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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Woodburn ends Astoria girls’ season CROSS-COUNTRY ROUNDUP Astoria’s Long qualifies for state meet WOODBURN — In the only girls soccer playoff game Thursday, the Woodburn Bull- dogs defeated Astoria 5-0 in a 4A play-in game at Woodburn. The loss ends the season for the No. 18-ranked Lady Fisher- men, who finish 5-7-3 overall. The third-place team out of the Oregon West Conference, the No. 14-ranked Bulldogs improve to 8-5-2, and advance to the first round of the state playoffs next Wednesday. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Football — 4A regional play-in: Baker at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Portland Christian, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Nestuc- ca, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Willapa Valley, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Neah Bay, 6 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Warrenton at Santiam Christian, 4 p.m. CROSS-COUNTRY Cowapa League Championships Girls: Tillamook 27, Astoria 55, Valley Catholic 55, Seaside 100. Individual (top 10) 1. Solace Bergeron, Til, 19:26 2. Taylor Isaac, VC, 20:00 3. Sarah Pullen, Til, 20:01 4. Georgia Hicken, VC, 20:23 5. Sophie Long, Ast, 20:30 6. Whitney Averill, Til, 21:01 7. Lindsay Riutta, Ast, 21:16 8. Nina Zweifel, Til, 21:18 9. Paige Ross, Til, 21:57 10. Allison Wilkes, Til, 22:17 Astoria and Seaside 11. Allyson Pritchard, Ast, 22:19 13. Abigail Groncki, Ast, 23:37 15. Elise Seppa, Sea, 23:47 16. Tara Lair, Sea, 23:59 19. Taylor Palmrose, Ast, 24:53 21. Brooke Blakenhorn, Sea, 25:03 22. Ana Rojas, Sea, 25:40 24. McKenna Long, Ast, 26:22 25. Grace Blankenship, Ast, 26:41 26. Grace Landaker, Sea, 28:06 28. Hayley Rollins, Sea, 28:55 Boys: Tillamook 26, Valley Catholic 36, Astoria 95, Banks 106, Seaside 124. Individual (top 10) 1. Nate Hicken, VC, 16:49 2. Carter Kunert, Til, 17:00 3. Lewis Tawney, VC, 17:29 4. Dylan Dickson, Til, 17:39 5. Marshall Bush, Til, 17:46.1 6. Dexter Patching, Til, 17:46.2 7. Jackson Miller, VC, 17:59 8. Luis Moreno, Sea, 18:04 9. Fabian Niemi, Til, 18:12 10. Devon Franske, Til, 18:17 Astoria and Seaside 14. Anton Heinrich, Ast, 18:39 18. Nikolai Boisvert, Ast, 19:16 19. William Berezay, Ast, 19:34 21. Parker Ivanoff, Ast, 19:51 23. Elias Harding-Coe, Ast, 20:05 25. Calvin Kaul, Ast, 20:13 26. Elias Simmons, Ast, 20:35 27. Sam Henderson, Sea, 20:42 28. Geo Ortega, Sea, 21:09 30. Francisco Rojas, Sea, 21:45 31. Cameron Lippert, Sea, 21:52 34. Jude Gomez, Sea, 23:52 35. Mathew Carpenter, Sea, 24:23 District 1-3A/2A/1A Girls: Oregon Episcopal 37, Catlin Gabel 39, Yamhill-Carlton 107, Vernonia 121, Warrenton 125, Southwest Chris- tian 169, Rainier 183, Riverdale 192, Faith Bible 201. Individual (top 5) 1. Lila Fenner, CG, 18:47 2. Stephanie Finley, OES, 19:28 3. Alma Nye, OES, 19:33 4. Cristin Brethower, YC, 19:34 5. Rachel Lowell, OES, 19:35 Warrenton 18. Adriana Dejesus, 21:12 29. Serena Moha, 22:57 31. Kaisa Liljenwall, 23:00 37. Sahanna Rodriguez, 24:33 43. Pamela Talancon, 25:04 46. Katelyn Carelock, 25:23 57. Cailin Bennett, 27:14 District 1-3A Boys: Westside Christian 47, Catlin Gabel 60, Riverdale 82, Horizon Chris- tian 90, Rainier 106, Oregon Episcopal 135, Warrenton 184, Portland Adventist 226, Yamhill-Carlton 228. Individual (top 5) 1. Will Leonard, CG, 16:45 2. Jimmy Maslen, CG, 17:02 3. Caden Hildenbrand, WC, 17:08 4. Asa Brown, OES, 17:12 5. Kellen Petersen, WC, 17:22 Warrenton 24. Forrest Cooley, 18:49 25. Kale Moss, 18:51 46. Forrest Bigelow, 20:34 48. Lucas Thompson, 20:47 49. Darren Garnett, 20:49 56. A.J. Schenbeck, 21:12 59. Caiden Weinmann, 22:05 District 1-2A/1A Boys: St. Stephen’s 31, Southwest Christian 41, Faith Bible 78, Vernonia 102, Trinity Academy 127. Individual (top 5) 1. Jacob Suarez, Valor, 16:29 2. Robert Piña-Morton, Kna, 16:31 3. Seth Bergeron, St.S, 16:40 4. Caleb VanderGiessen, FB, 17:00 5. Harry Schaefer, SWC, 17:01 out sometimes.” He added, “I’m proud of our run- ners and for the hard work they’ve done this season. “They’ve accomplished a lot as individuals and as a team, and as the season wraps up for most of our run- ners, it’s pretty impressive how far they’ve come and what they were able to do working together.” The Fishermen are “excited for Sophie going to state next week, and to keep up the positive momentum as a team as we look forward to next season.” By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The Daily Astorian H ILLSBORO — Hoping to send their entire team to the state meet for the first time in over a decade, the Astoria girls cross-coun- try team missed out on their goal by a tie-breaker Thursday afternoon. Competing in the