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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
KOURTNEY
TISCHER
Knappa
ROBERT
PIÑA-MORTON
Knappa
Knappa Logger volleyball
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hree matches in five days resulted in two wins and a loss for the Log-
gers, who celebrated Senior Night with a win over Neah-Kah-Nie. One
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of two Knappa seniors along with Jordan Walter, Tischer (also the 2018 Miss
junior for the Loggers’ cross-country team, Piña-Morton had two first-
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place finishes and a second in three meets over a five-day span. He won
the Bigfoot Invitational Oct. 9 in Rockaway Beach, then ran his second-best
Scandinavia) led the Loggers against the Pirates, hitting 21-of-22 serves, with
25 assists, five digs and four kills. In a sweep at City Christian four days later,
she had 11 assists and seven aces. She had 23 assists and four kills in a sea-
son-ending playoff loss Tuesday at Nestucca.
5,000-meter time two days later (17 minutes, 27 seconds) in the Northwest
League Championships, which he won for the second year in a row. Piña-Mor-
ton finished his week by taking second in the Rainier Invitational, running
17:31 to finish ahead of two runners from Class 6A Benson.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Seaside at Banks, 6:45
p.m.; Taft vs. Warrenton (at Willamina), 5
p.m.; Warrenton vs. Willamina, 7:30 p.m.
Girls soccer — Tillamook at Seaside,
7:15 p.m.
Boys soccer — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
7:15 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m.
RANKINGS
4A Football coaches poll
First-place votes in parentheses
1. Banks (9)
107
2. Seaside
94
3. Marshfield (2)
88
4. Mazama
73
5. Gladstone
69
6. Marist Catholic 45
7. Estacada
42
8. Sweet Home
28
9. La Grande
18
10. Newport
9
Others receiving votes: Ontario 8,
Woodburn 6.
2A Football coaches poll
First place votes in parentheses
1. Santiam (8)
141
2. Monroe (7)
138
3. Neah-Kah-Nie (1) 112
4. Knappa
93
4. Sheridan
93
6. Jefferson
68
7. Heppner
55
8. Coquille
50
9. Kennedy
47
10. Glide
17
Others receiving votes: Toledo 14,
Lost River 13.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Warrenton volleyball
faces Taft, again
The Warrenton volleyball team is hav-
ing to take the long route to the state
playoffs.
Despite being the highest-ranked team
in the Coastal Range League (rated No. 21
in the latest OSAA rankings), and despite
having beaten Taft twice in the regular sea-
son, the Warriors have to play the Tigers
a third time in a league playoff at 5 p.m.
tonight at Willamina.
And should the Warriors win the play-
off, they would play Willamina immedi-
ately after their match with Taft, with the
winner of the second match advancing to a
Saturday playoff at Rainier for the league’s
No. 1 seed.
Rainier, Warrenton and Willamina all
finished the league season with 6-2 records.
A series of point system tie-breakers gave
the Columbians the top seed, followed by
Willamina and Warrenton.
The Warriors are coming off a Tuesday
night sweep (25-18, 25-14, 25-18) at Taft,
in which Warrenton’s Avyree Miethe was
27-for-28 on attacks, with 14 kills.
Mia McFadden and Fernanda Alva-
rez added seven kills apiece, while Melia
Kapua and Miethe combined to go 18-for-
18 from the service line.
Kapua was 38-for-45 passing with 11
digs and four saves, Miethe had seven digs
and Alvarez added six digs and four blocks.
Leah Schiewe and Natalie Oseguera
combined for seven blocks and three block
kills.
Astoria runners top
Seaside in dual meet
WARRENTON — The Astoria and
Seaside cross-country teams staged a good
old-fashioned dual meet Wednesday after-
noon at Cullaby Lake.
Some of the top runners did not take
part, as the teams prepare for the upcoming
district meet, Oct. 25 at Rood Bridge Park
in Hillsboro.
The Fishermen and Gulls ran a 3,000-
meter course, with Astoria sweeping the
dual meet by scores of 20-43 for the boys
and 25-32 for the girls.
Seaside junior Luis Moreno won the
boys’ race in 10 minutes, 13 seconds, with
the next 10 spots belonging to the Fisher-
men. Anton Heinrich was Astoria’s top fin-
isher, placing second in 10:35.
Astoria freshman Lindsay Riutta won
the girls’ race in 12:31, followed by soph-
omore teammate Allyson Pritchard (12:37)
and Seaside freshman Elise Seppa (12:47).
Seaside sophomore Brooke Blakenhorn
was fourth in 12:59.
No. 25 Washington State hosts
No. 12 Oregon in Pac-12 game
Associated Press
UP NEXT: DUCKS
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Washington State and Ore-
gon both seek to become bowl
eligible and to keep pace with
No. 15 Washington in the race
for the Pac-12 North title. Wash-
ington State has a 10-game home
winning streak, and is making
its first appearance as host of
ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
KEY MATCHUP
Two of the nation’s top
offenses square off as Oregon
averages 43 points per game and
Washington State averages 41.8
points per game. The defense
that bends the least may be the
winner.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Oregon: QB Justin Herbert
is one of the best in the Pac-12.
He has thrown 161 consecutive
passes without an interception in
Pac-12 road games. Freshman
RB CJ Verdell has rushed for
100 yards in four of his six career
games, and scored the winning
touchdown in overtime against
• Oregon Ducks (5-1)
at Washington State
Cougars (5-1)
• Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
TV: FOX
Washington last weekend.
Washington State: Gradu-
ate transfer QB Gardner Min-
shew has quickly gained mas-
tery of the Air Raid offense and
leads the nation with 2,422 pass-
ing yards and an average of 403
passing yards per game.
FACTS & FIGURES
Washington State has won
three straight against the Ducks,
including last year’s 33-10 win
in Eugene when an injured Her-
bert did not play ... Washington
State has not lost at home since
2016, the longest streak since
the team won 19 straight home
games from 1928-33 ... WSU
coach Mike Leach has 43 wins
at the school, and a victory Sat-
urday would tie him with Jim
Walden for third most in pro-
gram history.
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