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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
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Astoria’s Hageman
named player of year
The Daily Astorian
Astoria senior Trey Hageman was
named player of the year, and the
Fishermen landed eight players total
on the Cowapa All-League baseball
team, announced last week.
Joe Baumgartner of Banks and
Glen Fromwiller of Astoria shared
coach of the year honors.
The complete team:
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
In his first season as the Asto-
ria varsity baseball coach, Glen
Fromwiller was selected as one
of two coaches of the year in the
Cowapa League.
Player of the Year: Trey Hageman, As-
toria
Coaches of the Year: Joe Baumgartner,
Banks; Glen Fromwiller, Astoria
First Team
P: Trey Hageman, Sr., Astoria
P: George Eisenhardt, Fr., Valley C
P: Blake Gobel, Jr., Banks
P: Dalton Renne, Sr., Banks
P/Inf: Dylan Rush, So., Astoria
P/OF: Porter Agnew, Sr., Valley C.
P/OF: Breeler Mann, Jr., Scappoose
P/OF: Logan Travis, So., Scappoose
C: Daniel Pruitt, So., Valley C.
C: Alex Teubner, Jr., Seaside
C: Chase Wagner, Sr., Tillamook
1B: James Baglai, So., Valley C.
1B: Josiah Hirsch, Jr., Astoria
2B: Burke Matthews, Jr., Astoria
2B: Gunnar Partain, Sr., Banks
3B: Trask Applegate, Jr., Banks
SS/P: J.C. Gross, Sr., Scappoose
SS/P: Hayden Vandehey, Jr., Banks
SS/P: Payton Westerholm, Jr., Seaside
OF: Dakota Bunn, Jr., Banks
OF: Balan Kolee, Jr., Astoria
OF: Dylan Matteuci, Sr., Astoria
OF: Jerad Toman, Sr., Scappoose
Honorable Mention
P: Brayden Johnson, So., Seaside
P: Will Schultheis, So., Valley C.
Astoria senior Trey Hageman was named Cowapa League baseball’s
player of the year, as voted on by the league’s coaches.
P/Inf: Justin Harmon, Jr., Tillamook
C: Nicky Gill, Sr., Scappoose
C: Blaine Herb, Sr., Banks
Inf: Danny Weber, Jr., Tillamook
3B: Carson Witt, Sr., Scappoose
Better late
than never:
Seahawks
land Marshall
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Goalie Holtby
spectacular as
Caps beat Knights
to even Cup Final
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Before
he left town a few weeks ago after
working out for the Seahawks,
Brandon Marshall picked up a lit-
tle bit of Seattle-related gear at
the airport.
He was that confident an
opportunity to continue his career
was going to happen with the
Seahawks.
“I went in there and bought
a couple of things, some shirts,
socks because I knew that
moment was going to happen.
I felt good about the workout,”
Marshall said.
Marshall became the lat-
est addition to the Seahawks
when he signed a one-year deal
Wednesday and was immediately
on the field as Seattle continued
its second week of OTAs. Mar-
shall displayed some of that gear
he bought when he announced
on social media his intent to sign
with the Seahawks.
His work was limited in his
first day, understandably, but it
was a sign of how quickly Mar-
shall wants to get this latest —
maybe last — phase of his career
started.
Marshall is coming off an
abbreviated 2017 season where
he was limited to five games
with the New York Giants
due to an ankle injury that
required surgery. He was due
to make $5 million this season
with New York but was released
by the Giants in mid-April. At
age 34, Marshall said he didn’t
have many options after he was
released.
“I think the sentiment around
the league is that I’m done. And I
get it, rightfully so, when you get
on the other side of 30 and your
production slips and you have a
big injury. People count you out,”
Marshall said. “It was an inter-
esting process. It was a humbling
process.”
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Seahawks wide receiv-
er Brandon Marshall talks to
reporters following NFL foot-
ball practice Wednesday in
Renton, Wash.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Baseball — 2A/1A state champion-
ship: Pilot Rock vs. Knappa, Volcanoes
Stadium, 5 p.m.
OF: Danny Johnson, Jr., Astoria
OF: Astor Landwehr, Sr., Seaside
OF: Tyler Lilly, Jr., Banks
OF: William Weber, Jr., Valley C.
DH: Will Reed, Jr., Astoria
AP Photos/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant (left), Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (middle) and Golden State
Warriors’ Stephen Curry answer questions after Wednesday’s NBA basketball practice in Oakland, Calif.
Anticipated or anticlimactic?
Warriors-Cavs 4 in NBA Finals
By BRIAN MAHONEY
Associated Press
he first one deserved a sequel,
which Cleveland won in the
biggest comeback in NBA
Finals history to even things up with
Golden State.
Then with Kevin Durant join-
ing Stephen Curry on one side and
LeBron James leading the other, the
Warriors and Cavaliers sent inter-
est soaring as they rampaged toward
the tiebreaker last season.
But the rubber match was a
mismatch, and the Warriors are
expected to win just as easily this
time.
So as Round 4 of the record-set-
ting rivalry begins tonight, has War-
riors-Cavaliers become too much of
a good thing?
