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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
DARIAN
HAGEMAN,
Astoria
TIM
BARNETT,
Astoria
ageman was the only athlete at the Daily Astorian Invitational on April
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9 to win four individual events. She cleared 10 feet to win the pole vault
and 5-2 in the high jump, in addition to scoring first-place marks in the long
he senior was 6-for-6 last week, winning everything there was to win
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in two big meets. He swept the throwing events in the Daily Astorian
Invitational, with winning marks in the discus (153-10), javelin (160-8) and
jump (16-0¾) and triple jump (37-8¼). She was the big winner at the Meet of
Champions on April 14, winning three of the four jumping events — 17-4½ in
the long jump, 5-3 in the high jump and 10-6 in the pole vault. Rebeka Pres-
ton of Santiam Christian scored the upset in the triple jump with a 3A state
record 38-11 ¼, with Hageman placing second.
shot put (50-9). Five days later, he continued his dominance in the Meet of
Champions at Willamette University, again winning the discus (154-0), jave-
lin (177-1, a personal best) and shot put (50-8 ½). He is the No. 1-ranked dis-
cus thrower in the state at the 4A level, and ranks second in both the javelin
and shot put.
Rainier scores sweep at Warrenton
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — The Warren-
ton baseball team put up a challenge
that Rainier hasn’t seen from the
Warriors in a while, but the Colum-
bians still scored the doubleheader
sweep Wednesday at Huddleston
Field, 11-3 and 3-1.
After winning the three-game
series last year by a combined 30-2
(and 40-2 the year before that),
the Columbians had to fight and
scratch for every run and every hit
in Wednesday’s twinbill.
The Warriors made stellar plays
in the field, their batters and base-
runners put pressure on Rainier’s
defense and pitching, and the War-
renton pitchers — for the most
part — held the Columbians in c
heck.
Rainier simply had a few more
big innings to win the key Lewis &
Clark League showdown.
Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe
said, “For the past few years, we’ve
been looking real hard for the moral
victories.
“But at this stage, we know we
can compete, and we’re no longer
Astoria
teams
sweep
3-way meet
The Daily Astorian
TILLAMOOK — With rising
hopes of winning league and state
titles later this spring, the Astoria
track teams scored a first-place
sweep Wednesday in a three-way
track meet at Tillamook.
Competing against Seaside
and the Cheesemakers, the Fish-
ermen were the big point-win-
ners for both the girls (109.5
points to Seaside’s 23) and the
boys (78.83 points, to Seaside’s
37.33).
Most Astoria athletes had
personal best times and marks.
Multiple winners for the girls
included Darian Hageman (three
of the four jumping events), and
Sophie Long in the 200 meters
(27.5) and 400 meters (1:03.7).
Hageman did not compete in the
high jump, instead placing third
in the javelin.
Astoria also swept the hurdles
and relays, and won every race
between 100 and 800 meters.
Kes Sandstrom won the shot
put and discus.
For the boys, Astoria’s Tim
Barnett again won all three
throwing events, but did not set
any new personal bests.
Seaside had a 1-2-3 sweep in
the 800 (David Schwinof, Dodger
Holmstedt, Luis Moreno), while
Rafi Sibony won the 1,500
meters and Schwinof took first in
the 3,000 meters.
‘Both teams made some plays
today, but we just didn’t finish
when we had the opportunities.’
Lennie Wolfe
Warrenton coach
looking for those ‘moral victories.’
We’re looking for the actual victo-
ries, so we were disappointed in the
losses today.”
The Columbians scored 10 of
their 11 runs in two innings of
Game 1 — six in the fourth and four
in the seventh.
Warrenton led 2-1 through three
innings, highlighted by an RBI sin-
gle by Gabe Breitmeyer in a two-
run first inning that scored Austin
Little.
Little was also the starting
pitcher, and gave up just one run
over the first three innings.
Having played a single game
Tuesday, and with another double-
header Friday, the Warriors had to
watch their pitch count very closely.
