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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
SCOREBOARD
GOLF
Oregon Coast Invitational
Final round
Grand Champions
Championship flight: Harrison
Moir def. Adam Harrington, 37th
hole. Semifinals: Harrington def.
Jamie Sumner; Moir def. Avery
Keating.
First flight: Anthony Arvidson
def. Chris Shepard. Semifinals:
Chris Shepard def. A.J. Shepard;
Arvidson def. Patrick Whealdon.
Second flight: Joe Soller def.
Connor Jetton. Semifinals: Soller
def. Jason Palmberg; Jetton def.
Patrick Wood.
Third flight: Jeff Jetton def. Chris
Galloni. Semifinals: Galloni def.
Ian Kelly; Jetton def. Peter Griggs.
Fourth flight: Jacob Wobbrock
def. Conor Kelly. Semifinals: Wob-
brock def. Teddy Ferguson; Kelly
def. Eric Lane.
Fifth flight: Alex Robinson def.
Ennis Ferguson. Semifinals: Rob-
inson def. Brad Burzynski; Fergu-
son def. Drew Hedges.
Women’s
Championship flight: Lara Ten-
nant def. Alex McMenamin, 7&5.
Semifinals: McMenamin def. Gigi
Stoll; Tennant def. Gretchen John-
son.
First flight: Ali Battaglia def. Kat
Magner. Semifinals: Battaglia def.
Linette Weislogel; Magner def. Ka-
tie Sturgell.
Junior/Seniors
Championship flight: Bill Win-
ter def. Peter Jennings. Semifi-
nals: Winter def. Brad Nantz; Jen-
nings def. Mike Ralston.
First flight: Jim Parks def. Greg
Korkowski. Semifinals: Korkowski
def. Ric Huewe; Parks def. Doug
Palin.
Second flight: Beau Harlan def.
Peter Howe. Semifinals: Harlan
def. Mark Tyler; Howe def. Jeffrey
Renner.
Third flight: David Ellis def. Steve
Fordney. Semifinals: Fordney def.
Steve Roos; Ellis def. Mark Murphy.
Fourth flight: Jim Fromer def.
Carl Mark. Semifinals: Mark def.
John Bunce; Fromer def. Jon
Sherman.
Fifth flight: Joe Dandoy def.
Tim Regan. Semifinals: Dandoy
def. Bob Moir; Regan def. Patrick
Herbst.
Seniors
Championship flight: Patrick
Regan def. Robert Tennant. Semi-
finals: Tennant def. Rob Turk; Re-
gan def. Doug Wiese.
First flight: Mark Dunbar def.
George Osgood. Semifinals: Os-
good def. Mike Ivory; Dunbar def.
Bill Hurst.
Second flight: Mark Gutzler def.
Bret Stevens. Semifinals: Gutzler
def. Rick Campbell; Stevens def.
Bill Bristol.
Third flight: Fred Hamel def. Jim
Whittemore. Semifinals: Whitte-
more def. Dan Whealdon; Hamel
def. Walter Yeaw.
Fourth flight: George Vance def.
Mark Branlund. Semifinals: Vance
def. John Shepherd; Branlund def.
John Holt.
Fifth flight: Mike O’Brien def.
Bart Bartholomew. Semifinals:
Bartholomew def. Randy Zmrhal;
O’Brien def. Jesse French.
Sixth flight: Alex Reverman def.
Rick Fordney. Semifinals: Rever-
man def. Bill Stevens; Fordney def.
Ed Kropp.
Seventh flight: Steve Scruggs
def. Jim Carder. Semifinals: Card-
er def. Chester Trabucco; Scruggs
def. Jerry McCoy.
Super Seniors
Championship flight: Jack
Cartwright def. Gaylord Davis.
Semifinals: Davis def. George
Mack, Sr.; Cartwright def. Bill
Scharwatt.
First flight: Roger Stalick def.
Jeffrey Dehn. Semifinals: Dehn
def. Marshall Gleason; Stalick def.
Mike Kuratli.
Second flight: Jerry Romano
def. Tom Isenhour. Semifinals:
Isenhour def. Lou Libby; Romano
def. Sam Kress.
Third flight: Stanley Gott def.
Steve Ariens. Semifinals: Gott def.
Mike Capri; Ariens def. Anthony
Rennie.
Fourth flight: Larry Veltman def.
Craig Honeyman. Semifinals:
Honeyman def. Jeff Wohler; Velt-
man def. Vic Horgan.
