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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
No. 2-ranked Braves top Gulls, 15-3
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Daily Astorian file
Seaside’s Sam Hinton was the top golfer in the inau-
gural Special District 1 Regional tournament, held
Monday and Tuesday.
Seaside golfers
snag regionals
by 42 strokes
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
HILLSBORO — Com-
peting in the toughest re-
gion in the state for 4A
schools, the Seaside boys
golf team cruised to one of
their most impressive wins
of the season Tuesday at
Meriwether National Golf
Club.
The Gulls shot a team
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action of the inaugural
District 1 Regional. That
was good enough for a
two-round total of 629 and
a 42-stroke victory over
second-place Valley Catho-
lic (671). Scappoose (677)
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state tournament.
And speaking of the
state tournament, the Gulls
will be a huge favorite, the
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Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state
tournament will be held
Monday and Tuesday at
Quail Valley Golf Course
in Banks.
“We had a good day
(Monday), then followed
it with a great day today,”
Seaside coach Jim Poetsch
said. “We are playing some
really good golf at the right
time of the year, and we are
looking forward to what
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state tournament.”
Seaside senior Sam Hin-
ton tapped in for a birdie on
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par 71 and a two-day total
of 148 to run away with the
medalist honors.
Seaside junior Aaron
Richardson shot 155 to tie
with Ryan Schmidlin of
Valley Catholic for second
place. Tillamook freshman
Carter Lee shot 156 for
fourth and Ross Philippi
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tied for eighth to make the
all-regional team.
“Even though this was
a true team effort, it was
great seeing four guys earn-
ing spots on the all-region
team,” Poetsch said. “They
have worked hard and even
though we strive for team
success, it is nice to see
them get some individual
honors.
“Sam had a great tour-
nament and handily beat
some very good golfers. He
told me earlier that his goal
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met that, but only had two
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in the team standings with
a 751.
Ron Schumacher led
with a 183, followed by
Will Keeran (184), Joey
Voeller (193) and Arthur
Clark (199) for the count-
ing scores.
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coach Dan Foss, who has
several golfers returning
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to make improvements, and
we did that throughout the
season.”
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BANKS — Crook
County made off with the
regional title, while the Sea-
side girls went from third to
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ment, held at Quail Valley
Golf Course in Banks.
Crook County had the
top team score of 758, fol-
lowed by Scappoose (809),
Molalla (940), Valley Cath-
olic (945), Seaside (1,025)
and Astoria (1,083).
The Medalist was Mo-
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who carded a two-round
total 159, well ahead of
second-place
Michaela
McGrew of Crook Coun-
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Jane Schlendorf, each with
186.
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was Caroline Kotson, who
shot scores of 101 and 103
for a total 204. Teammate
Kaylea Roberson had a
251, followed by Diana Ti-
noco (275) and Samantha
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with the other scores com-
ing from Sadie Wooldridge
(270), Karla Manduja-
no (289) and Kira Barela
(309).
SEASIDE — The Seaside
Lady Gulls rolled out their big
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Banks Braves Tuesday after-
noon, and the Braves won their
11th straight game with a 15-3
victory at Broadway Field.
Banks (21-3 overall, 13-1 in
Cowapa League) was in control
early on, with two runs in the
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the second and four in the third.
The Braves had nine hits
off three pitchers, and took ad-
vantage of 13 walks and two hit
batters.
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ning with a bases-loaded double
that scored three runs.
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off Banks starter Tiffany Snyder. Seaside’s Lucy Bodner, No. 6, gets a hit in the third inning of the softball game against Banks.
Whitney Westerholm and Bri-
BASEBALL
anna Babbitt each had a double,
Warrenton 14-12;
after both were honored before
Catlin Gabel 15-4
the game on Senior Day for the
WARRENTON — Twen-
Gulls. Shelby Miller and Alli-
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son Bussert are the other two
mally would be enough to sweep
seniors.
a doubleheader, but not Tuesday
Seaside scored twice in the
for the Warrenton Warriors.
third inning on run-scoring sin-
Catlin Gabel scored early
gles by Lucy Bodner and Bus-
and often in the opener, on its
sert.
way to a 15-14 win, before the
Seaside falls to 7-15, and
Warriors bounced back with a
fourth place in the Cowapa at
12-4 victory in Game 2.
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season with a doubleheader at
Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe.
Valley Catholic Friday, followed
by a Regional Play-in playoff Seaside’s Allison Bussert, No. 10, tags out a Banks runner “We just hurt ourselves with
at the plate in the fourth inning of the softball game Tuesday. some base-running mistakes
game.
and we did not play well defen-
sively.”
Warrenton 4-7;
The Warriors committed
Portland Adventist 5-6
four untimely errors in Game 1,
WARRENTON — Portland
in which Warrenton led 6-1 after
Adventist and Warrenton split
one inning. Catlin scored three
a Lewis & Clark League dou-
runs in the second, seven in the
bleheader Tuesday in Portland,
third and four in the fourth for a
with the Warriors serving as the
15-6 lead.
home team.
Warrenton rallied with three
The Cougars took Game 1,
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5-4, before Warrenton rebound-
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ed with a 7-6 victory in the
the tying run on base after a two-
nightcap.
outs, no-runners-on-base rally.
