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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Celtics beat Cavs
96-83 in Game 5
BOSTON — Rookie Jayson
Tatum scored 24 points and Al
Horford had 15 points and 12
rebounds to help the Boston Celt-
ics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers
96-83 on Wednesday night and
take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-
seven Eastern Conference finals.
The Celtics remained perfect
in Boston this postseason with
their 10th straight victory at home
and moved within one win of their
first trip to the NBA Finals since
2010.
Game 6 is in Cleveland on Fri-
day night, with the decisive sev-
enth game back in Boston on Sun-
day if necessary. The home team
has won every game so far in the
series, and none has been closer
than nine points.
OSAA 2A/1A BASEBALL
Knappa answers Riddle challenge
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — No. 1-ranked
Knappa broke open a close game
with nine runs in the fourth, on
its way to a 16-0 win Wednesday
over Riddle/Days Creek, in a Class
2A/1A state playoff at Teevin Field.
Eleven straight years in the state
playoffs, and 11 straight wins in the
first round for the Loggers, who
were clinging to a 1-0 lead through
three innings.
“(Riddle’s) pitcher (Drake
Borschwa) was the one of the best
we’ve faced all year,” said Knappa
coach Jeff Miller. “But Kaleb
(Miller) was in complete control
for us,” tossing a two-hitter with
12 strikeouts and no walks.
Mason Hoover pitched the final
inning, as the Loggers still have
Dale and Eli Takalo available for
the next three games.
Ryker Coffey had a key two-
run single for the Loggers, while
Ryson Patterson filled in at catcher
for an injured Reuben Cruz.
Logan Bartlett added a dou-
ble, two hits and three RBIs for
Knappa, which will host Monroe
in a 2A/1A quarterfinal playoff
Friday.
OSAA 4A BASEBALL
OSAA 2A/1A SOFTBALL
Madras slips
past Astoria
in 11 innings
White Buffaloes
outlast Fishermen
Gonzales, Mariners
blank Athletics 1-0
The Daily Astorian
OAKLAND, Calif. — Marco
Gonzales is taking a more aggres-
sive approach, and it seems to be
working.
Gonzales allowed two hits in
seven innings in the longest start
of his career, and the Seattle Mar-
iners scored their only run on an
error in a 1-0 victory over the
Oakland Athletics on Wednesday
night.
— Associated Press
Warrenton game
postponed
The Daily Astorian
MEDFORD — The Class 3A
baseball first-round state playoff
between Warrenton and Cascade
Christian was postponed due to a
thunderstorm in the Medford area
Wednesday, and will be played
Thursday at 11 a.m.
SCOREBOARD
Photos by Rob Hilson/For The Daily Astorian
Knappa sophomore Emily Nicholson smacks the ball into left center field, scoring Katie Patterson
from second base late in the game.
North Douglas
defeats Knappa
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — 3A state playoff: Warren-
ton at Cascade Christian, 11 a.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball — 2A/1A state playoff: Mon-
roe at Knappa, TBA
BASEBALL
Madras 13, Astoria 9
Madras 200 060 001 04—13 17 2
Astoria 110 032 101 00—9 18 1
Lockey, Patt (3), Smith (6) and Zem-
ke; Hageman, Reed (5), Rush (6) and
Hillard. W: Smith. L: Rush. RBI: Mad,
Zemke 3, Smith, White, Brooks, Desjar-
dins, Rodriguez; Ast, Reed 2, Rush 2,
Johnson, Hageman. 2B: Mad, Smith 2,
Lockey, Zemke, Desjardins; Ast, Hage-
man 2. HR: Mad, Smith. HBP: Mad,
Rodriguez; Ast, Matthews. LOB: Madras
11, Astoria 16.
Knappa 16, Riddle 0
Riddle
000 000 0—0 2 3
Knappa
001 933 x—16 12 1
Borschwa, McMichael (4) and Martin;
Miller, M.Hoover (7) and R.Patterson. W:
Miller. L: Borschwa. RBI: Kna, Bartlett 3,
Coffey 2, M.Hoover, Miller, D.Patterson,
Weirup. 2B: Kna, Bartlett. HR: Kna, Wei-
rup. HBP: Kna, Lackey, Miller
Wednesday’s scores
4A First round
Henley 3, Baker 0
Junction City 7, Phoenix 5
North Bend 4, Valley Catholic 2
Gladstone 4, Brookings-Harbor 0
La Grande 1, Estacada 0
Banks 7, Newport 0
Madras 13, Astoria 9 (11)
North Marion 8, Crook County 2
3A First round
Taft 9, Clatskanie 2
Joseph 6, Salem Academy 3
Pleasant Hill 4, Irrigon 3
La Pine 18, Vale 4
Santiam Chr. 14, Rogue River 3
Warrenton at Cascade Chr., PPD
Horizon Christian 17, Rainier 5
Stanfield 2, Blanchet Catholic 1
2A/1A First round
Knappa 16, Riddle/Days Creek 0
Monroe 11, St. Paul 10
Kennedy 7, Culver 4
Oakland 8, Umpqua Valley 6
Pilot Rock 12, West. Mennonite 0
Sherman/Arlington 4, Lost River 3
Bandon 3, Neah-Kah-Nie 2
Reedsport 15, Grant Union 0
SOFTBALL
North Douglas 6, Knappa 4
N.Douglas 301 020 0—6 7 2
Knappa
010 100 2—4 6 5
W: Hope Morgan (7 Ks, 3 walks). L:
Madelynn Weaver (4 Ks, 2 walks). RBI:
ND, Black, Morgan, Dooley; Kna, Patter-
son 2, Hendrickson, Nicholson. 2B: ND,
Downie, Morgan. HBP: Kna, Hendrick-
son 2, Miller, Patterson, Rethati. LOB:
North Douglas 6, Knappa 10. DP: North
Douglas.
