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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 SPORTS 7A Gull golfers still perfect in league The Daily Astorian BANKS — The Sea- side boys golf team is still in FKDUJHRIWKH&RZDSD/HDJXH as the Gulls remained perfect in league competition with a YLFWRU\ RYHU %DQNV Thursday at Quail Valley Golf Course. Seaside’s Aaron Richard- son overcame an early tri- ple-bogey followed by a dou- ble-bogey two holes later to VKRRW DQG HDUQ PHGDOLVW honors. Teammate Berkley Pos- DOVNL FDUGHG DQ -DFNVRQ .XQGHVKRWDQG-RVHI%DU- ELFVKRWWRURXQGRXW6HD- side’s scoring. Colby Lup- IHUVKRWDVWKH¿IWK*XOO player. “We didn’t play our best WRGD\EXWZHFDPHDZD\ZLWK DQ LPSRUWDQW YLFWRU\´ VDLG Seaside coach Jim Poetsch. ³$DURQGLGDJUHDWMRE¿JKW- ing back from some early adversity to come in with a pretty good score. “He hit a bad shot on WZRWKHQPLVVHGDVKRUWSXWW ZKLFKOHGWRDWULSOHDQGRQ ¿YHKHWRRNDULVNDQGHQGHG XS ZLWK D GRXEOH´ KH VDLG “After that he played some great golf.” 6HDVLGH ZLOO KDYH LWV ¿UVW home match next Thursday DW*HDUKDUW*ROI/LQNVZKHUH the Gulls will host Tillamook. Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 5, reacts after flying out during the baseball game against Valley Catholic on Thursday. Astoria bats silenced in 6-1 loss to Valley Catholic The Daily Astorian Life in Cowapa League baseball is getting tougher by the week. Through two weeks of the OHDJXH VHDVRQ WKH $VWRULD Fishermen and the Scappoose ,QGLDQV ² ERWK TXDUWHU¿QDO- ists in last year’s state play- RIIV ² DUH D FRPELQHG while Banks and Valley Cath- ROLFDUHWLHGIRU¿UVWDW All four teams are rated in WKHWRSRIWKHODWHVW26$$ rankings. 7KH 9DOLDQWV RYHU- all) won their third in a row 7KXUVGD\QLJKWDW&0+)LHOG where Valley Catholic scored WZRUXQVLQLWV¿UVWDWEDWDQG QHYHU ORRNHG EDFN LQ D win over the Fishermen. Valiant senior Ethan Cape KDGDVLQJOHGRXEOHDQGDWUL- SOH DQG GURYH LQ WKUHH UXQV while junior pitcher Chris Rapp tossed a complete-game ¿YHKLWWHU ZLWK VHYHQ VWULNH- outs and one walk. Astoria junior Fridtjof Fremstad countered with six strikeouts and a walk. The Valiants had six of their eight KLWV LQ WKH ¿UVW WZR LQQLQJV which included four extra- base hits. There was no scor- ing after the second inning. 9DOOH\ &DWKROLF¶V 0DNRD Nakamura had a leadoff sin- JOH LQ WKH ¿UVW DQG VFRUHG RQ D WULSOH E\ &DSH ZKR ODWHU scored on a grounder by Jakob Pruitt. Will Desmond beat out Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 5, attempts to get out Valley Catholic’s Makoa Nakamura, No. 12, on a pick-off attempt. Astoria’s Fridtjof Fremstad, No. 2, pitches in the third inning. DQ LQ¿HOG VLQJOH LQ WKH VHF- ond and scored moments later on a double by Alex Tran- quill; Tranquill came in on a SDVVHGEDOODQG5DSSFDSSHG the scoring later in the inning with a two-run double. The Fishermen scored their lone run in the bottom of WKH¿UVW Kyle Strange drew a lead- RIIZDONDGYDQFHGWRVHFRQG RQDJURXQGHUDQGVFRUHGRQ two straight wild pitches. Astoria could not take advantage of a triple by Car- ter Wallace later in the inning. Wallace drove a Rapp SLWFKWROHIWZKHUHLWERXQFHG on one hop to the softball dug- RXWIHQFHLQGHHSOHIW¿HOG The Fishermen had sin- JOHV E\ 6WUDQJH )UHPVWDG Samboy Tuimato and Cade 2¶%ULHQ EXW VWUDQGHG ¿YH baserunners on the day. Astoria plays at Valley Catholic today. The Fisher- men are off to their worst start LQ OHDJXH VLQFH ZKHQ WKH\ EHJDQ EXW ¿QLVKHG Cheesemakers win 5-2 at Broadway IRU 7LOODPRRN ZKLFK UDO- OLHG IURP DQ HDUO\ GH¿- SEASIDE — Tillamook cit with two runs in the third