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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com No. 20 Stanford squeaks past Oregon State with late TD Associated Press CORVALLIS — Stanford sur- vived without Bryce Love, but just barely. Keller Chryst threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to JJ Arcega-Wh- iteside with 20 seconds left to give the No. 20 Cardinal a 15-14 come- from-behind victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Love, the nation’s leader with an average of 198.1 yards rush- ing per game, tweaked an ankle against Oregon on Oct. 14. The Cardinal (6-2, 5-1 Pac-12) announced that Love would sit out about 90 minutes before the start of the game in Corvallis. Harrison Phillips recovered an Oregon State fumble to get the ball with 2:30 left. Stanford went for it on fourth-and-10 on the Ore- gon State 40, with Chryst hitting Kaden Smith with a 25-yard pass to keep the drive alive. Chryst found Arcega-White- side with the fade in the end zone but the 2-point conversion failed. Oregon State got the ball back but the Cardinal intercepted Ore- gon State quarterback Darell Gar- retson’s hurl from the Stanford 44 with 3 seconds left. Griffi n’s 3-pointer sinks Blazers Associated Press PORTLAND — Blake Griffi n made a 3-pointer as time expired and the Los Angeles Clippers remained unbeaten with a 104- 103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Griffi n, who scored 16 of his 25 points during the fourth quar- ter, got the ball on the left side of the fl oor and hit the 3-pointer just inside the line, the game’s sixth lead change during the fi nal two minutes. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Football — 4A Regional Play-in: As- toria at Estacada, 7 p.m.; Clatskanie at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Sunnyside Christian, 5 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — 4A Regional Play-in: Astoria at Baker, 1 p.m. Girls Soccer — 4A Regional Play-in: Astoria at Philomath, 1:30 p.m. Boys Soccer — 4A Regional Play- in: Astoria at Gladstone, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Cowapa League Championships (at Alderbrook Golf Course) Girls: Tillamook 26, Scappoose 42, Astoria 74, Valley Catholic 89. Top 10 Individuals 1, Solace Bergeron, Til, 18:41 2, Linnaea Kavulich, Sca, 18:44 3, Taylor Isaac, VC, 19:32 4, Kara Putman, Til, 19:43 5, Phoebe Brown, Til, 19:49 6, Sarah Pullen, Til, 20:17 7, Georgia Benner, Sca, 20:32 8, Emma Jones, Sca, 20:43 9, McKenzie Burnett, Ast, 20:45 10, Whitney Averill, Til, 20:47 Astoria 12, Sophie Long, 21:41 17, Kathy Perez, 23:02 19, Emma Roe, 23:20 20, Abigail Groncki, 23:48 22, Libbie Nash, 24:02 25, McKenna Long, 25:01 Seaside 26, Ana Rojas, 25:39 27, Jacie Gregory, 26:01 31, Hayley Rollins, 30:55 Boys: Valley Catholic 31, Tillamook 43, Scappoose 72, Seaside 126, Astoria 132, Banks 135. Top 10 Individuals 1, John Kavulich, Sca, 16:10 2, Nate Schmidlin, VC, 16:47 3, Rafi Sibony, Sea, 16:53 4, Nate Hicken, VC, 16:55 5, Dylan Dickson, Til, 17:12 6, Jackson Miller, VC, 17:13 7, Isaias Loza, Til, 17:19 8, Carter Kunert, Til, 17:21 9, Matt Ierardi, VC, 17:43 10, Jackson Hicken, VC, 17:50 Seaside 23, Beau Johnson, 18:40 29, Sam Henderson, 20:11 34, Cameron Lippert, 20:58 37, Mathew Carpenter, 21:41 38, Rain Cannon, 22:15 Astoria 19, Cameron VanRaden, 18:32 25, Nikolai Boisvert, 19:16 27, William Berezay, 19:24 30, Calvin Kaul, 20:22 31, Parker Ivanoff, 20:30 32, Elias Simmons, 20:39 35, Dalton Torres, 21:06 CROSS COUNTRY SIBONY HEADED TO STATE Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Seaside senior Rafi Sibony qualified for next week’s cross country state championship meet by placing third in the Cowapa League. Astoria girls fi nish third in Cowapa League meet By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian T ILLAMOOK — The Astoria girls cross country team is ranked 10th in the state at the Class 4A level. Unfortunately for the Lady Fish- ermen, Tillamook and Scappoose are ranked fi rst and second. And that’s how it played out Thursday at Alderbrook Golf Course in Til- lamook, where the Cheesemakers hosted the Cowapa League championships. The Lady Mooks had the home course advantage, and used that edge to win the girls’ Cowapa League team title. The top four Til- lamook runners fi nished in the top six spots to score 26 team points, ahead of Scappoose (42), Astoria (74) and Valley Catholic (89). Banks and Seaside did not fi eld complete teams. Valley Catholic won the boys’ team cham- pionship with 31 points, ahead of Tillamook (43), Scappoose (72), Seaside (126), Astoria (132) and Banks (135). The top two teams and top fi ve runners in each race qualify for next week’s state meet at Lane Community College. The North Coast will have one representa- tive in Eugene, as Seaside senior Rafi Sibony