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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com M’s get just enough offense again, beat Giants Associated Press SEATTLE — With the Seat- tle Mariners struggling to find offense, Jean Segura wasn’t going to sit through a long at-bat look- ing for a perfect pitch. In this sit- uation, the first one was good enough. Segura chopped the first pitch from Sam Dyson into center field to score Guillermo Heredia with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Mariners won yet another one-run game by beating the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Wednesday. Seattle came up with just enough offense to split the two- game interleague series, and it was one of the Mariners’ All- Stars who came through. Here- dia walked leading off the eighth inning against Tony Watson (3-4) and advanced to second on Dee Gordon’s bunt. Gordon was ini- tially called safe but was out on a video review. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Golf — Oregon Coast Invitational, at Astoria Golf & Country Club, all day. GOLF Oregon Coast Invitational Wednesday’s results Grand Champions Championship flight: Adam Har- rington def. Joel Mayer; Joe Torkelson def. Mark Cooney; John DeLong def. Christiaan Thorne; Jamie Sumner def. Randy Tucker; Avery Keating def. Jeff Canessa; Jay Ross def. Taylor Swingle; Mike Swingle def. Eric Larson; Harrison Moir def. Kevin Gilliam. First flight: A.J. Shepard def. Ted Fer- guson; Patrick Cooney def. Rabel Rob- erts; Chris Shepard def. Louis Want- land; Travis Paul def. Jack Marrs; Patrick Whealdon def. Nick Ralston; Brad Car- nese def. Nik Torkelson; Anthony Arvid- son def. Franklin Gauntz; David Berlant def. Preston Van Hook. Second flight: Matthew Tennant def. Robert Henson II; Joe Soller def. Patrick Goodman; Billy Ryan II def. Nick Kraut- ter; Jason Palmberg def. Alex Hamilton; Connor Jetton def. Jim Senescu; Stu Gerrish def. J.J. Johnson; Mike T. Whitty def. Jeff Borlaug; Patrick Wood def. Scott Vinson. Third flight: Damon Grant def. J.P. Nantz; Chris Galloni def. Kevin Kidd, Jr.; Ian Kelly def. John Cooney; Jeremy Wood def. William Bennington; Nate McBride def. William Butkey; Jeff Jetton def. R.J. Tennant; Nicolas Mulflur def. Dan Magner; Peter Griggs def. Michael Wood. Fourth flight: Jacob Wobbrock def. James Stinnett; Ryan Person def. Doug Trainer; Teddy Ferguson def. John Ryan; Arlyn Maldonado def. Jerry Gilbert; Eric Lane def. Ronald Stevens; Jared Payne def. Christian Stoll; Conor Kelly def. Jesse Wood; Erik Knutsen def. Jimmy Sharp. Fifth flight: Brad Burzynski, bye; An- drew Laing def. Matt Bray; Alex Robin- son, bye; Christian Austen, bye; Ennis Ferguson, bye; Dennis Murphy, Jr. def. Pat Kelly; Drew Hedges, bye; Mark Zoll- ner, bye. Junior/Seniors Championship flight: Bill Winter def. Doug Edwards; Brad Nantz def. Kevin Pasion; Mike Ralston def. Robert John- son; Peter Jennings def. Kurt Payne. First flight: Greg Korkowski def. Don Ossey; Ric Huewe def. Wes LaRiviere; Jim Parks def. Allan Laplante; Doug Pal- in def. John Holtmann. Second flight: Beau Harlan def. Tal Gohl; Mark Tyler def. DeWayne Ledbet- ter; Jeffrey Renner def. Don Frank; Peter Howe def. Scott Hoodenpyle. Third flight: Steve Roos, bye; Steve Fordney def. Rick Wessell; Mark Mur- phy, bye; David Ellis def. Larry Allen. Fourth flight: Carl Mark def. John Mangan; John Bunce def. Kevin McHone; Jim Fromer def. Len Tumbarel- lo; Jon Sherman def. Sean Smiley. Fifth flight: Joe Dandoy, bye; Bob Moir def. Tony Magden; Patrick Herbst, bye; Tim Regan def. Dave Sloan. Super Seniors Fourth flight: Craig Honeyman vs. Craig Johnson (no result); Jeff Wohler def. Thomas Carter; Larry Veltman def. Dale Lumpkin; Vic Horgan def. Michael Millette. Fifth flight: William Drevescraft def. John Young; Al Onkka def. Jack Nantz; Wayne Spencer def. John Holmes; Pat- rick Oser def. Russell Betts. Sixth flight: Tom Hageman def. Jerry Briggs; Jim Hauck def. Michael Whitty, Sr.; Jim Franklin def. Tom Stearns; Ron Marenda def. Jon Woodson. Seventh flight: Tony Pasion def. Joe Uzelac; Ron Martell def. Roger Schultz; Robert Mesher def. Miles Sweeney; Mi- chael Clark def. Stan Rotenberg. Eighth flight: Dan Van Dusen def. Marty Sells; Larry Grant def. Mike Fur- rer; John Harlow def. Ron Leland; Chuck Carnese def. Chris Robinson. Ninth flight: John McLoughlin def. John Tennant, Jr.; Rick Williams def. Peter Goforth; Chuck Martin def. Herb Sundby; Albert Carder def. Terry Graff. Paul Isom Paul Isom has coached players of all ages in Knappa. He is shown here working with sixth-graders. Isom takes over as Knappa coach By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian I t’s been a summer of transition for the Knappa boys basketball program, which recently finished up its offseason under a new head coach. Chris Spencer has left for the head coach- ing job at Sedro-Woolley High School in Washington state, and the Loggers have cho- sen to keep it “all in the family” with their new hire. Paul Isom, a class of 2007 graduate of Knappa High School, was officially named as the new coach June 6. Kirk Miller will replace Spencer as Knappa’s athletic director. For those keeping score, Isom will be Knappa’s fourth boys basketball coach in the last 11 years, and the second Isom. Paul Isom played for Craig Cokley, who left after the 2008-09 season, then handed the job off to Will Isom, Paul’s older brother and Knappa coach from 2009-10 to 2012-13. Spencer took over in 2013-14. Paul Isom has coached with all three of his predecessors. “Right after high school, I was an assistant coach for Craig for a year, and I also coached the sixth grade team that year,” he said. “I didn’t realize it until I thought about it, but I was a varsity assistant for three of the last four coaches, for Craig, Will and Chris.” So the coaching experience is