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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
(FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 3- 8)
NATALIE
CUMMINGS
Astoria
TYLER
WHITAKER
Warrenton
he Astoria senior had a fi eld day on the track in the annual Daily Asto-
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rian Invitational April 8. Cummings won the 100 meters in 13.33 sec-
onds; took fi rst in the 200 meters in 28.42; then ran legs on both winning relay
he Warrenton senior had a busy day in the Daily Astorian Invitational,
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just running back and forth between events. Competing against mostly
athletes from the Class 4A level, he won two fi eld events, leaping 19 feet, 1
squads. The week before, Cummings accepted a full-ride scholarship to run
track at Portland State University.
¾ inches to take the long jump, and 39-7 for fi rst place in the triple jump. In
between, Whitaker fi nished second in the 400 meters in a personal best 56.97
seconds, fi nishing just behind Seaside’s Juneau Meyer (56.22); and took third
in the 200, in 25.30.
Astoria tops Knappa
in Babe Ruth Baseball
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Astoria (J.J. Neikes) scored
a 4-3 win over Knappa in Babe
Ruth Baseball Wednesday at
CMH Field, running their sea-
son record to 2-0.
Tied 3-3 in the bottom of
the sixth with the bases loaded,
Astoria catcher Isaak Dunaway
put the ball in play and man-
aged to drive in the winning run.
Pitchers were backed up by
stellar defense.
Astoria opened the season
with a 7-4 win over Naselle,
Washington, last week, allow-
ing just one hit through fi ve
innings, before Naselle rallied
in the top of the sixth with a
ground rule double and a two-
run throwing error.
Submitted Photo
Astoria’s Babe Ruth Baseball team (J.J. Neikes), following a 4-3 win over Knappa Wednesday at CMH Field.
Stutznegger wins fi rst drag-racing event Greyhounds outlast
the Warriors, 10-6
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WOODBURN — Asto-
ria’s Jeff Stutznegger took
fi rst place in the High School
Division in a drag racing
event April 1 at the Woodburn
Dragstrip.
Stutznegger faced Devon
Dixon of Sweet Home in the
fi nal round. Not only was it the
fi rst event of the season for the
high school class, but it was
the fi rst time Stutznegger had
ever raced.
Earlier,
Stutznegger
defeated Jake Meithoff and
Caleb Winn, while Dixon
eliminated Austin Varner and
earned a single in Round 2.
In the fi nals, both drivers
broke out and Dixon turned on
the dreaded red light (left the
start line before the green light
was given), giving the win to
Stutznegger.
Driving a 1978 Sunbird,
Stutznegger ran a .353 RT,
12.33 dial, 12.360 estimated
time at 106.90 miles per hour.
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Submitted Photo
Jeff Stutznegger in his 1978 Sunbird.
Athletes receive Westerholm scholarships
Other area athletes
sign letters of intent
imum cumulative GPA of 3.50,
and having earned at least one all-
league honor in varsity athletics in the
Cowapa League.
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College signings
Three student-athletes received scholar-
ships at the Westerholm Scholarship Ban-
quet, held April 5 at the Astoria Elks Lodge.
The awards are named in honor of long-
time Seaside High School teacher, coach
and Athletic Director Jerry Westerholm .
The 2017 recipients — Olaf Englund of
Astoria, Anna Klein of Banks and Hunter
Thompson of Seaside — each received a
$500 scholarship.
Minimum requirements to be con-
sidered for the scholarship are a min-
Other senior athletes signed with col-
leges or universities last week to continue
their athletic careers.
Astoria sprinter Natalie Cummings
received a full-ride scholarship to com-
pete in track at Portland State; Astoria’s
Tyler Lyngstad signed to play baseball at
Lower Columbia College; and Seaside
senior Juneau Meyer (soccer and track)
will attend Northwest Christian University
in Eugene, a popular destination for past
Seaside student-athletes.
