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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 GLADIATORS VICTORIOUS ON OPENING DAY AT CMH FIELD JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Kelsey Wullger, No. 28, hits a pitch in the seventh inning of the softball game against Gladstone Monday. Astoria lost 6-0. By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian G ladstone pitchers Carlie Brown and Shaye Pinner com- bined for a two-hit shutout Monday afternoon, as the Gladiators defeated Astoria LQWKH¿UVWVRIWEDOOJDPH at Columbia Memorial Field. Kennedy Coy opened the JDPH ZLWK D GRXEOH LQ WKH ¿UVW DWEDW WHDPPDWH $QGUD Breshears had a triple, two VLQJOHVDQGGURYHLQWZRUXQV and Laila Bennett added three RBIs for Gladstone, a Final 8 WHDPD\HDUDJR The Gladiators were 26-2 in 2014 (15-0 in the Tri-Valley Conference), and were miss- LQJ VHYHUDO NH\ SOD\HUV DIWHU *ODGVWRQH¶V EDVNHWEDOO WHDP DGYDQFHG WR WKH ¿QDO GD\ RI the Class 4A state tournament, played Saturday in Hillsboro. Astoria was also not at full VWUHQJWK6HQLRU%DLOH\+DVNHOO is sidelined with shoulder is- VXHVDQGMXQLRU7D\ORU0LFNOH FRXOGPLVVDJRRGSRUWLRQRUWKH entire season because of con- FXVVLRQVVXIIHUHGLQEDVNHWEDOO The Lady Fish still man- DJHG WR NHHS WKH JDPH FORVH WKURXJKWKUHHLQQLQJVWUDLOLQJ KHDGLQJLQWRWKHIRXUWK That’s when Amanda 0DQQLQJ DQG &R\ KDG EDFN WREDFN WZRRXW VLQJOHV IRU the Gladiators, and Breshears followed with a triple down WKHOHIW¿HOGOLQH Meanwhile, Astoria’s only EDVHUXQQHUV WKURXJK ¿YH LQ QLQJV ZHUH 5\OHH 'H0DQGHU WZR ZDONV DQG /LEE\ 'L%DU WRORPHR ZKR GUHZ D ZDON LQ WKH¿IWK 'HIHQVLYHO\ 'H0DQGHU FDXJKWVHYHUDOOLQHGULYHRXWV at second. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Rylee DeMander, No. 1, attempts to turn a double play in the fifth inning against Gladstone. View more photos online at www.dailyastorian.com JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Caitlyn Hougham, No. 20, swings at a pitch in the first inning. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Libby DiBartolomeo, No. 12, pitches to Glad- stone’s Kinzie McLeod, No. 33, in the third inning. Brown pitched four in- ZLWKWZRZDONVDQGQRKLWVDO QLQJV DQG VWUXFN RXW VHYHQ lowed, before Pinner came on LQ WKH ¿IWK DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK WKUHH VWULNHRXWV WZR ZDONV and two hits allowed. Astoria sophomore Caitlyn +RXJKDP EURNH WKH QRKLWWHU ZLWKDVLQJOHLQWKHVL[WKDQG 'L%DUWRORPHRDGGHGDVLQJOH LQWKHVHYHQWK ,QKHU¿UVWJDPHEDFNDIWHU D NQHH LQMXU\ 'L%DUWRORPHR SLWFKHGVHYHQLQQLQJV¿QLVK LQJZLWKIRXUVWULNHRXWVDQGD ZDON The Lady Fish host Estaca- da Thursday. 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IRULW*DVVHUVDLG,W¶VDOOWDNHQ care of by the Astoria Baseball Foundation. “Because of all of our fa- cility needs, we started the Astoria Baseball Foundation, DQGWKDWRUJDQL]DWLRQZDVSXW LQSODFHWRLPSURYHIDFLOLWLHV´ he said. “It isn’t a support for WKH$VWRULD+LJK6FKRROEDVH ball team — we’re indepen- GHQWRIWKDW,W¶VMXVWWU\LQJWR help facilities in our commu- nity. ³$QGWKH\¶YHEHHQZRQGHU ful at it. Our last two projects for the Astoria Baseball Foundation DUHFUHDWLQJDQHZEDFNVWRSDQG WHUUDFLQJWKHKLOO´ Wednesday’s season opener YV&RUEHWWZLOOOLNHO\WDNHSODFH DW$LNHQ)LHOGZKHUH³:HKDYH HYHU\LQWHQWLRQRISOD\LQJZKHQ WKHZHDWKHUSHUPLWV´*DVVHUVDLG WKH OLQHXS 0RQGD\ DJDLQVW D WRXJK *ODGVWRQH WHDP DQG it showed as the Gladiators VFRUHG D ZLQ RYHU WKH )LVKHUPHQ LQ D QRQOHDJXH baseball season opener. *ODGVWRQH SLWFKHU 7UDVN Telesmanich allowed just one hit (to Fridtjof Fremstad), and VWUXFNRXWZLWKQRZDONVLQ VL[LQQLQJVRIZRUN *ODGVWRQH WRRN D OHDG LQWKHVHFRQGLQQLQJDV'DU QHOO :DVKLQJWRQ VFRUHG RQ D ¿HOGHU¶V FKRLFH WR RSHQ WKH VFRULQJ In the third, an error scored Branden Loehr, fol- ORZHGE\DVLQJOHIURP&DUWHU :DWWV WKDW EURXJKW LQ /RJDQ Saltares, Astoria hosts Corbett :HGQHVGD\ DW $LNHQ )LHOG 7KHJDPHFRXOGEHPRYHGWR CMH Field if weather forces DFKDQJH ³%XWUHDOLVWLFDOO\ZH¶UHJRLQJWR spend most of our practice time at WKHQHZ¿HOG,W¶VIDQWDVWLF$QG we’ll play about a third of our JDPHVWKHUHZKHQZHDWKHULVLII\ 5DWKHUWKDQVWDUWDJDPHDW$LNHQ DQGQRWJHWLWLQLIWKHZHDWKHULV LII\ ZH¶UH JRLQJ WR SOD\ DW &R OXPELD0HPRULDO)LHOG´ %HVLGHVVHUYLQJDVDEDFNXS ¿HOGZKHQLWUDLQV&0+)LHOG can be much more for Astoria, Gasser said. ³7KH ¿HOG ZLOO EH D ERRQ for us. 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