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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018
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Busy summer brings Poyer to Astoria
The Daily Astorian
He’s back! And for the first
time, he’s returning as a Buffalo
Bill, and not a Cleveland Brown.
Jordan Poyer will be a little
here, there and everywhere Sat-
urday, as one of Astoria High
School’s most famous graduates
has maxed out his schedule for
the weekend.
Poyer’s schedule for Satur-
day includes the return of his
youth football camp, 9 a.m. to
noon at CMH Field. Then it’s off
to Beaverton, where he is lend-
ing his name to a 7-on-7 tourna-
ment, 3-7:30 p.m. at Mountain-
side High School.
After staging the youth camp
for three years as a member of
the Browns, Poyer was unable to
hold the camp last year because
of a scheduling conflict.
But he’s back as a Bill, run-
ning the fourth Jordan Poyer
Camp at CMH Field.
“We weren’t able to get him
back to town last year, but it’s
going to be great to get this going
again,” said Astoria football
coach Howard Rub. “He’s got a
real busy schedule right now, just
getting ready for camp.”
Buffalo’s training camp
begins July 26 at St. John Fisher
College in Pittsford, New York.
In addition, “he’s got a former
teammate’s wedding in Portland
on Friday, and then scheduled a
really busy day with us Satur-
day, between the youth camp in
the morning and the high school
tournament in Beaverton that he’s
hosting for us in the afternoon.”
The Astoria Fishermen are
serving as the host team for the
high school 7-on-7 tournament,
which will feature schools from
Clatskanie to Central Catholic.
“So his day is going to be a
little crazy,” said Rub, Poyer’s
former coach. “He won’t have a
lot of time to visit and sign auto-
graphs at the camp, because he
has to get on the road and get to
Beaverton.”
Astoria Youth Athletics will
provide lunch at 11 a.m. for Sat-
urday’s campers at CMH Field,
where participants can still regis-
ter at 8:30 a.m., before the camp
begins.
Poyer, a former All-American
at Oregon State, will conduct the
camp along with current coaches
and players on the Astoria High
football team.
The camp is for any child
entering kindergarten through the
eighth grade in the fall of 2018.
Cost is $35.
Campers should wear cloth
shorts and a T-shirt, and prefera-
bly a rubber-molded pair of shoes
(metal cleats are not allowed).
Rub said, “We want to say
how thankful we are for Jordan
to give up his time to give back
to our kids and community, and
also to our local sponsors of his
camp,” including Fultano’s of
Warrenton and Astoria, and the
Cannery Pier Hotel.
Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Jordan Poyer will instruct youth football
players Saturday at CMH Field in his fourth foot-
ball camp.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Hageman, Miller
lead Lower
Columbia Club
The Daily Astorian
CENTRALIA, Wash. —
The Clatsop County players had
another big day for the Lower
Columbia Baseball Club, but
Hilander Dental came up short
Wednesday in the GSL College
Showcase Tournament in Centra-
lia, Washington.
The Hawaii Rockies won on a
two-run walkoff single, in an 8-7
victory over Hilander Dental, the
sponsor for the Lower Colum-
bia Baseball Club of Longview,
Washington.
Hilander’s Kaleb Miller — a
recent graduate of Knappa High
School — was 3-for-3 at the plate
with four stolen bases, while Asto-
ria’s Trey Hageman went 3-for-3
with an RBI double.
Hilander Dental (5-4 in league,
16-9-1 overall) continues the
70-team GSL College Showcase
Thursday morning in Centralia
against a team from Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia.
Williams reaches
10th Wimbledon
final with win
AP Photo/Frank Augstein
Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during Wednesday’s semifinal match between
Croatia and England.
Croatia in World Cup final for 1st time
Associated Press
LONDON — Serena Williams
has reached her 10th final at Wim-
bledon, 30th at all Grand Slam
tournaments — and first since
having a baby a little more than 10
months ago.
Williams dominated much
of her semifinal Thursday, beat-
ing 13th-seeded Julia Goerges of
Germany 6-2, 6-4 at Centre Court
to close in on what would be an
eighth championship at the All
England Club and 24th major tro-
phy overall.
Williams will face another
German, 11th-seeded Angelique
Kerber, on Saturday in a rematch
of the 2016 final at Wimbledon.
Williams won that one for a sec-
ond consecutive title at the All
England Club, before missing the
grass-court tournament last year
while pregnant.
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
M
OSCOW — Croatia’s legs seemed
heavy, burdened by the accumu-
lated toll of consecutive penal-
ty-kicks wins needed to get this far. England
had gone ahead with a free kick just five min-
utes in, dominated play and appeared headed
to its first World Cup final since 1966.
Then the second half started and it was as
if a different Croatian team had replaced the
lethargic one.
