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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Valiants dominate all-league selections The Daily Astorian If this season’s Cowapa All- League volleyball team is any indi- cation, this year’s league cham- pion will be just as tough next year. In addition to winning the league championship, the Valley Catholic Valiants had the Player of the Year (Kayla Robbins) and the Coach of the Year (Becky Kem- per). Robbins and six of her team- mates were named to the Cowa- pa’s all-league team, released last week, and Robbins was the only senior in the group. Valley Catholic all-league selections included two juniors, three sophomores and a freshman. Astoria junior Julia Norris was selected first team, and was joined on the all-league team by junior Hailey O’Brien and sophomore Halle Helmersen, both honorable mention. Senior Morgan Blodgett was the lone Seaside player on the first team, while senior teammates Anna Huddleston and Tori Tomlin were selected honorable mention. Cowapa All-League Player of the Year: Kayla Robbins, Val- ley Catholic Coach of the Year: Becky Kemper, Valley Catholic First Team Kayla Robbins, Sr., Valley Catholic Bella Albert, Sr., Banks Lindsey Beck, Jr., Banks Morgan Blodgett, Sr., Seaside Isabel Hurliman, Sr., Tillamook Haylee Jackson, Jr., Banks Makinley Johnson, Sr., Tillamook Maddie Klopcic, So., Valley Catholic Allie Merz, Jr., Valley Catholic Julia Norris, Jr., Astoria Abby Rewers, So., Valley Catholic Zoey Van Vleet, Jr., Valley Catholic Sage Veek-Petersen, So., Tillamook Honorable Mention Halle Helmersen, So., Astoria Kinley Hoag, Jr., Banks Anna Huddleston, Sr., Seaside Nessa Hurliman, So., Tillamook Gretchen Kibbe, So., Valley Catholic Kylee King, Fr., Valley Catholic Hailey O’Brien, Jr., Astoria Shea Prulhiere, Sr., Tillamook Halle Vandomelen, Jr., Banks Tori Tomlin, Sr., Seaside Hailey O’Brien was one of three Astoria play- ers to earn all-league honors. The Daily Astorian Rowdy parade fetes champion Red Sox team Despite big-name losses, Seahawks defense again among best Associated Press By TIM BOOTH Associated Press BOSTON — Confetti can- nons boomed and huge crowds of fans cheered wildly on Wednesday as the Boston Red Sox rumbled through downtown aboard duck boats to mark the team’s fourth World Series championship in the past 15 years. One of the team’s champi- onship trophies and team man- ager Alex Cora were hit by flying cans of beer that Boston fans have made a practice of offering their sports heroes during recent vic- tory parades. Neither was seriously injured and it didn’t take any var- nish off the shining celebration. The rolling rally set off from venerable Fenway Park and wound its way through major city streets lined by fans numbering in the hundreds of thousands, some who arrived before dawn. Bits of red, white and blue paper rained down as team officials, play- ers, and their families waved from the amphibious, World War II-era vehicles. Some autographed balls and drank beers tossed to them from the jubilant throng. Many in the sea of Red Sox jer- seys and ball caps took advantage of the fact that the parade coin- cided with Halloween. Young children dressed up as comic book and Disney charac- ters, 20-somethings from the city’s numerous colleges sported full- body panda and dinosaur outfits, and fans took selfies with a doppel- ganger of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan roaming the crowd. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Football — 2B crossover game: Ilwa- co at Napavine FRIDAY Football — 4A state playoff: Cascade at Seaside, 7 p.m.; 2A state playoffs: Glide vs. Knappa, at CMH Field, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Sheridan, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Boys soccer — North Marion at Sea- side, 5 p.m. RENTON, Wash. — The players the Seattle Seahawks lost off their defense over the past year became synonymous with being considered among the best at their position and creating an elite unit that was tough to have success against. UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Los Angeles Chargers (5-2) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3) • Sunday, 1:05 p.m. TV: CBS AP Photos/Cooper Neill Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri (8) celebrates after scoring a goal against FC Dallas during Wednesday’s playoff match in Frisco, Texas. Valeri scores twice in 2-1 win to give Timbers knockout win Associated Press D ALLAS — Diego Valeri scored two goals, the sec- ond with Portland a man down, and the Timbers beat FC Dallas 2-1 in a MLS knockout game Wednesday night. The fifth-seeded Tim- bers advanced to a two-game Western Conference semifinal against Sporting Kansas City or the Seattle Sounders, depending on the outcome of Thursday’s LAFC-Real Salt Lake match. Valeri’s first goal came in the 23rd minute on a free kick that he put inside the left post from 26 yards out. In the 57th, Larrys Mabiala took down Dominique Badji as the last defender near the pen- alty box. The free kick was blocked but Portland was down to 10 men. But in the 71st, Jeremy Ebo- bisse dropped off a short pass to Valeri in the goal box amid a scattered Dallas defense and Valeri nudged the ball into the net for his team-leading 12th goal. Dallas broke through in the 94th minute with Matt Hedges heading in a goal but couldn’t come up with another despite a few additional chances in stop- page time. Timbers keeper Jeff Atti- nella made five saves. Portland came in with just four road wins this season, while fourth-seeded Dallas had been 10-2-5 at home. But Dal- las also entered the postseason on a three-game losing streak, scoring just one goal in that span. Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell (24) receives a yellow card from referee Alan Kelly. And yet, the current batch of Seahawks sit near the midseason point with a defense that statistically is back among the elite of the NFL. “I’m not surprised at all. We knew coming into the season we had a great group of guys and we knew the outside was sleeping on the lead- ership we had in the building and the people that we had in the building. ... We knew that people didn’t see that. They wouldn’t see that,” Seat- tle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. “If you listened to us talk, we were very confident in what we were going to get accomplished and what we were going to be doing. What we are seeing is good, but I think there is a level where we can get better.” Heading into Week 9, the Sea- hawks have the No. 5 total defense (327.3 yards per game), No. 4 in pass defense (219.0) and No. 4 in points allowed per game (18.7). Those numbers include six games playing without starting linebacker K.J. Wright because of knee sur- gery and three games without Earl Thomas after he suffered a broken leg in the Week 4 win over Arizona. Wagner was around before the overhaul started. So was defen- sive end Frank Clark and defensive tackle Jarran Reed. But the rest of Seattle’s defense has been largely re-tooled over the past two sea- sons. And instead of Seattle taking a major step back, it has returned to being among the NFL’s best in less than half a season.
