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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017
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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.”