THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015
SPORTS
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Another league
title for Seaside
sports teams
The Daily Astorian
SCAPPOOSE — Two
days, two different sports
and two Cowapa League ti-
tles for the Seaside Gulls.
One day after running
away with the boys’ cross
country championship, Sea-
side (with many of the same
athletes) clinched the Cowa-
pa League title in boys soc-
cer with a 1-0 win at Scap-
poose.
Jackson Januik — one
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ners on the Gulls’ roster —
scored the game’s lone goal
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a perfectly placed free kick
from 30 yards out.
Seaside’s defense and
goalkeeper Jarrett Cough-
lin did the rest, holding off
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15 minutes of the second
half to keep the shutout.
And the league title.
“It’s been a long while,
but it’s where I thought
we’d be,” said Seaside
coach John Chapman. “Af-
ter Matt (Johnson) stepped
aside as coach, we had a
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ished 3-8-2 in 2013). But we
gradually rebuilt, now we’re
league champs, and we have
13 guys coming back next
year.”
In Thursday’s win, “We
were very dominant with the
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in the second half our cross
country guys were a little
taxed,” Chapman said. “And
it was advantage Scappoose
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“Their keeper made
some brilliant saves, but Jar-
rett had a great game in goal
for us,” he said.
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lar season 7-1, while Scap-
poose falls to 4-3, with one
game remaining.
Girls Soccer
Scappoose 8, Seaside 0
SEASIDE — Scappoose
scored four goals in each
half Thursday night, in an
8-0 win over Seaside in a
Cowapa League girls soccer
game at Broadway Field.
The Indians “look like
a team ready to peak for
the playoffs,” said Seaside
coach Matt Johnson, whose
team “played tough for all
80 minutes and made the
Indians earn the 50/50 balls
and each goal.
“We recognized that this
team was very talented, but
we wanted to go toe-to-toe
with them for the entire
game, and we accomplished
that goal.”
The Lady Gulls play their
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against Banks in a battle for
third place in the Cowapa.
In other league action,
Banks defeated Astoria 5-0
at Banks.
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Osprey’s Joe Dalida splits a pair of defenders in last
week’s soccer action.
Osprey, PC United
battle to 1-1 tie
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The Lower Columbia Os-
prey had mixed results last
weekend, losing to the No.
1 team in the table, FC West,
and playing to a hard-fought
draw to Portland City United
(who had defeated the Osprey
in their last three meetings).
The U14 Osprey traveled
to Forest Grove Saturday and
lost 10-1 to FC West, with
the Osprey scoring their lone
goal in the 47th minute. David
Jimenez converted a penalty
kick for the goal.
FC West peppered the Os-
prey with 22 shots on goal,
and keeper Josh Condit had
a tremendous save, blocking
a bicycle kick from 12 yards
out. Osprey standouts includ-
ed Garrett Berliner, Jimenez,
Marco Franco-Houser and
Co-Captain Riley Cameron.
Sunday was the Osprey’s
Sponsor Appreciation Match,
and they responded with their
best match of the season.
The Osprey were the
dominant side throughout the
match, holding PCU to only
four shots on goal to 10 for the
Osprey.
Still, the match ended in a
1-1 draw.
Michael Postlewait scored
in the seventh minute for the
Osprey, off a great pass from
Jeremy Owen.
PCU scored the equalizer
in the following minute. Both
teams played well the remain-
der of the match, with Owen
and Postlewait both missing
on one-on-one scoring op-
portunities. Osprey standouts
were Postlewait, Berliner,
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Josh Condit puts a head on
the ball for the Osprey in last
weekend’s soccer action.
Owen, Dalton Byrd, Ricky
Godsey and Cameron.
Osprey coach Jerry Bois-
vert said, “How does a bunch
of 12- and 13-year-old boys to
get demolished in a Saturday
game then bounce back on
Sunday? I’m simply amazed.
I know so many of us sup-
port youth sports for various
reasons; here is another one
to add to my list. This week-
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team’s efforts, and a neat mo-
tivator. These kids obviously
took something from the Sat-
urday loss, were not discour-
aged, and they were ready to
make the necessary changes to
compete the next day against a
very good team.”
Boisvert thanked sponsors
FinnWare and Fort George
“and everyone in this commu-
nity that continues to support
our kids no matter the sport or
activity.”
The Osprey travel to Port-
land Sunday to face Southeast
SC at Cleveland High School,
4:30 p.m.
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Warrenton players celebrate after a comeback victory in the fourth set that positioned them for a five-game win over
Portland Christian Thursday.
Warriors: ‘They played with their heart’
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — The
Portland Christian volley-
ball team had its moments
Thursday night at Warrenton
— including five chances at
match point — but the War-
renton Warriors were not go-
ing to leave their home floor
with a loss. Not on this night.
