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Three Warrenton players on all-state squad
C: Cade Warren, So., Clatskanie
Inf: Kaleb Osborne, Sr., Portland
Christian
Inf: Joey Tripp, Jr., Rainier
Inf: Dawson Carr, Sr., Rainier
The Daily Astorian
Warrenton’s
co-league
championship season resulted
in three players (all sopho-
mores) being selected to the
2018 all-state team for 3A
baseball, including sophomore
Jacob Morrow, a first-team
catcher.
Seventy-one players were
selected to the 3A all-state
team, which includes player
of the year Grant Carley of
Santiam Christian, and three
coaches of the year — Phil
Dube (Pleasant Hill), Matt
Hilgers (Taft) and Steve Reed
(Salem Academy).
Morrow is Warrenton’s first
player selected to the first team
since Thomas McFadden, a
catcher on the 2011 team.
Selected to the third team
were Warrenton sophomores
Devin Jackson and Austin
Little.
It was the first time the War-
riors had at least three play-
ers named all-state since 2005
(Nick Miller, Zach LaRue,
David Anderson), when War-
renton was a 2A school.
SOFTBALL
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
LEFT: Niqui Blodgett, a senior at Jewell High School who will play next year at George Fox, was selected honorable
mention all-state, the first Warrenton pitcher to earn all-state honors. RIGHT: Warrenton catcher Jacob Morrow is the
first Warrior player selected first team all-state since 2011.
Meanwhile,
Warrenton
had one player selected to the
3A all-state softball team, as
pitcher Niqui Blodgett (a grad-
uating senior at Jewell High
School) was named honorable
mention.
BASEBALL
3A all-state
Player of the year: Grant Carley,
Santiam Christian
Coaches of the year: Phil Dube,
Pleasant Hill; Matt Hilgers, Taft;
Steve Reed, Salem Academy.
First team
P: Jack Stempel, Sr., Taft
P: Brody Woods, Sr., Stanfield
P: Jacob Winstead, So., Blanchet
P: Jake Farnsworth, Sr., LaPine
C: Wyatt DeForest, Sr., LaPine
C: Jake Morrow, So., Warrenton
1B: Ned Williamson, Sr., Catlin
Warrenton, Seaside split
doubleheader at Broadway
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Some late-night
drama at Broadway Field marked
the opening night of the summer
season, and resulted in a double-
header split between the Warren-
ton and Seaside junior baseball
teams.
The Gulls led 5-1 through six
innings of the first game, then
managed to hold off a Warrior rally
for a 5-4 win.
In the second game — which
did not count in the league stand-
ings — Warrenton rallied from a
3-1 deficit with three runs in the
top of the sixth for a 4-3 victory, as
Seaside left the bases loaded in the
bottom of the seventh.
“I would have preferred to win
the league game, but we were
happy to get the second game,”
said Warrenton coach Lennie
Wolfe. “We seem to have gotten
pretty good at late-game rallies.
But as a team, I know we were dis-
appointed with our defensive per-
formance in Game 1.
“We know we’ll have to be
more prepared and do a better
job Tuesday (in a single game at
Knappa),” he said.
The Gulls scored a combined
four of their eight runs in the first
inning, as they held 2-0 leads after
one inning of both games.
Seaside had three hits in the
first inning of the first game, all to
right field.
Duncan Thompson’s double to
right scored Payton Westerholm
with the first run of the day, and
Thompson sprinted home on a sin-
gle by Dylan Meyer.
Alex Teubner’s single up the
middle scored two runs in the third,
and Seaside pitching did the rest.
Thompson pitched four innings,
striking out five with two walks to
earn the victory. Brayden Johnson
tossed the final three innings, as
the two scattered five hits.
Teubner drove in three runs in
the opener, while Westerholm had
a single and a triple at the plate.
Warrenton committed a costly
three errors in the first game, but
played error-free ball in the field in
the nightcap.
Still, Seaside’s first two bat-
ters of the second game reached
base, on a triple by Gage McFad-
den and a run-scoring double from
Westerholm.
Justin Morris’s infield single
in the second gave the Gulls a 3-0
advantage.
Warrenton’s big hitter for the
entire day was junior-to-be Jacob
Morrow, who had a single and a
triple in the opener, and added a
single, double and a triple in the
second game.
After a leadoff triple in the
fourth, he scored on a single by
Kale’o Kapua.
The Warriors had a runner at
third (Ryan Hoagland) with no
outs in the fifth but failed to score,
before a three-run rally in the sixth.
Austin Little and Morrow both
singled, with Little scoring on a
passed ball. Moments later, Mor-
row sprinted home with the tying
run on a double to deep right field
by Devin Jackson.
Jackson eventually scored on a
double steal for the go-ahead run.
Dalton Knight pitched the first
four innings for Warrenton, with
Little tossing the final three, strik-
ing out the final batter with the
bases loaded in the bottom of the
seventh.
