SPORTS 4A Backs to the wall, Astoria rallies for win SPORTS ROUNDUP The Daily Astorian Loggers roll over Tigers, 12-2 CLATSKANIE — Knappa continues to romp through the regular season unchallenged, as the Loggers scored a 12-2 win over Class 3A Clatskanie in a nonleague baseball game Tuesday. .QDSSDKDGDOOWKHUXQVLWZRXOGQHHGLQWKHWRSRIWKH¿UVW scoring three times. While pitchers Dale Takalo and Michal Goodman limited the Tigers to just four hits, Goodman highlighted the offense with a grand slam in the fourth inning. Reuben Cruz, Mason Hoover and Noah Kinney all had two hits apiece for the Loggers, who had seven stolen bases and had 13 hits off three Clatskanie pitchers. Cole Warren started and took the loss for the No. 11-ranked Tigers. Knappa plays at Regis Friday. Fishermen rack up 13 runs on 13 hits Astoria scored a much-needed 13-6 win over Tillamook Tuesday, in Cowapa League baseball action at Aiken Field. The Fishermen were coming off consecutive losses to Val- ley Catholic last week, and improved to 2-3 in league, tied for third with Scappoose. Astoria scored in every single at-bat, including a three-run ¿UVWLQQLQJ Carter Wallace was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored to lead Astoria’s 13-hit attack, while No. 9 hitter Cade O’Brien was also 3-for-4 and scored twice. 6WDUWHU)ULGWMRI)UHPVWDGSLWFKHG¿YHLQQLQJVDQGVFDWWHUHG seven hits with six strikeouts and a walk, while two Tillamook SLWFKHUVZDONHGVL[DQGKLW¿YHEDWWHUV6DPER\7XLPDWRZDV 1-for-3, scored a run, drove in three and was hit by pitch twice. Astoria (7-7 overall) plays at Tillamook (3-12) Thursday (7 p.m.), followed by a nonleague game at 1 p.m. Saturday (at McMinnville) vs. Philomath. Fifteen errors cost Lady Loggers CLATSKANIE — Knappa committed 15 errors and took a pounding from the Clatskanie softball team Tuesday, as the Tigers scored a 26-3 win over the Lady Loggers in a non- league contest. Knappa remains 7-2 against Northwest League competi- tion, but falls to 1-8 in nonleague games. The Loggers had just three hits, including two (with a tri- ple) by Kaitlyn Truax. Warriors blank the Royals, 12-0 WARRENTON — Warrenton pitchers Joe Little and Dal- ton Knight limited Portland Christian to just two hits, and the Warriors scored a 12-0 win over the Royals Tuesday, in a Lewis & Clark League baseball game at Huddleston Field. Little was 2-for-2 with four RBIs to lead the Warriors, now 1-2 in league, 6-6 overall. :DUUHQWRQ SOD\HG HUURUOHVV EDOO LQ WKH ¿HOG DQG VL[ GLI- ferent Warriors had seven hits off three Portland Christian pitchers. Little and Knight combined for four strikeouts and a walk for Warrenton, which plays a doubleheader Friday at Catlin Gabel. Warrior girls overcome errors to win WARRENTON — Sophomore pitcher Niqui Blodgett SLFNHGXSKHU¿UVWZLQLQWKHFLUFOHDQG:DUUHQWRQZRQLWV ¿UVWOHDJXHJDPHRIWKHVHDVRQ7XHVGD\DWKRPHDYLF- tory over Portland Christian. The Royals had six hits to Warrenton’s four, and the War- riors had seven errors to Portland Christian’s two, but the Royals stranded 10 baserunners. Warrenton left nine runners on base, but managed to draw seven walks and three hit batters. The Warriors also over- FDPHDGH¿FLWZLWKRQHUXQLQWKHWKLUGLQQLQJDQGWKUHH in the fourth to take the lead. /DQGUHH 0LHWKH ZDV RI¿FLDOO\ IRU DW WKH SODWH EXW walked three times for the Warriors, and scored twice. Warrenton had eight stolen bases, while Blodgett threw SLWFKHVDQG¿QLVKHGZLWKHLJKWVWULNHRXWVDQGWZRZDONV By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian If the Astoria softball team could start every game down two runs, in the bottom of the seventh inning … they would probably be undefeated. The Lady Fishermen — who posted a dramatic 4-3 win over Seaside