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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015
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Fishermen score league
match win over Banks
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BASEBALL
Warriors hold
off Ilwaco
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WARRENTON — The
Astoria boys golf team closed
out its home season with a
season-best score Thursday,
in a Cowapa League match
with Banks at the Astoria
Golf & Country Club.
The Fishermen finished
with a 364, while the Braves
ended with an incomplete
score (Banks’ fourth player
ran out of golf balls, and did
not finish).
Senior Will Keeran led
the way for Astoria, carding
a personal best 85 (43-42),
while senior Joey Voeller
posted a 92 (47-45).
Other Astoria scorers
were Ron Schumacher (per-
sonal best 50-43—93) and
Arthur Clark (50-44—94).
Kirk Fausett was Astoria’s
fifth player, at 52-48—100.
Medalist was Banks se-
nior Ross Philippi, who shot
42-36—78.
“Our season goal was a
360, so we were real close,”
said Astoria coach Dan Foss.
“We still have a couple
chances left.”
The Fishermen will take
part in the district meet
Monday, followed a week
later by regional qualifying.
WARRENTON — Brock Johnson’s two-out double
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run, and the Warrenton baseball team held on for a 5-4
nonleague win over Ilwaco Thursday afternoon at Hud-
dleston Field.
The Fishermen had scored three runs in the top of the
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Joe Little went the distance on the mound for the War-
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Warrenton’s David Foster was 2-for-3 and scored
twice.
“David works hard, and it was nice to see him step in, hit
the ball well and score a couple of runs for us,” said War-
renton coach Lennie Wolfe, whose team improves to 8-7
overall, with a doubleheader at Rainier Tuesday.
Alec Bell had a home run for Ilwaco, while pitchers
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Astoria’s Will Keeran shot a personal best in Thursday’s match at the Astoria Golf &
Country Club.
In other matches Thurs-
day, Astoria’s junior varsi-
ty competed, with golfers
Sydney Morris (49-44—
93), Tim Schumacher (57-
52—109), Henry Meiners
(60-58—118) and Trevor
Altheide-Nielson (63-57—
120).
In a head-to-head girls’
match between the two
schools, Astoria’s Chloee
Hunt carded a 55-59—114
to top Hayley Purinton of
Banks (57-61—118).
Knappa 6, Vernonia 2
VERNONIA — Knappa has yet to lose a league
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ing Knappa’s 6-2 win at Vernonia Thursday in Northwest
League softball action.
Kacie Cameron pitched a complete-game four-hitter,
with eight strikeouts and no walks. She was also 1-for-3
at the plate with a two-run homer.
Jaden Miethe was 2-for-4 for Knappa, which has more
wins (16) than any 2A team in the state. Knappa is 7-0 in
league play, while Vernonia falls to 0-5.
The same two teams play a doubleheader today at
Knappa.
Warrenton boys score big points at track invitational
Warrenton’s Bryton Kyme and
Eli Petersen highlighted the day by
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ton and Knappa track teams both put, with Kyme winning with a toss
scored three victories Thursday, in of 43 feet, 8 inches, to Petersen’s
the Southwest Christian Invitational 42-4. Kyme was third in the discus
(116-0).
in Sherwood.
Chris Ocana placed second in
With 86 points, the Warrenton boys
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Christian (110) in the team standings, and third in the high jump (5-8),
with teammate Tyler Whitaker plac-
in the mostly-small school meet.
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ing second at 5-8, on fewer misses.
Whitaker was third in the long jump
(18-8).
Knappa also took part, and
scored two wins, both from Devin
Lewis Allen. He won the 200 me-
ters in 23.10 seconds; the 400 me-
ters in 51.04.
Lewis Allen is the heavy favorite
to win both events in the 2A state
meet, later this month in Eugene.
The Knappa boys placed seventh
with 36 points.
On the girls’ side, Knappa’s
Devin Vandergriff won the 400 in
1:04.87; and took third in both the
100 meters (13.75) and 200 (28.91).
Warrenton freshman Macen Fritz
won the 300-meter hurdles in 52.04,
and placed third in the 100-meter
hurdles (19.32).
The Warrior foursome of Sophia
Thomas, Libby Biel, Fritz and Ivy
McGargish won the 1,600-meter re-
lay in 4:43.39.
Thomas was second in the high
jump, clearing 4-6, and Biel was
third in the long jump (14-7 ¼).
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in the team standings behind Sher-
wood, Damascus Christian, Estacada
and Horizon Christian. Knappa was
ninth and Jewell 11th.
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Former Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, center, looks on with his mother Alana
Deppe-Mariota, right, waiting for the NFL Draft to start at the Saint Louis Alumni Club-
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Oregon QB is second overall pick
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iota with the No. 2 draft pick back to lead this team in yards
overall, hoping their third try at passing in consecutive seasons,
landing a franchise quarterback and that was 2006 and 2007.
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touchdowns set a Pac-12 sin-
gle-season record. He also set
the conference’s career mark for
career touchdowns with 136.
He threw at least one touch-
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