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Now SHS principal, coach back on sidelines
Roberts to lead
Gulls as interim
football coach
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
Daily Astorian File
Jeff Roberts took the Gulls to the
state playoffs in 2013.
SEASIDE — If the coach on the
sidelines for the Gulls this fall looks
familiar, he should be. When Jeff
Roberts accepted the job of Seaside
High School principal last year, he
also gave up coaching the Seagulls
varsity football team. Chad Smith, an
assistant under Roberts, filled the role
in the fall.
At Tuesday’s Seaside School Dis-
trict meeting, Roberts was named
interim varsity head football coach
for the Seagulls, replacing Smith,
who is leaving the district for a teach-
ing position in Douglas.
That puts Roberts back in the
game as both principal and coach, at
least on a short-term basis. “I antici-
pate seeing the season through,” Rob-
erts said.
To fill the varsity head coach job
on a permanent basis, the challenge is
to find a candidate who can both fill
a needed teaching position and skill-
fully coach a competitive 4A football
team.
“I do believe we will bring some-
body on staff in the next month that is
a suitable replacement — with some
tutelage — at the end of the year,”
Roberts said.
While assistant principal, Rob-
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Associated Press
WNBA brings
back All-Star
3-point contest
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The WNBA
is bringing back its 3-point contest
to the All-Star Game.
For the first time since the 2009
All-Star Game, the league will
have a 3-point shootout during
halftime of the game on July 22 in
Seattle.
“The 3-point contest is some-
thing we’ve had before and I’ve
participated in,” Sue Bird of the
Seattle Storm said. “It’s fun and
great for the fans and players.
Everyone enjoys it.”
The event will showcase six
players, who will be determined
at a later date. The winner will
receive a $10,000 donation to the
charity of her choice.
year. They’ve matured, worked their
tails off and got better in the offsea-
son. I’m looking forward to a suc-
cessful year.”
A graduate of Linfield College,
Roberts received his master’s degree
in teaching at Pacific University. He
began his teaching career at Centen-
nial High School in Portland and later
taught at Sherwood High School.
Roberts, wife Nissa, and daughter
McKenna live in Gearhart.
“I have 100 percent confidence in
Mr. Roberts’ ability to do both jobs
in an excellent way,” Superintendent
Sheila Roley said after the meeting.
“He has a very supportive staff, he’s
very hard-working, knows what he’s
doing and he’s supercommitted to our
kids and our community. I have full
confidence in his ability to do it.”
What
offseason?
Mickelson,
longtime caddie
‘Bones’ Mackay
to part ways
Together for 25 years and
more than 600 golf tournaments,
Phil Mickelson and caddie Jim
“Bones” Mackay are moving on.
In a surprising email just two
days after the U.S. Open that
Mickelson didn’t play, they said
the decision to part ways was
mutual and not based on any one
incident.
“We just feel it’s the right time
for a change,” Mickelson said.
They were apart the last time
they were together. Mickelson was
home in California to attend his
daughter’s high school graduation,
while Mackay was at Erin Hills
in Wisconsin taking notes and
scouting the course just in case a
weather delay would have allowed
Mickelson to make his tee time.
“Player-caddie
relation-
ships don’t often last that long,”
Mackay said. “I will always be
grateful that I was around to wit-
ness so much of Phil’s career.”
They were together for 45 vic-
tories worldwide, including five
majors.
erts led the Gulls for 4 1/2 years. In
2013, the team finished 8-3, qualified
for the state playoffs and won the first
home playoff game in 20 years, Rob-
erts said.
Will coaching duties clash with his
duties as principal?
“I understand the dilemma that
this presents,” Roberts said. “I under-
stand my primary role and I can assure
you that this will not impact the way
I currently run the high school or the
way I will run the high school in the
future. This is not a long-term fix.”
The Gulls finished the 2016 sea-
son at 2-6, with an 0-5 record within
the Cowapa League.
“We will be all right,” Roberts
said. “Last year we were really young
and that was a real challenge. Those
kids got a lot of valuable time last
A week after
Finals, NBA is
in overdrive
A person familiar with the situation says
the Charlotte Hornets have reached an
agreement to acquire Dwight Howard
from the Atlanta Hawks.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
By TIM REYNOLDS
Associated Press
D
2017 NBA DRAFT
wight Howard and Brook Lopez are on
the move. Dwyane Wade is opting in.
Pau Gasol is opting out. The Los Ange-
les Lakers provided the clearest indication yet
that Lonzo Ball is their guy.
The NBA offseason is already in overdrive.
A dizzying series of moves came on Tues-
day. Howard got traded by the Atlanta Hawks
to the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired the
eight-time All-Star center for a package that
included Miles Plumlee and Marco Belinelli.
And Lopez — another center — is leaving
Brooklyn and headed to the Lakers, part of a
deal that has D’Angelo Russell and Timofey
Mozgov going to the Nets.
