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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
VOLLEYBALL
Neah-Kah-Nie
tops Knappa in
three games
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ROCKAWAY BEACH — All
three games were close, but Neah-
Kah-Nie managed to sweep past
Knappa Tuesday night, 25-22,
26-24, 29-27, in a Northwest
League volleyball match.
After the Pirates won the first
two games, the Lady Loggers
trailed 13-3 in Game 3, before
rallying to tie the game at 21-21.
Neah-Kah-Nie was able to outlast
Knappa for the sweep.
“The games were fast paced
and a blast to watch,” said Knappa
coach Jeff Kaul.
While Jaden Miethe led Knap-
pa’s defensive effort with 30 digs,
teammate Paris Vanderburg fin-
ished with 10 assists, nine kills
and three blocks, to go with 18
digs.
Sophia Carlson added five kills
for the Lady Loggers.
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Seaside players try to maintain control of the ball in front of the Astoria net. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com/sports
CARTER SCORES TWICE IN
GULLS’ CLATSOP CLASH WIN
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Seaside shut down the Astoria attack, the
league’s Player of the Year (pending) scored
two more goals, and the Gulls are one step
closer to locking up the Cowapa League boys
soccer title, following a 2-0 win Tuesday night
over the Fishermen at CMH Field.
Seaside scored a goal in each half, while
a strong defensive effort by the Gulls limited
Astoria to just one shot on frame the entire
night, in a dominating performance.
The No. 3-ranked Gulls improve to 6-0-1
in league play (8-1-1 overall), ahead of Valley
Catholic (5-1-1) in the Cowapa standings. The
Valiants host Seaside Friday, the first of three
remaining league games.
“I’m either confidently optimistic or opti-
mistically confident,” said Seaside coach John
Chapman. “But I was very pleased with how
we played tonight. They didn’t get any shots at
all. Rafi Sibony did a solid job on Cole Bee-
son, and our whole midfield played well. Rafi,
Irving (Peon) and Colton (Carter) all had great
games.”
The Gulls had a huge advantage in posses-
sion time, and spent most of the first half and a
good part of the second half on Astoria’s side
of the field.
Fishermen keeper Jake Hurd made saves
on two close-range Seaside shots in the open-
ing minutes, while Peon had a couple of near
misses.
The game’s first goal came in the 18th min-
ute, when Carter lined a left-footed shot into the
upper left corner of the net, from the far post,
20 yards out.
Astoria’s only shot in the first half was a free
kick by Beeson from just outside the penalty
area, but the ball sailed high over the cross bar.
Still, Hurd kept the game close, making
saves on five Seaside attempts in the first half.
The Gulls had nine shots total over the first 40
minutes.
It was much the same for the first 10 min-
utes of the second half, with Hurd making saves
on attempts by Chase Januik, Carter, freshman
Dodger Holmstedt and Henry Chapman.
The first real opportunity for a goal belonged
to Astoria, following a foul in the penalty area
in the 51st minute.
But, the penalty kick by Jonathan Jimenez
was knocked down by a diving James Petite,
who also made the stop on a follow-up attempt
by Beeson.
“That was a brilliant save by James,” Chap-
man said.
The game was more evenly played from
there, although the Fishermen still did not have
a shot over the final 23:20.
Seaside had five attempts in the last 21:30,
but only one found the mark.
Carter — the two-time Cowapa League
Player of the Year and frontrunner for this
year’s award — gained control of a ball on the
right side, made a move along the end line, and
scored from close range with 9:57 remaining.
All the signs are there for a strong Seaside
finish, regular season and in the state playoffs.
“We’re all healthy, and we have a few guys
who are playing well off the bench, making
it easier to substitute,” Chapman said. “And
we’re not taking anything for granted. Three
games left, and anything can happen.”
Scappoose is in third in the league standings
at 3-4, followed by Astoria (2-3-2). The Fisher-
men play at Tillamook Friday.
Girls’ Clatsop Clash
ends in scoreless tie
CROSS COUNTRY
Knappa runner
wins league title
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ROCKAWAY BEACH —
Neah-Kah-Nie was the host
school for the Bigfoot Classic
cross country meet Tuesday, with
teams from the Northwest League
scoring their league champion-
ship race in the same meet.
And while the Knappa boys
did not field a complete team
to place in the team standings,
Knappa’s Robert Pina-Morton
won the individual title.
The sophomore ran the 5,000-
meter course in 20 minutes, 29
seconds, to finish well ahead
of Nestucca’s Joe Wilkinson
(20:58).
Vernonia won the team title
with 42 points, followed by
Nestucca (56), Faith Bible and
Neah-Kah-Nie (61 apiece), and
Delphian (122). Neah-Kah-Nie
won the girls’ team title, with no
Knappa runners taking part.
