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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018
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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