually played for Swift during the former coach’s first year at Gold Beach in 1997 when Storns was a senior. That year the Panthers went from a double-wing offense to a triple option veer attack. Storns is still running the veer, but he anticipates making some tweaks to formations.

Panther players laud his dedication to conditioning.

He’s made it a priority in their regimen and the players have responded.

“His opinion on conditioning and how important he thinks it is, is a big advantage,” Maxwell said.

“Whether it’s running on the field or pushing us in the weight room. We don’t have the size we used to have so he wants us to be bigger, faster and outlast every other team.”

Through the first-year trials and tribulations, Storns won’t be completely on his own.

Swift is still athletic director at Gold Beach, so Storns will always have an outlet for advice an earshot away.

“He’s not making me learn it on my own,” Storns said. “If I have question, I can call him in the evening and he’ll give me advice.

“We’ve been good friends so it’s been working out real well.”

Storns calls Swift the “general manager” of the team, working with finances and making sure everything runs smoothly.

And Swift has no problem staying away from the mix.

“I will not be anywhere near his program while they practice or (during) games,” Swift said. ”I will give all the support and advice Justin asks for behind the scenes.

He is the leader of the program and so far he has been doing great.”

Gold Beach has been a powerhouse in 2A for the past decade, making the state title game five times. Last season, the Panthers finished 9-3, losing to Grant Union in the quarterfinal.

Storns will be fighting to replace numerous graduated seniors including quarterback CJ Maxwell and other student athletes like Garrett Litterell, Cole Walker, Brandon Hensley, Brandon Adams, Dustin Carter and Michael Romsa.

But Swift didn’t leave Storns with a roster depleted of talent. Storns has potential to work with.

Gold Beach has a bit of a quarterback competition, with athlete Skyler Floyd — who has never been quarterback but, Storns says, has “multiple athletic talents” — and former JV quarterback Geo Rangel competing for the starting job.

He’ll also have Dakota Hensley new at right tackle, who Storns says has a lot of heart despite being undersized. Lincoln Newdall will be the new center.

Storns describes fullback JR Keeler as a “tank” who is going to finally get carries after being stuck behind Romsa and Hensley last year.

The Panthers also will have Rueben Salcedo and Colton Pearson at tailback with Raef Williams and Shawn Wallace helping out at tight end and wide receiver, respectively.

On defense, Storns expects to run a lot of four-or five-man front defenses, with a mixture of coverages hopefully leading to turnovers.

To help build chemistry as a team, on top of their annual camp in the middle of June, the Panthers helped volunteer for a school fundraiser at the Cape Blanco Music Festival during the summer.

All to try and make the adjustment to a new coach feel less stunted.

“I feel like it’s a good transition,” Panther senior Mauricio Boydston said. “He knows what the team is capable of and how everything is supposed to be ran. He hasn’t

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New Gold Beach head coach Justin Storns counsels a player during an afternoon practice. Storns replaced Kevin Swift, who retired after 17 years leading the Panthers.

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A Gold Beach running back carries the ball during practice. changed anything that we’ve been used to the last four years and it’s a smooth transition.”

Even in just his first season at the helm, there’s still optimism for Storns to carry

on Swift’s torch.

“My personal opinion is that he has a good group as his first year as the head coach and we all listen to him very well,” Boydston said.

“It’ll keep moving forward.”

League: Sunset Conference Coach: Justin Storns (first season) Assistants: Greg Brown, Matt Wagner, Beau Hanson, Mike Becker 2013 Record: 9-3 (50 in league) Returning Starters: Offense 6, Defense 6 Key Players: Raef Williams, sr, TE/DL; Colton Pearson, sr, RB; JR Keeler, sr, FB/LB; Rueben Salcedo, sr, WR/DB; Skyler Floyd, jr, Justin Storns WR/DB; Mauricio Boydston, sr, TE/LB; Colton Maxwell, sr, TE/DE; Lincoln Newdall, sr, DL/DL; Shawn Wallace, jr, QB/DB.

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Several South Coast schools are in for big seasons This is the hard part.

Time for some honestto-goodness, 2014 South Coast high school football predictions.

I have something of a connection with all of these schools. From Brookings up to Florence across to Powers, I have my affinities for each team.

But not all of them are going to have sterling seasons capped by a state title. I looked it up, they’re in the same league, it’s not possible.

Let’s start with the two biggest teams on the South Coast, Marshfield and North Bend.

It’s hard for North Bend not to sympathize with Sisyphus.

The past three years, The Bulldogs have mimicked the Greek myth by nearly reaching the mountain each postseason, just to watch their boulder crash back down to start over.

North Bend has won at least two playoff games each of the past three years and under the tutelage of head coach Gary Prince, has a burgeoning empire in Oregon Class 4A football.

They have absolute studs on

offense with Drew Matthews, Cam Lucero, Levi Rider, Luke Lucero, Anthony Hawk, Jake Buck and other names I’m sure I’ll be typing over and over again SPORTS in box scores. Like the old sports cliché goes, as long as they stay healthy and take care of the ball, they should GEORGE be fine, ARTSITAS right?

Here’s the issue; the kind of bar North Bend has set this year takes near perfection.

Everything can go right for the entire year, then one bad quarter in the playoffs could curb the entire year. They’re a lot like the 2012 Miami Heat in that way.

North Bend probably will go 7-1 in the regular season, but it’s wins 8, 9, 10 and 11 they’ll really need.

Across town, Marshfield doesn’t have to deal with lofty expectations. Yet. The Pirates are entering their second year under Josh

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Line, their second year in the Far West League and second at the Class 4A level. Last season the Pirates finished 2-6, but they won their first game in two years and will get a few schedule breaks this season. They’ll get the league’s two best teams — North Bend and Siuslaw — at Pete Susick Stadium.

There’s reason enough for the Pirates to be excited, but Marshfield is a long way from getting re-certified in Class 4A as “Marshfield University.” I can easily imagine a .500 year at 4-4, leading into a 2015 with the solid troop of current juniors like Rylee Trendell, Vincent Tine and Jake Miles dealing with the best problem you can have as a program: expectations.

As for the two Far West League schools on the South Coast’s boundaries, I’m guessing Brookings-Harbor and Siuslaw will have two very different fates.

With co-coaches Dan O’Brien and Buell Gonzales Jr. sharing duties for the Bruins — and the fact that they went winless last season — I see 2014 as another rebuilding year.

Siuslaw is always great under head coach Tim Dodson. His veer offense is like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, it comes around in the fall and it works every year.

Siuslaw goes 6-2 and makes the playoffs.

In Class 3A, Coquille will have a new league to deal with and a handful of new foes in the Mountain Valley Conference. Last year the Red Devils won the two games they needed to reach

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Myrtle Point coach Marty Stallard has the Bobcats heading in an upward direction and hoping to sneak into the playoffs. the playoffs, but were just 37 overall. Talent-wise, having Mo Faith means less problems. Zach Breitkreutz could be a beast at quarterback.

