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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018
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Seahawks
release former
second-round
pick McDowell
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Another
safety holdout
overshadows start
of Seahawks camp
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — The Seat-
tle Seahawks released defensive
lineman Malik McDowell at the
start of training camp Thursday.
The 2017 second-round pick
never played a down for the team
following an ATV accident.
RENTON, Wash. — For the
second time in four seasons, the
Seattle Seahawks have started
training camp with a star safety
absent because of his contract
situation.
This one may not end as ami-
cably as the last time.
In an offseason already filled
with big name departures, the
Seahawks opened camp Thursday
without safety Earl Thomas, who
is trying to force the hand of the
only franchise he’s played for in
his attempt to get a new contract.
Thomas’ current deal runs
through the end of the upcoming
season. He announced his inten-
tions in June to skip any team
activities until Seattle addressed
his long-term security and he held
true to that statement by skipping
the mandatory minicamp and not
showing up for the Seahawks’ first
practice.
Cornerback DeAndre Elliott
were also released ahead of Seat-
tle’s first practice.
McDowell was released with
a non-football injury designation,
while Elliott failed his physical.
Seattle had high hopes for
McDowell when he was taken
as the Seahawks’ first draft pick
in 2017. He never saw the field,
though, after suffering a severe
concussion in an ATV accident
prior to the start of training camp
a year ago. The team remained
vague about his specific inju-
ries throughout last season, but it
became clear he might never suit
up.
The Seahawks also placed
safety Kam Chancellor on the
reserve/physically unable to per-
form list. The procedural move
was expected after Chancellor
announced he was unlikely to
play again due to a neck injury but
didn’t officially retire due to his
contract.
Lara Mack Tennant, defending women’s champion, tees off over the water on the ninth hole.
SCOREBOARD
W
LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Golf: Oregon Coast Invitational, at As-
toria Golf & Country Club, all day.
GOLF
Oregon Coast Invitational
Thursday’s results
Women’s
Championship flight: Gigi Stoll def.
Molly Edmunds; Alex McMenamin def.
Cappy Mack; Lara Tennant def. Amanda
Jacobs; Gretchen Johnson def. Brooke
Hamilton.
First flight: Ali Battaglia def. Robin
Wood; Linette Weislogel def. Joey Ring-
wald; Kat Magner def. Marcella Betts;
Katie Sturgell def. Dawn McIntosh.
Women’s Seniors
Championship flight: Terry Mattson
def. Wanda Osgood; Leslie Bickmore
def. Marie Gann; Dotty Johnson def.
Kristin Finnegan; Vicki Okazaki def. Bet-
sy Furrer.
First flight: Mary Jacobs def. Leanne
Dehn; Mary Swingle def. Kathy Hub-
bard; Jody Orrell def. Beth Clark; Debbi
Adams def. Susan Bartholomew.
Second flight: Karen Hoffman def.
Barb Sloan; Luanne Fordney def. LaVo-
na Goforth; Jan Whitty def. Mary Stein;
Zeta Rennie def. Kathleen Casey.
Third flight: Mary Wohler, bye; Kandi
Walters def. Debby Gerrish; Kim Kress
def. Kathleen Cooney; Ann Johnson def.
Deborah Lacey-Baker.
Seniors
Championship flight: Robert Tennant
def. Scott Melrose; Rob Turk def. Tom
Mulflur; Patrick Regan def. Bruce Hart;
Doug Wiese def. Bob Knutsen.
First flight: Mike Ivory def. John Mc-
Gowan; George Osgood def. Wayne
McDonnell; Mark Dunbar def. John May-
er; Bill Hurst def. Bryn Torkelson.
Second flight: Mark Gutzler def. Greg
Hope; Rick Campbell def. Harold Buell;
Bill Bristol def. Skip Nau; Bret Stevens
def. Paul Robben.
Third flight: Jim Whittemore def. Rob-
ert Smith; Dan Whealdon def. Chris
Peterson; Walter Yeaw def. Rick Nelson;
Fred Hamel def. Andy Gauntz.
