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SPORTS 8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 Lady Loggers tied for second in Northwest League The Daily Astorian KNAPPA — A three- way race for irst place in Northwest League volleyball includes Knappa, as the Lady Loggers posted a three-game victory Thursday, 26-24, 25-21, 25-10 over winless City Christian. Knappa improves to 4-1 in league, tied with Faith Bible and one game behind Gaston. In Thursday’s victory, the Loggers rallied from a 5-0 deicit in Game 1, tak- ing advantage of six straight Astoria’s Jenna Rudolph, left, battles for the ball with Seaside’s Elizabeth Barnes on Thursday at Broadway Field in Seaside. Seaside, Astoria battle to 0-0 tie By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Two teams looking for a spark to their 2016 seasons met on the ield Thursday evening, in the Clat- sop Clash girls soccer match at Broadway Field. Coming into the game with a combined 1-8-1 record, the Astoria and Seaside girls soc- cer squads were both battling hard to pick up their irst win of the season in league play — and they’re still both look- ing for their irst win in league play, following a 0-0 tie. Both teams have had trou- ble scoring over the irst two weeks of the season, and with two of the Cowapa League’s best keepers in goal, Thurs- day’s game had “scoreless tie” written all over it. The shots on goal were indeed hard to come by, as Sea- side managed only three shot attempts in the irst half, and the Lady Fishermen had just two shots on goal in the second half. While the Seaside defense kept the ball safely away from their own goal, Astoria relied on a couple big-time saves from goalkeeper Lexis Law. With 10 minutes remaining in regulation, Law turned away two Seaside shot attempts in a 10-second span. Madeline Brown had the irst, an attempt on a break- away in which Law had to make a diving save. The ball delected to the center of the ield, where Audrey Kunde followed with another open attempt — which resulted in another diving sav- ing by Law. Seaside had three cor- ner kick opportunities in the second half, while Astoria defender Claire Albright man- aged to stop a breakaway for Seaside’s Sydney Villegas. Gulls’ goalkeeper Kirstin Lent had to make two saves of her own in the inal ive min- utes, off shot attempts by Asto- ria’s Daniela Garcia and Anna Gimre. Both defenses did the rest, as the two teams battled to their third scoreless tie since 2013. Other than four ties, the Gulls have nine wins over Astoria since 2009, with Asto- ria’s last Clatsop Clash victory coming in 2008. Seaside (0-4-2 overall) hosts Valley Catholic Tues- day, while the Lady Fisher- men (1-4-1) host Tillamook Tuesday. service points by Kourtney Tischer. The second game was another battle with some long rallies, but Knappa took an early lead and kept up the pressure for a two-game lead, then dominated Game 3 for the match. Tischer inished with 16 digs, while Kaitlyn Landwehr led the offense with eight kills to go with seven assists. Paris Vander- burg added six kills, six digs and ive assists, and Kaitlyn Truax was 14-of-15 serving with ive aces. Gulls and Lady Fishermen swept The Daily Astorian It was another rough night in Cowapa League volleyball for the North Coast teams. At Tillamook, the Lady Mooks swept past Seaside, 25-21, 25-15, 25-21. The No. 2-ranked Chee- semakers improve to 9-1 overall, while the Lady Gulls slip to 1-3 in league. Astoria is still looking for its irst league win, as Banks swept the Lady Fishermen on the Braves’ home loor, 25-20, 25-23, 25-14. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Football — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Nestucca at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Colton at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Toutle Lake at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.; Evergreen Lutheran at Naselle, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Seaside at Sisters Tournament, TBA Cross Country — Nike Portland Invitational, 9:45 a.m. Astoria’s Sariah Dieffenbach prepares to head the ball Thurs- day in Seaside. More photos at DailyAstorian.com/sports AP Photo/Bob Leverone AP Photo/Elaine Thompson San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly on the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., ear- lier this month. Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll yells to his team against the Miami Dolphins in the second half of an NFL football game in Seattle earlier this month. Late goal lifts Gulls over Fishermen, 2-1 Carroll and Kelly By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Eighty min- utes of intense, fast, physical, high-contact, action? Must be Clatsop Clash boys soccer. That’s exactly what it was Thursday night at Broadway Field, where the Astoria and Seaside boys soccer teams squared off for the irst time in 2016. Fresh off a disappoint- ing 1-1 tie against Scappoose Tuesday, the defending Cow- apa League champion Gulls felt like they had a little more to prove. Which they did. The Gulls were indeed feeling a little bet- ter about themselves late last night, as they were celebrat- ing with their fans following a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Fishermen. “I don’t think you’ll ever ind a Clatsop Clash that doesn’t come with the adren- aline overlowing, which