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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018
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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.