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The Astoria girls cross country team poses with another first place award, following Saturday’s George Fox Classic.
Astoria girls win George Fox Classic
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
GERVAIS — The Astoria girls cross coun-
try team remains unbeaten over the second
half of the season, as the Lady Fishermen won
again Saturday.
Astoria took first place in the Bronze Divi-
sion team standings of the George Fox Classic,
held at Willamette Mission State Park.
The Lady Fishermen tied for first in team
scoring with Stayton, but a tiebreaker between
the sixth runners of each school gave the win to
Astoria, with Libbie Nash placing 31st ahead
of Stayton’s Cailyn Riordan (38th).
McKenzie Burnett was Astoria’s top fin-
isher, covering the 5,000-meter course in a per-
sonal best 20 minutes, 34 seconds, for eighth
overall.
Sophie Long placed 12th in 20:58, one sec-
ond off her personal best; Kathy Perez ran a
40-second PR (21:36); Emma Roe and Abby
Huskies head
into off week
with sudden
concerns
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Instead of easing
as expected into their bye week,
the Washington Huskies are deal-
ing with offensive issues and inju-
ries that contributed to a surpris-
ingly punch-less performance in a
loss at Arizona State.
Washington lost left tackle
Trey Adams and cornerback Jor-
dan Miller to season-ending inju-
ries during Saturday’s 13-7 upset
loss to the Sun Devils, which
dropped the Huskies from No. 5
to No. 12 in The Associated Press
rankings.
Adams, who has been men-
tioned as a possible first-round
NFL selection, suffered a torn
anterior cruciate ligament in his
right knee. Miller broke his ankle
late in the game.
“It’s tough. You feel bad for
those guys, and plus they’re good
players, and feel bad for the team,”
coach Chris Petersen said. “But
next man up. This is how it goes
and our team knows that. We talk
about it ad nauseum early in the
season. You just don’t know when
it’s going to hit, but it is what it is.”
Senior Andrew Kirkland
replaced Adams against Arizona
State, but Petersen said they have
several possible offensive line
combinations to consider.
The Huskies (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12),
who next host UCLA (3-3, 1-2) on
Oct. 28, also must quickly address
their kicking game and the general
offensive inefficiency that resulted
in Washington scoring just one
touchdown Saturday.
Gronki also had personal best marks (22:01
and 22:13, respectively); and McKenna Long
rounded out the varsity team with a PR time
of 23:29.
The Lady Fishermen are ranked eighth in
the state at the Class 4A level, and rising as they
near the postseason races.
On the boys’ side, Seaside’s Rafi Sibony
was eighth overall in 16:51, out of 149 runners.
The Gulls did not field enough runners to place
as a team.
The day was full of personal records for
the Astoria boys, who finished 11th out of 19
teams.
The top finisher for the Fishermen was
freshman Nikolai Boisvert (50th, 18:37).
Teammate William Berezay also had a personal
best (63rd, 18:53).
“It was another great day for us, and another
day of big improvements,” said Astoria coach
Andrew Fick. “Anytime we’re having 19 PRs
in a day, that’s something to be happy about. I
was really impressed to see a lot of our guys
stepping up today and running really great
races.”
For the Astoria girls, “they just keep running
stronger and faster,” Fick said. “I know that
some of them came in a little tired today since
we’ve been training really hard this past week,
but they went out there and worked together to
run great races and come out with the team win.
“I’m really pleased with how everyone ran,
though seeing Libbie PR by almost a minute
and have that be the difference for the team
coming home with first place is pretty incredi-
ble. It really highlights that this is a team sport,
and even though everyone is out there running
their own race, they’re also part of something
bigger.”
The Lady Fishermen are behind Tillamook
and Scappoose in the state rankings, but Astoria
could be running as the favorite by the time of
the Cowapa League championship meet, Oct.
26 in Tillamook.
Things to know as the NBA season begins
By TIM REYNOLDS
Associated Press
Happy New Year, NBA.
The 72nd regular season starts
tonight, when Boston heads to Cleve-
land and Houston goes to Golden
State. Fans in Cleveland will boo Kyrie
Irving, fans in Oakland will cheer the
Warriors’ latest championship banner
and the march toward April will finally
be underway.
The offseason was loaded with
changes. Carmelo Anthony and Paul
George went to Oklahoma City, Gor-
don Hayward and Irving went to Bos-
ton, Isaiah Thomas got sent to Cleve-
land, Jimmy Butler is now in Minnesota
and Paul Millsap calls Denver home.
That’s seven All-Stars who moved, a
record for an NBA offseason.
Every coach who started last season
will start this season. That’s an NBA
first.
QUICK STARTERS: San Anto-
nio, Toronto and Miami will likely start
1-0 — because under current manage-
ment, San Antonio, Toronto and Miami
almost always start 1-0. Spurs coach
Gregg Popovich is 18-2 on opening
night, Raptors coach Dwane Casey is
7-1 and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is
7-2. Spoelstra has started 1-0 in each
of the last six seasons, the longest such
run in the NBA. A coach in need of a
1-0 start? Try New Orleans’ Alvin Gen-
try. He’s dropped five straight openers
and is 2-9 on opening night. Brooklyn,
Orlando, Milwaukee and Utah have the
league’s longest current opening night
losing streaks, starting 0-1 in each of
the last four seasons.
FROM DISTANCE: Last season
was the third straight where the NBA’s
team single-season 3-point record fell,
starting with Houston (933 in 2014-15),
Golden State (1,077 in 2015-16) and
Houston again (1,181 from 2016-17).
