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New athletic director, volleyball coach for Seaside
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Seaside High School has filled
a couple of vacancies in the athletic
department, as the Gulls head into the
summer season.
Aaron Tanabe has been hired as
the school’s new athletic director, and
Demi Lund will take over as the var-
sity volleyball coach.
Both were approved at a school
board meeting Tuesday night.
Tanabe replaces Jason Boyd, the
longtime athletic director who is now
the vice principal at Seaside High
School. And Lund replaces Eric Hunts-
man as the Gulls’ volleyball coach.
Tanabe comes to Seaside after
serving as an offensive and defensive
line football coach at Valley Catholic
for the last four years.
He played football and baseball
at Hilo High School in Hilo, Hawaii.
That was followed by two years of
college football at Southern Oregon
before he transferred to Linfield Col-
lege, where he played his junior and
senior years.
Before coming to Valley Catho-
lic in 2014, Tanabe coached at Amity
High School. He also taught physi-
cal education and health at Jason Lee
School in Portland.
At Seaside, he will also teach and
serve as an assistant football coach
to Jeff Roberts, who also played at
Linfield.
“I wasn’t a teammate (at Linfield),
but I got the chance to know him and
had the opportunity to coach against
him when he was at Valley Catho-
lic,” Roberts said. “He’s a young man
who’s driven, who’s coached and
played different sports.
“We’re looking forward to hav-
ing his positive attitude in the build-
ing, and I think he’s looking forward
to coming to a place where sports are
big for the kids, and the community is
involved with the school.”
Boyd added, “He was looking for
an opportunity to be an athletic direc-
tor, so he’s been training, shadowing
(Valley Catholic athletic director) Joel
Sobotka for the last year.”
Getting the Seaside job “allowed
him to stay in the area and gives him
a student population he could identify
with, and a place where he feels he can
put down some roots,” Boyd said.
Meanwhile, Demi Lund (formerly
Demi Belshe) was a volleyball player
at Mt. Hood Community College and
Carroll College in Montana, after a
prep career at Roseburg High School.
She is married to Astoria High School
graduate Dane Lund.
Joining Lund on the Seaside coach-
ing staff will be junior varsity coach
Paul Whittle and JV II coach Becky
Botkins.
Lund “has done some coach-
ing at Crescent Valley, and last year
was a volunteer at Broadway Mid-
dle School,” Boyd said. “Paul Whit-
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
tle played some USA club volleyball
after high school, so he has good expe-
rience. And Becky Botkins is highly
motivated, highly organized and
works really well with kids.”
Another position the Gulls must
fill will be varsity baseball coach, fol-
lowing the recent resignation of Joel
Dierickx after 21 years as the Seaside
coach.
“If the right applicant fell into our
laps, we would have some interviews,
but right now we want to see what’s
out there,” Boyd said. “We’d like to
leave it open for now, because it’s
important for Aaron to be part of that
hiring process.”
Tanabe will officially take over as
athletic director Aug. 1.
WORLD CUP 2018
MESSI DOGGED
BY RONALDO,
HISTORY
Tillamook,
Warrenton
postponed
The Daily Astorian
Tuesday’s junior state base-
ball game between Tillamook
and Warrenton was postponed,
due to a lack of players for the
Cheesemakers.
Warrenton will host Kennedy
at 5:30 p.m. Friday, followed by
home contests Saturday vs. Clats-
kanie (3 p.m.) and Sunday vs.
Kennedy (1 p.m.).
Oregon teacher
claims district’s
mascot violates
state rules
EUGENE — An Oregon
teacher has filed a complaint
claiming a school district’s new
mascot is racist and violates rules
prohibiting the use of Native
American-themed images.
The Marcola School District
dropped its “Mohawk Indians”
mascot in 2016 and later replaced
it with the mustangs, the Regis-
ter-Guard reported Tuesday.
In the complaint filed with the
Oregon Department of Educa-
tion, Marcola fifth-grade teacher
John Etheredge said the horse is
“adorned with war paint, feathers,
beads and a faux ‘Mohawk’-style
mane.” He claimed the district
kept the same Native Ameri-
can images and just replaced the
human with a horse.
State rules prohibit public
schools from using Native Ameri-
can mascots. The district’s new mas-
cot uses imagery that violates those
rules, Etheredge said. Displays of
the mascot are on the district’s web-
site, in the Mohawk High School
gym and on district stationery.
Hornets agree to
trade Howard to
Nets for Mozgov
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A per-
son familiar with the situation says
the Charlotte Hornets have agreed
to trade eight-time All-Star center
Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn
Nets for center Timofey Mozgov
and two future second-round draft
picks.
Howard played only one sea-
son for Charlotte, averaging 16.6
points and 12.5 rebounds per
game. He is due to make $23.8
million this season, the final year
of his contract.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Junior baseball — Knappa at Neah-
Kah-Nie (2), 4 p.m.
THURSDAY
Junior baseball — Knappa at Tilla-
mook (2), 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Junior baseball — Astoria Ford at
Seaside (2), 4 p.m.; Kennedy at Warren-
ton, 5:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Junior baseball — At Warrenton HS:
Kennedy vs. Clatskanie, 1 p.m.; Clats-
kanie at Warrenton, 3 p.m.
SUNDAY
Junior baseball — Kennedy at War-
renton, 1 p.m.
AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan
Argentina’s Lionel Messi covers his face during the Group D draw against Iceland.
