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THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, MAy 7, 2019
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Hoekstre hits new mark in shot put
ing against 46 other throw-
ers, all from Class 5A and 6A
schools.
The second-place mark
was 44-6¼ by Angel Aleusi
of Centennial. Keeley Ras-
mussen of Sandy was a dis-
tant third at 41-7.
Hoekstre’s new mark is the
best in the country by almost
two feet. Jaida Ross, a junior
at North Medford, is second
at 48-5, followed by Shyann
Franklin of Golden Valley
(California), at 47-11½.
Hoekstre had the No. 1
mark early in the season but
had slipped to fourth, before
Friday’s winning shot.
Hoekstre and her Seaside
teammates will be in action
later this week, in the Cow-
apa League Championships
in Scappoose.
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Seaside’s Gretchen Hoek-
stre was at it again over the
weekend.
The Gulls’ senior athlete
hit another milestone mark in
her main event, and is once
again No. 1 in the country on
the list of high school female
shot putters.
Competing in the Nike/
Jesuit Twilight Relays, held
Friday at Cronin Stadium in
Portland, Hoekstre won the
shot put competition with a
new personal best toss.
And Hoekstre hit the big
one, with a throw of 50 feet,
1½ inches, the first high
school female to break the
50-foot barrier this year.
The mark also stood out,
as Hoekstre was compet-
Hoekstre family
Seaside senior Gretchen Hoekstre stands by her new
personal best mark in the shot put, currently the No. 1 mark
in the country among high school female shot putters.
Photos by Krissy Barendse-Goodman
Knappa’s Logan Bartlett shows off his home run swing in Game 2 of Friday’s doubleheader sweep.
KNAPPA CLOSES IN ON LEAGUE TITLE
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Logan Flues tossed a complete game
for Knappa in Friday’s opener.
via the 10-run mercy rule), and 35
straight victories in league play going
back to 2017.
The Royals actually held a 3-2 lead
early in Friday’s first game.
And Portland Christian pitcher
Andrew Dailey had an 0-2 count on
Knappa’s Ryson Patterson with two
outs and the bases loaded in the bot-
tom of the second, and was a strike
away from getting out of the inning
with a 3-3 tie.
But, Dailey walked Patterson to
force in a run, and the Loggers pro-
ceeded to score six more runs for a
10-3 lead.
Knappa finished with 12 hits off
two Royal pitchers, while Logger
starter Logan Flues allowed six hits
with four strikeouts and one walk
over five innings.
In the nightcap, Knappa’s Eli
Takalo and Tristin Wallace combined
on a three-hit shutout. Takalo struck
out 10 and gave up one walk and three
hits in six innings.
Shaun Lackey had three of Knap-
pa’s nine hits, while Patterson had a
triple and Logan Bartlett had a three-
run homer.
The Loggers stole bases at will,
finishing with 17 on the day. Knap-
pa’s leader in steals, Bartlett, had four
stolen bases in Game 1.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 5
p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5 p.m.; War-
renton at Rainier (2), 3 p.m.; Neah-Kah-
Nie at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Seaside at Astoria, 5 p.m.;
Warrenton at Rainier (2), 3 p.m.
Girls golf — Regional championships,
at Quail Valley, 10 a.m.
Boys golf — Regional championships,
at Quail Valley, noon
THURSDAY
Softball — Seaside at Warrenton, 4:30
p.m.
Track — Cowapa League champion-
ships, Scappoose HS, TBA
BASEBALL
Banks 10, Astoria 4
Banks 233 101 0—10 12 1
Astoria 200 020 0—4 7 3
Lilly, Nichols (1), Gobel (2) and Apple-
gate; Reed, Kaul (3), Matthews (5) and
Stutznegger. W: Gobel. L: Reed. RBI:
Banks, Bunn 2, Evans 2, Gobel 2, Van-
dehey 2, Hesselman, White; Ast, Hillard,
Hirsch, Stutznegger, Reed. 2B: Banks,
Hesselman 2, Vandehey; Ast, Stutzneg-
ger. HR: Banks, Gobel. HBP: Ast, Reed.
LOB: Banks 7, Astoria 9. DP: Banks,
Astoria.
