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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
GABI
MORALES
Jewell
THOMAS
MEEHAN
Jewell
first home track meet in over 20 years on Saturday, Morales had
I 17.57 n the Jewell’s
first win of the day for the Blue Jays, running the 100-meter hurdles in
seconds. Later, she won the 300-meter hurdles in a personal-best time
he senior Blue Jay won the 3,000 meters in the Jewell Invitational last
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Saturday in a season-best 10:28.20, finishing ahead of 10 other runners.
He also had the second-best time (4:45.80) out of 23 entrants in the 1,500.
49.04. And for good measure, the senior cleared a career-best 4-9 for second
in the high jump, and also had a PR of 14-3¼ for sixth in the long jump.
Meehan had a personal record throw in the javelin, a toss of 110 feet, 5 inches.
Warrenton
topples
Colton in
12-2 win
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WARRENTON — Warren-
ton took a break from league play
by hosting Colton for a nonleague
contest Wednesday at Huddleston
Field.
And the Warriors were “effi-
cient,” said coach Lennie Wolfe,
in a 12-2, five-inning win over the
Vikings for Warrenton’s fourth
straight win.
Warrenton’s first seven batters
in the bottom of the first inning
drew walks, as the Warriors built a
7-0 lead through two innings.
Warrenton pitchers Austin Lit-
tle, Duane Falls and Gabe Breit-
meyer did the rest, scattering six
hits and throwing just 59 pitches
combined.
At the plate, Alec Herrera,
Jacob Morrow, Little and Bre-
itmeyer all had two hits apiece,
while Little, Devin Jackson, Dal-
ton Knight and Herrera drove in
two runs each.
The Warriors return to non-
league play today at Vernonia.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Warrenton at Vernonia,
4:30 p.m.
Softball — Warrenton at Vernonia,
4:30 p.m.
Girls Golf — Seaside at Astoria, Noon
FRIDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Banks, 5 p.m.;
Seaside at Scappoose, 5 p.m.; Knappa
at Nestucca (2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Banks at Astoria, 5 p.m.;
Scappoose at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Knappa
at Nestucca (2), 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
Track — Dick Baker Invitational, Glad-
stone, 11 a.m.
BASEBALL
Seaside 7, Astoria 3
Seaside
021 130 0—7 11 2
Astoria
002 000 1—3 5 3
Johnson, Thompson (7) and Teubner;
Rush, Junes (5), Matthews (6), Reed
(7) and Hillard. W: Johnson. L: Rush.
RBI: Sea, Thompson 3, Westerholm 2,
McFadden; Ast, Hirsch 2, Matthews. 2B:
Sea, Westerholm 2, Teubner, Thomp-
son. HBP: Sea, Blanchard 2, Teubner,
Boyd, Jantes; Ast, Hirsch, Hageman.
LOB: Seaside 13, Astoria 8. DP: Sea-
side 2.
Warrenton 12, Colton 2
Colton
002 00—2 6 2
Warrenton
341 04—12 11 2
Reed, Tiano (2), Bramblett (5) and
Tiano, Hagler (2); Little, Falls (3), Breit-
meyer (5) and Morrow. W: Little. L: Reed.
RBI: War, Little 2, Jackson 2, Knight 2,
Herrera 2. 2B: Col, Hall 2, Reed, Tiano;
War, Morrow, Herrera.
CLATSOP CLASHES
Seaside beats Astoria,
ends long losing skid
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Seaside fans were on the edge of
their seat in the bottom of the seventh
… but the Gulls somehow got through
it, and at 7:14 p.m., April 25, 2018, the
Seaside baseball team finally brought
a 12-year, 35-game Clatsop Clash los-
ing streak to an end.
The Gulls jumped out to an early
lead over Astoria at Tapiola Park, then
held on for a 7-3 win over the Fisher-
men, snapping a very long dry spell in
the Clash.
Seaside’s last victory over the
Fishermen came at Tapiola Park on
April 13, 2006 — or, Jordan Poyer’s
freshman season.
But for coach Joel Dierickx and
the Seaside players, it was just a
much-needed win.
“That (losing streak) is not even
a part of them,” Dierickx said of his
players, many of whom were not
even in school the last time Seaside
defeated Astoria in a Cowapa League
game. “Those things aren’t about us. It
was just a really great way to bounce
back after Monday’s (11-2) loss. The
kids were really disappointed with the
way we played in that one.”
The Gulls made a few adjustments
(“nothing major,” Dierickx said) and
collected 11 hits in Wednesday’s win.
Payton Westerholm had four of
the hits, two singles and two doubles.
He also drove in two runs and scored
twice.
Astoria cruises
past Seaside
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SEASIDE — The Astoria
softball team was pounding out
the hits Wednesday at Broad-
way Field, where the Lady
Fishermen scored a 15-4 win
over Seaside in Clatsop Clash
action.
McKailyn Rogers tossed a
five-inning game in the circle,
while Kayla Helligso had two
doubles at the plate. Brooklynn
Hankwitz and Lexxis Lyngs-
tad also each had a double for
Astoria, which hosts Banks for
a big Cowapa League show-
down Friday.
