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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week KAYLEE MITCHELL Sprague KALEB MILLER Knappa The Daily Astorian Krissy Barendse-Goodman/The Daily Astorian he former three-sport star at Astoria High School is now competing at a T higher level, but still enjoying plenty of success as a runner. A senior at Sprague High School in Salem, Mitchell capped her prep cross country career iller’s week started with the senior signing a letter-of-intent to play M baseball at Clark College, and ended with his leading Knappa to a 62-32 state playoff win over Bandon. The Logger quarterback (nicknamed Nov. 4 with a fourth-place fi nish (out of 138 runners) in the Class 6A girls’ race at the state meet in Eugene. She ran the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 4 seconds. Mitchell ran cross country, played basketball and was a member of the track team at Astoria High School, before transferring to Sprague two years ago. “Bubba”) rushed for 172 yards on just 16 carries (10.7 yards per run), ran for four touchdowns and a two-point conversion, threw a 14-yard TD pass to Reuben Cruz, and also threw two additional passes for two-point conversions, accounting for 36 points. This week, he was announced as the Northwest League’s Off ensive Player of the Year. SPORTS IN BRIEF SCOREBOARD SPORTS SCHEDULE Saturday Football: Class 2A quarterfinal: Oak- land vs. Knappa, 4 p.m., CMH Field Northwest All-League Offensive Player of the Year: Kaleb Miller, Knappa Defensive Player of the Year: Mason Hoover, Knappa Coach of the Year: Aaron Barendse, Knappa First Team Offense OL: Reece Hunt, Sr., Knappa OL: Jacob Ford, Sr., Knappa OL: Jaxson Goodman, So., Knappa OL: Zach Kress, Sr., Gaston OL: Tucker Champ, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie C: David Patterson, Sr., Knappa RB: Joshua Rice, So., Vernonia RB: Tristan Bennett, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie RB: Luke Goozee, Jr., Knappa WR: Reuben Cruz, Sr., Knappa WR: Kanai Phillip, So., Knappa WR: Mason Hoover, Sr., Knappa WR: Gaven Everett, Sr., Vernonia QB: Kaleb Miller, Sr., Knappa K: Caedan Martin, Sr., Gaston Returner: Reuben Cruz, Sr., Knappa First Team Defense DL: Tucker Champ, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie DL: Reece Hunt, Sr., Knappa DL: Jacob Ford, Sr., Knappa DL: Cody Stuhr, Sr., Knappa DL: Jaxson Goodman, So., Knappa LB: Mason Hoover, Sr., Knappa LB: Tristan Bennett, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie LB: Joshua Rice, So., Vernonia LB: Gaven Everett, Sr., Vernonia DB: Jake Patton, Sr., Vernonia DB: Josh Longfellow, Jr., Neah-Kah- Nie DB: Reuben Cruz, Sr., Knappa DB: Kanai Phillip, So., Knappa P: Caedan Martin, Sr., Gaston Other Knappa selections: Second Team Offense OL: Isaac Goozee, Fr., Knappa Second Team Defense DL: Joe Ramvick, So., Knappa LB: Spencer Teague, So., Knappa Honorable Mention Offense WR: Braedon Eltagonde, Sr., Knappa Honorable Mention Defense LB: Eli Takalo, So., Knappa DB: Cameron Miethe, Fr., Knappa Chinese authorities say 3 Americans are under investigation Krissy Barendse-Goodman/The Daily Astorian Knappa all-league linemen Jaxson Goodman (66), Isaac Goozee (57), David Patterson (77), Jacob Ford (75) and Reece Hunt (64) are joined by future all-leaguer Ryson Patterson (53). Knappa Loggers dominate all-league football awards The Daily Astorian T he team that went undefeated on the fi eld in Northwest League football, also had a strong presence in the all-league selections, released this week. As voted on by the league’s coaches, Knappa’s entire starting lineup on offense earned all-league rec- ognition, along with 10 of their 11 starters on defense. The Offensive Player of the Year was Knappa senior quarterback Kaleb Miller, senior linebacker Mason Hoover was Defen- sive Player of the Year, and Aaron Barendse earned the NWL’s Coach of the Year honor. Seahawks seem to love the desert, look for another win there By BOB BAUM Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seat- tle Seahawks must love the desert. They’ve beaten coach Bruce Arians’ Cardinals three of the past four times they’ve played there. The exception was last season’s excruciating 6-6 tie, a Sunday night game when Arizona and Seattle both missed chip-shot fi eld goals that would have won the game in overtime. “It was old-time football,” Ari- zona coach Bruce Arians said. “I’ve never been in a game with 97 snaps on offense and you only score six points.” It’s the latest matchup between NFC