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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2016 7A Quarterinals set for Grand Champs at Coast Invitational By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian Submitted Photo The Northwest Blazers’ Orange team, following their recent championship win in Arizona. The team includes Abby Anderson of Glencoe (top row, center), N’dea Flye of Oregon City (front row, far left) and Seaside’s Maddi Utti (front row, far right). Utti, NW Blazers win big in Arizona The Daily Astorian Led by a trio of players from Oregon, the Northwest Blazers’ Orange team won the Arizona Elite NCAA-certiied high school girls basketball tournament, held July 23-25 in Phoenix. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 17U Top Division team, the Orange are led by Abby Anderson of Glencoe High School, N’Dea Flye from Oregon City, and Seaside High School’s Maddi Utti, a senior- to-be for the Gulls next season. The tournament was played in front of college coaches from across the West, and represented the sixth-straight inals appearance for the Northwest Blazers in their sixth National NCAA-certiied event this season. The Blazers went 5-0 in the Arizona Elite tournament, scoring wins over Team Ari- zona Red Elite (47-33) and the AZ Sting-Slaga (40-28) in Sat- urday pool play, and victories over Team Bibby Girlz (57-23) and the Clutch Players-Red (33-32) Sunday. In Monday’s championship game, the Blazers cruised past Arizona Elite Black, 57-44. The Blazers conclude their season in the Adidas Nation- als, this week in Atlanta, Ga. Youth football camp begins Monday The Daily Astorian The Astoria High School football coaching staff, along with current members of the Fishermen, are holding a four- day camp for any students entering kindergarten through eighth grade this fall. The camp runs 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thurs- day at CMH Field. Cost is $30 per participant or $50 per family, and the camp fee includes free admission to the AHS Football Commit- ment Camp the following week for any interested seventh- or eighth-grader. Camp instruction includes, but is not limited to: Individ- ual technique of all offensive, defensive and special team positions; recommended nutri- tional training; off-season and in-season training; the impor- tance of goal setting and the importance of team building. Interested players who may have a inancial hardship should contact coach Howard Rub at 503-298-9419. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. each day of the camp. Reg- istration forms may be picked up during business hours at the following locations: Englund Marine & Industrial, Gimre’s Shoes or Mr. Fultano’s in Asto- ria. Forms can also be printed from the Astoria High website: http://bit.ly/2ag7ND2. Campers should wear cloth shorts and T-shirt and a pair of nonmetal, cleated shoes. For more information, con- tact Rub by phone or at hrub@ astoria.k12.or.us. This year’s camp is a ser- vice project for AHS senior Cole Olson. The Astoria Youth Football season begins Aug. 8 Sailors seek Rio redemption after London lop By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO — They’ve had their shots, have an all-star coaching staff and are probably as acclimated to Rio de Janei- ro’s tricky conditions and foul water as sailors from any other country. They’ll be using Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain as reference points as they sail just off Rio’s famous party beaches, Copacabana and Flamengo. As prepared as the U.S. Olympic sailing team might be, the great unknown is whether it can return to the medals podium after an embarrassing shutout on the English Channel in 2012. The U.S. has won 59 Olym- pic sailing medals, the most of any nation, although its 19 gold medals trail Britain’s 26. Among the American medalists are some of the biggest names in sailing: Lowell North, Den- nis Conner, Buddy Melges and Mark Reynolds. In 2012, the American team failed to medal for the irst time since the 1936 Berlin Olympics. “We moved on a long time ago,” said Josh