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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 JEWELL BLUE JAYS FOOTBALL • VOLLEYBALL • CROSS COUNTRY Jewell team set to have five runners at the starting line SCHEDULES JEWELL FOOTBALL Sept. 7 ...... Powers ................................... 5 p.m. Sept. 14..... McKenzie ............................... 5 p.m. Sept. 28 .... Triangle Lake .......................... 6 p.m. Oct. 5 ........ at Eddyville Charter .......... 4:30 p.m. Oct. 12 ...... at Gilchrist .............................. 1 p.m. The Daily Astorian Oct. 19 ...... at Triangle Lake ...................... 6 p.m. The Jewell cross coun- try team will field five runners this season, three boys and two girls. The Blue Jays open the season with their annual home meet, the Jew- ell “Elk Run,” at Teevin Ranch on Sept. 8. Jewell is coming off a season in which the boys placed 10th out of 11 teams in the district meet, while the Lady Jays had just two runners in the dis- trict race. The top runner for the Jewell boys, Thomas Mee- han, has graduated, but Daniel Kuhnly returns for his senior season. He will be joined by Chase Swear- ingen and Andrew Valdez on the boys’ squad. Nedi Morales and Alivia Swearingen will team up for the Jewell girls. JEWELL VOLLEYBALL Aug. 23...... at Columbia Christian........ 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25...... at Warrenton Tournament ....... 9 a.m. Aug. 28...... at Neah-Kah-Nie .................... 5 p.m. Aug. 30...... at Willamette Valley C. ............ 6 p.m. Sept. 4 ...... Livingstone Adventist ............. 6 p.m. Sept. 6 ...... St. Paul ................................... 6 p.m. Sept. 7 ...... at Damascus Christian ........... 6 p.m. Sept. 11 ..... at Falls City ............................ 6 p.m. Sept. 13..... C.S. Lewis .............................. 6 p.m. Sept. 18..... at Crosshill Christian .............. 6 p.m. Sept. 20 .... at Perrydale ............................ 6 p.m. Sept. 24 .... Willamette Valley C. ................ 6 p.m. Sept. 26 .... at Livingstone Adventist ......... 6 p.m. Oct. 2 ........ at St. Paul ............................... 6 p.m. Oct. 4 ........ Falls City ................................ 6 p.m. Oct. 9 ........ at C.S. Lewis .......................... 6 p.m. Oct. 11 ....... Crosshill Christian .................. 6 p.m. Oct. 16 ...... Perrydale ................................ 6 p.m. Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Oct. 20 .......................................League playoffs Daniel Kuhnly is looking to lead the charge for the Jewell cross country team in 2018. Jewell returns to the gridiron The Daily Astorian Jewell football is back in business. After an abbreviated season in 2016 and noth- ing at all in 2017, the Blue Jays have landed in the sev- en-team Special District 4, as part of the OSAA’s new six-man football division at the 1A level. As of the second week of practice, Jewell head coach Joel Johnston had eight players on the roster, and the Jays have a slate of six games on the schedule. After opening this year with three straight home games against Pow- ers, McKenzie and Trian- gle Lake, Jewell will finish with three consecutive road games, at Eddyville Charter, Gilchrist and Triangle Lake. THE DISTRICT In addition to Jewell, spe- cial district 4 teams include Alsea, Eddyville Charter, Gilchrist, McKenzie, Pow- ers and Triangle Lake. Jewell was 0-4 as a Class 1A independent team in 2016, when they played Alsea and junior varsity teams from Falls City, Per- rydale and Oregon School for the Deaf. Jewell did not field a team in 2015, after going 0-7 overall in 2014. The Blue Jays were 3-2 as a mem- ber of the Casco League in 2013. THE BLUE JAYS Jewell’s roster of eight players includes juniors Ryan Kane and Joshua Ruch, and sophomores Edward Berg and Aiden Bixel. The remainder of the ros- ter is made up of freshmen: Cyrus Blodgett, Reid Dun- can, Jackson Gnuschke and Bradley Rogers, who will be a team captain along with Kane. OSAA.org The Jewell volleyball squad, looking for big things in 2018. COACH MILLER HAS JEWELL WINNING AGAIN state tournament. Like most years, the pri- vate schools will be among the favorites at the 1A level. The Daily Astorian fter two so-so sea- sons, the Jewell Blue Jays’ volleyball pro- gram took flight again in 2017. Jewell went two straight years (2015 and 2016) with just five victories each, before head coach Jessica Miller led the team to an 11-9 mark last season, 8-4 in the Casco League. The third-place fin- ish earned the Jays a No. 21 ranking (out of 64 at the 1A level) and a berth in the state playoffs. Alsea defeated Jewell in three games in a first-round match, but the groundwork has been set, and the Jays are looking to pick up where they left off. And the current season is already off to a 2-1 start for the Lady Jays, who opened the 2018 campaign with a A Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian Jewell football coach Joel Johnston, seen here during practice in 2016, has eight players to work with this season. THE LADY JAYS Brad Mosher/Tillamook Headlight Herald Jewell players celebrate a three-game sweep at Neah- Kah-Nie. thrilling five-set marathon win Aug. 23 at Columbia Chris- tian, 24-26, 25-22, 29-27, 22-25, 16-14. Jewell went 1-1 in bracket play of the Warrenton tourna- ment Aug. 25, losing to even- tual champion Culver (16-25, 19-25), but bouncing back with a two-game sweep (26- 24, 25-17) over 2A Nestucca. THE CASCO LEAGUE Defending league cham- pion Crosshill Christian advanced to the state semi- finals before a loss to Coun- try Christian, while Perrydale came up one win short of the Proud Sponsor of the JEWELL BLUE JAYS U.S. H IGHWAY 26 AT M ILEPOST 18, IN E LSIE 503-755-1818 www.camp18restaurant.com Jewell had just two seniors last year (Niqui Blodgett and Emma Guillen), and the Jays only have two seniors this sea- son: hitter Lillian Kaczenski and outside hitter/middle blocker Cheyenne Stapleton. On top of that, the perpet- ually young Jewell team only has two juniors on the cur- rent roster, Haley Norman and Haven Shaw. Rounding out this year’s lineup, the Blue Jays have sophomores Stella Gilmore, Aliyah Hart, Lillie Meier and Almeda Phillips, and fresh- men Kiera Butori and Delilah Crawford. Assisting Miller will be former Jewell player Jesika (Kaczenski) Crook.