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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com HOMETOWN REPORT Local athletes compete at the college level KNAPPA Devin Lewis-Allen, Jr., Eastern Oregon track ILWACO Kenneth Sheldon, Jr., Willamette golf Athletes from regional schools: By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian A trio of former Astoria base- ball players recently wrapped up successful spring seasons, individually and at the team level. Two enjoyed action-filled fresh- man years, while a third appeared in 14 games for a Pac-12 team. Jackson Arnsdorf was a part-time pitcher for Corban University in Salem, and helped the Warriors to a 28-26 record in 2018. The 2017 Astoria graduate fin- ished with a 2-2 record, and appeared in 12 of Corban’s 54 games. In his one start, he pitched six scoreless innings in a 13-1 win over the University of British Columbia on April 15, scattering seven hits with four strikeouts and a walk. Arnsdorf finished with a 4.50 earned run average, with 17 strikeouts and 15 walks in 22.0 innings pitched. A little farther south, Astoria’s Fridtjof Fremstad was part of a 42-2 baseball team at Linn-Benton Com- munity College in Albany. Fremstad — another 2017 gradu- ate — batted .301 (28-for-93) in his first collegiate season for the Road- runners, who finished 42-4 overall, 29-2 in the South region of the North- west Athletic Conference. The ex-Fisherman had two dou- bles, a home run and 16 RBIs. He played shortstop, appearing in 35 games. Linn-Benton was 0-2 in the NWAC championship tournament, losing to Spokane (4-3) and Everett (2-1). Jackson Arnsdorf Nick Strange A third Astoria graduate, in his third season of college baseball, appeared in 14 games for the Wash- ington State Cougars this spring. Nick Strange finished with one save and a 1-0 record as a relief pitcher. He struck out 12 batters with six walks in 17.1 innings pitched. Strange is well-traveled at the col- legiate level. He pitched in seven games in 2015 with Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho. As a redshirt sophomore at Tacoma Community College in 2017, he made 15 appearances out of the bullpen. Strange landed in Pullman, Wash- ington last year, and was part of a 16-33-1 season for the Cougars, who were 8-21-1 in Pac-12 play. He pitched two innings and struck out two against No. 3-ranked Oregon State in a home game May 4. Other local athletes competing at the next level: ASTORIA Lucas Caruana, Fr., Western Ore- gon track Natalie Cummings, Fr., Portland State track George Fox University Seaside’s Jackson Januik, competing now for George Fox University, leads a group of runners in an 800-meter race this spring. Conor Harber, Carolina Mudcats Halie Korff, So., Western Oregon track Kelsey Wullger, So., Highline softball SEASIDE Sam Hinton, Jr., Willamette golf Jackson Januik, Fr., George Fox track After spending the winter play- ing basketball for the Bruins, Januik competed for the George Fox track team in the spring, and set his colle- giate personal best in the 800 meters March 17, finishing 10th in 2:04.50 in the Rich Allen Classic. Juneau Meyer, Fr., NW Christian track Brad Rzewnicki, Fr., Gonzaga track Cam Sorter, Jr., York (Nebraska) College track Sorter ran the 800 meters in a PR time of 1:56.13 for fourth place in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Confer- ence championships, May 4 at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Danielle (Willyard) Buhler, So., NW Christian track WARRENTON Landree Miethe, Fr., Lower Columbia softball (injured) NBA DRAFT Knappa Phoenix takes Ayton; sweeps Young, Doncic swapped Neah- Kah-Nie By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press The Daily Astorian ROCKAWAY BEACH — The Knappa summer baseball team scored a pair of road victories Wednesday, in a Junior State dou- bleheader at Neah-Kah-Nie. The Loggers won the opener 10-1, in the league-counting game. Ryson Patterson pitched five innings and Logan Flues worked the sixth and seventh innings. Devin Hoover earned the vic- tory in Game 2, a 9-5 Knappa win. Hoover pitched the first three innings, before giving way to Jax- son Goodman, Mason Wester- holm and Tyler Green. Knappa’s scheduled double- header Thursday at Tillamook was canceled. Mariners place RHPs Nicasio and Altavillla on DL Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Seattle Mariners have placed right-handers Juan Nicasio and Dan Altavilla on the 10-day dis- abled list, recalled infielder Dan- iel Vogelbach, and purchased the contract of right-hander Mike Morin from Triple-A Tacoma. Nicasio has swelling in his right knee, while Altavilla is side- lined by a right elbow UCL sprain. Mariners manager Scott Ser- vais says Thursday he hates “to lose either one of those guys, but we’ve got to get them healthy, get them right.” Nicasio gave up four earned runs without getting an out June 6 at Houston after not allowing a run in his previous eight games. Altavilla, 3-2 with 2.61 ERA over 22 appearances, was previ- ously on the DL May 1-12 with right AC joint inflammation. He will be examined by team doctors in Seattle. Morin went 2-1 with three saves and a 3.24 ERA in 20 games for Tacoma. NEW YORK — The Phoenix Suns stayed close to home for their first No. 1 pick. The Dallas Maver- icks looked all the way to Slovenia for the player they hope can be their next European superstar. Shortly after the Suns took Dean- dre Ayton to start the NBA draft Thursday night, the Mavericks traded up two spots for the rights to Luka Doncic. The Atlanta Hawks swapped the rights to Doncic, the No. 3 pick who has spent the last year winning cham- pionships all over Europe, to Atlanta for Trae Young, the No. 5 selection from Oklahoma. The Mavericks also gave up a future first-round pick to draft Don- cic, who only arrived in New York on Wednesday after helping Spain’s Real Madrid win its league championship after he won Euroleague MVP and Final Four MVP honors