Three of the six teams in the Mountain Valley Conference will make the playoffs. Considering realignment inherently promises confusion, I say Coquille goes 5-4 and misses the playoffs because of a realignment stipulation I won’t know existed until November.

Down in Class 2A, Reedsport, Gold Beach,

Bandon and Myrtle Point welcome Toldeo and Waldport into the Sunset Conference.

I never got to see Reedsport play last season, but I followed the Braves as closely as you’d hope a local sports reporter would. While I loved graduated seniors like Haden Sams and Matthew Rhode, there’s some real talent at Reedsport. Coach Shane Nelson might be dealing with one of his most talented groups yet and his really optimistic about his new quarterback Tyler

Tresch. The Braves go 6-3 and make the playoffs out of the Sunset Conference.

Coming off a 2-6 season, one of the biggest endorsements I can give the 2014 Bandon football season is as follows; I’m a big Quentin Coomer fan. He’ll take over for Shawn Peters at quarterback, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Coomer surprised me this year. Bandon goes 37 in its first year dipping down to Class 2A, but the Tigers show signs of potential for 2015.

Myrtle Point is a team on the rise after finishing 4-5 last season. I don’t see them rising above 5-4, but a resurgence from the Bobcats — maybe as a playoff spoiler or darkhorse playoff team — isn’t out of the realm of possibility this year.

Gold Beach will be typically dominant, as per usual.

Even if new coach Justin Storns needs a second to get comfortable taking over for former coach and Panther legend Kevin Swift, they should roll. Gold Beach goes 8-1 and raises eyebrows early with blowouts of Coquille and Vernonia.

And then there’s Powers.

The one time I was about to watch eight-man football last season, my car broke down. From what I’ve gathered, Powers is like ‘the Field of Dreams of football.’

Hopefully the pair of Tye Jackson and Jackson Stallard — say that five times fast — plays well enough to merit another trip.

Prediction? 6-2 and my Hyundai Elantra braves a trip to Powers.

But what do I know about the future?

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Coquille Red Devils

Red Devils combine youth, experience

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

A pair of linemen take their turn on the blocking sled during a preseason Coquille practice. The line plays a key role in Coquille’s wing-T offensive attack. wing-T offense, the juniors include quarterback Zach Breitkreutz.

“He’s a pretty talented quarterback,” Thomason said, adding that Breitkreutz is a great leader and also a quarterback who keeps his emotions constant no matter the situation, which is vital to the position.

“You couldn’t ask for a better quarterback,” he said.

Breitkreutz is part of a veteran backfield. Faith was the fullback last year and junior Joe Scolari was the halftback. Junior Wyatt Yates, who will be the wingback, also saw significant playing time in 2013.

“We can all play each other’s positions,” Faith said The trio have different styles, too, which can help challenge defenses, Breutkreutz said.

Breitkreutz can run the ball, too, giving Coquille four potential options on the ground.

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improved his passing — both his technique and arm strength — and will target receivers including junior Kody Courtright and sophomore Austin Layton.

Helping the offense move will be a veteran line that should be greatly improved this fall.

Sophomore Dustin Davis and juniors Chandler Fisher and Zach Ray all were starters last year and Yost and sophomore James Hopper saw significant time.

Though he was just a freshman, Davis was the team’s offensive lineman of the year, Thomason said.

“He’s got a great work ethic and he goes hard,” the coach said. Yost said Davis “doesn’t have an off switch.”

Senior Mason Stone, who transferred from northern California, is expected to fill a A Coquille player works on his role on the line, along with form and agility during a drill in juniors Jantz Lowry and Tyler practice. Players are taught both Neuschwander.

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COQUILLE — Over the past several years, Coquille’s football team has developed into a regular playoff participant.

For the Red Devils to get back to the postseason this year, they will need to successfully navigate a new league with a roster that both is young and is filled with experience.

The Red Devils enter the Mountain Valley League with a squad that includes just three seniors — one of them a transfer — but with a large junior class and a few sophomores who also contributed last year.

By Coquille standards, last year wasn’t great. The Red Devils only won three games (they later got another win by forfeit), but did win the contests they needed to get into the playoffs.

“Last year was a rough year,” veteran coach David Thomason said. “But the thing about it is, we got a lot of experience.”

Last year’s squad only had a few seniors, just like this fall, which helps fuel the group’s optimism.

“I feel like we’re going to have a good team,” said Makel “Mo” Faith, one of the two returning seniors, adding that he could see a difference in the squad from the first day. “Practices are going really smooth. This group just came out ready to play.

“I guess we’re more focused.”

Lineman Kyle Yost, the other returning senior, said the players who were forced into duty as sophomores last fall have made big strides.

“They all got stronger and faster,” he said.

Coquille returns seven starters on offense and nine on defense. Of those 11 players — five started both ways last year — seven are juniors.

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Brookings-Harbor Bruins

Bruins hope two-coach system brings success

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS

patched together 15 kids for the North Bend camp and then started the hunt for a new coach.

Gonzales only had one in house applicant — O’ Brien, who coached at Azalea Middle School last fall.

O’Brien worked with Sullivan a lot, making it to every game and practically every practice after his duties at the middle school were done. Before Sullivan left, O’Brien had been working with the team a little more closely, trying to install a new offense and develop a new playbook. Gonzales decided it would be best to have O’Brien as his guy, but he didn’t want to “throw him to the wolves.”

So, with very little prep, Gonzales will act as O’Brien’s training wheels this year before he’s ready to fully take over in 2015.

“I just want us to play hard and do the best we can,” O’Brien said. “It’s a weird situation and we just need to get a team together and compete.

“I just want the kids to come out and have a good experience so we can keep our numbers up.”

Even with some of the Bruins having a coachplayer relationship with Sullivan dating back to their time on the middle school team, the kids don’t seem to be turned off by the

prospect of two coaches.

“We can do a lot more things with two coaches,” senior Alec Darger said. “You BROOKINGS — Out with get the best of both worlds. If the old, in with the two. you have one coach, you get Coming into this season, one person’s beliefs. If you the biggest change for take two people who are in Brookings-Harbor will be on the same system but can look the sideline, with Buell at it from two different ways, Gonzales Jr. and Dan O’Brien you get a better perspective.” splitting duties as co-head This year, Broookingscoaches.

Harbor will be low on seniors The Bruins went winless and will only have seven last year in Erik Sullivan’s returning starters. They’ll only year as head coach, so continue to run the pistol and there’s really no place to go keep veering away from the but up. double-wing formation that “It’s a good working relaSullivan’s predecessor Joe tionship,” Gonzales said of Morin employed that was run being co-coaches. O’Brien heavy, specializing in sweeps acts as offensive coordinator, and counters.

