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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015 7A ‘Daily A’ meet set for Saturday The Daily Astorian After two years at Seaside High School, the annual Daily Astorian Invi- tational track meet is moving back to Astoria High, which will serve as host of the 27th annual event Saturday. The meet begins at 10 a.m., with running events slated to start at noon. This event is a great day for kids, said Astoria High School Athletic Di- rector Howard Rub. “We want to es- pecially thank The Daily Astorian for continuing to sponsor this track meet.” With a growing number of schools and athletes competing in the meet, the “Daily A” was held on a Saturday last year, and will again take place as a one- day, Saturday meet. “We are pleased to host this again this year,” Rub said. “It takes numerous volunteers working to pull this off, so we want to thank them for their tremen- dous efforts.” Besides the host Fishermen, some of the schools which will be attending include Banks, Ilwaco, Jewell, Knappa, Naselle, Rainier, Seaside and Warren- ton. The meet will feature some of the top-ranked athletes in Oregon high VFKRROWUDFNDQG¿HOG7KHOLVWLQFOXGHV the following names and their events, in which they currently have the best mark in the state: Josh Chesnut, Seaside (Long Jump) Darian Hageman, Astoria (Triple Jump) Allison Kilday, Seaside (300 Hur- dles) Devin Lewis Allen, Knappa (2A 400 meters) Kaylee Mitchell, Astoria (800) Other expected winners to watch: Charlotte Blakesley, Seaside (Dis- tances) Natalie Cummings, Astoria (Sprints) Halie Korff, Astoria (Throws) 5D¿6LERQ\6HDVLGH ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Rebekah Cave spins a throw out of the ring while competing in the discus competition in The Daily Astorian Invitational last year. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Zach Cosner lets loose a throw while winning the javelin competition last year. Seaside’s Josh Chesnut leaps toward the pit on the final phase of the triple jump at last year’s meet. Schmidlin paces Valiants on the links Braves down Gulls in close win BASEBALL Banks 5, Seaside 4 SEASIDE — Seaside had the tying run at first base in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Banks Braves held on Thursday night for a 5-4 win over the Gulls at Broadway Field. Seaside’s Jake Bassett, battled Jake Evans and Dalton Renne of Banks in a pitcher’s duel, with Ev- ans and Renne allowing just three Seaside hits, to four for the Braves. “It was a well-pitched, well-played defensive game,” said Seaside coach Joel Dierickx. Zach Quicke had a two-out RBI hit for the Gulls, while Brent Walsh drove in another run. The Braves scored three runs in the fourth, and held a 5-2 lead go- ing into the bottom of the sixth. The same two teams play today at Banks. Knappa 18, Neah-Kah-Nie 3 KNAPPA — The Knappa Loggers im- proved to 7-0 in North- west League play, 9-0 overall, with an 18-3 win over Neah-Kah-Nie Thursday at Teevin Field. The Loggers, who have yet to play a full seven-inning game in league play, play a dou- bleheader at Neah-Kah- Nie today. Freshman pitcher Dale Takalo gave up just two hits in Thursday’s win, with eight strike- outs. The Loggers collect- ed 13 hits at the plate, including two doubles and four runs scored for Tyson Burnard; two hits, with a double and four runs scored by Ja- son Miller; and a double apiece for Nate Truax, Justin Dragoo and Andy Miller. HILLSBORO — Valley Catholic’s Ryan Schmidlin carded a 75 Wednesday, to lead the Valiants to a victo- ry over Astoria in a Cowapa League boys golf match at Meriwether National Golf Club in Hillsboro. 9DOOH\ &DWKROLF ¿QLVKHG with a 332 team score, to As- toria’s 402. Will Keeran led the Fish- ermen with a 95 (49-46), top- ping teammates Arthur Clark (102), Kirk Fausett (102), Joey Voeller (103) and Ron Schumacher (105). Seaside 321, Banks 413 GEARHART — The Seaside boys golf team remained undefeated in league play with a 321-413 victory over Banks, Thurs- day at Gearhart Golf Links. Sam Hinton continued his perfect season, earning KLV ¿IWK PHGDOLVW KRQRU LQ DV many tries. Hinton shot 1-over par 73 to lead the Gulls. Shane Fritter carded an 80, Aaron Richardson an 83 and Kevin Lacoste shot 85 for Seaside’s counting scores. Trenten Meyer was only a stroke back DWDVWKH*XOO¶V¿IWKVFRUH “For the conditions, we had a pretty good team score,” said Seaside coach Jim Po- etsch. “It was blowing about a three-club wind today. Shane, Aaron, Kevin and Trenten all put up good numbers and Sam KDGDWUHPHQGRXVURXQG,¿J- ured today’s wind was about worth four strokes per player, so I was quite pleased when we totaled the scores.” SOFTBALL R.A. Long 10, Astoria 3 R.A. Long scored three runs in the first in- ning to spark a 10-3 win over Astoria, in a non- league softball game at CMH Field Thursday. Libby DiBartolomeo had a double and Abi Danen went 2-for-3 for the Lady Fish, who had just three hits in the loss. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie (2), 3 p.m. Softball — Valley Catholic at Asto- ria (2), 4 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside (2), 4 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie (2), 3 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Horizon Christian at Astoria, 1 p.m. Softball — Knappa at Warrenton, 1 p.m. Track — Daily Astorian Invitational (at Astoria HS), 10 a.m. BASEBALL Astoria 8, Tillamook 4 Maloney, Sundling (5) and Har- mon; Fremstad, Brown (5) and Helmerson. W: Fremstad. L: Malo- ney. RBI: Til, Reeves 3; Ast, Hage- man 2, Fremstad, Strange. 2B: Til, Harmon; Ast, Scott. HR: Til, Reeves. LOB: Tillamook 4, Astoria 9. HBP: Til, King. Tillamook 003 000 1—4 5 3 Astoria 203 201 x—8 7 2 Banks 5, Seaside 4 Evans, Renne (6) and Herb; Bas- sett, Wallis (5), Plampin (6) and Quicke. W: Evans. L: Wallis. Banks 000 311 0—5 4 2 Seaside 000 021 1—4 3 2 Knappa 18, Neah-Kah-Nie 3 Takalo, Goodman (5) and Truax. W: Takalo. 2B: Kna, Burnard 2, J. Miller, Truax, Dragoo, A.Miller. Neah-Kah-Nie 001 20—3 2 3 Knappa (13)32 0x—18 13 3 BOYS GOLF HIGH SCHOOLS Valley Catholic 332, Astoria 402 Valley Catholic (332) Ryan Schmidlin 37-36—75 Nick Tranquil 41-40—81 John Woodruff 41-43—84 Cole Schmidlin 47-47—94 Joey Braun 47-47—94 Astoria (402) Will Keeran 49-46—95 Arthur Clark 48-54—102 Kirk Fausett 53-49—102 Joey Voeller 53-50—103 Ron Schumacher 53-52—105 Seaside 321, Banks 413 Seaside (321) Sam Hinton 37-36—73 Shane Fritter 38-42—80 Aaron Richardson 43-40—83 Kevin LaCoste 43-42—85 Trenten Meyer 42-44—86 Banks (413) Ross Philippi 43-42—85 Jacob Becker 55-57—112 Nick Eberhardt 50-54—104 Milo Appleby 51-61—112 Twister McComas 68-65—133 GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF SELF RELIANCE Installing solar is a great way to turn your rays into watts and your watts into cash. 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