10A
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018
CONTACT US
FOLLOW US
facebook.com/
DailyAstorianSports
Gary Henley | Sports Reporter
ghenley@dailyastorian.com
COWAPA LEAGUE BASEBALL
Astoria tops Banks, moves into first place
The Daily Astorian
It’s the stretch run of the league
season, and the Astoria Fisher-
men find themselves right where
they usually are this time of year —
alone in first place atop the Cowapa
League baseball standings.
The Fishermen took over sole
possession of first place following
a 5-4 win Monday over Banks at
CMH Field.
It was Astoria’s second win in four
days over the No. 7-ranked Braves,
whose three league losses have come
against Astoria and Seaside.
The Fishermen improve to 8-2
in league (11-5 overall), 4-1 at
CMH Field and 3-2 at Tapiola
Park.
“Tapiola has been a great field
to play on, and it’s a great setting,
but for whatever reason our kids just
prefer CMH,” said Astoria coach
Glen Fromwiller. “Sometimes they
just ask to play at CMH.”
Monday’s win looked like it was
going to be easier than it was, as
the Fishermen battered the Braves
all over the turf field in the first two
innings.
After giving up a run in the top
of the first, the Fishermen answered
with four runs in their first at-bat,
with a pair of two-run base hits by
Will Reed and Danny Johnson.
Astoria had three doubles in the
first inning, the first by Burke Mat-
thews. After Reed’s two-run single,
Josiah Hirsch doubled, then both
runners scored on the first of two
doubles by Johnson.
A sacrifice fly by Reed scored
Dylan Rush in the second inning,
but that would be Astoria’s final run
of the day.
Banks took advantage of an error
and a hit batter in the top of the fifth
to score a run, cutting Astoria’s lead
to 5-4.
But the Braves left the bases
loaded in the fifth, and stranded run-
ners at second and third in the sixth.
For the game, Banks left 10 runners
on base.
Rush, Colby Junes and Matthews
did just enough on the mound to
hold the Braves at four runs.
“That (fifth) inning was stress-
ful,” Fromwiller said. “But our
pitchers did exactly what we needed
today. Dylan’s pitch count was get-
ting up there, so we had to take him
out to have him available Friday.
But Junes and Matthews did their
part, and we had some strikeouts
(seven combined) against a team
that doesn’t strike out a lot.”
The Fishermen may have seen
the last of CMH Field for a while.
Astoria’s five remaining games
include four road contests. The Fish-
ermen will travel Wednesday to
Scappoose. Astoria also has road
games at Valley Catholic, Seaside
and Banks.
“We can enjoy sole possession
of first place for 24 hours, but then
it’s back to work,” Fromwiller said.
“There are no easy ones left.”
Scappoose edges
Seaside baseball
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Scappoose
pitchers Logan Travis and
J.C. Gross scattered five hits
with 10 strikeouts and three
walks, lifting the Indians to a
7-2 Cowapa League baseball
win Monday over Seaside at
Broadway Field.
It was the last visit to the
North Coast as a member of
the Cowapa League for the
Indians, who move to the 5A
level next season.
And it was a big win in
the standings for Scappoose,
which improves to 6-4, while
Seaside drops to 4-6.
As the starting pitcher,
Travis struck out eight and
gave up four hits.
Offensively, the Indians
collected 10 hits off two Sea-
side pitchers, including three
hits by Breeler Mann.
Jim Poetsch/For The Daily Astorian
From left to right, Seaside’s Connor Merrell, Mason Shamion, Curtis Kunde, Jackson Kunde and Samson Sibony follow-
ing their second-place finish in Monday’s league tournament.
Jae S. Lee/Dallas Morning News
Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin, center, and
Shaquem Griffin at the NFL draft.
One-handed LB Griffin
joins twin on Seahawks
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. —
Shaquem Griffin had walked
away from his cellphone, on
his way to use the restroom,
when it buzzed. His twin
brother, Shaquill, recognized
the 425 area code that flashed
on the screen and started
charging after his brother.
“I think I was more scared
of him tackling me in the
bathroom and not knowing
what was happening than
anything,” Shaquem said.
What already was the
feel-good story of the NFL
draft got an even better sto-
rybook ending on Saturday
when the Central Florida star
linebacker, whose left hand
was amputated when he was
a child, was drafted by the
Seattle Seahawks in the fifth
round.
The phone call from Seat-
tle general manager John
Schneider set off a wild cel-
ebration within the Grif-
fin family , which had gath-
ered at a hotel in the Dallas
area after Shaquem spent the
first two days at the draft in
Arlington, Texas, waiting for
a phone call that never came.
It was the Seahawks — the
team that showed the most
interest in Griffin from the
start — who gave Shaquem
the chance at his profes-
sional aspirations and with it
a chance to be reunited with
his brother.
Shaquill, who was a third-
round pick by the Seahawks
in 2017, became a starter in
his rookie season. The broth-
ers played together through-
out their youth and at UCF
before Shaquill entered the
NFL a year earlier.
“I couldn’t ask for any-
thing (else) in the world than
the opportunity to be back
with him,” Shaquem said.
Added Shaquill: “I was
going to be happy no mat-
ter what team that gave him
the opportunity. At the end of
the day that’s all I wanted for
him: for a team to give him a
shot and give him an oppor-
tunity and take a chance on
someone that is great.”
Valiants win league title,
Gulls tie for second place
The Daily Astorian
ANKS — For the first
time since 2003, Cow-
apa League boys golf
has a champion other than
Scappoose or Seaside.