By BEN NUCKOLS
Associated Press
M
OSCOW — Lionel Messi is going
to have a hard time keeping up
with Cristiano Ronaldo at this
year’s World Cup.
The Argentina great had a penalty kick saved
during his team’s tournament-opening 1-1 draw
with Iceland. At 31, this could be Messi’s last
World Cup, and Thursday’s match against Cro-
atia is crucial as the longtime Barcelona forward
tries to deliver his first major title for Argentina.
Messi’s biggest rival, Ronaldo, seems less
burdened during what could also be his final
World Cup run.
Ronaldo has scored a tournament-lead-
ing four goals — all of Portugal’s goals so far
— while silently needling Messi. After his first
goal, the 33-year-old Ronaldo stroked his chin,
implying that he was the “GOAT,” an acronym
for “greatest of all time.” Messi is featured in ad
with a real goat.
And when Ronaldo took the field for Portu-
gal’s 1-0 win over Morocco, he sported a goa-
tee on his previously clean-shaven chin. He
promptly scored with a header in the fourth
minute.
Croatia leads Group D after its 2-0 win over
Nigeria, and another victory would put Argen-
tina in a precarious position. Veteran midfield-
ers Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic shined in the
opener, with Modric scoring one goal and set-
ting up another.
Croatia hasn’t advanced past the group stage
since 1998, and this could be the last chance for
Modric, Rakitic and Mario Mandzukic, all of
whom are over 30.
Another veteran provided a bit of drama for
Croatia. Coach Zlatko Dalic sent home Nikola
Kalinic because the striker wouldn’t come off
the bench as a substitute. The team will continue
with 22 players.
Croatia and Argentina play Thursday’s
late match at 9 p.m. (11 a.m. PST) in Nizhny
Novgorod.
DENMARK VS. AUSTRALIA
3 p.m. (5 a.m. PST)
Australia, the decided underdog in a group
that features three teams in the top 11 of the
FIFA rankings, gets another tough matchup
after dropping its opener to France.
A loss to Denmark — which is unbeaten
in its last 16 international matches — would
make it very difficult for the Socceroos to
advance.
FRANCE VS. PERU
6 p.m. (8 a.m. PST)
Tens of thousands of Peru fans have fol-
lowed their team to the most remote city in
this World Cup — Yekaterinburg, which
is roughly 1,056 miles east of Moscow, a
25-hour drive that includes a pass over the
Ural Mountains.
After cheering deliriously through Peru’s
first World Cup appearance in 36 years, the
fans will have to wait at least a little longer
to see a goal.
Yanks back stellar German with 4 HRs
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
Associated Press
NEW YORK — In their first road
test against baseball’s top team, the
upstart Seattle Mariners were no
match for the Yankees’ pitching and
power.
Domingo German tossed two-hit
ball over a career-high seven innings
and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of New
York’s four home runs Tuesday night
in a 7-2 victory against the Mariners.
“A lot of fun,” Stanton said. “We
were clicking on all cylinders.”
Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks
each belted a two-run shot off Marco
Gonzales in the fifth. Hicks homered
for the third straight day and finished
with three hits from the leadoff spot
as the Yankees (48-22) moved a sea-
son-best 26 games above .500.
Coming off a four-hit game, Stan-
ton sent a solo drive to straightaway
center field in the first. Aaron Judge
had an RBI single in the seventh, and
rookie phenom Gleyber Torres added
his 14th home run in the eighth.
The first two batters reached
against German (2-4) on a double
and an error. The rookie right-hander
then retired 19 in a row until Nelson
Cruz homered in the seventh.
“Dominating, man. Just pound-
ing the zone, blowing it by guys and
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German throws during the sec-
ond inning against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium Tuesday.
just showing what he can do,” Stan-
ton said.
After beating Tampa Bay for his
first major league win last week,
German was impressive once again.
Featuring a sharp breaking ball, he
struck out nine and walked none
while throwing 67 of 96 pitches for
strikes.
“I even kicked around sending
him back out there for the eighth
because he was just so efficient,”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
“He’s really talented.”
German has 28 strikeouts in his
last three starts, a span of 19 innings.
“He was throwing everything.
Changeup, curveball — he was com-
manding everything,” Cruz said. “He
kept us off balance. It seems like we
were late with fastballs, early with
breaking pitches. It was his day.”
A.J. Cole worked two perfect
innings to complete a crisp game that
took just 2 hours, 28 minutes. New
York has won 15 of 19 overall.
One of baseball’s biggest sur-
prises so far, the Mariners (46-27)
lost for only the eighth time in 30
games as they opened a 10-game trip
to the East Coast that could serve as
an early summer measuring stick.
Three games at Yankee Stadium will
be followed by three in Boston — the
top two teams in the majors.
“We’re going to play our game.
Things didn’t turn out the way we
wanted it to,” Cruz said. “We’ll come
back positive tomorrow and try to
make things better.”
Gonzales (7-4) entered 4-0 with
1.41 ERA in his past six starts but
wasn’t up to the task in his first
career outing against the Yankees.
The left-hander gave up eight hits
and a career-high six runs over 6 1/3
innings in his first loss since May 12
at Detroit.
“They’re a good hitting team. I
think they had the right game plan
tonight. Just sitting off speed, kind
of out front,” Gonzales said. “They
got me early in the count and I think
kudos to them on their approach.”
The three home runs off Gonzales
matched a career high and raised his
season total to nine.