Tuesday afternoon at CMH Field — seem to play their best when their backs are to the wall with virtually no chance to win. ³7KDWGH¿QLWHO\VHHPVWREH what we’ve been doing lately,” said Astoria coach Junior Israel, whose team scored a come- from-behind, 8-inning win at Tillamook the night before. And Astoria’s backs were GH¿QLWHO\WRWKHZDOODJDLQVWWKH Gulls, who were literally one strike away from a big road win. The scenario: Seaside held a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the sev- enth, Gulls’ pitcher Jetta Ideue KDGMXVWVWUXFNRXWWKH¿UVWWZR batters of the inning, with Asto- ria’s seven, eight and nine bat- ters coming to the plate with no runners on base … in other words, the ideal situation for the Lady Fish. McKailyn Rogers blooped a VLQJOH LQWR VKDOORZ FHQWHU ¿HOG to keep Astoria hopes alive. Abi Danen followed, and Ideue had a 1-2 count on Asto- ria’s No. 8 hitter, one strike away from helping Seaside improve to 3-1 in league. But Danen singled to left, and the ball got past the Seaside RXW¿HOGHUWRSXWUXQQHUVDWVHF- ond and third. And the luck of the Lady Fish continued with the next bat- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s McKailyn Rogers makes a diving catch in center field during the seventh inning of the softball game against Seaside at CMH Field on Tuesday. More photos at www.dailyastorian.com ter, as No. 9 hitter Lexi Lyngs- tad sent a sharp single to center, scoring Rogers and Danen, and the ball got past the Gulls’ out- ¿HOG IRU DQRWKHU FULWLFDO HUURU sending Lyngstad to third. With Astoria’s top of the order at the plate, it didn’t take ORQJIRUWKH)LVKHUPHQWR¿QLVK off their second comeback win in two days, as Taylor Mickle lined a grounder down the third base line, easily scoring Lyngs- tad with the game-winner. “A little luck plays a part,” Israel said. “I don’t imagine Seaside is too happy, but it was a great, exciting Clatsop Clash for the fans.” He added, “(Ideue) pitched a super game. She struck out six RI RXU ¿UVW VHYHQ KLWWHUV RI WKH game (allowing only a walk to DiBartolomeo in the second inning), and there aren’t many pitchers who can do that, in order.” The Gulls had thoroughly RXWSOD\HG$VWRULDWKURXJK¿YH Seaside led 3-0 and Ideue took a no-hitter into the bot- tom of the sixth, when Caitlyn Hougham lined a two-out dou- ble to center, scoring Mickle ZLWK$VWRULD¶V¿UVWUXQ Both teams were making H[FHOOHQW SOD\V LQ WKH ¿HOG DV Seaside’s Whitney Westerholm and Astoria’s Mykka Abrahams were both robbed of potential extra-base hits when their line drives were caught. Rogers made perhaps the play of the game in the top of the seventh. Going to her right, she made DGLYLQJFDWFKLQFHQWHU¿HOGRII a line drive by Westerholm, who would have had at least a triple had the ball gotten past Rogers, Astoria’s sophomore transfer from Knappa. “That was one of the best plays you will see by an out- ¿HOGHU´,VUDHOVDLG³7KDWZDVD full-out dive.” 7KH )LVKHUPHQ KDG DOO ¿YH of their hits and Seaside com- mitted all three of its errors in WKH ¿QDO WZR LQQLQJV ZKLOH ,GHXH¿QLVKHGZLWKHLJKWVWULNH- outs and two walks, but took the tough luck loss. Astoria’s Libby DiBar- tolomeo picked up the victory LQWKHFLUFOH¿QLVKLQJZLWKHLJKW VWULNHRXWVDQG¿YHZDONV The Gulls had seven hits, but stranded seven baserunners. GeriAnne Klaffke had two of the hits, including a double, and the Gulls scored two runs LQWKH¿IWKLQQLQJRQWZRZDONV and two Astoria errors. Klaffke had a run-scoring single in the fourth. With the victory, the Fish- ermen can reset their sights RQ ¿UVW SODFH ZLWK D IDYRU- able schedule over the next two weeks. With the exception of a home game vs. Banks Tuesday, Astoria has two games with Valley Catholic (0-4) and two games with Tillamook (0-4) over the next 10 days. Holdiman, Blodgett. 