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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018
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Gary Henley | Sports Reporter
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Swimmers f lock to
Astoria to beat the heat
The Daily Astorian
One way to beat the sum-
mer heat? Jump in a pool.
Which is exactly what dozens
of young swimmers did over
the weekend, in the “Beat the
Summer Heat” meet, held
Saturday and Sunday at the
Astoria Aquatic Center.
The North Coast Swim
Club (the “Dolphins”) served
as the host for the meet,
which included swimmers
representing clubs from St.
Helens to Eugene to Kelso,
Washington, with several
clubs from the Portland
area. Age divisions included
those from 8-and-under to
15-and-over.
The number of races and
events topped out at 48, mak-
ing for two days of swim-
ming at the Aquatic Center.
Swimmers from Tuala-
tin Hills won several events,
as did athletes from the Blue
Crush Athletic Club of Port-
land. Other clubs that scored
well included the Sea Lions
of St. Helens and the Killer
Whales of Beaverton, along
with club swimmers from
Forest Grove and Lake
Oswego.
The host team had its own
share of success in the pool,
with several victories.
The North Coast’s Jacob
Peeler won the boys age
11-12 100-yard breaststroke,
finishing in 1 minute, 35.29
seconds. He added a win in
the 50 backstroke (37.71).
Relay
teams
were
allowed to combine differ-
ent age groups, as the North
Coast did in the girls’ 200-
yard medley, where the four-
some of Brooke O’Connor
AP Photo/Brandon Wade
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez reacts
during Tuesday’s game against the Rangers.
King Felix falters again for
Mariners against Rangers
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas —
Felix Hernandez briefly looked
like the ace he used to be for
the Seattle Mariners, even play-
fully pointing former teammate
Adrian Beltre back to the dug-
out after striking out baseball’s
active career hits leader.
After getting through the
first two innings unscathed
Tuesday night, including
another entertaining on-field
exchange with his friend, the
struggles returned for the for-
mer AL Cy Young Award
winner.
Beltre grounded into a dou-
ble play to end the third, but
only after the Texas Rangers
had scored four runs that inning
to put them ahead to stay.
And when Beltre homered to
straightaway center in the sixth,
it marked the most runs Her-
nandez has ever given up in his
career.
“Yeah, I’m frustrated. What
can I say? What can I say?”
Hernandez said after giving up
all the runs in six innings of an
11-4 loss.
Hernandez (8-10) is 0-4 in
his last five starts for the play-
off-contending Mariners. This
was the only time in that span
he pitched more than five
innings.
Luck to make start, may play
most of 1st quarter at Seattle
Associated Press
WESTFIELD, Ind. —
Andrew Luck spent two
straight offseasons contemplat-
ing how it would feel to play
football again. He’ll find out
Thursday night.
Coach
Frank
Reich
announced Tuesday that Luck
would start and could play most
of the first quarter in the India-
napolis Colts’ preseason opener
at Seattle.
“I’ll be excited and a lit-
tle nervous,” Luck acknowl-
edged after practice. “There
were one or two moments
where I wondered if, ‘Am I
ever going to be able to do
this again?’”
He wasn’t the only one
asking that question during a
nearly 600-day wait between
starts. And he’s not the only
one who will be nervous lin-
ing up against the Seahawks’
traditionally strong defense.
Bird becomes WNBA’s minutes
leader, Storm beat Fever 94-79
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Nata-
sha Howard had 19 points, eight
rebounds and four assists, Sue
Bird became the WNBA leader
in minutes played and the Seat-
tle Storm beat the Indiana Fever
94-79 on Tuesday night.
Breanna Stewart added 17
points and 12 rebounds for Seat-
tle (23-7), which won back-to-
back games in Indiana for the
first time in franchise history.
Bird scored 16 points with eight
assists, passing Tina Thompson
(1997-13) at 16,090 minutes.
Stewart had 12 points, seven
rebounds and four assists in
the first half to help Seattle to a
51-44 lead. Seattle scored 14 of
the game’s first 19 points.
Bird’s no-look pass to a cut-
ting Howard gave Seattle a
61-50 advantage. Howard’s
drive and spin in the lane made
it 76-60 at the end of the third
quarter.
Candice Dupree had 22
points and eight rebounds for
Indiana (5-24), which was com-
ing off its first two-game win-
ning streak of the season. Victo-
ria Vivians scored all 15 of her
points in the first half on five
3-pointers.
North Coast Swim Club
Three North Coast swimmers watch the action during last weekend’s ‘Beat the
Heat’ meet.
North Coast Swim Club
From left to right, North Coast club swimmers Riley Cam-
eron, Christian Womack, Trevor Newman and Kevin Loyola.
(age 13) teamed with Ever-
ett Towsey-French (14),
Tori Smith (15) and Jordan
Admire-Novak (15) to win
in 2:38.75.
Other top-three finishes
for the girls came from Han-
nah Daniels, 11, second in
the 100 backstroke (1:18.81).
Towsey-French placed sec-
ond in the 200 backstroke
(2:45.06), and third in both
the 100 backstroke (1:16.48)
and 200 freestyle (2:34.68).
Paige MacLean, 12, was
second out of 14 entries in
the 50 freestyle (30.19),
and also took second in the
50 butterfly (36.10) and
50 backstroke (37.17). She
added a third (out of 12
swimmers) in the 200 free-
style (2:25.57).
Smith finished third in the
100 breaststroke (1:12.64),
and third in the 200 individ-
ual medley (2:37.34).
Out of nine entries in the
12-and-under 200-yard med-
ley relay, the North Coast’s
Finley Cameron and Marlee
Both teamed with Daniels
and MacLean to place third
in 2:42.17.
On the boys’ side, Orrick
Evans, 9, took second in both
the 50 freestyle (33.84) and
the 50 breaststroke (45.76).
Riley Cameron, 16, placed
second in the 100 (55.73)
and 200 freestyles (2:04.91),
and third in the 50 freestyle
(25.58).
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