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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF SPORTS IN BRIEF Lady Loggers defeat Pirates Astoria softball storms back for 18-8 win The Daily Astorian ROCKAWAY BEACH — Knappa freshman Madelynn Weaver was a one-player wreck- ing crew Tuesday afternoon at Neah-Kah-Nie, in a 7-2 Logger victory over the Pirates in North- west League softball action. The Loggers were 1-10 in non- league action, but will be one of the favorites in the Northwest League, as they snapped a nine- game losing skid with the win over the Pirates. Weaver was the winning pitcher, allowing just two hits with five strikeouts and no walks, and she hit a two-run homer at the plate. Teammate Kaitlyn Truax was 2-for-4 with a double, and Hannah Hellberg added a two-run double for the Loggers, who are sched- uled to play a doubleheader Fri- day at Neah-Kah-Nie. Braves beat Gulls The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Banks scored 12 runs in its first at-bat, and led 22-1 after three innings Tuesday, in a 28-2 Cowapa League softball win over Seaside at Broadway Field. The Braves collected 21 hits in just five at-bats, and took advan- tage of 10 Seaside errors, while pitchers Emma McCourt and Halle Vandomelen combined on a three-hitter, with seven strikeouts and one walk. Banks had doubles by McCourt, Kaylin Hernandez, Karlie Gerlinger and Mackenzie Davis, a triple by Hernandez and a home run by Davis. Hernandez led the Braves’ offensive attack, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and five runs scored. Jetta Ideue had a hit and scored a run for the Lady Gulls. McFadden pitches Gulls past Tillamook The Daily Astorian Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Astoria senior pitcher Jackson Arnsdorf had another solid outing on the mound Tuesday. Matthews drives Astoria past Valiants in 8-2 win The Daily Astorian UP NEXT: FISHERMEN With Tapiola Park still unplay- able Tuesday, the Astoria base- ball team returned to their backup home field once again, the place where the Fishermen have played eight of their nine games this sea- son. Which is just fine with them. The Fishermen have now won seven straight at Columbia Memo- rial Field, their home turf until Aiken Field dries out. And Astoria scored its latest win on the artificial surface, an 8-2 Cowapa League victory over Valley Catholic. After the Valiants stunned Astoria with a game-tying home run in the top of the fifth, the Fish- ermen answered the way they usu- ally do, with six runs in the bottom of the fifth. Astoria pitcher Jackson Arns- dorf had a no-hitter through four innings, before the Valiants had their lone hit off the senior right- hander, a two-run homer by fresh- man Daniel Pruitt that tied the • Astoria Fishermen at Valley Catholic Valiants • Thursday, 5 p.m. game at 2-2. Astoria’s hot bat on Tuesday belonged to Burke Matthews, No. 1 on the roster but the No. 9 hitter in the lineup. The sophomore had a run-scor- ing double in the second inning, and led off the bottom of the fifth with the second of his three dou- bles on the day. Matthews took third on a balk call, Cade O’Brien drew a four- pitch walk, and Ole Englund was hit by a pitch to load the bases. And Matthews scored what turned out to be the eventual game-winner, as Fritz Fremstad drew another walk with the bases full, forcing in Matthews with the go-ahead run. And the rally was just getting started. Kyle Strange followed with a two-run double to right; Trey Hageman lined a one-out single to center to score two runs; Jasyn Gohl reached on a single to right; and Matthews capped the inning with another double to left, scor- ing Hageman with Astoria’s eighth run. After the Valiants had tied the game, “we did a nice job of responding,” said Astoria coach Dave Gasser. “We seem to come right back whenever we have a bad inning, and still manage to win the inning.” Fremstad pitched the final two innings for the Fishermen, as he combined with Arnsdorf on a three-hitter, with eight strikeouts and two walks. Three Valley Catholic pitchers walked five with one strikeout. Astoria is scheduled to play on the road for just the second time this season Thursday, a single game at Valley Catholic. The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Seaside’s Gage McFadden pitched a solid six- plus innings Tuesday at Broadway Field, leading the Gulls to an 8-3 win over Tillamook in a Cowapa League baseball contest. Brent Walsh came on in relief and recorded the final four outs for Seaside, which improves to 4-6-1 overall, while the Cheesemakers fall to 1-7. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Gaston at Warrenton, 4 p.m. Softball — Winlock at Ilwaco, 4 p.m. BASEBALL Astoria 8, Valley Catholic 2 V.Catholic 000 020 0—2 3 0 Astoria 020 060 x—8 8 1 Rapp, Nakamura (5), Schultheis (6) and Pruitt; Arnsdorf, Fremstad (6) and Gohl. W: Arnsdorf. L: Rapp. S: Frems- tad. RBI: VC, Pruitt 2; Ast, Matthews 2, Strange 2, Hageman 2, Arnsdorf, Frem- stad. 2B: VC, Agnew; Ast, Matthews 3, Strange. HR: VC, Pruitt. HBP: VC, Na- kamura; Ast, Englund. LOB: Valley Cath- olic 3, Astoria 5. DP: Valley Catholic. SOFTBALL Astoria 18, Tillamook 8 Tillamook 310 31—8 10 2 Astoria 201 (15)x—18 15 0 WP: Julia Norris (3 K’s, 4 walks). LP: Lili Vogel (0 K’s, 4 walks). RBI: Til, Reeves 2, Donaldson 2, Johnson, Leon; Ast, Rog- ers 2, Danen 2, Hankwitz 2, Barendse 2, Ranta, Lyngstad. 2B: Til, Reeves 2, Tuatagaloa, Leon; Ast, Ranta 2, Danen 2, Barendse 2, Rogers. 3B: Ast, Rogers, Hankwitz. HR: Til, Donaldson. HBP: Ast, Norris. LOB: Tillamook 4, Astoria 4. Banks 28, Seaside 2 Banks (12)28 33—28 21 1 Seaside 001 10—2 3 10 WP: Emma McCourt (4 K’s, 0 walks). LP: Meyer (0 K’s, 4 walks). RBI: Ban, Hernandez 3, Schorn 2, Gerlinger 2, Davis 2, Snyder 2, H.McCourt 2, Wise 2, Rogers, Shaw, E.McCourt, Vanloo, Storms; Sea, Meyer. 2B: Ban, E.Mc- Court, Hernandez, Gerlinger, Davis. 3B: Ban, Hernandez. HR: Ban, Davis. HBP: Ban, Schorn, Davis. LOB: Banks 7, Sea- side 2. O’Brien returns to coach Warrior football By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The Warren- ton Warriors are turning back the clock with a couple of new coaching hires. Athletic Director Robert Hoepfl announced this week that Ian O’Brien has been hired as the Warriors’ varsity football coach, while Staci Miethe will take over as head coach of the Warren- ton varsity volleyball team. O’Brien previously coached War- renton football from 2012-14, while Miethe was both a player (all-league in 1985), and an assistant coach in vol- leyball for the Warriors. Miethe will take over for Jim Hack- with, who had replaced Jenny Smith after the 2015 season. Meanwhile, it’s the fourth coach in four years for Warrenton football (third if you count O’Brien in 2014). The Warriors were winless (0-9) in 2016, and have not had a winning record in league play since 2010. They forfeited their last game of the 2016 season at Rainier because of injuries and a lack of players. O’Brien left Warrenton when he was hired as athletic director at Laker- idge High School, where he will remain through June. “Two-and-a-half years ago, we were real excited about this opportu- nity at Lakeridge,” O’Brien said of he and wife, Dani (Cederberg) O’Brien, a Warrenton graduate. “We had the Ian O’Brien Staci Miethe opportunity to come and work and live in the big city.” And now, with three children ages 10, 2 and 1, “we feel the best place for us is a smaller community,” he said. “I’m real excited to get back, and Dani is super-thrilled about going back to Warrenton. We’ve never lost our love for the community.” O’Brien’s last coaching job was with Warrenton football. “I miss coaching in general,” he said. “You can have such a big impact on kids at that age, and I miss that. With 1,100 kids (at Lakeridge), I have a solid friendship with just a handful.” And now, O’Brien is looking for- ward to the challenge of rebuilding a program that has not seen the post-sea- son since 2012. “My No. 1 goal is getting kids out, getting them excited about sports, and then retaining the numbers so that they stay out,” he said. “If you can get them excited about sports and working out in the weight room, the success will take care of itself.” O’Brien said his coaching staff will include names familiar to Warrenton faithful — Craig Horton, Mike Larsen, Nate McBride and Jake Mullins. As for the Warrenton football pro- gram itself, “you have to start with the foundation. You have to build from the ground up, you can’t start with the roof. And they’ve got a lot of young athletes right now, with freshmen/sophomores as the base in a lot of sports. “So No. 1, we have to get the kids out, and No. 2, have enough to put two teams on the field,” he said, meaning a junior varsity program. “No one wants to cancel games — that’s the last resort of what you want to do.” The Warrenton volleyball pro- gram, meanwhile, will be in good hands with Miethe, who is completely familiar with Warrior volleyball, hav- ing watched daughter Landree play the last four years. “Staci has been a huge part of War- renton athletics for over a decade,” Hoepfl said. “Not only has she served as the head softball coach for over a decade, but she has also been an assis- tant in basketball and volleyball.” Miethe “has consistently shown the ability to relate to her athletes, get the most out of them and the knowl- edge needed to build a great culture,” he added. “We are very lucky to have coach Miethe serving as the head vol- leyball coach, and we look forward to her leading the Lady Warriors going forward.” Country Christian defeats Warriors in 4-3 win The Daily Astorian MOLALLA — A two-out base hit in the bottom of the seventh gave Country Christian a 4-3 win over War- renton Tuesday, in a nonleague base- ball game at Molalla. It was only the third game of the season for the Warriors, who have seen the field just four times this season. Warrenton rallied to tie the game in the sixth inning, before the Cou- gars — playing their 10th game — pushed across the game-winner in the seventh. Warrior pitchers Jacob Morrow, Devin Jackson and Gabe Breitmeyer combined to give up seven hits with seven strikeouts and five walks. Morrow had two of Warrenton’s six hits, and Derek Ham added a double. The Warriors are scheduled to host a nonleague game with Gaston today. Astoria trailed 7-3 after 3 1/2 innings, but a 15-run rally by the Lady Fishermen in the bottom of the fourth led an easy 18-8 win over Tillamook Tuesday at CMH Field. After three straight losses to teams from the Class 3A Lewis & Clark League, Astoria had no prob- lem against Tillamook, pounding 15 hits off three Cheesmaker pitch- ers, to go with seven walks. The Lady Fish had nine extra- base hits, including two doubles apiece for Hailey Ranta, Abi Danen and Jenna Barendse, and triples by McKailyn Rogers and Brooklynn Hankwitz. Eight of Astoria’s nine batters in the lineup had hits, including a 3-for-3 effort for Lexx Lyngstad. Rylee DeMander was 2-for-2 and drew two walks, with four steals and four runs scored. Ranta scored three runs for Astoria, while Julia Norris pitched a complete game for the Fishermen, allowing 10 hits with three strikeouts and four walks. Loggers blank the Pirates The Daily Astorian ROCKAWAY BEACH — Knappa broke open a scoreless game with three runs in the fourth inning, then tacked on six runs in the fifth to pull away in a 10-0 win over Neah-Kah-Nie Tuesday, in a Northwest League baseball opener at Rockaway Beach. The Loggers — who were the home team — had just nine hits, but took advantage of 11 walks and one hit batter. Reuben Cruz, Jason Miller and Kaleb Miller all went 2-for-4 to lead the Loggers. Jason Miller had three RBIs, a double and three steals, while Kaleb Miller and Cruz each added a double. Dale Takalo was the winning pitcher, allowing just one hit with six strikeouts and a walk, before giving way to Mason Hoover, who struck out two with no walks in the final inning-and-a-third. Knappa returns to Neah-Kah- Nie for a doubleheader Friday. Ex-Oregon Ducks coach says no contest Associated Press EUGENE — A former assis- tant football coach at the Univer- sity of Oregon pleaded no con- test to a charge of driving while intoxicated. David Reaves, 38, entered the plea Monday and must complete a court-ordered diversion program in his home state of Florida. The drunken-driving charge will be dis- missed if he completes the diver- sion program. The Regis- ter-Guard reports (https://is.gd/ CA0tDW ) that Reaves declined comment fol- lowing his court appearance in David Reaves Eugene. City prose- cutors agreed to dismiss a charge of recklessly endangering another person. Reaves came to Oregon this year to serve as the Ducks’ co-of- fensive coordinator and tight ends coach. He was arrested Jan. 22 — five days after his hiring was announced. Reaves resigned as university officials were in the process of ter- minating his contract. His lawyer, Hugh Duvall, said in court Monday that Reaves has endured difficulties because of the arrest. “He’s (living) back at his home in Tampa, and still in the process of putting pieces back together after this circumstance,” Duvall told Municipal Judge Gregory Gill.
