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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week (FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 24-29) NIQUI BLODGETT Warrenton MICHAL GOODMAN Knappa Krissy Barendse-Goodman/For The Daily Astorian junior at Jewell High School who plays softball for Warrenton, Blodgett A made Warrior history April 29 by throwing a no-hitter in a 4-0 non- league win over Vernonia, becoming just the third Warrenton pitcher to throw he Knappa Loggers usually have multiple no-hitters every season. One T of just three seniors on the Logger roster, Goodman shared Knappa’s fi rst no-hitter of the season with Kaleb Miller April 1 at Santiam, but he had the a no-hitter. (Allison Mattila threw the fi rst in 1998, Stacey Moore threw four no-hitters between 2002 and 2004). Blodgett struck out 12 and walked one in seven innings, and helped herself at the plate with a double and two RBIs. The day before, she threw a complete-game in a 10-3 league win over Clatskanie, and also had two doubles and three RBIs. second one all to himself. Goodman struck out 10 batters with two walks in fi ve innings, in an 11-1 win over Gaston April 28. His most recent win came Wednesday, in a victory over Pleasant Hill, the 13th-ranked team at the 3A level. Goodman is one of two all-state pitchers on the Knappa roster. Rainier’s Schimmel throws a no-hitter against Warrenton The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Four days after winning a no-hit- ter at Vernonia, the Warren- ton Lady Warriors were on the “hitless” end of a no-hitter Wednesday at home. Hosting the defend- ing state champion Rainier Columbians, pitcher Haley Schimmel was untouch- able and unhittable for seven innings, as the Rainier senior gave up two walks and a hit batter, and that was all in a 6-0 no-hit shutout. Schimmel struck out 15 of the 24 batters she faced, strik- ing out the side in the fi rst, third and fourth innings. Warrenton falls to 3-4 in league, 13-4 overall, while Rainier improves to 9-0 and 15-1, with its 60th straight win in league play going back to 2012. Still, the Warriors trailed the No. 1-ranked Columbians just 1-0 after four innings. Rainier’s fi rst run came in the top of the fourth, as Paige Kellar drew a leadoff walk (but was gunned down at second moments later by Warrenton catcher Landree Miethe), which was followed by a walk to Kami Gray and a single to center by Jadyn Crape, who had two of Raini- er’s six hits. Rylee O’Brien followed with a sacrifi ce fl y to center, scoring Gray. The Columbians kept the pressure on in the fi fth, taking advantage of three Warrenton errors to score two runs. Infi eld singles by Schim- mel and Briana Harrison in the sixth inning — coupled with two more Warrior errors — resulted in three more runs and a six-run lead. And that was plenty for Schimmel, who struck out three of the fi nal seven bat- ters she faced. After hitting Warrenton’s Niqui Blodgett with a pitch in the fi rst inning, Schimmel retired 16 in a row, 12 by strikeout. The Warriors hope to bounce back Friday, when they host winless (0-14) Port- land Christian. Indians edge Astoria The Daily Astorian SCAPPOOSE — A sin- gle by Scappoose junior J.C. Gross in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Jerad Toman with the game-win- ning run Wednesday night, helping the Indians to a thrill- ing 9-8 win over Astoria in Cowapa League baseball action. The two teams combined for 24 hits and nine errors, and stranded a total of 21 base runners. Jasyn Gohl had a two- run single in the top of the fi rst, and a two-run double by Trey Hageman in the top of the second gave Astoria a 5-0 lead, before the Indians scored three in the third and two in the fi fth to tie. After a scoreless sixth, the Fishermen scored in the top of the seventh on a Scap- poose error, but the Indians answered with a run in the bottom of the seventh, a sin- gle by Carson Witt that scored Nicky Gill. Facing Ethaniel German in the top of the eighth, Asto- ria scored twice, as Hage- man’s one-out single scored