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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
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Astoria has Law on its side, as Keeper of the Year
on the all-league team, including five
juniors.
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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
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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.