when they won that title this year. His lengthy European season kept him from working out for teams but he knew the Mavericks were inter- ested in having him on their team for what’s expected to be Dirk Nowitzki’s final NBA season. “I’ve been talking to Dallas a lot. They really wanted me, and they were very, very nice,” the 19-year- old said. “They were very nice to me, and I think we had a very good relationship.” The Hawks will get perhaps the most exciting player in college bas- ketball last season in Young, the first player to lead the nation in scoring and assists in the same season. “Whatever city I went to, I was going to be able to be comfortable in,” said Young, who wore suit shorts with his burgundy-colored jacket. “I was just really excited to get to Atlanta.” After that, it was a mostly straight- forward draft with little fireworks, but plenty of national champion Villa- nova Wildcats. The top of it was dominated by big men, starting with a pair of former high school teammates. The Suns made the 7-foot-1 Ayton the first No. 1 pick in franchise his- tory. The center from Arizona aver- aged 20.1 points and 11.6 rebounds in his lone season in Tucson, tying for the national lead with 24 double-dou- bles in 35 games. Banks Kindel Bailey, Jr., Oregon State track Jade Cain, Fr., Pacific track Lucas Hidalgo, So., Eastern Oregon track Amy Hilger, Sr., Oregon State track Casey McGough, Fr., Clackamas baseball MaKenna Partain, So., U. of Minnesota softball Katie Ragsdale, Fr., Clackamas softball Jakob Sandhagen, Jr., Eastern Oregon track Mary Schorn, Fr., Clark softball Eric Sommerfeld, So., Chemeketa base- ball Madison Soper, So., Clackamas softball Clatskanie Codi Blodgett, Jr., Western Oregon track Cole Warren, Fr., Chemeketa baseball Nestucca Tea Chatelain, Fr., NW Christian track Max Kirkendall, Jr., Pacific golf Kycie Richwine, Jr., Linfield track Rainier Kami Gray, Fr., Lower Columbia softball Johnathan Guisinger, Fr., George Fox track Sarah Probasco, So., Colorado Christian softball Haley Schimmel, Fr., Portland State soft- ball Mason Schimmel, Fr., Clackamas baseball Scappoose Kendal Bailey, So., Chemeketa softball Dan Carrier, Jr., NW Christian track Olivia McDaniel, Jr., Linfield track Owen Parsons, So., Tacoma CC baseball Tillamook Colin Atchison, Sr., George Fox track Andrew Jenck, Fr., U. Portland track Matt Strang, Sr., Linfield baseball Jennifer Tuatagaloa, Fr., Chemeketa soft- ball Yankees top M’s 4-3 for 3-game sweep Associated Press AP Photo/Kevin Hagen Arizona’s Deandre Ayton, right, is congratulated by friends and family after he was picked first overall by the Phoenix Suns during Thurs- day’s NBA draft in New York. Blazers take guard Simons with 24th pick PORTLAND — The Portland Trail Blazers acquired two guards during Thursday’s NBA draft, landing IMG Academy’s Anfernee Simons and Duke’s Gary Trent Jr. Simons was the 24th pick of the draft. Portland got Trent after acquir- ing the rights to the 37th pick by trading two future second-round picks to Sacramento. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Simons didn’t play in college. He initially com- mitted to Louisville but after the school fired coach Rick Pitino in October, Simons opted to attend IMG Academy in Florida. Simons, who turned 19 this month, averaged 22.4 points and shot 45 percent last season. Simons is the first player since 2005 to land in the draft without playing in college or overseas. Simons was eligible for the draft because he’s 19 and one year removed from his high school graduation. The Blazers’ roster had the youngest average age among NBA teams last season. Wizards select Oregon Ducks swingman Brown with 15th pick WASHINGTON — After winging it with their perimeter depth late in a trying season, the Washington Wizards decided they needed more. A mature 18-year-old from Las Vegas with a winning game and a modern style con- vinced them he was the right call. The Wizards selected Oregon swingman Troy Brown Jr. with the No. 15 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night. The 6-foot-7 Brown provides the Wizards with needed wing depth, a versatile defender and a potential playmaker for their second unit. He aver- aged 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists during his lone season with the Ducks. There were multiple meetings between Brown and members of the Wiz- ards organization during the pre-draft process. They talked during last month’s NBA Combine in Chicago. Brown visited Washington for a June 11 work- out. It took little convincing that the former 5-star recruit was the right choice. — Associated Press NEW YORK — Aaron Boone bristles at the notion his New York Yankees are all or nothing, built entirely on home runs. “I think it’s a silly argument,” the manager said. “That does bother me, actually.” Maybe, but it’s sure a quick way to light up the scoreboard. Aaron Judge and Miguel Andu- jar hit two-run homers off James Paxton in the first inning that sent the Yankees over the Seattle Mar- iners 4-3 on Thursday for a three- game sweep. Luis Severino and the Yan- kees boosted the best record in the majors to 50-22. They’ve won four in a row and 17 of 21. “We’ve obviously played well, racked up a lot of wins,” Boone said. “We’ve played well against some of the elite teams.” Seattle, which was 20 games over .500 coming into the Bronx this week, has lost a season-high four straight. New York launched eight hom- ers in the sweep and tops baseball with 122 long balls. Andujar sliced a drive the other way, and it barely settled into the short right-field porch. “Both teams play in the same park. I thought it was a flyball because most places we play, it’s probably a flyball,” Paxton said. “But it got out of here and that’s just the ballpark and you’re going to have that sometimes. You just have to deal with it and move on.” SCOREBOARD LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY 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.