Valley Catholic won this
year’s league tournament, as
the Valiants shot a 318 team
score Monday at Quail Valley
Golf Course.
The Indians and Gulls fin-
ished in a second-place tie at
331. It was the second time
this season that the two teams
tied in a tournament.
Both times, the Gulls won
the potential tiebreaker with
a better fifth score, as Mason
Shamion shot an 87 to out-
score the Indians’ fifth man,
who had a 93.
Banks finished fourth with
a 356, followed by Astoria
(377). Tillamook did not field
a complete team, although Til-
lamook’s Carter Lee defended
his Cowapa League medalist
title (his third) by shooting 77.
Chase Elliott of Scap-
poose tied with Valley Cath-
olic’s Peter Boileau and Cole
B
Schmidlin for second place,
one stroke behind Lee.
There was a four-way tie
for fifth at 81, with Seaside
senior Jackson Kunde, Jake
Gray of Scappoose and Valley
Catholic’s Cole Heinsen and
Andrew Plambeck. Round-
ing out the all-league team
was a tie for ninth with Sea-
side freshman Curtis Kunde
and Banks’ Liam Birr. Cur-
tis Kunde is the first freshman
to earn all-league for Seaside
since Joel Bletscher in 2003.
Dylan Althiede-Nielsen
and Conner Long each shot 92
to lead Astoria. Taylor Palm-
berg added a 95.
“This was a very compet-
itive tournament,” said Sea-
side coach Jim Poetsch. “As
I’ve said all year, Valley Cath-
olic is the team to beat this
year. They now have beaten
us four times, but we are clos-
ing the gap. We are also very
close with Scappoose, each of
us winning once and ending
up tied the other two times we
played.
“On the individual side,
every one of our players shot
a score that would be good
enough to get on the all-league
team in most years,” he said.
“But this isn’t most years.
The Cowapa is a very tough
league.”
Jackson Kunde made the
all-league team for the third
year.
“He was able to complete
his round today with nothing
worse than a bogey,” Poetsch
said. “His brother Curtis only
had one double-bogey and was
able to offset it by chipping in
for birdie on the second hole.”
The Gulls “have done a
good job of limiting big num-
bers the past few weeks and
our scores have shown that,”
he said. “Now we need to take
the next step and hit a few
more putts. If we can do that,
we will be as good as any team
in the state.”
All Cowapa teams will
now compete in a regional
tournament next week, to
decide qualifying for the state
tournament.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
BOYS GOLF
TODAY
Baseball — Warrenton at Rainier,
4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 4:30
p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Banks, 5
p.m.; Seaside at Scappoose, 5 p.m.;
Warrenton at Rainier, 4:30 p.m.;
Knappa at Gaston, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Golf — Cowapa League
Championships (Astoria G&CC),
Noon.
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Scap-
poose, 5 p.m.; Valley Catholic at
Seaside, 5 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Scappoose,
5 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic,
5 p.m.
Track — Astoria at Scappoose,
3:30 p.m.; Lewis & Clark League
meet, Clatskanie, 3:45 p.m.
Astoria 5, Banks 4
Banks
120 010 0—4 6 0
Astoria
410 000 x—5 11 3
Cook, Lyche (2) and Herb; Rush,
Junes (5), Matthews (6) and Hillard.
W: Rush. L: Cook. RBI: Ban, Vande-
hey 2, Partain, B.Gobel; Ast, Reed 3,
Johnson 2. 2B: Ast, Johnson 2, Mat-
thews, Hirsch. HBP: Ban, B.Gobel,
Applegate. LOB: Banks 10, Astoria 8.
Cowapa League Championship
at Quail Valley Golf
Team: Valley Catholic 318, Sea-
side 331, Scappoose 331, Astoria
377. Banks, Tillamook, inc.
Medalist: Carter Lee, Tillamook,
77
Seaside (331)
Jackson Kunde, 42-39—81
Curtis Kunde, 41-41—82
Connor Merrell, 45-39—84
Samson Sibony, 44-40—84
Mason Shamion, 44-43—87
Astoria (377)
Conner Long, 45-47—92
Dylan Althiede-Nielsen, 48-42—
92
Taylor Palmberg, 50-45—95
Josh Olson, 50-48—98
Tryton Matlock, 56-52—108
Scappoose 7, Seaside 2
Scappoose 100 023 1—7 10 2
Seaside
010 010 0—2 5 2
Travis, Gross (6); Johnson, Thomp-
son (6) and Teubner. W: Travis. L:
Johnson. RBI: Scp, Gross 2, Mann
2, Toman, Witt, Lewis. 2B: Scp,
Gross, Mann. 3B: Scp, Witt. HBP:
Scp, Lewis 2; Sea, Landwehr, Teub-
ner. LOB: Scappoose 8, Seaside 10.
Graduation
To honor and congratulate the Class of 2018
The Daily Astorian is creating a graduation publication for our local high schools that will
publish on Wednesday, May 30th. This full-color publication will include biographies and
pictures of each valedictorian and salutatorian,
The graduation schedule is as follows:
name and photo of each 2018 graduate and
JEWELL
special congratulation ads from local businesses,
Saturday, June 2 @ 2pm
family and friends.
WARRENTON
Friday, June 8 @ 7pm
ASTORIA
To participate in this publication, contact
your sales representative today
Saturday, June 9 @ 4pm
503-325-3211
Saturday, June 9 @ 7pm
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MAY 11
KNAPPA
SEASIDE
Monday, June 11 @ 8pm