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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017
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Physicals,
fall sports
meetings
on tap
Thursday
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Physicals, impact testing, and
heart screenings for athletes will be
available Thursday at Astoria High
School.
Columbia Memorial Hospi-
tal has partnered with the school’s
athletic department to offer sports
physicals for any student-athlete at
a discounted price of $25.
Physicians from Columbia
Memorial Hospital will be at the
AHS main office from 9 a.m.
to noon and 1-4 p.m. (walk-in
appointments only).
Any student participating in
Astoria Youth Football, Astoria
Middle School athletics, or any
Oregon School Activities Associ-
ation high school athletic activity
must have a physical completed
every two years. Providence Hos-
pital is also partnering with the
Astoria High Athletic Department
to offer heart screenings for any
student age 13 or older during the
same times on Thursday.
All middle school student-ath-
letes, ninth and 11th grade high
school student-athletes, and/or any
middle school or high school age
student-athlete who was diagnosed
with a concussion during the 2016-
17 school year are encouraged to
undergo impact testing.
Impact tests are computer-gen-
erated tests to help give stu-
dent-athletes a baseline test score
to help evaluate a possible concus-
sion, should a head injury occur
during the season.
The testing is available to all
students in Clatsop County. All stu-
dents must have a parent present in
order to receive a physical.
For more information, contact
AHS Athletic Director Howard
Rub at hrub@astoria.k12.or.us.
Fall sports meetings
Fall sports meetings for stu-
dent-athletes at Astoria High
School take place Thursday in the
school auditorium.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., in
order for parents to register their
child and complete the paperwork
process.
The Athletic Department pro-
gram will begin at 7 p.m. for all fall
sports teams. At 7:45 p.m., head
coaches for boys and girls soccer,
football, volleyball and cross coun-
try will conduct meetings.
Parents of all fall sports stu-
dent-athletes are encouraged to
attend the 7 p.m. meeting in order
to receive fall calendars and review
school policies, as well as to make
certain their child is properly regis-
tered to begin official practices the
week of Aug. 14.
MLS starts
video replay
Saturday
Associated Press
Today, Major League Soccer.
Tomorrow, the world.
Despite purists who believe
the beautiful game should never
be sullied by video replay, it has
arrived and isn’t going anywhere.
Major League Soccer will start
using it for every match, even the
postseason, starting Saturday.
The Video Assistant Referee,
VAR for short, was showcased on
an international level during this
summer’s Confederations Cup in
Russia and the Under-20 World
Cup in South Korea, with mixed
results.
But MLS has been preparing
for this moment for three years,
determined to get it right.
“The idea is minimum interfer-
ence for maximum benefit,” said
veteran referee Howard Webb,
who is overseeing the league’s
implementation of video replay.
“We’re not trying to change the
way the game is played. We’re
trying to enhance it.”
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Kansas City Royals’ Brandon Moss hits a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners
Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals’ 6-4 win over the Mariners was their 32nd comeback victory of the season.
Royals rally twice to beat Mariners 6-4
Associated Press
UP NEXT: MARINERS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brandon Moss
did not want to see the numbers next to his
name, so he refused to peek.
Moss hit two home runs and Lorenzo
Cain drove in the go-ahead run in the sev-
enth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the
Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Thursday night.
The Royals rallied from deficits of 2-0 and
3-2 for their 32nd comeback victory. They
snapped a three-game losing streak.
Moss homered in the fifth off Yovani Gal-
lardo after Mike Moustakas had walked. That
snapped a four-game homer-less skid for the
Royals, which matched their longest drought
of the season.
Moss also homered in eighth off Emilo
Pagan for his 11th career multi-homer game.
He is hitting .210 with 14 home runs and 28
RBIs.
“A few weeks ago, I stopped looking up
at the scoreboard every single time I went up
there and worrying about what the numbers
looked like,” Moss said. “They are what they
are. It’s not the end of the season, so you can
turn them around, but you’re not going to turn
them around stressing about them.”
Moss is hitting .356 with four doubles, five
home runs and 12 RBIs in his past 12 home
games.
“I love hitting at this ballpark and the num-
bers back that up,” Moss said.
Pagan (0-2) took the loss, giving up two
• Seattle Mariners (55-55)
at Kansas City Royals (56-51)
• Saturday, 4:15 p.m. TV: RTNW
runs, one unearned, in the seventh. Alcides
Escobar led off the inning with a single and
Alex Gordon moved him to second with a sac-
rifice bunt.
Whit Merrifield reached on a fielding
error by first baseman Danny Valencia. Cain
punched a single to right to score Escobar and
Cabrera singled home Merrifield.
