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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 SPORTS 7A Submitted Photo The Astoria seventh-grade tournament team. Front row, from left, Julia Norris, Hailey O’Brien, Libby Whitsett, Liz Barnett, Dakota Morris and Taileigh Cole. Back row: Brook- lynn Hankwitz and Baylee McSwain. Submitted Photo Astoria fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team. Astoria youth teams head to state tournaments over the last two months. The team took second The Astoria girls sev- at a Seaside seventh-grade PBL enth-grade tournament bas- WRXUQDPHQW ¿QLVKHG WKLUG LQ D NHWEDOOWHDPTXDOL¿HGIRUDQG seventh-eighth-grade combined will compete in the Oregon PBL tournament that included Middle School State Basket- wins against Seaside and War- EDOO &KDPSLRQVKLSV IRU WKH renton eighth-grade teams; and second year in a row, March took the third-place trophy at a 7 and 8 in Redmond, Sisters Clatskanie eighth-grade tour- and Bend. nament with a win against the 7KHWHDPTXDOL¿HGE\WDNLQJ Woodland, Wash., eighth-grade second in the St. Helens Volcano team to take third. Classic tournament in January. $VWRULD ¿QLVKHG WKH VHDVRQ Astoria took part in seven Feb. 21 and 22 at a Seaside The Daily Astorian PBL tournament with wins over Rainier, Roosevelt and Banks, and one loss. The team is coached by Rob Niemi, Nathan Hankwitz and Pat O’Brien. The team is KROGLQJ D FDU ZDVK IXQGUDLVHU IURPDPWRSP6XQGD\ DW$VWRULD)RUG:0DULQH Drive. Astoria’s seventh-grade girls WHDPDOVRKDGDVXFFHVVIXO$VWR- ria Middle School season, going 11-1. They were coached by Mark Thompson. More on the way … $IWHUWDNLQJVHFRQGDQGWKLUG in the Seaside tournaments in ODWH -DQXDU\ WKH $VWRULD ¿IWK and sixth-grade girls basketball team swept the last two week- end tournaments in Clatskanie, ¿QLVKLQJ LQ ¿UVW SODFH DW ERWK events. 7KH WHDP DOVR TXDOL¿HG IRU the upcoming state tournament in Central Oregon, March 7 and 8. The girls are coached by Emily Schuerger and Stacey Matthews. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball — Crook County at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Union at Knappa, 6 p.m. Wrestling — OSAA State Tournament, Portland Memorial Colise- um, all day. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Wahkiakum at Ilwaco, 2 p.m., at WF West HS, Chehalis Wrestling — OSAA State Tournament, Portland Memorial Colise- um, all day. Elias hopes to prove himself PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Roenis Elias began spring training last February as a pitcher who had never started a game above Double-A. He wound up earning a spot with the Seattle Mariners as a sur- SULVH ¿IWK VWDUWHU DQG ZHQW RQ to win double-digit games. A lot has changed this time around, right? Well, not quite. ³7KHUH¶V QRW D ORW RI GLI- IHUHQFHEHWZHHQWKLV\HDUDQG ODVW\HDU´WKH\HDUROGOHIW\ said Sunday through a trans- AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners’ Nelson Cruz waves as he walks onto a stage to help show off the team’s new alternate Sunday uniforms during an unveiling Jan. 23 in Seattle. Cruz steps into power hitting role with Mariners lator. “Last year I didn’t come in with a spot. This year you could say the same thing.” :LWK IRXU URWDWLRQ VSRWV VHHPLQJO\ VSRNHQ IRU (OLDV ¿QGVKLPVHOIORFNHGLQDEDWWOH IRU6HDWWOH¶VODVWVWDUWLQJVORW “You still have to work hard and keep