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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
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The Fishermen scored a
goal in each half for a 2-0 win
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Astoria takes third, and
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it’s nice to win,” said Astoria’s
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where we play good-looking
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Neither team looked domi-
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just under the crossbar for the
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upon to make a few saves in
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some nice runs in the box over
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Astoria’s Rafael Alcantar, No. 10, keeps possession against
Tillamook’s Christian Mendez, No. 7, during the match.
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Playoff tickets available
General admission tickets will go on sale Thursday for
the Astoria football team’s Regional Play-In round game,
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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
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came pouring in,” Astoria
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ball to Jenna Rudolph, who
chipped the ball over the Til-
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Astoria’s Ben Williams, No. 20, pushes the ball up the field.
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scoring in the 79th minute,
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Royals win longest World Series opener ever
By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer
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Kansas City Royals players celebrate after Alcides Escobar
scored on a sacrifice fly by Eric Hosmer during the 14th in-
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against the New York Mets Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
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