SPORTS
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Astoria runners win at Ilwaco
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.