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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017
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Fishermen cruise past Lancers, 13-3
The Daily Astorian
Scoreless after their first two
at-bats, the Astoria Fishermen scored
12 runs in the last three Monday after-
noon, in a 13-3, five-inning blowout
over South Umpqua at CMH Field, on
Day 1 of the Astoria Tournament.
Astoria had 10 hits, four for extra
bases off the winless (0-5) Lancers.
Leadoff batter Cade O’Brien had a
double and scored three times; Fridtjof
Fremstad was 3-for-3 with two RBIs
and two runs scored; Kyle Strange had
a triple, scored three runs and drove in
three more; and Trey Hageman was
2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
That was more than enough for
Astoria starter Jackson Arnsdorf, who
struck out nine with one walk, and
allowed just four hits in five innings.
Arnsdorf threw 81 pitches (54 for
strikes), while South Umpqua pitch-
ers Johnathan Warner and Justin York
combined for nine walks.
After opening the season with a
loss to North Marion, the Fishermen
(3-1) have won three straight. Astoria
plays Madison (0-3) at 5 p.m. today,
and finishes the tournament Wednes-
day against Yamhill-Carlton, which
has yet to play a game.
Oregon women make
it Elite Eight and out
By DOUG FEINBERG
Associated Press
The Daily Astorian
PILOT ROCK — Pilot Rock
scored five runs in the first inning,
on its way to an 11-1 win over
Knappa Monday, as the Loggers
opened a seven games-in-four
days road trip in eastern Oregon.
Jaden Miethe had the lone hit
for the Loggers, an RBI single,
while Knappa pitcher Madelynn
Weaver allowed five hits and two
walks with five strikeouts.
The Loggers return to action
today with games against Burns
and Grant Union, in the Riverside/
Irrigon Round Robin Tournament.
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — The Seat-
tle Seahawks continue to stockpile
linebackers, bringing back Dewey
McDonald and signing free agent
Terence Garvin.
The signings were listed on
the NFL transaction report Mon-
day. McDonald was an exclusive
rights free agent who was a special
teams standout last season for the
Seahawks. McDonald appeared
in a career-high 14 regular-season
games and was second on the team
in special teams tackles.
After spending his first three
seasons with Pittsburgh, Garvin
appeared in 16 games last season
for Washington. He had 16 tackles.
Seattle has signed four line-
backers in the past week, looking
to add depth at the position behind
starters K.J. Wright and Bobby
Wagner.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Connecticut’s Katie Lou Samuelson, left, defends against Oregon’s Lexi Bando, right,
during the first half of a regional final game in the NCAA women’s college basketball
tournament Monday in Bridgeport, Conn. UConn soundly defeated the Ducks, 90-52.
TODAY
Baseball — Madison at Astoria (CMH),
5 p.m.
Softball — (At Irrigon HS) Knappa vs.
Burns, 1 p.m.; Knappa vs. Grant Union,
4:30 p.m.
Seagulls Spring Break Tourney
Today’s Schedule
11 am: Astoria vs. Cottage Grove
1 pm: Jefferson vs. Seaside
3 pm: Valley Catholic vs. Ilwaco
5 pm: Valley Catholic vs. Seaside
7 pm: Warrenton vs. Astoria
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — Yamhill-Carlton at Astoria
(CMH), 1 p.m.
Softball — Knappa at Riverside, 10
a.m.; Knappa at Irrigon, 3:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
Astoria 13, South Umpqua 3
S.Umpqua
001 20—3 4 2
Astoria
005 35—13 10 2
Warner, York (4) and Cross; Arnsdorf
and Gohl. W: Arnsdorf. L: Warner. RBI:
SU, York, Pence, Cross; Ast, Strange
3, Hageman 3, Matthews 2, Fremstad
2, O’Brien, Gohl. 2B: Ast, Matthews,
O’Brien, Hageman. 3B: Ast, Strange.
LOB: South Umpqua 4, Astoria 5.
SOFTBALL
Warrenton 15, Cottage Grove 0
C.Grove
000 00—0 3 2
Warrenton
267 0x—15 10 0
WP: Niqui Blodgett (7 K’s, 3 walks). LP:
Taylor (1 K, 8 walks). RBI: War, Ramsey
3, Miethe 2, Kapua 2, Duncan 2, Bussert
2, Little, Dyer. 2B: War, Blodgett. 3B: War,
Ramsey 2. HR: War, Miethe, Bussert.
HBP: War, Blodgett. LOB: Cottage Grove
5, Warrenton 4.
UP NEXT: UCONN HUSKIES
• UCONN Huskies (36-0)
vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (33-4)
• Friday, 7 p.m. TV: ESPN2
Rockets rock
Lady Loggers
Seahawks
continue to
add depth
UConn heads to its
10th straight Final 4
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Everything
UConn lost to graduation made another Final
Four even more special for Geno Auriemma
and his Huskies.
