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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016 7A League playoff loss ends Logger season The Daily Astorian FOREST GROVE — The league playoff system doesn’t make a lot of sense sometimes. One bad day can end an other- wise good season, as it did for the Knappa Lady Logger soft- ball team Wednesday. Knappa inished 10-5 and tied for second in the North- west League standings this year, while Neah-Kah-Nie took fourth with a 7-8 record. But league games count for very little in the Northwest League. Despite defeating the Pirates in all three league games earlier this season, the Log- gers had to beat Neah-Kah-Nie one more time — on a neutral ield — to make the state playoffs. And the Pirates took advantage of their “one-more-chance” game, as they collected 12 hits in a 16-9 upset win over the Log- gers. The game was played at Paciic University in Forest Grove. The season comes to a close for Knappa, and it also came to a close for the Pirates, who lost a league playoff to Gaston in Wednes- day’s second game. Vernonia and Gaston will be the North- west League’s two state playoff teams. “(The Pirates) just bunted and bunted and bunted, all game long,” said Knappa coach James Nichols. “And I just didn’t have our players prepared for that.” Of Neah-Kah-Nie’s 12 hits, 10 were bunts. The Pirates had just two batted balls reach the outield. Meanwhile, Knappa in- ished with just ive hits, two apiece for Hailey Murray and Paris Vanderburg. The Lady Loggers opened the league season with three straight wins over Neah- Kah-Nie, by scores of 17-1, 23-13 and 10-8, before the Pirates pulled off Wednesday’s shocker. “The good news is that we have all of our players return- ing next year,” said Nichols, whose team had no seniors. “And we may even have a junior varsity team next year, which would be the irst time in our history with a JV team.” Derby winner Nyquist draws No. 3 post as Preakness favorite By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer Daily Astorian/File Photo BALTIMORE — Doug O’Neill couldn’t have done any better if he picked Nyquist’s post position himself. After Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist landed the No. 3 post for the Preakness in a blind draw Wednesday, O’Neill looked like a man with a winning lottery ticket. “The 3 is exactly what I wanted,” O’Neill said. “... We’re very optimistic that we’re going to break good and get into position.” Unbeaten in eight races, Nyquist was made the over- whelming 3-5 favorite among 11 horses in Saturday’s race. His selection as the best horse in the ield was justi- ied, according to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who will saddle new shooter Collected. “I’d probably be surprised if he didn’t win,” Baffert said about Nyquist. “He’s going to be tough to beat.” Secretariat started from the 3-hole to win the 1973 Preak- ness, but California Chrome in 2014 was the only horse to win from third post since 1993. Starting from the 13th post position in the Derby, Nyquist won the 20-horse race by 1 1/4 lengths over Exaggera- tor. Nyquist can expect far less trafic against a smaller ield at the Preakness, which covers 1 Jordan Poyer races for first base in a May 2006 game. Throwback Thursday, Playoff Friday for Fish The Daily Astorian A young Astoria fresh- man named Jordan Poyer sprints for irst base in a state playoff game in May 2006. The Fishermen won playoff games vs. La Grande, Wilsonville and Newport, on their way to a 9-2 win over Sherwood in the Class 3A state champi- onship game. The OSAA realigned into six classiications the following year. Wilsonville is now a 5A school, and Sherwood competes at the 6A level. The 2006 title was Asto- ria’s irst state baseball championship in school his- tory. From 2006 to 2011, the Fishermen appeared in ive of six games, winning three. Poyer now plays for the Cleveland Browns. Astoria opens 2016 post-season play Friday with a Class 4A Regional Play-in game vs. Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m. Friday at Aiken Field. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students. Only OSAA-issued passes will be recognized for free admission. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY 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. Knap- pa, TBA Track — OSAA State Meet, Hayward Field, Eugene, TBA FRIDAY Baseball — 4A Regional Play- in: Sweet Home at Astoria, 4:30 p.m., Aiken Field Track — OSAA State Meet, Hayward Field, Eugene, TBA SATURDAY Track — OSAA State Meet, Hayward Field, Eugene, TBA AP Photo/Julio Cortez Nyquist, left, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, rides past Gun Runner during the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Gun Runner, third- place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will skip the Preakness, leaving a likely field of 11 for the middle leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday at Pimlico. 3/16th miles at Pimlico Race Course. “He’s a very mature horse that has speed away from the gate,” O’Neill said. “And he doesn’t like to lose.” O’Neill enters the Preak- ness seeking to keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. A year ago, American Pharoah became the 12th Tri- ple Crown winner and the irst since Afirmed in 1978. Exaggerator has the best odds behind Nyquist at 3-1. The horse, trained by Keith Desormeaux, drew the ifth post position. “Being that Nyquist is speed oriented, he’ll probably get pressed from the outside,” Desormeaux said. “It may make him go a little faster. That could be tactically advan- tageous for us.” Exaggerator has inished behind Nyquist on four differ- ent occasions, but Desormeaux hopes things will be different on Saturday. “We respect what he’s done,” Desormeaux said, “but we’re hopeful of turning the tables.” Stradavari, at 8-1, was the third choice, as selected by Pimlico handicapper Keith Feustle. Trainer Todd Pletcher, asked his reaction to hav- ing Stradavari starting outside at 11, said, “I’m happy with it. The good thing is you can kind of dictate things instead of them being dictated to you.” The race is scheduled for around 6:30 p.m. EDT on Sat- urday. The ield includes Lani, a Japanese-bred horse who in- ished ninth in the Derby, and eight new shooters. THE DAILY ASTORIAN CLA SSIFIED IN DEX P.O . B ox 210 | 949 E xch a n ge St. | Astoria , O regon ANNOUNCEMENTS 035 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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