Bob Hoyman is defensive So far, it’s clear their coordinator and Gonzales coaching style is much more fills in the gaps. “It’s making patient than coaches past. the best out of a difficult sit“It’s a slower tempo, but uation, so the kids are coma better tempo (too),” senior ing in open minded and the running back and middle kids have been great.” linebacker Christian The week before the Hooper said. “We’re still North Bend Football Camp in going fast, but just not so June, Gonzales, who is the fast that kids’ heads are Brookings-Harbor athletic spinning and they don’t director and coaches the know what to do.

Bruins hoops team, was at a “People are in a learning basketball tournament in environment, able to learn Central Oregon. He got a call their assignments and not from his wife hinting that he having to question what needed to check his messages they’re doing.” and e-mails back at the Wide receiver and corneroffice. Gonzales made some back Christian Edwards didphone calls and found out n’t play last year, but did play that Sullivan had accepted a in middle school. As a semijob as a middle school teacher newcomer, he appreciates in Ashland. Gonzales told his the approach the coaches are kids the following Monday, taking as he eases his way back into football.

“They’re really good,” Edwards said. “They’re not just yelling at you. They make sure you know what you’re doing before you go in. When you try new things, there’s always a pretty rough learning curve, and with this it’s a lot easier and it just feels smooth. The way they talk to you, it’s not so stern, it’s not like yelling. It’s more calm.”

As for their personnel, Darger identifies as the quarterback but O’Brien says he “likes competition” and that the job is open. Alex Bevan, a Brookings-Harbor co-coach Buell Gonzales Jr. watches his players dur- wingback and outside linebacker, should be vital on The World

ing a preseason practice.

COQUILLE From Page B1 “We’ve got a bigger line this year,” Faith said. “They definitely came together quick.”

Yost agreed.

“Jantz and Ray got bigger and Mason Stone, he’s coming along,” Yost said. “He hits hard.”

The depth on the line is typical of the entire squad, which has 34 players.

“Our depth chart is very even,” Thomason said. “We can have almost three full teams with just 34 players.”

Coquille’s offense has the potential to be explosive. The players also are excited about the defense, with its wealth of returning starters.

Davis and Yost started on the line last year, while Faith, Scolari,Layton and junior Kody Woody, started at linebacker.

Courtright and Breitkreutz are the cornerbacks and Yates returns at safety.

“It’s coming together pretty good,” Faith said.

Fisher, Ray, Lowry and Hopper also all saw extensive time on the defensive line.

That will help as Coquille switches back to a 4-4 alignment from last year’s experiment with a defensive front that included three linemen.

“We thought we had the personnel,” Thomason said.

“It didn’t work out.

“We’ve got the personnel to go back to our trusty 4-4.

We want to get that defense back to where it should be.”

The defense will be tested in the new league.

“It’s a great challenge,” Thomason said. “You’ve got some quality programs in there.”

Harrisburg reached the playoffs last year with a power I-formation running game.

Pleasant Hill did the same with a spread attack. Creswell runs the double-wing.

The other two league foes are La Pine, which dropped down from Class 4A this year, and Glide, which joins Coquille in moving to the new league from the Sunset Conference.

Faith is confident the Red Devils can handle the challenges of each different offense.

“I think we move around and adjust to what we need to do,” he said.

Coquille needs to finish in the top half of the league to reach the playoffs.

The players are confident they can get there, as long as they maintain their focus.

“I definitely feel we will be able to, as long as we keep up the good work,” Breitkreutz said.

Thomason expects that.

“We’re still young, but we’re going to be good,” he said. “We’re going to surprise some folks.”

Photos by Thomas Moriarty, The World

Brookings-Harbor quarterback Alec Darger leads players in a huddle during a recent practice. both sides of the ball.

Senior lineman David Hull and reciever/defensive back Shaan Amin Jr. are returning starters who will be crucial to the Bruins’ success.

On defense, BrookingsHarbor will run a more unconventional 4-2-5 hybrid defense, with Hooper and sophomore Noah James as potential standouts in Gonzales’ eyes.

“I’m a basketball coach,” Gonzales said of his style of defense. “So we will be a little different.”

Jordan King, one of the team’s outside linebackers and wingbacks on defense, has gotten bigger and has a much better attitude, O’Brien has noticed.

“This year you can see it,” O’Brien said. “He’s ready to go and ready to play ball.”

With their first game Friday at home against Phoenix, the Bruins are optimistic about this multicoach 2014.

“I think everyone is pretty positive about the new season,” Hooper said. ”And the new coaches.”

Alec Darger

Christian Hooper

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Brookings-Harbor League: Far West League Co-Coaches: Buell Gonzales Jr. and Dan O’Brien Assistants: Lloyd Alto, Bob Hoyman, Mark Camarilo, Tim Lycett 2013 Record: 0-9 (0-6 in league) Returning Starters: Offense 7, Defense 7 Key Players: Christian Hooper, sr, FB/LB; Alec Darger, sr, QB/DB; David Hull, sr, OL/DL Jordan King, jr, RB/LB; Shaan Amin, jr, WR/DB; Noah James, Buell Gonzales Jr. soph, RB/DB; Christian Edwards, sr, WR/CB; Aaron Iwema, jr, OL/DL; Nick Boynton, soph, OL/DL; Max Leavitt, sr, OL/DL; Alex Bevan, jr, RB/LB.

2014 Schedule Sept. 5 Phoenix Sept. 12 @Illinois Valley Sept. 19 @Yreka Sept. 26 *Marshfield Oct. 3 *South Umpqua Oct. 10 *@Douglas Oct. 17 *North Bend Oct. 24 *@Siuslaw Oct. 31 Class 4A play-in round *Denotes league game

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Mo Faith

Kyle Yost

Coquille League: Mountain Valley Conference Coach: David Thomason (sixth season) Assistants: Albert Dixon, Jake Cochran 2013 Record: 4-6 (2-3 in Sunset Conference) Returning Starters: Offense 7, Defense 9 Key Players: Zach Breitkreutz, jr, QB/DB; Joe Scolari, jr, RB/LB; Makel “Mo” Faith, sr, RB/LB; Kody Courtright, jr, WR/DB; Dustin Davis, soph, OL/DL; Chandler Fisher, jr, OL/DL; Zach Ray, jr, OL/DL; Wyatt Yates, jr, RB/DB; Austin Layton, soph, David Thomason WR/LB; Kyle Yost, sr, OL/DL; James Hopper, soph, OL/DL; Kody Woody, jr, TE/LB; Mason Stone, sr, OL/DL; Jantz Lowry, jr, OL/DL; Tyler Nueschwander, jr, OL/DL.

2014 Schedule Sept. 5 @Gold Beach Sept. 12 Myrtle Point Sept. 19 @Bandon Sept. 26 Illinois Valley Oct. 3 *Pleasant Hill Oct. 10 *@Creswell Oct. 17 *La Pine Oct. 24 *@Glide Oct. 31 *@Harrisburg *Denotes league game

David Thomason, in his sixth season as Coquille’s head coach, addresses the team before practice.

