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Late Inning Magic Helps Hops Rally to Beat Volcanoes

The Volcanoes return home to Keizer to host the Everett AquaSox Saturday night.

(HILLSBORO, Ore. ) - In each of their victories, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes have put together some late inning magic to come from behind and win. Friday night, that magic was on Hillsboro's side.

With two outs and runners on second and third, Elvin Soto deposited the first pitch he saw into the right-center gap, just out of the reach of a diving Shilo McCall for the 2-1 victory.

France Rolls Over Swiss, 5-2

France required 45 minutes, and a penalty, to break down Honduras in Porto Alegre first time out.

(RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) - France rocketed from outsiders to FIFA World Cup contenders with a scintillating 5-2 defeat of Switzerland in Salvador.

Olivier Giroud, Blaise Matuidi, Mathieu Valbuena, Karim Benzema and Moussa Sissoko were on the score-sheet as Didier Deschamps’ side made all but sure of a place in the Round of 16.

Costa Rica Into Next Round After 1-0 Win over Italy

Costa Rica, amazingly through the knockout stages after two games, take on England in their third game on June 24.

(RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) - Costa Rica’s amazing run here at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil continued in Recife, the Central American upstarts adding Italy’s scalp to their Group D belt after opening with a win over Uruguay.

Los Ticos are now through to the knockout phase for only the second time in their history, thanks to a Bryan Ruiz header just before the interval at the Arena Pernambuco.

Hops Halt Volcanoes Win Streak With 4-3 Win

Salem-Keizer and Hillsboro meet on Friday evening for the rubber match of this three-game series.

(HILLSBORO, Ore. ) - Entering Thursday night's contest in Hillsboro, the Volcanoes had taken three consecutive games in thrilling, come-from-behind fashion.

The Hops put an end to Salem-Keizer's improbable stretch by defeating the Volcanoes 4-3 in front of 2,654 at Ron Tonkin Field.

Former Oregon Football Stars Coming Home for Events

The Regional Sports Center at 200 S. 32nd St. in Springfield will host an event this Saturday called “Dixon 2 Dickson Quacks Give Back.”

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Several alumni of the Oregon football program will be back in the Willamette Valley this month to participate in community outreach.

Former UO quarterback Dennis Dixon and tight end Ed Dickson are among the biggest names scheduled to appear this Saturday at a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley, and at a youth camp next weekend in Clackamas organized by a UO football alumni organization.

Special Plans for Fan #2 Million at Volcanoes Game Saturday

The fan will be recognized as he or she enters the gates on Saturday’s game against the Everett AquaSox.

(KEIZER, Ore. ) - The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will welcome their 2 millionth fan to Volcanoes Stadium through the gates before the game Saturday on against Everett.

The Volcanoes have averaged over 100,000 fans for 17-plus seasons in Keizer since opening their gates for the inaugural season in 1997.

Oregon State Releases Women`s Soccer Schedule

The Beavers will be featured on the Pac-12 Networks for the first time in 2014 when they host Saint Mary’s at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Nine games against NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago, seven televised matches on the Pac-12 Networks and road trips to Texas and Florida highlight the 2014 Oregon State women’s soccer schedule as announced by head coach Linus Rhode.

The 2014 schedule includes 20 matches with four of them against teams that finished in the top 25 in last season’s final NSCAA Coaches poll.

Suarez Leads Uruguay Past England, 2-1

Super Suarez makes the difference.

(SAO PAULO, Brazil) - Uruguay forward Luis Suarez did something which he did not manage to do in the Premier League this season – score past Joe Hart – as he netted twice in the South Americans’ 2-1 win over England in their Group D clash in Sao Paulo.

While Roy Hodgson named the same 11 as the one which started against Italy in Manaus, he gave Wayne Rooney the role behind Daniel Sturridge up front.

Colombia Holds Off Ivory Coast, 2-1

It was a physical encounter between the two sides, who proved a close match for each other as the first half ended goalless.

(SAO PAULO, Brazil) - Colombia gave themselves breathing space at the top of 2014 Group C after goals from James Rodriguez and Juan Quintero helped them to a 2-1 win over Côte d'Ivoire, putting them three points clear of Sabri Lamouchi's side.

Both sides knew that, having won their opening matches, another victory could see them into the knockout stages by the end of the day.

Volcanoes Rally to Win Third Straight

After taking the series opener, the Volcanoes will look to clinch their first series victory of the season when the teams reconvene on Thursday evening.

(HILLSBORO, Ore.) - After going down by scores of 8-1 and 3-0 in the Volcanoes previous two outings, Salem-Keizer did themselves no favors on Wednesday evening by surrendering five first-inning runs to the Hops.

However, the Volcanoes scored eight unanswered runs of their own to defeat the Hops 8-6 in front of a record-setting crowd of 4,853 at Ron Tonkin Field.