“I don’t think so,” Golden State
guard Klay Thompson said. “I think
the rest of the NBA has got to get
better. It’s not our fault. I’m sure
if you asked the fans of the War-
riors and the Cavs around the world,
whether it’s in the Bay Area or in
Cleveland, I’m sure they’re happy
with their team performance. The
only people I hear saying that are
fans from other teams, which is nat-
ural. I don’t blame them. But as long
as our fan base is happy, that’s all
that matters.”
It’s the first time in NBA, NFL,
MLB or NHL history that the same
teams are meeting four straight
times in the championship round,
and intrigue in the teams hasn’t
waned yet. The NBA had its most-
watched conference finals since
2012, as both teams had to rally
from 3-2 deficits to win Game 7s on
the road.
But if this series quickly
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MOVING ON UP
NBA FINALS GAME 1
• Cleveland Cavaliers
at Golden State Warriors
• Tonight, 6 p.m. TV: ABC
becomes as lopsided as some fear
— ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy said
he couldn’t remember a bigger gap
between finals teams and said any
game the Cavs win is a huge upset
— many of those people who have
tuned in the last few years might be
looking for something else to watch
by the time the series switches to
Cleveland.
“If James and the Cavaliers win
Game 1, you know, the interest is
going to skyrocket because they are
going to have done what very few
— except for them maybe — think
they can do, which is win at Golden
State,” Van Gundy said. “If they get
blown out both games, it doesn’t
matter what we say. People aren’t
going to be as excited.”
The players won’t apologize for
showing up again, or worry that it
hurts the NBA.
“I mean, it may not be as sus-
penseful as a lot of people want it to
be or as drama-filled,” Durant said,
“but that’s what you’ve got movies
and music for.”
Some things to watch when the
series begins at Oracle Arena:
James could vault into second
place on the NBA Finals’ career lists
for points and assists. He has 1,247
points and needs 71 to pass Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar (1,317) and move
behind only Jerry West (1,679). His
339 assists are 61 behind Bob Cousy
(400). Magic Johnson had 584.
SCORING STARS
While matching up on the court,
James and Durant could flip-flop on
the career postseason scoring list.
James currently has a slight edge,
with his 28.83 points per game plac-
ing him fourth and slightly ahead
of Durant, who has averaged 28.75.
Durant has been even better in the
NBA Finals, with his 32.9 points per
game ranking last year’s finals MVP
behind only Rick Barry (36.3) and
Jordan (33.6) among players who
have appeared in at least 10 games.
DOING IT WITH
DEFENSE
BE LIKE MIKE
The much-maligned Cavaliers’
defense has shown up in the post-
season, where Cleveland is allow-
ing just 99.9 points per game, sec-
ond among the 16 teams. The Cavs
held Boston under 100 points in four
of the final five games of the East
finals. More impressively, Golden
State kept high-scoring Houston
under 100 in five straight games and
is right behind Cleveland at 100.3 in
the playoffs.
If the Warriors win, it would be
their sixth NBA championship and
tie them for third on the all-time list
with the Chicago Bulls, who won
all theirs with Michael Jordan. Then
it would be a long way to go from
there to catch Boston (18) or the
Lakers (17).
Viewers will notice something
new on the court during the series.
The familiar NBA Finals logo has
been replaced and the floor will now
be marked with one that reads “The
Finals presented by YouTube TV.”
NEW-LOOK LOGO
LAS VEGAS — Alex Tuch
collected the skittering puck with
absolutely nothing between him
and the tying goal with two min-
utes left in Game 2 of the Stanley
Cup Final.
Braden Holtby reacted with
pure instinct.
Washington’s goalie stretched
back and lunged to his right with
his stick, thrusting the paddle into
the exact 4-inch slot of air through
which Tuch’s shot was headed for
the net.
“Luckily it hit me,” Holtby
said with a shrug.
The Washington goalie’s
coaches and teammates weren’t
quite so calm about a save that
will go down in Capitals his-
tory as the key to a 3-2 victory
over the Vegas Golden Knights
on Wednesday night, evening the
series at one game apiece.
The win was the Caps’ first-
ever Stanley Cup Final victory —
and the save might be a catalyst to
even bigger things.
Winless in their
first 5, Timbers
now have won 6
straight
PORTLAND — Back on April
8 it seemed nothing was going
right for the Portland Timbers.
In his debut season as an MLS
coach, Giovanni Savarese’s first
five matches — all on the road —
didn’t include a single victory. He
was clearly anxious to get back
home after a 3-2 loss at Orlando
City.
“They’ve been traveling five
games away. At the end we were
tired. It was a long trip. The
weather from snow to hot and you
can see at the end the guys were
breaking down all over the place
because it has been a long five
games away,” Savarese said at
the time. “But as I said, I take full
responsibility for this defeat.”
Portland had collected just two
overall points in their first five
games. The long road trip to start
the season was caused by con-
struction at Providence Park.
But once the Timbers got
home, their season turned around
quickly. Even dramatically. Since
that loss in Florida, they’ve won
six straight, capped by a 3-2 vic-
tory at Colorado last weekend.
On Saturday, they’ll host the LA
Galaxy.
The six consecutive wins is a
club record, and matches Orlan-
do’s streak for the longest this
season. It also matches the sec-
ond-longest winning streak in the
league since 2000 — when MLS
started recording draws. Sporting
Kansas City won seven straight in
2012.
Winning sure makes the job
easier for everyone.
— Associated Press