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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
Perth brings the Heat, Astoria gets the win
SCOREBOARD
SPORTS SCHEDULE
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Ford Fisher-
men are still undefeated in
international
competition,
and fans at Aiken Field were
well-entertained by a night of
Australian-American baseball,
as the Perth Heat — a touring
youth team from Western Aus-
tralia — made their third visit
to the North Coast.
And for the third time since
2010, the Astoria Ford summer
baseball team scored a victory
over the Aussies.
The two teams played
Tuesday night until they got
tired — which happened to
be 9 1/2 innings. Astoria Ford
was leading 12-1 when the
game was stopped in the bot-
tom of the 10th.
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really the point of it. The game
was more about some 15-, 16-
and 17-year-old kids from dif-
ferent countries getting togeth-
er for a baseball game.
The teams had lunch to-
gether before the contest, and
they all stuck around for a
barbecue afterward, as Asto-
ria once again put on a good
show for Australia-American
relations.
While the Perth team made
a stop at the Goonies House
and was generally impressed
with the area, they were even
more impressed with the base-
ball.
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at this point,” said Perth in-
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to the competition the Austra-
lians are seeing on their trip
through Oregon, which includ-
ed a tournament in Medford
last week.
Perth has two touring
teams — an older ‘varsity’
team, and a younger ‘junior
varsity’ squad of mostly 15-
and 16-year-olds, who played
Tuesday against Astoria.
Chances are, there aren’t
many players from Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, who
have played at Aiken Field.
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“Coming from the Middle
East — there’s not a lot of
baseball exposure there,” he
said. “One of the most impres-
sive things I’ve seen about the
TODAY
Junior State Baseball — Asto-
ria Ford B at Seaside (2), 5 p.m.
THURSDAY
Junior State Baseball — Asto-
ria Ford B at Warrenton (2), 4 p.m.
SUNDAY
Baseball — Singapore at Astoria
Ford, 7 p.m.
Taelor Kay, Sr., Clatskanie
Bri Marsch, Sr., Warrenton
Mackenzie Mitchell, So., Clats-
kanie
Hailey Schimmel, So., Rainier
Kiersten Sermino, Jr., Clatskanie
Kacy Strong, Jr., Clatskanie
Julia Taylor, So., Rainier
BASEBALL
ROSTERS
PERTH HEAT
Name
Matt Sproule
James Cappello
Liam Collins
Sean Fekete
Ethan Cooper
Jordan Courcha
Shaan Shahbaz
MacLain Wilson
BASEBALL
Astoria Ford 12, Perth Heat 1
Perth 000 100 000 0—1 4 4 4
Astoria 010 310 007 x—12 14 1
Shahbaz, Cooper (3), John
(5), Cappello (7), Abrahams (9),
Wilson (9) and Seidel; Wallace,
Brown (6), Fremstad (9) and
Helmersen, Gohl (9). W: Wallace.
L: Cooper. RBI: Perth, Collins; As-
toria, O’Brien 2, Arnsdorf 2, Scott,
Lyngstad. 2B: Perth, Abrahams;
Astoria, Scott 2, Hageman. HBP:
Perth, Cappello. LOB: Perth 5, As-
toria 6. DP: Perth, Astoria.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Tyler Lyngstad, No. 15, collides with Perth’s
Shaan Shahbaz, No. 30, while getting out of a pickle in the
third inning.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily
Astorian
Astoria’s Carter Wallace,
No. 14, pitches in the fourth
inning.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Cade O’Brien, No. 6, jumps up after scoring a run
in the fourth inning.
kids here, is that they have a lot
higher baseball IQ than kids
in Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar.
They’re smart, they’re talented
… it’s really fun, and I think
we’ll be a lot better at the end
of this trip.”
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serves as one of three coach-
es for the younger Perth team,
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much bigger here than it is in
Australia, so it’s a great chal-
lenge for our guys to come out
and mix it up with these guys.
“We just go out and play
every day — we don’t get
a chance to do that much in
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is from Texas, played baseball
at Notre Dame and was drafted
by the Philadelphia Phillies.
He ended up playing in Can-
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ball League.
“A good amount of the
players are from Perth,” he
said. “We have some guys
from Canberra, and four or
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“The talent is there,” he
added.. “We have a good
amount of skill. We surprise a
lot of people with the skill. It’s
just a matter of consistency for
us, and that gets back to play-
ing every day.”
