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OREGON COAST INVITATIONAL
On to quarterfinals for OCI Grand Champions
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WARRENTON — The field of
16 was trimmed to eight Wednesday
afternoon, in all flights of the Grand
Champions Division of the Oregon
Coast Invitational.
Golfers are now at the halfway
point of match play in the 107th
annual tournament, which continues
today, Friday and Saturday at the Asto-
ria Golf & Country Club.
Thursday quarterfinals are set
for the Grand Champions, while the
Junior Seniors are down to the final
four in all flights.
And the weekend medalist in qual-
ifying for the Junior Seniors continued
his winning ways, as Astoria Golf’s
Dennis Sturgell posted another vic-
tory Wednesday. The No. 1 seed in
the championship flight will face Kurt
Payne in a Friday semifinal.
The other semifinal will feature
Doug Edwards vs. Matt Elmes.
In the Grand Champions divi-
sion, Astoria’s Jeff Canessa contin-
ues to ride the momentum after a big
first-round win, scoring a victory over
Avery Keating.
Canessa returns to the course today
for a quarterfinal against Columbia
Ready
for some
football?
SCOREBOARD
GOLF
Oregon Coast Invitational
Wednesday’s Results
Grand Champions
Championship Flight
Jeff Canessa def. Avery Keating; Rex
Puterbaugh def. Mike Fritz; Riley Elmes
def. Adam Harrington; Daniel Terrell def.
Harrison Moir; Anthony Arvidson def.
Kevin Kirakossian; John DeLong def.
Kenneth Sheldon; Jamie Sumner def.
Nicholas Timm; Randy Tucker def. Jay
Ross.
First Flight
Samuel Hinton def. David Berlant; Col-
in Alexander def. Eric Larson; Preston
Van Hook def. Mark Cooney; Connor
Jetton def. Nik Torkelson; Joe Torkelson
def. Ted Ferguson; Taylor Swingle def.
Peter Jennings; Bill Winter def. Patrick
Whealdon; Jimmy Buell def. Stu Ger-
rish.
Second Flight
Nicolas Mulflur def. Brad Carnese;
Chris Shepard def. Joel Mayer; A.J.
Shepard def. Franklin Gauntz; Fritz
Benz def. Jeremy Wood; Cameron Nick-
los def. Nicholas Wobbrock; Matthew
Tennant def. Patrick Goodman; Damon
Grant def. Jeff Jetton; Patrick Wood def.
William Bennington.
Third Flight
Craig Froude def. Jack McNeill; Andy
Songer def. Jack Marrs; Tommy Mulflur
def. Kevin Kidd, Jr.; Arlyn Maldonado
def. Teddy Ferguson; Ian Kelly def. Mike
T. Whitty; Richard McGee def. Jesse
French; Scott Vinson def. Conor Kelly;
Ryan Person def. Jim Wright.
Fourth Flight
Matt Chappell def. Jacob Wobbrock;
Michael Wood def. David Harding; Rob
Goodman def. Brad McMahon; Justin
Jennings def. Darren Palmberg; Steve
Mozinski def. Brian Kim; Mark Ryler def.
Todd Melrose; Peter Griggs def. Doug
Trainer; Johnny Holt def. Brendan Mc-
Neill.
Fifth Flight
Kyle Whitty def. David Vigliotto; J.P.
Nantz def. Chris Galloni; Jim Senescu
def. Pat Kelly; Nick Naimo def. Aaron
Ehlers; Jack Pegler def. Jared Payne;
Ronald Stevens def. Andrew Laing;
Brock Rice def. Bill Brooks; Spenser
Sutherland def. Daniel Sturgell.
Junior Seniors
Championship Flight
Dennis Sturgell def. Jim Parks; Kurt
Payne def. John Holtmann; Doug Ed-
wards def. James Folk; Matt Elmes def.
Henry Emmerson.
First Flight
Mike Naimo def. Steve Johnson;
Mike Ralston def. Steve Fordney; Allan
LaPlante def. Steve Roos; Rob Turk def.
Brian Hefele.
Second Flight
Beau Harlan def. Don Frank; Greg
Korkowski def. Kevin Pasion; Mark Mc-
Graw def. Scott Reynier; Jim Fromer
def. David Ellis.
Third Flight
Tal Gohl def. Stan Grissinger; Dan Hall
def. Cary Potterfield; Brad Nantz def.
Scott Hoodenpyle; Bill Hurst def. Robert
Johnson.
Fourth Flight
Greg Hope def. John Mangan; Jim
Jackman def. Carl Mark; Doug Palin def.
