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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018
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Seaside’s Hinton captures collegiate title
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Willamette University
Seaside High School graduate Sam Hinton in action on the course.
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Seaside’s Sam Hin-
ton, now a junior at Willamette University, sank a
25-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to
take first place at the 2018 Northwest Conference
men’s golf tournament, which concluded Sunday
at Oakbrook Golf Club.
Hinton shot a tournament-low 69 in the first
round and a 74 in the second round. His 2-under
69 was the only sub-par round of the tournament.
Alex Plusquellec of George Fox shot 72-71 to
finish tied with Hinton after the final round, before
Hinton won on the second hole in the playoff.
A five-way tie for sixth place at 147 included
golfers from five different teams, which included
Willamette’s Kenneth Sheldon, a graduate of
Ilwaco High School who carded a 147 (73-74).
“I couldn’t be happier for him. He’s just been
so solid all year,” Willamette coach Patrick Daugh-
erty said of Hinton. “I love the way he plays. Alex
Plusquellec is such a great competitor and an awe-
some kid. There’s a ton of mutual respect for him. It
was great to see those two battle it out.
“Sam hit the back of the green on No. 18, which
was the second playoff hole, just catching the fringe,”
Daugherty said. “Since he wasn’t on the green he
elected to keep the pin in. Alex hit a chip shot to about
five feet which he had to make for par. Sam and I
talked about the read and discussed what we both saw,
and agreed he should putt it not chip it. The ball rolled
in with good pace just on the left center of the hole.
It was pretty special. The team immediately came out
to congratulate him. There must have been 50 or so
people watching intensely. It was very special to have
his parents, Suzie and Steve Hinton, there watching.”
Hinton was named first team All-Northwest Con-
ference. Three Bearcats, including Sheldon, earned
second team all-conference.
Pacific Lutheran won the tournament with a score
of 581. Whitworth placed second at 595, followed by
Willamette with a 596.
BASEBALL
Carroll:
Seahawks
still open to
considering
Kaepernick
Astoria is
a hit on
Broadway,
in win over
Seaside
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Pete Car-
roll said Monday the Seattle Sea-
hawks have not closed the door
on the possibility of adding Colin
Kaepernick to their roster, but
how much further they pursue
it may depend on the upcoming
NFL draft.
“We’re still battling on all
fronts, on all guys. We’re still
looking at guys and evaluating.
There are still free agents we’re
looking at and in that the pro-
cess just continues,” Carroll said.
“We’ve gone through the infor-
mation gathering and we have a
pretty good feel for where we are.
It’s ongoing. We’re not done with
that decision at all.”
Reports surfaced earlier this
month that Seattle pulled out of
a planned workout for Kaeper-
nick, who has been without an
NFL team since the end of the
2016 season. Seattle has been
one of the few teams to show any
interest in Kaepernick following
his protests during the national
anthem in the 2016 season with
San Francisco.
Carroll said the reports
of what happened with the
intended workout were “blown
up.”
“I think we’ve been working
at this thing for some time now.
I don’t think that was really as
telling as it came across,” Carroll
said. “We’re really aware of him
and he’s a fine football player and
there may be a place for him. We
don’t know that yet.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Warrenton at Clatskanie,
4:30 p.m.; Nestucca at Knappa, 4:30
p.m.
Softball — Seaside at Astoria, 5 p.m.;
Warrenton at Clatskanie, 4:30 p.m.;
Nestucca at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Boys golf — Astoria at Banks, 1 p.m.
BASEBALL
Astoria 11, Seaside 2
Astoria
100 340 3—11 15 0
Seaside
020 000 0—2 3 4
Hageman, Rush (7) and Hillard;
Westerholm, McFadden (5) and Teub-
ner. W: Hageman. L: Westerholm. RBI:
Ast, Johnson 3, Hageman 3, Hirsch,
Reed, Kolee; Sea, Boyd. 2B: Ast, Kolee
2, Rush. 3B: Ast, Matteucci. HR: Ast,
Kolee, Hageman. HBP: Sea, Meyer.
LOB: Astoria 6, Seaside 3. DP: Astoria.
BOYS GOLF
Seaside Invitational
at Astoria G&CC
Medalist: Blake Kukula, Ilwaco, 71
Team: Seaside 327, Astoria 354, Mo-
lalla 370, Ilwaco 377, Tillamook 389;
Banks, Corbett, North Valley, inc.
Seaside (327)
Mason Shamion, 38-41—79
Curtis Kunde, 43-38—81
Jackson Kunde, 42-40—82
Samson Sibony, 43-42—85
Connor Merrell, 42-44—86
Astoria (354)
Conner Long, 42-45—87
Taylor Palmberg, 42-45—87
Joshua Olson, 45-44—89
Dylan Althiede-Nielsen, 43-48—91
Tryton Matlock, 52-55—107
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Jim Poetsch/For The Daily Astorian
From left to right, Seaside golfers Curtis Kunde, Samson Sibony, Connor Merrell, Mason Shamion
and Jackson Kunde celebrate their victory in Monday’s Seaside Invitational.
Seaside golfers win
hometown tourney
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W
ARRENTON — Seaside bounced back
from a disappointing third-place finish in
the Banks Invitational last week with a team
championship Monday, in the annual Seaside Invita-
tional held at the Astoria Golf & Country Club.
One year after losing the same tournament by a sin-
gle stroke to eventual state champion Scappoose, the
Gulls ran away with the team title with a season-low
score of 327.
Astoria was a distant second with 354, followed
by Molalla (370), Ilwaco (377) and Tillamook (389).
Banks and Corbett had incomplete teams.