Between the Rockets, Cleveland, Bos-
ton and the Warriors, four of the five
highest single-season 3-point totals in
history came last season. Don’t expect
A look at what’s happening all
around the majors today.
PROFESSOR VS YU: Kyle
Hendricks is set to pitch for the
Cubs, who are trying to overcome
a 2-0 deficit against the Dodgers
in their NL Championship Series.
Hendricks finished the regular sea-
son with a 2.19 ERA over his final
13 starts and opened the play-
offs with seven scoreless innings
against the Nationals. The Pro-
fessor, from Dartmouth, has been
overpowering at times despite a
fastball that averaged just 86.6
mph, third-slowest among pitchers
with at least 100 innings this year.
Yu Darvish gets the nod for
Los Angeles. The Japanese right-
hander tweaked his mechanics
after being acquired from Texas in
a trade deadline deal, and he’s been
dominant with a 98 mph heater this
fall. He pitched one-run ball and
struck out seven over five innings
in NLDS Game 3 against Arizona.
JUDGE JOINS: Yankees
slugger Aaron Judge had mostly
been a no-show in the play-
offs before launching a three-run
homer against the Astros on Mon-
day, lifting New York to an 8-1 win
in Game 3 of the AL Champion-
ship Series. The rookie, who led
the league with 52 home runs this
season, was a combined 2 for 28
with 20 strikeouts in the playoffs
vs. Cleveland and Houston until
connecting. Judge also made a fine
running catch while slamming into
the padded right field wall at Yan-
kee Stadium.
LEAN ON LANCE: Houston
manager A.J. Hinch picked Lance
McCullers Jr. over Brad Peacock
to pitch against Yankees right-
hander Sonny Gray in Game 4,
with the Astros leading the series
2-1. McCullers, an All-Star in July,
finished 7-4 with a 4.25 ERA but
hasn’t started since Sept. 30 or won
since June 24. McCullers was side-
lined from July 31 to Sept. 6, his
second stint on the disabled list
this year due to lower back dis-
comfort, but made his first career
relief appearance against the Red
Sox in the Division Series. Hinch
said McCullers “has some of the
best stuff in the big leagues and we
believe in him.”
“I’ve been feeling like myself
a lot more lately,” said McCullers,
who won 5-1 at Yankee Stadium
on May 12. “I’m excited to get the
ball.”
TURNED OVER: The Dodg-
ers and Cubs are in the NLCS for
a second straight year, but this Los
Angeles team looks very different.
Justin Turner was the only Dodger
to start Game 2 of the 2016 NLCS
and crack LA’s starting lineup
Sunday.
AP Photo/Tony Dejak
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James and Golden State Warriors’ Ste-
phen Curry battle for a loose ball last season.
the 3-ball to go away anytime soon,
either.
LEBRON’S MARKS: LeBron
James’ list of milestones is about to get
longer. He comes into this season 1,213
points shy of becoming the seventh
NBA player to reach 30,000, meaning
it should happen by about the All-Star
break barring any extended absence.
He’s also on pace to eclipse the
8,000-rebound and 8,000-assist marks
this season. The only other player in
NBA history with 25,000 points, 6,000
rebounds and 6,000 assists is Kobe
Bryant. James already has all those
numbers, and counting.
WHERE’S THE DEFENSE? In
2014-15, half the league — 15 teams
— held opponents under 100 points
per game. Two seasons later, San Anto-
nio and Utah were the only teams that
managed the feat. The league’s planned
crackdown on traveling this season
might help, but it’ll be interesting to see
if defensive numbers improve in this
era of 3-point-reliant, pace-and-space
basketball.
MAYBE MINNESOTA: Think
about this, with apologies to fans in the
Pacific Northwest: There have been
more NBA playoff games in Seattle
over the last 13 years than in Minne-
apolis. This will finally be the year that
changes. The Timberwolves, who last
reached the postseason in 2004, should
return this spring even in a loaded West-
ern Conference with Karl-Anthony
Towns, Andrew Wiggins and new addi-
tion Jimmy Butler leading the way.
SPURS CHASE HISTORY: If
the Spurs win 41 games this season —
a safe bet — it’ll be the 21st consecu-
tive season where San Antonio finishes
the regular season at .500 or better. That
would tie the NBA mark in that depart-
ment, matching the feat set by the Utah
Jazz from 1983-84 to 2003-04. The
Spurs set a record for consecutive win-
ning seasons last year with their 20th.
(Utah was 41-41 in 1984-85.)
DIRK’S LONGEVITY: Dallas’
Dirk Nowitzki enters this season 31
games away from passing Kevin Wil-
lis for No. 6 on the NBA’s all-time list.
At 48,673 minutes, he’s also within
striking distance of No. 5 Elvin Hayes
(50,000), No. 4 Jason Kidd (50,111)
and No. 3 Kevin Garnett (50,418).
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge
hits a three-run home run Mon-
day against the Houston Astros.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Scappoose at Astoria, 7
p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m.
Cross Country — Clatskanie Invita-
tional, TBA
WEDNESDAY
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Banks, 4:15
p.m. — Seaside at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Banks at Astoria,
6:30 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:15
p.m.
THURSDAY
Cross Country — Cullaby Lake 3K,
TBA
FRIDAY
Football — Scappoose at Astoria, 7
p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Warren-
ton at Portland Christian, 7 p.m.; Central
Linn at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Ocos-
ta, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Taholah, 7 p.m.