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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
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Knappa clinches another Northwest League title
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VERNONIA — Clinching league
titles is an annual event for the Knappa
baseball program, which locked up its
latest Northwest League championship
Tuesday, with a 9-2 win at Vernonia.
Knappa coach Jeff Miller called it
Vernonia
prevails
in Logger
showdown
“our best pitching performance of the
year,” as starter Dale Takalo and Mason
Hoover combined on a four-hitter, with
13 strikeouts and two walks.
The victory gives Knappa a three-
game lead over second-place Vernonia, as
the two teams close out the regular season
with a doubleheader Friday at Knappa.
Knappa scored in just two innings,
with four runs in the fourth and five in the
seventh. Vernonia led 2-0 through three
innings.
Takalo picked up his fifth win of the
season, while Hoover recorded his fourth
save.
At the plate, Reuben Cruz led Knappa
CLATSOP CLASH
Astoria
Lady Fish
fourth in
golf team
scoring
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VERNONIA — Knappa had
just two hits Tuesday, as Vernonia
won a key Northwest League soft-
ball showdown, 9-2.
Laciee Hendrickson had a tri-
ple and Madelynn Weaver had a
single for the lone Knappa hits.
Weaver took the loss, allowing
eight hits with five strikeouts and
three walks.
The two teams meet again for
a doubleheader Friday at Knappa.
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SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Track — Cowapa League Champion-
ships, at St. Helens, TBA
Softball — Banks at Astoria (2), 4
p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside (2), 4 p.m.
BASEBALL
Astoria 5, Seaside 0
Seaside
000 000 0—0 2 2
Astoria
101 201 x—5 5 0
Walsh, Plampin (4) and Hoekstre; En-
glund, Fremstad (7), Lyngstad (7) and
Gohl. W: Englund. L: Walsh. S: Lyngs-
tad. RBI: Ast, Tuimato, Strange, Frem-
stad, Lucore. HBP: Sea, Blanchard,
Hoekstre. LOB: Seaside 4, Astoria 7.
DP: Astoria.
Eagles 8, Warriors 2
Warrenton 200 000 0—2 6 2
Catlin Gabel 230 021 x—8 8 2
Little, Breitmeyer (6) and Morrow;
Hoke and Bluffstone. W: Hoke. L: Little.
2B: War, Ham; CG, Adler, Bluffstone,
Gordon. HR: CG, Gordon.
Knappa 9, Vernonia 2
Knappa
000 400 5—9 8 2
Vernonia 020 000 0—2 4 4
D.Takalo, Hoover (5) and Goozee;
Cieloha, Morrison (4) and Everett. W:
D.Takalo. L: Morrison. S: Hoover. 2B:
Kna, Cruz, E.Takalo. HR: Kna, Cruz.
BOYS GOLF
District 1 Regionals
Team: Scappoose 636, Valley Cath-
olic 653, Crook County 699, Seaside
716, Molalla 733, Tillamook 737, Banks
743, Astoria 798, Corbett 824, Glad-
stone 934.
Medalist: Mayson Tibbs, Crook
County (141)
Individual (Top 10)
Mayson Tibbs, CC, 141
Carter Lee, Til, 151
Nathan Mapes, Scp, 152
Jake Gray, Scp, 152
Cole Schmidlin, VC, 159
Cole Heinsen, VC, 160
Peter Boileau, VC, 163
Chase Elliot, Scp, 165
Jackson Kunde, Sea, 166
A.J. Miltich, Scp, 167
Seaside (716)
Jackson Kunde, 84-82—166
Samson Sibony, 89-86—175
Mason Shamion, 92-95—187
Connor Merrell, 91-97—188
John Whittle, 105-102—207
Astoria (798)
Kirk Fausett, 93-91—184
Brian Wilder, 95-95—190
Taylor Palmberg, 100-101—201
Dylan Altheide-Nielson, 112-111—223
Trevor Altheide-Nielson, 117-118—
235
GIRLS GOLF
District 1 Regionals
Team: Oregon Episcopal 805, Valley
Catholic 822, Crook County 874, Asto-
ria 919, Molalla 1007, Gladstone 1030,
Catlin Gabel 1322. Incomplete—Hori-
zon Christian, Riverdale, Scappoose,
Seaside, Tillamook.