Kyle Strange for a 7-6 lead, and Tristin Wallace’s base hit to center brought in Hageman to make it 8-6. But the Indians refused to go away. Facing Wallace in the bot- tom of the eighth, Derek Bad- ger reached on an infi eld hit, and took second on a single to center by Hunter Holmason. Badger scored on a sac- rifi ce fl y from Nate Rieman, and after a walk, Gill dou- bled to right to plate Holma- son with the tying run. And on a 1-1 count, Gross singled to center to bring in Toman with the game-winner. Jackson Arnsdorf, Fridtjof Fremstad and Wallace com- bined to strike out seven and walk six, while Logan Travis and German had eight strike- outs with four walks. Gill was 4-for-5 with a double and fi ve RBIs, while Strange was 3-for-5 with a tri- ple and scored three times for Astoria. In other Cowapa League action Wednesday, Valley Catholic defeated Seaside 13-1 in fi ve innings. Fishermen and Gulls score PR s in league meets The Daily Astorian MORE ONLINE The fi rst warm weather meet of the season brought out numerous personal bests and victories for the Asto- ria and Seaside track teams Wednesday, as the Fishermen hosted Scappoose for a Cow- apa League dual meet, and the Gulls competed in a four-way at Valley Catholic. Astoria won seven events on the boys’ side vs. Scap- poose, and the Lady Fishermen won nine of 17 events, even without Darian Hageman. Natalie Cummings was a double winner, racing to vic- tory in the 100 meters (12.37 seconds), and running a leg on the winning 400-meter relay. Other Astoria wins: Gra- cie Cummings won the 200 meters in a personal best 25.97; Samantha Hemsley (800 meters, 2:39.69); Libbie Nash (3,000 meters, 13:58.13); Nara Van De Grift (100-meter hur- dles, 16.16); and in the fi eld events, Taylor Cosner had a winning throw of 108 feet, 5 inches in the discus; Anna Kuhn’s personal best 102-1 won the javelin; and Shrida Sharma cleared 8-0 to win the pole vault. Astoria junior Tim Bar- nett was a triple winner for the Fishermen boys, scoring victo- ries with a personal best mark in the discus (157-10), and wins in the shot put (50-2½) and javelin (146-7). Karsten Johnson cleared 5-8 to win the high jump, and Michael Kee soared 19-7½ to take the long jump. On the track, Lucas Caru- ana won the 400 in 53.78, and See photos from the Astoria track meet online at DailyAstorian.com/sports Astoria won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:43.47. Meyer PR s for Seaside BEAVERTON — The Sea- side track team took part in a three-way Cowapa League dual meet Wednesday at Val- ley Catholic, with the Valiants, Banks and Tillamook. And the Gulls scored some big wins on the track and in the fi eld. Victories for the Seaside boys included senior Juneau Meyer in the 100 meters (in a personal best 11.54 seconds) and the 200 meters (23.54, another PR). Valley Catholic freshman Nate Hicken edged Seaside’s Bradley Rzewnicki in the 800 meters, with Rzewnicki still running a personal best 2:07.17. Seaside junior Rafi Sibony won the 1,500 meters in 4:14.76, ahead of two Valley Catholic runners; Will Garvin placed second in both hurdle races; and Gulls’ senior Phoe- nix Johnson cleared a personal best 5-feet, 10 inches to win the high jump, and soared a PR 40-11½ to take the triple jump. On the girls’ side, Seaside’s Gretchen Hoekstre highlighted Seaside’s day with wins in the shot put (39-6) and discus (106-3), and took third in the javelin with a PR toss of 100-6. Seaside’s Lizzy Barnes took second in the long jump and tri- ple jump. SPORTS IN BRIEF The Daily Astorian Schimmel shuts down Warriors WARRENTON — While his sister was working a no-hit- ter on the softball fi eld, Rainier baseball pitcher Mason Schim- mel had nine strikeouts over the fi rst three innings, helping the Columbians to an 8-0 win over Warrenton in Lewis & Clark League action Wednesday at Huddleston Field. Schimmel was eventually relieved by Caymon Rea and Tim Seybert, but picked up the win. The Warriors had three hits, which included doubles by Devin Jackson and Jacob Morrow. Rainier had eight hits off four