DeWayne Ledbetter; Mark Muphy def.
Craig Nichols.
Fifth Flight
Robert Endres def. B.K. Srinivasan;
Brian Pienovi def. James Titus; Storm
Floten def. Jeffrey Renner; Len Tum-
barello def. Kevin McHone.
Sixth Flight
Wes LaRiviere def. Tom Talbot; Joe
Dandoy def. Tony Magden; Dennis
McAuliffe def. John Bunce; Tim Regan
def. Dave Sloan.
Seventh Flight
Mike Obrien def. Terry Graff; John Ten-
nant, Jr. def. Wayne Monfries; Michael
McNamara def. Bob Moir; Rick Camp-
bell def. Sean Smiley.
Super Seniors
Fourth Flight
Fred Hamel def. Tim Doherty; Gordon
Harris def. Lou Libby; Kevin Kelly def.
John Young; John Turman def. Mike
Furrer.
Fifth Flight
Tony Pasion def. Ron Marenda; Jarrett
Jones def. George Vance; John Holt def.
Michael Clark; Tom Isenhour def. Jack
Nantz.
Sixth Flight
Michael Millette def. Chuck Carnese;
Peter Goforth def. David Gilbert; Wayne
Spencer def. Randy Zmrhal; John
Holmes def. Thomas McDowell.
Seventh Flight
Ken Kadera def. Stephen Moore;
Miles Sweeney def. Robert Mesher; Jim
Hauck def. Bill Knox; Jeff Wohler def.
Ron Leland.
Eighth Flight
Marty Sells def. Larry Grant; Russ
Dragon def. Tom Hageman; Gary Clu-
nas def. Roger Schultz; Jerry Briggs def.
Ron Martell.
Ninth Flight
Albert Carder, bye; Rick Williams def.
Herb Sundby; David Aase def. Chris
Robinson; John McLoughlin def. David
Lum.
Edgewater’s Rex Puterbaugh.
Other Wednesday winners included
defending champion Riley Elmes,
2013 champion Anthony Arvidson and
two-time OCI winner John DeLong.
Golfers from the Grand Cham-
pions, Women’s, Seniors and Super
Seniors will be on the course today.
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AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott speaks at Pac-12 NCAA college football Media Day on Wednesday
in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. USC got 28 first-place votes, compared to the Huskies’ 22.
USC, Washington picked to
win their divisions in Pac-12
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Southern
California is the preseason pick to
win the Pac-12 in a poll of foot-
ball media, and defending cham-
pion Washington is favored to win
the North Division.
The conference announced
the results Wednesday before its
preseason media availabilities in
Hollywood.
USC got 28 of 52 overall first-
place votes, topping the Huskies’
22. Both schools were clear favor-
ites in their respective divisions,
getting 49 of the 52 votes for the
top spot.
The Trojans won their final nine
games last season behind return-
ing quarterback Sam Darnold, cul-
minating in a thrilling Rose Bowl
victory over Penn State. Although
USC must replace playmakers at
several key positions, coach Clay
Helton returns for his second full
season with the school’s usual ros-
ter loaded with NFL-caliber talent.
USC has been greeted annually
with frenzied preseason expecta-
tions, particularly since the dom-
inant Pete Carroll era. The Trojans
have far more coaching changes
than conference titles in the past
decade, failing to take the crown
after being installed as the presea-
son favorites in 2012 and 2015.
Another word of warning for
the Trojans: The media has cor-
rectly picked the conference
champion only twice in the last
decade.
Washington went 12-2 and won
the conference title game over
Colorado last season. The Hus-
kies lost to Alabama in the Col-
lege Football Playoff semifinal,
but star quarterback Jake Brown-
ing returns along with several key
components of coach Chris Peters-
en’s burgeoning powerhouse.
The Buffaloes are picked to
finish fourth in the Pac-12 South
behind Utah and UCLA despite
their breakthrough season under
coach Mike MacIntyre. Arizona
State ranked fifth in the division,
and Arizona was last.
Stanford is picked second in
the North after going 10-3 last
season. The Cardinal are followed
by revitalized Washington State
and rebuilding Oregon, which
replaced coach Mark Helfrich
with Willie Taggart after going
4-8 last fall for its worst season in
a quarter-century.
Oregon State is picked fifth
in the North, with California
expected to finish last under new
coach Justin Wilcox.
Oregon and Utah got one
vote apiece as Pac-12 title game
champions.
The 18th annual Astoria Youth
Football camp will take place
Monday through Aug. 3 at CMH
Field.