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The Warriors scored another
had a two-run homer with two
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runs scored in the opener, in
which the two teams were tied Seaside’s Brianna Babbitt, No. 8, prepares to tag out Game 2, which included a three-
4-4 through four innings, before Banks’ Madison Seed, No. 15, during the third inning of run homer by Hunter Michael-
son. The game was stopped in
the Cougars pushed a run across their softball game Tuesday.
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victory.
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Warrenton clinches at least ness.
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Warrior pitcher Niqui ing the conditions and is starting third place in the league stand-
Blodgett gave up eight hits with to have more control and com- ings, with a doubleheader re- Game 2, while the Eagles com-
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10 strikeouts and nine walks in mand, even in bad weather.”
maining at Clatskanie.
the loss.
Miethe had two hits with
four runs scored in Game 2, in-
cluding the game-winner in the
bottom of the seventh.
She had a one-out single,
stole second and third, and
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chel Dyer.
Dyer was 2-for-3 with two
runs scored, while the Warriors
struck out 11 times and drew
seven walks.
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Game 2, while Brianna Marsch
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ning.
Blodgett allowed seven hits
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walks.
“Landree was a huge cata-
lyst for the runs we scored,” said
Warrenton coach Staci Miethe.
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by Tyla (Little), Bri (Marsch) and
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SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Banks at Astoria,
6 p.m., CMH Field; Scappoose at
Seaside, 5 p.m.; Portland Lutheran
vs. Knappa, TBA
Softball — Tillamook at Astoria, 4
p.m., CMH Field
THURSDAY
Track — District 1/4A, at Banks,
2 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Scap-
poose, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Valley
Catholic, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at Clats-
kanie (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Port-
land Lutheran (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Scappoose
(2), 4 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Cath-
olic (2), 4 p.m.; Warrenton at Clats-
kanie (2), 3:30 p.m.; Waldport at
Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Track — District 1/4A, at Banks,
2 p.m.; District 1/3A, at Portland
Christian, TBA
BOYS GOLF
HIGH SCHOOLS
Regional Special District 1
Team: Seaside 629, Valley Cath-
olic 671, Scappoose 677, Tillamook
714, Crook County 743, Astoria
751, Gladstone 773, Molalla 792,
Estacada 794, Corbett 842, Banks
849.
Individual (State Qualifiers)
Medalist: Sam Hinton, Seaside,
148
Aaron Richardson, Seaside, 155
Ryan Schmidlin, Valley Catholic, 155
Carter Lee, Tillamook, 156
Ross Philippi, Banks, 159
Seaside (629)
Sam Hinton 77-71—148
Aaron Richardson 78-77—155
Shane Fritter 82-79—161
Kevin LaCoste 86-79—165
Trenten Meyer 93-94—187
Astoria (751)
Ron Schumacher 91-92—183
Will Keeran 94-90—184
Joey Voeller 99-94—193
Arthur Clark 96-103—199
Kirk Fausett 91-DQ
GIRLS GOLF
HIGH SCHOOLS
Regional Special District 1
Team: Crook County 758, Scap-
poose 809, Molalla 940, Valley
Catholic 945, Seaside 1,025, Asto-
ria 1,083. Incomplete: Banks, Catlin
Gabel, Gladstone, Horizon Chris-
tian, Oregon Episcopal, Riverdale,
Tillamook.
Individual (State Qualifiers)
Medalist: Hannah Clarizio, Molal-
la, 159
Michaela McGrew, Crook County,
186
Jane Schlendorf, OES, 186
Maddie Kasberger, Crook County,
187
Syrina Revis, Scappoose, 189
Cora White, Crook County, 189
Seaside (1,025)
Caroline Kotson 101-103—204
Kaylea Roberson 118-133—251
Diana Tinoco 141-134—275
Samantha Wozniak 120-175—295
Astoria (1,083)
Chloee Hunt 104-111—215
Sadie Wooldridge 146-124—270
Karla Mandujano 140-149—289
Kira Barela 142-167—309
SOFTBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Banks 15, Seaside 3
Banks
234 15—15 9 2
Seaside
002 01—3 6 3
W: Tiffany Snyder (3 K’s, 3
walks). L: Jetta Ideue (2 K’s, 7
walks). RBI: Banks, Davis 3, Sop-
er 2, Schorn 2, McCourt, Bailey,
VanDomelen. 2B: Banks, Bailey,
Partain, Davis; Sea, Westerholm,
Bri.Babbitt. HBP: Banks, Rogers,
Bailey. LOB: Banks 10, Seaside 6.
DP: Seaside.
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BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Game 1
Catlin Gabel 15, Warrenton 14
CatlinGabel 137 400 0—15 13 4
Warrenton 600 003 5—14 7 4
Gaus, Post (4), Maynard (7) and
Blufstone; Little, Michaelson (3),
Holthusen (4) and McFadden. W:
Post. L: Michaelson. 2B: CG, Gor-
don 2; War, McFadden.
Game 2
Warrenton 12, Catlin Gabel 4
Catlin Gabel 030 100—4 4 5
Warrenton
330 015—12 5 3
Polin, Scott (2) and Blufstone;
Johnson and McFadden. W: John-
son. L: Polin. 2B: War, Holthusen.
HR: War, Michaelson.
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