Adams, who took over as managing director of U.S. Olympic Sailing right after the London lop. The American sailors with the best chances of medaling in Rio are the women’s 470 crew of Annie Haeger of East Troy, Wisconsin, and Briana Provan- cha of San Diego; the men’s 470 crew of Stuart McNay of Providence, Rhode Island, and David Hughes of Miami; and Laser Radial sailor Paige Rai- ley of Clearwater, Florida. Others might break through. But it’s a young team and many sailors are working toward 2020. Still, Adams wanted to give the squad a ighting chance after London. He set up a train- ing base at a secure yacht club in Niteroi across Guanabara Bay from Rio so sailors could spend as much time as possible there, acclimating to both the unpredictable conditions and the poor quality of the water, which is fouled with sewage and trash. He also hired two-time Olympic medalist Charlie McKee as high performance director. McKee in turn added big- time coaches to those already in place. Among them is Reynolds, the most successful U.S. Olym- pic sailor with two golds and a silver, who coaches Laser sailor Charlie Buckingham of Newport Beach, California, an Olympic irst-timer. Dave Ull- man, a National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee and former Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, is coaching Haeger-Provan- cha. Former Olympic medal- ist Morgan Reeser is coach- ing McNay-Hughes. McKee’s brother, Jonathan, a two-time Olympic medalist, is coaching the Nacra 17 catamaran crew of Bora Gulari of Detroit and Lou- isa Chafee of Warwick, Rhode Island. Luther Carpenter is coach- ing Finn sailor Caleb Paine of San Diego. Carpenter has helped four American teams win medals in three different types of boats in six consecu- tive Olympics. The team tech- nical adviser is Dave Dellen- baugh, who was tactician and starting helmsman for the win- ning crew in the 1992 Ameri- ca’s Cup. “It’s an all-star squad, no doubt,” Paine said. “When you get that much wisdom, you’re learning something every time you have dinner with them and hanging out. Everything they spit out is valuable.” That was the point, Charlie McKee said. “We recognized that one of the things that we can do to help the athletes try to perform well is surround them with a staff that has a lot of experience in the Olympic arena,” he said. “Obviously, we’re super grat- iied and happy and conident that that part is in really good s o y a 0 l 3 e y P only l u J , y a d r th u t a S All soft $ tacos 1701 Marine Drive, Astoria (In the Mobil parking lot) 1 all day! hands. We have a great history of Olympic sailing in the U.S. and we’ve gotten a lot of those people to want to come back and help this current team.” Paine, who beat 2008 silver medalist Zach Railey for the Olympic berth, said he’s spent more than 200 days training in Rio. Haeger and Provancha have made 15 trips. “We feel good about the time and resources invested in Rio,” Adams said. “It’s a com- plicated place to learn. We feel the team has done the right things to prepare.” After that, it comes down to performance. Haeger and Provancha won the test event in Rio a year ago. Although relatively new to the 470, they’ve been team- mates since 2008 and sailed together while at Boston Col- lege. Earlier this year, Haeger was named US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. WARRENTON — Golf- ers have reached the half- way point of match play in the Oregon Coast Invita- tional, as the Grand Cham- pions, Junior Seniors and a handful of Super Seniors took the course Wednesday at the Astoria Golf & Coun- try Club. It’s a “marathon” week of golf for the Grand Cham- pions. The top golfers in the division, the best of the best, will ultimately play as many as seven 18-hole rounds in eight days. And in the “Survival of the Fittest,” there’s just two former Grand Champions still alive in the Champion- ship Flight after Wednesday’s action. Chris Shepard managed to get past two-time champion Jay Ross, while Anthony Arvidson defeated Frank- lin Gauntz to advance to the quarterinals. And Shepard — the Coast champion in 