On the individual side, Ilwaco’s Blake Kukula suc-
cessfully defended his title with a one-under par 71.
Tillamook’s Carter Lee finished second with a 74, then
five of the next six places were filled by Seaside golfers.
Mason Shamion was third with a 79 and Curtis
Kunde was fifth at 81, followed by Jackson Kunde
(82), Samson Sibony (85) and Connor Merrell (86).
Shamion started the day full of great shots, with an
eagle on the first hole. After hooking his drive onto the
18th fairway, he hit his second shot into the hole from
about 125 yards out. His eagle was one of two eagles
in the tournament.
“This was a great bounce back after our last tour-
nament,” said Seaside coach Jim Poetsch. “The guys
went out and really competed today. We probably still
hit some bad shots, but we continued to compete and
ended the day without a single score above a six.”
He added, “It is only one day, but this could be our
turning point from being a good team to being a great
team. I’ve said all year long we have the best five-man
in the state. We just don’t know who it will be each day
because all our guys can beat each other.”
Taylor Palmberg and Conner Long both shot 87s for
Astoria’s top score.
Josh Olson carded an 89, followed by Dylan Althie-
de-Nielsen (91) and Tryton Matlock (107).
White Sox beat Mariners 10-4, stop 7-game skid
BY MIKE HELFGOT
Associated Press
CHICAGO — The Chicago White
Sox started against Seattle with the
longest streak of hits in the major
leagues in more than three years.
Jose Abreu had four hits that
included a pair of home runs, Yoan
Moncada was a single shy of the cycle
and the White Sox beat the Mari-
ners 10-4 Monday night to end a sev-
en-game losing streak.
Chicago became the first big league
team to open a game with seven
straight hits since Colorado against the
visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept.
17, 2014, according to the Elias Sports
Bureau.
“Any club would take that every
single day of the week,” White Sox
manager Rick Renteria said. “It gave
us a boost. It is a pick-me-up. Win-
ning heals a lot of different things,
especially with the run we’ve had. I
thought it was more than the win. I
thought it was the way we played.”
Moncada’s leadoff triple was fol-
lowed by five straight singles and Matt
Davidson’s double off Mike Leake
(2-2) in a five-run first inning.
Abreu raised his home run
total to six this season with his
12th multihomer game for the
White Sox. After getting out-
scored 27-2 in three losses to
Houston, Chicago had a sea-
son-high 18 hits.
Starting on short notice
because Miguel Gonzalez was placed
on the disabled list with rotator cuff
inflammation, Carson Fulmer (1-1)
allowed two runs and three hits in a
season-high six innings. The 24-year-
old right-hander retired 12 straight
before Mitch Haniger doubled in the
fifth and Mike Zunino homered.
Fulmer allowed four runs in just
one inning against Oakland on April
18. Chris Beck, called up from Tri-
ple-A Charlotte before the game, fin-
ished for his first big league save, giv-
ing up two runs and six hits.
“The offense was obviously rolling
tonight,” Fulmer said. “It definitely
lets you settle in a little bit. I have to
give everything to the offense
tonight. They were able to get
off to a quick start. To have that
momentum on your side is
really big.”
Leake, acquired from St.
Louis last August, did not last
five innings for the first time in
five starts this season. He allowed
eight runs and 12 hits in 3 1/3 innings,
raising his ERA from 4.50 to 6.59.
WELCOME BACK
Seattle re-acquired LHP Roenis
Elias from Boston for a player to be
named or cash. He was 15-20 with a
3.97 ERA for Seattle in the 2014 and
‘15 seasons. He was 1-0 with a 1.23
ERA in Triple-A Pawtucket this year.
Servais said the team had not decided
whether to use him in the bullpen or
have him start at Triple-A Tacoma.
SEASIDE — The Seaside
Seagulls were coming off two
extra-inning games last week
against the No. 6-ranked Banks
Braves — which had Astoria
coach Glen Fromwiller a little wor-
ried going into Monday’s Clatsop
Clash game at Broadway Field.
“That had me nervous,” From-
willer said, “because Seaside is a
dangerous team, and they’re start-
ing to hit their stride.”
But Fromwiller apparently
didn’t have to worry, because very
few teams at the 4A level are play-
ing better right now than the Asto-
ria Fishermen.
‘We’re playing
pretty good
right now.
We’re getting
better with
every game.’
Glen Fromwiller
Astoria coach
Astoria belted out 15 hits —
six for extra bases — in a decisive
11-2 win over the Gulls in the first
meeting of the season between the
two teams.
“We’re playing pretty good
right now,” Fromwiller said.
“We’re getting better with every
game, and we’ve got some guys
who are finding the right place for
themselves in the lineup.
“Which was one of the prob-
lems early in the season — we
were experimenting with the
lineup and getting guys in the right
place,” he said. “And now they’re
buying into their roles.”
The Fishermen were hitting up
and down the lineup, from their
leadoff batter (Trey Hageman,
with a single and an inside-the-
park home run) to their No. 9 hitter
(Dylan Rush, single and a double).
In between, junior Balan Kolee
had two doubles and an inside-the-
park homer, and Dylan Matteucci
had a single and a triple. Both
Astoria home runs came in the fifth
inning.
Their four-run fifth inning gave
the Fishermen an 8-2 lead, plenty
for Hageman, Astoria’s start-
ing pitcher who threw six strong
innings.
Hageman allowed two of Sea-
side’s three hits, with six strikeouts
and two walks.
The Gulls actually held a 2-1
lead after two innings, scoring on a
passed ball and a sacrifice fly from
Ashton Boyd.
Seaside will get another shot at
Astoria on Wednesday, when the
Fishermen host the Gulls at Tapi-
ola Park.