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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017
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Locals take part in 4-H shooting program
The Daily Astorian
June was a busy month for the
4-H Shooting Sports program.
Michael Williams traveled to
Grand Island, Nebraska, in June to
compete in the 4-H National Shoot-
ing Sports Championship. Wil-
liams was joined by teammates Ryan
Kramer of Newberg and Dylan Nel-
son of Oregon City. The team com-
peted in sporting clays, skeet and
trap. Kramer received fifth place in
sporting clays.
The biggest achievement for the
Oregon team was improving from
27th to 17th in the overall rankings.
The highest ranking for the Oregon
team was 13th in trap, which was a
significant improvement over prior
year rankings.
Also in June, 4-H held the 2017
Oregon 4-H State Shooting Sports
Contest in Albany. The contest incor-
porates archery, communication
skills, hunting skills, muzzleload-
ing, pistol, rifle, shotgun and West-
ern heritage, and involved 324 youth,
ages 9 to 19, from several Oregon
counties.
Clatsop County was well-repre-
sented, with 12 4-H members partic-
ipating in the shotgun contest and 10
competing in the rifle contest. Aaron
Hollenbeck and Andrew Pedersen,
were National league shotgun quali-
fiers and have the possibility of trav-
eling to the national competition next
year.
Those who attended the state com-
petition were: Tanner Steen (shotgun
and rifle), Kristian Rodgers (shot-
gun and rifle), Josiah Dersham (shot-
gun and rifle), Matthew Cano (shot-
gun and rifle), Soren Brown (shotgun
and rifle), Aaron Hollenbeck (shot-
gun and rifle), Andrew Hollenbeck
(shotgun and rifle), Andrew Pedersen
(shotgun and rifle), Alyssa Hollen-
beck (shotgun and rifle), Kory Con-
stantine (shotgun), Baylee McSwain
(shotgun), Colton McMaster (shot-
gun) and Maddie Ank (rifle).
The Clatsop County community
has been very supportive of the 4-H
Shooting Sports program as well as
Cano helps push M’s past Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Seattle Mari-
ners’ lengthy road stretch is off to a nice start.
Robinson Cano doubled twice and drove in
three runs as the Mariners beat the Texas Rang-
ers 8-7 on Tuesday night. Seattle is now 2-0 on
a nine-game trip that begins a stretch of 21 of
28 on the road.
Cano’s two-run double in the sixth was the
499th of his career, moving him into a time with
Rusty Staub for 63rd in MLB history.
Jarrod Dyson had his 200th career steal in
the win and threw out Delino DeShields at third
to end the eighth inning in a one-run game.
“He made a great throw, and the pick and
tag that (Kyle) Seager put on DeShields was
just awesome,” Mariners manager Scott Servais
said. “A big point in the game and you have to
make a big play. We did tonight.”
DeShields tried to advance from first on a
single by Nomar Mazara, but was beaten by a
precise throw from Dyson.
“We can’t get thrown out in that situation,”
Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “Not with
our best hitter coming up.”
Nelson Cruz homered and Leonys Martin
had two hits and two RBIs for Seattle.
Joey Gallo had two homers and four RBIs,
and Rougned Odor also went deep for the Rang-
ers, who lost their fourth straight.
Casey Lawrence (1-3) picked up his first
MLB win after entering the game in the fourth
inning. Edwin Diaz earned his 21st save after
working a 1-2-3 ninth.
Nick Martinez (3-4) gave up seven runs and
eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He was recalled from
Triple-A to fill the void after Yu Darvish was
traded to the Dodgers.
“I kind of lost my timing a little bit,” Marti-
nez said. “It would come back and I would lose
it again.”
The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s youth football camp
starts Monday at Knappa High
School, and runs through Wednes-
day. The camp is open to all stu-
dents entering the third through
eighth grade.
Registration opens at 4 p.m.
Monday, with the camp running
from 5-6:30 p.m. on the practice
field at Knappa High School. Cost
of the camp is $30.
Transfer QB
Luton named
OSU starter
Associated Press
UP NEXT: MARINERS
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano follows through on an RBI double to right during the third
inning of the team’s baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas.
Seahawks sign safety Chancellor to 3-year extension
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Kam Chan-
cellor wore a wry grin, knowing that
a day earlier when he was peppered
about his contract status and future
with the Seattle Seahawks that all
those questions were about to be
answered.
“I didn’t want to tell you all,”
Chancellor said with a chuckle.
“But I had an idea it was pretty
close. Both sides were positive and
it turned around great.”
The Seahawks’ starting strong
safety signed a three-year extension
Tuesday that will keep him with
the only club he’s ever played for
through the 2020 season and creates
the possibility that Chancellor will
retire having played only in Seattle.
Chancellor’s new deal is
worth up to $36 million with
$25 million guaranteed, a hefty pay-
day for a 29-year-old whose physi-
cal style of play has led to big hits
but also a variety of injuries during
his career.