pitcher Erik Reeves scat- LQQLQJRQHLQWKHIRXUWKDQG tered four hits and struck out two in the seventh. The Gulls scored their nine Thursday night in Sea- VLGHZKHUHWKH&KHHVHPDN- ¿UVWUXQLQWKHERWWRPRIWKH HUV WRSSHG WKH *XOOV LQ ¿UVWDV'DZVRQ%ODQFKDUG¶V a Cowapa League baseball RBI single scored Brent game at Broadway Field. Walsh. The two teams combined WROHDYHUXQQHUVRQEDVH Games postponed nine by the Gulls. Friday’s scheduled base- Seaside pitchers Jacob ball and softball double- Bassett and Scott Plampin headers at Warrenton have JDYH XS KLWV ZLWK ¿YH been postponed. strikeouts and two walks. 'XH WR D ODFN RI RI¿- They had help from their FLDOV 5DLQLHU DW :DUUHQWRQ GHIHQVH ZKLFK WXUQHG WZR will play their doublehead- double plays. HUV6DWXUGD\¿UVWSLWFKDW Simon Elinsky and Zack p.m. for both baseball and 0DFLDV KDG WZR KLWV DSLHFH softball. The Daily Astorian SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE FRIDAY Baseball — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 5 p.m.; Knappa at Delphian (2), 3 p.m.; Naselle at Ilwaco, 4 p.m. Softball — Scappoose at Astoria (2), 3:30 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Seaside (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Delphian (2), 3 p.m. SATURDAY Track — Daily Astorian Invitational, Seaside HS, 10 a.m. (Running events begin at noon). Baseball — Astoria at Newport, 1 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton (2), 2 p.m. Softball — Rainier at Warrenton (2), 2 p.m. BASEBALL Valley Catholic 6, Astoria 1 V.Catholic 240 000 0—6 8 0 Astoria 100 000 0—0 5 0 Rapp and Pruitt; Fremstad and Helmerson. W: Rapp. L: Fremstad. RBI: VC, Cape 3, Pruitt, Tranquill. 2B: VC, Tranquill, Hyland, Cape. 3B: VC, Cape; Ast, Wallace. LOB: Valley Catholic 2, Astoria 5. Tillamook 5, Seaside 2 Tillamook 002 100 2—5 11 3 Seaside 100 000 1—2 4 5 Reeves and Macias; Bassett, Plampin (6) and Landwehr. W: Reeves. L: Bassett. RBI: Til, Maloney 2, Werner, Witthoft; Sea, Blanchard. 3B: Til, Elinsky, Maloney. HBP: Til, Maloney, Macias; Sea, Bassett. LOB: Tillamook 8, Seaside 9. DP: Seaside 2. Rip City returns: Blazers make playoffs despite doubters ZKDW RXW RI LQ WKH :HVW" , PHDQ WKH OLVW JRHV on. I think everybody felt dis- PORTLAND— For the UHVSHFWHGOLNHWKDW¶VQRWZKDW UHJXODUVHDVRQ¿QDOHWKH3RUW- RXUVHDVRQLVJRQQDEH´JXDUG land Trail Blazers passed out Allen Crabbe said. “It was T-shirts reading “Never Doubt everybody’s goal since train- ing camp that we were gonna Rip City.” Just in case there are still play hard and it was us against VRPH GRXEWHUV WKH ³QHYHU´ LV everybody. Everybody stuck with that: We got better as the underlined. 7KH %OD]HUV GH¿HG SUHVHD- season went along and we had son expectations and made a helluva season.” Portland was expected to WKHSOD\RIIVFODLPLQJWKH¿IWK seed in the Western Confer- reach the playoffs last season ence. They open their third — and did — with a starting straight postseason on Sun- lineup that included Damian day in Los Angeles against the /LOODUG /D0DUFXV $OGULGJH :HVOH\ 0DWWKHZV 1LFRODV Clippers. It’s almost as if the Blazers Batum and Robin Lopez. But 0DWWKHZV¶ODWHVHDVRQ$FKLOOHV succeeded despite the cynics. “One person picked as injury messed with the team’s By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer FKHPLVWU\DQGWKH\ZHUHHOLP- LQDWHG LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG E\ D VWURQJ0HPSKLVWHDP *RLQJLQWRWKLVVHDVRQWKH playoffs seemed a longshot. All the starters except Lil- lard departed in the offsea- VRQ DQG FRDFK 7HUU\ 6WRWWV was tasked with assembling a