In the official Lewis &
Clark League “Match of the
Year,” Warrenton trailed two
games to one and overcame
a 24-19 deficit in Game 4 to
beat the Royals in a mara-
thon match, 25-14, 23-25,
25-27, 27-25, 15-11.
“They played their best,”
said Warrenton coach Jenny
Smith, who has taken the
Warriors to the second round
of the league playoffs for the
second year in a row.
“They don’t want to be
done or their season to be
over,” she said. “When it
was 24-19, I said ‘you have
to want to continue to play,
or we’re done.’ They re-
sponded, and that’s a testa-
ment to them.”
And now it’s one step
closer to the state playoffs
for the Warriors, who may
be playing with more mo-
mentum than any team in
the L&C. Warrenton plays at
Oregon Episcopal Monday,
winner to state.
The Royals did not appear
to have much of a chance
heading into the match.
Playing in front of their
raucous home crowd, War-
renton had won two straight
matches (including a sweep
over the Royals just seven
days previous), while Port-
land Christian showed up
late (the Royals’ team bus
was 45 minutes late) and
looked completely disorga-
nized in pregame warm-ups.
And it didn’t get much
better once the action start-
ed, as Warrenton opened
with a 7-0 lead in Game 1.
The Warrior lead reached
23-8 before the Royals had a
brief rally at the end, only to
lose 25-14.
“I thought we were going
to take it in three,” Smith
said. “But (the Royals’) de-
fense was so much better
tonight than the last time we
played them.”
Portland Christian did
regroup, and won Games
2 and 3, both by two-point
margins.
That brought up a do-or-
die Game 4 for the Warriors,
who stepped out into the
hallway after Game 3 and
had a little talk.
“They went out and did
their ‘I believe that we will
win’ thing,” Smith said.
“After Game 3, I just said
‘leave. Get out of the gym,
clear your head and go get
yourself mentally prepared
for Game 4. You have to play
like it’s Game 1, or we’re
done.’”
And Game 4 started well,
as Ally Bentley had a big
block on Hannah Antal and
Landree Miethe’s tap over
the net helped the Warriors
to a quick 7-0 lead.
A kill off the block by
Miethe made it 11-3, but
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Football — Astoria at Banks,
7 p.m.; Seaside at Scappoose, 7
p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 7 p.m.;
Rainier (WA) at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
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Warrenton’s Allison Bentley celebrates a point scored
during the first set.
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Warrenton’s Landree Miethe dives to keep the ball in play
during the third set.
the Royals rallied, gained
momentum, and outscored
the Warriors 21-8, setting
up match point for Portland
Christian, 24-19.
Warrenton forced a side
out, and Bentley took over at
the service line. Did she ever.
The senior stepped up and
hit six straight serves, and
Miethe powered two kills in
a row past the Royals to put
Warrenton in front, 25-24.
Portland Christian tied it
at 25, but Miethe was in total
control of the match, as the
junior delivered another kill
then closed it out with an ace
at game point.
“I’m so thankful that
Ally was behind the line in
Game 4,” Smith said. “She’s
steady, confident and knows
what to do. She knows how
to serve, and she didn’t
doubt herself. She did what
she needed to do.”
And the momentum obvi-
ously carried over to Game 5.
After an 8-1 run to end
Game 4, Warrenton opened
Game 5 with an 8-0 run, and
it was 12-3 soon after.
Portland Christian pulled
to within 12-10, but ran
out of steam, as Warrenton
closed the night with a pair
of kills from the senior, Biel.
Biel had eight ace serves
to go with eight kills and 31
digs (and only four errors).
Bentley added four kills,
four blocks, three aces and
22 digs, and Miethe finished
with five kills.
“In Game 5, Landree was
passing three-point passes,”
Smith said. “Claire (Bussert)
played intelligent at the net
tonight, more aggressive
than she normally plays. So-
phia (Thomas) played great
— she had crucial ups (digs)
in the back row. The same
with Lexie (Lundberg). They
got hit to tonight, over and
over.
“We only missed seven
serves in five games,” she
added. “Normally we miss
14 in three. I’m so proud of
the way that they played.”
And, no deficit is too big
to overcome for the War-
riors.
“When we were (at Port-
land Christian, the week
before), we were behind at
point 17 every single game,
and we came back,” Smith
said. “We’re getting better
at playing from behind, and
doing a better job of closing
it out. They played with their
heart. They’re not ready for
their season to be over.”
Gaston def. Knappa
GASTON — Knap-
pa’s season came to a close
Thursday, as Gaston scored
a four-game win over the
Loggers, 25-23, 25-15, 19-
25, 25-22, in a Northwest
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