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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 7A HOMETOWN REPORT Hunt helps Geoducks win the day (69-70), one stroke ahead of Lewis & Clark’s Drew Gro- shong and Alex Plusquellec of George Fox. Willamette also won the team title with a 570 team score. Danielle Willyard, So., Northwest Christian volleyball Kelly Willyard, So., North- west Christian volleyball ILWACO Kenneth Sheldon, So., Willamette golf Placed fourth overall in the Paciic Invitational with a 142. Evan Sutherland, So., Clackamas CC XC Clark Wilson, Sr., Willa- mette golf Placed seventh overall in the Paciic Invitational with a 144. Other former athletes from around the region, now com- peting at the collegiate level: By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian It was a college volleyball match with a touch of the Clat- sop Clash last Saturday at the Costantino Recreation Cen- ter in Olympia, Wash., where the Evergreen State volleyball team hosted Northwest Chris- tian College of Eugene. The Evergreen Geoducks feature freshman outside hit- ter Chloee Hunt from Asto- ria, while Seaside graduates Danielle and Kelly Willyard both suit up for Northwest Christian. In Saturday’s match, North- west Christian won the irst two games and led by six points in Game 3, when Evergreen mounted a big rally to win Games 3, 4 and 5 to win the match (22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-17, 15-13). With the win, Evergreen snapped a six-match losing streak, and is now 2-6 in the Cascade Collegiate Confer- ence, 3-11 overall, while North- west Christian drops to 3-5 in conference. The Beacons of NCC built a 12-6 lead in Game 3, before Evergreen rallied to tie the game at 17-17, then snapped a tie at 18-18 on a kill by Hunt. The Geoducks had 10 team blocks for the match, including six block assists by Hunt. For the season, Hunt is cur- rently third on the team in kills, with 112 in 52 sets played. Evergreen returns to confer- ence action tonight when it hosts No. 20-ranked Northwest University. Other local athletes compet- ing this fall: ASTORIA Kaylee Mitchell, Jr., Sprague High School After competing her irst two years at Astoria High School, Mitchell now attends Sprague High School. She cur- rently has the eighth-fastest 5,000-meter time in the state at the 6A level, a personal best 18 minutes, 34.1 seconds set at the Meriwether National Classic last Friday. Jordan Poyer, Cleveland Browns In his fourth NFL season, Poyer has started every game so far for the Browns in 2016. In last Sunday’s loss at Miami, he led Cleveland with 12 tackles (10 total, two assisted). Poyer has a team-high 25 combined tackles (19 total, six assisted) through three games, tied for 24th in the league with Photo courtesy Evergreen College Astoria’s Chloee Hunt waits for the serve in a recent game for Evergreen College, where Hunt is in her freshman season with the Geoducks. ClevelandBrowns.com Jordan Poyer breaks up a pass in Cleveland’s Week 2 game vs. the Baltimore Ravens. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Volleyball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Scappoose at Sea- side, 7 p.m.; Oregon Episcopal at Warrenton, 5:30 p.m.; Knappa at Delphian, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer — Astoria at Banks, 4:15 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:30 p.m. Boys Soccer — Taft at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:30 p.m. Cross Country — Blake Lake (Ilwaco) Invitational, TBA; Seaside at St. Helens Invitational, 4 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Seaside at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Corbett, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at South Bend, 7 p.m.; Jewell at Crow, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Football — Naselle at Mary M. Knight, 1 p.m. Volleyball — De La Salle at Warrenton, 2 p.m. Atlanta’s Deion Jones and Sean Lee of Dallas. SEASIDE Aaron Chesnut, assistant coach, Northwest Christian soccer Austin Eagon, Fr., George Fox football Hannah Garhofer, So., Northwest Christian soccer Ian Hawksford, Sr., North- west Christian soccer An All-Conference selec- tion in 2014, Hawksford is back in action on the back line for the Beacons in his senior season. “Losing Ian last season (to an injury in the preseason) was devastating,” said NCC coach Benny Flores. “He is a leader for us and a four-year player. Having him back is tremen- dous for our guys who can rely on his experience.” Sam Hinton, So., Willa- mette golf Hinton took medalist hon- ors recently in the Paciic Invi- tational, held last Saturday at Quail Valley Golf Course in Banks. Hinton inished with a 139 Banks Megan Bunn, Fr., Eastern Oregon volleyball Briana Cantu, Fr., Portland CC soccer Alyssa Chung, So., Clackamas CC volleyball Hunter Copley, Fr., Western Ore- gon football Nikayla Doane, Fr., Clark College volleyball Aubrey Kimmel, Fr., Pacific volley- ball Twister McComas, Fr., Western Or- egon football Emily Vandehey, So., Chemeketa soccer Kiana Yokoi, Fr., Chemeketa vol- leyball Rainier Marshall Dean, So., Pacific football Parker Dean, Sr., Pacific football Monica Guisinger, Fr., Lower Co- lumbia soccer Mitch Staeffler, Sr., Eastern Oregon football Scappoose Derek Anderson, Carolina Panthers Dan Carrier, So., Clackamas CC XC