By Lou Sennick, The World

Four South Coast schools will add to their athletic halls of fame during the football season.

Ceremonies are planned at Coquille, Marshfield, North Bend and Myrtle Point. A fifth school, Siuslaw, held its hall of fame induction ceremony during the summer.

Coquille and Marshfield will hold their celebrations the same weekend, Sept. 2627, honoring inductees at games Friday night and then holding the celebrations the following day.

North Bend will recognize its inductees before the Bulldogs’ game on Oct. 10.

Myrtle Point’s celebration will be held the weekend of Oct. 24-25.

Coquille is honoring three of the school’s top track and field athletes spanning three decades — distance runner Ken Martin, sprinter Carolyn Leary (also a volleyball and basketball standout) and Holli Dieu — along with renowned golf instructor Dave Glenz, who was one of the top golfers in the state and a standout basketball player for the Red Devils.

Coquille also will induct the state champion track teams from 1959 and 1961.

Marshfield’s class includes a pair of multi-sport standouts who graduated in 1947 — Don Bruce and Ken Hunt. The Pirates also will honor standout swimmer Mark Henke and javelin state champion

Clarinda Wilson, as well as two renowned coaches, Chuck Crandall and Ken Tedder, as well as the 1995 state champion dance team.

North Bend will recognize 1983 graduate Doug Schmidt, who became a technology innovator after high school, as well as all-state baseball player Jason Younker (class of 1985) and basketball star Janee (Olds) Brumfield, who led the Bulldogs to their only state title. The other two members of North Bend’s group are deceased — renowned Dr. Ennis Keizer (Class of 1927) and swim coach Ken Lyons.

Myrtle Point hasn’t announced it’s hall of fame class yet.

This summer, Siuslaw inducted a group that included eight individuals and two champion teams.

Siuslaw’s honorees were baseball all-star Jackie Gardiner (Class of 1956), standout runner Mark Savage (Class of 1968), three-sport star Mike Haberly (Class of 1975), track and volleyball standout Mary Dodson Robinson (Class of 1982), basketball star Greg Klosterman (Class of 1992) and basketball and running star Kirsten (Daniel) Holden (Class of 1997). The Vikings also recognized former principal Richard Whitmore, who was renowned for supporting athletes and coaches during his tenure from 1961 to 1989, and the champion 1979 boys track and field and 1984 girls basketball teams.

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Siuslaw Vikings

Siuslaw aims to return to ‘Viking’ tradition

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

FLORENCE — On the surface, Siuslaw’s football team had another great season last fall, finishing 7-1 in the regular season and reaching the playoffs. But the 2013 season didn’t live up to the high standards of the Vikings.

“We want to bring back the tradition of hard-nosed, physical football,” Siuslaw quarterback Joe Dotson said.

But it’s more than just that.

The players committed to having a better team attitude after a 7-on-7 passing camp in Bend during the spring.

“What we’ve been asked since Bend is changing the reputation, getting it back like it was,” senior tight end and linebacker Michael Maverick said.

“Last year, we kind of goofed off and didn’t listen.

We had bad attitudes and didn’t care. We’re trying to change it back to more care — not just (be) good athletes, but good people.

“If we do that, the wins will come.”

Strengthened by the good attitudes, the Vikings expect to be better this year.

“I can just feel it,” senior Kasey Ryan said, adding that

Joe Dotson

the Vikings are far ahead of last year.

“Coach talked with us about building blocks — every day make it better than it was the day before. Keep building up.”

The progress will be important on the line, where Ryan is the center after being a receiver last year. He’s not the only member up front who isn’t particularly big.

“We don’t look it, but we’ve got the beef behind us,” Ryan said. “We know if we do what we’re told, we get the results.”

The other players have confidence in the young men up front.

“The line is small, but they’re pretty strong,” Maverick said.

The entire team is stronger than last year.

“All of them were in and out of the weight room,” Siuslaw coach Tim Dodson said. “That’s a first time.”

That started soon after Siuslaw was eliminated from the Class 4A playoffs by Gladstone.

“I know a lot of them have been lifting every day since Gladstone,” Dotson said.

“They’re very committed — one of the most committed groups I’ve seen.”

In addition to better strength, the Vikings have a

Christian Jakobsen

Kasey Ryan

Siuslaw Coach: Tim Dodson (19th season) Assistants: Chris Goodman, Pat Wondra, Jerry Fleming, Tony Castro, Josh Thomas-Dotson, Jacob Steiberger, Bob Teter, Cameron Thrall.

2013 Record: 8-2 (51 in league) Returning Starters: Offense 7, Defense 8 Key Players: Joe Dotson, sr, QB; Christian Jakobsen, sr, RB/LB; Brad Snow, sr, WR/DB; Billy Jones, Tim Dodson sr, RB/DB; Chris Bacon, sr, OL/DL; Markell Blliss, sr, OL/DL; Keoni Castro, sr, WR/CB; Kasey Ryan, sr, OL/DL; Maverick Michael, sr, TE/LB; Nick Dodson, sr, TE/LB; Kenneth Thrall, jr, RB/LB; Scotty Gordon, jr, WR/DB; Dylan Jennings, jr, OL/DL; Michael Mason, jr, OL/DL.

2014 Schedule Sept. 5 Newport Sept. 12 @Scio Sept. 19 Hidden Valley Sept. 26 *@South Umpqua Oct. 3 *North Bend Oct. 10 *Marshfield Oct. 17 *@Douglas Oct. 24 *Brookings-Harbor Oct. 31 Class 4A play-in round *Denotes league game

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Siuslaw head coach Tim Dodson talks to the players during a team drill the first week of fall practice. veteran group, returning seven starters on offense and eight on defense.

And Siuslaw is stacked at its most important offensive position, quarterback, where Dotson was starter last year until being injured late in the season.

Now he’s back for his senior year, and his replacement for the end of last year, junior Preston Mitchell, also returns.

“They’re both great quality kids,” Dodson said. “I’m pretty blessed to have them.”

With Siuslaw’s veer offense, there’s no substitute for good experience at quarterback.

“I’ve been doing this offense since going into third grade,” Dotson said.

But he wasn’t able to lead the Vikings in the playoff loss, which still bothers him.

“I was out there on the sidelines itching to get in,” Dotson said, though he quickly added that the team was in good hands.

“Preston is one of the most talented guys out there.”

Siuslaw also returns all three starting running backs — Christian Jakobsen, Kenneth Thrall and Billy Jones — as well as wide receiver Brad Snow.

Dodson said Siuslaw can be versatile on offense, but

will stick to its bread and butter.

“If we can throw the football, we’re going to throw the football, but we live and die running the football,” he said.

Chris Bacon and Markel Bill return to the offensive line, joined by Ryan, Dylan Jennings and Michael Mason.

“We did lose quite a few linemen,” Dotson said. “The ones we have stepped up.

