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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2016
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Gearhart Bowl fall
leagues kick off soon
U.S. women soccer adds to
winning start at Olympics
The Daily Astorian
Fall bowling leagues are
now forming for Gearhart
Bowl, 3518 Highway 101 N.
League play begins in
September, and length of
league varies within the dif-
ferent formats. There is a
minimum of four people per
team. If less than four, Gear-
hart Bowl can assist in plac-
ing bowlers with a group.
Forms are available at
www.gearhartbowl.com,
or call 503-738-5333 for
details.
The fall leagues include:
The “Monday Night League”
Solo not bothered
by ‘Zika’ crowd
chants in Brazil
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
RIO DE JANEIRO — The
irst Olympics in Brazil are
underway — aptly with soccer
games in the sport’s spiritual
home and a win for the hosts.
In Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic
Stadium, the Brazilian wom-
en’s team eased to a 3-0 victory
at the start of its quest for a irst
Olympic gold.
It’s an early sporting high
for Brazil, where reservations
about the cost of bringing the
Olympics to South America
for the irst time have produced
violent reactions.
As the Olympic torch relay
reached Rio, there were fresh
signs that strife could disrupt
the games.
Police used tear gas to break
up protests against salary delays
for public workers. Other pro-
testers are demanding improve-
ments in education and health-
care, with some angered by the
39.1 billion Brazilian reals ($12
billion) — a mix of public and
private money — being spent
on building venues and infra-
structure for the Olympics.
Brazil embarked on its
Olympics bid at a time of pros-
perity in 2006, but the games
are opening with the country in
the grip of its worst recession in
decades.
But there was a cause for
celebrations on the football
ield as headers from Mon-
ica and Cristiane either side of
Andressa Alves’ 59th-minute
strike secured Brazil’s opening
win over China.
The Olympic Stadium
was fuller than earlier in the
day when Sweden beat South
Africa 1-0 in the other Group E
game but the majority of seats
did not appear to be illed.
— 33 weeks, beginning Sept.
12.
Tuesday Night League
includes 21 weeks of bowl-
ing, beginning Sept. 13.
Wednesday Night League
begins Sept. 14.
Gearhart Bowl’s new
“Thursday Night Footbowl
League” begins Sept. 8. In a
new scoring format, the only
scores that count are Strikes
(touchdowns), worth seven
points; and Spares (ield
goals), worth three points.
Gearhart Bowl’s big
screens will be showing
Thursday Night Football
during league play.
Tee off for a good cause
The Daily Astorian
It will be a day of golf and
fun at the Seaside Golf Club,
Sept. 24, in the irst annual
Sunset Park and Recreation
Golf Tournament.
The event will beneit the
organization’s foundation’s
scholarships that support
“access to positive life activ-
ities for children, youth and
adults” in the South County.
There will be prizes and con-
tests throughout the tourna-
ment, with food and bever-
ages available for purchase.
Family and friends are
welcome.
AP Photo/Eugenio Savio
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo holds the ball during a women’s Olympic soccer match at the
Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Wednesday. Solo says she was not bothered
by fans who chanted “Zika, Zika” at her as the U.S. team defeated New Zealand, 2-0, in its
Olympic debut. The crowd jeered the goalkeeper with the reference to the virus that has
scared many athletes ahead of the Rio Games.
The stadium is also known
as Joao Havelange Stadium,
named after the 100-year-old
Brazilian who led soccer’s gov-
erning body FIFA for 24 years.
Havelange stepped down as
honorary president of FIFA in
2013 to avoid possible suspen-
sion for taking kickbacks.
At the Mineirao Stadium in
Belo Horizonte, site of Brazil’s
humiliating 7-1 loss to Ger-
many in the World Cup semi-
inal two years ago, the U.S.
women’s team opened its bid
for a fourth straight gold medal
with a 2-0 win over New Zea-
land. Near the end of the game,
local fans chanted “Zika, Zika”
at American goalkeeper Hope
Solo, who before coming to
the Olympics upset some Bra-
zilians by tweeting a photo of
herself wearing a hat with mos-
quito netting in a reference to
the virus.
In the inal game of the
day in Belo Horizonte, France
cruised past Colombia 4-0 to
take the group lead over the
Americans.
The soccer in Sao Paulo saw
a piece of Olympic history cre-
ated by Canada. Janine Beckie
took only 20 seconds to make
a mark on her third Summer
Games by scoring the fastest
goal ever at the Olympics in a
2-0 win over Australia. It was
nine seconds faster than Oribe
Peralta’s strike for Mexico in
the men’s gold medal match
against Brazil four years ago in
London.
Canada had to cope from
the 19th minute with only 10
women after Shelina Zadorsky
was sent off for dragging down
Michelle Heyman on her way
to goal. But Canada still pre-
vented Australia from equaliz-
ing and captain Christine Sin-
clair added a second in the 78th.
In Sao Paulo, Melanie Beh-
ringer scored a pair of goals
as three-time bronze medal-
ist Germany routed newcomer
Zimbabwe 6-1.
The men’s soccer compe-
tition starts with eight games
Thursday, with Brazil play-
ing South Africa in the capital
Brasilia.
The golf tournament will
be a four-person, 18-hole
shotgun-style tournament.
Tee-off time is 9 a.m. Regis-
tration begins at 8:30 a.m. at
the Seaside Golf Course, 451
Avenue U.
Tickets are $100 per per-
son. Carts are limited and
are available on a irst-come,
irst-served basis.
E-mail
sunsetparksan-
drecfoundation@gmail.com
to sign up and select a tee
time. Cash and checks are
both accepted. Checks can
be made out to Sunset Park
and Recreation Foundation.
Respond by Aug. 31.
Trio of solo homers enough
as Mariners beat Red Sox
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Rick Por-
cello went nearly three
months without a loss. A trio
of swings from Nelson Cruz,
Mike Zunino and Adam Lind
were enough to bring that
long winning streak to an end.
Cruz, Zunino and Lind all
hit solo home runs, Hisashi
Iwakuma threw 7 1/3 shutout
innings and the Seattle Mari-
ners beat the Boston Red Sox
3-1 on Wednesday night.
Seattle handed Porcello
(14-3) his irst loss since May
17, snapping a streak of eight
straight wins by the Boston
right-hander.
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