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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Dodgers beat
Seattle 12-1
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Astoria High School will have its first cheerleader squad in 17 years, when this team takes the field for Friday night football games.
FALL SPORTS NIGHT
OPENS ASTORIA’S SEASON
The Daily Astorian
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storia High School’s “fall sports pre-
view night” always marks the unof-
ficial opening of the school sports
year.
The Fishermen hosted their annual night
Friday at CMH Field. The annual tradition
dates back to when Astoria played football
at John Warren Field, and showcases all the
sports teams for the upcoming fall sports
season.
After selected teams posed for group pic-
tures, fans were treated to scrimmages for the
Astoria girls soccer, boys soccer and football
teams.
And for the first time since 2001, the Fish-
ermen will have cheerleaders, as a team of 13
made its official debut.
Chargers DE
Ingram gives
Seahawks
something to
think about
Associated Press
CARSON, Calif. — There
was no reason for defensive
end Melvin Ingram to go all-
out in the Los Angeles Char-
gers’ 24-14 preseason win
over the Seattle Seahawks on
Saturday night.
However, he couldn’t resist
the chance to exploit a Seat-
tle offensive line that clearly
had not game-planned for him,
not with the teams set to meet
again in the regular season.
“Hey, man, it’s extremely
fun,” Ingram said of the
1-on-1 matchups against Sea-
hawks offensive tackles Duane
Brown and Germain Ifedi.
Ingram made the game
anything but enjoyable for
quarterback Russell Wilson
by getting into the backfield
seemingly at will. Though he
did not record a sack, Ingram
sped past Ifedi and forced Wil-
son to step up into the wait-
ing arms of Isaac Rochell for
a loss of 4 yards late in the
second quarter. He also bull-
rushed through Ifedi to force
Wilson to scramble and make
an off-balance throw that fell
incomplete.
Ifedi had no answers for
Ingram, who has 29 sacks over
the past three seasons. Even
the right tackle’s attempt to
cut block on a stretch run to
the other side of the formation
couldn’t even knock Ingram
off his feet, with Ingram put-
ting his hands down to keep
his balance and popping back
up to provide the backside
pursuit.
SEATTLE — Clayton Ker-
shaw pitched seven sharp innings
for his 150th career win, Justin
Turner homered and drove in five
runs, and the Los Angeles Dodg-
ers routed the Seattle Mariners
12-1 Sunday.
Kershaw (6-5) gave up four
hits, struck out seven and walked
one. The 30-year-old lefty with
three NL Cy Young Awards
improved to 150-69 in the majors.
Turner extended his hit-
ting streak to 13 games with a
season-high four hits, includ-
ing a three-run homer in the
ninth inning with position player
Andrew Romine on the mound.
Kike Hernandez had an RBI
single as part of the Dodgers’ five-
run first inning. He added his 18th
home run and a bases-loaded walk
as the Dodgers won for the third
time in four games.
Cody Bellinger pushed his
own hitting streak to 12 games
with three hits and two RBIs for
Los Angeles.
The Dodgers tagged Seattle
starter Roenis Elias (2-1). He had
been on the disabled list with a
left triceps strain since July 31 and
was activated to start against the
Dodgers. Before the game, Seat-
tle manager Scott Servais said he
hoped Elias could, “if it goes well,
to give us maybe four innings.”
Elias did last three innings, giving
up the five runs and seven hits.
Los Angeles kept adding to the
lead against the Mariners bullpen,
scoring a run in five of the last six
innings.
Rubio’s 2 goals
help Sporting KC
beat Timbers 3-0
Astoria’s Niko Caruana enjoyed a nice
night running the ball in a Fishermen
football scrimmage at CMH Field.
The Astoria cross country team held its ver-
sion of a scrimmage, with a mile run around
CMH Field. Sophie Long won the girls’ race.
High school fall sports gets underway this
week, as Warrenton hosts Knappa in a volley-
ball match Thursday, opening serve at 6 p.m.
The Loggers return to Warrenton two days
later, when the Warrenton volleyball hosts its
annual preseason tournament.
Chargers look sharp early in win over Seahawks
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
CARSON, Calif. — Although
Philip Rivers has only faced the Seat-
tle Seahawks three times in games
that count, he knows nearly every-
thing about their defense because of
Gus Bradley.
Rivers used that know-how to get
the Los Angeles Chargers off to a
strong start in their first victory of the
preseason.
Melvin Gordon rushed for a
short touchdown to cap a strong
70-yard opening drive by the Bolts’
first-teamers, and Rivers went 6 of 7
for 62 yards in Los Angeles’ 24-14
preseason victory over the Seahawks
on Saturday night.
Rivers played only two series in
his first action of the preseason, but
he had six consecutive completions.
