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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015
Lady Loggers win eighth in a row
Knappa takes
lead after two
errors by Gulls
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — The Knappa
and Seaside softball teams
took a break from league
action, and got together for
a nonleague game Satur-
day afternoon at Broadway
Field.
And the Class 2A Lady
Loggers continued their
winning ways, even against
the Class 4A Gulls, as Knap-
pa scored three runs in the
second inning on its way to a
4-1 win over Seaside.
After their 1-3 start, the
Loggers have won eight in a
row to improve to 9-3. Knap-
pa’s next six league games
will be against Neah-Kah-Nie
(2-5-1) and Vernonia (2-9),
as the Lady Loggers look to
take control of the Northwest
League standings.
In Saturday’s win, Knap-
pa pitcher Kacie Cameron al-
lowed just three hits, with sev-
en strikeouts and a walk.
At the plate, freshman
McKailyn Rogers had three
hits, with a triple, a run scored
and an RBI.
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of the game, as Paige Ideue
had a leadoff single to left
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error.
The Loggers answered
with three runs in the second
inning. The Gulls committed
two errors on one play that
allowed Stacey Aho to score,
and Knappa took the lead
for good when Kaitlyn Truax
scored on a grounder by Ali-
sha Murphy.
Rogers drove in Jaden Mi-
ethe for the third run.
Seaside had baserunners
over the next three innings,
but one was caught stealing
by Truax, and Aho caught
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completed an unassisted dou-
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Paige Ideue had two of
Seaside’s three hits, while
freshman sister Jetta Ideue
struck out two and walked
two in the loss.
Baseball
Knappa 26-18;
Faith Bible 2-3
KNAPPA — Sixty-four
runs for Knappa, five for
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
Seaside freshman Jetta Ideue delivers a pitch during Saturday’s softball action at Broadway Field.
GARY HENLEY — The Daily
Astorian
Above: Seaside short-
stop Whitney Wester-
holm puts the tag on
Knappa’s Jaden Mi-
ethe, off a throw from
Seaside catcher Emma
Dutcher.
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Kacie Cameron races to first on an infield single
in Saturday’s softball game at Seaside.
Faith Bible.
That’s the difference
between the Loggers and
the fifth-ranked Class 2A
team in the state. In three
games last week, Knappa
outscored the Falcons 64-5,
including a 26-2, 18-3 dou-
bleheader sweep Friday at
Teevin Field.
Knappa improves to 8-0
overall and 6-0 in league.
Look for details in Tues-
day’s paper.
Left: McKailyn Rog-
ers of Knappa sprints
around second and
heads to third following
an errant throw.
Fishermen tune up for invitational
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ST. HELENS — Athletes
from Astoria did plenty of win-
ning Saturday, in the annual
Lower Columbia Invitational
track meet held at St. Helens.
The meet was attended by
two 6A schools, six from the
4A ranks, three schools each
from the 3A and 2A levels, and
eight 1A teams.
Leading the way for the
Lady Fishermen was junior
Halie Korff, who swept the
throwing events. She had the
top marks in the shot put (36
feet, 11 1/2 inches); discus
(103-10) and javelin (113-9).
Freshman teammate Skadi
Freyr was second (33-10) in
the shot put and Chara Troyer
was third (31-6).
Astoria freshman Darian
Hageman cleared 8-6 to win
the pole vault, and added a
second-place in the triple jump
(33-9 ¼) and third in the long
jump (15-4).
Natalie Cummings contrib-
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of 39 competitors) in the 100
meters (12.72 seconds), while
the Lady Fishermen (Cum-
mings, Jillian Ketchem, Victo-
ria Kee and Kaylee Mitchell)
won the 400-meter relay in
53.61.
Mitchell, a freshman, had
the best time (2:22.08) in the
200 meters for another win.
The Astoria boys had one
victory, as Zander Arnold
had a toss of 44-0 in the
shot put, the best out of 47
throwers. Lucas Cauana had
the third-best time (4:29.77)
out of 40 runners in the 1,500
meters.
Astoria hosts the 27th an-
nual Daily Astorian Invitation-
al Saturday.
day again swept the hurdle
events, winning the 100-me-
ters in 16.15 seconds, and the
300-meters in 47.15, the top
mark in Class 4A this year.
