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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Warrenton shuts down Hood River The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Devin Jackson threw a complete-game four-hit- ter, with seven strikeouts and three walks, in leading Warrenton to a 9-4 win over Hood River in the consolation finale of the Wood Bat tournament Saturday afternoon at Broadway Field. “It was a good tournament,” said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe. “I was pleased with the way we played after the first day (a 10-0 loss to Valley Catholic). Especially, facing a school that has six times as many students as us. “I thought we did an awfully good job. It was a good outing, one the guys can feel good about,” he said, as the Warriors tuned up for the junior baseball state tour- nament, which begins Thursday in Corvallis. Warrenton will play the host team from Crescent Valley at 5 p.m. Thursday. “It’s just another opportunity to play a bigger school, and I’m looking forward to it,” Wolfe said. “It’s good to be back in state tour- naments and playing meaningful ball.” Meanwhile, Jackson “didn’t have his best stuff,” said the coach. “He gave up three hits and three runs in the third inning, but after that he really settled in and did a great job of locating and shutting them down.” The Warriors gradually built a safe lead, scoring their final run in the seventh inning, when Kala’o Kapua tripled, then scored on a wild pitch. Hood River had the makings of a rally in the fifth, but Warrenton turned a 4-3-6 double play to end the threat. Kapua and Jake Morrow had two hits apiece for Warrenton, and Jackson added a double for the Warriors, who finished with nine hits. Warriors 17, Madison 2 SEASIDE — Warrenton bounced back from a 10-0 loss to Valley Catholic in the first round with a 17-2 win over Madison in a consolation game of the Wood Bat tournament Friday morning. The 25-run turnaround was highlighted by a 10-run second inning for the Warriors, and a sev- en-run fourth. Gabe Breitmeyer did the rest, as the Warrenton pitcher allowed just three hits over five innings, with seven strikeouts and two walks. Breitmeyer, Duane Falls and Austin Little had two hits apiece for Warrenton. Young, joyful France beats Croatia to win 2nd World Cup Associated Press MOSCOW — Taking turns sliding across the rain-soaked turf holding the World Cup trophy tight, teenager Kylian Mbappe and the rest of France’s players acted like the youthful bunch they are. Nothing, not a Pussy Riot pro- test nor a postgame downpour that soaked Russian President Vlad- imir Putin, was going to stop the party. It carried on long after a thrilling 4-2 win over Croatia on Sunday. In the locker room with French President Emman- uel Macron striking poses with players. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SPORTS RESULTS BASEBALL Churchill 7, Seaside 3 Churchill 320 000 2—7 11 0 Seaside 100 110 0—3 3 6 Lydon, Burnett (5) and Jones; Thomp- son and Teubner. W: Lydon. L: Thomp- son. S: Burnett. RBI: Chu, Burnett 2, Jones 2, Townsend; Sea, Johnson, Fen- ton, Westerholm. 2B: Chu, Peterson 2, Burnett, Townsend. 3B: Sea, Johnson. HBP: Chu, Carson; Sea, Thompson, Derby. LOB: Churchill 5, Seaside 5. DP: Seaside 2. Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Poyer was interactive with the young players in his annual camp, lining up here against a Duck fan, who took a little kidding from Poyer, the former Oregon State All-American. Poyer camp brings out the kids The Daily Astorian N inety kids, ranging from kindergartners through the eighth grade, participated in Jordan Poyer’s football camp, held Sat- urday morning at CMH Field. After missing last year’s camp, Poyer returned and, with the help of the Astoria foot- ball coaching staff and players, ran a three- hour clinic to teach the basics of football to the youth. Oregon State linebackers coach Trent Bray was a guest coach. Proceeds from the camp earned money for Astoria Youth Athletics. Astoria Youth Football stated on its Face- book page, “A huge thank you to Jordan Poyer for putting on a great camp today with the help of the Astoria High School football program. It was incredible to see kids from Astoria, Knappa, Seaside and Nestucca all out on the field together.” LEFT: Jordan Poyer reunites with former Astoria baseball coach Dave Gasser, who also coached the defense for Astoria football in 2008, when Poyer led the Fishermen to a state