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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
(FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 27-APRIL 1)
KENZ
RAMSEY
Warrenton
KYLE
STRANGE
Astoria
he Lady Warriors were the only team to go 3-0 in last week’s Seaside
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Spring Break Tournament at Broadway Field, where a couple of Warren-
ton freshmen wreaked havoc on opposing pitching. In back-to-back wins over
he Fishermen had three wins in three days vs. South Umpqua (13-3),
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Madison (4-2) and Yamhill-Carlton (20-3), with Strange leading Asto-
ria’s off ensive attack. He began the week by going 2-for-3 with three RBIs,
4A teams Cottage Grove (15-0) and Astoria (11-0), Kenz Ramsey was a com-
bined 4-for-7 at the plate, with six RBIs. She had two triples in the victory over
the Lions. For the tournament, Warrenton’s No. 9 hitter had fi ve hits and seven
RBIs. Freshman teammate Natalie Duncan was a combined 5-for-6 with three
RBIs and fi ve runs scored in wins over Cottage Grove and Astoria, with two
doubles against the Fishermen.
three runs scored and a triple against South Umpqua; went 1-for-2 with a run
scored vs. Madison; and fi nished with a 3-for-3 eff ort against Yamhill-Carlton,
with four RBIs, three runs scored, two steals, a double and a walk. After over-
coming a severe leg injury during the football season, Strange currently leads
Astoria with a .650 batting average, with team highs in RBIs (10), runs scored
(11) and on-base percentage (.741).
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Knappa at Clatskanie, 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Baseball — Scappoose at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Valley Catho-
lic at Seaside, 5 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Clatskanie, 4:30 p.m.
Track — Astoria at Banks, 3:30 p.m.; Seaside/Scap-
poose at Tillamook, 3:30 p.m.; Lewis & Clark League Pre-
view, at Riverdale, 3:30 p.m.
Boys Golf — Seaside at Astoria, 2 p.m.
Girls Golf — Seaside at Valley Catholic, Noon
FRIDAY
Baseball — Woodland (WA) at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Tilla-
mook at Warrenton, 4 p.m.
SATURDAY
Track — Daily Astorian Invitational, at Seaside, 10 a.m.
Baseball — Warrenton at Monroe (2), Noon; Knappa at
Taft, 2 p.m.
Softball — Knappa at Taft, 2 p.m.
BASEBALL
Astoria 4, Scappoose 2
Astoria
010 002 1—4 10 1
Scappoose 000 101 0—2 2 1
Arnsdorf, Fremstad (6) and Gohl; Travis, Searle (6), To-
man (7), Margheim (7) and Gill. W: Arnsdorf. L: Travis. S:
Fremstad. RBI: Ast, Matthews, O’Brien, Englund; Sca, Hol-
mason 2. 2B: Sca, Holmason. HBP: Ast, Tuimato 2. LOB:
Astoria 10, Scappoose 3.
Lynch visits Raiders
amid talk of comeback
By JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
ALAMEDA, Calif. —
Retired running back Marshawn
Lynch visited the Oakland
Raiders on Wednesday as he
decides whether to come back
to the NFL and the team decides
whether it wants to acquire the
hometown favorite.
A person familiar with the
visit says Lynch came to the
facility to meet with Raiders
offi cials. The person spoke on
condition of anonymity because
the visit wasn’t announced by
the team. The visit was fi rst
reported by recently retired Indi-
anapolis punter Pat McAfee,
who now writes for Barstool
Sports.
Seahawks general manager
John Schneider told a Seat-
tle radio station that he has dis-
cussed a deal to send Lynch to
Oakland with Raiders general
manager Reggie McKenzie in
case Lynch does come out of
retirement.
“We’ve had dialogue about
it,” Schneider told KIRO-AM.
“Marshawn is trying to fi gure
things out, the Raiders are trying
to fi gure things out. My under-
standing is that if he would want
to come back and play that it
would be for the Raiders and
that would be it.”
