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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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Longtime OSU baseball coach Casey retires
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
AP Photo/Nati Harnik
OSU coach Pat Casey walks in front of the dugout during
the 2017 NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey,
who led the Beavers to three national cham-
pionships, has announced his retirement
after 24 seasons with the team.
Casey’s most recent College World Series
title came this summer, following back-to-
back titles in 2006 and 2007. Since 2005,
the Beavers have made the NCAA tourna-
ment field 12 times and they’ve advanced
to Omaha six times. The team also won five
conference championships under Casey.
“My problem is, what I expect from my
players on the field I expect out of myself,”
Casey said during an emotional news con-
ference in Corvallis on Thursday. “Right
now I’m not positive that I can give that
same effort that I expect of them, I’m not
sure I can. But I will never put the uniform
on unless I do it with that same passion I
expect of them.”
Casey was hired by the Beavers in 1995
after a stint at Division III George Fox. He
compiled a 900-458-6 (.662) record at Ore-
gon State.
“I’ve been doing this for 31 years. I wish
I was one of those guys who could tell you
I wouldn’t change a thing, because I’m not
one of those guys,” Casey said. “I wish I
was as good a coach day one as I was the last
day, I wish I would have made every player
better, I wish I would have been a guy that
didn’t make any mistakes. That doesn’t hap-
pen in coaching.”
The Beavers went 55-12-1 this season.
The team swept through the regional and
super regional rounds before losing their
CWS opener. They won four straight elimi-
nation games to reach a best-of-three finals
against Arkansas.
Rumors had swirled this summer after
the championship run that the 59-year-old
native of Oregon might retire.
Casey will remain at Oregon State as a
senior associate athletic director and special
assistant to athletic director Scott Barnes.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Astoria football
hosts Stayton in
home opener
The gates at CMH Field will
open at 3 p.m. for spectator admis-
sion, for today’s football games
vs. Stayton.
There is discounted pricing for
fans arriving early for the fresh-
men/sophomore contest, which
begins at 4 p.m. Admission pric-
ing from 3-5 p.m. will be $5 for
adults and $3 for school age stu-
dents and senior citizens.
At 5 p.m., admission pricing
will be raised to $6 admission
for adults and $4 for students and
senior citizens. Fans will not be
charged twice.
St. Paul lassos
the Jewell Jays
JEWELL — In 1A Casco
League volleyball action Thurs-
day, St. Paul remained undefeated
with a three-game win at Jewell.
The first-place Buckaroos
improved to 3-0 atop the league
standings with their 25-8, 25-13,
25-9 victory, dropping the Blue
Jays to 4-3 overall, 1-2 in league.
North Marion
sweeps Seaside
AURORA — The Class 4A
leader in overall victories went
down to defeat Thursday night, as
North Marion posted a sweep over
Seaside, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18.
Ranked 14th, the Gulls drop to
5-3 overall. Seaside takes to the
road again Saturday to take part in
the Cascade Tournament.
— The Daily Astorian
M’s host Yankees;
playoff implications
Associated Press
Oakland fans will be keeping
an eye on Seattle, where the Yan-
kees play the Mariners. The A’s are
3 1/2 games back of New York for
the top AL wild card, but the Mar-
iners are 5 1/2 behind Oakland and
really the only team with much of
a chance to knock the Athletics out
of the playoffs entirely. Masahiro
Tanaka will face Mariners lefty
James Paxton, while the A’s send
Chris Bassitt to the mound against
the Rangers in Oakland. Tanaka
(10-5, 3.83 ERA) is 6-0 with a
2.34 ERA in eight starts against the
Mariners — and 3-0 with a 2.17
ERA at Safeco Field. Paxton (11-
5, 3.74) returned from the disabled
list last Saturday and struck out 10
in five innings to beat Oakland.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Football — Stayton at Astoria, 7 p.m.;
Seaside at Marist, 7 p.m.; Knappa at
Toledo, 7 p.m.; Creswell at Warrenton,
7 p.m.; Powers at Jewell, 5 p.m.; White
Salmon at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Volleyball — Jewell at Damascus
Christian, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball — Astoria, Seaside at
Cascade tournament, TBA; Knappa at
Neah-Kah-Nie tournament, TBA
Girls soccer — Marshfield vs. Astoria
(at Newport), 1:30 p.m.; Estacada at
Seaside, 3 p.m.
Boys soccer — Marshfield vs. Astoria
(at Newport), 3:15 p.m.
Cross country — Jewell Elk Run,
Teevin Ranch, 10 a.m.
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Jonathan Jimenez takes a penalty kick for the Fishermen.
Astoria soccer scores late-
night win over St. Helens
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ix days after their season-opening 2-1 vic-
tory over Rainier, the Astoria boys soccer
team returned to their No. 1 home at CMH
Field, and scored a 2-1, nonleague win over St.
Helens.
The Fishermen — still not at full strength
for Thursday’s contest under the lights — took
advantage of their edge in the speed depart-
ment, as they out-hustled St. Helens on the arti-
ficial turf.
