PRESS & DAKOTAN n THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 SPORTS :PAGE 11 Revere grounded into a little more,” Dyson said. fielder’s choice, with Moreland During the scrum that was Jays throwing Pompey out at the plate. quickly dissolved, 20 Toronto After Sam Dyson relieved police officers stood across the FROM PAGE 10 Hamels, Donaldson tied it at 3 outfield, while others gathered with a flare just beyond the reach along the foul lines. Police later fans continued to throw objects of Odor at second, but Revere was took position on the roof of the on the field. forced out. Rangers’ first base dugout before The Blue Jays filed a protest. Bautista followed with a tower- the bottom of the ninth. No need for the paperwork, ing drive into the second deck, Encarnacion and Chris Co- though. glaring at Dyson as he stood at labello both singled when play The Rangers made three home plate to admire his go-ahead resumed, but the bat-around in- consecutive errors to start the drive, enthusiastically flipping his ning ended when Troy Tulowitzki bottom half, with Martin reaching bat away. fouled out. Dyson made contact on a fielding error by shortstop “He’s been known to hit with Tulowitzki as he walked off, Elvis Andrus to start it off. dramatic home runs and there leading benches to clear again, Kevin Pillar followed with a ain’t a better time,” Gibbons said. with Texas catcher Chris Gimenez grounder to first, but Martin was “This is his first opportunity on a shoving Tulowitzki. safe at second on an errant throw national stage and he rose to the Texas opened the scoring in by Mitch Moreland. occasion.” the first when Delino DeShields After Dalton Pompey pinch ran With some fans continuing scored on a fielder’s choice by for Martin, Ryan Goins followed to litter the field, Encarnacion Prince Fielder. Choo homered off with a sacrifice bunt. Adrian Bel- turned to face the crowd and Marcus Stroman in the third to tre fielded the ball and threw to appealed for calm, lifting his bat make it 2-0. third, but Andrus dropped the ball and helmet over his head. Dyson Choo’s homer was the first for for his second error of the inning, took exception and walked over to the Rangers since Odor connected loading the bases for Ben Revere. confront Encarnacion, leading to off David Price in the seventh in- MAX FAULKNER/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/TNS “This is the toughest moment both dugouts and both bullpens ning of Game 1. of my career so far,” Andrus said. The Toronto Blue Jays mob relief pitcher Roberto Osuna after striking out the emptying. Toronto cut the deficit in half Texas Rangers’ Will Venable for the last out of the game in Game 5 of the ALDS at “I feel like I let down my team and “I told him Jose needs to calm in the third on Bautista’s two-out my city.” Rogers Centre in Toronto on Wednesday. The Blue Jays won, 6-3, to eliminate the that down, respect the game a double. Rangers and advance to the ALCS, beginning Friday at Kansas City. From that point, Scotland reeled off convincing victories Scotland over Andes Central-Dakota FROM PAGE 9 Christian (36-6), Tripp- Delmont-Armour (48-0) and Marty (62-12). The next big- stars. We can do a lot of gest test for the Highlanders things together. was last week’s matchup with “If you can’t work together, Gayville-Volin. you can’t get much done.” Down 12-0 early in the The Highlanders, though, second quarter, Scotland was have already gotten quite a suddenly in another one of bit done this season, despite those telling positions: How some preseason question would it respond? marks centered around the The result was a complete eight seniors gone from 2014. turnaround; a 32-12 victory “You look at it before the for the Highlanders. season, and you’ve got some “It just tells us that we questions,” Robb said. “’Who don’t get down, and if we do, will be the quarterback? How we can come back on people,” do we replace those guys?’ Mogck said. We didn’t know how this year The win kept Scotland at would go.” No. 2 in the sportswriter polls Like many teams do, Scot- – of a handful in the state – land garnered enough players and only furthered the notion to be able to participate in a that the Highlanders are right JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&D team camp at Dakota State there in the title contender Viborg-Hurley’s Logan Hansen, right, pulls away from a pair of McCrossan runners down the stretch of the varsity boys’ University in Madison in late mix. race at the Region 2B Cross Country Meet on Wednesday at Howard Golf Course. Hansen finished fourth, helping the July. The Highlanders held That may be a new posi- Cougars to a fourth place finish. Viborg-Hurley put three runners in the top 20, allowing it to compete as a team at state. their own in a 12-team field tion for Scotland, but the that included such tradi- notoriety is proof that his Bill Hansen. “It will be fun. We’re look- Also qualifying for state was Alces- tional 9-man powerhouses players were serious about ing for the opportunity to compete on ter-Hudson freshman Brayden Pulscher as Woonsocket-Wessington progression this season, ac- Region 2B another flat course, which we feel is (15th, 18:44.2) and Irene-Wakonda’s Springs-Sanborn Central. cording to Robb. The performance at that “As long as we stay healthy FROM PAGE 9 beneficial to our boys.” freshman Joe Sees (19th, 18:56.5) and camp provided the Highland- While Logan Hansen was excited for junior Levi Van Beek (20th, 19:00.3). and keep winning games, that ers with an early sign that comes with it,” Robb said himself and his team, he was especially The South Dakota State Meet will be maybe 2015 could be differ- Logan Slack (17th, 18:49.1) and Emil excited for Flade, an exchange student. held on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Yankton of the attention. “It’s nice to Flade (18th, 18:50.7) also finishing in the ent. have the publicity for the “It will be nice, especially for our Trails Park in Sioux Falls. “We didn’t have all of our top 20. third runner,” he said. “We will get to town and the fans and the “Overall our kids ran great. They all guys; not many teams did, but kids, it’s a reward for their show him what it’s like to be at a state Follow @JCimburek on Twitter. I thought, ‘Maybe we’re put- PR’d,” said Viborg-Hurley head coach meet.” hard work.” ting it together,’” Robb said. Up next for Scotland in the The Highlanders came regular season are two more back from the camp and barometer-type games: Friday Bobcats, sophomore Bren- jumped right back into the at Corsica-Stickney and then nan Haggerty finished third work in the weight room, a home game with Colome. Region 3B (18:04.31), junior Dane according to junior Chase Both are ranked in the Class Mogck. FROM PAGE 9 Allison was sixth (18:36.12), 9B poll – Colome (6-0) is third senior Ryan Haggerty was “The whole team was and Corsica-Stickney (5-1) is seventh (18:45.96) together all summer, and that fourth. relied on young runners this “That’s our biggest brought us closer,” Mogck “We’ve liked to think these season. strength, running as a pack,” said. last three (games) were the “The girls really stepped Koerner said. “The order When it came time for the start of our playoffs,” Robb up today,” coach Rory sometimes switches up at season opener, Aug. 28, at said, referencing the Gayville- Hermsen said. “Even the every race.” perennial playoff contender Volin game and the next two. younger girls came through Gregory and Platte- Avon, the Highlanders still Scotland’s experience has today, they stepped up and Geddes finished second and weren’t sure how their off- allowed the Highlanders to ran well.” season work – and bonding even be in a position to be third, respectively, in the – would translate into success Senior Rebecca Eberts team race to qualify for the thinking about a deep playoff paced the Flyers with a on the field. run, according to senior state meet. A 52-0 home win over the fourth-place time of 22:15.21, Among area runners to quarterback Tanner Iwan. The followed by freshman sister Pirates appeared to answer Highlanders boast five seniors qualify for the state meet, those questions. Hannah (22:26.71). Also for Platte-Geddes’ Zach Pe- who experienced those back- Freeman, freshman Sarah The next week, Scotland to-back 4-win seasons, and a tit was fourth (18:15.12), faced Burke-South Cen- Wipf was seventh (22:30.5), Marty’s Oscar Bernie was host of juniors. eighth-grader Emmarie tral – another traditionally “We’re getting bad habits ninth (19:00.55), Marion’s solid football team – in Sioux Edwards was 18th (23:25.87) Darwin Arana Ortiz was 12th ironed out, and starting some- and eighth-grader Isabel Say- Falls. The Highlanders found thing,” said Iwan, who has (19:07.21), Platte-Geddes’ themselves trailing with just ler was 20th across the line Caden Tegethoff took 14th accounted for 13 touchdowns (23:33.94). under four minutes left in the (8 rushing, 5 passing).