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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
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Valiants
win league
opener at
Astoria
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Astoria had the tough task of
opening Cowapa League play
against No. 3-ranked Valley Cath-
olic Tuesday night at the Brick
House, where the Valiants scored
a three-game sweep, 25-14, 25-17,
25-21.
Still, “we got better with each
game, and I was definitely pleased
with how scrappy we were,” said
Astoria coach Jessie Todd. “I was
happy with our overall demeanor.
The girls worked hard on trying to
match up with Valley, which likes
to run a lot of quick sets.”
Valley Catholic six-foot senior
Lizzy Osborn “got her kills,” Todd
said, “but I thought we did a good
job of handling her for the most
part.”
Astoria’s Corrin Howard fin-
ished with 38 digs, while Madi
Landwehr and Darian Hageman
each had three blocks.
In another Cowapa League
opener Tuesday, Tillamook
defeated Banks, 25-18, 17-25,
25-21, 10-25, 15-12.
The Lady Fishermen host Sea-
side Thursday.
Bobcats outlast
Loggers in five
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Diego Angulo, left in white jersey, puts a shot into the back of the net for the Seaside Seagulls.
Gulls dominate Molalla
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KNAPPA — The action was
hot Tuesday night in a North-
west League volleyball contest at
Knappa, where the Loggers and
Nestucca battled for five games.
The Bobcats ultimately got
the victory, 19-25, 25-21, 18-25,
25-20, 15-8.
The Loggers led from start to
finish in Game 1, but let Game 2
slip away as Nestucca rallied to
even the match.
Knappa stormed back in the
third game and “took care of busi-
ness with the help of some excel-
lent serving by K.K. (Kaitlyn
Truax),” said Logger coach Jeff
Kaul.
Knappa led 13-10 midway
through Game 4, but Nestucca ral-
lied to tie at 16-16. The Bobcats
eventually won the back and forth
battle to force a fifth game.
And some strong serving by the
‘Cats in Game 5 helped Nestucca
pull off the road win.
The Loggers have a week off
before playing at Faith Bible Sept.
19.
A Molalla defender heads the ball away from the Seagull offense.
Lewis, Moss,
Urlacher lead
first-year HOF
nominees
CANTON, Ohio — Star line-
backers Ray Lewis and Brian
Urlacher and game-breaking wide
receiver Randy Moss are among
11 first-year eligible players for
the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Also part of the 108 early nom-
inees who are eligible for the
first time, having been retired for
five years when the class is cho-
sen next February, are cornerback
Ronde Barber, wideouts Donald
Driver and Steve Smith (former
Giant, Eagle and Ram), offensive
linemen Steve Hutchinson, Matt
Birk, and Jeff Saturday, and defen-
sive linemen Richard Seymour
and Kyle Vanden Bosch.
The roster of nominees consists
of 53 offensive players, 38 defen-
sive players, five special teams
players and 12 coaches. Mod-
ern era nominees will be reduced
to 25 semifinalists in November
and, from there, to 15 finalists in
January.
During Super Bowl week,
48 voters will discuss the final-
ists, plus senior nominees Rob-
ert Brazile and Jerry Kramer and
contributors nominee Bobby
Beathard. There is no set number
for any class of enshrinees, though
between four and eight new mem-
bers will be selected.
Dodger Holmstedt, No. 33 on the right, heads the ball to a Seaside teammate.
EASIDE — The Seaside boys soccer
team took the field Tuesday night for
their first game in almost two weeks, as
smoky air caused by forest fires in the Colum-
bia Gorge postponed a pair of games last week.
Those contests will be made up at a later
date.
In the meantime, the 12-day layoff had no
effect whatsoever on the Gulls, who ran circles
around Molalla in a nonleague game at Broad-
way Field. Seaside scored a goal in the first
half, then tacked on three in the second for a
4-0 win over the Indians.
They’re only two games into the season,
but the Gulls (2-0) are quickly climbing the
OSAA rankings, with Seaside moving into the
seventh spot following Tuesday’s win.