Gabel
Inf: Josh Salsbery, Sr., Taft
Inf: Joel McLemore, Sr., Cascade
Christian
Inf: Tristan Fergus, Sr., Dayton
Inf: Adrian Roa, Sr., Irrigon
OF: Caleb King, Sr., Taft
OF: Chris Bathke, Sr., Wallowa
County
OF: Ryan Hall, Sr., Santiam C.
OF: Justin Keeney, Sr., Stanfield
OF: Collin Good, Sr., Pleasant Hill
U: Grant Carley, Sr., Santiam C.
U: Austin Cantrell, Jr., Rainier
(Lewis & Clark League selec-
tions)
Third team
P: Devin Jackson, So., Warren-
ton
P: Dawson Evenson, So., Clats-
kanie
Inf: Austin Little, So., Warrenton
Inf: James Helmen, So., Clats-
kanie
OF: Caymon Rea, Sr., Rainier
Honorable mention
CAPS ON TOP
3A all-state
Player of the year: Ashton Phil-
lips, Scio
Pitcher of the year: Anika Heidt,
Dayton
Coach of the year: Rob Umben-
hower, Dayton
First team
P: Anika Heidt, Sr., Dayton
P: Taleah King, Jr., Rainier
P: Skylar Wightman, Sr., Riverside
C: Hailee Danneker, So., Taft
C/Inf: Olivia Warren, Sr., Clats-
kanie
C: Brianna Zweygardt, Sr., Grant
Union
Inf: Paige Kellar, So., Rainier
Inf: Aspen Norman, Sr., Rainier
Inf: Kasidee Parazoo, Jr., Scio
Inf: Ashton Phillips, Sr., Scio
Inf: Malina Ray, Sr., Dayton
Inf: Whitney Stone, Sr., Glide
Inf: Brooke Young, Sr., Scio
OF: Catie Jacks, Jr., Dayton
OF: Rheanna McDaniel, Sr., Scio
Lewis & Clark selections:
Second team
P: Shelby Blodgett, Fr., Clatskanie
C: Rylee O’Brien, Jr., Rainier
Honorable mention
P: Niqui Blodgett, Sr., Warrenton
Inf: Alexis Smith, Fr., Clatskanie
Inf: Alivia Sprague, Fr., Clatskanie
OF: Jaedyn Larsen, So., Rainier
Leake
pitches into
9th, M’s beat
Rays 5-4
By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press
AP Photo/John Locher
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley
Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in Thursday’s Game 5 of
the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Las Vegas.
Washington wins Stanley Cup, beats Vegas
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Alex Ovechkin put
both hands to his head and screamed
while he left the bench and skated into the
thick of the Washington Capitals’ joyous
celebration.
And right before Ovechkin hoisted the
Stanley Cup, the Washington captain put
both hands on his head again in a gesture
of disbelieving ecstasy.
You can believe it, Ovi. So can the
Washington fans whose championship
drought is finally over.
After striving through 13 of his fran-
chise’s 43 seasons, the Russian superstar
and the long-suffering Capitals are sitting
on top of hockey for the very first time.
“It doesn’t matter what happened
before,” Ovechkin said through his gap-
toothed grin. “We just won it.”
Lars Eller scored the tiebreaking goal
with 7:37 to play, and the Capitals claimed
their first NHL title with a 4-3 victory over
the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday
night in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Ovechkin capped his playoff MVP
campaign with an early power-play goal,
and Devante Smith-Pelly tied it with a
full-stretch goal midway through the final
period of the Capitals’ fourth consecutive
victory over the Golden Knights.
“We did it,” said Ovechkin, whose
15 playoff goals set a franchise record.
“That’s all that matters. Look at the smiles
on my teammates. This is something
you’ll never forget. This moment, I’ll
remember for the rest of my life. I’m so
happy. It’s unbelievable.”
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
— Mike Leake had Seattle
cruising toward a comfort-
able victory. A late Tampa
Bay surge merely helped the
Mariners pad their record in
one-run games.
Leake pitched into the
ninth inning, Mitch Haniger
homered and drove in three,
and the AL West-leading
Mariners beat the Rays 5-4
on Thursday night.
Leake (6-3) was lifted
with a 5-1 lead after allow-
ing his eighth hit, a leadoff
double in the ninth to Wil-
son Ramos. Johnny Field
hit a three-run double off
Alex Colome before the
former Rays’ closer got a
game-ending grounder from
Daniel Robertson.
“We got enough offense
early in the game, and pitch-
ing and defense was the
story again,” Mariners man-
ager Scott Servais said.
Seattle leads the majors
in one-run wins (19) and
decisions (28).
Haniger has 46 RBIs,
one off his career high set
last season. The Mariners
won for the 10th time in 13
games.
Robertson homered for
the Rays, who have scored
16 runs during a seven-game
losing streak. The slide
includes a three-game sweep
last weekend in Seattle.
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