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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Lady
Fish win
seven
events
Lady Loggers
crush Pirates,
again in DH
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ROCKAWAY BEACH —
Knappa scored 38 runs in two
games Friday, in a 14-6, 24-10
sweep at Neah-Kah-Nie, in
a Northwest League softball
doubleheader.
The first-place Lady Loggers
won all three games in Rockaway
Beach last week, as they improve
to 3-0 in league play, after a 1-10
nonleague season.
Freshman Madelynn Weaver
pitched two complete games for
Knappa, striking out seven with
eight hits allowed in Game 1, nine
hits with two strikeouts in Game
2.
Several Loggers had big
days at the plate, led by
Kaitlyn Truax (6-for-7 on the
day, with two doubles, a triple
and 13 RBIs; Paris Vander-
burg was 5-for-5 in the opener;
Weaver was 2-for-4 with four
RBIs in Game 1, then added five
RBIs with a home run in Game 2;
Aiko Miller had her first double in
Game 1.
“Madelynn pitched well,
we just had a lot of errors,” said
Knappa coach James Nichols.
“Lots of errors. We hope to cor-
rect those things.”
The Lady Loggers (4-10
overall) have a three-game series
this week with winless Nestucca
(0-5).
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Astoria’s Olaf Engund pitches during the third inning of the Fishermen’s game Saturday with Wilson.
Class 6A Wilson tops
Astoria batters, 2-0
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Astoria took a break from
nonleague play Saturday, and
played their first game of the sea-
son at Ernie Aiken Field, where
Class 6A Wilson squeaked past
the Fishermen, 2-0.
Four Astoria pitchers (Olaf
Englund, Trey Hageman, Jack-
son Arnsdorf, Fridtjof Fremstad)
combined to limit Wilson to just
five hits, with eight strikeouts and
three walks. Meanwhile, Wilson
pitcher Cade Conklin went the
distance for the Trojans, allowing
only four hits with seven strike-
outs and two walks.
Wilson scored a run in the
third and tacked on an insurance
run in the top of the seventh for
the only scoring.
Noah Keough had two of Wil-
son’s five hits, while Samboy
Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria second baseman Kyle Strange can’t hang on to the ball
on a steal attempt by Wilson’s Corey Bissonette Saturday.
Tuimato had a second-inning
double and added a single in the
seventh for the Fishermen, who
stranded five baserunners.
Astoria plays a makeup game
today at Valley Catholic.
Rainier wins softball showdown over Warrenton
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Mason Hoover delivers a pitch
during Knappa’s doubleheader
sweep at Neah-Kah-Nie Friday.
Knappa pounds
the Pirates twice
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ROCKAWAY BEACH —
The Knappa Loggers capped off
their three-game series against
Neah-Kah-Nie with two more
blowout victories Friday, 15-1 and
12-2, in Northwest League base-
ball action.
Knappa outscored the Pirates
by a combined 37-3 in the three
games (all played at Rockaway
Beach), as the Loggers prepare
for a three-game series this week
against Nestucca.
The Loggers were pound-
ing the Pirates’ pitching, stealing
bases and playing near-flawless
defense in Friday’s sweep.
Knappa pitchers Michal
Goodman and Mason Hoover
combined on a one-hitter in
Game 1, with five strikeouts.
Hoover entered with the bases
loaded, and the Loggers turned a
double play on the first batter he
faced.
At the plate, Dale Takalo had
two hits with four RBIs and two
steals; Eli Takalo and Andrew
Goozee were both 2-for-4 with
two RBIs each; and the Loggers
led 9-0 after two innings.
It was more of the same in
Game 2, as Eli Takalo and Kaleb
Miller combined on a two-hitter,
with eight strikeouts.
Dale Takalo led the offense,
going 3-for-4 with three runs
scored, two doubles and four sto-
len bases. He also played first
base, shortstop and third base in
the field.
Hoover was 3-for-3 with three
RBIs, two doubles and two runs
scored.
RAINIER — In the much-antici-
pated softball matchup between War-
renton and Rainier, the Columbians
tossed two shutouts at the Warriors
Friday, 11-0 and 10-0 in the Lewis &
Clark League doubleheader at Rainier.
Rainier senior Kami Gray high-
lighted the first game with a grand
slam in the fourth inning, as she fin-
ished 2-for-3 with three runs scored
and five RBIs.
Warrenton had just two hits, both
by Landree Miethe, while Rainier
pitchers Haley Schimmel and Taleah
King combined for seven strikeouts
and two walks.
King and Schimmel combined on
a three-hit shutout in Game 2, striking
out four with no walks.
The Columbians scored six runs in
NBA PLAYOFFS
Rainier sweeps Warrenton boys
Durant shines in Golden State
playoff debut in Game 1 win
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin
Durant patted his chest after two big
baskets in the fourth quarter and let
everybody know “I got this!” Stephen
Curry knocked down a timely base-
line 3-pointer, reached his hand high
and gestured to further ignite a rau-
cous sellout crowd.
On a day Damian Lillard and CJ
McCollum put on a dazzling dis-
play of shot-making for Portland, the
NBA’s top-seeded team of superstars
found its touch down the stretch and
defended with purpose.
Durant had 32 points and 10
rebounds in his Golden State play-
off debut, Curry scored 29 points,
and the Warriors withstood that sen-
sational day by the Trail Blazers’
dynamic backcourt duo to win Game
1 of the first-round series 121-109 on
Sunday.