Valley Catholic 10, Seaside 4
V.Catholic 213 040 0—10 12 0
Seaside 011 001 1—4 7 3
Eisenhardt, Baglai (5) and Pruitt; Fenton,
Johnson (3), McFadden (5) and Teubner.
W: Eisenhardt. L: Fenton. RBI: VC, Rob-
ison 2, W.Weber 2, M.Weber 2, Schul-
theis; Sea, Januik, Westerholm. 2B: VC,
Eisenhardt; Sea, Westerholm. 3B: Sea,
Fenton. HR: Sea, Westerholm. LOB: Val-
ley Catholic 11, Seaside 5.
Warrenton 8, Clatskanie 7
Warrenton 101 031 101—8 7 2
Clatskanie 000 302 200—7 10 7
Knight, Little (5) and Morrow; Combs,
F.Evenson (6), Warren (8) and Warren,
Booth (8). W: Little. L: Warren. RBI: War,
Falls 2; Cla, D.Evenson 2, Roth 2, Shock-
ley 2, Patterson. 2B: War, Falls; Cla, Pat-
terson 2, D.Evenson, Roth. HBP: War,
Kapua; Cla, Combs, Warren. LOB: War-
renton 9, Clatskanie 11. DP: Warrenton.
Warrenton 15, Clatskanie 5
Warrenton 201 0(12)—15 9 1
Clatskanie 201 02—5 6 9
Jackson, Breitmeyer (3) and Morrow;
Warren, Boothe (4) and Boothe, Warren
(5). W: Breitmeyer. L: Boothe. RBI: War,
Knight 3, Herrera 2, Falls 2, Little 2, Bre-
itmeyer, Pedraza; Cla, Combs, F.Even-
son, Roth, Shockley. 2B: War, Herrera;
Cla, F.Evenson. 3B: War, Little. HBP: War,
Morrow. LOB: Warrenton 5, Clatskanie 7.
TP: Clatskanie.
Knappa 15, Portland Christian 3
Banks tops Astoria
in 10-inning thriller
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here are still three games left
in the regular season, but the
Knappa Loggers are already in
“state title” mode — giving up very
few runs, while scoring lots of their
own.
The Loggers were at their best in
a Friday afternoon doubleheader at
Teevin Field, where Knappa swept
Portland Christian 15-3, 8-0.
Ranked No. 1 in the latest 2A
coaches poll, Knappa improves to
15-0 atop the Northwest League
baseball standings, with Neah-Kah-
Nie second at 13-2. The Loggers and
Pirates have a three-game series this
week to finish the regular season. A
Neah-Kah-Nie sweep would result in
a league championship for the Pirates
— but that would be highly unlikely
and next to impossible, as the Loggers
hold a record of 114 wins, three losses
in league play over the last six years.
With Friday’s sweep, the Loggers
have won 15 games in a row (nine
SOFTBALL ROUNDUP
P.Christian 120 00—3 6 4
Knappa 283 2x—12 12 3
Dailey, Chinchilla (3), McLaughlin (4)
and Siegel; Flues and Patterson. W:
Flues. L: Dailey. RBI: PC, Mihalak, Dai-
ley; Kna, Hoover 3, Coffey 2, Goodman
2, Patterson 2, Bartlett. 2B: PC, Watson;
Kna, Coffey, Takalo. HBP: PC, McLaugh-
lin; Kna, Miethe, Wallace. LOB: Portland
Christian 5, Knappa 9.
Knappa 8, Portland Christian 0
P.Christian 000 000 0—0 3 3
Knappa 500 003 x—8 9 0
Helgerson, McLaughlin (6) and Siegel;
Takalo, Wallace (7) and Patterson. W:
Takalo. L: Helgerson. RBI: Kna, Bartlett
3, Lackey, Patterson, Wallace. 3B: Kna,
Patterson. HR: Kna, Bartlett. HBP: Kna,
Goodman. LOB: Portland Christian 2,
Knappa 6. DP: Portland Christian.
SOFTBALL
Banks 5, Astoria 4
Astoria 001 011 100 0—4 9 2
Banks 012 010 000 1—5 9 3
W: Halle Vandomelen. L: Julia Norris.