cohesive unit around his tal- ented point guard. One odd- smaker predicted Portland would win about 26 games. Lillard and backcourt part- QHU &- 0F&ROOXP ZHQW RQ WR SDFH D JURXS WKDW ¿QLVKHG the regular season 44-38. The Blazers won seven of their ¿QDO QLQH JDPHV WR FORVH RXW the regular season. “It’s going to be tough like it has been all season long. 7KH\¶UH D UHDOO\ JRRG WHDP´ Lillard said about the Clippers. “But we know that we have a chance. So we’ve got to go out WKHUHDQGEHRXUVHOYHVORFNLQ and be ready.” ,Q WKH ¿QDOH :HGQHVGD\ QLJKW DJDLQVW WKH 1XJJHWV D 3RUWODQG ZLQ /LOODUG EURNH 0DWWKHZV¶ IUDQFKLVH record for 3-pointers and now has 828 for the Blazers. He DYHUDJHGSRLQWVEHFRPLQJ just the third Portland player to DYHUDJHPRUHWKDQ²DORQJ with Clyde Drexler and Kiki Vandeweghe. “His four years here have EHHQUHPDUNDEOH´6WRWWVVDLG “He just continues to shine — sometimes you run out of words.” AP Photo/Steve Dykes Portland Trail Blazers center Ed Davis (17) drives to the bas- ket on Denver Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic (23) and forward Kenneth Faried during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Wednesday. The Blazers won 107-99. Warrenton:&RPSDUHGWRVLPLODUSURJUDPV6RXWK-HWW\SHUIRUPHGZHOO -HWW\ ZLWK FHUWL¿HG WHDFK- HUV DQ DGPLQLVWUDWRU DQG 3ULQFLSDO 5LFK *OLQHUW D GLV- teaching assistants. The dis- trict employee assigned to the trict receives twice the state average of funding per stu- prison. 6RXWK -HWW\ +LJK 6FKRRO dent for prisoners enrolled VRXWKHDVWRI&RVWFRLVSDUWRI at South Jetty. Compared to the state’s Youth Corrections WKH RWKHU SULVRQ HGXFD- (GXFDWLRQ 3URJUDP SUR- WLRQ SURJUDPV WKH VFKRRO DW viding school-age prisoners the North Coast Youth Cor- FUHGLWUHFRYHU\WKHFKDQFHDW rectional Facility has per- a diploma and counseling to IRUPHGUHODWLYHO\ZHOOXVLQJ a combination of online work help reduce recidivism. 6LQFH WKH V :DU- and face-to-face instruction renton has staffed South to help students quickly earn Continued from Page 1A VFKRRO FUHGLWV SRWHQWLDOO\ The school district has earn a diploma and have a WURXEOH ¿QGLQJ WHDFKHUV FHU- plan for when they go free. WL¿HG LQ PXOWLSOH VXEMHFWV RU ZLOOLQJ WR ZRUN SDUW WLPH KH VDLGHYHQWKRXJKVRPHZDUP Break even ³,Q D SURJUDP OLNH WKLV to working with prisoners at ZKHQZHKDYHWRNLGV South Jetty and end up staying LW¶V KDUG WR PDNH WKDW SD\´ long term. Jeffery said he also Jeffery said of the lack of an has concerns that the state is economy of scale. “We’re moving toward a more online running at break even with model that will lessen the per- MXVW WZR FHUWL¿HG WHDFKHUV sonal contact with educators DQGDFHUWL¿HGDGPLQLVWUDWRU that has helped South Jetty be along with our two educa- successful. The district is also in a tional assistants.” 0LWFK .UXVND WKH VWDWH¶V director of education pro- JUDPV DQG DVVHVVPHQW VDLG the Department of Education has reached out to school and educational service districts Who will step in? serving the other programs Jeffery said ending the DURXQG WKH VWDWH UHFHLYLQJ contract at South Jetty will interest from three so far. The require laying off the district state will send out a request employees assigned to the IRU SURSRVDOV DIWHU ZKLFK prison. The employees will potential operators of South KDYH ¿UVW GLEV RQ WKHLU ROG Jetty High School can submit positions once a new contrac- their plan to provide educa- WRULVLGHQWL¿HGKHVDLG tional services. long-term planning process DV HQUROOPHQW JURZV ZKLFK Jeffery said will take up much of the district’s time for the foreseeable future.