Fourth flight: John Shepherd def.
Brent Seppa; George Vance def. John
Lamont; Mark Branlund def. John
Holmes; John Holt def. Larry Perkins.
Fifth flight: Randy Zmrhal def. Ev-
ans Van Buren; Bart Bartholomew def.
Michael McNamara; Jesse French def.
Richard Yugler; Mike O’Brien def. Steve
Hart.
Sixth flight: Bill Stevens def. Robert
Sznewajs; Alex Reverman def. John
Lansing; Rick Fordney def. Jack Kron;
Ed Kropp def. Royal Latham.
Seventh flight: Jim Carder, bye;
Chester Trabucco, bye; Steve Scruggs,
bye; Jerry McCoy, bye.
Super Seniors
Championship flight: George Mack,
Sr. def. Michael Healy; Gaylord Da-
vis def. John Lewis; Bill Scharwatt def.
Gordon Harris; Jack Cartwright def. Jeff
Leinassar.
First flight: Marshall Gleason def.
Lang Bates; Jeffrey Dehn def. David Vis-
tica; Mike Kuratli def. Larry Wobbrock;
Roger Stalick def. Jon Palmberg.
Second flight: Lou Libby def. Jarrett
Jones; Tom Isenhour def. Ray Grubbs;
Jerry Romano def. Hugh Stelson; Sam
Kress def. Phillip Patton.
Third flight: Mike Capri def. Clifford
Fick; Stanley Gott def. Kevin Kelly; An-
thony Rennie def. Scott Peterson; Steve
Ariens def. John Dunkin.
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Collegiate golfers taking
over the Coast Invitational
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ARRENTON — It was
“college all-star day” in
the women’s division of
the Oregon Coast Invitational.
The 108th annual tournament
entered Day 4 of match play at
the Astoria Golf & Country Club,
as the women golfers took to the
course Thursday, along with men’s
seniors and super seniors.
And the championship flight of
the women’s division has perhaps
the most talent that it’s ever had.
Thursday’s action included col-
legiate experience in nearly every
match.
On the course were current
Gigi Stoll of the University of Ari-
zona and Alexandria McMenamin,
a sophomore-to-be at George Fox
University.
They were joined by Amanda
Jacobs, a former University of
Idaho Vandal, and ex-Oregon
Ducks Brooke Hamilton and
Cappy Mack. Former Arizona
Wildcat Lara Mack Tennant was a
quarterfinalist, along with ex-Port-
land Pilot Molly Edmunds.
Stoll and McMenamin both
scored victories in the champi-
onship flight quarterfinals, while
Tennant topped Jacobs.
Gretchen Johnson was 4-up
after nine holes and went on to
defeat Hamilton, setting up a
rematch of last year’s champion-
ship final with Tennant.
Stoll will face McMenamin in
Friday’s other semifinal. The Ari-
zona senior has been turning heads
all week with her solid play.
In Thursday’s match, Stoll was
7-up after nine holes on her way to
the win over Edmunds.
“I’m playing well,” Stoll said
Bob Knutsen reacts to a narrow miss on the third hole in Thurs-
day’s round.
Brooke Hamilton, right, and
her caddy measure a putt in
Thursday’s match.
at the turn of Wednesday’s match.
“I had five birdies on the front
nine, so I’m feeling good.
“I just hit it over the green in
two on No. 9 (a 424-yard par 5
hole), and chipped to about an inch
of the hole. That was probably one
of my best holes so far. There’s
some good competition coming
tomorrow and the next day.”
In the championship flight of
the seniors division, Robert Ten-
nant posted a win over Astoria’s
Scott Melrose. Rob Turk and Pat-
rick Regan also carded victories,
and Doug Wiese topped longtime
golfing friend Bob Knutsen.
More familiar tournament
names came up winners in the
super seniors division, as George
Mack Sr., Gaylord Davis, Bill
Scharwatt and Jack Cartwright all
advanced to the semifinals.
