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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Cougars rally for win in
Seahawks optimistic
injured offensive stars ive sets against Warriors
will play this Sunday
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — Port-
land Adventist rallied from
a two-games-to-one dei-
cit Wednesday night at War-
renton, where the Cougars
escaped with a ive-game
victory over the Warriors,
15-25, 25-11, 14-25, 25-16,
15-12.
Warrenton drops to 6-5
overall, while ninth-ranked
Portland Adventist improves
to 6-1 overall.
“We played some really
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
RENTON, Wash. — The
Seattle Seahawks are opti-
mistic injured offensive start-
ers Doug Baldwin, Tyler
Lockett and Thomas Rawls
will be able to play Sunday
against San Francisco.
Coach Pete Carroll said
Wednesday that all three
have a chance of being avail-
able after suffering injuries
in the Seahawks’ Week 2 loss
at Los Angeles. Baldwin and
Lockett suffered minor knee
injuries, while Rawls has a
muscle strain in his left leg.
Carroll seemed most pessi-
mistic about Rawls, whom he
said would be limited in prac-
tice early in the week.
“A lot of positive things
in that regard, and we’re
looking forward to putting
together a great week,” Car-
roll said.
Baldwin injured his knee
when he was rolled up from
behind while blocking in the
irst half of Seattle’s 9-3 loss.
He remained in the game, but
the bigger concern was about
Lockett. The second-year
wide receiver suffered a
sprained knee in the irst
half and was on the sideline
before surprisingly returning
in the fourth quarter.
Lockett said Wednesday
that he’s played with a vari-
ety of injuries in the past
and had no doubt he’ll play
against the 49ers.
“As long as I’m not in a
cofin, I’m going to be out
there playing,” Lockett said.
Rawls was injured in the
irst half and was limited to
just seven carries against the
Rams in his irst start since
suffering a broken ankle last
December against Baltimore.
Carroll said it was a muscle
strain on the outside of his
left leg.
“It’s a rare kind of muscle
that gets affected and stuff,
up his shin kind of,” Carroll
said.
Carroll said quarterback
Russell Wilson was ahead
of where he was at this point
a week ago in his recovery
from a sprained right ankle
suffered in the season opener.
He said guard Germain Ifedi
had a chance of returning this
week. Ifedi sprained an ankle
days before the opener.
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good games — a lot better
than we did last night,” said
Warrenton coach Jim Hack-
with, whose team dropped a
four-game set at Catlin Gabel
just 24 hours earlier.
Landree Miethe had a
team-high 13 kills (33-of-37
hitting) to lead the Warriors,
while sophomore Morgan
Blodgett added seven kills.
Sophomore Claire Bussert
was 30-for-34 on digs and
inished with 30 assists.
The Warriors were coming
off a four-game loss Tuesday
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, left, hands
off to running back Thomas Rawls during the first half an
NFL football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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Sherman says message of
anthem protests getting lost
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
RENTON, Wash. —
Seattle Seahawks corner-
back Richard Sherman
said Wednesday the public
isn’t listening to the mes-
sage NFL players are trying
to send with their actions
during the national anthem.
While some fans are
obsessing about whether
players take a knee, raise
a ist or lock arms during
the national anthem before
games, Sherman said they
should be talking about the
reasons why players are
protesting.
“More videos have
come out of guys getting
killed, and I think people
are still missing the point,”
Sherman said. “The reason
these guys are kneeling, the
reason we’re locking arms
is to bring people together
to make people aware that
this is not right. It’s not
right for people to get killed
in the street.”
Sherman did not take
questions during his media
availability. Instead, he
walked to the podium,
said a few words about
this week’s opponent San
Francisco and then gave
a two-minute statement
about what players have
wanted to accomplish.
Sherman’s
message
came after a pair of police
shootings this week, one
in Charlotte, North Car-
olina, another in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
“I do a lot of community
service. I go out there and
try to help kids and try to
encourage them to be better
and to aspire to more,” he
said. “And when you tell a
kid, ‘When you’re dealing
with police, just put your
hands up and comply with
everything,’ and there’s
still a chance of them get-
ting shot and no repercus-
sions for anyone, that’s an
unfortunate time to be liv-
ing. That’s an unfortunate
place to be in.”