They’re working hard.”

Siuslaw should be solid on offense and also on defense.

Bacon and Bliss both started on the line last year, while Jakobsen and Thrall were starting linebackers.

The Vikings also return four starters in the defensive backfield — Snow, Mitchell, Jones and Keoni Castro.

The large senior class will leave Siuslaw having upheld the team’s tradition of winning, including 8-2 records the past two years.

But one thing has been missing.

“We haven’t had a playoff victory since freshman year,” Dotson said.

Siuslaw reached the state championship game that year, falling to La Salle Prep in the final. But the Vikings then lost to the Falcons in the first round in 2012 before being eliminated by Gladstone last year.

“My No. 1 goal is to get a

Quarterback Joe Dotson drops back to pass the ball during practice. The senior is in his second year as starter for the Vikings.

playoff victory,” Dotson said.

The tradition of success carries down through the ages.

“I think it’s a lot of motivation,” Jakobsen said, adding that wins in the regular season only go so far if the Vikings reach the playoffs, but don’t advance.

“It motivates and frustrates,” Jakobsen said.

Dodson, entering his 19th

year as the head coach of the Vikings, has confidence in the team’s strong senior core.

“It’s their time,” he said.

“It’s their place.”

The entire squad has shown a nice camaraderie,” Dodson said.

“They’re carrying on the tradition of what Siuslaw football is all about,” he said.

“I don’t see any reason we won’t be competitive.”

New league alignments and playoff qualifications Class 6A Portland Interscholastic League: Benson Techmen, Cleveland Warriors, Franklin Quakers, Grant Generals, Jefferson Democrats, Lincoln Cardinals, Madison Senators, Roosevelt Roughriders, Wilson Trojans.

Metro League: Aloha Warriors, Beaverton Beavers, Century Jaguars, Glencoe Crimson Tide, Jesuit Crusaders, Southridge Skyhawks, Sunset Apollos, Westview Wildcats.

Mount Hood Conference: Barlow Bruins, Centennial Eagles, Central Catholic Rams, Clackamas Cavaliers, David Douglas Scots, Gresham Gophers, Oregon City Pioneers, Reynolds Raiders.

Three Rivers League: Canby Cougars, Lake Oswego Lakers, Lakeridge Pacers, Newberg Tigers, Sherwood Bowmen, St. Mary’s Academy Blues, Tigard Tigers, Tualatin Timberwolves, West Linn Lions.

Greater Valley Conference: Forest Grove Vikings, McKay Scots, McMinnville Grizzlies, McNary Celtics, North Salem Vikings, South Salem Saxons, Sprague Olympians, West Albany Bulldogs, West Salem Titans.

Southern Oregon Conference: Grants Pass Cavemen, North Medford Black Tornado, Roseburg Indians, Sheldon Irish, South Eugene Axemen, South Medford Panthers, Thurston Colts, Willamette Wolverines.

Class 5A Northwest Oregon Conference: Hillsboro Spartans, La Salle Prep Falcons, Liberty Falcons, Milwaukie Mustangs, Parkrose Broncos, Putnam Kingsmen, Sandy Pioneers, St. Helens Lions, Wilsonville Wildcats.

M i d - W i l l a m e t t e C o n f e r e n c e : Central Panthers, Corvallis Spartans, Crescent Valley Raiders, Dallas Dragons, Lebanon Warriors, Silverton Foxes, South Albany Rebels, Woodburn Bulldogs.

Midwestern League: Ashland Grizzlies, Churchill Lancers, Crater Comets, Eagle Point Eagles, Marist Spartans, North Eugene Highlanders, Springfield MIllers.

Intermountain Conference: Bend Lava Bears, Mountain View Cougars, Redmond Panthers, Ridgeview Ravens, Summit Storm.

Columbia River Conference: Hermiston Bulldogs, Hood River Valley Eagles, Pendleton Buckaroos, The Dalles EagleIndians.

2014 Playoff Qualifying Class 6A: Four teams qualify from each of the six leagues and eight additional teams will qualify through the play-in round.

Class 5A: The Northwest Oregon and Mid-Willamette leagues get four qualifiers, the Midwestern League gets three and the Intermountain and Columbia River leagues get two each. One additional team will be selected through the power rankings.

Class 4A: The seven league champions automatically qualify for the final 16-team playoff bracket, along with the top second-place team in the power rankings. The other eight spots will be decided through the play-in round.

Class 3A: The West Valley, PacWest and Mountain Valley leagues each get three qualifiers, while the Lewis & Clark, Eastern Oregon and Southern Cascade leagues get two each. The final spot will be determined by the power rankings.

Class 2A: All six leagues get two spots, with the remaining four being allocated by the OSAA Executive Board at its Sept. 8 meeting.

Class 1A: Each of the four special districts for football receive four spots in the bracket.

Tri-Valley Conference: Corbett Cardinals, Crook County Cowboys, Estacada Rangers, Gladstone Gladiators, Madras White Buffaloes, Molalla Indians.

F a r W e s t L e a g u e : Brookings-Harbor Bruins, Douglas Trojans, Marshfield Pirates, North Bend Bulldogs, Siuslaw Vikings, South Umpqua Lancers.

O r e g o n W e s t C o n f e r e n c e : Cascade Cougars, Newport Cubs, North Marion Huskies, Philomath Warriors, Stayton Eagles, Yamhill-Carlton Tigers.

Sky-Em League: Cottage Grove Lions, Elmira Falcons, Junction City Tigers, Sisters Outlaws, Sutherlin Bulldogs, Sweet Home Huskies.

Skyline Conference: Henley Hornets, Hidden Valley Mustangs, Klamath Union Pelicans, Mazama Vikings, North Valley Knights, Phoenix Pirates.

Greater Oregon League: Baker Bulldogs, La Grande Tigers, McLoughlin Pioneers, Ontario Tigers.

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Le w is & Clar k Le agu e: Catlin Gabel Eagles, Clatskanie Tigers, De La Salle North Catholic Knights, Oregon Episcopal Aardvarks, Portland Adventist Cougars, Portland Christian Royals, Rainier Columbians, Riverdale Mavericks, Warrenton Warriors.

West Valley League: Amity Warriors, Dayton Pirates, Horizon Christian Hawks, Class 4A Santiam Christian Eagles, Sheridan C ow ap a Le a g u e : Astoria Fishermen, Spartans, Taft Tigers, Westside Christian Banks Braves, Scappoose Indians, Seaside Eagles, Willamina Bulldogs.

PacWest Conference: Blanchet Catholic Seagulls, Tillamook Cheesemakers, Valley Cavaliers, Chemawa Braves, Colton Vikings, Catholic Valiants.

Gervais Cougars, Jefferson Lions, Salem Academy Crusaders, Scio Loggers.

Mountain Valley Conference: Coquille Red Devils, Creswell Bulldogs, Glide Wildcats, Harrisburg Eagles, La Pine Hawks, Pleasant Hill Billies.