Fifth flight: Wayne Spencer def.
Al Onkka. Semifinals: Onkka def.
William Drevescraft; Spencer def.
Patrick Oser.
Sixth flight: Jon Woodson def.
Jim Hauck. Semifinals: Hauck def.
Tom Hageman; Woodson def. Jim
Franklin.
Seventh flight: Michael Clark
def. Ron Martell. Semifinals: Mar-
tell def. Tony Pasion; Clark def.
Robert Mesher.
Eighth flight: Dan Van Dusen
def. Chuck Carnese. Semifinals:
Van Dusen def. Larry Grant; Car-
nese def. John Harlow.
Ninth flight: Chuck Martin def.
John McLoughlin. Semifinals: Mc-
Loughlin def. Rick Williams; Martin
def. Albert Carder.
Women’s Seniors
Championship flight: Dotty
Johnson def. Terry Mattson. Semi-
finals: Mattson def. Leslie Bick-
more; Johnson def. Vicki Okazaki
First flight: Mary Swingle def.
Debbi Adams. Semifinals: Swin-
gle def. Mary Jacobs; Adams def.
Jody Orrell.
Second flight: Zeta Rennie def.
Karen Hoffman. Semifinals: Hoff-
man def. Luanne Fordney; Rennie
def. Jan Whitty.
Third flight: Kim Kress def.
Mary Wohler. Semifinals: Wohler
def. Kandi Walters; Kress def. Ann
Johnson.
Brown expects
new deal with
Seahawks to be
last of career
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
With all eyes following the action, Harrison Moir tees off on the sudden death playoff hole in Saturday’s round.
Moir scores ‘grand’ victory;
Tennant wins 11th invite title
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
W
ARRENTON — No
matter what sport
you’re talking about,
never underestimate the expe-
rience factor. And home field
advantage is pretty nice, too.
Two golfers with loads of
experience and a couple more
with that home course edge
took advantage of their good
fortune Saturday, on the final
day of match play in the Ore-
gon Coast Invitational.
The 108th annual tourna-
ment concluded with finals in
all divisions. Spectators at the
Astoria Golf & Country Club
were treated to several thrilling
matches that went down to the
last hole, and one that went to a
sudden death playoff hole.
The championship flight
of the men’s grand champions
division came down to Adam
Harrington vs. Harrison Moir.
Over 36 holes, the two were
never separated by more than
two strokes all day. Harrington
was 1-up after 35 holes, before
Moir tied the match on the
36th.
For the third time of the
day, the two golfers headed to
the No. 1 fairway, to play the
37th hole of the match.
Moir’s second shot landed
on the green and rolled within
inches of the cup. He finished
the match with a three-foot putt
that clinched the victory.
A 2012 graduate of Lake
Oswego High School, Moir is
the first member of Waverley
Country Club to win the grand
champions division since
David Jacobsen in 2002.
Experience was definitely
a deciding factor in the wom-
en’s final, between 10-time
champion Lara Tennant and
first-time participant Alex
McMenamin.
Tennant won her 11th title
by building a solid lead in the
morning round, then closing
out the match on the 13th hole
(31st overall) of the afternoon
round, for a 7&5 final score.
“I started off a little slow,
then the backside in the morn-
ing I really played well,” Ten-
nant said. “I had four birdies,
that got my momentum going,
and I just kept it going.”
And the experience factor?
“It always helps, but you
still have to hit the shots,” Ten-
nant said. “But experience
definitely helps. I’ve been in
the finals before, and I under-
stand that over 36 holes, it can
be up and down. You just have
to keep it going.”
Tennant won her first Coast
title in 1990 — roughly 10
years before McMenamin was
born.
“It was her first Coast,” Ten-
nant said. “She played smart,
consistent golf. She played
very well (Friday, in a semifi-
nal win over Gigi Stoll).”
Tennant hit a long birdie
putt on the first hole of the
RENTON, Wash. —
Duane Brown’s future a
year ago at training camp
was filled with uncertainty
during a holdout. Ever
since his trade to Seattle in
the middle of last season,
he’s been “at peace” with
whatever was going to take
place.
The extension means
the big left tackle will
likely be protecting Rus-
sell Wilson’s blindside for
the rest of Brown’s career.
He’ll turn 33 next month
and has spoken repeatedly
of wanting Seattle to be the
final stop of his career.
