SPORTS
4A
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016
Gulls’ Januik is 4A
Player of the Year
The Daily Astorian
The Seaside boys basket-
ball team came up just short
in the Class 4A state champi-
onship game, but the Gulls did
not come up short in the all-
state selections, released last
week.
Seaside junior Jackson
Januik was named 4A boys
Player of the Year, and was
joined on the all-state squad
by senior teammates Austin
Eagon and Jaxson Smith, both
honorable mention.
Astoria senior Derek Jarrett
was named to the second team,
while Seaside junior Maddi
Utti was named to the 4A girls’
honorable mention list.
At the 2A level, Knappa
sophomore Dale Takalo was
selected honorable mention.
Across the river, Ilwaco
sophomore Makenzie Kaech
was named honorable mention
to the Class 2B all-state team.
In other awards handed
out last week, Seaside senior
Whitney Westerholm was one
of three Cowapa League ath-
letes who earned the annual
Jerry Westerholm Cowapa
League Scholar Athlete of the
Year award, named for the for-
mer Seaside High School ath-
letic director.
Eleanor Jones of Scap-
poose and Twister McComas
of Banks were the other two
recipients.
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Astoria’s Sadie Wooldridge reacts as a putt just misses on the third hole at the Seaside Invitational at Gearhart Golf
Links on Monday.
Cowapa teams gather
for Seaside Invitational
The Daily Astorian
GEARHART — The Sea-
side girls hosted their annual
gathering of Cowapa League
golf teams (plus Ilwaco)
Monday, for the Seaside Invi-
tational at Gearhart Golf
Links.
Scappoose posted a 399
score to win the team tro-
phy, ahead of Valley Catho-
lic (423) and Astoria (466).
Ilwaco, Seaside and Tilla-
mook had incomplete teams.
Scappoose
sophomore
Morgan Hall was the run-
away winner for medalist
honors, as she carded a 44
on the front nine and 45 on
the back for an 89. Her team-
mate, Isabel Jory, shot a 100
for second.
Astoria senior Chloee
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best 101, tied with Valley
Catholic’s Caroline Hobson
and Matti Thurman for third.
In a three-way tie for
eighth were Astoria’s Saman-
tha Hemsley, Ali Jacobsen of
Scappoose and Seaside’s Car-
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with a 108.
Also competing for Asto-
ria were Jenna Travers (per-
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Seaside’s Jackson Januik makes another move to the
hoop, during a state tournament win over Scappoose
last month.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Astoria at Valley
Catholic, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Tilla-
mook, 5 p.m.; Delphian at Knappa,
4:30 p.m.; NW Christian at Ilwaco
(2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Tillamook, 5
p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.; Del-
phian at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
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Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Caroline Kotson tees off on the fourth hole of the Seaside Invitational at Gear-
hart Golf Links on Monday.
sonal best 123), Kristen Tra-
vers (personal best 134) and
Sadie Wooldridge (142).
Diana Tinoco (131) and
Madeline
Brown
(135)
rounded out the Seaside scor-
ing, and Ilwaco sent two golf-
ers — Grace Bruncke (119)
and Madeline Jacobson (123).
Seaside Invitational
Team: Scappoose 399, Valley
Catholic 423, Astoria 466; Ilwaco,
Seaside, Tillamook, inc.
Medalist: Morgan Hall, Scap-
poose (89)
Individual
Morgan Hall, Scp, 44-45—89
Isabel Jory, Scp, 50-50—100
Caroline Hobson, VC, 50-51—101
Chloee Hunt, Ast, 51-50—101
Matti Thurman, VC, 52-49—101
Abbie Bell, Til, 51-51—102
Macy Gray, Scp, 45-57—102
Samantha Hemsley, Ast, 54-
54—108
Ali Jacobsen, Scp, 54-54—108
Caroline Kotson, Sea, 54-54—108
Lizzy Osborn, VC, 53-56—109
Sarah Graham, VC, 51-61—112
Alex Toman, Scp, 61-54—115
Grace Bruncke, Ilw, 53-66—119
Madeline Jacobson, Ilw, 58-65—
123
Jenna Travers, Ast, 58-65—123
Sommer Dubuque, Til, 58-68—
126
Diana Tinoco, Sea, 71-60—131
Ann Marie Gallardo, VC, 70-62—
132
Kristen Travers, Ast, 62-72—134
Madeline Brown, Sea, 70-65—
135
Sadie Wooldridge, Ast, 69-73—
142
COMMENTARY
NASCAR clouds its
image with politics
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
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Astoria’s Chloee Hunt chips a shot onto the green during
the second hole of the Seaside Invitational.
Astoria’s Sadie Wooldridge tees off on the third hole at
the Seaside Invitational at Gearhart Golf Links on Monday.
Mariners offense sputters again
then 3-1,” Lewis said. “I just
knew I had to continue to go out
there and do my job.”
Texas built a 7-1 lead before
SEATTLE — The Seattle
Cruz’s second homer of the sea-
Mariners left Texas last week
son, a two-run shot off Keone
having scored 19 runs while
Kela in the eighth.
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of a series.
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third and fourth off Hisashi Iwa-
later, that offensive output is a
kuma (0-1), who gave up three
distant memory.
runs on eight hits in six innings.
The Mariners followed a
“Well, I battled throughout
four-game sweep by Oakland in
the whole game. I did struggle
which they totaled four runs by
with my command,” said Iwa-
getting just a run in six innings
kuma, who had won six straight
against Colby Lewis en route to
decisions against Texas. “Some
a 7-3 defeat to the Texas Rang-
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ers on Monday night.
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Lewis limited Seattle to four seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas up in the zone. Some weren’t
hit hard, but they still made me
hits.
Rangers, Monday, in Seattle.
pay for it.”
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By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
There are Democrats who
enjoy NASCAR. Jews and
atheists and women, too.
You wouldn’t know it
lately, not after several events
this season, including the
invocation before Saturday
night’s race at Texas Motor
Speedway. Duck Com-
mander founder Phil Robert-
son used the address to pray
“that we put a Jesus man in
the White House” and noted
that “alright Texas, we got
here via Bibles and guns.”
Robertson, a star of
“Duck Dynasty,” has pub-
licly voiced his support for
Ted Cruz in the presiden-
tial race. His son, Willie, has
endorsed GOP front-runner
Donald Trump, and the fam-
ily has always been vocal
with its conservative beliefs.
It shouldn’t have been a sur-
prise when Robertson used
his time on stage to push an
agenda.
Yet in many ways it was
because NASCAR has tried
for the last several years to
present itself as a sport that
embraces diversity, that no
longer tolerates many of the
racial stereotypes so often
associated with the sport.
Last year, NASCAR
chairman Brian France took
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Phil Robertson of the Duck
Dynasty reality television
program speaks at a rally
for Republican presiden-
tial candidate, Sen. Ted
Cruz, R-Texas, at Eagle
Aviation Hangar in Colum-
bia, S.C., in February.
a strong stance against the
presence of Confederate
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he would do everything in
his legal power to prevent
them from being displayed.
It was a progressive move
and unusual.
Sports are supposed to
be entertainment, after all,
and most fans don’t tune in
expecting or wanting to see
soapbox speeches. It’s why
the stick-and-ball leagues try
to stay neutral. When they do
embrace America, it’s done
in safe ways such as the sing-
ing of “God Bless America”