It was enough to win a defensive battle with
the Class 5A Lions, who dropped to 0-2.
A goal by Astoria’s Michael Postlewait
in the 48th minute was the game-winner, and
Fishermen keeper Tony Tumbarello did the
rest, as the sophomore goalie made five saves
in the second half to preserve the win.
He had help, with strong defensive efforts
from Astoria teammates Porter Whitsett,
Brooks Fromwiller and Rodrigo Palacio-Rojas.
Meanwhile, St. Helens held a slight edge
in shots on goal in the first half. Lions’ senior
Regan Tolman bounced a shot off the crossbar
in the 14th minute, while an attempt by Asto-
ria’s Jonathan Jimenez was wide left.
The game’s first goal came on a penalty
kick, as the Lions were called for a foul just
inside the penalty area in the 26th minute.
Jimenez converted, driving the free shot into
the lower left corner of the net for a 1-0 lead.
But it didn’t last long.
With 10 minutes left in the half, St. Helens
sophomore Kaleb Edwards chased down a ball
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Astoria’s Dalton Byrd, left, goes up for a
ball against a St. Helens player.
off a throw-in, and scored past Tumbarello to
tie the game.
The Lions nearly picked up a second goal
in the closing minute of the half, but Pala-
cio-Rojas was able to disrupt a breakaway by
the Lions’ Waylon Nichols, preserving a 1-1 tie
at the half.
“Jonathan Jimenez stayed calm for a nice
PK, but I was impressed with the combo and
shot from St. Helens that found our net,” said
Astoria coach Lee Cain.
But, “For the most part, the team fixed our
problem areas after the halftime talk.”
The Fishermen wasted little time in creat-
ing opportunities on offense in the second half.
A long free kick by Jimenez in the open-
ing minutes sailed wide right, but 8:18 into the
half, Jimenez centered a deep ball to Postle-
wait, who beat two defenders to the ball and
scored into an open net for what turned out to
be the game-winning score.
Astoria needed the victory, as five of its
next seven games are on the road, including the
Cowapa League opener Sept. 20 at Seaside.
Cain “was fairly happy with the results
tonight,” he said. “I liked the boys’ play when
they were on, and wasn’t surprised when they
were off, because we are still a fairly young
team and it’s early.
“But they are improving, and played at
least as well or better than I expected,” he said.
“Michael Postlewait’s goal came at a good
time, and I liked how we held things steady and
kept the 2-1 score through some smart defen-
sive tactics that the boys employed on their
own on the pitch.”
The Fishermen take on Marshfield in a non-
league game Saturday (played at Newport,
kickoff at 3:15 p.m.).
St. Helens girls soccer
team tops Astoria, 4-0
ST. HELENS — In nonleague girls soccer
action Thursday, St. Helens posted a 4-0 win
over Astoria, sending the Lady Fishermen to
their first loss of the season.
Astoria returns to action Saturday, when the
Fishermen travel to Newport to play Marsh-
field (1:30 p.m.) in a Pirates vs. Fishermen soc-
cer doubleheader.
Knappa volleyball downs Ilwaco in four games
The Daily Astorian
ILWACO, Wash. — Knappa
snapped a two-match losing streak
with a four-game win Thursday night
in Ilwaco, Washington, in nonleague
volleyball action.
The Loggers scored the cross-
state victory by bouncing back from
a Game 1 loss, then holding off the
Fishermen with some strong serv-
ing for the win, 21-25, 25-11, 25-19,
25-23.
“I was a bit worried as to how we
would measure up against this much
larger school on the other side of the
river,” said Knappa coach Jeff Kaul.
After Ilwaco captured the first
game, Knappa jumped out to a quick
12-2 lead in Game 2 behind nine
straight service points from Aiko
Miller.
More strong serving by Kourtney
Tischer led to a 24-10 lead, and the
eventual win for the Loggers.
Knappa built an early nine-point
advantage in Game 3, with Tischer at
the service line.
Ilwaco rallied to within 16-15, but
the Loggers regrouped behind more
pinpoint serving from Tischer.
Knappa built a 21-18 advantage,
and Miller finished the game at the
service line to give the Loggers a two
games-to-one edge.
The Lady Fishermen led 15-10
in Game 4, before Knappa’s Taylin
Regier drilled four successful jump
serves for an eventual 15-15 tie.
Knappa’s Sophia Carlson got her
turn at the line and served the Loggers
to a 20-16 lead.
One last rally by Ilwaco brought
the Fishermen to within 24-23, before
the Loggers scored the match point
on a net violation.
Tischer was 25-for-25 serving
with five aces, five digs and 11 assists,
while Miller was 21-for-21 at the ser-
vice line with four aces and 18 digs.
Jordan Walter hit 10-of-10 serves
and added 10 digs, Vicki Ramvick
had four blocks, and Hannah Diet-
richs scored 10 kills for Knappa.
Regier finished with four kills and
three blocks.