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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Favorites score
first-round wins
in invitational
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WARRENTON — The first
round of match play is complete
for two divisions in the Oregon
Coast Invitational, which took
place Monday at the Astoria Golf
& Country Club.
Golfers in the grand champi-
ons and junior/seniors division
were on the course, for the first day
of match play in the 108th annual
tournament.
The grand champions medalist
in qualifying, Adam Harrington of
Portland Golf, opened with a vic-
tory over Ted Ferguson, and will
face Joel Mayer in Wednesday’s
second round of the championship
flight.
Other winners of note included
former champions John DeLong,
Jeff Canessa and Jay Ross, as well
as Astoria Golf members Taylor
Swingle and Christiaan Thorne.
Winners in the championship
flight of the junior/seniors included
No. 1 seed Bill Winter.
Action continues Tuesday with
match play in the women’s divi-
sion (including the new division
of women’s seniors), seniors and
super seniors.
US vs Australia,
Czech vs
Romania drawn
in 2019 Fed Cup
Associated Press
LONDON — Fed Cup finalists
the Czech Republic and United
States will begin the 2019 com-
petition at home against Romania
and Australia respectively.
Reaching the final this year
guaranteed the Czechs and Amer-
icans home ties in the 2019 first
round on Feb. 9-10.
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Golf — Oregon Coast Invitational, at
Astoria Golf & Country Club, all day
GOLF
Oregon Coast Invitational
Monday’s results
Grand Champions
Championship flight: Adam Har-
rington def. Ted Ferguson; Joel Mayer def.
A.J. Shepard; Joe Torkelson def. Patrick
Cooney; Mark Cooney def. Rabel Rob-
erts; John DeLong def. Chris Shepard;
Christiaan Thorne def. Louis Wantland;
Jamie Sumner def. Travis Paul; Randy
Tucker def. Jack Marrs; Avery Keating def.
Nick Ralston; Jeff Canessa def. Patrick
Whealdon; Taylor Swingle def. Nik Torkel-
son; Jay Ross def. Brad Carnese; Mike
Swingle def. Franklin Gauntz; Eric Larson
def. Anthony Arvidson; Harrison Moir def.
Preston Van Hook; Kevin Gilliam def. Da-
vid Berlant.
Second flight: Robert Henson II def.
Damon Grant; Matthew Tennant def. J.P.
Nantz; Joe Soller def. Kevin Kidd, Jr.;
Patrick Goodman def. Chris Galioni; Billy
Ryan II def. John Cooney; Nick Krautter
def. Ian Kelly; Alex Hamilton def. William
Bennington; Jason Palmberg def. Jeremy
Wood; Connor Jetton def. Nate McBride;
Jim Senescu def. William Butkey; J.J.
Johnson def. R.J. Tennant; Stu Gerrish
def. Jeff Jetton; Jeff Borlaug def. Nicolas
Mulflur; Mike T. Whitty def. Dan Magner;
Patrick Wood def. Peter Griggs; Scott Vin-
son def. Michael Wood.
Fourth flight: Jacob Wobbrock, bye;
James Stinnett def. Brad Burzynski; Ryan
Person def. Matt Bray; Doug Trainer def.
Andrew Laing; John Ryan, bye; Teddy
Ferguson def. Alex Robinson; Jerry Gil-
bert, bye; Arlyn Maldonado def. Christian
Austen; Eric Lane, bye; Ronald Stevens
def. Ennis Ferguson; Jared Payne def.
Dennis Murphy, Jr.; Christian Stoll def. Pat
Kelly; Conor Kelly, bye; Jesse Wood def.
Drew Hedges; Jimmy Sharp, bye; Erik
Knutsen def. Mark Zollner.
Junior/Seniors
Championship flight: Bill Winter def.
Don Ossey; Doug Edwards def. Greg
Korkowski; Brad Nantz def. Ric Huewe;
Kevin Pasion def. Wes LaRiviere; Rob-
ert Johnson def. Allan LaPlante; Mike
Ralston def. Jim Parks; Peter Jennings
def. Doug Palin; Kurt Payne def. John
Holtmann.
