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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2016
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Quarterinals set for
Grand Champs at
Coast Invitational
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
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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
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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.
Sixth Flight: Milton Lankton
def. Doug Ragen; Steve Ari-
ens def. Robert Mesher; Peter
Goforth def. Tony Pasion; Jim
Hauck def. Frank Bearden.
Seventh Flight: Michael Mil-
lette def. Ron Martell; David Aase
def. David Lum; Miles Sweeney
def. Tom Hageman; John Mc-
Loughlin def. Stephen Moore.
Eighth Flight: Mort Zalutsky
def. Franz Miller, Sr.; Bill Hutchi-
son def. Bob Kaczor; Albert
Carder def. Bill Winter, Sr.; Larry
Grant def. Dan Van Dusen.
Ninth Flight: Chris Robinson,
bye; Ron Leland def. Vince Wil-
liams; Herb Sundby def. Rick
Williams; Chuck Martin def.
Frank Bridwell.
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