different Warrenton pitchers. Joey Tripp and Ryan Schmunk had doubles for the Columbi- ans, who scored four runs in the fi fth to build their eight-run lead. Scappoose defeats Astoria A three-run second inning was all Scappoose needed Wednesday night at CMH Field, where the Indians scored a 10-1 win over Astoria in Cowapa League softball action. Scappoose pitcher Nicole Dougherty allowed fi ve hits with six strikeouts and three walks for the Indians, who remain tied with Banks for fi rst place in the league standings at 9-1. Astoria remains in third at 5-5. Sara Mills — the No. 8 hitter in the Scappoose lineup — was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Gabie Krueger was also 3-for-4 and scored twice. Freshman Julia Norris had two of Astoria’s fi ve hits, with a double and a triple for the Fishermen, who host a doubleheader with Seaside today. Loggers top Billies, 8-4 PLEASANT HILL — Looking for some competition, Knappa took a long road trip Wednesday, and scored an 8-4 win at Pleasant Hill, ranked 13th at the 3A level. Logger pitchers Michal Goodman and Eli Takalo combined on a six-hitter with eight strikeouts, while Knappa had eight hits off fi ve different Pleasant Hill pitchers. Reuben Cruz led the way, going 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored; Mason Hoover was 3-for-3 with two steals; and Kaleb Miller added an RBI against his former school. The Loggers play another nonleague game today at Clatskanie. Truax homers in Knappa loss KNAPPA — After scoring two wins over Knappa last week, the Gaston Greyhounds completed their three-game sweep over the Loggers with a 5-2 win Wednesday at Knappa, in a North- west League softball showdown. Gaston pitcher Charity Hall allowed just three hits, while Logger pitcher Madelynn Weaver struck out three and allowed six hits (with no earned runs) in the loss. Laciee Hendrickson had a triple and Kaitlyn Truax belted a home run for Knappa, which is now tied with Gaston for fi rst place in the league standings at 6-2. The Loggers play a nonleague game Friday at Clatskanie. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Knappa at Clatskanie, 4 p.m. Softball — Seaside at Astoria (2), 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Portland Christian at Warrenton (2), 3:30 Softball — Portland Christian at Warrenton (2), 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Rainier 6, Warrenton 0 Rainier 000 123 0—6 6 0 Warrenton 000 000 0—0 0 5 WP: Haley Schimmel (15 K’s, 2 walks). LP: Niqui Blodgett (7 K’s, 4 walks). RBI: Rain, O’Brien, Norman, Harrison. 2B: Rain, Lar- son. HBP: War, Blodgett. LOB: Rainier 6, Warren- ton 3. Scappoose 10, Astoria 1 Scappoose 031 003 3—10 13 1 Astoria 010 000 0—1 5 1 WP: Nicole Dougherty (6 K’s, 3 walks). LP: Julia Norris (5 K’s, 0 walks). RBI: Scp, Mills 3, Lukinbeal 2, Dougherty 2, Enos, Fisher; Ast, Lyngstad. 2B: Scp, Lukinbeal; Ast, Norris. 3B: Ast, Norris. LOB: Scappoose 5, Astoria 6. Gaston 5, Knappa 2 Gaston 000 302 0—5 6 0 Knappa 010 100 0—2 3 6 WP: Charity Hall (2 K’s, 1 walk). LP: Madelynn Weaver (2 K’s, 3 walks). RBI: Gst, Clark 2; Kna, Truax, Denny. 3B: Kna, Hendrickson. HR: Kna, Truax. HBP: Gst, Hall. LOB: Gaston 8, Knappa 2. BASEBALL Scappoose 9, Astoria 8 Astoria 320 000 12—8 12 3 Scappoose 003 020 13—9 12 6 Arnsdorf, Fremstad (5), Wallace (8) and Gohl; Travis, German (6) and Gill. W: German. L: Wal- lace. RBI: Ast, Hageman 3, Gohl 2, Strange, Wal- lace; Scp, Gill 5, Rieman, Toman, Gross, Witt. 2B: Ast, Hageman; Scp, Gill, Travis. 3B: Ast, Strange. HBP: Ast, Tuimato, Englund; Scp, Badger, Toman. LOB: Astoria 13, Scappoose 8. Rainier 8, Warrenton 0 Rainier 011 240 0—8 8 1 Warrenton 000 000 0—0 3 4 Schimmel, Rea (5), Seybert (6) and Schmunk; Jackson, Breitmeyer (2), Little (4), Morrow (6) and Morrow, Breitmeyer (6). W: Schimmel. L: Jackson. 2B: Rain, Tripp, Schmunk; War, Jackson, Morrow. Knappa 8, Pleasant Hill 4 Knappa 000 132 2—8 8 2 Pleasant H. 000 002 2—4 6 3 Goodman, Takalo (7) and K.Miller; Oljace, C. Good, Hylemon, B.Good, Paparo and Putnam. W: Goodman. L: Hylemon. 2B: Kna, Cruz.