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SPORTS 8A Astoria runners win at Ilwaco The Daily Astorian ILWACO, Wash. — The Astoria cross country team had a pair of individual winners Thursday, in the J.W. Black Lake Race, held on the Black Lake Trail in Ilwaco, Wash. Competing against a ield of mostly Washington schools, Astoria senior Lucas Caruana won the boys’ 5,000-meter race in 18 minutes, 45 sec- onds, nearly a minute ahead of Ilwaco freshman Daniel Whit- ing (19;42). In the girls’ race, Astoria junior McKenzie Burnett won with a time of 22:54, well in front of Adna’s Lauryn Apper- son (23:11). Ilwaco’s Eliza Bannister was third in 23:28, with Ilwaco freshmen Estella Sheldon (25:18) and Kaytlenn Whel- den (25:27) inishing sixth and seventh, respectively, to help Ilwaco score the team victory with 31 points, ahead of Asto- ria (46) and Ocosta (48). Junior Libbie Nash was Astoria’s second runner, cross- ing the line in 25:51 for ninth. On the boys’ side, Ilwa- co’s Ben Brownlee was third in 19:53, while Astoria soph- omore Parker Ivanhoff placed 10th (20:51). Ilwaco took the boys’ team title with 33 points, fol- lowed by Ocosta (48), Astoria (65), Adna (87) and Raymond (149). Astoria Middle School won the team and individual titles in the 1.3-mile middle school race. Astoria’s Cameron VanRa- den won the boys’ race in 9:15, ahead of teammate Manuel Salinas (9:51), with Damion Burgess fourth (10:07) and Josh Condit ifth (10:12) for the winning Astoria Middle School team. The Astoria girls also won a team championship, led by irst-place Sophie Long (10:11). BANKS — Banks hosted Astoria in Cowapa League girls soccer action Thursday. And coming off a 6-1 win over Tillamook, the Lady Fishermen had another strong effort, but came up one goal short, as Banks scored a 1-0 win. Aardvarks dig up three-game sweep The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Just two nights after connecting on 75-of-77 serves against Port- land Christian, the Warrenton volleyball team missed eight serves in Thursday’s match against Oregon Episcopal. And that was one of the contributing factors that led to a three-game sweep for the Aardvarks, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20. Warrenton held leads in all three games, but 12th-ranked OES rallied in the mid- and later-stages of all three to score the win, helping the Aardvarks remain in a sec- ond-place tie with Portland Christian at 6-2 in the Lewis & Clark League standings. Warrenton falls to 2-5 in league. The Warriors were actu- ally hot from the service line to open the match. Claire Bussert delivered up two ace serves to start Game 1, and Michelle Arney added two more aces to give Warrenton a quick 6-1 lead. A service ace by Sierra Lyons and two kills from Landree Miethe had the War- riors in front, 13-5. But the Aardvarks began taking advantage of their size at the net, as 5-foot-10 Belle Scott and6-foot freshman Maxine Matheson-Lieber The Daily Astorian Submitted Photo Astoria runners McKenzie Burnett, left, and Lucas Caruana were both celebrating indi- vidual wins Thursday, in a cross country meet at Black Lake in Ilwaco. The Braves scored the game’s only goal 10 minutes into the second half. “Banks probably deserved the win,” said Astoria coach Tim Fastabend. “They came out and played stronger and harder than we did, and we didn’t start playing well until the inal 10 or 15 minutes.” Still, “it’s not like we played bad,” he said. “We were just a little lat at the start. Rachel Simmons and Dani Garcia played well, as they always do.” Jenna Rudolph nearly scored on a free kick in the inal minute of play, but a big save by the Banks’ keeper kept the shutout intact. Astoria now moves its home games to CMH Field, where the Lady Fishermen will host Scappoose Tuesday, Banks next Thursday, and Seaside Oct. 11. Seaside In other Cowapa League action, the Lady Gulls scored their irst win of the season, 4-0 at winless Tillamook. Top-ranked Valley Catho- lic backed up its No. 1 ranking Thursday at the Brick House, with a three-game over Asto- ria, 25-16, 25-11, 25-18. “They have great block coverage, they’re big and they can jump,” said Astoria coach Jessie Todd. “Still, I was happy with the way we com- peted. We played well against the No. 1 team in the state.” Seahawks not expecting another slopfest from Fitz, Jets Sunday By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Sports Writer AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson walks off the field Sunday after being brought down against the San Francisco 49ers in the second half of the game. tough task Sunday against the NFL’s No. 1-ranked defense. “They’ve probably been the standard for the longest,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s a lot of the same guys, same scheme and it’s tough. It’s tough to play against them.” The Seahawks have allowed just 37 points in three games, ranking them second in that category. San Francis- co’s 18 points last week are the most Seattle has given up this season, so Carroll’s crew is stingy, as usual. That doesn’t mean the Sea- hawks, playing at MetLife Sta- dium for the irst time since winning the Super Bowl in 2014, are taking anything for granted against the Jets. “Very impressive so far,” Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett said of New York. “Brandon Marshall is a irst-ballot Hall of Famer. Matt Forte is a Hall of Famer, too, so there are a lot of good play- ers. Ryan Fitzpatrick is doing a great job. Eric Decker always does a great job catching, so this is a very good offensive team.” Here are some other things to know about the Sea- hawks-Jets matchup: RUSSELL’S HUSTLE: Despite spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee last Sunday against San Francisco, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson is expected to start against New York. Carroll said Wilson prac- ticed fully Wednesday and didn’t see any reason, barring a setback, that the QB would be able to play. It’s Wilson’s second sig- niicant