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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016
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AP Photo/Dylan Lovan
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah stands with a
handler at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud farm in Versailles,
Ky., in April.
Submitted Photo
The 2016 North Coast United girls soccer team.
NC United scores win over Clackmas
The Daily Astorian
The North Coast United girls’ soccer
team was in action in Happy Valley Satur-
day, and posted a 2-1 win over Clackamas
United SC.
Both sides had scoring opportunities in
the irst half, with NCU’s Sophia Marsh
notching the irst goal on the last play of
the half.
The goal was set up by an excellent
cross from Chloe Bartel, past the Clacka-
mas United keeper, to an attacking Marsh
for the inish.
Both teams were able to move the ball
more freely to start the second half.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 5
p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 5 p.m.; Warren-
ton at Portland Christian (2), 3:30 p.m.; Faith
Bible at Knappa (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Seaside (2), 5 p.m.;
Warrenton at Portland Christian (2), 3:30
p.m.; St. Paul at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
A shot attempt by NCU’s Jenna
Rudolph from 25 yards out was blocked,
then juggled and scored by the Clackamas
United keeper.
NCU got its second goal when Marsh
crossed to McKenzie Ramsey, who beat
her defender to the ball placed her shot
opposite direction into the side net.
Clackamas United ruined a clean sheet
for NCU keeper Megan Postlewait, when a
failed clear resulted in a Clackamas United
goal.
It was the best overall performance of the
season for the NCU girls, with standout per-
formances from Bartel, Claire Albright, Tobi
Harold, Taileigh Cole, Audrey Kunde, Abby
Albright, Anna Gimre and Alyssa Marsh.
North Coast United returns to action at
2 p.m. May 15, against Northwest Soccer
Club at Life Christian School.
Gulls score well in four-way league meet
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — In preparation for
next week’s Cowapa League Cham-
pionship meet, the Seaside track
team hosted a four-team Cowapa
gathering Wednesday on the Gulls’
home track.
Banks, Tillamook and Valley
Catholic competed along with Sea-
side. The meet was not team-scored.
Still, the Gulls faired well on the
boys’ side, winning eight different
events.
Seaside racked up four victo-
ries on the track, where Juneau
Meyer won the 400 meters in 55.35
seconds; Jackson Januik took the
800 meters (2:01.09); and Brad-
ley Rzewnicki won the 3,000
meters (9:29.33), well ahead of sec-
ond-place Jacob Dicken of Valley
Catholic (10:46.33).
Hunter Thompson, Taylor Barnes,
Januik and Meyer combined to win
the 400-meter relay in 3:35.30.
In the ield events, Barnes soared
20 feet, 3 inches to win the long
jump over teammate Jaxson Smith
(20-0 ¼), while Smith won the triple
jump (40-0) and took second in the
high jump (6-0).
Raiden Bowles cleared 13-9¼ (a
league-best by over two feet and sec-
ond-best in Seaside history) to win the
pole vault.
The Gulls had one win in the
throws, with Sam Beaudoin toss-
ing the discus 113-11.
On the girls’ side, junior Josie
Smith won the 1,500
meters in 5:28.67.
Scappoose will be
the host team for the
Cowapa League meet,
next Thursday and Fri-
day at St. Helens High
School.
Triple Crown winner
thriving in new home
at Ashford Stud farm
By RICHARD
ROSENBLATT
AP Racing Writer
VERSAILLES, Ky. —
American Pharoah is led
out of his stone palace of a
barn, head up, eyes alert, a
little heavier these days but
still pretty well sculpted. In
a few minutes, the cham-
pion will be walked over to
the breeding shed, a mere 50
yards away. By now, the Tri-
ple Crown winner has the
routine down pat.
No more early morning
workouts under the watchful
eyes of trainer Bob Baffert.
No Victor Espinoza asking
the big bay for every ounce of
energy over 11 grueling races
in 17 months. No more huge
media crowds around him, or
cameras clicking away at his
every move. No more parades
at Churchill Downs or Santa
Anita Park.
Welcome to paradise,
also known as Coolmore
Ashford Stud, a magnii-
cent 2,000 acre empire in
the heart of Bluegrass coun-
try. This is home to racing’s
irst Triple Crown winner in
37 years, a luxurious resort
for the irst horse to win the
Kentucky Derby, Preakness
and Belmont Stakes since
Afirmed in 1978, and just
the 12th in history.
The latest edition of the
Derby is Saturday, about
75 miles away at Churchill
Downs. Nyquist is the early
3-1 favorite in a full ield
of 20, carrying an unbeaten
record into the race in which
the winner becomes the only
horse with a chance to dupli-
cate Pharoah’s feat.
Nyquist trainer Doug
O’Neill is well aware
that more fans are paying
attention.
“They now have heard a
lot about horse racing in the
last year, year and a half and
that’s a credit to Pharoah,”
he said, “and hopefully
Nyquist can carry the torch
farther.”
At Ashford, mares are car-
rying the torch for Ameri-
can Pharoah. Two days after
winning the Breeders’ Cup
Classic in his inal race at
nearby Keeneland on Nov.
1, he arrived at his new home
to much fanfare. When the
breeding season started in
mid-February, Pharoah was
ready, willing and able. Since
then, he’s covered about 100
mares, and could double that
amount by the end of the sea-
son in June. He commands a
stud fee of $200,000.
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