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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018
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Seven all-leaguers, one
all-state for Knappa team
The Daily Astorian
The Class 2A/1A all-state
softball team has been voted on
— it just hasn’t been released,
and coaches in at least one
league would like a recount.
The Northwest League has
had players earn all-state hon-
ors the last two years, but there
has been some noticeable,
unexplained absences, accord-
ing to Knappa coach James
Nichols.
For the second straight
year, the Lady Loggers had the
NWL’s Player of the Year —
but for the second straight sea-
son, both players were left off
the 2A/1A all-state team.
Knappa catcher Kaitlyn
Truax was the league MVP in
2017, and pitcher Madelynn
Weaver earned Player of the
Year honors this season.
But while other players
from the league picked up
votes and made the all-state
team, Truax and Weaver were
not recognized for all-state
honors.
“Nothing for (Weaver) and
nothing for Kaitlyn last year,”
Nichols said. “Of course if you
don’t even ask all the coaches
to vote, it’s not a real team.”
Nichols earned Coach of
the Year honors for the North-
west League this season, as his
team shared the league cham-
pionship and held the NWL’s
No. 1 seed to the state playoffs,
where the Loggers fell in the
first round to North Douglas.
Nichols has seen the all-
state squad, “and I thought
it was a big joke,” he said.
“I never got to vote, or Mike
Knappa catcher Kaitlyn
Truax gained all-state hon-
ors this season, after miss-
ing out last year.
the Knappa pitcher was only a
sophomore, and has two more
seasons to make all-state.
Also earning first-team all-
league for Knappa this year
was senior Jaden Miethe.
The Loggers had four more
players on the second team.
SOFTBALL
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
With the best pitcher in the league only a sophomore,
Madelynn Weaver and the Loggers are set to dominate the
Northwest League for the next two years.
(Fetch) from Vernonia either.
Not sure if anyone from our
league did. If the Player of the
Year of our league two years
in a row never got anything,
something is wrong.”
Truax did earn all-state
honorable mention honors this
season, but not last year, when
she was the league’s Player of
the Year.
Other all-state honors from
the Northwest League this
year included Julie Clark,
Hannah Farmer and Charity
Hall of Gaston, Neah-Kah-
Nie’s Hannah Grider, and
Joyce Everett and Jordan Wal-
ters from Vernonia, all honor-
able mention.
But Weaver — the NWL’s
Player of the Year — was left
off the all-state team.
Fortunately for Weaver,
Northwest All-League
Player of the Year: Madelynn
Weaver, Knappa
Coach of the Year: James Nich-
ols, Knappa
First team
Madelynn Weaver, So., Knappa
Shamilee Chatelain, Fr., Nestucca
Julie Clark, Sr., Gaston
Joyce Everett, Jr., Vernonia
Hannah Farmer, So., Gaston
Hannah Grider, Sr., Neah-Kah-Nie
Charity Hall, Sr., Gaston
Maddie Lambert, Sr., Neah-Kah-
Nie
Jaden Miethe, Sr., Knappa
Alleggra Poetter, Sr., Vernonia
Kaitlyn Truax, Sr., Knappa
Jordan Walters, So., Vernonia
Second team (Knappa)
Sophia Carlson, So.
Laicee Hendrickson, Jr.
Aiko Miller, So.
Mikayla Rethati, Sr.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Oregon hires Oklahoma assistant
Lombardi as head softball coach
NORMAN, Okla. — Oregon has hired Oklahoma associate
head softball coach Melyssa Lombardi as head coach.
Oklahoma made the announcement in a news release on
Monday.
Lombardi guided Oklahoma’s pitchers and catchers for the
past 21 years and helped the Sooners win four national titles.
She coached the Oklahoma battery to a combined 20 All-Amer-
ica honors, 37 All-Region accolades and 77 All-Big 12 honors.
Lombardi has huge shoes to fill. She’ll replace Mike White,
who left Oregon for Texas. White led the Ducks to five Wom-
en’s College World Series trips in nine seasons. The Ducks
earned the overall No. 1 seed this past season before being elim-
inated by eventual national champion Florida State. White went
435-111-1 at Oregon with five Pac-12 titles the past six years.
Isner finally reaches 1st
Wimbledon quarterfinal
LONDON — At long last, John Isner is a Wimbledon quar-
terfinalist, finally making that far in his 10th appearance.
He’s also in the final eight at any Grand Slam tournament for
the first time since 2011.
The No. 9-seeded Isner moved into a matchup against No.
13 Milos Raonic, the 2016 runner-up at the All England Club,
by beating 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 7-6
(8), 7-6 (4) with the help of 22 aces and by saving the only
break point he faced Monday.
It allows the 33-year-old Isner, the highest-ranked U.S. man,
to have something about Wimbledon to relish other than his
victory in the longest match in tennis history: 70-68 in the fifth
set against Nicolas Mahut after 11 hours spread over three days
in 2010.
He’d never even been past the third round at the grass-court
Grand Slam until this year.
Can Southgate rouse England
before Croatia match?
MOSCOW — It’s time for Gareth Southgate to come up
with a big speech of his own.
After England gave up a tying goal to Brazil in first-half
stoppage time in the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals, Southgate
felt coach Sven-Goran Eriksson lacked inspirational oratory in
the locker room at halftime.
Now the 47-year-old former England international is leading
the team, which plays Croatia on Wednesday in England’s first
World Cup semifinal in 28 years. The match is riveting the Land
of Hope and Glory, which won its only title at home in 1966.
— Associated Press
GHADAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ASTORIA invites you to celebrate the lives and mission of the martyrs of
The Ghadar Party
Saturday, July 14 th , 2018 • 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Maritime Park (Ghadar Memorial Park), Astoria, Oregon
BRING YOUR FAMILIES FOR A FUN FULL DAY EVENT!
Sikh Martial Arts (Gatka) • Cultural Dances (bhangra/giddha)
Kids Play Area • of course, lots of food, too!
OUR HONORABLE GUESTS FOR THE EVENT INCLUDE:
Ellen Rosenblum
Attorney General, State of Oregon
Betsy Johnson
Oregon State Senator, District 16
Johanna “Jo” Ogden
Portland Historian
Willis Van Dusen
former Astoria Mayor
Mayors of Astoria & other surrounding areas
A special thank you to all OR & WA Gurdwaras for their support!
Ghadar, a radical Indian independence party founded in Astoria 1913, is a
movement with a message for today. Come celebrate its legacy July 14th!
• We invite all those who are curious about Astoria’s deep tie with Indian
independence.
• We invite all those who are sickened by the current attacks on migrants-
from travel bans to the jailing of children.
Ghadar was formed by East Indian immigrants who faced strikingly similar
conditions as migrants today. Instead of bowing in fear, they forged alliances
with many in Astoria and beyond, and among the diverse East Indian commu-
nity that lived and worked in Oregon and the West. Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus,
workers, students and intellectuals joined together to demand their rights as
global citizens, risking everything to do so.
Mr. Bahadur Singh
Chairman of the
Ghadar Memorial
Foundation
Opening ceremony with Gurbani Kirtan (hymn singing) & Gatka (martial arts). Eugene Bhangra Group from Eugene, OR &
Maharja Bhangra Group from Camas, WA will be entertaining our guests with Bhangra and Giddha (folk dances) performances.
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