Eastern Oregon League: Nyssa Bulldogs, Riverside Pirates, Umatilla Vikings, Vale Vikings.

S o u t h e r n C a s c a d e L e a g u e : Cascade Christian Challengers, Illinois Valley Cougars, Lakeview Honkers, Rogue River Chieftains, St. Mary’s Crusaders.

Class 2A Northwest League: City Christian Lions, Delphian School Dragons, Faith Bible Falcons, Gaston Greyhounds, Knappa Loggers, Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates, Nestucca Bobcats, Vernonia Loggers.

T r i - R i v e r C o n f e r e n c e : Central Linn Cobras, East Linn Christian Eagles, Kennedy

Trojans, Perrydale Pirates, Regis Rams, Santiam Wolverines, St. Paul Buckaroos, Western Mennonite Pioneers.

Mountain View Conference: Bonanza Antlers, Canyonville Christian Pilots, Crow Cougars, Lost River Raiders, Milo Adventist Mustangs, Monroe Dragons, Oakland Oakers, Oakridge Warriors, Riddle Irish.

Sunset Conference: Bandon Tigers, Gold Beach Panthers, Myrtle Point Bobcats, Reedsport Braves, Toledo Boomers, Waldport Irish.

C o l u m b i a B a s i n C o n f e r e n c e : Culver Bulldogs, Heppner Mustangs, Irrigon Knights, Pilot Rock Rockets, Stanfield Tigers, Weston-McEwen Tiger Scots.

Wapiti League: Burns Hilanders, Cove Leopards, Elgin Huskies, Enterprise Outlaws, Grant Union Prospecters, Imbler Panthers, Union Bobcats.

Pirates, New Hope Christian Warriors, North Douglas Warriors, Pacific Pirates, Powers Cruisers, Umpqua Valley Christian Monarchs, Yoncalla Eagles.

Mountain Valley League: Butte Falls Loggers, Central Christian Tigers, Chiloquin Panthers, Gilchrist Grizzlies, Hosanna Christian Lions, North Lake Cowboys, Paisley Broncos, Prospect Cougars, Rogue Valley Adventist Academy Tall Hawks, Triad Timber Wolves, Trinity Lutheran Saints.

Bi g Sk y Le agu e: Arlington Honkers, Condon Blue Devils, Dufur Rangers, Horizon Christian Hawks, Ione Cardinals, Mitchell Loggers, Sherman Huskies, South Wasco County Redsides, Spray Eagles, Wheeler Falcons.

O l d O r e g o n L e a g u e : Echo Cougars, Griswold Grizzlies, Joseph Eagles, Nixyaawii Eagles, Pine Eagle Spartans, Class 1A Regular Districts Powder Valley Badgers, Wallowa Cougars.

The Valley 10 League: Columbia Christian High Desert League: Adrian Antelopes, Knights, Columbia Christian Eagles, Damascus Christian Eagles, Life Christian Lions, North Clackamas Christian Saints, Open Door Christian Huskies, Portland Lutheran Bluejays, Portland Waldorf Wolfpack, Southwest Christian Wildcats, St. Stephens Academy.

Casco League: C.S. Lewis Watchmen, Country Christian Cougars, Crosshill Christian Eagles, Falls City Mountaineers, Jewell Bluejays, Kings Valley Charter Eagles, Livingstone Adventist Academy Lions, Oregon School for the Deaf Panthers, St. John Bosco Knights, Veritas School Vanguard, Willamette Valley Christian Warriors.

M o u n t a i n W e s t L e a g u e : Alsea Wolverines, Eddyville Charter Eagles, Lowell Devils, Mapleton Sailors, McKenzie Eagles, Mohawk Indians, Oak Hill School Falcons, Siletz Valley Warriors, Triangle Lake Lakers.

Skyline League: Camas Valley Hornets, Days Creek Wolves, Elkton Elks, Glendale

Burnt River Bulls, Crane Mustangs, Dayville Tigers, Harper Hornets, Huntington Locomotives, Jordan Valley Mustangs, Long Creek Mountaineers, Monument Tigers, Prairie City Panthers, Ukiah Cougars.

Class 1A Football Districts District 1: Adrian, Burnt River, Crane, Echo, Harper/Huntington, Jordan Valley, Joseph, Monument/Dayville, Pine Eagle, Powder Valley, Prairie City, Wallowa.

District 2: Butte Falls, Camas Valley, Chiloquin, Days Creek, Elkton, Gilchrist, Glendale, Hosanna Christian, North Lake, Powers, Prospect, Triad.

District 3: Alsea, Falls City/Kings Valley, Lowell, Mapleton, McKenzie, Mohawks, North Douglas, Siletz Valley, Triangle Lake, Yoncalla.

District 4: Arlington, Condon/Wheeler, Dufur, Ione, Jewell, Mitchell/Spray, Oregon School for the Deaf, Sherman, South Wasco County.

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NFL Schedule

Complete 2014 week-by-week NFL schedule Week One Thursday, Sept. 4 Green Bay at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 7 New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Washington at Houston, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

New England at Miami, 10 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 8 N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 7:20 p.m.

Week Two Thursday, Sept. 11 Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 14 Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

New England at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Arizona at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Washington, 10 a.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Chicago at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 15 Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m.

Week Three Thursday, Sept. 18 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 21 San Diego at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Oakland at New England, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Houston at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Miami, 1:25 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 22 Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 5:30 p.m.

The Associated Press

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, right, and receiver Doug Baldwin (89) greet quarterback Russell Wilson after he scored a touchdown in a preseason game against San Diego.

Week Six

(Byes: Kansas City, New Orleans) Thursday, Oct. 9 Indianapolis at Houston, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12 Chicago at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Miami, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Denver at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Week Four (Byes: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia-x, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 13 Denver, Seattle, St. Louis) San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 25 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 28 Week Seven Carolina at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

(Byes: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay) Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16 Buffalo at Houston, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 5:25 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 19 Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Miami vs. Oakland at London, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Miami at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 1:25 p.m.

Carolina at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Monday, Sept. 29 Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

New England at Kansas City, 4:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Washington, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

Week Five Arizona at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

(Byes: Miami, Oakland) San Francisco at Denver-x, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2 Monday, Oct. 20 Minnesota at Green Bay, 5:25 p.m.

Houston at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5 Chicago at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Houston at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Week Eight Buffalo at Detroit, 10 a.m.

(Byes: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco) Baltimore at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 23 Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Denver, 5:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 26 Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Detroit vs. Atlanta, at London, 9:30 a.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Miami at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at New England-x, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 6 Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m.

Green Bay at New Orleans-x, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 27 Washington at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Denver at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 10 a.m.

Week Nine (Byes: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Oakland at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Green Bay, Tennessee) New England at Indianapolis-x, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 30 Monday, Nov. 17 New Orleans at Carolina, 5:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 2 Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Week 12 Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Dallas, 10 a.m.