Lucy Davidson, Fr., University of Portland soccer Jacob Harley, So., Clackamas CC XC Tayler Heaton, R-Fr., Southern Or- egon football Eleanor Jones, Fr., Western Ore- gon soccer David Krupsky, R-Fr., Western Or- egon football Joey Krupsky, Fr., Western Oregon football Michael Lohman, R-Fr., Western Oregon football Emily Muth, So., Linfield soccer Natalie Muth, Fr., University of Port- land soccer Paul Revis, R-Jr., Western Oregon football Ariel Viera, Sr., University of Port- land soccer Allison Wedgworth, So., Blue Mountain CC soccer Tillamook Colin Atchison, Jr., George Fox XC Andrew Jenck, R-Fr., University of Portland XC Zachary Macias, Fr., Pacific football Riley Maloney, Fr., George Fox football Kaler Moore, Fr., Easton Oregon football Damara Morales, Fr., Blue Moun- tain CC soccer Justices take up trademark case that could affect Redskins Tickets on sale for Clatsop Clash By SAM HANANEL Associated Press The Daily Astorian The Astoria High School athletic depart- ment is offering presale tickets for Friday’s Clat- sop Clash/Homecoming football game at CMH Field. By purchasing advance tickets, spectators will be allowed to park via the Recology entryway. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets for the game may be purchased at the Astoria High School ofice through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Cost of admission is $6 for adults, $4 for students grades K-12. A presold ticket must be present for all passen- gers in the vehicle in order for any car to be allowed to use the lower Recology entryway. Any person with a reserved ticket or an approved OSAA or Asto- ria School District pass may also use the lower entryway. For more information, contact the Astoria ath- letic department at 503- 325-3911, ext. 318. AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano, right, celebrates his three-run home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Doug Fister with Nelson Cruz in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday in Houston. Cano’s homers top Astros 12-4 to press playoff bid By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — Robinson Cano continued his dominance against the Houston Astros on Wednesday to keep Seattle’s playoff hopes alive. Cano hit a three-run homer in the irst inning, and the Mar- iners kept pressure on the other AL wild-card contenders with a 12-4 win over the Astros. Kyle Seager added another three-run drive in the eighth, his 30th home run this season, as Seattle remained two games behind Baltimore for the sec- ond AL wild card. Houston dropped 3½ games back as its magic number for elimination was cut to one. “If you want to help your starter, you’ve got to start early and also put pressure on the other team,” Cano said. “That’s what we did today.” Cano’s career-best 36th home run, a drive off Doug Fis- ter (12-13), landed in the irst row of the Crawford Boxes in left ield. Cano has nine hom- ers and 25 RBIs in 19 games against Houston this season. “Huge home run early by Robbie really got everybody relaxed a little bit,” manager Scott Servais said. “Everybody contributed today ... everybody had to contribute and we’re still alive.” Seattle doubled its lead in the second on Nori Aoki’s RBI single and Seth Smith’s two- run single. Ketel Marte made it 7-0 with a run-scoring inield single in the third. James Paxton (6-7) allowed three runs and six hits in ive innings, striking out eight. Fister gave up ive runs and ive hits over 1 1/3 innings in the shortest start of his big league career. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is tak- ing up a First Amendment clash over the government’s refusal to register offen- sive trademarks, a case that could affect the Washington Redskins in their legal ight over the team name. The justices agreed Thursday to hear a dispute involving an Asian-Amer- ican rock band called the Slants, but they did not act on a separate request to hear the higher-proile Redskins case at the same time. Still, a high court ruling in favor of the Slants could bolster the football team’s legal ight. Both groups argue that it is unconstitu- tional for the government to reject trademark rights for offensive speech. The trademark dispute is one of eight new cases the Supreme Court added to its calendar for the term that starts Monday. The court continues to operate with only with eight justices since Antonin Scalia died in February. His successor appears unlikely to be con- irmed until sometime after the election. In the Slants case, front man Simon Tam tried to trademark the name in 2011, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofice denied the request on the ground that it disparages people of Asian descent. He sued, and a federal appeals court ruled last year that the law barring offensive trademarks vio- lates free speech rights. The Redskins hoped to piggyback on the band’s case, asking the Supreme Court to consider both dis- putes at the same time. The trademark ofice can- celed the team’s trademarks last year after inding they are disparaging to Native Americans. But the team’s appeal has not even been heard yet by a federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia. In an unusual request, the team asked the Supreme Court to intervene before the lower court acts. The high court almost never grants such requests.
