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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Djokovic
advances to
Wimbledon
quarterfinals
Associated Press
LONDON — Novak Djokovic
played the first match of this year’s
Wimbledon tournament under a
closed roof on Centre Court, and
he won it in straight sets.
The three-time champion at
the All England Club beat Adrian
Mannarino 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 today
in a fourth-round match that was
postponed from Monday.
During the third set, with
Djokovic already up a break, the
second-seeded Serb asked for
a medical timeout and a trainer
examined and stretched his right
shoulder. Djokovic appeared to
grimace in pain a couple of times
as his shoulder was being checked.
“It’s been something that I’ve
been dragging back and forth for
a while now,” Djokovic said. “But
I’m still managing to play, which
is the most important thing.”
Djokovic will face 2010 Wim-
bledon finalist Tomas Berdych,
a man he has beaten 25 times in
27 matches, on Wednesday in the
quarterfinals.
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Gage McFadden delivers a pitch to an Astoria Ford batter during Monday’s summer league game.
Fishermen, Gulls split
a twinbill at Broadway
The Daily Astorian
AP Photo/Alastair Grant
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic re-
ceives treatment from a trainer
during a break in his Men’s Sin-
gles Match against Adrian Man-
narino of France on day eight at
the Wimbledon Tennis Champi-
onships in London Tuesday.
Ex-NFL star’s
estate heads
back to court
Associated Press
BOSTON — A wrongful death
lawsuit filed against the estate of
former NFL star Aaron Hernandez
is headed back to court. A status
hearing is scheduled today in Suf-
folk County Superior Court.
Hernandez was accused of gun-
ning down Daniel de Abreu and
Safiro Furtado in 2012. The for-
mer New England Patriots tight
end was acquitted of the killings in
April. Days later, he hanged him-
self in his prison cell. He was serv-
ing a life sentence in the 2013 kill-
ing of semi-professional football
player Odin Lloyd.
After Hernandez’s death, the
families of de Abreu and Fur-
tado said they would pursue their
wrongful death claims against Her-
nandez’s estate.
Lloyd’s mother has said she will
continue a separate wrongful death
lawsuit against Hernandez’s estate.
SEASIDE — Four-and-a-half hours of
baseball resulted in a doubleheader split
Monday night at Broadway Field, where
the Astoria Ford and Seaside Junior teams
swapped a pair of lopsided wins.
The Fishermen scored a 12-1 victory in
the opener, before the Gulls bounced back
with a 15-5 win in Game 2.
After 34 straight losses to Astoria in
spring ball, the Gulls’ summer team can
happily write an unofficial end to that losing
skid, with the Game 2 win.
“Brayden (Johnson) threw really well”
in the second game, said Seaside coach Joel
Dierickx, as his starter pitched a solid four-
plus innings to earn the win.
He added, “(Astoria’s Tristin) Wallace
threw well in the first game, but I was a lit-
tle disappointed that we didn’t square up
and hit the ball a little better. But it was still
nice to get some players back in the lineup,”
as the Gulls saw the return of Chase Januik
and Payton Westerholm, but were still miss-
ing Duncan Thompson.
Johnson gave up just three hits in Game
2, with two strikeouts and three walks,
before Westerholm took over in the fifth
inning.
Facing Astoria’s less-experienced lineup
in the second game, the Gulls had 10 hits off
three Astoria pitchers, who walked 10 and
hit three batters.
A two-out, bases-loaded double by
Westerholm in the third inning scored three
runs and helped Seaside build a 9-0 lead
after three innings.
The Fishermen drew four walks, and
Dylan Junes had a two-run double to high-
light Astoria’s five-run fifth inning.
But Seaside countered with six runs of
their own in the bottom of the fifth, which
included two hit batters with the bases
loaded to force in two runs, and Westerholm
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Alex Teubner takes a big swing at the plate for the Seaside Junior team during Mon-
day’s summer league game versus Astoria. The teams split the doubleheader.
drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the
final run that gave the Gulls a 10-run lead.
Alex Teubner had a triple and a single to
lead Seaside’s attack, while Westerholm fin-
ished with four RBIs, and Travis Fenton had
two hits and two RBIs.
In Game 1, Astoria Ford scored four runs
in the second inning for a quick 5-0 lead.
Wallace, Ebin Hillard and Adam Feldman
all had RBI singles in the inning.
The Fishermen led 6-1 after six innings,
then pulled away with six runs in the sev-
enth, highlighted by a three-run, bas-
es-loaded double by Wallace.
Astoria Ford had 13 hits in the opener
off three Seaside pitchers, including three
singles apiece for Feldman and Will Reed.
Wallace drove in four runs and picked up the
win on the mound, allowing four hits with
five strikeouts and a walk in six innings.
Seaside returns to action Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday at Broadway Field, in the
Gulls’ annual Wood Bat Tournament, which
will include teams such as Churchill, Mad-
ison, St. Helens, Scappoose, Baker and
Warrenton.
The Warriors open the tournament Thurs-
day vs. Scappoose at 10 a.m.
‘Whales ho!’ Sailors, conservationists help keep whales safe
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Associated Press
BOSTON — For centuries, sail-
ors have shouted their own language
aboard — “Hoist sail!” ‘’Prepare to
come about!” ‘’Anchors aweigh!”
Now they’re teaming up with con-
servationists to put a new twist on
another ancient cry — “Whales ho!”
The sport of sailboat racing and
nonprofit groups are floating new
guidelines aimed at increasing aware-
ness of the majestic mammals and
reducing potentially fatal collisions
with endangered North Atlantic right
whales and other species.
The guidelines were just incorpo-
rated into two major open-ocean sail-
ing competitions — the Marblehead
to Halifax race starting Sunday from
Massachusetts and stretching to Nova
Scotia; and last week’s Vineyard Cup
Heidi Hansen/Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Two humpback whales crest next to a sailboat on Stellwagen Bank off
the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., in 2010.
regatta off Martha’s Vineyard.
Race crews for both events were
given customized information tell-
ing them where whales were likely to
congregate along their courses.
Collisions can be rough on com-
petitors — and crippling or deadly for
whales.
Marine scientists said last month
that six rare right whales died in
Canadian waters in the past few
weeks. Preliminary investigations
suggest collisions with vessels likely
were to blame for at least two of those
deaths, and another whale died after
becoming entangled in fishing gear.
Federal law requires all boats
to slow down in shipping channels
known to be frequented by whales.
But that doesn’t always help animals
in the open Atlantic, where racing
sailboats are moving fast.
“In the last year, at least two sail-
ors in open ocean races collided
with whales during the competition
and had to be rescued,” said Monica
Pepe, policy manager for Whale and
Dolphin Conservation, a conserva-
tion and research organization based
in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
“We’re hopeful that the informa-
tion we’ve shared will help to keep
everyone safe and help sailors know
what to look for while also encour-
aging them to report any sightings
of whales in distress along their
courses,” Pepe said. Organizers hope
the America’s Cup and other major
races eventually incorporate it, she
said.
Sailors are given tips to navigate
safely around whales; contact infor-
mation for authorities in case they see
a whale or sea turtle that’s entangled
or otherwise in distress; and remind-
ers on keeping debris out of the ocean.
It’s tailored to each race; course maps
are overlaid with any nearby whale
habitat.
The Audubon Society of Rhode
Island and the New Bedford Whaling
Museum helped Pepe’s group launch
the initiative, which has been dubbed
“Sharing the Seas.”