(Byes: Carolina, Pittsburgh) Philadelphia at Houston, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20 N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 5:25 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 23 Washington at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Denver at New England, 1:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh-x, 5:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 3 Green Bay at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at New England, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

Week 10 (Byes: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Arizona at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

New England, San Diego and Miami at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Washington at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Washington) Dallas at N.Y. Giants-x, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6 Monday, Nov. 24 Cleveland at Cincinnati, 5:25 p.m.

Baltimore at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 9 Tennessee at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Week 13 Miami at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 27 Dallas vs. Jacksonville, at London, 10 a.m. Chicago at Detroit, 9:30 a.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 30 Denver at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at Baltimore,10 a.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Cleveland at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Green Bay-x, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 10 N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Week 11 Oakland at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

(Byes: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Jets) Arizona at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 13 New England at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 5:25 p.m.

Denver at Kansas City-x, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 16 Monday, Dec. 1 Miami at N.Y. Jets, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Week 14 Thursday, Dec. 4 Dallas at Chicago, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m.

New England at San Diego-x, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Week 15 Thursday, Dec. 11 Arizona at St. Louis, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14 Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Miami at New England, 10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Denver at San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia-x, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15 New Orleans at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona-x, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.

Week 17 Sunday, Dec. 28 Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at New England, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Note: Night game TBD x-denotes subject to change

Postseason

Saturday, Jan. 3 AFC or NFC Wild Card Playoff (ESPN, NBC, CBS OR FOX) AFC or NFC Wild Card Playoff (ESPN, NBC, CBS OR FOX) Sunday, Jan. 4 AFC or NFC Wild Card Playoff (ESPN, NBC, CBS OR FOX) AFC or NFC Wild Card Playoff (ESPN, NBC, CBS OR FOX) Saturday, Jan. 10 Week 16 AFC Divisional Playoff (NBC, CBS OR FOX) Thursday, Dec. 18 NFC Divisional Playoff (NBC, CBS OR FOX) Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 11 Saturday, Dec. 20 San Diego at San Francisco, 1:30 or 5:15 AFC Divisional Playoff (CBS) NFC Divisional Playoff (FOX) p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1:30 or 5:15 Sunday, Jan. 18 AFC Championship Game (CBS) p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 NFC Championship Game (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 25 Cleveland at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Pro Bowl at Glendale, Ariz., 8 p.m. (ESPN) Baltimore at Houston, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 1 Minnesota at Miami, 10 a.m.

Super Bowl at Glendale, Ariz., 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

(NBC)

2013 standings and statistics 2013 Individual Statistics

2013 Standings East W L y-New England 12 4 8 8 N.Y. Jets 8 8 Miami 6 10 Buffalo South W L y-Indianapolis 11 5 7 9 Tennessee 4 12 Jacksonville 2 14 Houston North W L 11 5 y-Cincinnati 8 8 Pittsburgh 8 8 Baltimore 4 12 Cleveland West W L 13 3 y-Denver x-Kansas City 11 5 9 7 x-San Diego 4 12 Oakland x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .500 .375 Pct .688 .438 .250 .125 Pct .688 .500 .500 .250 Pct .813 .688 .563 .250

AFC PF PA 444 338 290 387 317 335 339 388 PF PA 391 336 362 381 247 449 276 428 PF PA 430 305 379 370 320 352 308 406 PF PA 606 399 430 305 396 348 322 453

Home 8-0-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 4-4-0 Home 6-2-0 3-5-0 1-7-0 1-7-0 Home 8-0-0 5-3-0 6-2-0 3-5-0 Home 7-1-0 5-3-0 5-3-0 3-5-0

Away 4-4-0 2-6-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 Away 5-3-0 4-4-0 3-5-0 1-7-0 Away 3-5-0 3-5-0 2-6-0 1-7-0 Away 6-2-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 1-7-0

AFC NFC 9-3-0 3-1-0 5-7-0 3-1-0 7-5-0 1-3-0 5-7-0 1-3-0 AFC NFC 9-3-0 2-2-0 6-6-0 1-3-0 4-8-0 0-4-0 2-10-0 0-4-0 AFC NFC 8-4-0 3-1-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 6-6-0 2-2-0 3-9-0 1-3-0 AFC NFC 9-3-0 4-0-0 7-5-0 4-0-0 6-6-0 3-1-0 4-8-0 0-4-0

Div 4-2-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 3-3-0 Div 6-0-0 2-4-0 3-3-0 1-5-0 Div 3-3-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 Div 5-1-0 2-4-0 4-2-0 1-5-0

East W L y-Philadelphia 10 6 8 8 Dallas 7 9 N.Y. Giants 3 13 Washington South W L 12 4 y-Carolina x-New Orleans 11 5 4 12 Atlanta 4 12 Tampa Bay North W L 8 7 y-Green Bay 8 8 Chicago 9 7 Detroit 5 10 Minnesota West W L 13 3 y-Seattle x-San Francisco 12 4 10 6 Arizona 7 9 St. Louis x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 1 0 0 1 T 0 0 0 0

Pct .625 .500 .438 .188 Pct .750 .688 .250 .250 Pct .531 .500 .438 .344 Pct .813 .750 .625 .438

NFC PF PA 442 382 439 432 294 383 334 478 PF PA 366 241 414 304 353 443 288 389 PF PA 417 428 445 478 395 376 391 480 PF PA 417 231 406 272 379 324 348 364

Home 4-4-0 5-3-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 Home 7-1-0 8-0-0 3-5-0 3-5-0 Home 4-3-1 5-3-0 4-4-0 5-3-0 Home 7-1-0 6-2-0 6-2-0 5-3-0

Away 6-2-0 3-5-0 3-5-0 1-7-0 Away 5-3-0 3-5-0 1-7-0 1-7-0 Away 4-4-0 3-5-0 3-5-0 0-7-1 Away 6-2-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 2-6-0

NFC AFC 9-3-0 1-3-0 7-5-0 1-3-0 6-6-0 1-3-0 1-11-0 2-2-0 NFC AFC 9-3-0 3-1-0 9-3-0 2-2-0 3-9-0 1-3-0 2-10-0 2-2-0 NFC AFC 6-5-1 2-2-0 4-8-0 4-0-0 6-6-0 1-3-0 4-7-1 1-3-0 NFC AFC 10-2-0 3-1-0 9-3-0 3-1-0 6-6-0 4-0-0 4-8-0 3-1-0

Div 4-2-0 5-1-0 3-3-0 0-6-0 Div 5-1-0 5-1-0 1-5-0 1-5-0 Div 3-2-1 2-4-0 4-2-0 2-3-1 Div 4-2-0 5-1-0 2-4-0 1-5-0

2013 Team Statistics AFC OFFENSE Denver San Diego New England Cincinnati Houston Indianapolis Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburgh Kansas City Tennessee Oakland N.Y. Jets Miami Baltimore Jacksonville