2B: PC, Osborne. HBP: War, Holdiman, Blodgett, Arm- strong. LOB: Portland Christian 10, Warrenton 9. DP: Portland Christian. Ast, Tuimato 2, Fremstad, Hageman, Gohl. LOB: Tillamook 8, Astoria 12. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE SOFTBALL TODAY Baseball — Banks at Seaside, 5 p.m. Track — Seaside, Tillamook at Astoria, 3:30 p.m.; Warrenton Invita- tional, 3:30 p.m. Boys Golf — Astoria at Tillamook, 11 a.m. THURSDAY Baseball — Astoria at Tillamook, 7 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m. Softball — Warrenton at Portland Adventist (2), 3:30 p.m.; Rainier at Ilwaco (2), 3 p.m. Girls Golf — Astoria Invitational, 1 p.m. Boys Golf — Scappoose at Sea- side, 2 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Warrenton at Catlin Gabel (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Re- gis, 4:30 p.m. Softball — Astoria at Valley Cath- olic (2), 3:30 p.m.; Seaside at Tilla- mook (2), 3:30 p.m.; Portland Chris- tian at Knappa, 3 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Philomath vs. Astoria, at McMinnville, 1 p.m. Track — Meet of Champions, TBA Astoria 4, Seaside 3 Seaside 000 120 0—3 7 3 Astoria 000 001 3—4 5 1 WP: Libby DiBartolomeo (8 K’s, 5 walks). LP: Jetta Ideue (8 K’s, 2 walks). RBI: Ast, Lyngstad 2, Hougham, Mickle; Sea, Klaffke, West. 2B: Sea, Klaffke, P.Ideue; Ast, Hougham. LOB: Seaside 7, Astoria 3. The art of being a working artist. Two local artists talk about their painting and the business of art APRIL 28 Darren Orange THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 Eric Weigardt Based in Ocean Park, Weigardt is a nationally eminent watercolorist. Based in Astoria, Orange has been described as a 21st Century painter in a 19th Century skin. Using illustrations of their own work, Wiegardt and Orange will talk about their work routines and how they manage the business side of being artists. TO ATTEND: LIMI SEATI TED N RESER VE G For Members: Dinner & Lecture:$25 each; Lecture only: no charge SPACE YOUR For Non-Members: Dinner & Lecture: $35 each; Lecture only: $15 ea. TODA Y! Appetizers will be available at 6 p.m. • Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will begin after the dinner service is complete and non-dinner members and guests of the audience take their seats. Forum to be held at the CMH Community Center at 2021 Exchange St., Astoria. ColumbiaForum FOR RESERVATIONS OR TO JOIN COLUMBIA FORUM CONTACT: Holly Larkins at 503.325.3211 ext. 227 or forum@dailyastorian.com by April 25, 2016 Columbia Forum is sponsored by: The Daily Astorian • Craft3 • OSU Seafood Laboratory • KMUN-FM Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa Warrenton 6, P. Christian 4 P.Christian 201 001 0—4 6 2 Warrenton 101 301 x—6 4 7 WP: Niqui Blodgett (8 K’s, 2 walks). LP: Alli Osborne (5 K’s, 7 walks). RBI: PC, Voronoff; War, Miethe, Ra.Dyer, BASEBALL Astoria 13, Tillamook 6 Tillamook 000 040 2—6 8 3 Astoria 311 233 x—13 13 4 Rumage, Maloney (6) and Wagner; Fremstad, Arnsdorf (6) and Helmer- son. W: Fremstad. L: Rumage. RBI: Til, Maloney 2, Pulhiere 2, Werner; Ast, Tuimato 3, Helmerson, Fremstad, Strange, Wallace, Lyngstad, Arns- dorf. 2B: Til, Maloney; Ast, Wallace. 3B: Ast, Wallace. HBP: Til, Pulhiere; Warrenton 12, P. Christian 0 P.Christian 000 00—0 2 3 Warrenton 317 1x—12 7 0 Duckett, Lowery (3), Osborne (4) and Wright; Little, Knight (4) and McFadden. W: Little. L: Duckett. RBI: War, Little 4. 2B: War, McFadden, Little, Wilson. Knappa 12, Clatskanie 2 Knappa 330 51—12 13 3 Clatskanie 010 10—2 4 4 Takalo, Goodman (3) and Goozee; Warren, Nichols (3) and Karber. W: Takalo. L: Warren. HR: Kna, Goodman.