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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF HOMETOWN REPORT Uncertainty about Carson will test Seahawks running depth RENTON, Wash. — It’s become clear through the first half of this season the Seattle Seahawks offense functions best when run- ning back Chris Carson is getting the bulk of the carries. Yet it’s also becoming clear that Carson may be a spectator on Sun- day when the Seahawks face the Los Angeles Rams as he deals with a hip injury that could keep him sidelined for the second time this season. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that Carson would not practice and his status for Sunday’s NFC West matchup was uncertain. Carson started last Sunday’s 25-17 loss to the Chargers and averaged 5.0 yards per carry, but did not play the final 2½ quarters after a linger- ing hip issue flared up. While there is a chance Car- son could be ready by Sunday, the Seahawks (4-4) also turn around and play a Thursday night game against Green Bay next week. And playing Carson on Sunday may make him unavailable against the Packers, which could end up being a more important game for Seattle’s playoff hopes. “The soft tissue thing is kind of hanging with him a little bit,” Car- roll said of Carson. “This hip thing is still kind of there and we’ve got to wait and see how it comes out at the end of the week.” Pac-12 Freshman of the Year? Look to the Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest appears to be leading the way in the Pac-12 for freshmen running backs who are having an impact. A trio of talented backs, Oregon State’s Jermar Jefferson, Oregon’s CJ Verdell and Washington State’s Max Borghi, are all taking on nota- ble roles on their offenses as either true or redshirt freshmen. Meanwhile, Arizona State seems to have cornered the mar- ket on freshman defenders. And there’s USC’s still-could-be- in-high-school quarterback JT Daniels. Among the Pac-12 freshmen making a mark this season: JERMAR JEFFERSON, Ore- gon State: Jefferson has rushed for 1,092 yards and 12 touchdowns this year. He’s had five games with 100-plus yards rushing. But his progress was slowed a bit by injury that kept him sidelined for most of the Beavers’ game against Califor- nia, and USC was able to hold him to 58 yards rushing last weekend. He ranks seventh in the nation for rushing yards, averaging 121.3 per game. CJ VERDELL, Oregon: Ver- dell leads the Ducks with 690 yards rushing with five touch- downs. He’s notable as the Ducks look to re-establish their running game: In the team’s loss to Wash- ington State, the Ducks rushed just 58 yards, then in the loss to Ari- zona they managed just 84. The team vowed to be more physi- cal up front before last Saturday’s 42-21 victory over UCLA, where they ran for 200. “We made a decision,” coach Mario Cristobal said. “The guys, we talked about it and it was about enough is enough; we are going to put our foot on the ground and we are going to recommit ourselves to being the physical team that we started the season as.” — Associated Press Seattle Pacific Ex-Astoria athlete Kaylee Mitchell (289) helped her team to a third-place finish in a conference meet last weekend. Mitchell takes third in championship meet By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian M ONMOUTH — Former Astoria High School athlete Kaylee Mitch- ell finished third individually, help- ing the Seattle Pacific women’s cross-country team to a third-place finish at the Great North- west Athletic Conference championships, held Saturday at Western Oregon University. The 13th-ranked Falcons finished with 64 points in the 6-kilometer race that featured four nationally ranked teams, Seattle Pacific among them. The 64 points was Seattle Pacif- ic’s best GNAC total since 2009. Alaska Anchorage, ranked No. 10 nationally, won with 49, ahead of No. 8 Simon Fraser (60) and Seattle Pacific (64). In her freshman year at SPU, Mitchell went out hard with the leaders in Saturday’s race. Anchorage’s Emmanuelah Chelimo and Central Washington’s Alexa Shindruk even- tually opened up some space, with Chelimo winning the 6K race in 21 minutes, 15.5 