Yards 457.3 393.3 384.5 368.4 347.3 341.8 338.9 338.1 337.5 337.3 336.9 333.8 318.1 312.9 307.4 293.8

Rush 117.1 122.8 129.1 109.7 108.9 108.9 86.4 144.2 86.4 128.5 118.4 125.0 134.9 90.0 83.0 78.8

Pass 340.3 270.5 255.4 258.7 238.3 232.8 252.5 193.9 251.1 208.8 218.5 208.8 183.3 222.9 224.4 215.1

DEFENSE Cincinnati Houston Cleveland Buffalo N.Y. Jets Baltimore Pittsburgh Tennessee Denver Indianapolis Miami Oakland San Diego Kansas City New England Jacksonville

NFC Yards 305.5 317.6 332.4 333.4 334.9 335.5 337.2 337.9 356.0 357.1 359.4 363.7 366.5 367.8 373.1 379.4

Rush 96.5 122.4 111.3 128.9 88.3 105.4 115.6 112.2 101.6 125.1 124.9 107.9 107.8 120.2 134.1 131.8

Pass 209.0 195.2 221.1 204.4 246.7 230.1 221.6 225.8 254.4 231.9 234.5 255.8 258.7 247.6 239.0 247.6

OFFENSE Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans Detroit Chicago Washington Arizona Minnesota Atlanta Dallas Seattle San Francisco Carolina N.Y. Giants St. Louis Tampa Bay

Yards 417.3 400.3 399.4 392.1 381.8 369.7 346.4 344.3 343.1 341.3 339.0 323.8 316.8 307.5 304.8 277.0

Rush 160.4 133.5 92.1 112.0 114.3 135.3 96.3 130.1 77.9 94.2 136.8 137.6 126.6 83.3 109.5 100.8

Pass 256.9 266.8 307.4 280.1 267.6 234.4 250.1 214.2 265.2 247.1 202.3 186.2 190.2 224.3 195.3 176.3

DEFENSE Seattle Carolina New Orleans San Francisco Arizona N.Y. Giants St. Louis Detroit Tampa Bay Washington Green Bay Atlanta Philadelphia Chicago Minnesota Dallas

Yards 273.6 301.3 305.7 316.9 317.4 332.3 345.0 346.6 348.0 354.1 372.3 379.4 394.2 394.6 397.8 415.3

Rush 101.6 86.9 111.6 95.9 84.4 108.9 102.9 99.8 110.1 110.6 125.0 135.8 104.4 161.4 110.4 128.5

Pass 172.0 214.3 194.1 221.0 233.0 223.3 242.1 246.9 237.9 243.5 247.3 243.6 289.8 233.1 287.4 286.8

AFC Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int P. Manning, DEN 659 450 5477 55 10 P. Rivers, SND 544 378 4478 32 11 Roethlisberger, PIT 584 375 4261 28 14 Ale. Smith, KAN 508 308 3313 23 7 Dalton, CIN 586 363 4296 33 20 Brady, NWE 628 380 4343 25 11 Luck, IND 570 343 3822 23 9 Fitzpatrick, TEN 350 217 2454 14 12 Tannehill, MIA 588 355 3913 24 17 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD J. Charles, KAN 259 1287 4.97 46 12 Ry. Mathews, SND 285 1255 4.40 51 6 Chr. Johnson, TEN 279 1077 3.86 30t 6 Moreno, DEN 241 1038 4.31 31 10 201 927 4.61 77 2 Spiller, BUF F. Jackson, BUF 207 896 4.33 59 9 L. Bell, PIT 244 860 3.52 43 8 Ivory, NYJ 182 833 4.58 69 3 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD Ant. Brown, PIT 110 1499 13.6 56 8 And. Johnson, HOU 109 1407 12.9 62t 5 105 1056 10.1 44 6 Edelman, NWE 98 1426 14.6 82t 11 A.. Green, CIN Ke. Wright, TEN 94 1079 11.5 45 2 De. Thomas, DEN 92 1430 15.5 78t 14 87 1646 18.9 95t 9 J. Gordon, CLE Decker, DEN 87 1288 14.8 61 11 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret Pts J. Charles, KAN 19 12 7 0 114 De. Thomas, DEN 14 0 14 0 84 13 10 3 0 78 Moreno, DEN Ju. Thomas, DEN 12 0 12 0 72 Decker, DEN 11 0 11 0 66 A.. Green, CIN 11 0 11 0 66 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Gostkowski, NWE 44-44 38-41 54 158 M. Prater, DEN 75-75 25-26 64 150 Novak, SND 42-42 34-37 50 144 26-26 38-41 61 140 J. Tucker, BAL Vinatieri, IND 34-34 35-40 52 139 D. Carpenter, BUF 32-32 33-36 55 131

NFC Att Com 317 203 224 149 290 193 650 446 407 257 535 342 416 243 262 159 651 439 Att Yds 314 1607 289 1339 276 1275 279 1266 301 1257 284 1178 276 1128 217 1124 No Yds 113 1346 100 1295 93 1233 89 1421 86 1215 85 1314 85 1179 85 1067 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush 16 0 J. Graham, NOR M. Lynch, SEA 14 12 De. Bryant, DAL 13 0 Ve. Davis, SNF 13 0 B. Marshall, CHI 12 0 Forte, CHI 12 9 Quarterbacks Foles, PHL J. McCown, CHI A. Rodgers, GBY Brees, NOR R. Wilson, SEA Romo, DAL Kaepernick, SNF S. Bradford, STL M. Ryan, ATL Rushers L. McCoy, PHL Forte, CHI A. Morris, WAS A. Peterson, MIN M. Lynch, SEA Lacy, GBY Gore, SNF D. Murray, DAL Receivers Garcon, WAS B. Marshall, CHI De. Bryant, DAL Jeffery, CHI J. Graham, NOR J. Nelson, GBY Boldin, SNF Douglas, ATL

Yds TD Int 2891 27 2 1829 13 1 2536 17 6 5162 39 12 3357 26 9 3828 31 10 3197 21 8 1687 14 4 4515 26 17 Avg LG TD 5.12 57t 9 4.63 55 9 4.62 45t 7 4.54 78t 10 4.18 43 12 4.15 60 11 4.09 51 9 5.18 43 9 Avg LG TD 11.9 53t 5 13.0 44 12 13.3 79 13 16.0 80t 7 14.1 56t 16 15.5 76t 8 13.9 63 7 12.6 80t 2 Rec 16 2 13 13 12 3

Ret Pts 0 96 0 84 0 78 0 78 0 76 0 74

Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Hauschka, SEA 44-44 33-35 53 143 42-42 33-37 57 141 Crosby, GBY P. Dawson, SNF 44-44 32-36 56 140 D. Bailey, DAL 47-47 28-30 53 131 Feely, ARI 37-37 30-36 52 127 Gould, CHI 45-46 26-29 58 123