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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
(FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 11-17)
CHLOEE
HUNT
Evergreen College
ALEX
TEUBNER
Seaside
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Evergreen College
he Astoria High School graduate (Class of 2015) is fl ourishing at the col-
T
legiate level, where she is a sophomore two-sport athlete at Evergreen
State College in Olympia, Washington. In addition to playing basketball for
he Gulls’ junior running back is ripping up opposing defenses in Sea-
T
side’s 2-1 start to the 2017 season. In a Week 1 win over Newport, Teub-
ner rushed for 186 yards and four touchdowns, then ran for 148 yards in a loss
the “Geoducks,” Hunt is a 6-foot-1 outside hitter for the Evergreen volleyball
team. She is currently second on the team in kills and fi rst in blocks. In a fi ve-
game loss to College of Idaho last Saturday, Hunt had 15 kills and two blocks;
and in a fi ve-game loss the previous night to nationally-ranked Eastern Ore-
gon, she had fi ve blocks.
at Clatskanie. In last week’s 60-6 win over Yamhill-Carlton, he carried the ball
just seven times for 160 yards (over 22 yards per run), with three touchdowns.
Through three games, Teubner is among the state’s top running backs, with
494 yards rushing (42 carries) and seven touchdowns.
Odor’s grand
slam sends
Rangers past
Mariners 8-6
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Knappa scores
win at Faith Bible
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By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Alex Claudio put
his worries aside and made sure
Rougned Odor’s grand slam did
not go to waste.
Odor capped a seven-run
fourth inning in style and Claudio
earned a six-out save to preserve
Texas’ 8-6 victory over the Seat-
tle Mariners as the Rangers made
up ground in the playoff chase
Wednesday night.
“What a gutsy performance
the last two nights for him,” Texas
manager Jeff Banister said of
Claudio, whose family is in hur-
ricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. “All
of our hearts go out for these guys
and everybody in Puerto Rico and
all their families.”
The Rangers moved within 2½
games of Minnesota for the sec-
ond AL wild card after the Twins
lost 11-3 to the New York Yan-
kees. Seattle dropped its fi fth
straight and remained four games
behind Minnesota.
“We’ve got 11 to play,”
Banister said. “We’ve still got
some yard work to do. We’ve
got to go out and continue to play
good baseball and continue to
get good starts from our starting
pitcher.”
UP NEXT: MARINERS
• Texas Rangers (75-76)
at Seattle Mariners (74-78)
• Tonight, 7:10 p.m. TV: RTNW
Valley Catholic
defeats Astoria;
Seaside tops
Scappoose
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BEAVERTON — The Astoria
and Valley Catholic boys soccer
teams basically exchanged spots
in the state rankings Wednesday
night in a Cowapa League show-
down in Beaverton.
The Valiants are now the state’s
No. 3-ranked team in the latest
OSAA rankings, following their
5-2 win over the previous third-
ranked Fishermen.
At Scappoose, Seaside scored a
3-0 win over the Indians.
Favored to regain the Cowapa
League championship, the No.
6-ranked Gulls host a big league
contest Saturday vs. Astoria, 7:15
p.m. at Broadway Field.
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Astoria goalkeeper Lexi Law dives to block a shot that would go wide of the net during Wednesday’s match
against Valley Catholic. Find more local sports photos online at DailyAstorian.com/sports
Valley Catholic tops Astoria
at CMH Field in 6-0 victory
HILLSBORO — Two teams
looking for their fi rst league win of
the season met on the court Tues-
day night at Faith Bible in a North-
west League volleyball showdown
between the Falcons and the visit-
ing Knappa Loggers.
And Faith Bible is still looking
for its fi rst victory, as the Lady Log-
gers scored a 25-18, 25-18, 25-17
sweep for their fi rst league win.
Knappa was strong at the serv-
ing line, missing only four serves
all night.
Kaitlyn Truax and Aiko Miller
were both 15-of-16 on serves, with
Miller scoring six aces.
The Falcons rallied early in the
third game and forced a 15-15 tie,
when the Loggers pulled away
behind the serving of Miller and
Mack Strain.
Paris Vanderburg had fi ve assists
and fi ve kills, and Jaden Miethe led
the Loggers with 14 digs.
‘Wreck Race’
set for Tuesday
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Thanks to a tough Astoria defense,
it took awhile for the Valley Catholic
girls soccer team to get into a rhythm
offensively.
But once they did, the Valiants
backed up their No. 2 state ranking
Wednesday night at CMH Field.
Valley Catholic scored a pair of
goals in the fi nal 14 minutes of the
fi rst half, and three more in the fi rst
nine minutes of the second half, on
its way to a 6-0 Cowapa League win
over the Lady Fishermen.
Astoria keeper Lexi Law was the
busiest player on the fi eld for the
Lady Fish, as the senior goalie had
fi ve saves in the fi rst half and eight
more in the second half, including a
few of her patented diving stops.
The Valiants simply had too many
opportunities, as they dominated the
time of possession, and fi nished with
14 corner kick chances.
Astoria defenders Andrea Harris
and Haley Ranta, among others, had
their hands full in stopping the attack-
ing Valiants.
And the Lady Fishermen met the
challenge for the fi rst 14 minutes of
the game, until Valley’s Parissa Sabet
scored the game’s fi rst goal in the
26th minute of the fi rst half, taking
a center feed from Chloe Brock and
scoring from close range.
Just over two minutes later, Cal-
lie Kawaguchi gained control of a
ball near midfi eld and out-sprinted
the Astoria defense from there,
The Warrenton cross coun-
try team will host their annual
“Wreck Race ” Tuesday near the
Peter Iredale shipw reck in Fort
Stevens State Park.
Warrenton coach Hayley Espe-
lund Rogers said 250-300 runners
are expected.
“It has been growing slowly,
and is a beautiful venue and fun
event,” Rogers said.
The racing starts with the fi rst
middle school event at 3:30 p.m.,
followed by races at 4 p.m., 4:30
p.m. (girls’ varsity race) and 5
p.m. (boys’ varsity race).
An open race will be held after-
wards for any interested runners.
Claire Albright, center, heads the ball away for the Astoria Lady Fisher-
men during Wednesday’s game against Valley Catholic.
scoring for a 2-nil lead.
And the Valiants kept on kicking
(and scoring) in the second half.
Off a perfectly placed corner kick
from Katelyn Snook, Taylor Men-
kens scored on a header to make it
3-0 just 2:11 into the half; less than
fi ve minutes later, Menkens took a
pass from the left side and scored
from close range; and just 19 seconds
after that, Valley’s Kate MacNaugh-
ton dribbled down the left side past
the Astoria defense and scored for a
5-0 lead.
Kawaguchi tacked on a goal with
16:37 left for the fi nal goal.
Astoria’s Nara Van De Grift had
the lone shot on goal for the Lady
Fishermen, in the 30th minute of the
second half, that was saved by Valiant
keeper Noelle Mannen.
Astoria returns to league play Sat-
urday at Seaside in a Clatsop Clash
doubleheader at Broadway Field
beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The Gulls will be looking to
bounce back from a 5-0 loss to Scap-
poose Wednesday night at Broadway.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Banks at Astoria, 7 p.m.;
Tillamook at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Warren-
ton at Clatskanie, 6 p.m.; Knappa at
Naselle, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Football — Astoria at Valley Catholic,
7 p.m.; Seaside at Scappoose, 7 p.m.;
Warrenton at Nestucca, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at
Toutle Lake, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Oakville,
7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Seaside,
5:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Astoria at Seaside,
7:15 p.m.
Cross Country — 3-Course Chal-
lenge, 9 a.m.