RBI: Ast, Lyngstad 2, Matteucci, Bieder-
man; Banks, Hernandez, Herb, McCourt.
2B: Ast, O’Brien, Helmersen, Bieder-
man; Banks, Storms, McCourt. HBP: Ast,
Lyngstad. LOB: Astoria 9, Banks 8.
Clatskanie 15, Warrenton 1
Warrenton 000 10—0 2 5
Clatskanie 240 9x—15 7 1
W: Sheby Blodgett. L: Mia McFadden.
RBI: Cla, Blodgett 4, Smith 3, Sizemore
2, Gray, Jackson. HR: Cla, Blodgett. HBP:
Cla, Harrison. LOB: Warrenton 7, Clats-
kanie 4.
Clatskanie 15, Warrenton 6
Warrenton 110 400 0—6 7 1
Clatskanie 172 401 x—15 13 3
W: Kaity Sizemore. L: Mia McFadden.
RBI: War, Miethe 4, Bue 2; Cla, Blodgett
3, Harrison 3, Hummer 2, Sprague 2. 2B:
Cla, Ausmus, Harrison. 3B: War, Miethe
2; Cla, Hummer, Smith. HR: Cla, Sprague.
HBP: Cla, Sprague, Hummer, Blodgett,
Jackson. LOB: Warrenton 7, Clatskanie 8.
Knappa 11, Portland Christian 1
P.Christian 010 00—1 1 4
Knappa 460 01—11 5 7
W: Hannah Dietrichs. L: Emily Bieker.
RBI: Kna, Ramvick 3, Carlson 2, Hen-
drickson 2, Hellberg, Roberts. 2B: Kna,
Carlson. HBP: Kna, McCall, Roberts. LOB:
Portland Christian 7, Knappa 6.
Knappa 10, Portland Christian 0
P.Christian 000 00—0 0 5
Knappa 201 07—10 4 1
W: Madelynn Weaver. L: Emily Bieker.
RBI: Kna, Dietrichs 2, Ball, Hendrickson,
Nicholson, Patterson. 3B: Kna, Ball. HBP:
Kna, Nicholson. LOB: Portland Christian
1, Knappa 3. DP: Portland Christian.
Junior Halle Vandomelen
of Banks raced home with the
winning run in the bottom of
the 10th inning Friday, giv-
ing the Braves a 5-4 win over
Astoria and bringing an end
to one long day for the Lady
Fishermen softball team.
The day began with a
breakdown of the team bus on
the trip over the coast range.
A bus from Banks brought
Astoria the rest of the way,
and following a late start to
the game, the Lady Fishermen
gave the fourth-ranked Braves
all they could handle through
nine-and-a-half innings.
In the circle, Astoria pitcher
Julia Norris went toe-to-toe
with Banks’ pitchers Kaylin
Hernandez and Vandomelen.
Norris gave up nine hits
with five strikeouts and two
walks, while the Braves’ duo
also allowed nine hits, with
four K’s and two walks.
Trailing 4-2 after five
innings, Astoria’s Kayla
Helligso reached base on an
error with one out in the top of
the sixth.
One out later, she took third
on a wild pitch, then scored on
a double to left field by Emma
Biederman.
Still behind 4-3 enter-
ing the seventh inning, the
Fishermen mounted another
rally when Halle Helmersen
reached safely on another
Banks error.
Lexi Lyngstad drew a
walk, and after a pitching
change and an out, Astoria’s
Tenley Matteucci singled
to right field, scoring Nor-
ris from second base with the
tying run.
Meanwhile, Norris was
shutting down the Braves’
offense, keeping Banks score-
less through the sixth, sev-
enth, eighth and ninth innings.
Both teams went down in
order in the eighth, and both
left a runner on base in the
ninth.
In the 10th inning, the
game went to the international
tie-breaker rule, with a runner
placed at second base to start
each half inning.
After Astoria was unable
to score in the top of the 10th,
the Braves put Vandomelen at
second to start the bottom of
the 10th, and the Fishermen
chose to intentionally walk
Hannah McCourt to put run-
ners at first and second.