The semifinals are also set in
the championship flight of the
women’s seniors division. Terry
Mattson will face Astoria Golf’s
Leslie Bickmore, and Dotty John-
son of Astoria will play Vicki
Okazaki.
USOC dismisses
Solo’s complaint
about US Soccer
COLORADO
SPRINGS,
Colo. — The U.S. Olympic Com-
mittee has dismissed a complaint
by former U.S. women’s national
team goalkeeper Hope Solo that
accused the U.S. Soccer Feder-
ation of illegally favoring Major
League Soccer.
Solo filed the complaint in
January when she was among
the candidates running for USSF
president, a race she lost the fol-
lowing month to Carlos Cordeiro.
In a ruling signed Tuesday and
released Thursday, a panel of three
arbitrators ruled Solo had failed
to pursue and exhaust her claims
within the USSF grievance pro-
cess, a necessary step under the
Ted Stevens Olympic and Ama-
teur Sports Act. That grievance
process would have had the case
heard by a member of the Amer-
ican Arbitration Association or of
the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Franklin
misses out at
US Nationals
IRVINE, Calif. — Missy
Franklin missed out at the U.S.
national championships, failing to
qualify for the two biggest meets
leading up to the 2020 Olympics.
Franklin didn’t make the final
in either of her events and as a
result will miss next month’s
Pan Pacific championships
in Tokyo and the 2019 world
championships.
She led through the first three
laps in the C final of the 200-
meter freestyle on Thursday night
before fading to third and touch-
ing in 1 minute, 59.15 seconds.
“I’ve trained really, really hard
the past seven months, and was
definitely hoping it would show
up a little bit more,” Franklin
said.
— Associated Press
Mariners hoping slumping offense can rediscover punch
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — When the Seat-
tle Mariners surged in June and sud-
denly became a legitimate playoff
contender in the American League,
it was largely on the strength of an
offense that was scoring plenty of
runs with jolts of power at the plate.
Just as quickly, that offense has
disappeared and become a major con-
cern for a team that has seen its lead
for the second AL wild card shrink to
only a couple of games.
“The offense has kind of cooled
down. That’s baseball. It’s going
to happen once in a while,” short-
stop Jean Segura said. “Everybody
is dragging, even myself. Every time
we go out there we’re trying to do the
best that we can ... and sometimes it’s
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners’ Jean Segura
watches his tie-breaking RBI sin-
gle during the eighth inning of
Wednesday’s game against the
San Francisco Giants in Seattle.
going to be one of those games where
you’re dragging and it’s going to be a
(lot of) close games down the stretch.
One of those teams is going to sepa-
rate to make it to the playoffs because
those kinds of games you’re going to
need to advance to the playoffs.”
Whether the Mariners can redis-
cover their offensive punch is a major
concern with the non-waiver trade
deadline approaching and Oakland
suddenly nipping at Seattle’s heels in
the wild-card race.
Seattle’s June surge saw the Mar-
iners go 19-9 while averaging 4.5
runs per game, hitting 40 home runs
and batting .261 with an on-base plus
slugging percentage of .754.
Everything changed in July. In 18
games this month, the Mariners are
averaging 3.2 runs per game, their
batting average has dropped to .232
and the OPS to .651. In 11 of the past
14 games, the Mariners have scored
three runs or less, putting even more
pressure on a pitching staff that so far
has thrived in high-pressure situa-
tions this season.
“You can tear down the stats any
way you want to tear it down. It’s
baseball. You go a little bit streaky
here and there. That’s where we’re
at. We weren’t going to play at the
pace that we were playing as far as
the wins and losses go. It’s just the
way the game is set up to be,” man-
ager Scott Servais said.
“I think every team out there has
areas of the whole team they need to
improve and get better at. Offense
for us has been a little bit of a strug-
gle putting up big numbers, to go out
there consistently and put up five, six
runs every game. When we do that
we win. Most teams do because our
pitching is pretty good. It just hasn’t
been easy for us here the last 20
games.”