The Gulls dominated the time of posses-
sion in Tuesday’s game against the Indians, a
team Seaside beat last year, 2-1.
Still, the Gulls couldn’t find the back of the
net until the 33rd minute.
Seaside freshman Westin Carter fired a
shot from 25 yards out, directly in front of the
goal. The ball struck the cross bar, and came
down at the feet of senior Colton Carter. And
Westin’s big brother had an easy slam dunk
shot from close range for the game’s first goal.
The scoring came a little easier in the sec-
ond half.
Colton Carter was fouled along the end line
in the penalty area in the fourth minute, and
converted the penalty kick for a 2-nil lead.
With 21:25 remaining, Seaside’s Chase
Januik found a cutting Diego Angulo down
the right side, and the freshman scored from
15 yards out to make it 3-0.
And Januik capped the scoring with an
unassisted goal with 9:43 left, as he drib-
bled the ball down the left sideline, raced past
Molalla defender Mauricio Rojas, and scored
on a perfectly placed shot into the upper right
of the net.
Seaside keeper Ashton Boyd picked up the
shutout in goal, as the Gulls limited Molalla’s
shot attempts for much of the night.
Seaside returns to action Thursday at Stay-
ton, in a game that was postponed earlier.
Big shots by Gamel, Seager propel Mariners
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kyle
Seager put himself in some elite Seat-
tle Mariners company with another
big blast against Texas.
Seager and Ben Gamel both hit
three-run homers to help power the
Mariners to a 10-3 victory Tues-
day night in a matchup of wild card
hopefuls.
“We’ve been in some tight ball
games, and haven’t quite been able
to get over the hump,” Seager said.
“So it’s nice to get a bunch of runs
early and kind of let everything set-
tle down.”
The Mariners led 7-1 after Seager
went deep in the third for his 150th
career home. He became only the
third player to reach 150 homers with
the Mariners before turning 30 —
joining Alex Rodriguez (696 career
homers) and Hall of Fame outfielder
Ken Griffey Jr. (630).
“That’s good names to be asso-
ciated. I think they might have been
slightly younger when they hit their
150th,” said the 29-year-old Sea-
ger, in his seventh season. “For me to
stick in the big leagues I had to hit for
more power. I wasn’t going to steal a
bunch of bases.”
Seager’s 22 homers against the
Rangers are his most against any
team, and matched Mike Trout and
Adam Lind for the most by an active
player against Texas.
Texas (72-72) and Seattle (72-
73) have split the first two games of
their four-game series. The Rangers
dropped three games behind Minne-
sota for the American League’s sec-
ond wild card, while the Mariners
remained 3 1/2 back after the Twins
also won.
Mariners manager Scott Servais
felt his team, with 17 games left,
responded well after a meeting before
Tuesday’s game.
“I thought we did get after it,” Ser-
vais said. “It’s too late if you wait
till there’s five or six games left so
you’ve got to win them all. Our guys
are focused.”
Marco Gonzales (1-1), traded
from St. Louis to Seattle on July 21,
got his first victory in six starts for
Seattle. The lefty struck out six while
allowing three runs over five innings,
his longest outing this season.
Miguel Gonzalez (7-11), pulled
after Seager’s homer, made his sec-
ond start overall and first at home
for the Rangers since being acquired
Aug. 31 from the Chicago White Sox.
He allowed seven runs and seven hits
while recording only seven outs.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — De La Salle at Warren-
ton, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Seaside at Astoria, 7
p.m.
Girls Soccer — Stayton at Seaside,
6 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Seaside at Stayton,
6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Football — Philomath at Astoria, 7
p.m.; Yamhill-Carlton at Seaside, 7 p.m.;
Neah-Kah-Nie at Warrenton, 7 p.m.;
Knappa at Regis, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Ka-
lama, 7 p.m.; Wishkah Valley at Naselle,
7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball — Vernonia Tournament,
9 a.m.
Girls Soccer — Estacada at Astoria,
3 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Astoria at Estacada,
3 p.m.
Cross Country — Astoria Alumni
Meet, 11 a.m.; Seaside at Oregon City
Invite, TBA