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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 Richardson takes sixth at state golf The Daily Astorian Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Seen here in an earlier game this season, Astoria’s Carter Wallace slammed two towering home runs in Tuesday’s win over Clatskanie at Aiken Field. Wallace homers twice in home win The Daily Astorian The Astoria baseball team is oficially ready for the post-season, as the Fisher- men pounded the state’s No. 1-ranked 3A team at Aiken Field Tuesday afternoon. Carter Wallace belted two line-drive home runs, and four Astoria pitchers scattered seven hits with 10 strikeouts and three walks in a 9-4 win over Rainier. The Columbians scored two runs in the top of the irst for an early lead, but Astoria scored the next seven runs, highlighted by a four-run third inning. Wallace hammered a Caymon Rea pitch over the left-center ield fence, and Ryker Helmersen had a two- run triple to right. Wallace added a two-run shot in the fourth inning to the same spot, and Trey Hage- man had a two-run single in the sixth, after the Columbians had closed to within 7-4. Hageman and Wallace both inished with three RBIs for the Fishermen, who host Sweet Home in a Regional Play-in game Friday at Aiken Field. Tigers close out the Warriors, 10-3 The Daily Astorian CLATSKANIE — The fourth time was not the charm for the Warrenton Warriors Tuesday. Facing the end of their sea- son, the Warriors posted an early 1-0 lead, but the Clatskanie Tigers answered with eight runs in their irst three at-bats, on their way to a 10-3 win. It was Clatskanie’s fourth victory over Warrenton this season, after sweeping the league season series. The Tigers collected 12 hits off two Warrenton pitchers, while the Warriors commit- ted four errors, leading to ive unearned runs. Meanwhile, Clatskanie starter Alex McCallister (who struck out 13 Warriors in a win last week) fanned 10 bat- ters in Tuesday’s win, with ive walks. Joe Little was Warrenton’s only multiple hitter. Michael Nichols had two doubles, drove in three runs and scored twice for Clatskanie. Cole Warren added a triple. “We played better,” said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe. “(The Tigers) just really hit the ball well, and we couldn’t come up with the timely hits.” Warrenton inishes 9-14 overall. “I could not be more proud of how this team held up, toughed it out and played through everything,” said Wolfe, who had just 10 players on the roster for the majority of the season, and inished the league season with nine. A few aches and pains would normally have kept a few players out of the lineup, but the Warriors were Warriors. “They battled,” Wolfe said. “But playing with 10 players caused us some dificulties, being short-handed and guys playing out of position.” Now the task begins of replacing players for next sea- On to state for Lady Warriors The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — Warrenton had eight hits from seven differ- ent players, and scored sinruns in four separate innings Tues- day, on its way to a 4-2 over Portland Adventist in a Lewis & Clark League softball playoff. And now the Warriors (9-17 overall) will head to the state playoffs, but not before playing another league playoff 5 p.m. Thursday at Clatskanie. In Tuesday’s win, Landree Miethe had two of Warrenton’s eight hits, reached base three times and scored twice. She also had three of War- renton’s six stolen bases, while pitcher Niqui Blodgett threw a jewel of a game, striking out ive with one walk and ive hits allowed. son, as six of Warrenton’s 10 players Tuesday are seniors. “That will come later,” Wolfe said. “Right now my thoughts are with those six seniors, and what they gave us this year. Four of them were four-year varsity players.” CRESWELL — Sea- side senior Aaron Richard- son ended an illustrious high school golf career Tuesday, with a sixth-place inish and a place on the All-State Tour- nament team. Final round action of the Class 4A state tournament took place at Emerald Val- ley Golf Course in Creswell, where Richardson inished with a two-round total 160, good enough for sixth over- all out of 56 golfers. Richard- son followed up Monday’s 81 with a 79 Tuesday. Mazama senior Bryce Wortman took medalist honors with 143, followed by Klamath Union sopho- more Craig Ronne (147) and Crook County junior Mayson Tibbs (149). Over the course of four years, Richardson was med- alist of 17 events, a two- time all-league player, won the individual district title this year, was also a two- time all-regional player, and is now a two-time all-state golfer. He helped the Gulls win three league titles and state titles in 2014 and ’15. Richardson had his putter working well on Day 2 of the tournament. He started the day with four straight pars before rolling in a 30-foot putt for his irst and only birdie of the tournament on the toughest hole on the course. He went on to shoot three more pars, hitting tough putts along the way before carding his irst bogey of the day on the 18th hole (his ninth as he started on the back nine). Richardson nearly made it through the 36-hole tour- nament with nothing worse than a bogey. His only mis- step was a triple bogey on his second-to-last hole. Aaron Richardson “Aaron played a really smart tournament,” said Sea- side coach Jim Poetsch. “In hindsight, his decision to hit driver on the second-to-last hole might not have been a good move, but it was some- thing we had talked about during the practice round should he need it to win the tournament. “At that point he had played well enough to get on the state tournament team and really had nothing to lose, so why not give it a go? “While I will hate to see Aaron leave the program, I am really glad he was able to end his career with a good round and another all-state performance.” On the team side of the tournament, Tibbs bird- ied the inal hole to lead his team to a state champion- ship by a single stroke over Marshield. Crook County ended the tournament with a 703 team score, followed by Marsh- ield (704), Klamath Union (716) and Scappoose (720). The Cowapa League was well-represented, as Val- ley Catholic took ifth with a 722. Cowapa players Carter Lee of Tillamook, and Jake Gray and Nathan Mapes of Scappoose joined Richard- son on the all-state team. Need a job? We caN help. Local and National Employers FREE SERVICES Rainier wins battle with Astoria, 6-1 The Daily Astorian RAINIER — Rainier — the No. 3-ranked team in Class 3A softball — posted a 6-1 win over Astoria Tuesday, in a non- league contest at Rainier. The No. 10-ranked team at the 4A level, the Lady Fisher- men were tuning up for Thurs- day’s Regional Play-in round, where they will face Hidden Valley, 4 p.m. at CMH Field. Rainier’s Haley Schimmel and Sarah Probasco combined on a 1-hitter with 17 strikeouts in Tuesday’s win, with Schimmel striking out 12 in ive innings. Probasco was 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Rainier offense. TODAY Softball — NWL Playoff: Neah- Kah-Nie vs. Knappa, 3 p.m., Pacific U. THURSDAY Softball — 4A Regional Play-in: Hidden Valley at Astoria, 4 p.m., CMH Field; L&C Playoff: Warrenton at Clatskanie, 5 p.m.; NWL Playoff: Gaston vs. Knappa, TBA Track — OSAA State Meet, Hay- ward Field, Eugene, TBA FRIDAY Baseball — 4A Regional Play-in: Sweet Home at Astoria, 4:30 p.m., Aiken Field Track — OSAA State Meet, Hay- ward Field, Eugene, TBA SATURDAY Track — OSAA State Meet, Hay- ward Field, Eugene, TBA BASEBALL Astoria 9, Rainier 4 Rainier 200 002 0—4 7 1 Astoria 014 202 x—9 9 0 Rea, Schimmel (3) Carr (5) and Schmunk; Lyngstad, Wallace (3), Arnsdorf (5), Fremstad (6) and Helmersen, Gohl (3). W: Wallace. L: Schimmel. RBI: Rai, Guisinger, Schimmel, Brooks; Ast, Wallace 3, Hageman 3, Helmersen 2. 2B: Rai, Guisinger; Ast, Tuimato, Palek. 3B: Ast, Helmersen. HR: Ast, Wallace 2. HBP: Rai, Cantrall, Guisinger. LOB: Rainier 7, Astoria 7. 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