THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
SPORTS
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Syracuse, Washington
women head to Final Four
Oregon State
plays Baylor
tonight
Daily Astorian/File Photo
Seaside´s Dylan Wallis connects on a pitch during the
first inning of a baseball game at Broadway Field in 2015.
Wallis scored twice and had two RBI’s in the last game of
the Coach Bob Invitational in Arizona on Friday.
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sunny weather, play
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By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
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Seaside baseball team spent a
nice week in the sun, having
fun and playing a little ball,
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break in Arizona.
Seaside took part in the
“Coach Bob Invitational,”
an annual tournament named
after former coach Bob Wein-
heimer, a one-time St. Louis
Brown who coached profes-
sionally and at the high school
levels in New York, Ohio, Ari-
zona and Colorado.
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nix Monday, and arrived back
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ment was held in and around
ballparks in Phoenix, and
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school teams from all over
the country, from Virginia to
Oregon.
“It was a great experience,”
said Seaside coach Joel Dier-
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time to play a little, we saw a
couple Major League spring
training games … it was a
wonderful experience.”
Competing in the “Open”
division, Seaside played four
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High School in west Phoenix.
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came back and capped their
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with two runs scored and two
RBI’s, while Brent Walsh was
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Dawson Blanchard had two
hits, and Otto Hoekstre added
a double and two RBI’s.
“We had lots of singles, and
Payton Westerholm played a
stellar shortstop in that game,”
Dierickx said. “I can’t say
enough about him, stepping up
as a freshman and playing at a
high level.”
Walsh pitched into the sev-
enth inning, and had three
strikeouts.
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played real solid behind him,
defensively, and he pitched
well.”
Oklahoma beats Oregon
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ANAHEIM, Calif. —
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and Oklahoma advanced to
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on Saturday.
Jordan Woodard added 13
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who streaked to an 18-point
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monument to the formida-
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his biggest stage, carving the
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tances with his smooth outside
shot and a knack for momen-
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points for the Ducks (31-
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streak ended one game shy
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Syracuse and Washington.
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teams, who are now headed
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in the same season. If Oregon
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Who said there’s no parity
in women’s basketball?
“We’re not done yet,” Wash-
ington coach Mike Neighbors
said. “‘What’s Next?’ has been
our motto. It’s going to con-
tinue to be all the way through
Indy.”
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a tougher road to the national
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Maryland and Kentucky on
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twice in the tournament.
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the key to the game.”
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the tournament:
Another step for OSU
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Oregon forward Elgin Cook
dunks against Oklahoma.
Dana Altman said. “And every
time I felt like we were get-
ting ready to do something,
he would jump up and make a
shot.”
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teams by double digits during
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the highest-scoring perfor-
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wins three years ago to within
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season, a year after going to the
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then won the conference tour-
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knock off two-time national
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From left to right, Washington’s Alexus Atchley, Talia Walton and head coach Mike
Neighbors react with the trophy after winning a regional final women’s college basket-
ball game in the NCAA Tournament against Stanford in Lexington, Ky., Sunday. They
play again Sunday.
champion Baylor, which has
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So would that be a natural
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the schedule,” said Rueck, in
his sixth season. “It’s the next
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that point each of the last two
years, thus their “Eight is Not
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lets with that phrase since last
summer.
“Each team you have to
have a theme. You have to
have some goal, something to
get their attention every day
in practice and eight is not
enough,” coach Kim Mulkey
said. “It’s something to moti-
vate them, nothing more than
that. But it’s not weighing on
us.”
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Playing through pain
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DePaul guard Jessica January (14) during the second
half of an NCAA college basketball game in the regional
semifinals of the women’s NCAA Tournament Saturday,
in Dallas. Oregon State won 83-71.
son dinged her hip when she
stumbled and fell late in the
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No way was that going to stop
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said, ‘You’ve got to suck it
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I have to play through, you
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“It feels good to play the game on the level
you want.”
Servais called Cano “a special, special
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iners manager Scott Servais heard a fan throw last season.
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thing. It’s been fun to see.”
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“And he did,” Servais said.
Cano had three home runs and seven RBIs starter James Paxton.
One came from Jason Heyward in the third
to help the Mariners outlast the Chicago Cubs
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cial day.”
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son, said, “I feel different now. I feel I’m able to the third inning.
use my hips.
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climbed up on the fence to avoid them. At the
end of the inning, Cubs’ relievers abandoned
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“It was wild,” Hammel said. “I’ve never
seen anything like that before.”
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that has gone around the clubhouse recently.
Cubs: Jake Arrieta, who has been bothered
by a blister, threw on the side Sunday.
“Everything went great,” pitching coach
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day and should be ready for opening day April
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“He felt great,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon
said. “It was like it never happened. I anticipate
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going to do. I didn’t want to
let them down. So at that point
it was just a will, overcoming
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didn’t bother her as the game
progressed. She said Hillsman
told her to use her judgment
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have to give it all you have,”
Peterson said. “I’d rather win
and be advancing than worry
about a minor injury.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Softball — Corbett at Astoria, 5 p.m.
Boys Golf — Seaside at Valley Catholic, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY
Baseball — Seaside at Estacada, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at
Neah-Kah-Nie, 4:30 p.m.; North Beach at Ilwaco (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Estacada at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-
Kah-Nie, 4:30 p.m.; North Beach at Ilwaco (2), 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — Astoria at North Marion, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at North Marion, 4:30 p.m.
Track — Astoria at Banks, TBA; Seaside at Scappoose,
3:30 p.m.; Lewis & Clark League Preview, TBA
THURSDAY
Baseball — Warrenton at Tillamook, 5 p.m.
Softball — Seaside at Corbett, 5 p.m.; Ilwaco at North
Beach, 3 p.m.
Girls Golf — Tillamook Scramble, 10 a.m.
Boys Golf — Scappoose at Astoria, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball — Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa (2), 3 p.m.
Girls Golf — Astoria at Seaside, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY
Baseball — Sandpoint, Idaho at Astoria, 2 p.m.; Warrenton
at Willamina (2), Noon; Ilwaco at Ocosta (2), Noon
Softball — Ilwaco at Ocosta (2), Noon
Track — Tillamook Invitational, 11 a.m.