Ivan Perisic tied the score in the 68th min-
ute , Mario Mandzukic got the go-ahead goal
in the 109th and Croatia shocked England
with a 2-1 victory Wednesday that advanced
a nation of just over 4 million to a World Cup
final against France.
“Mentally strong team,” midfielder Ivan
Rakitic said. “It’s just unbelievable to get
UP NEXT: WORLD CUP FINAL
• Croatia vs France
• Sunday, 8 a.m. TV: FOX
back in the game in this way.”
When the final whistle blew and they
knew they were going to their first World
Cup final, the Croatians ran to their jump-
ing and cheering fans in their iconic red-and-
white checkered jerseys. Croatia joined an
exclusive club of 13 nations that advanced to
a World Cup final, doing it in a tournament
where powers Brazil, Germany, Argentina
and Spain made early exits.
“They’ve had an incredible route to the
final. They’ve shown remarkable character,”
said England coach Gareth Southgate, who
for now will be remembered more for a fash-
ionable waistcoat than ending a half-century
Gonzales goes 7, Freitas homers as M’s top Angels
By DOUG PADILLA
Associated Press
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Serena Williams celebrates
defeating Germany’s Julia
Gorges in London.
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball
Seaside Wood Bat Tournament
(at Broadway Field)
Valley Catholic vs. Warrenton, 10 a.m.
Churchill vs. Madison, 12:30 p.m.
Baker vs. Hood River, 3 p.m.
The Dalles vs. Seaside, 5:30 p.m.
of hurt.
France, which won its only title at home
in 1998, will have an extra day of rest after
beating Belgium 1-0 on Tuesday.
Croatia, coming off 360 intense minutes
at soccer’s highest level, faces its biggest
sporting moment since becoming an inde-
pendent nation in 1991.
“We started slowly, but we’ve shown our
character, just as we did in the previous two
knockout rounds when we were one-goal
down,” Perisic said.
Fans back home in Zagreb took to the
streets to celebrate, lighting flares and wav-
ing flags in a sea of exuberance.
“We are a nation of people who never
give in, who are proud and who have char-
acter,” said coach Zlatko Dalic, who wore a
checkered jersey to his post-match news con-
ference. “There’s no weakness in a team that
is in the final.”
ANAHEIM, Calif. — David Fre-
itas’ toddler son was mimicking a
home run trot outside the Mariners’
clubhouse late Wednesday night, wait-
ing to show dad what he had learned.
A few hours earlier, Freitas hit his
first major league home run on the
way to catching a shutout for Seattle
in a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles
Angels.
“If you look at my past career in
the minor leagues, maybe six or seven
years in the minor leagues to get my
first call-up (in 2017), I came a long
way since 2010,” said Freitas, who
reached base three times for the first
time in his career. “It was a proud
moment for me and especially since I
had my mom, my wife and my son all
here. They got to share this, too.”
Mariners starter Marco Gonzales
(10-5) retired his first 10 batters and
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher
Marco Gonzales throws to a Los
Angeles Angels batter during the
first inning of Wednesday’s game.
tossed seven sharp innings. He gave
up just two hits and struck out four
without issuing a walk.
“It seems like we face him every
time we play the Mariners,” Angels
star Mike Trout said. “He just keeps
you off balance. You can’t miss a pitch
on him. He’s at the corners and you
just can’t miss a pitch.”
Alex Colome pitched the eighth
and All-Star closer Edwin Diaz
worked a perfect ninth for his major
league-leading 36th save.
As good as Gonzales was, he
really enjoyed talking about Freitas
afterward.
“That was really fun to see,” the
left-hander said. “Those who know
him know that he’s an absolute phe-
nomenal guy. I’m so happy for him
to have some success and he has been
great behind the plate.”
Freitas, who had been hitless in
seven at-bats since being recalled July
5, went deep in the third against starter
Jaime Barria. It was Freitas’ 32nd
career game, 26 with the Mariners.
Barria (5-6) allowed three runs and
five hits in five-plus innings with five
strikeouts and no walks. The right-
hander has lost his last five decisions,
including the past two to Seattle.
The Mariners have won 11 of 15
overall. They improved to 27-18 on
the road.
Aguilar, Segura
win online vote
for All-Star spots
Associated Press
Milwaukee Brewers first base-
man Jesus Aguilar and Seattle
Mariners shortstop Jean Segura
won the final two roster spots for
next week’s All-Star Game in
Washington.
Major League Baseball released
the results of online balloting for
the last slot in each league Wednes-
day night, with Aguilar drawing
20.2 million votes to secure his first
All-Star selection. His total was the
second-highest in the history of the
All-Star Final Vote, trailing only
Justin Turner’s 20.8 million votes
last year.
The 28-year-old Venezuelan
was tied for the National League
lead with 23 home runs and
becomes the fourth Milwaukee
player headed to the game.