Knappa, first round state playoffs
2008: Knappa 9, Bonanza 2
2009: Knappa 5, Heppner 2
2010: Knappa 9, Pilot Rock 1
2011: Knappa 15, Lost River 3
2012: Knappa 13, Horizon Chr. 11
2013: Knappa 11, Oakridge 7
2014: Knappa 25, Lost River 1
2015: Knappa 19, Lost River 2
2016: Knappa 10, Oakland 4
2017: Knappa 15, Lost River 1
2018: Knappa 16, Riddle 0
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — North Douglas
scored three runs in the top of the
first inning, and held on for a 6-4
win over Knappa in a first-round
game of the Class 2A/1A state
softball playoffs Wednesday at
Knappa.
The Loggers closed to within
4-2 after four innings, but the War-
riors tacked on two runs in the fifth
to help secure the win.
North Douglas pitcher Hope
Morgan scattered six hits over
seven innings, with seven strike-
outs and three walks. Knappa’s
Madelynn Weaver allowed seven
hits with four strikeouts and two
walks, but the Loggers committed
five errors in the field to allow four
unearned runs.
Kaitlyn Truax had two hits in
her final game with Knappa, and
Katie Patterson drove in two runs
for the Loggers, who finish 14-9.
Knappa’s Aiko Miller races past second base in the fifth inning of
Wednesday’s playoff.
Ovechkin, Holtby shine in Game 7
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex
Ovechkin scored early and Andre
Burakovsky added two second-pe-
riod goals to help the Washington
Capitals put a decade of playoff frus-
tration behind them with a 4-0 vic-
tory over the Tampa Bay Lightning
in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference
final Wednesday night.
Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots
for his second straight shutout and
the Lightning, who led the NHL
in goals during the regular season,
failed to score in the last 159 min-
utes, 27 seconds — a stretch of
nearly eight periods.
Ovechkin, who had never
advanced beyond the second round,
scored 1:02 into the winner-take-all
showdown he had described as prob-
ably the “biggest game in my life.”
Nicklas Backstrom had an emp-
ty-netter to complete the rout.
To earn a spot in the Stanley Cup
Final, where they’ll play the Vegas
Golden Knights, the Capitals beat
AP Photo/Chris O’Meara
Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby blocks a shot as Lightning center
Brayden Point falls in the second period Wednesday in Tampa, Fla.
the top-seeded Lightning three times
on the road, improving to 8-2 away
from home this postseason.
It’s Washington’s first Cup Final
appearance since 1998, and the first
during Ovechkin’s 13-year career.
Two teams can pack all kinds of
twists and turns into an 11-inning
high school baseball game.
For starters, Madras and Asto-
ria combined for 22 runs and 35
hits, and stranded a whopping
27 baserunners, in a Wednesday
afternoon state playoff game at
Tapiola Park.
Astoria rallied to extend the
game an eighth inning, and then
again to 11, before Madras senior
Kanim Smith belted a three-run
homer in the top of the 11th, lift-
ing the White Buffaloes to a 13-9
win.
Trailing 8-2 going into the bot-
tom of the fifth, the Fishermen ral-
lied with six runs over the next
three innings to force an 8-8 tie
after seven.
Both teams scored a run in the
ninth, before the Buffaloes put up
four in their final plate appearance.
The Fishermen had more than
one opportunity to end the game,
but couldn’t find the winning
hit and ended up stranding 16
baserunners.
Madras had to overcome some
adversity of its own — such as
losing its starting pitcher in the top
of the third inning.
Tyler Lockey had a double
and a single at the plate, but the
6-foot-4 senior right-hander was
ejected from the game when he
tried to jump over Astoria catcher
Adam Feldman on a play at the
plate (“leaping,” which is illegal
at the high school level) in the top
of the third.
His replacement in the lineup
was sophomore Kody Zemke,
who finished 3-for-4 with four
RBIs — which included a bas-
es-loaded, three-run double in the
top of the fifth to highlight a six-
run rally for Madras.
The Fishermen answered with
three runs in the bottom of the
fifth, two in the sixth and one in
the seventh, when Danny John-
son, Zac Patterson and Dylan
Rush all had singles to right field,
with Rush’s hit scoring Johnson.
Astoria had runners at second
and third with two outs, before
Smith (on in relief of Bryon Patt,
who replaced Lockey) struck out
the final batter.
After a scoreless eighth, each
team scored a run in the ninth,
the Fishermen scoring on an error
with two outs.
The teams remained scoreless
after 10 complete, when the first
three batters reached base for the
White Buffaloes in the 11th.
A double by Brandon Des-
jardins drove in the first run, and
with two runners still on, Smith
belted a three-run homer to deep
center field.
Cameron Rodriguez came on
in relief to retire the final batter
to earn the save, while Smith got
the win, and Rush took the loss for
Astoria, which finished 15-9 with
a co-league championship in Glen
Fromwiller’s first year as coach.
Senior Trey Hageman had a
pair of doubles as part of Astoria’s
18-hit attack.
Rush had four hits, while
Hageman, Burke Matthews and
Johnson all finished with three
apiece.
“These kids worked hard all
year and exceeded a lot of expec-
tations,” Fromwiller said of his
team. “They surprised everybody
and got a league title out of it.”