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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
KAYLEE
MITCHELL
Sprague
KALEB
MILLER
Knappa
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he former three-sport star at Astoria High School is now competing at a
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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
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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
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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