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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Astoria’s Rogers shuts down Mark Morris, 11-5 The Daily Astorian LONGVIEW, Wash. — Asto- ria won for the second time in three days Thursday, with a non- league softball victory at Mark Morris, 11-5. McKailyn Rogers went the dis- tance in the circle for the Lady Fishermen, who broke the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning. Rogers struck out three and allowed seven hits, and she went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Astoria offense. The Fishermen were on the verge of several more big innings, but stranded 14 base runners on the day. Astoria twice loaded the bases with no outs, only to come up empty. Astoria improves to 2-1 over- all, and is scheduled to host R.A. Long today. The Fishermen take part in the Seaside Tournament Monday and Tuesday. In other nonleague softball action Thursday, Corbett defeated the Gulls 11-1 at Broadway Field. Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Warrenton’s Ray Alcobendas takes his turn at bat in Thurs- day’s game versus Nestucca. Warriors lose opener to Nestucca Bobcats The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The clouds parted just long for the field to dry out, and the Warrenton base- ball team finally opened the 2017 season Thursday, as the Warriors hosted Nestucca for a nonleague game at Huddleston Field. With two games under their belt, the Bobcats had a slight advantage coming in, and it showed in a 13-2 Nestucca victory. The Warriors were making their season debut … and it was the high school baseball debut for 10 Warrenton freshmen players. “We looked like we were get- ting our feet wet for the first time, no pun intended,” said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe. “It was wet, but the field conditions weren’t the issue. We were playing on our field for the first time. We had practiced twice on our football field, and that was it.” Still, the Warriors had two runs on two hits in their first at-bat of the day, which included a leadoff bunt single by Jake Morrow, and a two-run single from Austin Little. Wyatt Link got the win for Nestucca, while Morrow — one of five Warrior pitchers on the day — took the loss. Warrenton is scheduled to host a doubleheader with Regis Saturday. Trail Blazers rout Knicks in 110-95 win BY ERIK GARCIA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND — Damian Lil- lard knows what can happen in games like Thursday. So with the New York Knicks sitting Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose, Lillard made sure the Portland Trail Blazers didn’t go easy on the guys who did play. Lillard scored 30 points and the Trail Blazers never trailed in a 110-95 victory. “I know how these games can go,” Lillard said. “You can come out and take for granted that guys like D. Rose and Carmelo are not playing and say, ‘All right this is going to be an easy win.’ I think it was my third year, towards the end of the year, we played Utah and everybody sat out. They came in here and beat us.” With that memory in mind, the Blazers rolled. UP NEXT: BEAVERS • Minnesota Timberwolves (28-42) at Portland Trail Blazers (33-38) • Saturday, 7 p.m. TV: CSNW, FSN SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Astoria at Stayton, 4:30 p.m.; Cascade at Seaside, 4:30 p.m. Softball — R.A. Long at Astoria, 4:30 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Regis at Warrenton (2), 1 p.m. Softball — Seaside at Warrenton (2), Noon Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Warrenton softball pitcher Niqui Blodgett spins a ball toward the plate in Thursday’s win over Nestucca. Warrenton girls score 22 runs on soggy day The Daily Astorian SPORTS IN BRIEF NCAA set to pick title sites, could leave out North Carolina Associated Press WARRENTON — Whenever softball teams from the Northwest League and Lewis & Clark League meet on the field — take the team from Clat- sop County, every time. One day after Knappa pounded Portland Chris- tian, 32-0, the two leagues met on the field again Thursday, as Warrenton hosted Nestucca. And the Warriors led 22-0 after four soggy innings, on their way to an eventual 22-2 win over the outmatched Bobcats. Warrenton pounded out 13 hits in just four at-bats, and scored three or more runs in every inning. The Warriors had several multiple hitters, as Landree Miethe, Niqui Blodgett, Tyla Little, Natalie Duncan and Kenz Ramsey all had two hits apiece. Miethe, Rachel Dyer, Little and Ramsey all scored three runs each, with Dyer and Little driving in three runs apiece. Blodgett did the rest on the mound, as she allowed just four hits with 10 strikeouts and six walks. Miethe led off the game with a triple and scored moments later on a grounder by Dyer, and the War- riors took advantage of three walks and a hit bat- ter later in the inning, scoring two runs on one wild pitch, and scoring a third on another. The Bobcats also committed seven errors, as they drop to 0-3. Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Warrenton coach Staci Miethe, left, sends player (and daughter) Landree Miethe toward the plate for Thursday’s first run in the win over Nestucca. NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT Ducks end Michigan’s run Oregon men face Kansas in Elite 8 matchup Saturday Mariners option 1B Vogelbach to Triple-A Tacoma Associated Press By ERIC OLSON Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyler Dorsey’s teammates call him “Mr. March.” Yeah, that fits. Dorsey scored 20 points and made the go-ahead layup with 1:08 left, and third-seeded Oregon held on to end No. 7 Michigan’s dramatic postseason run with a 69-68 victory in a Midwest Regional semifinal on Thursday night. “We lean on him right now,” the Ducks’ Dylan Ennis said. “He’s play- ing his best basketball, and it’s coming at the right time.” Dorsey’s recent surge has been timely, for sure. He’s scored 20 or more points in six straight games, a stretch that has seen Pac-12 player of the year Dillon Brooks struggle with his shot. Oregon didn’t have the win secured until Derrick Walton Jr., who had car- ried the Wolverines the last three weeks, was off with his long jumper just before the buzzer. For the Ducks (32-5), it’s on to the RALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA will start deciding on loca- tions for its upcoming champion- ships next week and has indicated it will leave North Carolina out of that process if the state hasn’t changed a law that limits LGBT rights by that time. In a statement Thursday, exactly one year to the day after the law was passed, the sports organization said its commit- tees will begin picking champi- onship sites for 2018-22 and will announce those decisions April 18. The statement also noted that “once the sites are selected by the committee, those decisions are final.” The NCAA stated its position has not changed since last fall, when it pulled seven champion- ship events from the state because of the law known as HB2. The law requires transgen- der people to use restrooms at schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from local and statewide anti-discrimination protections. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Oregon guard Tyler Dorsey (5) drives to the basket over Michigan’s D.J. Wilson, left, and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (12) during the second half of a regional semifinal of the NCAA men’s college basket- ball tournament, Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. Elite Eight for the second straight year. For the Wolverines (26-12), it was the end of a wild ride. “The kids fought their hearts out this whole season,” Michigan coach John Beilein said, “but particularly this last six weeks to be more than a story. It was a great team. They were becom- ing a great team before the story. We weren’t sharp as we would have liked to have been today, but you have to credit Oregon with that.” PEORIA, Ariz. — The Seattle Mariners have optioned first base- man Daniel Vogelbach to Triple-A Tacoma, meaning Danny Valencia will be the everyday first baseman when the regular season begins. Seattle made the surprising roster move Thursday. Vogelbach, a left-handed hitter, and Valen- cia, who bats right-handed, had been expected to split time at first depending on pitching matchups. But Vogelbach has struggled in spring training, hitting just .228 and will now start the season in the minors. Vogelbach appeared in just eight games for the Mariners late in the 2016 season. At Triple-A last season, Vogelbach hit .292 with 23 home runs and 96 RBIs in 133 total games. Valencia, another offseason acquisition by Seattle, hit .275 against right-handed pitching last season with Oakland. Taylor Motter will be the backup at first base.