That leaves the Lakers with a clear need at
point guard, a problem they will likely rectify
on Thursday when they presumably will take
Ball with the No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft. It
was a big move for the Lakers in another way;
Mozgov is still owed $48 million over the
next three seasons, while Lopez’s contract will
expire after next season.
Howard will be playing for his third team in
three seasons following a disappointing home-
coming in Atlanta. He signed a three-year,
$70.5 million deal with Atlanta and then sat out
the fourth quarter in two of six playoff games
• Thursday, starting at 4 p.m.
• In Brooklyn, N.Y. TV: ESPN
in the Hawks’ first-round loss to Washington.
“Let the madness begin,” Portland guard
CJ McCollum said. “Draft week is always the
most interesting time of the year.”
Madness is right.
Barely a week after the Golden State War-
riors won their second NBA championship in
three years, the rest of the league is maneuver-
ing like mad.
Along with the trades, confirmed by peo-
ple with direct knowledge who spoke to The
Associated Press on condition of anonymity
because neither deal was formally announced,
Gasol opted out of his $16 million deal for
next season with San Antonio — but intends
to sign a new multiyear deal with the Spurs
that will reduce his annual salary but give him
more security, and presumably give his team a
chance to add a big-time free agent this sum-
mer. Wade told the Bulls he will take his $23.8
million deal for next season, a decision he had
until next week to make.
And Minnesota parted ways with Nikola
Pekovic, waiving him in what could be the last
act of a career that was derailed by foot and
ankle problems over the past three seasons.
Pekovic missed all of last season and played
only 12 games the previous season.
All this comes with Paul George’s sta-
tus in Indiana most uncertain and with many
trade rumors swirling there, the belief by many
across the league that Jerry West joining the
Clippers’ front office could help their pursuit
of LeBron James in the summer of 2018, and
the ongoing watch in New York of what the
Knicks will do — if anything — with Carmelo
Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis.
It’s not like Monday was a slow day, either.
That was when Philadelphia and Boston
completed the deal that sent the No. 1 overall
pick to the 76ers — giving them the chance to
take Markelle Fultz, and allowing the Celtics
to choose likely either Jayson Tatum or Josh
Jackson at No. 3, which they got in the swap.
The Celtics said they think the player they take
at No. 3 would likely have been the player they
used the No. 1 pick on anyway, so they called
it a win-win move.
Then came Monday night’s news that the
Cleveland Cavaliers were parting ways with
general manager David Griffin after three
straight trips to the NBA Finals, a move that
James clearly was not happy about. Cleve-
land then talked with former All-Star guard
Chauncey Billups on Tuesday about a job in
the front office.
Seager’s double lifts Mariners over Tigers in 10th
Associated Press
AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
Seattle Mariners’ Ben Gamel watches his home run off Detroit Tigers
pitcher Daniel Stumpf during the seventh inning Tuesday in Seattle.
SEATTLE — Kyle Seager
couldn’t let his brother get all the
attention in the family on Tuesday
night, even if he had to acknowledge
the younger Seager probably had the
better game.
“That’s a tough day to match,”
Seager said of his brother Corey’s
three home runs for the Los Angeles
Dodgers. “I think I’m going to give
him the edge today.”
Seager had his own noteworthy
moment with a game-winning RBI
double to score Tyler Smith and give
the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 win over the
Detroit Tigers in 10 innings. Seager’s
one-hop shot off the right-field wall
didn’t quite match the three homers
by his brother. But the hit gave Seat-
tle it’s fourth walk-off win this season
and came after the Mariners missed
chances with runners in scoring posi-
tion in the eighth and ninth.
“I’ve been feeling pretty good.
Sometimes you’re feeling good and
don’t get many hits,” Seager said.
“Certainly doubles are good. I like
those.”
The rally in the 10th didn’t take
much. Nelson Cruz walked on a 3-2
pitch from Justin Wilson (3-3) to
open the inning. Smith came on as a
pinch runner and reached second with
no outs on a wild pitch. Seager then
turned on a fastball and lined it over
the head of right fielder J.D. Marti-
nez, allowing Smith to score easily.
“He got in a good count against a
really good left-handed pitcher. That
was the pitch he needed to get on and
he didn’t miss it,” Seattle manager
Scott Servais said.
Steve Cishek (1-1) pitched the top
of the 10th to get the victory.
It was a game dominated by home
runs, including Ian Kinsler’s 44th
career leadoff homer on the third
pitch of the game. Kinsler is tied with
Brady Anderson for fifth all-time
in leadoff homers. Justin Upton and
J.D. Martinez also went deep for the
Tigers, while Taylor Motter and Ben
Gamel each had solo shots for Seat-
tle. Cruz also had a two-run double.
Seattle held a 4-2 lead going to
the eighth when one of those homers
pulled Detroit even against reliever
Dan Altavilla. Kinsler scored from
second base on a pitch in the dirt that
bounced away from catcher Mike
Zunino. Kinsler was stealing on the
play and never stopped after round-
ing third. Martinez followed with his
12th home run to tie it 4-all.