there, and so is the familiarity with Knappa’s current group of players. “It’s been good,” Isom said of the transi- tion. “I coached with Chris last year. I sat down with him before he left, and we’ve already got the schedule figured out for next regular sea- son. Knowing the kids is big, too. “I’m excited for it,” he said of the new Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Knappa’s Paul Isom in his playing days, left, looking to put a move on Warren- ton’s Michael Davis. opportunity. “It was kind of strange working for all three of those guys, because they are all pretty different. But it was a good experience to get all three perspectives.” Isom said his coaching style will be most familiar with the last two. “I like Craig (Cokley, now coaching at class 6A Wilson), but I’m not as fiery as Craig,” Isom said. “I’m in between Chris and Will. Obviously I’m close to Will because he’s my older brother. Personality-wise we’re pretty similar. “And I learned a lot from Chris. He was really good in the X’s and O’s.” Isom was able to coach the summer sea- Top seeds still winning in Coast Invitational The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The field has been narrowed to eight in the champi- onship flight of the grand champions division, following Sweet 16 action Wednesday in the Oregon Coast Invi- tational at the Astoria Golf & Country Club. And the top seeds — they’re still winning. The grand champions’ medalist in qualifying, Adam Harrington, moved one step closer to an appearance in the finals, one year after losing to Riley Elmes in the second round of the championship flight. Harrington topped Joel Mayer in Wednesday’s round, and will face Joe Torkelson in a Thursday quarterfi- nal. John DeLong and Jay Ross also advanced with victories, along with No. 2 seed Avery Keating, who is matched with Ross. In other action Wednesday in the 108th invitational, the final four of the junior/seniors division is set, with medalist Bill Winter of Colum- bia Edgewater still in contention, fol- lowing his match play win over Doug Edwards. Winter will face Brad Nantz in one semifinal Friday, with Mike Ralston and Peter Jennings in the other half. The championship flight quarterfi- nals in the women’s division is on tap for Thursday, with the first foursome in the final eight set to tee off at 1:50 p.m. More highlight matches Thursday will include the final eight in the tour- nament’s new division, the women’s seniors. Among the quarterfinalists in the championship flight of the seniors group are Astoria club members Leslie Bickmore, Dotty Johnson and Betsy Furrer, along with Gearhart’s Marie Gann. son for the Loggers, who played a shortened schedule. “It was a little abbreviated, because I came in kind of late,” Isom said. “A bunch of our guys played summer baseball, so we were just trying to find days that we could actually find a team to play.” Knappa played in four summer tourna- ments, and a few standalone games with Asto- ria and Ilwaco. The Loggers lost some talented seniors to graduation, but the expectations will be high, as always. “It will be interesting,” Isom said. “We have quite a bit of talent coming back, but when you lose Colton Weirup and Dale Takalo — who are two of the top 20 scorers in Knappa history — there’s going to be some changeover, and some guys will have to step up. But I think we have those guys. We have some players who will just have to learn some new roles.” Isom’s coaching staff will include Jed Miethe (junior varsity coach and varsity assis- tant) and Tim Miller. Isom also considers his older brother to be a resource. “We talk all the time, and his being a coach at Knappa, he knows some of the intricacies of the job,” Paul said of Will. “And Chris is a good friend, and I still have his number. Between those two, it’s nice to have a couple guys I can fall back on.” And speaking of family, Paul and wife Amanda (the Knappa track coach) welcomed a new addition to their family just last week, when Amanda gave birth to a baby girl. “She’s been keeping us on our toes,” said Paul, who also finished his last term at Ore- gon State in the spring, and will start a masters program in a few weeks as he works towards obtaining his teaching license. M’s acknowledge harassment allegations against executive Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mari- ners say they have “made amends” with former female employees who made allegations of harassment against team president and CEO Kevin Mather. The club issued statements from majority owner John Stanton and Mather on Wednesday. Stanton said two female employees complained more than 10 years ago of inap- propriate language and treatment by executives. Stanton said an out- side expert conducted an investiga- tion and “we imposed appropriate discipline, management and sensi- tivity training, and other corrective actions.” The statements were in response to a story published by The Seattle Times detailing some of the allega- tions against Mather and two other former executives. The newspaper reported the club had made settlement payments of about $500,000 to two former female executive assistants, includ- ing one who worked for Mather and another who worked for then-Exec- utive Vice President Bob Aylward. The newspaper also reported that there was another settlement with a third woman, who said she felt pres- sured to kiss then-team President Chuck Armstrong. Aylward and Armstrong declined to comment. Both had already retired from their formal roles. The Mariners didn’t deny but also didn’t specifically address the settlements in question. Instead, the organization’s lawyer, Fred Rivera, issued a written statement noting broadly that the team on rare occa- sions has “made financial compen- sation to employees and exacted financial compensation from employees to remedy” violations.
