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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Astoria has Law on its side, as Keeper of the Year on the all-league team, including five juniors. The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Lexi Law was selected as the Cowapa League’s Goalkeeper of the Year, with the release of the Cowapa’s All-League team, as voted on by the league’s coaches. Law was one of four Astoria seniors named to the first team, along with Claire Albright, Sarah Lertora and Haley Ranta. Junior Andrea Har- ris was named honorable mention. Seaside had four players named to the all-league squad: senior Bryre Babbitt and junior Jessica Angu- lo-Joli to the first team, and junior Chloe Bartel and senior Corrie Fall- eur honorable mention. GIRLS SOCCER Cowapa All-League Player of the Year: Taylor Menkens, Valley Catholic Goalkeeper of the Year: Lexi Law, Astoria Coach of the Year: Summer Jark, Scap- poose The Daily Astorian Astoria goalkeeper Lexi Law makes a diving save in a game against Seaside this season. Valley Catholic senior Taylor Menkens was selected as the league’s Player of the Year, as the state cham- pion Valiants placed seven players First Team Taylor Menkens, Sr., Valley C. Claire Albright, Sr., Astoria Jessica Angulo-Joli, Jr., Seaside Bryre Babbitt, Sr., Seaside Alyssa Bakkenson, Sr., Scappoose Marissa Dotson, Jr., Banks Mackenzie Ela, Sr., Scappoose Emma Jones, So., Scappoose Sarah Jones, Jr., Valley Catholic Kim Jordan, Sr., Banks Callie Kawaguchi, Jr., Valley C. Rylie Kind, Jr., Banks Sarah Lertora, Sr., Astoria Kate MacNaughton, Jr., Valley C. Noelle Mannen, Sr., Valley C. Haley Ranta, Sr., Astoria Shayna Redpath, Jr., Scappoose Sierra Stafford, Jr., Scappoose Celeste Stout, Jr., Tillamook Lauren Whisenhunt, Jr., Scappoose GK: Lexi Law, Sr., Astoria Honorable Mention Claire Atchison, So., Tillamook Chloe Bartel, Jr., Seaside Morgan Belden, So., Banks Tessa Davidson, Fr., Scappoose Corrie Falleur, Sr., Seaside Andrea Harris, Jr., Astoria Anika Havlik, Fr., Scappoose Riley McGee, Jr., Valley Catholic Katelyn Snook, Jr., Valley Catholic Katherine Stone, So., Banks Marlene Valencia, Jr., Tillamook SPORTS IN BRIEF AP Photo/Steve Dykes Nuggets forward Paul Millsap, left, and Caleb Swanigan and Jusuf Nurkic of the Trail Blaz- ers reach for a rebound. Blazers beat Nuggets 99-82 PORTLAND — Portland cen- ter Jusuf Nurkic appeared to draw some motivation in facing his old team. “He was aggressive,” said for- mer Denver teammate Nikola Jokic, “looking to score.” Nurkic had 17 points and the Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 99-82 on Monday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Portland built an 86-66 lead early in the fourth quarter on Noah Vonleh’s dunk and cruised the rest of the way. CJ McCollum also had 17 and Damian Lillard finished with 15 points and seven assists. Oregon beats Prairie View for 44th straight home win EUGENE — Troy Brown, Oregon’s five-star freshman, already has learned that giving up the AAU flash for a simple play makes college basketball a lot eas- ier and the coach of the Ducks much happier. Brown had 17 points and nine rebounds, Paul White came off the bench for 16 points and Oregon pulled away to a 100-67 victory over Prairie View A&M on Mon- day night. “When I first got here (in June), it was really hard to adjust,” said Brown, who also had four assists. “The passes I was trying to make weren’t there and I had a lot of turnovers.” “Getting the ball, rebound- ing it and pushing it, that’s some- thing I’ve always done, but mak- ing the smart play, coach (Dana) Altman has always put that pres- sure on me.” Wyoming defeats Oregon State CORVALLIS — Hayden Dal- ton summed up his game in one word: versatility. “Being able to stretch the floor at the four position, handle the ball, bring it up the court, play a bunch of different positions and guard different positions,” said the senior forward of his own game. His all-around skills were on full display Monday night. Dalton had 22 points, includ- ing four-3-pointers, and nine rebounds to help Wyoming beat Oregon State 75-66. Justin James scored 19 and Alan Herndon added 16 points, with four 3-pointers, and six blocks for the Cowboys (2-0). — Associated Press AP Photo/Carol Francavilla The radio voice of the Boston Red Sox, Kent Coleman, left, presents former Red Sox second baseman Bobby Doerr to the crowd at Fenway Park in May 1988 during a ceremony to retire his number 1. Boston Red Sox great, longtime Oregonian Doerr dies at age 99 By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press G RANTS PASS — Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman dubbed the “Silent Captain” of the Boston Red Sox by longtime teammate and friend Ted Williams, has died. He was 99. Doerr died Monday in Junction City, Oregon, the Red Sox said Tuesday in a statement. The Red Sox said Doerr had been the oldest living major league player. “Bobby Doerr was part of an era of baseball giants and still stood out as one himself,” Red Sox owner John Henry said in the statement. “And