Medalist: Anna Li, OES (171)
Individual (Top 10)
Anna Li, OES, 86-85—171
Morgan Hall, Scp, 85-89—174
Macy Goehring, CC, 89-92—181
Lanie Sticka, Gla, 90-93—183
Caroline Hobson, VC, 96-88—184
Abby Papke, CC, 91-102—193
Matti Thurman, VC, 105-99—204
Emma Nelzen, Mol, 93-111—204
Sam Hemsley, Ast, 96-114—210
Lucy Hu, OES, 105-105—210
Astoria (919)
Samantha Hemsley, 96-114—210
Jenna Travers, 107-109—216
Sadie Wooldridge, 123-122—245
Kristen Travers, 120-128—248
Sarah Lertora, 133-132—265
Seaside
Caroline Kotson, 111-109—220
Madeline Brown, 141-122—263
Caitlin Hillman, 155-143—298
with a ground-rule double, a two-run
homer, two steals and two RBIs. Andrew
Goozee was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and
two runs scored; Eli Takalo went 2-for-4
with a double; Colton Weirup ignited
Knappa’s four-run fourth inning with a
squeeze bunt; and Hoover was on base
four times.
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Olaf Englund delivers a pitch for the Astoria Fishermen during Tuesday’s game against the Sea-
side Seagulls at home. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com/sports
Olaf, Fridtjof, Lyngstad
combine for shutout
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Great pitching and defense always wins, and
right now, the Astoria Fishermen are doing it better
than just about anybody at the 4A level.
Astoria played another near-perfect defensive
game Tuesday night in a rare appearance at Aiken
Field, where the Fishermen posted a 5-0 win over
Seaside in Cowapa League/Clatsop Clash baseball
action.
The Gulls managed only two hits off Astoria’s
“Scandinavian Connection,” which works just as
fine for baseball as it did in football.
Pitchers Olaf Englund, Fridtjof Fremstad and
Tyler Lyngstad were virtually untouchable, striking
out eight with two walks.
It was Astoria’s second shutout in two nights, and
the 13th time in 21 games that the Fishermen have
limited the opposition to two runs or less. Astoria has
given up just 55 runs this season, the third-fewest
among 4A teams.
More importantly, the Fishermen are one win
closer to the Cowapa League title and home-field
advantage deep into the state playoffs.
Banks hosts Valley Catholic Wednesday. A Val-
iant win would result in a league title for the Fisher-
men, while a Braves’ victory would put the Cowapa
title on the line Friday, when Astoria hosts Banks.
Only run needed
It took just minutes for the Fishermen to score the
only run they would need in Tuesday’s win.
Trey Hageman and Englund drew back-to-back
walks in the first inning, Kyle Strange reached on
an infield hit to load the bases, and Englund sprinted
home on a grounder by Samboy Tuimato for the first
run.
Englund and Fremstad drew consecutive walks to
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Brent Walsh dives back to first to avoid the
pick-off for Seaside during a game Tuesday
against Astoria.
start the third, and Strange lined a single to center to
bring in Englund.
Astoria doubled the score in the fourth. With two
outs and no runners on base, Hageman and Englund
drew walks, and Fremstad greeted reliever Scott
Plampin with a sharp single to left, scoring Hage-
man. Englund scored on a double steal for a 4-0 lead.
Plampin was effective for the Gulls over the
remainder of the game, striking out three with no
walks.
Meanwhile, Seaside’s best scoring opportunity
came in the top of the fourth, when a single off the
left field fence by Brent Walsh and two hit batters
loaded the bases with one out.
But Fremstad fielded a grounder near second base
and turned a 6-3 double play to end the inning.
Englund threw six innings and picked up the win.
Fremstad pitched to two batters in the seventh, then
Lyngstad recorded the final out for the save.
Strange had two of Astoria’s five hits.
Seaside boys golf team fourth at Regionals
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BANKS — For the second year in
a row, the Seaside boys golf team fin-
ished one spot shy of qualifying for
the state tournament.
Scappoose won the team title of
the District 1 Regional tournament,
which concluded Tuesday at Quail
Valley Golf Course in Banks.