placed third to qualify. Sibony covered the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 53 sec- onds to fi nish behind Scappoose senior John Kavulich and Valley Catholic senior Nate Schmidlin. Beau Johnson was the next highest fi nisher for the Gulls, placing 23rd in 18:40. The Astoria boys — who did not have a senior among their seven runners — were led by freshmen Cameron VanRaden (19th, 18:32) and Nikolai Boisvert (25th, 19:16). On the girls’ side, Tillamook sophomore Solace Bergeron won in 18:41, just ahead of Scappoose senior Linnaea Kavulich (18:44). Senior McKenzie Burnett was Astoria’s top placer, fi nishing ninth in 20:45. Teammate Sophie Long was 12th in 21:41, followed by Kathy Perez (17th, 23:02). Andrew Fick/For The Daily Astorian Astoria’s McKenzie Burnett, on her way to a ninth place finish in the Cowapa League championship meet. The Lady Fishermen will return strong next season (and for the next three years), with Long, Emma Roe (19th) and Abigail Groncki (20th) all freshmen. “It is defi nitely tough to miss state quali- fying for our girls, but I’m still really happy with with how we ran and the effort that they gave,” said Astoria coach Andrew Fick. “We came in as underdogs, knowing that we were running against championship level com- petition and really went for it, but today just wasn’t our day to fi nish in the top two.” Junior Ana Rojas was Seaside’s top fi n- isher, 26th in 25:39. Knappa runner advances to state BEAVERTON — In the Class 3A/2A/1A District 1 cross country meet Thursday at Tualatin Hills Recreation Center, Knappa’s Robert Piña-Morton continued his big sea- son, fi nishing fourth out of 90 runners, cross- ing the fi nish line in 17 minutes, 52 seconds, to qualify for next week’s state meet. Just a sophomore, Piña-Morton became the fi rst Knappa runner since Stevie Allen in 2007 to qualify for state. He will also be the top returning runner in the district next sea- son, as the top three fi nishers in Thursday’s race were all seniors. Oregon Episcopal’s Jack Casalino took fi rst in 17:07. Riverdale won the boys’ team title, while OES won the girls’ championship. The Knappa boys had just three runners and did not score as a team. Sophomore Kale Moss was Warrenton’s top fi nisher (24th, 19:44.99), fi nishing just behind Jewell senior Thomas Meehan (23rd, 19:44.91). On the girls’ side, Catlin Gabel senior Maya Rayle was the individual winner (19:21). Junior Adriana Dejesus led Warrenton (19th, 23:13), with sophomore Kaisa Liljen- wall 25th (24:09), as the Warriors scored 130 points to take fourth out of six teams. WHACKY WORLD SERIES Dodgers-Astros launch 11 homers so far By BEN WALKER Associated Press HOUSTON — As a couple of Astros loosened up in the outfi eld, the retractable roof at Minute Maid Park made its slow crawl Thursday, turn- ing the bright sun into shade. That might be the only way to keep balls from fl ying completely out of the yard at this power-packed World Series. A day after Jose Altuve, Car- los Correa and Houston combined with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a Series-record eight home runs in the Astros’ 7-6, 11-inning win, the base- ball world was still marveling over WORLD SERIES: GAME 3 • Los Angles Dodgers at Houston Astros (series tied 1-1) • Today, 5:20 p.m. TV: FOX the moonshots. So were the players who launched them. “Actually, when I was getting off the plane with (Carlos) Beltran, I was talking to him, and I was like, what was going through your head when Altuve hit the homer? He was like, ‘We were going crazy in the dug- out,’” Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said. “Then I was like what about when Correa hit his, what about when they hit theirs? And they hit theirs,” he said, laughing. “We were just going back and forth.” After a Major League Baseball season that set a record for the most home runs, the World Series is off to a fl ying start. Already a whopping 11 homers — six by Los Angeles — as the sides split the fi rst two games at Dodger Stadium. At this rate, they’d shatter the Series record of 21 in 2002 when Barry Bonds and Giants lost to the Angels in seven games. The curveballing Lance McCull- ers Jr. starts Game 3 for Houston on Friday night against Yu Darvish, and the roof will be shut — exactly how the Astros like it. The highest-scoring team in the majors is 6-0 at its thumping home this postseason. The top hasn’t been open since early June in order to block out the Texas summer heat. Rain is in the forecast, and the fi nal call on whether to close the roof rests with MLB. That decision is based in part on what the home team normally does during the year. “We want it closed. We’ve got to have it closed,” reliever Chris Devenski said. “I feel the electricity when it’s closed is so much better. And we love playing here.”