title. RIGHT: The Jordan Poyer football camp was an uplifting experience for many young players, in more ways than one. There were fans of many NFL teams among the campers, but all were fans of Jordan Poyer. At the end of the day, Jordan Poyer had more inspirational words for the young players. Churchill tops Seaside in tournament finale By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Seaside junior summer baseball team made it inter- esting Saturday evening at Broadway Field, but asking for a win against a highly successful Class 5A program was a bit much. Churchill — a semifinalist in the state playoffs last spring — had some anxious moments late in the game, but held off Seaside for a 7-3 win in the championship of Seaside’s annual Wood Bat tournament. Seaside trailed Churchill 3-0 just minutes into the game, but then set- tled down and played evenly with the Lancers over the final six innings. The Gulls outscored Churchill 3-2 after the first half inning, and trailed 5-3 heading into the seventh inning. But the Lancers tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the sev- enth to build a four-run lead. And after giving up a lead-off walk in the bottom of the seventh, Churchill pitcher Beau Burnett retired the next three Seaside batters in order to help secure the victory. The Gulls will likely play bigger schools later this week in the junior baseball state tournament, which begins Thursday at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis. After a first-round bye, Seaside opens play at 2:30 p.m. Friday against Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Payton Westerholm, right, leaps to avoid a sliding Churchill player for a force out at second base. the winner of Lebanon and Junction City. Saturday’s game could not have started better for the Lancers, who led 3-0 before the first out was recorded. Churchill’s C.J. Townsend reached base on a lead off bunt, the first of six straight batters to reach safely. Burnett had a two-run double to drive in the first runs, and later scored on a wild pitch. Seaside’s Duncan Thompson struck out Dylan Carson for the first out, and with the bases loaded, he fielded a ground ball to start a 1-2-5 double play to end the inning. The Gulls scored a run on a bas- es-loaded walk in the bottom of the first (but left the bases loaded to end the inning), before Townsend and Connor Jones had RBI hits to help the Lancers rebuild a 5-1 lead after two innings. But that would be all the scor- ing for Churchill for the next four innings, as Thompson allowed just one more hit through the sixth. Seaside responded in the fourth inning, when Brayden Johnson had a one-out triple to right field, then scored on a Travis Fenton sacrifice fly. The Gulls turned a second double play in the top of the fifth, and Jacob Derby was hit by a pitch with one out in the bottom of the inning. He scored on Payton Wester- holm’s single, and the Lancer lead was cut to 5-3. But that would be the end of Sea- side’s scoring, as Burnett struck out the side in the sixth, then held the Gulls scoreless in the seventh to pick up the save. Carson Lydon and Burnett allowed just three Seaside hits, with nine strikeouts and three walks. The Gulls struggled defensively, with six errors. Seaside 4, Baker 3 SEASIDE — Seaside won it with a rally Friday evening at Broadway Field. Trailing 3-2 after giving up a run in the top of the seventh, the Gulls ral- lied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a 4-3 win over the Bar- ley Brown/Hodgen Brewers of Baker, in a semifinal game of the Wood Bat tournament. Both teams scored two runs in the third inning, then went scoreless over the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. After their two-run rally in the third, the Gulls had just one base run- ner over the next three innings, before their seventh-inning rally. Baker was coasting along, as the Brewers had retired nine of 10 Sea- side batters heading into the bottom of the seventh. But Seaside’s Isaias Jantes reached on an error to start the inning. Jantes moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Riley Kuhl, and the next three bat- ters drew walks. A bases-loaded walk to Alex Teubner forced in Jantes with the tying run, and with just one out, Dun- can Thompson laid down a squeeze bunt to score Gage McFadden with the game-winning run. McFadden went the distance on the mound for Seaside, allowing seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk.
