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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
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Valiants Fishermen hold off Valiants
top Gull
netters
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
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SEASIDE — Fourth-
ranked Valley Catholic
defeated Seaside in three
games at the Gulls’ Nest,
25-12, 26-24, 25-20, in a
Cowapa League volleyball
match Tuesday.
Valley’s Regan Dean
went on a seven-point serving
run to close out the irst set.
Seaside came back strong
in Game 2 and led 23-19.
A sideout by the Valiants,
followed by a Seaside hit-
ting error, a Valley ace and
another Seaside hitting error,
tied the game at 23-23.
Both teams battled hard
in a long rally, ending in a
kill by Seaside’s Maddi Utti
to put Seaside up, 24-23.
But a kill by Dean on the
outside tied it at 24-24, and
the Valiants scored the next
two points on a Seaside hit-
ting error and another kill
from Dean.
Utti led the Gulls with 14
kills, while Alyssia Gonza-
les had ive. Jetta Ideue in-
ished with 13 digs and was
100 percent from the service
line for Seaside.
Tillamook
sweeps in
three close
games
WARRENTON — The Val-
ley Catholic and Astoria boys
soccer teams played the irst 61
minutes without a score Tues-
day, in a Cowapa League con-
test at Volunteer Field.
The inal 19 minutes, how-
ever, were another story.
Valley Catholic and Astoria
combined for ive goals in the
last half of the second half, with
the Fishermen holding a one-
goal edge to open the league
season with a 3-2 victory.
Valley Catholic had just two
shots on goal over the inal 40
minutes — three if you count
their irst, which happened to go
in their own goal.
Early in the 61st minute,
Astoria’s Trevor Byrd dribbled
a ball into the Valley Catholic
box, carried it along the end line,
then sent a short crossing pass
in front of the net, where Valley
Catholic’s Tommy Melillo acci-
dentally one-touched the ball
into the net for the game’s irst
goal.
Astoria had 11 shots on goal
(including two off the crossbar)
to Valley’s two shots in the irst
half.
The Fishermen had another
seven shots on goal in the sec-
ond half before they scored their
second goal, the irst off their
own foot.
Jorge Herrejon chased down
a pass from Aldo Cruz for a
breakaway, and Herrejon beat a
Valiant defender and the Valley
Catholic goalkeeper to the ball,
scoring at the 65:50 mark for a
2-nil lead.
Just under two minutes later,
at 67:40, Valley Catholic’s Noah
Olson launched a free kick from
Astoria’s
Jorge Herre-
jon sprints
up field with
the ball, past
Valley Cath-
olic defender
Quinn Schro-
eder. More
photos on-
line at www.
dailyastorian.
com
Gary Henley
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40 yards away into the box,
where it delected off the Val-
iants’ Tobias Irrgang for their
irst goal into their own net.
Astoria responded with
its best play of the night at the
69:20 mark, when Herrejon
made a run up the center, sent a
pass ahead to Byrd, who scored
on a well-placed ball into the
right side of the net for a 3-1
lead.
Not quite done with the scor-
ing, the Valiants tacked on their
second goal on a defensive
breakdown by the Fishermen, as
Jake Saito scored into an open
net from the right side, at the
71:15 mark.
Astoria had two corner kicks
in the inal eight minutes, and
kept the ball away from the Val-
iants to escape with the win.
The Fishermen (1-0 in
league) square off with defend-
ing league champion Seaside
in a Clatsop Clash showdown
Thursday at Broadway Field.
“We totally dominated play
tonight — passing, moving the
ball and possessing the ball,”
said Astoria coach Lee Cain.
“We just need to work on in-
ishing. We’re playing good soc-
cer — we’re just making a few
mistakes here and there that we
need to correct.
“We made some mistakes
tonight, but it was nice to come
away with the win,” he said.
“We will be tested a lot more at
Seaside, against their speed.”
Jeff Ter Har/For the Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Will Garvin, No. 13, and Rafi Sibony, right,
close in on the ball in the closing minutes of Tuesday’s
soccer game at Broadway Field.
Indians, Seagulls
battle to 1-1 draw
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SEASIDE — Seaside
coach John Chapman said
of the Scappoose Indians
before the season, “They
seem to come here and have
our number.”
Apparently the Indi-
ans still have that number,
as Scappoose managed a
1-1 tie with the defending
Cowapa League champions
Tuesday at Broadway Field.
“We tip our hats to Scap-
poose,” Chapman said.
“They always play us tough
here.”
Still, the Gulls domi-
nated play, and took a 1-0
lead with 20 minutes left on
a goal by Colton Carter.
But
the
Indians
responded, scoring with just
ive minutes remaining to
force the tie.
“Three years ago, we
would have been happy with
a draw against Scappoose,”
Chapman said. “But our
boys weren’t happy tonight.
Hats off to Scappoose.”
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The surprise team of
Cowapa League volleyball
scored a victory at the Brick
House Tuesday night.
Tillamook — currently
the No. 2-ranked team in the
state at the Class 4A level —
improved to 7-1 overall and
2-0 in league with a hard-
earned, three-game sweep
over Astoria, 25-23, 29-27,
25-22.
Still, “we played so
good,” said Astoria coach
Jessie Todd. “I was really
proud of the way we played
— we battled, played with
heart and never gave up.”
The Lady Fishermen
even held brief leads in the
irst two games, before Tilla-
mook rallied for wins.
Jacqueline Jarrett led
Astoria with nine kills and
six blocks, while Chelsea
Christensen and Kes Sand-
strom had ive kills apiece.
“Tillamook is a very
strong team,” Todd said.
“They’ve got some tall girls,
and they’re very solid, good
hitters. I thought our block
coverage was good tonight.”
Soccer: Astoria,
Seaside girls go
down to defeat
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Clatsop County’s two
girls soccer teams suffered
a pair of lopsided defeats
Tuesday on the road.
At Scappoose, the Indi-
ans posted a 7-0 win over
Seaside, while Valley Catho-
lic scored a 5-0 shutout over
visiting Astoria.
The Lady Gulls (0-4-1)
and Lady Fishermen (1-4)
meet in a Clatsop Clash
Thursday at Broadway Field,
at 5:45 p.m. The boys’ Clat-
sop Clash will follow.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Portland Adventist
at Warrenton, 5:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Banks, 7
p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7 p.m.;
City Christian at Knappa, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Sea-
side, 5:45 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Astoria at Sea-
side, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Football — Valley Catholic at As-
toria, 7 p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside,
7 p.m.; Nestucca at Warrenton, 7
p.m.; Colton at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Tout-
le Lake at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.; Evergreen
Lutheran at Naselle, 7 p.m.
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