McCollum scored a playoff
career-best 41 points, and Lillard had
34, but the Warriors made the cru-
cial big plays on both ends down the
stretch with Portland missing injured
center Jusuf Nurkic.
“When they got it going, they’re
hitting tough shots in the first half,
some you’ve just got to live with, we
played great defense,” Curry said.
“They were just able to finish, but
over the course of 48 you just try to
wear them down.”
the first inning, then ended the game
with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.
All nine players in the Rainier
lineup had hits in Game 2, with seven
different players scoring runs.
Warrenton’s Niqui Blodgett had a
double and Miethe had a triple in the
second game.
Rainier improves to 8-1 overall, 3-0
in league, while the Warriors drop to
8-3, 1-3 in league.
ST. HELENS — Competing
against some of the top-notch com-
petition from the Cowapa League,
along with several big schools
from the Portland area, the Asto-
ria girls track team still managed
to win seven events Saturday, in
the annual Lower Columbia Invita-
tional at St. Helens.
Senior Natalie Cummings con-
tinued her winning ways by taking
first in the 100 meters (12.72 sec-
onds); sophomore Nara Van De
Grift won the 100-meter hurdles in
a personal best 16.75, and added a
third place finish in the 300-meter
hurdles.
Astoria’s 400-meter relay squad
of Gracie Cummings, Andrea Har-
ris, Van De Grift and Natalie Cum-
mings finished first in 51.78; and
McKenzie Burnett was fourth
(5:33.16) out of 24 runners in the
1,500 meters.
In the field events, junior Tay-
lor Cosner had the winning toss in
the shot put (personal best 35 feet,
2.75 inches) out of 42 competitors;
Cosner and Kes Sandstrom took
second and third out of 44 entries
in the discus behind Seaside’s
Gretchen Hoekstre, who won with
a PR 112-7.
Astoria’s Darian Hageman
regained her winning form in the
high jump (5-2), long jump (17-2
½) and triple jump (35-7), taking
first in all three; and freshman Eliz-
abeth Barnett took second in the
long jump (15-5 ½).
On the boys’ side, defending
state champion Jackson Januik
cruised to a win in the 800 meters
(2:01.96); and Astoria senior Lucas
Caruana won the 1,500 meters in a
personal best 4:09.43, eight seconds
ahead of the nearest competitor.
Seaside’s 1,600 relay foursome
of William Garvin, Hunter Thomp-
son, Januik and Juneau Meyer won
in 3:34.80.
And Astoria junior Tim Barnett
came up just short of winning the
shot put (third, personal best 50-8
¾) and the discus (second, personal
best 148-7), as Parkrose junior
Spencer Tatafu scored victories in
both events.
Astoria junior Karsten Johnson
was second in the high jump (5-8),
Seaside’s Phoenix Johnson took
second in the long jump (PR 19-3
¾), and Astoria senior Alex Burch-
field placed third in the triple jump.
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Portland Trail Blazers guard Da-
mian Lillard (0) shoots against
Golden State Warriors forward
David West (3) during the second
half of Game 1 of a first-round
NBA basketball playoff series in
Oakland, Calif., Sunday. The War-
riors won 121-109.
UP NEXT: GAME 2
• Portland Trail Blazers (41-41)
at Golden State Warriors (67-15)
• Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
TV: TNT, NSBA, KGW
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RAINIER — Rainier’s Job Kar-
ber had a big day at the plate, and
the Columbians built leads early in
both games Friday, on their way to
an 11-1, 11-1 doubleheader sweep
over Warrenton.
The Warriors led 1-0 in the first
half-inning of Game 1 in the Lewis
& Clark League baseball twin bill,
before the Columbians answered
with four runs in their first at-bat.
Karber, a senior, hit two two-run
home runs in Game 1 to go with a
double; then had a pair of doubles
in the second game to finish the day
5-for-6.
Warrenton drops to 0-6 over-
all, but “we’re playing a lot better,
even with our record,” said War-
rior coach Lennie Wolfe. “We’re
still not willing to let youth be
an excuse, but we’ve had so few
opportunities to be on the field (six
total), that we’re making mistakes
defensively. We had two what I
would call ‘inexperienced’ innings
today.”
In Game 1, Rainier scored four
runs in the first on two Warrior
errors, but only scored one run over
the next three innings; and Warren-
ton trailed 3-1 through two innings
of Game 2, before the Columbians
scored eight runs on four Warrior
errors in the third.
Rainier starter Mason Schimmel
allowed just two hits in the opener,
with nine strikeouts and no walks;
Caymon Rea and Tim Seybert com-
bined on a four-hitter in Game 2.
Warrenton’s run in the first
game came courtesy of a leadoff
single by Jacob Morrow, followed
by a single from Kale’o Kapua.
Lady Fish compete in Scappoose Invite
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BANKS — The Astoria girls golf team took part in the Scappoose Invita-
tional Thursday, as the Indians hosted the 18-hole event at Quail Valley Golf
Course.
Scappoose finished with a 532 team score, ahead of Asto-
ria’s 537, as the only two schools with full team scoring.
Morgan Hall of Scappoose was medalist with a 96,
while Sadie Wooldridge paced Astoria with a 122.
Rounding out the scores for the Lady Fishermen
were Jenna Travers (124), Kristen Travers (128) and
Sarah Lertora (163).
Seaside’s lone golfer, Maddy Brown, finished
with a 146.