Coaching staff and players
from Astoria High School will
serve as instructors. The annual
four-day camp is for any student
entering kindergarten through the
eighth grade this fall.
Camp times are 5-6:30 each
night, with day-of-camp registra-
tion beginning at 4:45 p.m.
This year’s camp is the senior
project for Astoria High stu-
dent-athletes Zac Patterson and
Kainoa Kaonohi.
Cost is $30 per individual or
$50 per family. The camp fee
includes a T-shirt and free admis-
sion to the AHS Football Condi-
tioning Camp the following week
for Astoria Middle School players.
Camp instruction will include
techniques for all offensive, defen-
sive and special team positions;
recommended nutritional training;
off-season and in-season training;
the importance of goal setting; and
the importance of team building.
Many current and former AHS
football players will serve as guest
coaches.
Interested campers who may
have a financial hardship should
contact coach Howard Rub.
Campers should wear cloth
shorts and T-shirts, and a nonmetal
cleated pair of shoes. Regular ath-
letic shoes are also allowed on the
artificial surface.
For questions or more infor-
mation, contact coach Rub at 503-
298-9419, or hrub@astoria.k12.
or.us.
Sale Away: Red
Sox ace Ks 11
in 4-0 win over
Mariners
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
Morris’ 88th-minute goal gives US Gold Cup title
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As
the victorious American players
bounced so hard the podium shook,
medals round their necks, a beaming
Bruce Arena in the back raised his
arms to the air right along with them
as gold confetti began to fall.
The U.S. resurgence is off to an
impressive start since Arena returned
late last year. Another CONCACAF
Gold Cup crown, and now on to
more important business: qualifying
for next year’s World Cup.
Former Stanford star Jordan Mor-
ris scored a tie-breaking goal in the
88th minute , and the United States
beat Jamaica 2-1 on Wednesday
night for its sixth Gold Cup title and
first since 2013.
Jozy Altidore’s goal on a 28-yard
free kick in the 45th minute beat
backup goalkeeper Dwayne Miller
after Jamaica captain Andre Blake
left early with a hand injury.
Je-Vaughn Watson tied the score
when he got away from Morris for a
4-yard volley off Kemar Lawrence’s
50th-minute corner kick.
Morris, who left nearby Stanford
in his junior year, has won the 2015
NCAA title, the 2016 MLS champi-
onship with Seattle and now the 2017
Gold Cup. He got the breakthrough
goal with a 14-yard right-footed shot
AP Photo/Ben Margot
United States players celebrate after beating Jamaica 2-1 in the Gold
Cup final soccer match in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday.
after Gyasi Zardes crossed. Jermaine
Taylor tried to clear with a header
and the ball was knocked by Clint
Dempsey with a leg back to Morris.
“I was nervous. It was my guy
that scored on the goal, so I was try-
ing to make up for it any way that
I could,” Morris said. “Obviously. I
take responsibility for that. But luck-
ily I could put one in the back of the
net.”
It was the fifth international goal
for the 22-year-old Morris, who tied
16-year-old Canadian Alphonso
Davies for the tournament lead with
three goals.
“That was like a dagger in the
heart,” Jamaica coach Theodore
Whitmore said.
Arena took a moment after the
final whistle to congratulate Morris
for the pretty shot but also for how
he answered from a mistake.
The U.S. extended its unbeaten
streak to 14 games (9-0-5) under
Arena, who became the first coach to
win three Gold Cup titles.
“Bruce brought in a new energy,”
goalkeeper Tim Howard said. “He
just gave us a tremendous lift.”
SEATTLE — When Chris
Sale woke up Wednesday, he was
unaware the Red Sox were on a
four-game losing streak.
“I actually fell asleep before the
end of it. I woke up this morning
and heard the news,” Sale said of
Boston’s 13-inning loss the previ-
ous night.
Sale was brilliant, pitching
seven innings of three-hit ball in
a 4-0 win over the Seattle Mari-
ners that featured a home run by
20-year-old Rafael Devers , who
became the youngest Boston player
to hit a home run in more than 50
years.
Sale headed back to the team
hotel early on Tuesday night to be
rested for a day game. He didn’t
know about Seattle’s two-run rally
in the 13th inning, shortly after
midnight.
About 12 hours later, the Red
Sox got exactly what they needed
from their ace to avoid being
swept. He struck out 11, the 14th
time this season he reached double
digits. Sale allowed doubles to Jean
Segura and Guillermo Heredia, and
a broken-bat single to Ben Gamel,
but none of the three to reach base
via hit ever advanced.
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