Perth’s James Cappello,
from Canberra, said, “The
competition is good. It’s hard
— we’ve played some pretty
competitive teams.”
As for Tuesday’s game, the
two teams were tied 1-1 after
3 1/2 innings, before Astoria
Ford scored three runs in the
bottom of the fourth and one in
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Arnsdorf had run-scoring sin-
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to highlight the fourth.
SOFTBALL
Astoria tacked on seven
runs in the bottom of the ninth,
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Nick Scott and Arnsdorf. As-
toria scored additional runs on
two errors, a passed ball and a
wild pitch, as the Perth team
was down to its sixth pitcher
of the night.
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14 hits, while pitchers Carter
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jof Fremstad allowed just four
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two walks.
Scott had three hits, includ-
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also had three hits, with two
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Arnsdorf had two hits and
drove in two runs.
Warriors, Tigers split
CLATSKANIE — Warren-
ton pitcher Joe Little tossed
a seven-inning, 10-0 shutout
in Game 1, before Clatskanie
bounced back with an 8-3 win
in Game 2, in Junior State dou-
bleheader action Tuesday.
Little allowed just four hits
with 10 strikeouts and one walk
in the opener, while Gavon Mc-
Fadden and Derek Ham each
had two hits. The Warriors also
had seven stolen bases.
McFadden led off Game 2
with a single, but the Warriors
only had one hit after that in
the loss.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Lewis & Clark All-League
Player of the Year: Jessica Gib-
son, Rainier
Coaches of the Year: Cary Gray,
Rainier; Lance Judd, Portland Ad-
ventist
First Team
Jessica Gibson, Sr., Rainier
Brittney Abbott, Sr., Clatskanie
Jadyn Crape, So., Rainier
Kami Gray, So., Rainier
Megan Hackenberg, Jr., Rainier
Tori Johnson, So., P. Adventist
Landree Miethe, So., Warren-
ton
Sage Miller, So., Clatskanie
Aspen Norman, Fr., Rainier
Sarah Probasco, Jr., Rainier
Shelby Saylors, Sr., Rainier
Olivia Warren, Fr., Clatskanie
Second Team
Katie Blank, So., P. Adventist
Niqui Blodgett, Fr., Warrenton
Shianne Clark, Sr., Rainier
Shylly Gessele, Sr., P. Adventist
Sarah Halverson, So., P. Adven-
tist
No.
Pos.
3
2B
4
RHP
13
OF
15
RHP
17
OF
24
UTL
30
RHP
31
RHP
33
Grant Kerry
OF
44
Bailey Cheetham
OF
55
Wolfgang Peek
INF
78
Ram Elford 1B/LHP
80
Lachlan Seidel
C
93
David John 3B/RHP
99
Nick Abrahams 1B/RHP
Rod Drew, Coach
Tim Lamonte, Coach
Jeremy Barnes, Coach
Andrew Lange, Trainer
ASTORIA FORD A’s
Olaf Englund
UTL
Ryker Helmersen
C
Fridtjof Fremstad SS/P
Cade O’Brien
OF/P
Trey Hageman
UTL
Kyle Strange
3B
Jasyn Gohl
C
Samboy Tuimato 2B/OF
Jackson Arnsdorf P/1B
Nick Scott
3B/OF
Carter Wallace
P/OF
Tyler Lyngstad
UTL
Jared Lucore
UTL
Kai Brown
P/1B
German George
P
Dave Gasser, Coach
Chris Wright, Coach
Brian Babbitt, Coach
Pat O’Brien, Coach
Shane Robinson, Coach
Ralph Steinback, Coach
Ryker Thornton, Coach
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Landree Miethe all-league
for Warrenton Warriors
League champion Rainier
landed 10 players on the Lew-
is & Clark All-League softball
team, while Warrenton had
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two second-teamers.
The Columbians also had
the league’s Player of the Year
(senior Jessica Gibson), while
Rainier’s Cary Gray and Port-
land Adventist’s Lance Judd
were Coaches of the Year.
Warrenton
sophomore
catcher Landree Miethe made
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and freshman pitcher Niqui
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second team.
Rainier junior Sarah Pro-
basco was selected as the
Class 3A all-state Pitcher of
the Year, while Miethe made
honorable mention all-state.
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