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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015
Lady Warriors work overtime to beat Willamina
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
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termined Willamina team
made it tough, but the War-
renton softball team escaped
a Saturday nonleague dou-
bleheader with two wins
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2-1.
The Warriors had to go
nine innings to win Game 2,
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in Sarah Nichols with a long
single in the bottom of the
ninth to complete the sweep.
Warrenton
freshman
pitcher Niqui Blodgett got
stronger as the game pro-
gressed and finished with 14
strikeouts, while giving up
four hits and three walks.
The Warriors scored a run
in the bottom of the sixth to
tie the game, as they took
advantage of two Willamina
errors and a passed ball, with
Blodgett scoring on the sec-
ond error.
Willamina had back-to-
back singles with one out
in the top of the ninth, but
Blodgett was able to work
her way out of the jam, and
the Bulldogs stranded both
runners.
In the bottom of the ninth,
Nichols reached base on a
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fielder’s choice, and reached Warrenton’s Brianna Marsch, No. 2, slides across the plate to score in the fourth inning of Game 1 in the softball doubleheader against Willamina
third on a single by Landree Saturday.
Miethe. Casteel followed
with her game-winning hit.
The Bulldogs scored their
first four runs of the season
in the first inning of Game 1
for a quick 4-0 lead.
Warrenton answered with
three runs in the second,
highlighted by a run-scoring
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The Warriors took the
lead with four runs in the
fourth inning, as Casteel
drove in the go-ahead runs
with a two-run single.
Blodgett overcame a
rough start on the mound
and finished with six strike-
outs, with four hits allowed.
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plate.
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Knappa 19-19;
Delphian 0-4
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Friday, 19-0 and 19-4.
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batting practice against the
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Cameron hit for the cycle
(with two doubles) and went
5-for-5 in Game 1. Jaden
Miethe was 4-for-4 and Paris
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five-inning game, allowing
one hit with 10 strikeouts
and two walks.
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Game 2 and struck out 10,
with three hits allowed.
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last week. The Loggers play
nonleague games this week
vs. Naselle and Seaside, be-
fore returning to league play
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Warrenton’s Niqui Blodgett, No. 11, pitches in Game 1 of
the doubleheader against Willamina.
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last season, the Warrenton
Warriors — through nine
games in 2015 — already
have four wins, following an
11-1 nonleague baseball vic-
tory over Willamina Saturday
at Huddleston Field.
The Warriors rapped out
12 hits in the six-inning vic-
tory, while Warrenton starter
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with four strikeouts and three
walks.
“We hit well, bunted well,
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well,” said Warrenton coach
Lennie Wolfe. “We accom-
plished everything we were
trying to do. I’m very pleased
with where we’re at.”
The Bulldogs had oppor-
tunities early, with runners at
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both the second and third in-
nings, but failed to score.
Little struck out two of the
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Astoria, R.A. Long
the second inning, as Willam-
canceled
ina left the bases loaded; and
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out. The Lady Fishermen are
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scheduled to host Rainier strikes when he had to,”
Tuesday.
Wolfe said.
Seaside softball lost at
Offensively, Warrenton’s
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featured bunt base hits by
Little and Gavon McFadden.
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left scored Brock Johnson,
and back-to-back singles by
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Fischer scored Little and Mi-
chaelson, respectively.
McFadden sprinted home
on a single by Jake Holthu-
sen, and Wilson scored on a
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Warrenton scored three
runs in the fourth to build a
9-0 lead, then scored runs on
a passed ball and a wild pitch
in the sixth inning to end the
game.
Warrenton plays at Taft
Tuesday.
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pa is still undefeated, and
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following a Logger dou-
bleheader sweep Friday in
Sheridan.
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three-game series to open
Northwest League play.
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straight league games going
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ter, as he took a perfect game
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Gulls third at Junction City
JUNCTION CITY — The
Seaside boys track team col-
lected a total of 1,055 points to
place third in the team stand-
ings Saturday, at the Junction
City Invitational.
Elmira won the team cham-
pionship with 1,260.5 points,
followed by Junction City and
Seaside. Twelve teams took
part in the small-school meet.
