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Columbians
slip past
Warriors
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WARRENTON — The War-
renton Warriors had their moments
Monday night … the Rainier
Columbians just had more.
In a much-anticipated Lewis
& Clark League volleyball match,
the Warriors and Columbians
were indeed competitive for much
of the evening.
But too many Rainier rallies
and too much Breana Edwards
were too much for Warrenton to
deal with, as Rainier left town
with a three-game sweep, 25-17,
25-16 and 25-20.
The Warriors held leads in all
three games, including 4-0 and
16-15 in Game 2, and 19-14 in
Game 3.
The Columbians always had
an answer, however, usually in the
form of Edwards.
The big senior middle blocker/
outside hitter is unstoppable when
her teammates are able to set her,
and even when they don’t.
Edwards was pounding kills,
tapping the ball into the open
spaces on the floor, and blocking
Warrenton hits in every game.
Her two straight service aces
helped Rainier pull away in Game
1, in which the Warriors had ral-
lied to within 16-14.
The Columbians finished the
first game with a 5-1 run, then
topped that in Game 2.
Trailing 16-15, Rainier tied
the game on a kill by Edwards,
who added a block on Warren-
ton’s Elly Blodgett, followed
by two ace serves from Shaleya
Naakahiki-Teves.
Before they knew it, the
Columbians had reeled off 10
straight points to win the game,
25-16.
Warrenton’s best chance came
in Game 3.
Trailing 12-8, Warrior junior
Morgan Blodgett scored a big
block on Edwards for a point, then
delivered three straight ace serves
to highlight a 9-0 run for a 17-12
Warrenton lead.
But Rainier rallied one last
time, as Edwards had back-to-
back kills to spark an 8-0 run for
the Columbians, who turned a
20-17 deficit into a 25-17 victory.
Warrenton hosts De La Salle
Wednesday.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
7 p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside, 7 p.m.;
Nestucca at Knappa, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Seaside at Molalla, 6
p.m.
Boys Soccer — Molalla at Seaside, 7
p.m.
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Seattle Mariners’ Mitch Haniger reaches safely on a double ahead of the attempted tag by Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned
Odor, left, in the first inning of a baseball game Monday in Arlington, Texas.
Speedy DeShields helps pace
Rangers in win over Mariners
Seattle loses 5-3
UP NEXT: MARINERS
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
• Seattle Mariners (71-73)
at Texas Rangers (72-71)
• Today, 5:05 p.m. TV: RTNW
A
RLINGTON, Texas — Delino DeSh-
ields can make good things happen
for the Texas Rangers with his small
ball. The speedy outfielder also has a little
pop in his bat.
DeShields homered after taking a speed-
ier trip around the bases for an earlier run
and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners
5-3 on Monday night in the opener of a four-
game series matching teams still hoping to
get one of the AL’s two wild cards.
“I don’t know where that came from,”
DeShields said of his no-doubt shot into the
left-field seats in the fourth.
That homer came two innings after
DeShields reached on a one-out bunt single,
when he was initially called out before a
replay challenge overturned the call. DeSh-
ields then raced home from first on Shin-
Soo Choo’s two-run double that made it 4-1,
running through a fill-in third-base coach’s
stop sign and scoring on a nifty headfirst
slide.
“It’s hard to stop a race car,” manager
Jeff Banister said. “We talk about D all the
time, and just the excitement of the speed.
… He jump-starts this offense, he gets us
going.”
Jason Wood, the Rangers’ Triple-A man-
ager, coached third base with Tony Beas-
ley out to deal with a personal matter. But
the Rangers said it wasn’t a health issue for
Beasley, who was limited last season while
undergoing treatment for rectal cancer.
DeShields said he was intent on scor-
ing when Choo’s ball went into the left-cen-
ter gap. His head was down when rounding
third base.
“As soon as I looked up, he was giv-
ing me the stop sign, but there was no stop-
ping,” DeShields said. “I was full throttle
right there.”
Cole Hamels (10-3) struck out seven in
six innings to win for the first time in his
last four starts.
Alex Claudio worked a perfect ninth
to get his eighth save in 12 chances for
the Rangers (72-71), who got within two
games of idle Minnesota for the American
League’s second wild-card spot. Seattle (71-
73) is 3 1/2 games back.
Kyle Seager and Mitch Haniger homered
for Seattle. Seager led off the second with
his 23rd homer and Haniger, who had three
hits and finished a triple shy of the cycle,
had a two-run shot in the third.
Mariners starter Ariel Miranda (8-7)
allowed gave up six hits and walked three
in only 1 2-3 innings. It was the lefty’s 29th
start this season.
“Miranda has taken the ball every time
out there for us. He just didn’t have much
in the tank at all tonight,” manager Scott
Servais said. “He’s running on fumes right
now. Again, I appreciate how he competes
and how he goes out there. There are certain
nights he just didn’t have it.”
Trainer’s room
OF Jarrod Dyson, whose 28 stolen bases
were tied for third in the American League,
is done for the season. He will have surgery
to repair something similar to a groin injury.
He hasn’t played since Sept. 2.