Cowapa League championships at Rood Bridge Park in Hillsboro, the Lady Fishermen fin- ished in a tie for second in the team standings with Valley Catholic, behind team champion Tillamook. Only two teams qualify for state out of each league, so the Fishermen and Valiants had to resort to a tie- breaker, with the deciding factor being the highest finish for each team’s sixth runner. Valley Catholic’s Lauren Wolfe was the sixth runner for the Valiants, finishing 20th overall. Astoria’s sixth runner placed 24th, giving the tie- breaker — and a team trip to state — to Valley Catholic. The day wasn’t a complete loss for Astoria, which will still send one run- ner to the state meet, Nov. 3 at Lane Community College. Sophomore Sophie Long took fifth place to qualify for the trip to Eugene. Tillamook junior Solace Bergeron was the individual champion, cover- ing the 5,000 meters in 19 minutes, 26 seconds, ahead of Valley Catholic’s Taylor Isaac (20:00). Tillamook sophomore Sarah Pul- len was third (20:01), followed by Val- ley Catholic freshman Georgie Hicken (20:23) and Long (20:30). Astoria freshman Lindsay Riutta was seventh (21:16), with teammates Allyson Pritchard (11th, 22:19), Abi- gail Groncki (13th, 23:37) and Taylor Palmrose (19th, 24:53) rounding out Astoria’s top five. Fishermen McKenna Long (24th) and Grace Blankenship (25th) were Astoria’s other competing runners. All seven Fishermen runners will return next season. Elise Seppa (15th, 23:47) and Tara Lair (16th) were Seaside’s top two runners. Second place for Knappa’s Piña-Morton Ronda Long/For The Daily Astorian Astoria sophomore Sophie Long, on her way to a fifth-place finish in Thursday’s Cowapa League championship meet. Tillamook completed a team sweep by winning the boys’ team title, scor- ing 26 points, ahead of Valley Catho- lic (36), Astoria (95), Banks (106) and Seaside (124). The Cheesemakers had six run- ners in the top 10, while Valley Cath- olic junior Nate Hicken won the race in 16:49. Seaside junior Luis Moreno took eighth in 18:04. Astoria was led by Anton Heinrich (14th, 18:39). Team- mates Nikolai Boisvert and Wil- liam Berezay placed 18th and 19th, respectively. The day included “rainy trails, down-to-the-wire finishes, wrong turns and top-notch competition,” said Astoria coach Andrew Fick. “We went in knowing that there were some big opportunities for our boys and girls teams to step up, but that both teams were going to have formidable competition.” In the girls’ race, Bergeron and Pullen led nearly the entire race, with Isaac and Hicken, along with Long and Riutta giving chase. With less than 200 meters remain- ing, Pullen took a wrong turn, allow- ing Isaac to move into second. “We knew it was going to be espe- cially close with Valley Catholic’s girls, probably within a point or two one way or another, and sure enough, that’s how it played out,” Fick said. “We talked about getting out fast, being mindful of who we had around us, and just run our best races, but some things were out of our control.” Pullen’s wrong turn was “certainly not something that you want for any- one, especially at the district meet,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that was ulti- mately a factor in the outcome for us and unfortunate that the course wasn’t designed to fully prevent those kinds of issues, but that’s how things work Lillard scores 41 to lead Portland to 128-114 win over Orlando Magic By BILL FAY Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Damian Lil- lard struggled in the first half, then was back in All-Star form after halftime. Lillard scored 34 of his 41 points in the second half, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Orlando Magic 128-114 on Thursday night. CJ McCollum had 22 for the Trail Blazers and Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and 10 rebounds. Lillard was just 2 for 8 in the first half, then hit 11 of 15 shots in the final two quarters, going 5 of 8 from 3-point territory. He sat out the first four minutes of the final quarter and watched a 13-point lead shrink to just 102-99. “It’s not really about filling up the stat sheet,” Lillard said. “There are opportunities to do it but I think it is more about impacting the game. Even when I am not making shots, I focus on how can I still impact the game.” Lillard and McCollum then re-en- tered with 7:54 left after Orlando cut a 13-point deficit to just 102- 99 on Gordon’s second 3-pointer of the quarter. The guards combined to score 22 of Portland’s final 26 points to seal the win. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Terrence Ross had 21 points off the bench and Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier had 17 apiece. The Magic shot 50 percent from the field and made 12 3-point- ers, but never could find a way to stop Portland. “If you look at the offensive num- bers, you ought to win this game,” Magic coach Steve Clifford said. “But the biggest thing tonight was our defense. It started with the first five minutes when we made mistake after mistake. We just weren’t good.” Lillard had 19 points in the third quarter, including 11 of the Blazers’ last 13. Magic guards D.J. Augustin and Jerian Grant chased him around the perimeter and into the lane, but never could catch him. He had three TUALATIN — Knappa runner Robert Piña-Morton missed out on a district cross-country championship by just three seconds, but the Logger junior will still compete in the state meet, after a second-place finish in Thursday’s District 1-2A/1A champi- onship meet at Tualatin High School. Senior Jacob Suarez of Valor Christian won the 5,000-meter race in 16 minutes, 29 seconds, just edging Piña-Morton, who finished in 16:31, lowering his career best and school record time by 37 seconds in tough conditions. Freshman Shane McMahan was Knappa’s other runner, taking 26th in 19:36. In the District 1-3A boys’ race (also at Tualatin), Westside Christian won the team title, with Warrenton seventh. Sophomore Forrest Cooley was 24th (18:49) and teammate Kale Moss took 25th (18:51) for the Warriors. The Warrenton Lady Warriors placed fifth in the District 1-3A/2A/1A girls’ meet. Leading the way for Warrenton was senior Adriana Dejesus, 18th in 21:12. Rounding out the top five for the Warriors were Serena Moha (29th, 22:57), Kaisa Liljenwall (31st, 23:00), Sahanna Rodriguez (37th) and Pamela Talancon (43rd). WORLD SERIES In 2-0 hole, Dodgers turn to rookie Buehler to rescue them By BETH HARRIS Associated Press AP Photo/John Raoux Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard, center, drives to the basket be- tween Orlando Magic’s Jerian Grant (22) and Mohamed Bamba (5) during the second half of Thursday’s game in Orlando, Fla. TIP-INS UP NEXT: BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (3-1) at Miami Heat (2-2) • Saturday, 5 p.m. TV: NSNW 3-pointers and five driving layups, before taking a break to start the fourth quarter. However, Portland couldn’t shake the Magic, who trailed 91-80 going to the fourth period. But after Orlando cut it to three, Lillard and McCollum combined for eight straight points and Portland was back in front 110-99. Backup center Zach Collins had 13 points in nine minutes to help the Blazers to a 58-48 halftime lead. He helped the Blazers overcome a slow start by Lillard (2 for 8) and McCol- lum (foul trouble). Ross kept the Magic within strik- ing distance with 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting. The Magic kept pace offen- sively, but were a step slow at the defensive end and Portland beat them to the basket repeatedly. TRAIL BLAZERS: Lillard’s 41 points were the most ever scored by a Portland player against Orlando. . Collins hit all five field goal attempts in the first half, including a pair of 3-pointers. MAGIC: Orlando never led in the game after never trailing in the last game, a 93-90 win over Boston. . Vucevic has scored 25 or more points in five of his last seven games against Portland. PACE OF PLAY The NBA season is only a week old, but Portland coach Terry Stotts and Clifford have noticed the same thing. “Right now the pace of games is off the charts,” Stotts said. “Teams are definitely playing faster,” Clifford added. The scoring average for the NBA is up seven points from last season — 113.4 so far from 106.3. Neither coach was sure how long it would last. LOS ANGELES — The Dodg- ers have seen the future, and it’s ace-in-the-making Walker Buehler. Except they need him to deliver now. Buehler will try to yank Los Angeles out of a 2-0 deficit against the Boston Red Sox when the World Series shifts to Dodger Sta- dium for Game 3 on Friday. Clearly, the Dodgers trust their 24-year-old rookie. He led them to a victory over Colorado in Game 163 that clinched Los Angeles’ sixth straight NL West title. The right-hander also pitched well in Game 7 of the NL Champi- onship Series against Milwaukee. Now, the pressure is on the calm and confident kid from Ken- tucky horse country to keep them out of a potential 3-0 hole. “It’s a little bit different than a Game 7 tomorrow,” Buehler said Thursday, “but at the same time there’s a little bit of backs-against- the-wall-type of scenario.” Since starting the season at Tri- ple-A Oklahoma City, Buehler has impressed as the heir apparent to three-time NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, who could opt out of the final two years of his contract after the World Series. GAME 3 • Boston Red Sox (2-0) at Los Angeles Dodgers (0-2) • Today, 5:09 p.m. TV: FOX
