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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
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SOCCER
IN BRIEF
Lady Fishermen
win second in
a row, 3-1 over
Tillamook
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.