FOOTBALL
Toledo 35, Ilwaco 7
14 14 7 0—35
0 7 0
0—7
First Quarter
T: Ethan Buck 40 run (Andreas Malunat
kick) 9:36
T: Keyton Wallace 3 run (Malunat kick)
3:24
Second Quarter
T: Fano Arceo-Hansen 40 pass from
Gannon Madill (Malunat kick) 11:52
T: Colby Cherrington 2 run (Malunat
kick) 6:16
Ilw: Trent Ramsey 4 pass from Ethan
Personius (Jorge Galvan kick) :01
Third Quarter
T: Madill 43 int. return (Malunat kick) 4:47
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: McMullen 10-49, Cox 4-25,
Chetwood 3-16, Duke 8-7, Personius 5-(-
2). Passing: Personius 5-12-50-2, Kaech
1-2-7-0. Receiving: Kaino 4-35, McMullen
1-12, Te.Ramsey 1-8, Tr.Ramsey 1-4.
Toledo
Ilwaco
Naselle 50, Rainier Christian 8
Rainier C.
0 0 0
8—8
Naselle
16 22 6 6—50
N: Erik Lund 15 run (Jacob Eaton from
Cole Dorman)
N: Ethan Lindstrom 18 pass from Dor-
man (Dorman run)
N: Lund 2 pass from Dorman (Oggie
Lopez run)
N: Fa’aoso Tutu’u 51 run (run failed)
N: Donny Edwards 51 punt return (Eaton
from Dorman)
N: Eaton 25 pass from Dorman (run
failed)
N: Daniel Holt 1 run (run failed)
RC: Ian Neveu pass from Landen Bruce
(Bruce run)
Friday Night Finals
Banks 55, Stayton 21
Tillamook 13, Junction City 7
Valley Cath. 27, Yamhill-Carlton 10
Gervais 68, Portland Christian 20
Rainier 46, Umatilla 14
Central Linn 43, Gaston 13
Neah-Kah-Nie 58, Waldport 6
Willamina 47, Nestucca 0
Arena group proposing rapid
construction timeline in Seattle
Ready within
three years
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — A proposal to
remodel KeyArena now has an ambi-
tious timeline that could have it ready
to house a professional franchise
within three years.
The timeline was laid out in a pro-
posed memorandum of understand-
ing between Seattle and Oak View
Group. The MOU will be presented
to the Seattle City Council on Tuesday
but the final version of the agreement
won’t be voted on until the first week
of December at the earliest.
Still, the draft agreement is a sig-
nificant step in the process of redevel-
oping the city-owned building through
a privately financed project that offi-
cials believe will finally lure the NHL
or NBA — or both — to Seattle.
KeyArena housed the NBA’s Super-
Sonics until they relocated to Okla-
homa City and became the Thunder.
Oak View Group believes it can have
the building ready by October 2020 if
environmental approvals are obtained
and demolition can start in October
2018.
“I think the most important part
of this MOU is the fact it states very
clearly to the leagues that this project
is going to happen, we do have a deal
with the city, they can make a deal.
They are very focused ultimately not
only on building a new arena here and
giving us the partnership and certainty
in order to do that,” OVG CEO Tim
Leiweke said.
“But more importantly it sends a
very strong message now to the NBA
and to the NHL that everyone worried
about, ‘Yeah will it ever get done with
the city? Will they ever be able to get
to the finish line? Will you ever possi-
bly get this deal done within the poli-
tics of Seattle and the Seattle process
as everyone likes to call it?’” Leiweke
said. “Guess what? Game, set and
match. We clearly send a message to
everyone that this will get done, this
will get built and we are ready now
to go get one and hopefully soon, two
teams.”
The timeframe is sure to attract
attention, including from the NHL.
OVG has not hidden its intentions to
be aggressive in an attempt to obtain
an NHL expansion franchise soon
after the arena agreement is finalized.
Likewise, the NHL has not hidden its
interest in Seattle, the No. 14 media
market in the country and the only
market in the top 25 that does not have
an NBA or NHL team.
OVG has lined up billionaire
David Bonderman and filmmaker
Jerry Bruckheimer as the lead owners
for a potential NHL franchise.
“From our standpoint, this timeline
is geared toward what we believe is
the optimal timeline in order to begin
to get a team or two for Seattle,” Lei-
weke said.
The project is expected to total
about $600 million and Oak View
is also on the hook for another $40
million to help improve transporta-
tion in the area around Seattle Cen-
ter. They are also responsible for reg-
ular facility upgrades for the life of
the 39-year lease agreement. Should
those upgrade requirements be met,
there are two eight-year lease exten-
sions that will be activated, and carry
the entire life of the lease agreement
to 55 years.
In all, OVG is liable for about $168
million in capital investment upgrades
on the facility during the life of the
lease.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Eagles blank the
Fishermen, 8-0
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PORTLAND — In a now-an-
nual nonleague game between
the Catlin Gabel and Astoria boys
soccer teams, the Eagles beat the
Fishermen for the fourth straight
year.
Following wins in 2014 (6-0),
2015 (5-0) and 2016 (7-1), Cat-
lin Gabel scored an 8-0 victory
over the Fishermen Monday in
Portland.
It was the first loss of the sea-
son for Astoria (2-1 overall),
which continues a string of five
straight road games Saturday at
Estacada.
The Fishermen open Cow-
apa League play next week with
games at Valley Catholic and
Seaside.