2011 — will face Arvidson, the 2013 champ, in today’s match play, with the winner advancing to the semiinals. Joining those two will be Grand Champions medal- ist Riley Elmes, along with Mike Swingle, Peter Jen- nings, Kenneth Sheldon, Har- rison Moir and Mike Fritz. Meanwhile, the Junior/ Seniors division is down to its inal four golfers. Medalist (and Astoria club member) James Folk scored his second big victory in three days, getting past Robert Tennant in Wednes- day’s quarterinal. Folk will face fel- low Astoria member Joe Schulte in Friday’s semiinal, while 2014 division cham- pion Steve Hval and Mark McGraw will be matched in the other half of the Final Four. In addition to the Grand Champions, other golfers in action Thursday will be the inal eight in the Wom- en’s division, the Seniors and irst four lights of the Super Seniors. SCOREBOARD GOLF Oregon Coast Invitational Wednesday’s Results Grand Champions Championship Flight: Riley Elmes def. John DeLong; Mike Swingle def. Taylor Swingle; Pe- ter Jennings def. Alex Wrenn; Kenneth Sheldon def. Daniel Terrell; Harrison Moir def. Ra- bel Roberts; Mike Fritz def. Jeff Canessa; Chris Shepard def. Jay Ross; Anthony Arvidson def. Franklin Gauntz. First Flight: Scott Vinson def. Joel Mayer; Patrick Wood def. Ian Kelly; Jamie Sumner def. Randy Tucker; Mark Cooney def. Jimmy Cartwright; David Berlant def. Craig Froude; Preston Van Hook def. Craig Taylor; Brock Anderson def. Connor Jetton; Nik Torkelson def. Jim Senescu. Second Flight: Bret Stevens def. Jack McNeill; Eric Larson def. Burke Rice; Rob Goodman def. Stu Gerrish; Colin Alexander def. Mike Whitty; Ric Huewe def. Scott Frank; Ryan Person def. Dennis Sturgell; Rex Puterbaugh def. J.P. Nantz; Nicholas Wob- brock def. Jeremy Wood. Third Flight: Fritz Benz def. Scott Reynier; Jeffrey Renner def. Jimmy Buell; Jeff Jetton def. Jimmy Sharp; Jim Wright def. Patrick Goodman; Ross Musu- meci def. Eric Lane; Conor Kelly def. Matt Chappell; Bart Bar- tholomew def. Jeff Roberts; Billy Ryan II def. Paddy Ryan. Fourth Flight: Ted Ferguson def. Brian Rice; Andy Songer def. Arlyn Maldonado; Christian Stoll def. Ryan Smith; Jacob Wob- brock def. Chris Galloni; Bren- dan McNeill def. Nick Ralston; Steven Davis def. Jason Palm- berg; Damon Grant def. Greg Crawford; Steve Mozinski def. Peter Griggs. Fifth Flight: Daniel Sturgell def. Ryan Musumeci; Kevin Kidd def. Ken Griggs; Frederick Zuber def. Darren Palmberg; Michael Wood def. Andrew Lang; David Vigliot- to def. Teddy Ferguson; Justin Jennings def. John Bunce; Matt Triesch def. Nick Naimo; Thomas McDowell def. Aaron Ehlers. Junior Seniors Championship Flight: James Folk def. Robert Tennant; Joe Schulte def. Ty Kohler; Steve Hval def. Allan LaPlante; Mark McGraw def. Randy Heriot. First Flight: Scott Hamilton def. Jim Jackman; Steve Ford- ney def. Torkelson (W/D); Rob Turk def. John Holtmann; William Bennington def. Pat Cooney. Second Flight: Mike Ralston def. Beau Harlan; Don Ossey def. Brad Nantz; Doug Edwards def. Greg Bolt; James Titus def. Greg Hope. Third Flight: Dewayne Led- better def. Jesse French; Steve Roos def. Chris Hayward; Storm Floten def. Bill Hurst; Anthony Peterson def. Rick Wessell. Fourth Flight: Dan Hall def. Richard Yugler; Scott Hooden- pyle def. Craig Nichols; Greg Korkowski def. Peter Howe; Jim Fromer def. Don Frank. Fifth Flight: Tal Gohl def. Mi- chael McNamara; David Ellis def. Mike Naimo; John Mangan def. Rick Campbell; Wes Lariv- iere def. Brad McMahon. Sixth Flight: Robert Endres def. Terry Graff; David Gilbert def. Kevin McHone; Tim Regan def. Carl Mark; Robert Moir def. Paul Driscoll. Seventh Flight: Wayne Mon- fries def. John Tennant; Pat Kearney def. Joe Dandoy; Tony Magden def. Scott Elliott; Jeff Ter Har def. Jack Kron. Super Seniors Fourth Flight: John Young def. Roger Stalick; Larry Veltman def. Jerry Briggs; Jack Nantz def. Al Onkka; Michael Whitty, Sr. def. Mike Furrer. Fifth Flight: Garry Kahn def. Dale Lumpkin; Paul Kauttu def. Russell Betts; Ed Murphy def. Jim Puterbaugh; Larry Perkins def. Martin Sells. 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