even with his Hall of Fame achievements at second base, his character and personality out- shined it all. He will be missed.” Signed out of the old Pacific Coast League on the same scouting trip that brought Williams to Fenway Park, Doerr played 14 seasons with the Red Sox and joined his fishing buddy in the Hall 1988. The Red Sox honored Doerr with a 2004 of Fame in 1986. He had a .288 lifetime aver- age and helped the Red Sox to the 1946 World World Series ring after breaking their 86-year Series. championship drought. The nine-time All-Star often for- As a hitter, Doerr said he was always gave his more accomplished friend looking for the fastball, figuring he for his storied anger and impatience. couldn’t do much with a breaking ball “Ted couldn’t understand medi- unless it was a hanging curve. ocre, see. And I was in that medi- “I didn’t like to hit guys like Bob ocre class,” Doerr told The Asso- Feller,” Doerr told the AP. “He had a ciated Press on his 90th birthday in big motion and was a little on the wild 2008, which the governor of Oregon side. You just had to bow your neck and declared Bobby Doerr Day. stay in there.” Doerr’s modesty was belied by He frequently led AL second base- 1950 Bowman his stats: He finished with 2,042 hits, baseball card of men in double plays, putouts and assists, crediting his fielding skill to 223 home runs and 1,247 RBIs and Bobby Doerr endless hours spent bouncing a rubber he once went 414 games without an ball against the front steps of his fami- error — a record at the time. His six ly’s Los Angeles home. seasons with at least 100 RBIs was not matched He helped the Red Sox win the AL pennant in by another second baseman for 25 years. 1946 — the only time his teams got past the Yan- Doerr was inducted into the National Base- kees — but they lost Game 7 of the World Series ball Hall of Fame in 1986 by the Veterans Com- mittee and the Red Sox retired his No. 1 jersey in to the St. Louis Cardinals. Blue-blood doubleheader highlights Top 25 games this week By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press The first weekend of the 2017-18 season, like so many before, was filled with power programs rolling over- matched teams. There were a few closer-than-ex- pected games, for sure, and one game between ranked teams, an 88-65 vic- tory by No. 25 Texas A&M over No. 11 West Virginia. For the most part, though, it was one blowout after another. The season heats up in a hurry tonight, when four of the most promi- nent programs in college basketball — none of them ranked lower than sev- enth — meet in Chicago. The Champions Classic at the United Center kicks off with No. 1 Duke facing No. 2 Michigan State, followed by No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 7 Kentucky. The Blue Devils were the presea- son No. 1 for the second straight sea- son and ninth time overall, matching AP Photo/Gerry Broome Duke’s Marvin Bagley III dunks against Utah Valley. rival North Carolina for most all-time, and held that spot in the first regu- lar-season poll . Duke is loaded, led by senior guard Grayson Allen and one of the nation’s best freshmen, Marvin Bagley III. The Blue Devils opened the season with a 97-88 victory over Elon and beat Utah Valley 99-69 to give coach Mike Krzyzewski his 1,000th victory with the program. Bagley was superb in the two games, scoring 49 combined points with 20 rebounds. It figures to get a whole lot tougher in the Windy City, where they’ll face what could be coach Tom Izzo’s most talented team. Preseason All-American Miles Bridges is considered one of the front-runners to be national player of the year after deciding to return to Lan- sing and Izzo added a stellar recruiting class, led by 6-foot-11 forward Jaren Jackson. Michigan State opened the season with a 98-66 win over North Florida behind Bridges’ 20 points and 10 rebounds. But Izzo’s teams have struggled against Coach K and the Blue Devils; Duke leads the series 10-1 since 1998. “We’re going to try to keep play- ing them,” Izzo said. “We’re going to try to keep knocking on the door and sooner or later that door’s got to open.” Kansas lost Josh Jackson and Frank Mason III from a team that won its 13th straight Big 12 title. The Jayhawks are picked to make it 14 in a row and a potential deep run in the NCAA Tournament after coach Bill Self restocked his roster. Kansas opened the season with a 92-56 win over Tennessee State, but the talent level of their opponent goes way up on Tuesday. “It’s always nice to see how much poise we have in a pressure situation,” Self said. “I certainly anticipate it not being pretty, but I do anticipate both teams playing hard.” Kentucky coach John Calipari did what he always does, bringing in a class of future pros to Lexington. But these Wildcats are younger than any team Calpari’ had at Kentucky and it was evident in their first two games. Kentucky trailed Utah Valley by 12 before pulling away for a 73-63 vic- tory and had all it could handle in a 73-69 win over Vermont. “I’m more concerned about how we’re playing than how Kansas plays,” Calipari said.