was evident from both teams tonight,” said Seaside coach John Chapman. “It’s Clatsop pride.” Jackson Januik’s unassisted goal with just over 20 minutes remaining snapped a 1-1 tie, and gave the Gulls their third- straight victory over Astoria. After a string of ive straight Astoria wins from 2012-14, the Gulls have now taken three in a row from the Fishermen, for the irst time since 2009-10. (Note for the Oct. 11 game: the Gulls have not won four straight over Astoria since 1996-98). The Gulls jumped on the scoreboard irst in Thursday’s match. After their irst four shots reunite as Seahawks host 49ers Sunday By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Rafael Alcantar dribbles down the field as Seaside’s defense gets ready on Thursday at Broadway Field in Seaside. on goal were turned away or missed the mark, Januik sent a perfect crossing pass to Colton Carter in the center of the ield, and Carter blasted the ball into the left side of the net from 15 yards out for a 1-0 lead. But all it takes is one defen- sive letdown or misplayed ball, and that’s exactly what happened in the 42nd minute (2:26 into the second half), when Seaside goalkeeper Jesus Perez lost the handle on a ball, and the delection was quickly covered and kicked into the net by Astoria’s Jorge Herrejon. “That’s what you look for in front of the net,” Chap- man said, “and they had the right guy in the right place at the right time. It was a good equalizer.” Herrejon had two more scoring opportunities over the next 10 minutes, but one shot was saved by Perez, and another drifted wide right. A Seaside two-on-one breakaway for Carter was stopped by Rafael Alcantar; an attempt by Januik was saved by Astoria keeper Kyle Birge; and a header by Carter off a free kick from Brent Walsh also missed the mark. “I was quite impressed by some of the quick tran- sition of Astoria tonight,” Chapman said. “They caught us lat-footed over the irst 15, 20 minutes. They were out-stepping us, and they were out-passing us. “It took us a while to calm down a little. But for the irst 20 minutes, Astoria was put- ting some pressure on us that we weren’t quite expecting.” Januik’s goal in the 60th minute came seconds after a corner kick from Wesley Cor- liss, as the ball took a high hop and landed in front of Januik, who scored straight in front of the net from 12 yards out. After going the entire irst half with no shots on goal, the Fishermen were unable to muster any shots in the inal 25 minutes of the second half. Seaside didn’t panic after Astoria tied the game. “I don’t think we ever looked at the clock,” Chap- man said. “I had a feeling that something was going to break, one way or another. And tonight, it went our way. “(The Fishermen) played an equal par game, if not a lit- tle better than us at times,” he said. “We didn’t play very well as a unit. We found moments and we did enough, but it was not one of our memorable performances.” SEATTLE — Chip Kelly and Pete Carroll overlapped for only one season as college coaches in the Pac-10. They’ve met only once since both found their way to the NFL. If all goes to plan in both Seattle and San Francisco, the pair will get quite famil- iar over the next few sea- sons, beginning Sunday when the Seahawks host the 49ers. While the relationship between Carroll and former San Francisco coach Jim Har- baugh was more contentious, his dealings with Kelly have been mostly congenial. When Kelly was the coach at Oregon, one of the irst places he visited to see how other teams run in-season practices was Seattle. “It was his request to come here, then I was grilling him,” Carroll said. Kelly recalled this week also visiting then-49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and taking a trip to Air Force, but the Sea- hawks were his irst stop. “I spent all my time try- ing to take as much informa- tion as I could in on all three of those visits, and I was for- tunate because of, whether it was Jim or Pete or Troy Cal- houn at Air Force, that they allowed me to do it,” Kelly said. “Not a lot of people would allow people to come in, especially in-season, but it was good experience for me.” San Francisco has sur- prised with its performance through the irst two weeks, opening with an impressive 28-0 shutout of the Rams, before losing 46-27 at Caro- lina in a game that was 34-27 midway through the fourth quarter before the Panthers pulled away. Seattle is showing signs of major offensive issues after managing 15 points through two games , including three points last week against a Los Angeles team the 49ers routed in Week 1. The offen- sive line has been unable to fully protect quarterback Rus- sell Wilson or get the run game started. It hasn’t helped that Wilson has played with a sprained right ankle suffered early in the second half of the opener against Miami. “We feel like we’re really close,” Carroll said. “We feel like we can see the execu- tion, we can see the potential to make the ball move up and down the ield like we want to.” Here’s what else to watch as Seattle goes for its ifth straight regular-season win against San Francisco: THE INFIRMARY: Seattle came out of last week’s loss to Los Ange- les beaten up. Wide receiv- ers Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett suffered minor knee injuries, while running back Thomas Rawls has a muscle strain in his lower left leg.