injury of the sea- son, though, after spraining an ankle in the opener against Miami. Jets coach Todd Bowles doesn’t anticipate Wil- son changing his style of play in light of the injuries, with New York expecting the Sea- hawks star to still try to make plays with his arm and feet. “No, he’s a tough guy,” Bowles said. “I’m pretty sure he’ll take care of himself.” THE AWAKENING: Christine Michael is going to be Seattle’s primary ball car- rier for the time being — with an opportunity to earn the starting job permanently. Starter Thomas Rawls is out for a few weeks with a cracked ibula in his left leg. But Michael showed he can handle taking on the load last week against San Francisco rushing for 106 yards — his second career 100-yard game — and scoring the irst two touchdowns of his career. But the most impressive part of Michael’s irst three games this season is his 5.2 yards per carry average. “His eyes are wide open and he’s kind of taking every- thing in,” Carroll said. Darian Hageman led Asto- ria with ive kills, followed by Jacqueline Jarrett with three kills and 11 digs. Kira Worwood and Madi Landwehr had nine digs apiece for the Lady Fish- ermen, who host Seaside Tuesday. In other Cowapa League action Thursday, Banks defeated Tillamook in four games, 25-13, 25-21, 15-25, 26-24. Scappoose outlasts Seaside in ive games The Daily Astorian EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have seen the Jets’ ugly game ilm from last week, when Ryan Fitzpat- rick kept throwing the ball to the other team. One interception after the other — six in all for the New York quarterback. Carroll’s not expecting anything close to that type of slopfest on Sunday when the Seahawks (2-1) take on the Jets (1-2). “Well, there’s three games, plus the preseason and last season, and we have all kinds of stuff we’re looking at,” the Seattle coach said. “We’re not looking at just that one. That was an outlier and we’d love to have a game like that ourselves, but that is probably once in a career. We know we’re going to be up against it.” The Jets get the chance to prove they’re more like the well-oiled offense that rolled up 493 yards in a 37-31 win at Buffalo two weeks ago than the mistake-prone unit that struggled in a 24-3 loss at Kan- sas City last Sunday. “That would be crazy if I could sandwich two player of the week (selections) around that awful game,” Fitzpat- rick said, “but that’s (six inter- ceptions ) just something that can’t happen.” New York will be facing a recorded stuff blocks to help OES gradually cut into War- renton’s lead. The game was tied at 17, 19 and 20, before the Aard- varks went on a 4-0 run, high- lighted by two kills from Scott. Warrenton closed to within 24-22, but a net vio- lation on the Warriors gave OES the winning point. In Game 2, Miethe had a kill off a block, then inished a second kill off a set from Bussert for a 15-12 Warren- ton lead. OES rallied behind Scott and some sharp serving, with Matheson-Lieber capping a 6-0 run with two ace serves for the inal two points. A back-and-forth contest in Game 3 had the Warriors in front early, 4-0. OES rallied for a 17-13 lead, but a pair of aces by Lyons helped Warren- ton tie the game at 17-17. That was the last the War- riors saw of the Aardvarks, however, as OES sophomore Noelani Johnson had four consecutive ace serves to help her team inish the game on an 8-3 run. Miethe led the Warriors with nine kills to go with six digs, while Bussert had 13 digs and 14 assists for War- renton, which hosts De La Salle at 2 p.m. Saturday, fol- lowed by a home match vs. Riverdale Tuesday. Valiants sweep at the Brick House Braves score 1-0 shutout over Astoria The Daily Astorian THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 Scappoose won a mara- thon volleyball match at Sea- side Thursday night, 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 9-25, 15-12. The Gulls rallied from a two-games-to-none deicit to send the Cowapa League match to a ifth game, won by the Indians. “The irst two sets we struggled to get any momen- tum going, due to our unforced errors,” said Sea- side coach Angie Huntsman. “We fought hard in set three and we inally started to play our game. “By the fourth set we were on ire, playing the way we’re capable of,” she said of Seaside’s 16-point win in Game 4. “When we play aggressive we are capa- ble of competing at a high level.” Scappoose started out Game 5 strong with a kill on the outside, “and it was a bat- tle back and forth from that point on,” Huntsman said. “We needed to stay more aggressive with our serving in the ifth set. That would have made a difference.” Maddi Utti led the Gulls’ offensive attack with 27 kills and a .444 hitting per- centage. Alyssia Gonzales added 13 kills and Tori Tom- lin inished with seven kills. Gonzales also had 14 digs, Lucy Bodner added 11 digs, and Jetta Ideue and Utti each had nine digs, while Anna Huddleston served up six aces. Cheesemakers win irst-place showdown The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Til- lamook boys soccer team scored a big road win Thurs- day night at Broadway Field, where the Cheesemakers upended Seaside 2-1 in a irst-place, Cowapa League showdown. Tillamook improves to 3-0 in league play, while the Gulls drop to 1-1-2. The Gulls will try to recover on the road, with games at Scappoose next Thursday and at Astoria Oct. 11. Astoria Meanwhile, Astoria took a break from league play Thursday and hosted Class 3A Taft for a nonleague boys soccer game at Volunteer Field. And the No. 11-ranked (3A/2A/1A) Tigers left town with a 3-0 win over the Fish- ermen, who fall to 3-4 overall. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Football — Seaside at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Corbett, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7 p.m.; Il- waco at South Bend, 7 p.m.; Jew- ell at Crow, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Football — Naselle at Mary M. Knight, 1 p.m. Volleyball — De La Salle at Warrenton, 2 p.m.
