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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Lady Loggers
defeat Pirates
Astoria softball
storms back for
18-8 win
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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
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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
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Astoria senior pitcher Jackson Arnsdorf had another solid outing on the mound Tuesday.
Matthews drives Astoria
past Valiants in 8-2 win
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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.
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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
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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
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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.