“From a coaching perspective,
the disappointing thing was hav-
ing to deal with the pitch counts,”
Wolfe said. “Having played (Tues-
day) and with two more Friday, the
number of games we’re playing this
week and the pitch count definitely
had an impact on the games today.”
As a result, Little ran out of
pitches and was taken off the mound
in the fourth inning of Game 1, and
the Columbians scored four runs
after his departure.
Rainier had nine hits in the
opener, and drew seven walks with
four hit batters.
Lost in the loss were a couple
of great plays by Warrior infielders
Alec Herrera at third base and later
Little at shortstop, as the two made
diving stops on grounders to throw
out the baserunners.
Warrenton catcher Jacob Mor-
row also gunned down runners at
second base, two Rainier runners
were thrown out at the plate, and the
Warriors turned a 2-3-2 double play
to end an early Rainier threat.
Little had two of Warrenton’s six
hits in the opener, but the Warriors
hurt themselves with five errors in
the field.
“Alex and Austin had the web-
gems, but we did some other things
to ourselves that cost us,” Wolfe
said. “Both teams made some plays
today, but we just didn’t finish when
we had the opportunities.
“But we’re getting past the point
of just playing for the moral victo-
ries,” he said. “We believe we’re
good enough to start winning these
games.”
In Game 2, the Columbians
scored a run in the second inning
and two in the fourth, and the lead
held up as three Rainier pitchers
limited Warrenton to just two hits.
Devin Jackson had a run-scor-
ing single that brought in Dalton
Knight with Warrenton’s lone run in
the sixth inning.
Freshman pitcher Duane Falls
made appearances in both games
for the Warriors, and worked his
way out of potential jams.
Tillamook upsets Seaside, 12-2
The Daily Astorian
TILLAMOOK — Tillamook
racked up 15 hits and shocked Sea-
side 12-2 in a Cowapa League soft-
ball game Wednesday, as the Chee-
semakers handed the Gulls their first
loss in league play.
Seaside (3-1) falls into a sec-
ond-place tie with Banks in the
league standings. The Gulls host the
Braves Thursday at Broadway Field.
The Gulls “struggled today,”
said Seaside coach Darren Ideue.
“A week off and being delayed for
a week didn’t help us at all. We
weren’t ready, and Tilly hit the ball
where we weren’t. They certainly
avenged their loss here.”
Tillamook improves to 1-4
in league. Tillamook pitcher
Hannah Nelson scattered five
hits over five innings, with
three strikeouts and a walk.
Laci Lourenzo and Natilee Dentel
had three hits apiece for the Chee-
semakers, while the top four play-
ers in the Tillamook lineup batted a
combined 10-for-12 and scored nine
runs.
Houston’s big seventh inning dooms Mariners
ing a string of double-digit strikeout
games at three. He gave up just an
unearned run in his fourth consecu-
tive seven-inning start to begin his
career in the American League.
The Astros sent 11 batters to the
plate in their biggest-scoring inning
of the season off Mariners starter
Mike Leake and relievers Nick Vin-
cent and James Pazos.
The first five Houston batters
reached against Leake (2-1), starting
with Josh Reddick’s leadoff walk.
After Yuli Gurriel hit a double in the
left-field corner, Marwin Gonzalez
followed by lining Leake’s first pitch
to center field for a two-run single
that gave the Astros a 3-1 lead.
“As the game went on, our
at-bats got better and better, which is
encouraging,” Hinch said. “We have
an explosive offense.”
Brian McCann doubled to deep
right center, and Houston grabbed a
4-1 lead on a fielding error by right
fielder Mitch Haniger, who got a late
jump on Evan Gattis’ shallow fly
ball.
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
TODAY
Baseball — Astoria at Tillamook, 5 p.m.;
Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.
Softball — Tillamook at Astoria, 5 p.m.;
Banks at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at
Portland Adventist (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa
at Vernonia (2), 3 p.m.
Track — NWL meet, Knappa, 3:30 p.m.