Sherman’s statement
came as the Seahawks are
preparing to face San Fran-
cisco on Sunday. Team-
mate Doug Baldwin told
reporters in the Bay Area
that members of the Sea-
hawks have had exten-
sive conversations with
Colin Kaepernick, who
started the conversation
with his decision to irst sit
and then kneel during the
national anthem.
“It’s not just the NFL
landscape. It’s across the
country right now,” Bald-
win said. “Obviously, we
wouldn’t be having this
conversation if it wasn’t
for him bringing it to light.
He stood on the table and
shouted and got every-
body’s attention. And now
we have to work on the fol-
low through collectively.”
Cano’s sacriice ly lifts Seattle
past Toronto 2-1 in 12 innings
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Shane Spell is the new head
coach for Seaside High
School varsity swimming.
Spell hired
as Seaside
swim coach
The Daily Astorian
Shane Spell has been named
as the new varsity swim coach
at Seaside High School, Athletic
Director Jason Boyd announced
Wednesday.
Spell replaces Mike Kadi,
who served as coach last year
after Kadi had replaced Alex
Reed following the 2014-15
season.
“Shane has been a corner-
stone for youth in our commu-
nity for years,” Boyd said. “And
as a former high school swim-
mer and youth swimming coach,
brings a great deal of knowledge
and excitement to the Seaside
High School swim team.”
Dane Gouge’s Asto-
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Ford Motor Co. and
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Volleyball — Astoria at Banks, 7 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7
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Girls Soccer — Astoria at Seaside, 5:45 p.m.
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SATURDAY
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SEATTLE — Robinson
Cano inally quieted the sea
of blue-clad Toronto fans that
had turned Safeco Field into
a home environment for the
Blue Jays.
Cano delivered a sacri-
ice ly in the 12th inning as
the Seattle Mariners avoided
a sweep with 2-1 victory over
Toronto on Wednesday, pre-
venting the Blue Jays from
extending their wild card lead.
“We’ve got to keep ight-
ing,” said Cano, as the Mari-
ners won for the second time
in six games to remain on
the edge of the playoff chase.
“Keep ighting, but at the same
time, have fun. Not put pres-
sure on us that we must win.
Just play our game and keep
battling.”
Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey
(10-15), who pitched ive
scoreless innings in his last
start on Friday, came in on the
12th for his irst relief appear-
ance after 29 starts.
Guillermo Heredia reached
on a two-base throwing error
by third baseman Josh Don-
aldson to open the 12th. Ben
Gamel followed with an
attempted sacriice bunt, and
irst baseman Ryan Goins
appeared to have Heredia at
third, but the ball popped out
of Donaldson’s glove on the
tag.
at Catlin Gabel, which posted
a four-game win over War-
renton, 25-23, 28-26, 22-25,
25-12.
Katelynn Blodgett served
up six aces for the Warriors,
with four kills. Sierra Lyons
added ive aces and 16 digs,
while Bussert inished with
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Miethe led the attack
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Seattle Mariners’ Mike Zunino, left, holds Robinson
Cano as other players douse Cano with water after his
game-winning sacrifice fly against the Toronto Blue Jays
in a baseball game Wednesday in Seattle. The Mariners
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“I thought it was a risky
play, but I felt we had to do
it, because it was important
for us to win the ballgame,”
Heredia said through a transla-
tor. “As soon as I was at sec-
ond base, I made up my mind
that if he bunted the ball on the
ground, regardless of where it
was going, I was going to go to
third base.”
Cano then followed with a
run-scoring ly to left, quieting
the decidedly pro-Blue Jays
crowd, bolstered for the third
straight game by thousands of
fans from western Canada.
“We were the benefactor
of some miscues by them,”
Mariners manager Scott Ser-
vais said. “That happens, but
you’ve still got to inish them
off. Robbie had a nice at bat.
Didn’t try to do too much. Just
stay with the ball and take care
of business.”
Nick Vincent (4-4) pitched
two scoreless innings for the
win.
“It was just one of those
things where we made a cou-
ple mistakes and that gener-
ally happens most times in
extra-inning games,” Toronto
manager John Gibbons said.
After being blanked on
two hits for eight innings, the
Blue Jays tied it in the ninth on
Jose Bautista’s 19th home run,
a one-out solo shot to left off
hard-throwing rookie closer
Edwin Diaz.
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