Ryan Buchter (1-0), the fourth of six Kan-
sas City pitchers, threw one pitch to retire
Kyle Seager to end the seventh and picked up
the victory.
Kelvin Herrera worked the ninth to log his
24th save in 27 chances. He yielded a run on
Robinson Cano’s two-out single.
Seager and Valencia hit solo home runs for
the Mariners. Guillermo Heredia’s sixth-in-
ning single scored Valencia, who led off the
inning with a double.
“We really needed that big two-out hit ear-
lier in the game to get you over the hump and
stretch out the lead a little bit,” Mariners man-
ager Scott Servais said. “We didn’t get that.
We felt the momentum was still on our side,
but look up at the scoreboard and it was still
2-0 and they could tie it with one swing of the
bat.”
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Seattle Mariners’ Danny Valencia hits a
solo home run during the fourth inning
of a baseball game against the Kansas
City Royals Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.
Trevor Cahill, who the Royals picked up
in a July 24 deal with the San Diego Padres,
allowed two runs and six hits over 4 2/3
innings in a no-decision.
“I actually felt a lot more comfortable than
I thought,” Cahill said of his first Kauffman
Stadium start as a Royal. “I’ve been pitching
for a long time. I felt pretty normal. It seemed
like a pretty exciting atmosphere, so it was all
fun.”
Seahawks’ Clark ejected after
punching Ifedi; McDowell reports
By CURTIS CRABTREE
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Sea-
hawks defensive end Frank Clark
was tossed from practice Thursday
after punching teammate Germain
Ifedi in the face during a heated skir-
mish between offensive and defen-
sive linemen.
Defensive tackle Malik McDowell
also reported to the team after miss-
ing the first three practices of training
camp after injuring himself in an ATV
accident.
Clark was sent off for the final
half hour of practice after his punch
dropped Ifedi to the ground. Ifedi also
left practice as he was being attended
to by trainers after the incident.
“Disappointed we had a couple
guys get after it today,” coach Pete
Carroll said. “There’s no room for
fighting in football. It is not part of
this game. It’s not supposed to be part
of this game, and we frown upon that
very heavily. Real disappointed that
that happened today. We have to learn
and get better and be right.”
The Clark punch was secondary to
an initial melee involving defensive
tackle Rodney Coe and center Will
Pericak.
During one-on-one pass rushing
drills, Coe and Pericak matched up
against each other. Coe lost his bal-
ance and Pericak continued to block
him through the group of offensive
linemen watching from behind. Coe
took offense and hip tossed Pericak
into a water dispenser set up behind
Record-breaking
Neymar says
money not
motive for move
By ROB HARRIS
Associated Press
Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, right, takes off his
pads after a practice which included fights, during NFL football train-
ing camp Thursday in Renton, Wash.
the drill.
The two sides then collectively
began to push, shove and scream at
each other. After the skirmish sub-
sided, Clark hit Ifedi, who had
removed his helmet.
“You can’t do it in the game; you
get ejected, which is just what you
saw happen,” Carroll said. “Some-
body can get hurt, which you saw
happen. We’ve taken a big stance
against it and really disappointed it
happened on day four (of camp).”
Carroll initially said afterward that
he didn’t have an update on Ifedi’s
status before adding “he’s all right.”
McDowell’s return to the team
didn’t provide much additional clar-
ity on when, or if, he’ll be able to play
for Seattle this season.
The team has been mum on details
regarding McDowell’s injuries since
the incident became public Sunday.
“He’s doing all kinds of appoint-
ments and stuff to make sure that we
know exactly what’s going on,” Car-
roll said. “They did a lot of stuff yes-
terday. I really don’t have much to
report for you but it’s going to take a
while to figure it out.”
PARIS — Neymar insisted that
money was not a motivation in
deciding to join Paris Saint-Ger-
main and said Friday that he would
not be burdened by $262-million
price tag.
The Brazilian star flew in from
Barcelona on a private jet for his
official presentation, arriving in a
city whose soccer fortunes he is
expected to transform.
At a packed Paris news
conference,
Neymar
found
it “really sad” to be asked
whether the riches on offer
were the reason for his decision
to swap one of soccer’s most
illustrious teams — Barcelona has
won every major honor multiple
times — for a club yet to win the
biggest competitions outside of
France.
“I was never motivated by
money,” Neymar said at the PSG
stadium. “What I think about is
happiness. If I was following the
money I would maybe be in some
other country.”
The move more than doubled
the previous transfer record.
“The fact I am the most
expensive player is not a
burden. I am 69 kilograms (152
pounds),” Neymar said through a
translator.