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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com BOYS SOCCER Astoria and Westside battle to 1-1 tie The Daily Astorian TIGARD — The Astoria boys soccer team finished up the 2018 season with a 1-1 tie Mon- day afternoon at Westside Christian. Astoria finishes 4-8-2 overall, 2-5-1 in league. Both teams were fairly tentative in the first half of Monday’s match, with the Eagles scoring the first goal on a strong counter play, creating a two- on-one situation in the 22nd minute for a 1-0 half- time lead. The Eagles had three shots on goal to Astoria’s one in the first half. The Fishermen came out much more aggres- sive in the second half and controlled tempo for the first 10 minutes. Astoria looked to be the more dangerous team, but struggled to get shots on goal. At the other end of the field, Astoria goal- keeper Tony Tumbarello made a number of impressive saves. Astoria’s Porter Whitsett and Brooks From- willer were active the whole match with solid defense to deny the aggressive Eagles attack. The Fishermen finally found the back of the net when Aldo Cruz slotted a ball into the box to the waiting Shrey Sharma, whose shot was out of reach for the Eagles’ keeper in the 43rd minute. The play become very fast and furious on both sides over the last 10 minutes, with Astoria absorbing attack after attack from the Eagles. “It’s been a good season,” said Astoria coach Lee Cain. “They are a solid bunch of young men that have developed in ways that our sea- son record doesn’t show. I really hate to see the seniors go. “There are going to be some real holes to fill next year,” he said. “Aldo (Cruz) and Christian (Medina-Perez) have given our attack real teeth, Jonathan (Jimenez) has been the strongman in the middle. Rodrigo (Palacio Rojas) has certainly matured as a strong defender, and Porter (Whit- sett) has been absolutely phenomenal on the back line.” He added, “I am also really looking forward to working with next year’s core group, who are juniors this year. And Tony (Tumbarello) has showed a ton of promise and is only a sophomore. We will be very tough next year. Wish it was sum- mer already so we could get started.” SPORTS IN BRIEF FOOTBALL Raymond defeats Ilwaco ILWACO, Wash. — Ilwaco led 6-0 after one quarter, but Ray- mond rallied for an upset win Fri- day night, 37-20, in a Pacific 2B League football game at Ilwaco. Raymond racked up 412 yards in total offense, all on the ground. The Gulls were 0-for-1 passing. Jeb Sheldon led Ilwaco’s offense, rushing for 122 yards on just eight carries. He scored on a 65-yard run in the third quarter, and a five-yard carry in the fourth for the Fishermen, who suffered their first loss in league play. Naselle Comets cruise again NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle defeated Lummi 54-6 in a 1B football game that was called with seven minutes remaining, after a post-play blindside hit sent Comet running back Antonio Nolan to the hospital with a back injury. X-rays of Nolan were negative. Naselle’s Ethan Lindstrom and Fa’aoso Tutu’u each scored two first-half touchdowns, helping Naselle to a 46-0 halftime lead. The Comets clinched the league title, improving to 5-0 in league play. They can put the fin- ishing touches on a perfect league season later this week, when they play at Neah Bay, a team the Com- ets have already beaten, 54-0. Photos by Debbie Morrow/For The Daily Astorian Fernanda Alvarez delivers one of her 19 kills for the Warriors. Wizards edge Blazers 125-124 in overtime Associated Press PORTLAND — Markieff Morris couldn’t believe the Blaz- ers kept leaving him open. Morris had 28 points, includ- ing a career-high six 3-pointers, and the Washington Wizards won their first game of the season with a 125-124 overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Mon- day night. “After the second (3-pointer) I was like, ‘Are they really gonna let me shoot the ball?’ I think that’s the most I ever shot,” Morris said. “I was playing (Jusuf) Nurkic and he couldn’t cover the pick and roll and the three so they just had to give something up.” Bradley Beal added 25 points for the Wizards, and Otto Por- ter Jr. blocked Damian Lillard’s layup attempt at the final buzzer to seal the win. There were 29 lead changes and 23 ties. UP NEXT: TRAIL BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (2-1) at Orlando Magic (2-2) • Thursday, 4 p.m. TV: NSNW SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Volleyball — 4A regional play-in: Asto- ria at Marist Catholic, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Philomath, 6 p.m. Girls soccer — Seaside at Banks, 4:15 p.m. Boys soccer — Banks at Seaside, 6:30 p.m. On to state for Warrenton, after their win at Rainier By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian R AINIER — As it turns out, Warrenton had the best volleyball team all along in the new Coastal Range League. The Warriors proved it Saturday morning in Rainier, where Warrenton secured the league’s No. 1 seed to the state playoffs with a five-set win over Rainier. As always, they made it dramatic by losing the first two games and winning the last three, 18-25, 25-27, 26-24, 28-26, 15-5. Despite the earning the No. 1 seed, the War- riors are rated No. 20 in the final OSAA rank- ings — not good enough for a home match. “We won’t know for sure who we play until the rankings lock on Tuesday,” said Warrenton coach Staci Miethe. “But we foresee having to play one of the top three teams in the state (Cascade Christian, South Umpqua or Santiam Christian).” The OSAA’s playoff criteria states that a team must be ranked in the top 16 to get a home match, regardless of whether you win your league. “Quite a bummer for us, because we thought with the win we would get to host,” Miethe said. “But we are happy with our strong sea- son finish and proud of our accomplishment. So everything from here on out is icing on the cake. Wherever we go, we will go with Warrior Pride and represent our school and league to the best of our ability.” The state tournament takes place Nov. 2-3 in Forest Grove. In Saturday’s victory, “the highlight of the night was our defense,” Miethe said. “We had Warrenton’s Leah Schiewe, left, goes up for a block against the Columbians. a slow start and (the Columbians) were able to score most of their kills on tips, mostly due to our dominant block pressure. But then we figured out the right places to be and we shut down their tip game.” Warrenton’s Fernanda Alvarez was domi- nant at the net, with eight blocks and five block kills. Claire Bussert added four blocks and a block kill, and Leah Schiewe finished with three blocks and two block kills. The Warriors had 119 digs, led by Melia Kapua’s 41 digs and 10 saves. Kapua “touched over 100 balls defen- sively,” Miethe said. “Avyree (Miethe) and Fernanda also were key defensively, both pass- ing at 89 percent.” Avyree Miethe had 21 digs and six saves. “Our offense was also outstanding,” she said, as Miethe hit 92 percent with 19 kills, including five in a row to end Game 3. Alvarez also had 19 kills. Every Warrenton player who played in the front row had multiple kills, for a team total of 63. The Warriors also had 14 ace serves.