sec- onds, followed by Shindruk (21:25.5) and Mitchell (21:35.2). “There was a girl in third (Anchorage’s Nancy Jeptoo), and Chris (Reed, SPU coach) told me, ‘Kaylee, go catch her right now, and you’ll thank yourself later,” said Mitch- ell, who earned the GNAC Freshman of the Year award by being the first freshman across the line. “I caught up and I did thank myself later.” Mitchell was a three-sport star at Asto- ria High before transferring to Sprague High School in Salem. She and her teammates will run again in the NCAA West Region championships Nov. 17 in Billings, Montana. Hunt helps lead Geoducks to playoffs Another ex-Astoria Fisherman helped the Evergreen State College volleyball team to an historic finish, as junior Chloee Hunt played a key role in leading the Geoducks to their first postseason conference appearance in 15 years. Evergreen saw its season come to an end Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament, as No. 16-ranked College of Idaho defeated the Geoducks, 25-15, 25-20, 25-22. A middle blocker for Evergreen, Hunt had seven hills in the loss. Area athletes competing in fall sports at the collegiate or professional levels: Astoria Trevor Byrd, Fr., SW Oregon soccer Evergreen State College Astoria’s Chloee Hunt (7) celebrates a point in a recent Geoduck match. Seattle Pacific Kaylee Mitchell receives the meet’s Freshman of the Year award from GNAC commissioner Dave Haglund. Chloee Hunt, Jr., Evergreen volleyball Madi Landwehr, Fr., Clackamas CC volleyball Lexis Law, Fr., Multnomah soccer Keldon Littell, RS-Fr., Oregon State football Kaylee Mitchell, Fr., Seattle Pacific cross country Jeramy Poyer, Jr., Dickinson (ND) State football Jordan Poyer, Buffalo Bills Seaside Lizzy Barnes, So., Guilford soccer Sam Hinton, Sr., Willamette golf Jackson Kunde, Fr., SW Oregon golf Warrenton Michelle Arney, Fr., Mt. Hood volleyball Ilwaco Eliza Bannister, Fr., Saint Martin’s cross-country Kenneth Sheldon, Sr., Willamette golf Banks Grace Buchanan, Mt. Hood volleyball Megan Bunn, Eastern Oregon volleyball Kimberly Jordan, Clackamas CC soccer Twister McComas, Western Oregon football Ellie Nieland, Centralia soccer Samantha Pestner, Lower Columbia soccer Mary Schorn, Clark volleyball Trevor Thiessen, George Fox football Gaston Zach Kress, Linfield football Caedan Martin, Linfield football Nestucca Tea Chatelain, Northwest Christian cross-country Rainier Dawson Carr, Portland State football Breana Edwards, U. Indiana volleyball Johnathan Guisinger, George Fox cross-country Scappoose (former Cowapa League athletes) Derek Anderson, Buffalo Bills Alyssa Bakkensen, Linfield soccer Dan Carrier, Northwest Christian cross-country Lucy Davidson, U. Portland soccer Tevin Jeannis, Oregon football Eleanor Jones, Western Oregon soccer James Jones, Eastern Oregon football John Kavulich, U. Portland cross-country Linnaea Kavulich, Portland State cross-country David Krupsky, Western Oregon football David Mayo, Carolina Panthers Emily Muth, Linfield soccer Natalie Muth, U. Portland soccer Jerad Toman, Portland State football Tillamook Phoebe Brown, Portland State cross-country Andrew Jenck, U. Portland cross-country Zachary Macias, Pacific football Seth Martin, Clackamas CC cross-country Kaler Moore, Eastern Oregon football Kara Putman, Pacific cross-country Jordan Zweifel, Pacific volleyball Valley Catholic Regan Dean, Linfield volleyball Taylor Menkens, Seattle Pacific soccer Jakob Pruitt, Western Oregon football Ben Robbins, Southern Oregon football Theresa Shew, U. Portland rowing Maddie Vinson, Oregon State rowing SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY Football — OSAA 4A quarterfinal: Es- tacada at Seaside, 7 p.m.; WIAA 1B dis- trict playoff: Taholah at Naselle, 7 p.m. SOCCER State playoff results 4A girls semifinals Hidden Valley 1, Marist Catholic 0 Valley Catholic 4, La Grande 2 4A boys semifinals North Marion 1, Phoenix 0 Woodburn 6, Madras 0 Lizzy Barnes, Guilford soccer Sam Hinton Willamette golf Jackson Kunde, Southwestern Oregon golf Lexis Law, Multnomah soccer Keldon Littel, Oregon State football Jeramy Poyer, Dickinson State football Kenneth Sheldon, Willamette golf
