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SPORTS 8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 Fishermen kickers edge Lions, 1-0 The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Asto- ria head coach Lee Cain called it his team’s “Twin Power” — which worked in favor for the Fishermen Thursday, for the game’s only goal in a 1-0 non- league boys soccer win over St. Helens at Volunteer Field. Astoria’s Luis Herrejon assisted brother Jorge Herre- jon for a goal in the 25th min- ute, and the score stood up for a Fishermen win. “It would have been 2-0, but their keeper made an out- standing save on a shot by Aldo Cruz,” Cain said. Still, “Kyle Birge had an awesome night in goal for us. St. Hel- ens only had two or three shots, and we had eight shots on goal. “We just need to work on inishing a little better, and we’ll be OK,” he said. “We play a defensive style, so there’s not going to be a lot of scoring.” Cole Beeson “had a good night, anchoring the middle for us,” Cain said, and “Porter Whitsett did a nice job out on the wing.” Astoria has nine days off, before facing North Bend (at Newport) Sept. 17. Seagulls blank the Corbett Cardinals The Daily Astorian Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Cascade’s Kaeyln Worst spikes the ball while Astoria’s Aurora Grafton, center, and Darian Hageman go up for a block on Thursday at Astoria High School. Cougars’ last rally defeats Lady Fish By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The Astoria volleyball team was a point away from a ifth game Thursday night, before the Cascade Cougars decided to end it in four. Trailing two games-to-one after three games, Astoria had rallied from a 22-20 deicit in Game 4 to grab a 24-22 lead. But the Cougs came right back and reeled off four straight points to win the game and the match, 25-20, 19-25, 25-14, 26-24, in a non- league match at the Brick House. “It’s too bad we lost, but it was a good experience for us,” said Astoria’s Jessie Todd, making her (as well as her team’s) home debut. “We’re still learning and adjusting, but I feel like we’re starting to gel. “We didn’t play as well in Game 3, but the rest of the match was very even,” she said. “Which is good, because Cascade has a very, very solid defensive team. And we’re starting to show that we can play defense, too.” Astoria bounced back after a Game 1 loss, and rallied from a 12-10 deicit to win the second game. An ace serve by Aurora Grafton tied the game at 14-14, and Astoria middle blocker Jacqueline Jarrett took over from there. On consecutive serves, Jarrett had a kill, a stuff block, then a solo block at the net off an attack by Cascade’s Cassie Smock, to give the Fishermen a 17-14 lead. And she wasn’t inished, as Jarrett pounded out another kill followed by an ace serve, and Astoria evened the match at a game apiece. Jarrett inished the night with 19 kills, six blocks and four aces. In Game 3, Cascade turned an 8-6 lead into an 18-6 advantage, then held off a brief Astoria rally. In the deciding fourth game, the Lady Fish built an early lead on an ace serve from Chelsea Christensen, and a kill by Kes Sandstrom off a set from Grafton had Astoria in front, 11-8. Madi Landwehr set Graf- ton for a kill, and Grafton returned the favor a few points CORBETT — Jackson Januik, Colton Carter, James Kennedy, Wesley Corliss and Christian Cristobol all had goals for Seaside Thursday, as the Gulls pounded Corbett 6-0 in a nonleague boys soc- cer game. Seaside improves to 2-1- 1, while the Cardinals drop to 0-2, with home losses to Astoria and the Gulls. Jesus Perez was in goal for the irst half, and Ashton Boyd played keeper in the second half to help Seaside score the shutout. Seaside takes to the road again Tuesday, for a non- league contest at Molalla. Astoria, Seaside both go down to defeat The Daily Astorian ST. HELENS — St. Hel- ens improved to 2-1 on the season with a 2-0 win over Astoria Thursday, in a Class 5A vs. 4A girls soccer game on the Lions’ home ield. The Lady Fishermen drop to 1-2 overall. Elsewhere, Corbett scored a 3-1 victory over the Seaside girls in a nonleague game at Broadway Field. Knights down Knappa in four The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — Knappa bounced back strong from a lopsided loss in Game 1, but Games 3 and 4 belonged to Columbian Christian Thurs- day, as the Knights defeated the Lady Loggers in four games, 25-11, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, in a Northwest League volleyball match. Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Chelsea Christensen, left, and Aurora Grafton, both go for the ball as the Asto- ria Fisherman face off against the Cascade Cougars on Thursday at Astoria High School. The Loggers still man- aged to serve well, with Kait- lyn Truax, Mack Strain and Alisha Murphy combining to go 33-for-35 from the ser- vice line. Truax led the effort, going 15-for-15 to go with four kills and three blocks. Kaitlyn Landwehr added eight assists, Paris Vander- burg had six kills, and Jaden Miethe inished with 20 digs. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Football — Astoria at Gladstone, 7 p.m.; Clatskanie at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Vernonia at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Kennedy at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Toledo, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Rainier Christian, 7 p.m. Volleyball — Warrenton at De La Salle, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Seaside at Cas- cade Tournament, TBA Cross Country — Seaside at Tualatin, 9:15 a.m. Seahawks plan ‘demonstration of unity’ before opening game Associated Press Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Madison Landwehr, center, celebrates with teammates after a point on Thurs- day at Astoria High School. later, with two more kills from Jarrett giving the Fishermen a 19-16 lead. The Cougars rallied, how- ever, behind the serving and hitting of Kaelyn Worst. A little directional tap by the 5-foot-9 junior helped give Cascade a 22-20 lead. Power spikes from Jar- rett and Sandstrom resulted in four straight points for Asto- ria, which was a point away from forcing a Game 5, lead- ing 24-22. But Cascade followed with one last rally, highlighted by an ace serve from Mariah Hollenbeck, and a net vio- lation at match point, as the Cougars scored four straight to escape with the victory. Landwehr dished out 15 assists and Grafton added 14, while Sandstrom had nine kills off the bench and Chris- tensen inished with 28 digs. Junior Varsity: Cascade def. Astoria, 25-9, 25-23, 25-21. Astoria’s Darian Hage- man hits the ball while Cascade’s Kaeyln Worst blocks on Thursday at Astoria High School. Danny Miller The Daily Astorian RENTON, Wash. — Seat- tle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin tweeted Thursday that the team “will honor the country and lag” in a “demonstration of unity” prior to Sunday’s season opener against Miami. When approached in the locker room by reporters, Baldwin declined to elabo- rate further saying, “you’ll see on Sunday.” Former Green Beret and one-time Seahawks long-snap- per Nate Boyer later tweeted that he had spoken with the Seahawks players about their plans and wrote, “what the team will do is a powerful sign of uniication + respect for the Anthem + those that ight for our Freedom!” In an interview with Fox Sports Radio later Thursday, Boyer expanded on his tweet . “I spoke with the players, and they realize that 9/11 is a very important day in our nation’s history. The Sea- hawks, and probably every team, will be honoring those AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin stretches during war- mups before a presea- son NFL football game against the Minnesota Vi- kings Thursday in Seattle. who serve in camoulage, and also those in blue who served on such a dificult day,” Boyer said. “Shortly after 9/11 our country seemed more uniied than I had ever experienced, and was the most uniied it has been since I have been alive. Since that date, we have grown farther apart in our unity. Standing together this Sunday is key to making progress. What the team will do is a powerful sign of uniication.”