Second flight: Beau Harlan, bye; Tal
Gohl def. Steve Roos; Mark Tyler def. Rick
Wessell; DeWayne Ledbetter def. Steve
Fordney; Don Frank, bye; Jeffrey Renner
def. Mark Murphy; Peter Howe def. Larry
Allen; Scott Hoodenpyle def. David Ellis.
Fourth flight: Carl Mark, bye; John
Mangan def. Joe Dandoy; Kevin McHone
def. Tony Magden; John Bunce def. Bob
Moir; Jim Fromer, bye; Len Tumbarello
def. Patrick Herbst; Jon Sherman def.
Dave Sloan; Sean Smiley def. Tim Regan.
Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Kaleb Miller had a bunt for a base hit, and played a big role in the Lower Columbia Baseball Club’s 12-0 win Monday over
Kirkland, Wash.
Led by locals, Lower Columbia
qualifies for state tournament
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I
SSAQUAH, Wash. — It took exactly two
pitches for Astoria’s Trey Hageman to col-
lect his first base hit and RBI of the day
Monday, in the Lower Columbia Baseball
Club’s playoff game vs. Kirkland.
Hageman’s team, Hilander Dental of
Longview, Washington, was facing Prep
Sportswear of Kirkland in a AAA Legion
baseball game, with the winner advancing
to the Washington state tournament later this
week.
That team will be Hilander Dental, which
had 14 hits in five innings, and scored a 12-0
win over Kirkland. The game was played at
Issaquah High School.
Clatsop County athletes were on full dis-
play for Hilander Dental, the sponsor for the
Lower Columbia club.
Combined, the players from the North
Coast (plus Naselle) had five hits and scored
six runs, all in just five innings of action.
In addition to the offensive explosion,
Hilander pitcher Zach Brown (Wahkiakum
High School) pitched a perfect game, throw-
ing just 60 pitches and retiring all 15 batters
he faced, with eight strikeouts.
Hilander took an early 1-0 lead, when
Luke Brown drew a leadoff walk, then scored
when Hageman doubled to right field.
Two batters later, the Clatsop Connection
struck again, when Knappa’s Kaleb Miller
singled to left field, scoring Hageman.
Miller later scored on a double by Ben Ber-
gonzine for a 3-0 advantage.
Hilander picked up where it left off in the
third inning, as Brycen Guttormson was hit by
a pitch, and scored on two errors and a passed
ball.
Miller continued the Clatsop hit parade
with a bunt single to lead off the third inning.
He stole second and scored on another double
by Bergonzine.
The next batter, Knappa’s Dale Takalo,
singled to left field for his only hit of the day.
Later in the inning, Guttormson doubled
to center field, scoring Bergonzine and pinch
runner Ethan Lindstrom (from Naselle).
Hilander scored six times in the inning, as
Zach Brown tripled to score two runs, includ-
ing Hageman, for a 10-0 lead.
Lindstrom remained in the game and had
a single in the fourth inning, and scored on a
single by Tyler Reece.
With Miller starting in the outfield, Hilan-
der’s starting infield included Dale Takalo at
first base, Hageman at shortstop and Seaside’s
Payton Westerholm (playing his fourth game
in four days) at third base. Knappa’s Ryker
Coffey made an appearance as a pinch runner.
The AAA Legion state tournament takes
place July 28-Aug. 1 in Centralia, Washington.
TOUR DE FRANCE
Alaphilippe wins protest-hit stage
Thomas keeps lead
By TIM REYNOLDS
Associated Press
By ANDREW DAMPF
Associated Press
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON,
France — Julian Alaphilippe took
advantage of his downhill skills to
win the wild 16th stage of the Tour de
France on Tuesday, which was briefly
interrupted when police used tear gas
to disperse a farmers’ protest that had
blocked the road with bales of hay.
The overall standings were
unchanged with Geraint Thomas
in the yellow jersey, second-placed
Chris Froome and third-placed Tom
Dumoulin each crossing 8 minutes, 52
seconds behind.
