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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018
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SOCCER
Astoria
boys
defeat
Banks
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BANKS — The Astoria boys
soccer team earned its second league
win Thursday over Banks, with a 3-0
victory on the Braves’ home field.
The Fishermen dominated play,
netting their first goal in the 15th
minute when David Bermudez, on a
fast counter attack, slotted a through
ball that Michael Postlewait ran up
on and beat the Braves’ goalkeeper.
As the keeper went to the ground
to block the shot, Postlewait shot the
ball low to the left corner.
Fishermen keeper Tony Tum-
barello made a strong save diving to
his right to push a Banks shot wide
off a corner kick in the 28th minute.
That was the Braves’ most danger-
ous opportunity.
Second-half scoring began in
the 45th minute, when Postlewait
crossed the ball to the center of the
box to Leo Matthews, whose shot
was blocked by the keeper. Shrey
Sharma gathered in the deflection
and scored.
In the 60th minute, Postlewait
pounded the ball into the net from
point-blank range off a pass from
Jonathan Jimenez.
Astoria’s strong defensive play
was keyed by Porter Whitsett and
Rodrigo Palacio-Rojas on the back
line and Riley Cameron in the
midfield.
The Fishermen close out league
play with two home matches, Tues-
day vs. Tillamook and Thursday vs.
Valley Catholic. The Valiants scored
a 4-0 win late Thursday over Sea-
side, on Valley Catholic’s home
field.
Banks, Astoria girls
battle to 1-1 tie
Astoria scored early in the first
half and Banks scored early in the
second half Thursday night, in
Cowapa League girls soccer action
at CMH Field.
And that’s where the scoring
ended, as the Braves and Fishermen
finished in a 1-1 tie.
The Braves missed a pair of
penalty kicks, while the lone Banks
score was an own-goal, a ball that
glanced off an Astoria defender and
goalkeeper and into the net.
“The girls played well,” Asto-
ria coach Tim Fastabend said of
his team, which celebrated Senior
Night. “Banks plays a very physical
game, but we had some girls who
played very well,” including Eliza-
beth Whitsett, Brooklyn (Zerangue)
and Taileigh Cole, along with Elle
Espelien, “who always plays well,”
Fastabend said. Meghan O’Meara
scored Astoria’s goal on a direct
free kick from 30 yards out, giv-
ing the Fishermen a 1-0 lead. It was
Astoria’s first goal in three games.
Astoria’s final two games of
the regular season are on the road,
Monday at Tillamook and Wednes-
day at Valley Catholic.
Valley Catholic over Seaside
In other Cowapa League girls soc-
cer action, Valley Catholic defeated
Seaside 8-0 at Broadway Field.
Ilwaco def. Astoria
ILWACO, Wash. — Elle Per-
sonius scored two goals to lead the
Ilwaco girls soccer team to a 2-0
win over the Astoria junior varsity
team Wednesday.
Personius scored her first goal
off a corner kick near the end of
the first half. The second was at the
36-minute mark of the second half.
Ilwaco goalkeeper Faith Rich-
ardson only had to make two saves.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Football — Astoria at Molalla, 7 p.m.;
Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Knappa at
Gaston, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Neah-Kah-
Nie, 7 p.m.; Jewell at Gilchrist, 1 p.m.;
Naselle at Darrington, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Marshfield tour-
nament, TBA; Seaside tournament, 7
a.m.; Knappa at City Christian, 2:30 p.m.
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Heaven Barrett spikes the ball for the Fishermen.
Tillamook defeats Astoria
girls at the Brick House
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ith four of its five teams in the top
15 statewide, the 4A state volleyball
tournament in Forest Grove could be
one big Cowapa League party.
Two of the teams hoping to be there met on
the court Thursday night at the Brick House,
where No. 15-ranked Astoria hosted fifth-
ranked Tillamook.
It wasn’t the walk in the park that the Chee-
semakers thought it might be, but Tillamook
eventually scored a four-set win, 25-11, 19-25,
25-15, 25-17.
After suffering through a 14-point loss in
Game 1, the Lady Fishermen turned the match
upside down by completely dominating Tilla-
mook in Game 2.
Kes Sandstrom served Astoria to a 3-0 lead,
and the Lady Fishermen went on a serving ram-
page shortly after, with an ace by Kelsey Fau-
W
Kelsey Fausett and Hailey O’Brien play
defense for Astoria.
sett and three ace serves from Hailey O’Brien.
An off-speed touch by Julia Norris and an
ace serve by Taja-Rae Tuimato led to a 17-5
lead for Astoria.
Kajsa Jackson dominated the middle, send-
Nebraska’s Frost took step
to stop Oregon State transfer
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
First-year Nebraska coach
Scott Frost said Thursday the
transfers of three of his former
players to Oregon State raised
his suspicions, though he stopped
short of leveling a tampering
charge against the Beavers.
