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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SOCCER IN BRIEF Lady Fishermen win second in a row, 3-1 over Tillamook The Daily Astorian TILLAMOOK — Another his- tory-making win of sorts for the Astoria girls soccer team Tuesday night. For the first time since 2012, the Lady Fishermen have now won two straight league games, with their 3-1 victory at Tilla- mook. The win followed Satur- day’s 2-0 win at Seaside. And with the victory, Astoria (2-1) is now just one game out of first place in the Cowapa League standings, behind Scappoose (3-0). Freshman Hayley Kelley con- verted a penalty kick for Astoria’s first goal; Taileigh Cole scored to make it 2-0; and Sarah Lertora tacked on the third Fishermen goal on a free kick from 25 yards. The Cheesemakers scored their only goal with seven minutes remaining. Astoria (4-2-1 overall) will play for its third straight win Thursday, when the Fishermen host Banks (2-3-1). No. 2-ranked Seaside Gulls defeat Valley Catholic The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — With some help from their rivals up north, the No. 2-ranked Seaside Gulls are now all alone in first place atop the Cow- apa League boys soccer standings. While Astoria was knocking off previously unbeaten Tilla- mook (2-1), Seaside was defeat- ing Valley Catholic, 2-1, Tuesday night at Broadway Field. Colton Carter scored a pair of goals for Seaside — an open-field shot and a penalty kick — while the Valiants scored their goal on a penalty kick. The Gulls improve to 2-0-1, ahead of Tillamook and Valley Catholic, both 2-1. Seaside returns to action Thursday at Tillamook. SCOREBOARD Astoria spikers climb the state rankings with win at Scappoose The Daily Astorian The Astoria Lady Fishermen are right back in the running for a Cow- apa League volleyball champion- ship, following a five-game victory at Scappoose Tuesday, 23-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9. Once again, Astoria was one game away from losing the match, before rallying for wins in Games 4 and 5. Astoria — ranked ninth in the lat- est OSAA rankings — moves in to third place in the league standings at the midway point of the league season (3-2), while the Indians drop to 2-3. Valley Catholic holds down first place at 5-0, followed by Tillamook (4-1). “It was a hard battle all night,” said Astoria coach Jessie Todd. “We really had to dig deep and push through the fourth and fifth games. We moved well, we adjusted some things defen- sively, and we had some hitters really come through for us. And we had some key blocks.” Darian Hageman led the way with five blocks, while Kes Sandstrom powered the offense with 18 kills, followed by Madi Landwehr with 12 kills and Julia Norris with 11. Corinn Howard finished with 37 digs, and Hailey O’Brien added 34 for Astoria, which has a key Cowapa League showdown at Valley Catholic Thursday. Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Trevor Byrd, right, battles a Tillamook player for control of the ball during Astoria’s soccer match on Tuesday. Fishermen defeat defending league champ Tillamook 2-1 By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian Sparked by their recent tie at Seaside last week, the Astoria boys soccer team contin- ued to play well Tuesday night at CMH Field, where the Fishermen knocked off defending league champion Tillamook, 2-1. Astoria shut down Tillamook’s controlled passing game, and Fishermen senior Cole Beeson scored a goal in each half to help Astoria improve to 1-1-1 in league. The Cheesemakers had more shots on goal in the first half — four to one — with the Fish- ermen scoring on their lone shot on frame late in the 16th minute. With 23:05 left in the first half, a corner kick from Aldo Cruz was perfectly placed for Beeson, who headed the ball into the goal for a 1-nil lead. The Fishermen attack picked up in the sec- ond half, along with the scoring opportunities. A free kick by Beeson from 20 yards early in the half deflected hard off the crossbar, while a second Beeson attempt was saved by Tillamook keeper Alejandro Herrera. Another Astoria shot by Christian Medi- na-Perez missed wide left. Astoria’s eventual game-winner was scored with 19:04 remaining, when Gustavo Velazquez sent a ball up the right sideline to Jonathan Jimenez, who sent a pass up the mid- dle to Beeson. Beeson worked his way past two Tilla- mook defenders, and with Herrera out of the goal area challenging, it was an easy score for Beeson. Tillamook sophomore Eve Hernandez scored the lone goal for the Cheesemakers on a free kick less than two minutes later, while Astoria goalkeeper Jake Hurd made the save on a Tillamook header from Luis Macias in the closing minutes to preserve the win. Astoria (4-2-1 overall) plays at Banks (1-5) Thursday. PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Volleyball — Knappa at Vernonia, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Volleyball — Astoria at Valley Cath- olic, 7 p.m.; Seaside at Scappoose, 7 p.m. Girls Soccer — Banks at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:15 p.m. Boys Soccer — Astoria at Banks, 4:15 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Astoria at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Corbett at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Nestucca, 7 p.m.; South Bend at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.; Taholah at Naselle, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Cross Country — Nike Portland XC, 9 a.m. VOLLEYBALL Warrenton defeats Riverdale, locks up playoff spot The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — In a Lewis & Clark League volleyball match at Warrenton Tuesday, the Warriors swept past Riverdale, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17. Warrenton improves to 4-3 in league play (second place in the West Division of the L&C), and locks up a spot in the league play- offs. Riverdale drops to 2-4. The Lady Warriors continue their home matches next week, with contests against Portland Adventist and Oregon Episcopal, Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Warrenton missed 11 serves on the night, but Claire Bussert made up for it, serving 20-for-20 with five aces. Elly Blodgett had four kills for the Warriors, as did Michelle Arney, with all four kills in the third game for the final four points. Arney also had three ace serves. Warrenton may also regain the services of middle blocker Fer- nanda Alvarez next week. “Our next two games are key,” said Warrenton coach Staci Miethe. “We play PAA and OES, both at home. We are fighting with PAA for second in the West, and OES is our counterpart on the East side.” VOLLEYBALL NFL’s Amazon deal could be Knappa Loggers sweep test for more streaming games City Christian Lions The Daily Astorian KNAPPA — After a nonleague loss at Naselle last week, the Knappa volleyball team resumed Northwest League play Tuesday night at home, where the Lady Loggers cruised past City Christian, 25-15, 25-22, 25-18. The Lions and Loggers were tied 12-12 in Game 1, before Knap- pa’s Kaitlyn Truax connected on 10 straight serves, including four aces, for the victory. City Christian held a 22-18 in Game 2, before Mack Strain served Knappa into a 22-22 tie. Paris Van- derburg took over from there, serv- ing the Loggers to a two-game lead. The Lions also led in Game 3, 14-8, before Vanderburg connected on 12 straight serves, including two aces, that put Knappa in front 21-14. Kourtney Tischer finished up at the service for the final points. Truax, Vanderburg and Strain were a combined 44-for-46 on serves. Vanderburg had 12 assists, eight digs and seven kills; Truax added eight kills and three blocks; and Jaden Miethe and Aiko Miller finished with 13 and 11 digs, respectively. Knappa coach Jeff Kaul called it a “very strong showing from both front row offense and back row defense tonight. Jaden had some awesome digs for some incredible saves and Sophia, KK (Truax), and Mack were all hitting hard tonight.” By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press Amazon begins its foray into live streaming of NFL games Thurs- day night when it will air a matchup between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers on its Prime Video service. It’s another option to the tradi- tional broadcasts on CBS and the NFL Network. Amazon will stream 10 Thursday night games and one Christmas game this season, and the success of those transmissions could determine how quickly the NFL is ready to offer one of its packages exclusively to a streaming company. The NFL’s Thursday night pack- age is being carried jointly by CBS, AP Photo/Ron Harris Amazon Fire TV is a product for streaming popular video services, apps and games in high-definition. NBC, the NFL Network and Amazon this year, but the 2018 package will soon be up for bid. There could be substantial interest from companies like Twitter — which aired Thursday night games last year — Amazon, and potentially other tech behemoths like Google, Apple or Facebook. “I think there will be real inter- est by digital-first companies and digital-first platforms in distrib- uting NFL games on an exclusive basis and more broadly that on the single-game experience we’ve done in the past,” said Hans Schroeder, the chief operating officer for NFL Media. “I think we’re going to have some interesting options for us to look at and I think what we do with Amazon this year will be incredibly informative with how we make those decisions.” Amazon is paying $50 million for the rights to these games for its Prime Members, a marked increase from the $10 million Twitter paid last year for 10 games.