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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Youth will stage
one-night clinic
The Daily Astorian
The Lower Columbia Youth
Soccer Association has provided
an opportunity for sixth-, seventh-
and eighth-grade boys and girls
to participate in a one-night clinic
Aug. 20, hosted by Corban Uni-
versity’s men’s soccer team. No
registration is necessary.
The clinic will give coaches
and players an opportunity to
receive instruction and tips from
collegiate players. It will be an
informal evening with an hour of
drills with the Corban players and
coaching staff, followed by some
small-sided scrimmages.
The clinic takes place from 5
to 6:30 p.m. at the Warrenton Soc-
cer Complex on Ridge Road.
PRO BASEBALL
Harber
seals
victory
NFL
Luck makes
return as
Colts beat
Seahawks
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Andrew Luck
was back under center with his
surgically repaired right shoulder
Thursday night, leading Indianap-
olis on a pair of field-goal drives
in just over a quarter in the Colts’
19-17 victory over the Seattle
Seahawks.
Luck completed 6 of 9 passes
for 64 yards, most of that com-
ing on the opening drive when
he hit 5 of 7. Luck completed
passes to five receivers and threw
from a clean pocket on most of
his dropbacks, even with starting
left tackle Anthony Castonzo not
playing.
Adam Vinatieri made field
goals of 33, 51 and 45 yards in the
first half, and Michael Badgley’s
34-yarder late in the third quar-
ter gave Indianapolis a 12-10 lead.
Phillip Walker added a 10-yard
TD pass to Darrell Daniels early
in the fourth quarter.
Luck’s counterpart from the
2012 draft, Russell Wilson, played
one series for Seattle. Wilson was
4 of 5 for 43 yards and capped his
only drive with a 5-yard touch-
down pass to tight end Nick Van-
nett. It was Wilson’s first action
playing in the offense of new
coordinator Brian Schottenheimer,
which will be heavily tilted toward
the run. Second-year running back
Chris Carson averaged 6.5 yards
per carry in limited action.
Seattle’s defense scored with
3:15 left when an errant snap
was recovered by Joey Ivie for a
touchdown.
Seattle rookie linebacker
Shaquem Griffin was all over the
field in his debut. Griffin led Seat-
tle with nine tackles, flashing the
speed that made him a star in col-
lege. But he was also bullied on
one play when Indianapolis tight
end Jack Doyle used his size to
create separation from Griffin on
contact and made a 9-yard recep-
tion from Luck.
“It felt good to kind of get out
there and get your feet wet and kind
of get some hits in,” Griffin said.
BiloxiShuckers.com
Astoria’s Conor Harber pitched 6.2 scoreless innings in his debut at the Double-A level.
Former Astoria pitcher
wins Double-A debut
The Daily Astorian
K
ODAK, Tenn. — Astoria’s Conor
Harber has moved up the minor
league baseball ladder, and the
ex-Fisherman made a successful
debut Thursday at the next level.
Bolstered by a four-run top of the first
inning from his offense, Harber pitched 6.2
scoreless innings to help the Biloxi Shuckers
blank the Tennessee Smokies, 5-0 at Smok-
ies Stadium.
It was Harber’s first game with Biloxi,
the Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee
Brewers.
Harber worked around jams in the first,
second, fourth and sixth innings, stranding a
man at third base in all four frames.
After coming back out to pitch in the sev-
enth, Harber struck out Tennessee’s Wynton
Bernard and induced a groundout from Erick
Castillo, before an infield single by Connor
Mariners win, jump on
Verlander, Astros early
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Justin Ver-
lander got pushed around by the
Seattle Mariners early Thursday
night, and then umpire Nic Lentz
sent him off for an early shower.
Certainly not what the former
Cy Young and MVP Award win-
ner had in mind for his first shot
at career win No. 200.
Seattle jumped on Verlander
for six runs in two innings
before the star right-hander was
ejected for arguing a balk call in
the Mariners’ 8-6 win over the
Houston Astros.
Mitch Haniger, Denard Span
and Jean Segura combined for 10
hits and seven RBIs with a homer
each off Verlander (11-7), who
was ejected shortly after setting a
season high for runs allowed.
“Just wanted some answers,”
he said. “I thought he screwed
up. He clearly thought he didn’t.
Just hate for the ball to be taken
out of my hands that way.”