LETTERS OF INTENT
LOCAL SIGNEES
Astoria
Jackson Arnsdorf, Corban baseball
Natalie Cummings, Portland State track
Abi Danen, Highline softball
Fridtjof Fremstad, Linn-Benton baseball
Keldon Littell, Western Oregon football
Tyler Lyngstad, Lower Columbia baseball
Seaside
Lizzy Barnes, Guilford soccer
Juneau Meyer, NW Christian track
Warrenton
Landree Miethe, Lower Columbia softball
Ilwaco
Zac Tapio, George Fox baseball
WARRENTON — The
Warrenton Warriors cut a
7-0 defi cit to 7-5 with a
chance to tie, but the Gas-
ton Greyhounds managed to
get themselves out of a jam,
then tacked on three runs in a
10-6 win at Huddleston Field
Wednesday.
Both teams had six hits,
while six pitchers combined
for 16 strikeouts and 15
walks in the nonleague base-
ball contest.
Gaston’s three pitchers
struck out nine batters and
walked seven, with starter
Dylan Duckworth picking up
the win.
Three Warrenton pitchers
had control issues at times,
walking eight and hitting
four batters. Starter Kale’o
Kapua took the loss. Devin
Jackson struck out four bat-
ters with one walk in two
innings of relief.
“Kale’o did what he had
to do,” said Warrenton coach
Lennie Wolfe, “we just
gave up more than we could
afford. (Kapua) ate up some
innings for us, but we had
some errors and didn’t make
some plays that we needed
to,” part of that being that it
was only Warrenton’s fourth
game of the season.
Both teams also had
plenty of base runners —
the Greyhounds had batters
reach base in every inning
except the fourth, and the
Warriors had base runners in
every inning except the fi fth
and seventh.
Gaston stranded eight,
and Warrenton left seven
runners on base.
The Greyhounds scored
twice in their fi rst at-bat, then
added fi ve in the third inning,
scoring two runs on hit bat-
ters with the bases loaded.
Kaleb Adkinson had a
two-run single to highlight
the big rally that gave Gas-
ton a 7-0 advantage.
Warrenton chipped away
at the lead, scoring twice
on bases-loaded walks in
the bottom of the third, and
Austin Little lined a single
to center fi eld in the fourth,
scoring Alec Herrera and
Derek Ham to cut Gaston’s
lead to 7-5.
The Warriors had run-
ners at second and third with
no outs, but the Greyhounds
managed an 8-2 double play
on a fl y-out to center fi eld,
then got out of the inning
without any further damage.
Little had a run-scoring
single in the sixth inning for
Warrenton’s last run, as he
fi nished with three of War-
renton’s six hits, to go with
three RBI s.
SCOREBOARD
Submitted Photos
LEFT: With family members standing behind them, Astoria High seniors Natalie Cummings, left, and Tyler Lyngstad sign
letters of intent at a school assembly. Cummings will attend Portland State. Lyngstad will attend Lower Columbia College.
RIGHT: Coaches including Jeff Kilday (second from left), Neil Branson (second from right) and Frank Januik, right, stand
behind Seaside senior Juneau Meyer, who signed a letter of intent to attend Northwest Christian University in Eugene.
PREP SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
TODAY
Baseball — Valley Catholic at
Astoria, 4 p.m.; Seaside at Tilla-
mook, 5 p.m.; South Bend at Ilwa-
co, 4 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Scap-
poose (2), 4 p.m.; Seaside at Val-
ley Catholic (2), 4 p.m.
Boys Golf — Valley Catholic at
Astoria, 1 p.m.
Girls Golf — Seaside at Scap-
poose, 12:30 p.m.
Gaston 10, Warrenton 6
Gaston
205 003 0—10 6 1
Warrenton 003 201 0—6 6 2
Duckworth, Losey (3), Cullers (5)
and Anderson; Kapua, Jackson (4),
Little (6) and Morrow. W: Duckworth.
L: Kapua. S: Cullers. RBI: Adkinson
2, Losey 2, Lowery 2, Talent, Rich-
ardson; War, Little 3, Jackson, Alc-
obendas. 2B: War, Morrow. HBP:
Gas, Richardson 2, Anderson, Low-
ery; War, Jackson, Morrow. LOB:
Gaston 8, Warrenton 7.