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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 AVtoria topV 6eaVide for ¿rVt OeaJXe Zin By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Whenever two rivals meet on the court, as the old saying goes, “You can throw the records out the window.” The Astoria and Seaside volleyball teams would like nothing more than to throw their league records (a com- bined 2-16) out the window at this point, as the two met for WKH¿QDO&ODWVRS&ODVKRIWKH season. Astoria’s three-game sweep over the Gulls Tuesday night at Seaside gave the Lady )LVKHUPHQ WKHLU ¿UVW league victory of the season, while the Gulls fall to 1-8. &KORHH +XQW KDG NLOOV to lead Astoria in the 25-11, 25-19, 25-22 win. Astoria is still holding out hope for a berth in the league playoffs and the 4A Regional Play-in round. The Lady Fish QHHG WR EHDW 9DOOH\ &DWKROLF 7KXUVGD\DWWKH%ULFN+RXVH and hope Tillamook can de- feat the Gulls. For now, Astoria is just en- joying league win No. 1. “It all kind of clicked to- night,” said Astoria coach $QJHH+XQW³%HWWHUODWHWKDQ never. All we can do right now LVSOD\WRWKH¿QDOZKLVWOHDQG hope to extend the season. The (Seaside) tournament came at the right time, and that gave us a chance to work through some things.” Astoria lost to Philomath in a best-of-three match in the FRQVRODWLRQ¿QDORIODVWZHHN- end’s Seaside Tournament. The Lady Fishermen dom- inated Tuesday night’s opener, DV&KORHH+XQWSRXQGHGRXWD few kills for a quick 13-5 lead. A service ace by Samantha +HPVOH\ PDGH LW DQG +XQW KDG EDFNWREDFN NLOOV to help close it out. 'DULDQ +DJHPDQ KDG D service ace for a 4-0 lead in Game 2, in which Astoria built a 16-6 lead. The Gulls got their game in order, as Maddi Utti blocked DQDWWHPSWE\+XQWDQG$O\V- sia Gonzales pounded a pair RI NLOOV WR WKH RSHQ ÀRRU WR bring Seaside to within 22-17. Astoria answered with a UDOO\RILWVRZQDQG+XQW¶VVHW at game point gave the Lady Fishermen the second game. Game 3 was the closest, a back-and-forth set that fea- tured ties at every point from eight to 15. Aurora Grafton’s serving run helped Astoria build a 23- OHDGEHIRUH8WWLFDXJKW¿UH and delivered a few kills to bring the Gulls to within 23-22. But after a quick time out, Astoria responded with kills E\ +DJHPDQ DQG +XQW DW game point to close out the match. “It was just back-and-forth and back-and-forth,” coach +XQWVDLG³:HZHUHMXVWNLQG of hoping to hold Seaside off and get one of our servers back there. We were solid in serve receive all night. Our defense really came to play.” &KORHH +XQW¶V SHU JDPH average is four kills, but the senior stepped up and pound- ed six per game Tuesday. +DJHPDQDGGHG¿YHNLOOV Utti led the Gulls offen- sively, with help from a strong serving night from freshman Annaka Garhofer. Rainier def. Warrenton WARRENTON — Rainier remained unbeaten in league SOD\DVWKH&ROXPELDQVVZHSW Warrenton Tuesday night, 25- 21, 25-13, 25-10. Fourth-ranked Rainier (10- OHDGV &DWOLQ *DEHO by one game in the Lewis & &ODUN/HDJXHVWDQGLQJVZKLOH the Warriors drop to 3-6. Ally Bentley led Warren- ton’s charge, as she moved into the middle blocker spot and responded with nine kills, one block and seven digs. Libby Biel added 10 digs and six kills, and Landree Miethe ¿QLVKHGZLWKGLJVDQG¿YH kills. Vernonia def. Knappa VERNONIA — The Ver- nonia Loggers topped the Knappa Loggers in Northwest League volleyball Tuesday, 25-18, 22-25, 25-11, 25-18. .QDSSD¶V %DLOH\ &RUGHU was perfect from the service line (11-for-11), and also had 10 digs and four kills. Team- mate Kaitlyn Landwehr added ¿YHNLOOVZLWKHLJKWGLJVDQG four blocks. 