In the Bigfoot Classic 5,000-
meter girls’ race, Warrenton
junior Adriana Dejesus was the
individual winner in 26:59, ahead
of teammate Kaisa Liljenwall
(second, 27:44). Jewell’s Gabi
Morales (29:27) was fourth.
On the boys’ side, Jewell’s
Thomas Meehan placed fourth
(21:45), just ahead of Warrenton’s
Forest Bigelow (fifth, 21:51) and
Kale Moss (seventh, 22:44).
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
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The score was reflective of the
game Tuesday night at CMH Field,
between the Seaside and Astoria girls
soccer teams.
The Cowapa League Clatsop
Clash ended in a 0-0 tie, as neither the
Gulls nor the Lady Fishermen could
gain an upper hand on offense, and
both played solid defensive games.
It was the fourth scoreless tie
between the two programs since
2013.
Seaside had the only shot attempts
over the first 38 minutes — shots by
Annaka Garhofer (wide left), Taylor
Carson (save by Astoria keeper Lexi
Law), Sonoma Moon and Chloe Bar-
tel (both wide right).
An Astoria free kick by Sarah Ler-
tora with two minutes left in the half
was knocked down by Seaside goal-
keeper Jessica Angulo-Joli, as was a
follow-up by Haley Kelley.
The Lady Fishermen stepped up
their offensive attack in the second
half, resulting in a breakaway chal-
lenge in the 55th minute that Angu-
lo-Joli was able to turn away.
That was followed by a succession
of shots on goal from Astoria’s Taile-
igh Cole, with Angulo-Joli making
saves on all three attempts.
An Andrea Harris-to-Cole pass
play ended with Angulo-Joli’s big-
gest save of the night, with 16:30
remaining.
Bryre Babbitt finished the game
as the Seaside goalkeeper, when
TODAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Banks, 7 p.m.;
Seaside at Tillamook, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Football — Astoria at Banks, 7 p.m.;
Seaside at Tillamook, 7 p.m.
Volleyball — Warrenton at Rainier, 6
p.m.; Vernonia at Knappa, 6:30 p.m.
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
The Seaside defense prepares to pounce on an Astoria player during
Tuesday’s game.
Angulo-Joli was moved to a midfield
position.
Other than a couple shot-on-goal
attempts by Astoria and a challenge
by Angulo-Joli that was stopped by
Law, the final 10 minutes was a stale-
mate, with the two teams finishing in
the scoreless tie.
With three games remaining, the
Lady Fishermen remain in third in the
league standings at 3-3-1, while Sea-
side is 1-5-1.
MLB
Red Sox fire
manager Farrell
after 2nd straight
ALDS defeat
Associated Press
US misses World Cup for 1st time since 1986 with loss
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
COUVA, Trinidad — Twenty-eight
years after the United States ended a
four-decade World Cup absence with a
stunning victory at Trinidad, the Amer-
icans’ chances for the 2018 tournament
in Russia ended on this island nation
off the coast of Venezuela in even more
astonishing fashion.
Needing only a tie and confident of
victory against the world’s 99th-ranked
team, the U.S. was eliminated from
World Cup contention Tuesday night
with a 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago
that ended a run of seven straight Amer-
ican appearances at soccer’s showcase.
“We let down an entire nation
today,” said defender Omar Gonzalez,
whose 17th-minute own goal started
the collapse.
Gonzalez casually tried to clear
Alvin Jones’ cross and sent it looping
from 15 yards over the outstretched
right arm of Tim Howard. Jones dou-
bled the deal in the 37th minute with a
35-yard strike.
Christian Pulisic, the Americas’ ris-
ing 19-year-old star, scored in the 47th
minute, giving the U.S. hope.
Clint Dempsey, at 34 trying to make
it to a fourth World Cup, entered at the
start of the second half and was denied
by goalkeeper Adrian Foncette’s leap-
ing save in the 69th and hit a post from
22 yards in the 77th. Bobby Wood’s
header in the 88th was sent wide by
Foncette.
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
United States’ Matt Besler squats
on the pitch after losing 2-1
against Trinidad and Tobago.
BOSTON — The Boston Red
Sox fired manager John Farrell on
Wednesday after the team’s sec-
ond straight loss in the AL Divi-
sion Series.
The Red Sox announced the
move less than 48 hours after they
were eliminated from the play-
offs with a 5-4 loss to the Houston
Astros. Farrell’s contract had been
scheduled to run through the 2018
season.
Boston won back-to-back
American League East titles for
the first time in franchise history
this season despite losing the bat
of retired slugger David Ortiz.