Boys golf — Astoria at Tillamook, 1 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball — Warrenton at Catlin Gabel
(2), 3:30 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa
(2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Ilwaco at Seaside, 5 p.m.;
Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa (2), 3 p.m.
Game 1
Rainier 11, Warrenton 3
Rainier
010 600 4—11 9 3
Warrenton 200 010 0—3 6 5
Tripp, Nelson (3), Howell (7) and Guerr;
Little, Morrow (4), Falls (5) and Morrow,
Breitmeyer (4), Morrow (5). W: Nelson. L:
Little. RBI: Rai, Tripp 3, Kangas 2, Ca.Rea,
Boulch, Co.Rea; War, Morrow, Breitmeyer.
2B: Rai, Boulch 2, Tripp. HBP: Rai, Bour-
saw 3, Guerr. LOB: Rainier 6, Warrenton 5.
DP: Rainier, Warrenton.
Game 2
Rainier 3, Warrenton 1
Rainier
010 200 0—3 3 2
Warrenton 000 001 0—1 2 1
Ca.Rea, Cantrell (3), Howell (6) and
Sorensen; Jackson, Falls (4), Knight (6)
and Morrow. W: Cantrall. L: Falls. RBI: Rai,
Ca.Rea, Keizur; War, Jackson. 2B: Rai,
Cantrall. HBP: War, Little. LOB: Rainier 4,
Warrenton 5.
By TODD MILLES
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Houston man-
ager A.J. Hinch warns that “rough
patches” on offense don’t stick
around the Astros too long.
After scoring just six runs total
in its past three games, Houston put
away the Mariners with a six-run
seventh inning, leading to a 7-1 vic-
tory Wednesday night.
Astros starting pitcher Ger-
rit Cole (2-0) struck out five, end-
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Neah-Kah-Nie
goes the distance,
Knappa still wins
ROCKAWAY BEACH — The
Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates were the first
team this season to go all seven
innings with the Knappa Loggers,
who still scored a 9-2 win over the
Pirates in a Northwest League base-
ball game Wednesday.
Knappa scored seven runs in the
third inning to pull away, on its way
to a 9-0 overall record.
Reuben Cruz led off the big inning
with a home run to left field. Mason
Hoover was 2-for-3 with a double and
also was the winning pitcher.
Colton Weirup added a two-run
double for the Loggers, who host a
doubleheader Friday with the Pirates.
Knappa pitchers Dale Takalo,
Hoover and Eli Takalo scattered five
hits.
Big innings lead
Rainier past
Warrenton
WARRENTON — Rainier scored
the majority of its runs in the first
three innings in both games Wednes-
day at Warrenton, where the Columbi-
ans swept past the Warriors, 15-7 and
10-0 in a Lewis & Clark League soft-
ball doubleheader.
In Game 1, Rainier built a 14-0
lead over the first three innings, before
watching the Warriors rally with six
runs in the fifth. Warrenton could not
overcome six errors in the field in the
opener, while Rainier pitcher Taleah
King scattered six hits with 10 strike-
outs and four walks.
Rachel Dyer had two of Warren-
ton’s hits, and also drove in two runs.
The Columbians scored nine more
runs in the first two innings of the
nightcap, which went the entire seven
innings. Rainier only had six hits in
Game 2, but the Warriors had another
five errors in the field.
— The Daily Astorian
NBA PLAYOFFS: RND 1
SCOREBOARD
Knappa 9, Neah-Kah-Nie 2
Knappa
207 000 0—9 9 0
NeahKahNie 110 000 0—2 5 2
D.Takalo, M.Hoover (3), E.Takalo (4) and
Miller; Elinsky, Keegan (3), Pieper (4) and
Harth. W: M.Hoover. L: Elinsky. 2B: Kna,
M.Hoover, Weirup. HR: Kna, Cruz.
No. 6 seed
No. 3 seed
NEW
PORTLAND
ORLEANS vs
TRAIL
PELICANS
BLAZERS
(48-34)
(49-33)
Game 3: Today, 6 p.m.
At New Orleans, Smoothie
King Center TV: NBA TV
Series: NO leads 2-0