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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2016 East tops the West, 15-12, in Shrine All-Star football game The Daily Astorian BAKER CITY — In a game that featured just one offensive touchdown for the winning team, the East squad outlasted the West in the East-West Shrine All-Star football game Saturday, 15-12. The 64th annual game was played at Memorial Stadium in Baker City. The East scored their only offensive touchdown with 2:48 left in regulation, a 1-yard plunge by Cascade’s Gar- rett Coffey that gave the East a three-point lead. Astoria’s Clay Englund and Seaside’s Austin Eagon both suited up for the West squad. The East intercepted three passes on the night, returning one 90 yards for a touchdown by Mazama’s Curtis Anderson. The East also recovered a fum- ble and scored a safety in the defense-inspired win. The West scored on a touch- down run with 5:07 left in the fi rst quarter, but trailed 7-6 at halftime, following Anderson’s interception return in the second period. A pair of Scappoose players hooked up to put the West back in front in the third quarter, as quarterback Rob Lohman tossed a 63-yard touchdown to Bren- nen McNabb for a 12-7 lead. The East pulled to within 12-9 after tackling a West player in the end zone for a safety with 10:25 left in the fourth quarter, then later forced a fumble that led to Coffey’s game-winning touchdown. A replay of the game will be televised on ROOT Sports Net- work today at 2 p.m., and again Thursday (7 p.m.) and Aug. 19 (3:30 a.m.). Photos by Ashaki Boelter/For the Daily Astorian A few Seaside police officers provided some tough competition for some local kids, last week in Seaside’s ‘National Night Out’ event. Muhammad fi rst US athlete Seaside cops ’n’ kids hoop it up to wear hijab at an Olympics The Daily Astorian By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — The third day of Olympic compe- tition featured a couple of notable fi rsts: Rafaela Silva captured host Brazil’s initial gold medal of the Rio Games and fencer Ibtihaj Muham- mad became the only Amer- ican ever to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. American Lilly King won a trash-talking duel with Rus- sian Yulia Efi mova for the gold medal in the 100-meter breast- stroke on Monday night, the U.S. men’s basketball team surged after a slow start, beat- ing Venezuela 113-69, and Serena Williams struggled before beating France’s Alize Cornet 7-6 (5), 6-2 in her bid for a second consecutive sin- gles gold medal. Silva, who grew up on one of Rio’s hillside shanty towns, won judo’s 57-kilo- gram division, then, over- whelmed with emotion, per- formed the Brazilian version of the Green Bay Packers’ “Lambeau Leap” to cele- brate with her compatriots Monday. It was, at the least, a momentary reprieve for the host country bracing for what once seemed unthinkable: an early exit by its men’s soccer team from the Olympic tour- nament. Brazil fi nds itself needing a victory against Denmark to advance and avoid another huge embar- rassment two years after a demoralizing 7-1 loss to Ger- many in the semifi nals of the World Cup. Brazilian fans aren’t just booing their men’s soc- cer team. After months of dire predictions from abroad about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, some locals are doing some stinging of their own: They’re jeering U.S. athletes and taunting them over the fears that kept some competitors away from South America’s fi rst Olympics. In the women’s sabre tour- nament, Muhammad, sport- ing a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask, was a winner in her opening bout before bowing out. A New Jersey native who started fencing in part because the uniform allowed her to adhere to the tenets of her faith, Muham- mad also competes in the team event later this week. Australia won the fi rst gold medal for rugby sev- ens at the Olympics, beating archrival New Zealand 24-17 in the women’s fi nal Monday night. A day after adding a record 19th gold medal to his collection, Michael Phelps is swimming the 200 meter butterfl y semifi nal Mon- day night and fellow Ameri- can Katie Ledecky is swim- ming the women’s 200 meter freestyle. Other highlights from Day 3 of the Rio Games: WALKING THE WALK: King took exception to Efi mova, who has served a ban for doping and had her ban for the Rio Olympics overturned, raising her fi nger in the No. 1 sign after win- ning her heat in the semifi - nals. King beat Efi mova in the fi nal and crowed after- ward about a clean victory. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States salutes the referee prior to competing with Olena Kravatska of Ukraine in the women’s individual saber fencing event at the 2016 Sum- mer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. Grace Smith, fi tness and special events coordinator at Sunset Empire Parks and Recre- ation, said there was some inter- esting match-ups on the basket- ball courts over the weekend. It was “ areally awesome event we had here in Seaside called ‘National Night Out,’ where police offi cers and fi re- men invite the community out to the parks for a BBQ and to play games. “These youth were having a basketball practice and the offi - cers joined them for a game,” Smith said. “National Night Out was actually a very fun and learn- ing experience for me,” said Ashaki Boelter (a.k.a., “Coach B”), Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation youth recreation leader. “With all of the tension and issues surrounding citi- zens and/or racial relationships with police offi cers across the nation, I found myself with a growing desire to have open conversation with police offi - cers and to help mend the over- bearing feelings of confusion. “What this event shows is that, it’s not the cops … it’s particular individuals that mis- treat citizens and it’s particular citizens that disrespect cops,” he said. “Not all offi cers are crimi- nal and vice versa. The cops at this event were more than open to conversation and serving food to those they protect and serve.” The offi cers “also agreed to play a little basketball against a few young men at Sunset Parks and Recreation District,” Boelter said. “The cops pulled up and left a lot of players in fear. “As a coach who offered the opportunity to bridge the cops with young men in the commu- nity, I advised everyone on the court that it was … game time!” At the time, Boelter was coaching a scrimmage for a future summer tournament. Three Seaside police offi cers took on three players at a time. “Both cops and players had a lot of fun,” he said. “For the boys to recognize cops as human beings and police to recognize the boys as a grow- ing success of our community, it was something that parents, the citizens of Seaside, and the SEPRD surrounding the game were well-approved of.” Afterward , the boys were invited to come over to the park to fi nish off the barbe- cue, “and boy did they ever,” Boelter said. The young Seaside ball players included eighth-grad- ers Conner Davis, Ben Morris Jr., Elijah Ferguson and Zan- der Marincovich, and Seaside High freshmen-to-be Danny Gonzales, Levi Card and Riley Ashton. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Brazil’s Rafaela Silva celebrates after winning the gold medal of the women’s 57-kg judo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. As of Tuesday morning, Aug. 9 TOP 10 MEDAL WINNERS G S B 1. United States 5 7 7 2. China 5 3 5 3. Japan 3 0 7 4. Russia 2 5 3 5. Italy 3 4 2 6. Australia 4 0 4 7. South Korea 2 2 1 8. Thailand 2 1 9. 10. 1 United Kingdom 1 1 2 Canada 0 1 3 AP “There is a way to become the best and do it the right way,” she said. GOLF DEBUT: The fi rst Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the men’s fi eld. The International Golf Fed- eration tapped into what few Olympic roots it has by selecting Adilson da Silva to be the fi rst to tee off Thurs- day. Also in the opening threesome: Graham DeLaet of Canada, a country IGF President Peter Dawson called the defending champ — George Lyon of Canada won the gold medal at the St. Louis Games in 1904. BRAZIL BLEAK: It has come to this for the Brazilian men’s soccer team: The fans are so disappointed with the team that they heckled Ney- mar and chanted the name of the women team’s star during a lackluster, score- less tie against Iraq over the weekend. Brazil is now fac- ing elimination — a prospect that once seemed unthinkable in the soccer-obsessed Olym- pic host country. BILES BROUHAHA: NBC announcer Al Traut- wig says he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of U.S. gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents. Trautwig angered adoption advocates by refus- ing to refer to Ron and Nel- lie Biles as the 19-year- old’s parents. Ron Biles, her maternal grandfather, and his wife Nellie adopted Simone 16 years ago. Trautwig said, “to set the record straight, Ron and Nellie are Simone’s parents.” SPECTACULAR SEAS: Sailing, not the dirty water, was fi nally the focus on trou- bled Guanabara Bay during a spectacular start to the Olym- pic regatta on Monday. Wind- surfers sped across the waves toward Flamengo Beach in a fresh breeze, against the imposing backdrop of Sug- arloaf Mountain. Robert Scheidt won the second race in the Laser class. 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