West foes where home fi eld doesn’t seem to mean much. The Cardinals have won in three of its past four trips to Seattle, but the Seahawks have dominated in Arizona. The Seahawks (5-3) will be favored again when they face the Cardinals (4-4) on Thursday night, UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Seattle Seahawks (5-3) at Arizona Cardinals (4-4) • Tonight, 5:25 p.m. TV: NBC AP Photo/Stephen Brashear Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson scrambles away from Washington Redskins de- fensive end Stacy McGee. with Seattle’s tough defensive front aiming to stop Adrian Peterson, who literally is carrying the offensive load since coming to the Cardinals. With quarterback Carson Palmer out with a broken arm, Arizona is leaning on Peterson even more. Thursday night’s game comes just four days after the 32-year-old running back carried a career-high 37 times for 159 yards in the Cardi- nals’ 20-10 victory at San Francisco. “I’m feeling good,” Peterson said on Wednesday. “My body’s feeling fresh. I’m ready to roll. I’m sure they are as sore as us, so it’s going to be a battle of will.” The Seahawks are coming off a home loss to Washington. “We took a step back last week,” coach Pete Carroll said. “We didn’t play like we wanted to, but over the last month or so, we’ve been play- ing pretty good football. We’re moving in the right direction.” Seattle not only has to play on short rest, but must travel to play the game. “If you’re going to play on Thurs- day night,” Arians said, “home is a huge advantage.” The Cardinals, whose wins have come against teams that are a com- bined 5-21, will need all the advan- tages they can muster. The Seahawks had several play- ers miss practice in the short week due to injuries. Most will probably play, but running back Eddie Lacy (groin) and defensive end Marcus Smith (concussion) are out, and safety Earl Thomas (heel) is listed as doubtful. Here are some things to consider when Seattle faces Arizona: KICKING WOES: The teams got rid of the kickers who missed those fi eld goals in last season’s 6-6 tie — Seattle’s Stephen Hauschka and Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro — and fi gured they had upgraded. But Blair Walsh missed three fi eld goals in Sunday’s loss to the Redskins. And 42-year-old Phil Dawson, one of the most consis- tent kickers in recent years, has missed six for Arizona, equaling his misses for the previous two seasons combined. Four of Dawson’s misfi res have come from 40 yards and in. BEIJING — Chinese authori- ties are investigating three Amer- icans following media reports that three UCLA freshmen were arrested for shoplifting ahead of their basketball game against Geor- gia Tech in Shanghai. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Thursday that the case was in the hands of local police. “Three American men are being investigated in Hangzhou by Chi- nese law enforcement agencies for alleged theft,” Hua said during a regularly scheduled news brief- ing. “China has informed U.S. side of this case in accordance with the consular treaty. “China will handle this case in accordance with law and protect the lawful rights and interests of the people involved.” Hua did not give details of the individuals, who have been iden- tifi ed by the Los Angeles Times as Cody Riley, Jalen Hill and LiAn- gelo Ball — the brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball. Lonzo Ball said Wednesday he has not spoken with LiAngelo since reports of the incident emerged. “I haven’t talked to him yet,” Lonzo Ball said after the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics. “When- ever I talk to him, I’ll fi nd out more.” US hockey women beat Canada 4-2 in Four Nations Cup WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — The Americans showed off their special teams skills in beating Can- ada for the second time in three games as part of their pre-Olym- pic exhibition tour. Kendall Coyne and Megan Bozek each had a goal and an assist and the United States wom- en’s hockey team beat Canada 4-2 on Wednesday night in a physical game at the Four Nations Cup. Cayla Barnes and Alex Car- penter each had power-play goals as the Americans went 3 of 5 with the advantage. Brianna Decker had two assists, and goalie Mad- die Rooney made 20 saves for her second win in two nights with the Americans trying to win this event for a third straight time and eighth overall. “We did so many things right, it’s a great thing to build off of,” U.S. coach Robb Stauber said. — Associated Press