Linebacker Avery Roberts,
quarterback Tristan Gebbia and
receiver Tyjon Lindsey all trans-
ferred from Nebraska to Oregon
State in the last two months. It was
part of the reason Frost listed Ore-
gon State as one of the schools
Greg Bell couldn’t transfer to as
a condition of granting the run-
ning back’s scholarship release
last week.
The Cornhuskers’ previous
staff has deep ties to Oregon State,
and former Huskers assistant
Trent Bray returned there to coach
linebackers this season. Former
director of football operations Dan
Van De Riet has gone back to Ore-
gon State in the same role. Mike
Riley, the coach Frost replaced,
was a longtime Oregon State head
coach who now is a consultant for
the Beavers.
“There’s no doubt in my mind
those kids were probably in touch
with some people they formerly
knew that were here,” Frost said
Thursday.
It’s against NCAA rules for
representatives of a school to con-
AP Photos/Nati Harnik
LEFT: Nebraska running back Greg Bell.
RIGHT: Nebraska head coach Scott Frost.
tact a player from another school
about transferring. Frost’s decision
on Bell was made 10 days before
NCAA transfer rules change.
Starting Oct. 15, athletes will no
longer have to ask for permis-
sion to transfer from their current
schools and schools cannot block
transfers.
“If someone is contacting our
kids while they’re still our kids
and trying to get them to transfer,
I’m not going to be a big fan of
that continuing to happen,” Frost
said. “And I’m not saying it did
happen.”
Oregon State athletics spokes-
man Steve Fenk said the school
had no response to Frost’s
comments.
Frost said he would be a hyp-
ocrite if he didn’t acknowledge
he spoke to Central Florida quar-
terback McKenzie Milton on
Wednesday. Frost developed a
strong relationship with Milton as
his coach in 2016-17. Frost said
the two spoke on the video service
Facetime because it was Milton’s
birthday.
In May, Hawaii coach Nick
Rolovich called out Oregon
State on social media for sending
recruiting material to his players
that allegedly included invitations
to the Beavers’ spring game. Three
Oregon State assistants were assis-
tants at Hawaii in recent years.
Oregon State described the
contact with the Hawaii players
as “unintentional.” Oregon State
reported what happened to the
NCAA, and it was ruled a second-
ary violation.
ing three straight kills to the floor for a 24-16
lead, before the Fishermen closed out the
game.
The Mooks regained their Game 1 form in
Game 3, building a 14-9 lead on two kills off
the block by Isabel Hurliman.
Astoria closed to within 15-13, but Tilla-
mook’s 10-2 run gave the Cheesemakers a two
games-to-one lead.
Tillamook’s big hitters — seniors Hurliman
and Makinley Johnson, and sophomore Nessa
Hurliman — took over in Game 4.
Tillamook held leads of 15-4 and 21-8,
before a long serving run by Fausett brought
Astoria back to within 21-15.
But a long break at the scorer’s table
was just what Tillamook needed to turn the
momentum, as the Mooks outscored Astoria
4-2 to close out the match.
Junior varsity: Astoria defeated Tilla-
mook, 25-17, 25-22, 25-13.
VOLLEYBALL
Vernonia beats Knappa
in Logger showdown
VERNONIA — Vernonia scored a three-game
sweep Thursday night over Knappa to keep pace
with first-place Portland Christian in the Northwest
League race.
While the Royals remain atop the league stand-
ings at 11-0, Vernonia is 10-1, followed by Gaston
(8-2), Nestucca (7-3) and Knappa (5-6).
Knappa has one league game remaining (Satur-
day at City Christian) before opening play in the
league playoffs.
Knappa held a 7-1 lead in Game 1, before Ver-
nonia rallied.
“We had a lot of awesome saves from many of
our players tonight, trying to keep the ball alive
after some hard hits from Vernonia,” Knappa coach
Jeff Kaul said. “We also saw a lot of great attempts
at blocking with some very nice successful blocks.”
Nestucca tops Warrenton
in nonleague match
CLOVERDALE — Warrenton took a break
from league play Thursday night, which was fortu-
nate for the Warriors, who lost a four-game match
at Nestucca.
The 2A Bobcats scored the victory, 25-15, 23-25,
25-13, 25-13, over a Warrenton team that was fresh
off two emotional wins over Willamina and Rainier.
The Warriors close out the league season Tues-
day at Taft.
Crosshill defeats Jewell
JEWELL — In a Casco League volleyball
match at Jewell, Crosshill Christian improved to
10-3 in league, with a three-game sweep over the
Blue Jays, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16.
Jewell falls to 6-7 in league, 9-9 overall, and
hosts Perrydale Tuesday.
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