Also on the track, Char-
Gulls score big at
lotte Blakesley ran a 5:06.88
Meet of Champions
to win the 1,500 meters;
SALEM — The Seaside Elizabeth Barnes, Blakes-
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ished second in the team stand- day teamed up to win the
ings and won four different 1,600-meter relay in 4:20.56;
events Saturday, in the annual and the Lady Gulls were sec-
Meet of Champions at Willa- ond in the 400-meter relay
mette University in Salem.
(51.76) behind Cascade.
The meet features some of
On the boys’ side, Sea-
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the state.
was second in the 3,000 me-
Newport won the girls’ team ters in 9:24.18, just ahead of
title with 89 points, topping the teammate Bradley Rzewnicki
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Juneau Meyer had the sec-
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ond-fastest time in the 400 me-
For the girls, Allison Kil- ters (51.89).
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Golf — Seaside Invitational, 11 a.m.
Boys Golf — Banks Invitational, 1 p.m.
TUESDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Tillamook, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.;
Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa,
4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Baseball — Tillamook at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 5 p.m.
Track — Warrenton at Scappoose, 3:30 p.m.; Northwest League
Meet, TBA
Boys Golf — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 2 p.m.; Banks at Seaside,
2 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball — Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-
Nie (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Valley Catholic at Astoria (2), 4 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea-
side (2), 4 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-
Kah-Nie (2), 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Newport, 1 p.m.
Softball — Knappa at Warrenton, 1 p.m.
Track — Daily Astorian Invitational (at Astoria HS), 10 a.m.
WEEKEND SPORTS IN BRIEF
GOLF
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) —
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putt to cap off a record perfor-
mance and bent over in relief.
He just as easily could have
been taking a bow.
This was a Masters for the
ages.
Not since Tiger Woods in
1997 has a 21-year-old faced
so little stress while making
a mockery of par in a major.
Not since Raymond Floyd in
1976 has anyone withstood the
pressure of leading for all four
rounds at Augusta National.
Only one other Masters cham-
pion — Craig Wood in 1941
— has never let anyone closer
to him than three shots the entire
way.
Spieth took his place among
the best in the game Sunday
when he closed with a 2-under
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Jordan Spieth walks past the pond at the 15th green in
route to winning the 2015 Masters at Augusta National
Sunday in Augusta, Ga. v
70 for a four-shot victory over
Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose,
becoming the second-young-
est champion behind Woods to
wear a green jacket.
Spieth missed a 5-foot par
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kept him from breaking another
record this week at the Masters.
He tied the 72-hole scoring
mark that Woods set at 18-un-
der 270.
It was still enough to easily beat
Mickelson (69) and Rose (70).
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)
— Jimmie Johnson was still
chasing Jamie McMurray and
Kevin Harvick, trying to get
back in front as the laps wound
down at Texas Motor Speedway.
Then Johnson got the break
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Sprint Cup victory at the track.
Johnson passed both of them
Saturday night, regaining the
lead for good with 14 laps left.
He held off Harvick and Hen-
drick Motorsports teammate
Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his second
victory this season — and 72nd
of his career.
Johnson led nine times for
128 laps. He also won in No-
vember at Texas, where all four
of his previous wins had been in
fall races.
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vick comes after he was eighth
in Martinsville in the last Cup
race two weeks ago. That end-
ed his run of eight consecutive
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the longest such stretch since
Richard Petty did it 11 times in
a row in 1975.
AVONDALE, La. (AP) —
James Hinchcliffe cruised to
what may go down as the easi-
est victory of his IndyCar career
Sunday at the inaugural Indy
Grand Prix of Louisiana.
The Canadian had a wet track
and a fortunate pit strategy to
thank for his fourth career victory.
Hinchcliffe, racing for
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports,
pitted only once on Lap 13, and
then spent much of his day lead-
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Motorsports Park under a full-
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Because of several wrecks
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47 laps were run under caution.
The race was supposed to run 75
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der caution — as a timed race.
NFL
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Johnny Manziel has taken the
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The popular Browns quarter-
back was released from a rehab
facility Saturday after more than
10 weeks, a person familiar with
the situation told The Associated
Press.
The 2012 Heisman Trophy
winner from Texas A&M en-
tered the undisclosed clinic,
which specializes in drug and
alcohol rehabilitation, on Jan. 28
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problem. Manziel is expected
to participate in Cleveland’s
offseason workouts beginning
April 20, the person said.