Valley Catholic and Crook County
secured the other two spots to next
week’s state tournament, while the
Gulls finished fourth.
The bright spot for Seaside — all
five of the Gulls’ golfers who com-
peted (a junior and four sophomores)
will return next year.
As Tuesday’s scores were posted,
it looked as if the Gulls might over-
take defending state champion Crook
County for the third and final qualify-
ing spot for state.
But the Cowboys still had Mayson
Tibbs on the course, and when Tibbs
came in with a 69 for the day, it
knocked 60 strokes off of Crook
County’s team score and the Cow-
boys surged 17 strokes ahead of Sea-
side to secure their spot in Corvallis
next week.
Scappoose carded a 636 team
score, followed by Valley Catho-
lic (653), Crook County (699) and
Seaside (716). Astoria (798) placed
eighth.
Tibbs was the medalist with a
three-under par 141 over the two
rounds. The remainder of the all-Re-
gional team was filled with players
from the Cowapa League. Tillamook’s
Carter Lee finished with a 151, while
Scappoose teammates Nathan Mapes
and Jake Gray tied for third at 152.
Seaside’s Jackson Kunde was
ninth with a 166.
Kunde shot 82 on the second day to
lead the Gulls. Samson Sibony shot 86
to finish at 175 for 15th. Mason Sham-
ion finished with a 187 total, followed
by Connor Merrell (188) and John
Whittle (207).
Kirk Fausett paced Astoria with
a 184, followed by Brian Wilder
(190), Taylor Palmberg (201), Dylan
Altheide-Nielson (223) and Trevor
Altheide-Nielson (235).
“We made some great strides this
year,” said Seaside coach Jim Poetsch.
“We are disappointed we didn’t quite
reach our goals, but we were right in
the mix of things until the last group
came off the course.
“When we started this season a
couple months ago, I thought this
was going to be a tough rebuilding
year. But this group of guys worked
their tails off and almost got us back
to the state tournament. Once again I
think we have the toughest region in
the state and our team can be proud of
what they accomplished this year.”
CORNELIUS — Oregon
Episcopal and Valley Catho-
lic secured their spots at the state
tournament next week, as the
Aardvarks and Valiants finished
first and second, respectively,
in the District 1 Regional golf
championships.
The tournament concluded
Tuesday at Forest Hills Golf
Course.
Astoria took fourth in the team
standings, while Samantha Hems-
ley finished tied for ninth individ-
ually, good enough for all-Region
honors.
After shooting 96 in Monday’s
round, Hemsley had a 114 Tues-
day to card a 210.
Anna Li of OES, second after
Day 1, overtook Morgan Hall of
Scappoose to win medalist honors
with a final round total of 171, to
Hall’s 174.
Rounding out the Astoria
scores were Jenna Travers with
a 216, Sadie Wooldridge (245),
Kristen Travers (248) and Sarah
Lertora (265).
“Overall, it was a good season
for us,” said Astoria coach Chris
Hunt. “We’ll return four of our top
five golfers next year.”
Kristen Travers was Astoria’s
lone senior.
Seaside had three golfers com-
peting: Caroline Kotson (17th
overall with a 220), Madeline
Brown (263) and Caitlin Hillman
(298).
Eagles
clip the
Warriors
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PORTLAND — Catlin Gabel
rallied from an early 2-0 deficit for
an 8-2 win over Warrenton Tues-
day, in Lewis & Clark League
baseball action.
The Warriors scored two runs
in their first at-bat, highlighted
by Kale’o Kapua’s single and a
run-scoring double by Derek Ham,
who later scored on an errant pick-
off attempt.
Catlin’s Jasper Gordon had a
double and a home run to lead the
Eagles, while Ham was 3-for-3 for
the Warriors.
Warrenton finishes the regu-
lar season Friday with a double-
header at Clatskanie, where the
Warriors will need at least one win
to keep their league playoff hopes
alive.
Lady Fish defeat
Valley Catholic
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BEAVERTON — The Astoria
softball team — already locked
into a third-place finish in the
Cowapa League — scored a 5-4
win at Valley Catholic Tuesday, in
softball action in Beaverton.
No details were available.
Elsewhere, Tillamook defeated
Seaside, 12-2.