He also made a few plays by capably
eluding the Seattle rush and connect-
ing with strong throws on the run.
None of it surprised Seahawks
coach Pete Carroll. Bradley, the
Chargers’ defensive coordinator, ran
Carroll’s defense in Seattle for four
years, and Los Angeles’ scheme is
awfully similar.
“Philip had us a couple of times,”
Carroll said. “He knew what he was
going against, and he did a great job.
He plays against our defense every
day (in practice).”
Russell Wilson was 13 of 21 for
193 yards while playing the entire
first half for the Seahawks (0-2).
His offense was limited to two field
goals by execution mistakes in the
red zone, and Wilson was repeatedly
flushed from the pocket by Melvin
Ingram while the Chargers’ destruc-
tive pass rusher had an outstanding
first half.
David Moore made the Seahawks’
biggest play of the first half, hauling
in a 52-yard catch between two Char-
gers downfield. Seattle could have
kept it closer, but Chris Carson had
a touchdown run waved off by a pen-
alty and later fumbled at the goal line
in the first half.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. —
Diego Rubio scored two goals and
Tim Melia had his 10th shutout of
the season to help Sporting Kansas
City beat the Portland Timbers 3-0
on Saturday night.
Sporting (12-6-6) won its third
straight to remain three points
behind Western Conference-lead-
ing FC Dallas.
Rubio rifled a shot from the
top of the box just inside the near
post to open the scoring in the 28th
minute and then made it 2-0 when
he put away a cross by Daniel Sal-
loi in the 37th.
Johnny Russell capped the scor-
ing in the 89th minute. He tapped it
to Roger Espinoza near the penalty
arc, who led Russell toward the
spot for the left-footed finish.
Portland (10-6-7) has lost three
in a row. The Timbers had just one
shot in the first half and were out-
shot 25-7 overall.
Storm beat
Wings in regular-
season finale
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, right, is pressured by
Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Melvin Ingram.
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
• Seattle Seahawks
at Minnesota Vikings
• Friday, 5 p.m.
“In the red zone in particu-
lar, we’ve got to stay on schedule,”
Wilson said. “That’s the lesson we
learned from tonight, but the great
thing was really the score should
have been 21-7 pretty early. First
three drives, we get three touchdown
opportunities, and that’s what we
look for. We go to the truth of what
we did and where we can get better.”
JJ Jones returned a punt 72 yards
for a touchdown late in the first half,
and Mike Williams caught a 25-yard
touchdown pass from Geno Smith in
the second half of the Chargers’ pre-
season home opener in their second
season at compact StubHub Cen-
ter. Coach Anthony Lynn was infu-
riated by 14 penalties, but otherwise
pleased.
“Classic example of bend-but-
don’t-break defense,” Lynn said.
“They didn’t let them in the end zone,
and that’s the most important thing.”
Smith then made a strong argu-
ment for the Chargers’ backup job,
going 6 of 8 for 85 yards. His TD pass
came on an eye-opening catch by
Williams, who jumped over Seattle
cornerback Akeem King and hauled
in the first score of his NFL career for
a 21-6 lead.
Seahawks rookie Alex McGough
led a solid drive in the final minutes,
hitting Malik Turner with a 12-yard
touchdown pass.
Robert Aguayo hit a 39-yard field
goal with 40 seconds left, boosting
his bid to win the Chargers’ kicking
job.
INJURIES
Seahawks: RG D.J. Fluker dislo-
cated his finger, but Carroll doesn’t
think it’s serious: “He’s an offensive
lineman. I think he can handle that.”
Chargers: S Jaylen Watkins
started, but was helped off the field
late in the first half with a right knee
injury. Ingram fell on his teammate
on the play.
SEATTLE — Breanna Stew-
art and Crystal Langhorne had
15 points each to help the Seat-
tle Storm beat the Dallas Wings
84-68 in the regular-season finale
for both teams Sunday.
Sue Bird sat out the game and
Stewart played just 13 minutes in
the game that had no effect on the
Storm’s No. 1 playoff seed.
Seattle (26-8) closed the season
winning eight of the last nine and
will begin the playoffs in the semi-
finals with byes through the first
two single-elimination rounds and
home-court advantage throughout.
The Storm pulled away in the
second quarter with an 18-5 run
to lead 41-24. Dallas (15-19) cut
it to 61-50 early in the third quar-
ter before Seattle built to its larg-
est lead at 79-54 at the end of the
period.
Glory Johnson led the Wings
with 16 points. Liz Cambage
added 11 points, and Azura Ste-
vens had 10.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Knappa at Warrenton, 6
p.m.; Jewell at Columbia Christian, 6:30 p.m.