Napheesa Collier scored 28 points, Gabby
Williams had 25 and the Huskies advanced to
the national semifinals for the 10th straight year
with a 90-52 victory against Oregon on Mon-
day night.
“There were a lot of question marks going
into the season and maybe they didn’t have any
in their own minds,” Auriemma said. “They
seemed to answer every single one of those
questions. They deserve to be in the Final Four.
They earned it.”
The Huskies’ 111th consecutive victory
moved Auriemma past Pat Summitt for the
most NCAA Tournament wins. Auriemma now
has 113 and counting.
Next up for top-seeded UConn (36-0) is
Mississippi State on Friday night in Dallas. It is
just two wins away from a fifth consecutive title
and 12th overall.
“It means a whole lot, especially with this
group because no one thought we’d be here and
we worked so hard this year,” said Collier, who
earned most outstanding player of the region
honors.
The Huskies jumped all over 10th-seeded
Oregon (23-14), stopping its impressive run
through the tourney.
Leading 6-4, UConn scored 17 straight
points. Saniya Chong got the game-chang-
ing burst started with consecutive 3-pointers.
Nearly 4 1/2 minutes later she capped the burst
with a layup that made it 23-4.
Oregon closed to 34-21 midway through the
second quarter, but UConn put the game away
by scoring 15 of the final 18 points of the half.
“They’ve owned the whole month of March,
they weren’t just along for the ride,” Auriemma
said. “It’s theirs and that’s a huge step. That’s a
big step to go from riding in the backseat on a
trip you’re going to, to all of a sudden you’re in
charge of driving the bus you’re responsible for
getting us there.”
With Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and
Moriah Jefferson gone to the WNBA, UConn
has a new trio leading the way. Collier and fel-
low sophomore Katie Lou Samuelson were
honored as AP All-Americans on Monday, with
Williams, a junior, making the second team.
Oregon also has a bright future. Coach Kelly
Graves’ team is led by outstanding freshmen
Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard and Mallory
McGwire. The trio averaged 36.8 points com-
bined this season. Ionescu led the way against
UConn with 15 points.
The Ducklings upset seventh-seeded Tem-
ple, No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Maryland to get
to the Elite Eight for the first time in program
history.
“I just think all of it is part of the process,”
Graves said. “A run like this will make it easier
to motivate our team in the offseason.”
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Oregon head coach Kelly Graves looks out has his team as Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu (20)
walks off the court during a time out in second half of a regional final game against Con-
necticut in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament Monday in Bridgeport, Conn.
Warrenton 7, Valley Catholic 4
Valley C.
031 000—4 5 1
Warrenton
122 011—7 9 2
WP: Niqui Blodgett (7 K’s, 5 walks). LP:
Zoe Burridge (1 K, 2 walks). RBI: VC,
Van Vleet, Hardy; War, Miethe 2, Little,
Kapua, Ramsey, Duncan, Bue. 2B: VC,
Burridge, Hardy; War, Blodgett, Bussert.
3B: War, Little. HR: War, Miethe. LOB:
Valley Catholic 5, Warrenton 4.
NFL owners approve Raiders’ move to Las Vegas, so what now?
By BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
PHOENIX — Sometime in the not
distant future, they will become the Las
Vegas Raiders.
Until then, likely in 2020, Mark
Davis’ team belongs to Oakland. Well,
sort of.
NFL owners approved the Raid-
ers’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the
league meetings Monday. Miami was
the lone dissenter. Davis insisted the
club his father, Hall of Fame owner Al
Davis, built into a champion — in Oak-
land and Los Angeles — should still
be considered a part of the Bay Area
community.
“I wouldn’t use the term lame duck,”
Davis insisted. “We’re still the Raiders
and we represent Raider Nation.
“There will be disappointed fans,
and it’s important for me to talk to them
to explain why and how.”
As he does so, he also can address
what is ahead for a team that, on the
field, clearly is on the rise. Yet, ques-
tions abound how much support the
Raiders can possibly retain in what is
now a temporary home.
“My emotions are mixed,” said
coach Jack Del Rio, a Bay Area native.
“While I’m sad for family and friends
and fans in the Oakland area, I also
recognize the tremendous opportunity
going forward for our organization.
That being said, my mission remains
the same. To lead this team here and
now. Players and coaches need to
understand their defined roles. We all
need to bring positive energy every-
day as we focus on things that we can
control.”
What they can’t control is commu-
nity reaction in a place where devotion
to the Raiders during their Oakland
years — they spent 1982-94 in Los
Angeles — has been admirable. Even
during all the losing between their last
Super Bowl appearance, for the 2002
season, and their next winning record,
which came last year, the Black Hole
gang has been dedicated.
“All the Raiders fans my age, no
way you can do it,” said Ivan Davis,
a fan of the team for a half-century.
“Anyone who lived through the first
one will not support them. The older
Raiders fans, you lost them forever.
The ones who gave their life blood to
you, you lost them forever.”
There will be new fans, of course,
in a new locale, a place no one imag-
ined the NFL venturing to just a few
years ago.