Haniger gave the Mariners
their first leadoff homer this sea-
son when he sent a fastball into
left-center field.
Hernandez bumped from
rotation and into bullpen
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Seattle’s
Felix Hernandez has lost his spot
in the rotation in the wake of his
latest terrible start in a season
filled with struggles.
The right-hander, who threw
a perfect game in 2012, will
pitch out of the bullpen for the
first time in his career. He’s hav-
ing the worst season of 14-year
career as the Mariners chase
their first playoff berth since
2001. Hernandez has a career-
high 5.73 ERA this season and is
0-4 in his last five starts, capped
by a clunker against the Rang-
ers on Tuesday when he allowed
a career-high 11 runs — seven
earned — on eight hits in six
innings.
The six-time All-Star and 2010
AL Cy Young Award winner,
who earned the nickname King
Felix for his majestic presence on
the mound, trotted from the dug-
out to the bullpen after the third
inning Thursday night against
Houston but did not pitch. Man-
ager Scott Servais announced the
decision postgame.
Astoria’s fishermen open new season
By WALT POSTLEWAIT
For The Daily Astorian
3 Seahawks leave
field prior to
national anthem
SEATTLE — Three Seattle
Seahawks players ran into the tun-
nel leading to the team’s locker
room prior to the national anthem
on Thursday night.
Defensive linemen Bran-
den Jackson and Quinton Jeffer-
son, and offensive lineman Duane
Brown left the field following
team introductions and before the
start of the anthem. They returned
to the sideline immediately after it
concluded. All three were among
a group of Seattle players that sat
during the anthem last season.
There were no other actions by
either Seattle or Indianapolis play-
ers during the performance of the
anthem.
Myers ended Harber’s night after 97 pitches,
66 for strikes.
A 24-year-old right hander, Harber spent
most of the last two seasons with the Caro-
lina Mudcats.
In Thursday’s Double-A opener, he scat-
tered six hits across his 6.2 innings of work,
coming an out away from tying his longest
career outing. He did not issue a walk and
struck out six en route to the win.
The Shuckers and Smokies square off
again tonight at 6 p.m. The game can be heard
on TuneIn Radio or the MiLB First Pitch App.
Walt Postlewait/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria fishermen Leo Matthews, left, and Michael Postlewait, in sea-
son-opening action.
FLORENCE — The Astoria High
School bass fishing team of Michael
Postlewait and Leo Matthews opened
the 2018-19 season July 28 as the
defending state champions.
And in the span of nine hours, they
went from the favorites to repeat, to
now the underdogs for the season.
“We just couldn’t get on the fish,”
Postlewait said. “We covered the lake
and tried a variety of baits. We just
couldn’t get the bite. We were fish-
ing baits other teams used with suc-
cess, but it just wasn’t meant to be for
us today.”
Westview High School won the
day on Siltcoos Lake south of Flor-
ence with a bag weight of 9.35
pounds, and also claimed the big fish
spot with 2.73 pounds.
McMinnville High School fin-
ished second with 7.41 pounds and
Amity rounded out the top three with
7.41 pounds.
“We have some serious ground
that we need to make up on Tenmile
(Lake),” Matthews said. “We still
have a shot at a repeat, but we need a
top two finish at the next event.”
The next event will be Sept. 1 on
Tenmile Lake north of Coos Bay.
Postlewait added that at the pro-
fessional level, there have been a
combined 70 annual champion-
ships between FLW (Fishing League
Worldwide) and Bassmasters. Out
of the 70, there have only been three
repeat winners.
“People don’t realize how tough
it is to fish competitively,” Postle-
wait said. “It’s not the kick back and
troll style of fishing. We are up on the
deck, grinding it out for eight, nine,
10 hours at a time. Sometimes the fish
cooperate, and sometimes not. You
always have to stay positive.
“As competitive anglers, we are
representing our school, our sponsors,
and our supporters. It is much more
like work, than a vacation.”
This is the second season Astoria
has fielded a team to compete in the
statewide championship series hosted
by The Bass Federation of Oregon.
There will be a total of four events
this season, with the next on Tenmile
Lake Sept. 1, on Celilo Pool on the
Columbia River April 13. The season
concludes May 11 at Cascade Locks.
For more information about the
AHS bass fishing team or high school
bass fishing, email ahsbassfish-
ingteam@gmail.com.