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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
Fishermen best Valiants; Lady Fish fall to Rainier
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
BEAVERTON — Tied 1-1
through seven innings, Astoria
scored six runs in the top of the
eighth Tuesday night, on its way
to a 7-2 Cowapa League base-
ball win at Valley Catholic.
Astoria improves to 2-0 in
league play to take an early lead
in the league standings, while
Astoria coach Dave Gasser
picked up career win No. 698.
The Fishermen began the
eighth inning with walks to
Ryan Palek and Carter Wallace,
with Palek scoring the go-ahead
run on an error.
Two hit batters and another
error brought in a second run,
and Astoria’s only hit of the
eighth inning belonged to Bron-
son Holthusen, a two-run dou-
ble that scored Joe Brawley and
Ryker Helmerson.
Valley Catholic outhit Asto-
ria 9-4, but the Valiants commit-
ted three errors.
Fritz Fremstad pitched 7 1/3
innings for the Fishermen, with
a strikeout and a walk, while
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Tillamook 16, Seaside 5
SEASIDE — Tillamook
jumped on the scoreboard early
and often Tuesday at Broadway
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inning to highlight a 16-5 win
over Seaside in a Cowapa base-
ball opener.
The Cheesemakers took ad-
vantage of four walks, two hit
batters and three Seaside errors
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Zach Quicke was 3-for-3 at
the plate for the Gulls, with a
single, double and triple.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Rylee Demander, No. 1, attempts to get an out at second base during the first inning of the softball game against Rainier Tuesday.
— with a few slight differences.
While the Knappa Loggers
(now 6-0) came in with wins
over Clatskanie and defending
state champion Monroe, the
Falcons’ perfect record of 7-0
included one win over Corbett
(0-9), three victories over junior
varsity teams and three wins
Taft 7, Warrenton 4
over Neah-Kah-Nie.
LINCOLN CITY — Pete
And it was fairly easy to see
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the plate, drove in four runs and day, as the Loggers cruised to just
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gers to a 7-4 nonleague win over win over Faith Bible, 20-0 at Ron
Warrenton Tuesday.
Tonkin Field in Hillsboro.
Lahti — whose father Earl
Chase Rusinovich threw
was a state champion wrestler at Knappa’s third no-hitter of the
Warrenton in 1976 — also threw season, and the Loggers scored
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er position, while the Tigers had
Rusinovich struck out 10
six stolen bases of their own.
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The Warriors had two steals ter of the game.
of home plate (Justice Watson
Tyson Burnard led the offen-
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two runs, but Taft scored runs in four runs scored; Nate Truax
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was 2-for-3 with a triple; and
Warrenton also committed Justin Dragoo and Andy Miller
six errors in the loss. Brock also provided hits.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Johnson took the loss on the
The Loggers host a double-
Astoria’s Libby DiBartolomeo, No. 12, pitches during the
mound, despite giving up just header with Faith Bible Friday.
second inning.
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SOFTBALL
Gavon McFadden and Hunt-
Rainier 19, Astoria 0
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Rainier senior Jessica Gib-
er Michaelson each had a dou-
ble for Warrenton.
The Astoria Lady Fishermen bia Memorial Field, where the son highlighted the inning
hosted a Class 3A softball team Columbians set a CMH Field with a pair of two-run hom-
Knappa 20, Faith Bible 0
for a nonleague game Tuesday record that may stand a while.
ers, while Sarah Probasco
HILLSBORO — The Knap- — but not just any 3A softball
Rainier had seven extra-base added a two-run home run
pa and Faith Bible baseball team.
hits and scored 15 runs in the and Shelby Saylors had a
teams both came into Tuesday’s
The Class 3A defending state fourth inning alone, on its way run-scoring triple.
showdown with perfect records champion Rainier Columbians to a 19-0 win over Astoria.
Saylors was also the winning
pitcher, as the senior pitched just
two innings and struck out every
batter she faced.
PREP SCHEDULE
at De La Salle, 11:30 a.m.
Tranquill (6) and Pruitt. W: Brown.
Astoria had two hits in the
L: Gaglai. RBI: Ast, Tuimato 2, Scott
bottom of the fourth — an in-
THURSDAY
2. 2B: Ast, Scott, Wallace. 3B: Ast,
BASEBALL
Baseball — Seaside at Tillamook,
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5 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOLS
and a double to left from Caitlyn
Valley Catholic 6, Astoria 9.
Softball — Astoria at Clatskanie,
Astoria 7, Valley Catholic 2
Hougham, but the Fishermen
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4:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Portland
Fremstad, Wallace (8) and Helm-
left the bases loaded.
Astoria
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Adventist, 4:30 p.m.
erson; Hyland, Vincent (8), Magen-
Three Rainier pitchers com-
Track — Knappa at Life Invitation-
heimer (8) and Pruitt. W: Fremstad.
al, TBA
L: Hyland. RBI: Ast, Holthusen
bined
to strike out 12 with no
SOFTBALL
2, Tuimato, Fremstad; VC, Rapp,
Boys Golf — Astoria at Seaside,
walks.
Vincent. 2B: Ast, Holthusen; VC,
2 p.m.
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Hyland 2, Rapp. 3B: Ast, Wallace.
FRIDAY
Rainier 19, Astoria 0
March 24 for the Columbians,
HBP: Ast, Brawley, Scott. LOB: As-
Baseball — Faith Bible at Knappa
W: Shelby Saylors (6 K’s, 0 walks).
toria 5, Valley Catholic 8.
(2), 3 p.m.
who improve to 4-2. Astoria
L: Libby DiBartolomeo (3 K’s, 2
Astoria
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Softball — Seaside at Warrenton
slips to 3-8, and plays at Clats-
walks). RBI: Rain, Gibson 4, Pro-
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(2), 4 p.m.
kanie Thursday.
basco
4,
Saylors
2,
Schimmel
2,
SATURDAY
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Hailey Ranta, No. 2, makes a catch during the
first inning of the softball game against Rainier Tuesday.
SCOREBOARD
Baseball — Horizon Christian at
Astoria, 1 p.m.; Warrenton at Sea-
side, Noon
Softball — Molalla at Seaside, 4
p.m.
Track — Lower Columbia Invita-
tional, TBA; Meet of Champions (at
Willamette U.), 10 a.m.; Warrenton
Taft 7, Warrenton 4
Johnson and McFadden; M.Zach-
arias, A.Zacharias (7) and Lahti. W:
M.Zacharias. L: Johnson. 2B: War,
Michaelson, McFadden; Taf, Lahti.
(From Monday)
Astoria 6, Valley Catholic 0
Brown and Helmerson; Gaglai,
Gray, Clark, Harrison. 2B: Rain,
Saylors, Schimmel, Harrison; Ast,
Hougham. 3B: Rain, Saylors. HR:
Rain, Gibson 2, Probasco. HBP:
Ast, Wullger. LOB: Rainier 6, Astoria
3. DP: Astoria.
Rainier
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Astoria
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JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Kelsey Wullger, No. 28, swings at a pitch in the
second inning.
Taft 13, Warrenton 0
LINCOLN CITY — The
Taft Tigers scored a one-hit
shutout win over Warrenton
Tuesday, 13-0, in a nonleague
softball game in Lincoln City.
The Warriors had just two
base runners, and had their lone
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Dyer.