Thomas remained 1 minute, 39
seconds ahead of four-time champion
Froome, with Dumoulin 1:50 back.
Alaphillipe took the lead when
Adam Yates crashed on a technical
descent in the finale.
“I knew the finale was tricky,”
Alaphilippe said. “I was sad for
(Yates) but it could have happened to
me, too, because I took a lot of risks. ...
I went all out for 220 kilometers today,
I’m exhausted.”
Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert
crashed earlier in the stage while in the
lead when descending from the Col de
Portet-d’Aspet, hitting a wall and flip-
ping off his bike but avoiding major
injury. It was the same descent where
Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died in
the 1995 Tour.
Gilbert, the 2012 world cham-
pion and a Quick-Step teammate of
Alaphilippe, appeared to avoid major
injuries and was treated for some
scrapes on his left arm after getting
back on his bike.
A Frenchman, Alaphilippe also
won the 10th stage and is wearing the
polka-dot jersey of the mountains clas-
sification leader.
The farmers’ protest occurred 30
kilometers into the 135.5-mile leg from
Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Thomas, Froome, world cham-
pion Peter Sagan and other riders were
treated with eye drops due to the tear
gas amid a 15-minute delay.
The small group of farmers from
the Ariege department were protesting
the reduction of European Union fund-
Lochte’s future?
Even he isn’t sure
what’s next
AP Photos/Peter Dejong
France’s Julian Alaphilippe celebrates on the podium Tuesday after
the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race.
Riders with Britain’s Geraint Thomas, wearing the overall leader’s yel-
low jersey, wait on the road after a farmer’s protest interrupted the
sixteenth stage of the Tour de France.
ing, French media reported.
“We are not going to lock the riders
in a stadium or a tennis court,” Tour
director Christian Prudhomme said.
“People should not block the road, no
matter what causes they are fighting
for.”
Yates led Alaphilippe by 20 sec-
onds at the top of the Col du Portillon
climb 10 kilometers from the finish but
lost control with 6K to go, falling to
the pavement on a left turn and sliding
across the road.
Alaphilippe, who was already gain-
ing ground on Yates, quickly passed
the British rider and had time to cel-
ebrate before the finish, smiling at
the crowd and shaking his head in
disbelief.
Spanish rider Gorka Izaguirre fin-
ished second, 15 seconds behind, and
Yates crossed third with the same time.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
— Ryan Lochte doesn’t know
when he’ll be in another race.
And that worries him.
What’s next for Lochte is a
mystery, even to himself. The U.S.
Anti-Doping Agency’s decision
to suspend the 12-time Olympic
swimming medalist because he
broke a rule by getting an intra-
venous infusion of vitamins will
keep him from competing in any
major meet through July 2019.
So essentially, the only oppo-
nent he’ll be facing other than
training partners as he preps for
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is rust.
“I’m worried about that 100
percent,” Lochte said Monday,
shortly after USADA announced
his ban. “I know I’ll be able to
swim in 2020, but in swimming,
you have to compete. You have to
race. It doesn’t matter how well
you train. That doesn’t matter. It’s
how you compete when you get
on those starting blocks. And the
less chance I have of getting on
those blocks, the worse it’s going
to be for me.”
The suspension was handed
down by anti-doping officials,
who made clear that Lochte was
not taking any banned substance.
His mistake was getting an IV that
exceeded the legal level of 100
milliliters — something he and
his wife did together at a Gaines-
ville, Florida, clinic on May 24 in
an effort to bolster their immune
systems after their infant son got
sick.
Lochte posted a photo of the
scene on his Instagram account,
and USADA opened an investiga-
tion after seeing that image.
Lochte cooperated with the
USADA probe, but apparently
was shown no leniency. His pen-
alty: A 14-month sanction, going
back to the date of the photo. It
will cost him the chance to swim
at this week’s U.S. national cham-
pionships, the Pan Pacific Cham-
pionships later this year, and next
year’s world championships.