3DULV 9DQGHUEXUJ ¿QLVKHG with three blocks, Alisha 0XUSK\ DGGHG ¿YH GLJV DQG four kills, and Jaden Miethe had 15 digs. “To put things in perspec- tive, Vernonia had six seniors RQWKHÀRRUWRQLJKWIRU6HQLRU Night,” Knappa coach Jeff Kaul said, “and while only ¿YHZHUHDFWLYHSOD\HUVLWZDV Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian great to see our young team competing so well against a Astoria’s Chloee Hunt, No. 11, spikes the ball while Seaside’s Maddi Utti, No. 15, tries to defend during their volleyball game at Seaside Tuesday. much older team.” ABOVE: Seaside’s Mad- di Utti, dives to keep the ball in play during the volleyball game against Astoria. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Madi Landwehr sets the ball during the volley- ball game at Seaside Tuesday. Photos by Joshua Bessex The Daily Astorian SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Cross Country — Astoria at Val- ley Catholic Invitational, TBA THURSDAY Volleyball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea- side, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Portland Christian, 6:30 p.m.; Knappa at City Christian, 6 p.m.; Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Girls Soccer — Seaside at Asto- ria, 7:30 p.m. Boys Soccer — Seaside at As- toria, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Astoria at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Clatskanie at Warrenton, 7 LEFT: Seaside’s Maddi Utti, No. 15, spikes the ball during the volley- ball game against Asto- ria at Seaside Tuesday. p.m.; Knappa at Nestucca, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Raymond, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Football — Naselle at Twin Val- ley, 1 p.m. Volleyball — Astoria at Corbett Tournament, TBA; Seaside at Phi- lomath Tournament, 8:30 a.m.; Life Christian at Knappa, 6 p.m. Astoria, Seaside soccer on collision course the Indians, the Fishermen now hold the tie-breaker ad- Boys Soccer vantage over Scappoose. The Astoria and Seaside The Gulls and Fishermen boys soccer teams will meet will face off in Game 1 of a RQ WKH ¿HOG 7KXUVGD\ QLJKW soccer doubleheader 5:30 ZLWK D &RZDSD /HDJXH WLWOH SP7KXUVGD\DW&0+)LHOG possibly on the line. followed by the Astoria and Both teams were victori- Seaside girls. ous Tuesday, as Astoria won GirOs Soccer 2-0 at Scappoose, and Sea- Scappoose 6, Astoria 0 VLGHGHIHDWHG9DOOH\&DWKROLF Scappoose took a 2-0 half- RQ WKH 9DOLDQWV¶ KRPH ¿HOG time lead and turned it into a 5-2. Seaside is still on top of the 6-0 win over Astoria Tuesday league standings with a 4-1 night, in a girls soccer game league record, followed by DW&0+)LHOG “This was the best game Astoria and Scappoose, both at 3-2. With two victories over I have seen the girls play all The Daily Astorian season,” Astoria coach Sar- DK YRQ &ROGLW] VDLG RI KHU team. “Their passes were on point and they were com- municating well with each other. Each game these girls are exposed to more soccer, so they continue to improve. It’s great to watch as a coach. Scappoose’s team has talent everywhere you turn, and we broke them down at times.” VaOOey &atKoOic , Seaside 0 9DOOH\ &DWKROLF EHDW 6HD- side 9-0 in girls soccer action on Broadway Field in Sea- side Tuesday. Entry-level Customer Service Representative for The Daily Astorian’s circulation department. A can-do attitude and willingness to learn are necessary. You will help customers in person, by phone and through email, plus do data-entry and create reports. This position is also a back-up driver, delivering products as needed. Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds and be willing to learn to drive a delivery van. Driving and criminal background checks will be completed pre-hire. Hours are generally 9 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. Benefits include paid time off (PTO), insurances and a 401(k)/Roth 401(k) retirement plan. 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