Tuesday’s announcement was
a stark change from two years
ago when Chancellor was a train-
ing camp holdout because he was
unhappy with his contract.
“I don’t think the relationship
ever fell off. I think it was just a pro-
cess. The past was the past and I put
that behind me two years ago and it
worked,” Chancellor said. “We’re
here today back to where we started,
both sides in a great agreement.
Bygones be bygones. I’m ready to
play football.”
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Knappa youth
football camp
next week
By SEAN SHAPIRO
Associated Press
• Seattle Mariners (55-53)
at Texas Rangers (50-56)
• Today, 5:05 p.m. TV: RTNW
the other 4-H events and projects the
youth participate in.
“It is a pleasure to live in a com-
munity that strongly supports posi-
tive youth development and believes
in giving time and resources to the
next generation of leaders”, said
Sandra Carlson, 4-H Coordinator.
“We are very proud of these youth
for their accomplishments and their
remarkable sportsmanship.”
For more information about the
Clatsop County 4-H program, call
503-325-8573.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, left, greets strong safety
Kam Chancellor at the start of training camp Tuesday in Renton, Wash.
Without a new deal, Chancellor
could have left Seattle in free agency
after this season. Chancellor’s first
contract extension, signed in 2013,
is set to expire after the 2017 season.
“I think it’s another illustration
of, if you have deep relationships
sometimes you don’t see things eye-
to-eye and sometimes you get going
in a different direction and stuff
doesn’t quite make sense. We got
there,” coach Pete Carroll said. “But
because of the depth of the relation-
ship, because of the commitment to
one another to really the individual
and to us as well, we worked our
way through it and it made sense.
He’s been better for it. We’ve been
better for it even though it was as
really hard thing.”
Chancellor has been Seattle’s
starting strong safety since 2011.
He is a two-time second-team All-
Pro selection and a four-time Pro
Bowler.
Known as one of the biggest
hitters in the defensive backfield,
Chancellor is also a highly respected
voice in Seattle’s locker room, even
after his holdout two years ago
where he missed the first two games
of the regular season. Any wounds
from that decision were healed when
Chancellor was voted a team captain
last season.
“He came back like we didn’t
miss a beat. ... He came back like
he never left. We accepted that,”
teammate Earl Thomas said. “He’s
a leader, we listen to him and he’s
very valuable to this defense.”
The contract extension was also
taken as a signal to some of Seat-
tle’s other veterans who could be in
the same position a year from now.
Thomas, for example, has two years
remaining on his current contract.
The same goes for Richard Sherman.
Seattle also spent four draft picks
this past spring on defensive backs.
“I was watching very closely,”
Thomas said. “You want to see
because we’re all right around the
same age. They’re bringing a lot
of new guys in. If the writing is on
the wall I want to be able to see it
because I know I’ll be next.”
NOTES: Rookie DL Malik
McDowell has arrived in the Seattle
area after being involved in a vehic-
ular accident a few weeks ago, Car-
roll said. Carroll had yet to meet
with McDowell as of midday Tues-
day but said the process of determin-
ing McDowell’s status begins now.
“We’re really anxious to really let
everybody see him and take care of
him, look after him and find out first
hand,” Carroll said. “Everything has
been through communications with
the doctors at the other end, which
have been in-depth.” ... WR Tyler
Lockett is getting closer to coming
off the PUP list and could return to
practice in the next few days, Carroll
said. Lockett broke both bones in his
lower right leg late last season.
BEND — Oregon State coach
Gary Andersen has named com-
munity college transfer Jake Luton
the Beavers’ starting quarterback.
Andersen
announced his
decision Tues-
day following
practice in Bend,
where the Bea-
vers have trav-
eled for a week
of this year’s fall
Jake
camp.
Luton
Luton, who
transferred to Oregon State from
Ventura Community College, was
competing with Marcus McMary-
ion and Darell Garretson for the
starting nod.
Luton threw for 3,551 yards
and 40 touchdowns, both sin-
gle-season records, last year at
Ventura.
Luton went 13-for-21 for 118
yards in the Beavers’ spring game.
But he was beset by a mysteri-
ous illness during the spring that
caused him to drop 30 pounds
from his 6-foot-7 frame.
He said before the start of fall
camp that he has fully recovered.
Jets’ Adams:
‘die on field’
comments
about passion
Associated Press
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. —
New York Jets rookie Jamal
Adams says his comments about
the football field being the ‘perfect
place to die’ were simply about
his passion for the game and he
meant no disrespect to players and
families dealing with effects of
concussions.
Adams says Tuesday that his
love for football is “indescribable’
and that’s the message he was try-
ing to convey Monday during a
question-and-answer session that
included NFL Commissioner
Roger Goodell.
One of the approximately 150
Jets season-ticket holders asked
the panel, which also included
running back Matt Forte, about
player health and safety. Adams,
who never mentioned concussions
or chronic traumatic encephalopa-
thy, spoke about how much he and
others enjoy the game.
“Literally, if I had a perfect
place to die,” Adams said, “I
would die on the field .”