Madi Graham popped out
to right field for the first out,
but a ground ball by Noel
Herb glanced off an Asto-
ria glove and into right field,
allowing Vandomelen to score
the game-winner.
“We had a couple mental
errors and some base-running
mistakes,” said Astoria coach
Kent Israel, Jr.
“But it was a great game
again,” he said, as three of
his team’s four games with
the Braves ended in a one-run
loss.
Banks defeated Astoria 7-6
April 4, followed later in the
month by a 9-8 win April 22
at CMH Field, and Friday’s
10-inning victory.
“It helps our self-esteem
and our confidence, know-
ing that we can play with
them,” said Israel, whose
team has lost just five games
since March 15 — four to the
Braves and one to Warrenton.
Helmersen and Lyngstad
had two hits apiece for Asto-
ria in Friday’s loss, while
freshman outfielder Emilee
Carlson had eight put-outs in
right field, including back-to-
back running catches in extra
innings.
The Fishermen host Sea-
side on Tuesday at CMH
Field.
Tillamook blanks
Seaside, 12-0
Tillamook’s Torrin Rich-
ardson tossed a two-hit shut-
out Friday, leading the Chee-
semakers to a 12-0 win over
Seaside.
The freshman pitcher faced
just 16 batters, giving up a sin-
gle to Seaside freshman Erin
Owsley for the Gulls’ lone hit.
Makinley Johnson and
Laci Lourenzo each had a tri-
ple for Tillamook, which led
5-0 after one inning.
Seaside has road games
this week at Banks, Astoria
and Warrenton.
Top-ranked
Clatskanie sweeps
Warrenton
Warrenton took its best
shot at No. 1-ranked Clats-
kanie in a Coastal Range
League softball doubleheader
Friday, and the Warriors went
down swinging.
The Tigers racked up 20
hits and 30 runs on the day,
and improved to 8-0 in league
play (17-0 overall) with a
15-1, 15-6 sweep.
Clatskanie’s
Shelby
Blodgett highlighted Game 1
with a grand slam in the sec-
ond inning, helping the Tigers
build an early 6-0 lead.
Blodgett did the rest from
the circle, as Clatskanie’s
starting pitcher gave up just
two hits over five innings,
with 14 strikeouts and five
walks.
Warrenton committed five
errors and left seven runners
on base.
In Game 2, the Tigers
scored 10 runs over the first
three innings for a 10-2 lead.
Warrenton scored four runs in
the top of the fourth to cut the
deficit to 10-6, but Clatskanie
answered with four runs in
the bottom of the fourth, then
tacked on one in the sixth.
Blodgett was 2-for-3 at the
plate with three runs scored
and three RBI’s. The Tigers
had two doubles and two tri-
ples, and Olivia Sprague
belted a home run for her only
hit.
Avyree Miethe went
4-for-4 with four RBIs and a
pair of triples for the Warriors,
who play a doubleheader
Tuesday at Rainier.
Knappa pounds
the Royals, twice
Knappa moved one step
closer to clinching second
place in the Northwest League
softball standings, with a dou-
bleheader sweep Friday over
visiting Portland Christian,
11-1 and 10-0.
The Loggers swept last
week’s three-game series with
the Royals, outscoring Port-
land Christian by a combined
38-4.
Knappa pitcher Madelynn
Weaver was near-perfect in
Friday’s second game, strik-
ing out five with no walks and
no hits allowed. The Royals
had just one baserunner, via a
Knappa error.
Weaver faced 16 batters
and threw just 51 pitches, 35
for strikes.
The Loggers committed
seven errors in Game 1, but
even that did not help the win-
less (0-17) Royals, who com-
mitted four errors of their own
and gave up 10 runs over the
first two innings.
Knappa had just five hits in
the opener, taking advantage
of seven walks and two hit
batters to score their 11 runs.
Vicki Ramvick had just
one hit, but drove in three
runs, while Sophia Carlson
had two of Knappa’s five hits,
with a double and two RBI’s.
Logger freshman Rachel
Ball got the call to start at sec-
ond base, and responded with
seven assisted put-outs in
Game 2.
Knappa plays three games
vs. Neah-Kah-Nie this week.
One Logger victory will
clinch second place and an
automatic spot in the state
playoffs.