Brown’s current deal
was set to expire after this
season, part of the reason
he was a holdout from the
Houston Texans until Week
8 of last season before
being traded to Seattle.
Brown said it became clear
soon after arriving in Seat-
tle the intensions were to
make sure this was his last
stop.
Seven-run
first helps M’s
beat Angels
Bob Moir was one of the first on the green to congratulate his son, Harrison, after he
made the winning putt to end 37 holes of golf Saturday.
The familiar swing of Lara Mack Tennant helped her win
the women’s title for the 11th time.
afternoon round, but her key
stretch came midway through
the morning round.
The match was even
through eight holes, before
Tennant went 1-up on nine,
2-up after 10, 3-up on the 11th
and 4-up on 12. She was 5-up
by the 15th hole.
“I liked my birdie on the
first hole in the afternoon,” she
said. “That was a good putt,
and even though I was up, it
helps to know you’re going in
the right direction.”
In other championship
flight finals, three Astoria club
members scored victories on
their home course.
Leading the way was Jack
Cartwright in the super seniors
division.
Cartwright won his first
super seniors title by outlasting
Gaylord Davis, who made a
late charge and took the match
to the 18th hole.
“I was 2-up going into 15,
and we both birdied,” Cart-
wright said. “He birdied 16
and we both parred 17 and 18.
It was a close match. We were
close the whole way.”
Davis nearly swung the
match in his favor, when his
tee shot on the 17th rolled past
the pin by inches.
“That would have been fun
to watch that go in,” Cartwright
said, in the spirit of sportsman-
ship. “Mr. Davis is a real gen-
tleman, and it was more than
fun to play with him. When
you get into a match like this,
we were both having fun and
playing pretty well. ... I was
longer off the tee than he was
(Cartwright even drove the
green on the eighth hole). That
was the only difference. He’s
got all game in the world.”
It was the seventh overall
Coast title for Cartwright, who
won six times in the junior
seniors division, his last title
coming in 2010.
He definitely earned the
comeback golfer of the year
award.
“Since I was winning the
junior seniors, it’s been a
while,” he said. “I had a heart
attack two years ago and a
knee replaced last year. I’m
just now getting back to play-
ing golf.
“I bought some new irons,
and it’s the difference between
night and day. I’m hitting these
irons 20 or 30 yards farther
than I’d been hitting. And I’m
hitting ‘em more solid. Tech-
nology and golf … you can’t
ignore it.”
Elsewhere, Astoria’s Dotty
Johnson had the distinction of
winning the first-ever women’s
seniors title, which was added
this year.
Terry Mattson and John-
son finished first and second,
respectively, in qualifying last
weekend, but Johnson scored
the win over Mattson in Satur-
day’s match play.
Johnson got past Vicki
Okazaki in Friday’s semifi-
nal match, before winning
her third match in three days
Saturday.
Another championship for
another Astoria golfer was
won by Patrick Regan, who
defeated Robert Tennant in the
final of the seniors division.
Regan had to get past Asto-
ria’s Doug Wiese in the semifi-
nals Friday.
The only medalist in last
weekend’s qualifying to also
win a championship flight in
match play was Columbia
Edgewater’s Bill Winter, who
defeated Peter Jennings in the
junior/seniors final.
Winter’s week started with
a 5-under par 67 in qualifying,
and ended with his first junior/
seniors title.
ANAHEIM,
Calif.
— The Seattle Mari-
ners remained true to their
aggressive offensive style
Sunday and put together
the breakout game they
have been looking for in
an 8-5 victory over the Los
Angeles Angels.
The Mariners pounced
on Angels starter Felix
Pena for seven first-inning
runs that seemed to lift their
recent offensive anxieties.
The reality, though,
is that the Mariners have
managed to remain a con-
fident bunch, even while
going 4-8 since July 12 and
an uninspired 4-4 since the
All-Star break.
Thomas
takes Tour de
France title
PARIS — The spits and
the jeers. The eggs thrown
at team cars. The attempts
to unbalance riders while
riding up the most grueling
climbs.
Geraint Thomas never
flinched at whatever fans
— or his rivals — threw at
him or Team Sky.
The Welsh rider was
the steadiest rider from the
start, the strongest in the
Alps and the Pyrenees. On
Sunday he concluded his
transformation from a sup-
port rider into a champion
of cycling’s biggest race by
claiming his first Tour de
France title.
— Associated Press