improving,” said (OLDV ZKR ZDV ZLWK D (5$LQVWDUWV³(YHQLI ,VD\,¶PUHDG\IRUWKDWVSRWLI, don’t prove it they’re not going to take me with them.” Stars Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma will take two slots. Third-year pro James Pax- WRQHQMR\HGDEUHDNRXW² LQVWDUWVKHKDGD(5$ Manager Lloyd McClendon VDLG WKH WHDP WUDGHG IRU -$ +DSS ZLWK HYHU\ LQWHQWLRQ RI WKHOHIW\EHLQJDVWDUWHU 7KDW OHDYHV URRP IRU MXVW one more. In other circumstanc- es, Elias might have the job secured. But highly touted 22-year-old Taijuan Walker and others are looming. “You just go out and do what you have to do,” Elias said. CMH Urgent Care in Warrenton Open daily, 9am-6:30pm 1639 SE Ensign Lane (near Staples and Petco) 503-338-4500 t www.cmhurgentcare.org By JOSE M. ROMERO Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Few Mariners were happier to see Nelson Cruz in Seattle’s clubhouse than Felix Hernan- dez. The Mariners’ ace knows KRZGLI¿FXOWDQRXW&UX]FDQ be. Not only has Cruz broken up a Hernandez no-hit bid, the slugger is tied with the Yan- NHHV¶ 0DUN 7HL[HLUD IRU PRVW KRPH UXQV DJDLQVW WKH Cy Young Award winner with ¿YH ³+HUHPLQGHGPHRIWKRVH things,” Cruz said Wednesday. ³,W¶V IXQ $Q\WLPH \RX FRP- SHWHZLWKRQHRIWKHEHVWSLWFK- ers in the game, you want to be your best. That’s what I did HYHU\WLPH,IDFHGKLP´ And the Mariners paid a KHIW\ VXP IRU WKH EHVW KRPH run hitter in baseball last sea- VRQ VLJQLQJ &UX] WR D IRXU \HDU PLOOLRQ IUHHDJHQW contract in December. ³,ZDQWWREHSDUWRIDZLQ- ning team, and this is the best choice I could make,” Cruz said. There isn’t much ques- tion that Cruz can provide the punch at DH that the Mariners PLVVHGLQZKHQ.HQGU\V Morales and Corey Hart each EDUHO\KLWDERYHDQGFRP- ELQHGIRURQO\KRPHUVDQG 5%,V &UX] FRPLQJ RII D season in which he was given DJDPHGUXJVXVSHQVLRQKLV involvement in the Biogenesis scandal, had an All-Star sea- VRQIRUWKH2ULROHV+HKLW ZLWKKRPHUVDQG5%,V 7KH \HDUROG GHVLJQDW- ed hitter’s career numbers at SLWFKHUIULHQGO\ 6DIHFR DUHQ¶W AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Seattle Mariners’ Nelson Cruz bats during spring training baseball practice Thursday in Peoria, Ariz. smashing — nine home runs, UXQVEDWWHGLQDYHUDJH in 52 games — but the Mari- ners aren’t worried. “This guy’s a good hitter. He hits home runs but he’s also a good hitter,” manager Lloyd McClendon said. “He has the ability drive in runs. I suspect WKDWKH¶VJRLQJWREHMXVW¿QH´ Cruz said he ignores the talk that he will struggle to hit as many home runs in Seattle. ³, WU\ WR KLW OLQH GULYHV ,I they go out, they go out. All I can do is what I can do,” he said. &UX] NQRZV VHYHUDO RI KLV new teammates well. In all or SDUWVRIHLJKWVHDVRQVZLWKWKH 7H[DV 5DQJHUV KH IDFHG WKH 0DULQHUVRIWHQDVDQ$/:HVW rival. He also represented the Dominican Republic twice in the World Baseball Classic, playing with Seattle team- mates Robinson Cano and )HUQDQGR5RGQH\LQDQG “They’re the leaders,” &UX] VDLG RI &DQR DQG +HU- QDQGH]³7KH\¶UHWKHKHDGRI the team, and I don’t know DQ\RQH EHWWHU WR IROORZ WKHQ those two guys.” Notes: The Mariners held WKHLU ¿UVW IXOOVTXDG ZRUNRXW Wednesday, with position players taking batting prac- tice. ... LHP Danny Hultzen pitched his second bullpen VHVVLRQ RI WKH VSULQJ LQ KLV UHWXUQ IURP VXUJHU\ RQ KLV throwing shoulder that caused KLP WR PLVV WKH HQWLUH season. ... 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