Siuslaw won the girls’ team
title, followed by Junction
City, Elmira, Sweet Home and
Seaside.
Individual winners for the
Seaside boys included fresh-
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omore teammate, Brad Rze-
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Seaside’s 400-meter relay
team of Josh Chesnut, Juneau
Meyer, Taylor Barnes and
Will Garvin won in 45.25; and
Chesnut won the long jump
with a leap of 20 feet, 11.5
inches. He was also second
in the triple jump and had the
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meters.
The Seaside girls won
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swept the hurdles, running
16.26 in the 100 meters and
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ielle Willyard took the triple
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in the long jump; and Tennaya
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vault.
The Willyard
sisters
teamed up with Elizabeth
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in the 400 relay (52.61); while
Barnes, Charlotte Blakesley,
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won the 1,600-meter relay in
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Warrenton’s Drake Fischer, No. 15, beats out a throw to first in the second inning.
2, when he hit a batter with a
two-strike, two-out pitch.
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strikeouts and no walks.
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4-for-4 with a double and
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nard was 5-for-6 with three
doubles.
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after two innings.
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goo, Takalo, Burnard and
Jason Miller all had multi-
ple hits with a double, while
Burnard pitched a one-hit
shutout with eight strikeouts.
Astoria 5, Rainier 2
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with an RBI and a run scored
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league win at Rainier last
Thursday.
Wallace doubled in the
third inning and singled in
the fourth and seventh in-
nings.
Fritz Fremstad picked up
the win on the mound, as he
tossed two innings of shutout
ball, with three strikeouts, no
walks and two hits allowed.
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in the third inning, on two
doubles and an RBI single
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Nick Scott drove in two runs
for the Fishermen, who host
Valley Catholic in a Cowapa
League opener today.
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Warrenton’s Joe Little, No. 3, slides across the plate to
score in the third inning of the baseball game against Wil-
lamina Saturday.
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Warrenton’s Brock Johnson, No. 2, gets a hit in the third inning.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Valley Catholic at As-
toria, 5 p.m.
Softball — Seaside at Clatskanie,
4:30 p.m.
Boys Golf — Astoria Fish Invita-
tional, 10:30 a.m.
TUESDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Valley Cath-
olic, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5
p.m.; Warrenton at Taft, 3:30 p.m.;
Knappa at Faith Bible, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Rainier at Astoria, 4:30
p.m.; Warrenton at Taft, 3:30 p.m.;
Naselle at Knappa, 4 p.m.
Track — Portland Christian at
Warrenton, 3:30 p.m.
Girls Golf — Astoria/Seaside at
Valley Catholic, 1 p.m.
THURSDAY
Baseball — Seaside at Tillamook,
5 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Clatskanie,
4:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Portland
Adventist, 4:30 p.m.
Track — Knappa at Life Invitation-
al, TBA
Boys Golf — Astoria at Seaside,
2 p.m.
Watson, Michaelson. LOB: Willam-
ina 7, Warrenton 8. DP: Warrenton.
Willamina
000 010—1 5 4
Warrenton
105 302—11 12 2
BASEBALL
Game 1
Knappa 16, Delphian 0
Burnard and Truax; Melin, Platt (4),
Melin (4) and Wu. W: Burnard. L:
Melin. 2B: Kna, Takalo, A.Dragoo,
Burnard, J.Miller.
Knappa
500 56—16 14 0
Delphian
000 00—0 1 3
HIGH SCHOOLS
Warrenton 11, Willamina 1
Onstot, I.Bruckner (4), Johnson
(4), Healon (5) and Goodman; Little
and McFadden. W: Little. L: Onstot.
RBI: War, Michaelson 2, Wilson
2, Cochran 2, Fischer, Holthusen,
Watson. 2B: Wil, Goodman; War,
Game 2
Knappa 23, Delphian 0
Takalo and Truax; Wu, Platt (5) and
Melin. W: Takalo. L: Wu. 2B: Kna, Bur-
nard 3, Takalo.
Knappa
791 60—23 21 0
Delphian
000 00—0 0 5