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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
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Camp Kick-a-Lot still kicking at 20
The Daily Astorian
The Lower Columbia Youth Soccer Associa-
tion’s Camp Kick-a-Lot Camp has done a lot of
kicking. Twenty years, to be exact.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the
popular camp, a two-week event for young soccer
players, entering grades 1-8.
The 14 days of soccer fun at the Warrenton
Soccer Complex begins Saturday, with the Lower
Columbia Youth Soccer Association’s soccer jam-
boree, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
The jamboree is an opportunity for children of
all ages to participate in a “kick-off” event before
the recreation season begins in the fall.
Players will be divided into age groups to par-
ticipate in round-robin games and drills, and par-
ents will receive more information regarding
LCYSA and the youth recreational season.
Session 1 for Camp Kick-a-Lot begins Mon-
day and runs through Friday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
each day.
Session 2 is scheduled to run the following
week, July 25-29, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day.
Registration can be made at lcysasoccer.com.
The fee for one session of camp is $90, or $135 to
attend both weeks of the camp.
Submitted Photo
A team photo from a recent Camp Kick-a-Lot.
Both sessions are held at the LCYSA Soccer
Complex on Ridge Road.
Energetic and soccer savvy counselors bring
fun, engaging, education, and even wacky drills to
teach kids all there is to learn about the great game
of soccer.
Each day of camp has fun and interesting
dress-up days that make for fun and hilarious
moments throughout all of camp.
MVP Hosmer, Perez lift AL to All-Star win, Series home ield
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
SAN DIEGO — Eric Hos-
mer stood in the middle of the
ield, holding up a trophy. He
hopes to do it again with the
Kansas City Royals this fall.
Hosmer and Salvador Perez
homered off former Kansas City
teammate Johnny Cueto during
a six-pitch span in the second
inning, Hosmer added an RBI
single to become MVP of the
All-Star Game and the Ameri-
can League beat the Nationals
4-2 Tuesday night for its fourth
straight win.
If the defending champion
Royals reach the World Series
for the third straight year, they
will start at home, sweet, home
once again.
“Hopefully this is something
we can all rally upon for the sec-
ond half and ind a way to use
that home-ield advantage,”
Hosmer said.
David Ortiz found him-
self in the middle of the most
touching moment at Petco Park,
embraced by his AL teammates
near irst base after exiting his
inal All-Star Game. The popu-
lar Big Papi plans to retire at 40
after this season with Boston.
Kris Bryant of the Cubs
led the parade of sparkling
young talent with a irst-inning
home run. The Yankees’ Dellin
Betances lashed his 100 mph
heat, and Astros reliever Will
Harris came on to throw a called
third strike past Cardinals rookie
Aledmys Diaz on a 3-2 pitch on
the outside corner with the bases
loaded to end the eighth.
Royals reliever Kelvin Her-
rera pitched a hitless sixth for the
AL, which will open the Series
at home for the 11th time in 14
years since the All-Star winner
has been used to determine the
hosts for Games 1 and 2.
Kansas City became baseball
royalty last fall, bursting to a 2-0
lead over the New York Mets
at Kauffman Stadium, where
Cueto pitched a two-hitter in the
second game. The Royals won
in ive games for their irst title
since 1985.
This year, Kansas City is lan-
guishing at 45-43, seven games
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American League’s Eric Hosmer, of the Kansas City Royals,
holds the MVP award after the MLB baseball All-Star Game,
Tuesday, in San Diego. The American League won 4-2.
off the AL Central lead and in
the middle of the wild-card race.
“We know how much that
home-ield advantage helped
us,” Hosmer said. “It just brings
that sense of comfort to the team
and gives you a jumpstart for the
whole Series.”
The team with home ield
has won the World Series six of
the last seven times and 24 of the
past 30.
Cleveland’s Corey Klu-
ber pitched a 1-2-3 second
inning for the win, and Zach
Britton induced Nolan Arena-
do’s game-ending, double-play
grounder for the save as the AL
cut its deicit to 43-42 with two
ties. The NL has outscored the
AL overall, 360-359.
Ortiz wore spikes with
gold-colored bottoms and
matching batting gloves to mark
his 10th All-Star selection and
delivered the AL batting order to
umpires at home plate.
He gave a pregame pep talk
to his teammates, hit a smash
down the irst-base line that
Anthony Rizzo snagged to rob
him of a potential RBI double in
the irst and walked against Jose
Fernandez in the third.
When Edwin Encarna-
cion came out to pinch run for
him, Ortiz waved to the crowd
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and then spent his AL team-
mates came out of the dugout to
exchange hugs as the crowd of
42,386 rose in tribute.
“I was supposed to hit a home
run in my second at-bat. My boy
told me he was going to throw
me a fastball, and the irst pitch
was a changeup,” Ortiz said.
“Then 3-2 he threw me a
slider and I’m like, ‘Are you try-
ing to break my back?’ But he
said it was the catcher’s fault.”
Fernandez admitted, “I
couldn’t believe that I was actu-
ally pitching to him. We both
looked at each other and smiled.”
“He signed the jersey I
brought for him,” the 23-year-
old Miami Marlins ace said.
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