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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 Senior Night success for Astoria boys soccer By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian With a shot at second place still up for grabs, the Astoria Fishermen did their part Tues- day night at home, in a Cowa- pa League boys soccer regular VHDVRQ¿QDOHDW&0+)LHOG The Fishermen scored a goal in each half for a 2-0 win RYHU 7LOODPRRN WR ¿QLVK LQWKHOHDJXHVWDQGLQJV In other action, Scappoose needed a win or tie at Valley Catholic to lock up second place and a home game in WKH 5HJLRQDO 3OD\LQ URXQG And a tie is what the Indians JRWLQDWLHYVWKH 9DOLDQWV Astoria takes third, and will play a road game in the Regional Play-in round this ZHHNHQG “For the seniors especially, it’s nice to win,” said Astoria’s ¿UVW\HDU FRDFK 7LP )DV- WDEHQG ³,W ZDVQ¶W YHU\ SUHW- W\7KHUH¶V¿YHRUPLQXWHV where we play good-looking soccer, then we got mentally DOLWWOHELWRXWRIWKHSLFWXUH´ Neither team looked domi- QDQWLQ7XHVGD\¶VFRQWHVW Astoria had more shots on JRDOLQWKH¿UVWKDOI¿YHVKRWV to none for the Cheesemak- HUVZKLOH7LOODPRRNRXWVKRW WKH )LVKHUPHQ RYHU WKH ¿QDO PLQXWHV -XVW IRXU PLQXWHV VHF- onds into the game, Astoria’s Cole Beeson took a short free kick from Rafael Alcan- tar, and launched a long ball IURP\DUGVRXWWKDWZHQWLQ just under the crossbar for the JDPH¶V¿UVWJRDO Additional shots on goal IURP /XLV +HUUHMRQ 7UHYRU Byrd, Alcantar and Beeson were all saved by the Tilla- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian PRRNNHHSHU Fishermen senior goalkeep- Astoria’s Cole Beeson, No. 11, goes up for a header against Tillamook’s Ryland Pam- HU (OLMDK +LUVFK ZDV FDOOHG push, No. 10, during the soccer match Tuesday at CMH Field. upon to make a few saves in the second half, and came up big, stopping some point blank VKRWVE\WKH&KHHVHPDNHUV Astoria’s second goal FDPH LQ WKH WK PLQXWH DV senior Ben Williams collected a loose ball and scored from FORVHUDQJHIRUWKHQLOOHDG “We got off to a good start with a number of chances,” )DVWDEHQG VDLG ³:H PDGH some nice runs in the box over WKH¿UVWPLQXWHV7KHQ ZHNLQGRIORVWRXUIRFXV “The next game is going to be a lot tougher,” he said, “but if we put together 80 minutes, we certainly have a good op- SRUWXQLW\´ Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Rafael Alcantar, No. 10, keeps possession against Tillamook’s Christian Mendez, No. 7, during the match. AHS NOTES Playoff tickets available General admission tickets will go on sale Thursday for the Astoria football team’s Regional Play-In round game, )ULGD\DW&0+)LHOG The Fishermen host South Umpqua, kickoff scheduled IRUSP 7LFNHWVFDQEHSXUFKDVHGIURPDPWRSP7KXUVGD\ DQG)ULGD\LQWKH$VWRULD+LJK6FKRROPDLQRI¿FH *HQHUDODGPLVVLRQIRUWKHJDPHLVIRUDGXOWVDQG IRUVWXGHQWV2QO\26$$DSSURYHGSDVVHVDUHDOORZHGIRU IUHHDGPLVVLRQ Winter sports meeting 7KH $VWRULD +LJK 6FKRRO $WKOHWLF 'HSDUWPHQW ZLOO EH KRVWLQJ D +DZDLLDQWKHPHG GLQQHU EHJLQQLQJ DW SP 7KXUVGD\LQWKH$+6&RPPRQV &RVWIRUWKHGLQQHULQFOXGLQJDGULQNLV$OOSURFHHGV ZLOOEHQH¿W$+6$WKOHWLFV 7KH$WKOHWLF'HSDUWPHQWSURJUDPZLOOEHJLQDWSP LQWKHDXGLWRULXPIRUDOOZLQWHUVSRUWWHDPV(DFKVSRUWZLOO FRQGXFW VHSDUDWH PHHWLQJV OHG E\ WKH$+6 KHDG FRDFKHV Parents are encouraged to arrive early in order to process SDSHUZRUNDQGSXUFKDVHDQRSWLRQDOGLQQHU SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Volleyball — Ilwaco at Raymond, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Football — Ilwaco at South Bend, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Football — South Umpqua at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Portland Christian, 7 p.m.; Vernonia at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Twin Valley at Naselle, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Cross Country — OSAA State Meet, Lane CC, Eugene, TBA Girls Soccer Astoria 6, Tillamook 0 7,//$022.²7KH$V- WRULD/DG\)LVKHUPHQ¿QLVKHG RII WKH UHJXODU VHDVRQ WKHVDPHZD\WKH\¿QLVKHGRII WKHFDPSDLJQ²ZLWKD ZLQRYHU7LOODPRRN Astoria’s Shrida Sharma VFRUHGLQWKHWKPLQXWHRII DSDVVIURP-DVPLQ0DEU\IRU DKDOIWLPHOHDGEHIRUHWKH Lady Fish broke it open in the VHFRQGKDOIZLWK¿YHJRDOV “We had a rocky start, but the girls put things into gear the second half and the goals came pouring in,” Astoria FRDFK6DUDKYRQ&ROGLW]VDLG Three minutes into the sec- ond half, Anna Gimre sent a ball to Jenna Rudolph, who chipped the ball over the Til- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Ben Williams, No. 20, pushes the ball up the field. 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