Lynch retired following the
2015 season. The Seahawks
still hold his rights but would be
unlikely to want to pay his $9
million for this year if he decides
to comeback. Schneider says he
doesn’t anticipate any diffi cul-
ties trading Lynch to Oakland
because of his long history with
McKenzie, who worked with
him for years in Green Bay.
“I think it’s one that will go
in a smooth manner because of
our relationship,” Schneider told
the station.
The Raiders have a need for a
power running back after losing
Latavius Murray in free agency.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
US women’s soccer
team gets new deal
Associated Press
The U.S. women’s national team
believes its new contract is both fair
and good for the future of the sport.
The U.S. Soccer Federation and
the team’s union announced Wednes-
day that a labor deal had been struck
to settle an at times contentious dispute
in which the players sought equitable
wages to their male counterparts.
The collective bargaining agree-
ment runs through 2021, meaning the
players will be under contract through
the 2019 World Cup in France and the
2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The women will receive raises in
base pay and bonuses as well as better
provisions for travel.
JEWELL BLUE JAYS • SPRING SPORTS 2017
Blue Jays’ track and field looking strong
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ime to get familiar with
T Because
the Jewell track team.
for the most part,
this year’s Jewell track team
will look much the same as
next year’s team.
Of the 20 athletes who have
competed the fi rst month of
the 2017 season, the Blue Jays
have just one senior on the ros-
ter, with six juniors, six sopho-
mores and seven freshmen.
And don’t be fooled by
Jewell’s youth — head coach
Joe Kaczenski has some legit-
imate, proven talent back for
a big season of Blue Jay track
and fi eld.
The Jewell boys were seri-
ous title contenders in the
Casco/Valley 10 League a
year ago, fi nishing third in the
district meet behind South-
west Christian and Damascus
Christian.
Jewell placed fi fth on the
girls’ side, behind Damascus
Christian, Perrydale, St. Ste-
phen’s Academy and South-
west Christian.
The Jewell boys will no
doubt get most of their points
from senior Sean Hinson and
junior Ben Stahly, coming off
tremendous 2016 seasons.
Stahly fi nished fourth in
the district 100 meters, fourth
in the 200 meters, sixth in the
high jump, and ran the anchor
leg for the 400-meter relay
squad, teaming with Trys-
tan Silva, Hinson and Dallas
Ritchie to fi nish second behind
St. Stephen’s.
Thomas Meehan is another
strong junior, fresh off a fourth
place fi nish in last year’s 800-
meter fi nal at districts, where
he added a fi fth-place showing
Photos by Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian
LEFT: Distance runners are used to the wet and Jewell sophomore Daniel Kuhnly had plen-
ty of that at practice Wednesday. MIDDLE: Tall and fast, Jewell sophomore Jacob Lilley is
built for the pole vault event. Wednesday he practiced sprints with the pole. RIGHT: Jewell
freshman Aspen Searls works on sprints during a typically rainy track practice Wednesday.
in the 3,000-meters; and sopho-
more Jacob Lilley is hoping to
climb the ranks in the Casco’s
hurdle events.
Hinson is the lone Jewell
senior, and should be strong
again in the throws after taking
second in league and qualify-
ing for state in both the discus
and javelin, placing seventh in
the discus.
Other athletes on the boys
team include junior Zac Han-
ner,
sophomores
Daniel
Kuhnly and Justice Menuey,
and freshmen Carson Littlep-
age, William MacNicoll and
Chase Swearingen.
The Lady Blue Jays — with
no seniors — have a talented
junior class returning, with
Emma Guillen, Gabi Morales
and Emma Sadtler; an equally
promising sophomore group
that includes Lily Kaczenski,
Sophie Olvera and Chey-
enne Stapleton; and freshmen
Amber DeWees, Patience Gon-
zalez, Nedi Morales and Aspen
Searls.
Gabi Morales is the league’s
defending champion in the 300-
meter hurdles (taking seventh at
state), and she also placed sec-
ond in league and qualifi ed for
state in the 100-meter hurdles.
She also qualifi ed for state
in the high jump, clearing
4-feet-4 for second in the dis-
trict meet.
Look for Kaczenski to add
points in the javelin and the
triple jump, where she fi fth in
league last year as a freshman.
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