In the field, Seaside turned a 4-6-3
double play to end the fourth inning,
and an even bigger 8-4-5 double play
in the bottom of the seventh.
Trailing 7-2 to start the inning,
Astoria loaded the bases with no outs.
A fly ball to center from Josiah
Hirsch scored Trey Hageman from
third, but the Astoria runner at second
was thrown out at third after tagging.
“That showed how much one
play can turn things,” Dierickx said.
“That was a big second out, and really
stalled things for Astoria.”
Brayden Johnson started on the
mound for the Gulls and pitched into
the seventh inning.
Astoria’s second batter of the
inning, Burke Matthews, sent a line
drive right back to Johnson, who was
hit on the arm and had to leave the
game.
Johnson scattered five hits with
four strikeouts and four walks, and
was replaced by Duncan Thompson,
who closed out the win.
“Brayden threw a fantastic game,”
said Dierickx, whose team improves
to 3-5, 6-9 overall.
At the plate, Thompson had a sin-
gle and a double, and drove in three
runs — including a huge two-run sin-
gle with two outs in the top of the fifth.
Other than that, the Gulls stranded
13 baserunners. They left two run-
ners on base in each of the first four
innings.
Alex Teubner also had a single
and a double for the Gulls, and Gage
McFadden had two singles. Four
Astoria pitchers combined for seven
strikeouts and just three walks, but
hit five batters, including Dawson
Blanchard twice.
Hageman and Matthews had two
hits apiece for the Fishermen, who fall
one game behind Banks in the league
standings. The Braves and Fisher-
men will play each other Friday and
Monday.
Astoria has played just two league
games this season at Tapiola Park,
both losses.
Astoria Fishermen ‘fishermen’ in first place
By WALT POSTLEWAIT
For The Daily Astorian
Astoria High School is in first place after Leg 1 of
the two-leg Oregon State Bass Fishing Tournament.
Anglers Leo Matthews and Michael Postlewait
were busy last Saturday on Mercer Lake in Flor-
ence, targeting largemouth bass. Astoria holds a
0.30 pound lead over second place Thurston High
School and 4.81 pounds over third place Amity
High School.
“It was fun, but challenging,” Matthews said.
“We really had to work hard for everything today.”
Conditions seemed favorable as the day began
at sunrise, but no teams brought in a full fish limit.
“The bite was hot garbage today,” exclaimed
Postlewait. “It was a grinder.”
The teams are judged on the combined total
weight of a maximum of five fish. As a team fishes
throughout the day, after they reach five fish they
keep the bigger fish caught, releasing a smaller fish.
Postlewait missed the big fish honors by a mere
0.10 pounds to Thurston High School’s team, which
qualified for nationals with their previous results.
The next and final leg will take place May 12 on
the Columbia River at The Dalles.
“I’m looking forward to the next leg,” Postle-
wait said. “We haven’t had much experience fish-
ing smallmouth bass, but we expect to catch fish
and win.”
Walt Postlewait/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria High School students Michael Postlewait, left, and
Leo Matthews are in first place in a state fishing competition.
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Seattle Mariners’ Daniel Vogel-
bach, left, greets Mike Zunino at
home after Zunino’s home run.
Zunino’s
homers push
Mariners past
White Sox
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
Associated Press
CHICAGO — Mike Zunino
knew the ball hit the sweet spot.
He just wasn’t sure at first if it
would clear the wall.
Zunino homered and scored
twice to back Felix Hernandez in
the Seattle Mariners’ 4-3 victory
over the Chicago White Sox on
Wednesday.
Chicago’s Yoan Moncada hit
his first career leadoff homer . But
at 5-16, the White Sox are off to
their worst start since 1950.
Zunino doubled and scored in
a two-run third and gave the Mar-
iners a 4-3 lead with an oppo-
site-field, solo drive to right
against James Shields in the sixth.
“The rhythm, the timing’s, the
biggest thing and that’s what’s
gonna come,” Zunino said. “Obvi-
ously, that’s where I’m trying to
drive those fastballs. It’s tough on
a day like today when you have
Shields (who) can mix it up so
well, add that really slow curve-
ball and was able to locate it just
below the zone. But I was just able
to try to battle, get in a good count
and get a good pitch to hit.”
Nelson Cruz added three hits,
including two RBI singles.
Hernandez (3-2) settled down
after giving up the homer to Mon-
cada and a double by Yolmer San-
chez on his first two pitches. The
2010 AL Cy Young Award winner
went six innings, scattering three
runs and seven hits while striking
out six and walking two.
“After the first inning, I was
in better command, making bet-
ter pitches,” Hernandez said. “I
had a good curveball, had a good
sinker.”
James Pazos worked a per-
fect seventh. Juan Nicasio struck
out all three batters in the eighth,
and Edwin Diaz tossed a one-two-
three ninth for his 10th save in as
many chances.
The bullpen also dominated in
Tuesday in a 1-0 win, with Marco
Gonzales and four relievers com-
bining on a five-hitter.