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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, MAy 25, 2019
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Astoria
beats North
Marion, 2-1
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The day could not have gone
much better for the Astoria
baseball team.
The No. 14 seed Fishermen
scored the big victory of the first
round in the Class 4A state play-
offs, posting a 10-inning, 2-1
win over No. 3 seed North Mar-
ion on the Huskies’ home field.
On top of that, No. 11 seed
Sweet Home upset La Grande,
handing the Fishermen another
winnable game Friday, when
the Fishermen were scheduled
to play a quarterfinal contest at
Sweet Home.
Friday’s winner will advance
to the semifinals to play either
Philomath or Henley.
In Wednesday’s win, both
teams scored a run in the second
inning, and neither team could
bring in a run until Astoria’s
Adam Feldman delivered a two-
out double to left, scoring cour-
tesy runner Leo Matthews.
Burke Matthews pitched the
bottom of the 10th, retiring three
of the four batters he faced.
North Marion had more hits
(seven to four), and the Fisher-
men had more errors (four to
two), but the Huskies stranded
11 base runners.
Astoria pitchers Dylan Rush
and Burke Matthews struck out
three batters with one walk,
while North Marion pitchers
Griffin Henry and Grant Henry
combined for 15 strikeouts and
two walks.
The Fishermen improve to
13-10 overall (6-6 in league),
while North Marion’s season
ends with a 23-3 record, 14-1 in
league.
Astoria softball
season ends in
Junction City
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Junction City pitcher Jenna
Kister gave up just three hits
and one walk with 11 strikeouts,
leading the Tigers to an 8-1 win
Wednesday over Astoria in a 4A
softball first-round state playoff
game.
Astoria’s Kayla Helligso
belted a solo home run in the
second inning, but that was the
only offensive highlight for the
Lady Fishermen, who finish the
season 16-8 overall.
Tenley Matteucci had two of
Astoria’s three hits.
Junction City scored two
runs in the first and three runs in
the third inning, then added sin-
gle runs in the fourth, fifth and
sixth.
The Tigers had nine hits off
Astoria’s Julia Norris, includ-
ing a pair of doubles by Kamryn
Potter and a home run by Abby
Bumcrot.
SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
Astoria 2, North Marion 1
Astoria 010 000 000 1—2 4 4
N.Marion 010 000 000 0—1 7 2
Rush, B.Matthews (10) and Hillard; Gri.Henry,
Gra.Henry (9) and Wierstra. W: Rush. L: Gra.
Henry. RBI: Ast, Feldman, Hirsch. 2B: Ast, Feld-
man. HBP: Ast, Hillard, Hirsch, Rush; NM, Gri.
Henry, Wierstra. LOB: Astoria 7, North Marion
11. DP: Astoria, North Marion.
Henley 12, Seaside 0
Seaside 000 000 0—0 4 3
Henley 150 204 x—12 12 1
Fenton, Westerholm (2), McFadden (5), John-
son (6) and Teubner; Ha.Rasica. W: Ha.Ra-
sica. L: Fenton. RBI: Hen, He.Rasica 5, Loney
2, Ha.Rasica 2, Tacchini 2, Hasskamp. 2B: Hen,
Loney, He.Rasica. 3B: Hen, Ha.Rasica. HR: Hen,
He.Rasica 2, Tacchini. HBP: Hen, Hasskamp 2,
Tacchini. LOB: Seaside 4, Henley 6. DP: Henley
Warrenton 6, Burns/Crane 1
Burns/Crane 001 000 0—1 4 4
Warrenton 050 010 x—6 3 3
Winn and Wilber; Jackson, Breitmeyer (3),
Knight (7) and Morrow. W: Jackson. L: Winn.
RBI: Burns, C.Tiller; War, Breitmeyer, Morrow,
Herrera. LOB: Burns 3, Warrenton 4. DP: War-
renton 2.
Knappa 9, Nestucca 0
Nestucca 000 000 0—0 1 2
Knappa 111 132 x—9 9 1
Mallorie, Richwine (3) and Hurliman; Takalo
and Patterson. W: Takalo. L: Mallorie. RBI: Kna,
Bartlett 2, Miethe 2, Lackey, Takalo. 2B: Kna,
Goodman, Miethe. 3B: Kna, Wallace. HR: Kna,
Bartlett.
SOFTBALL
Junction City 8, Astoria 1
Astoria 010 000 0—1 3 5
J.City 203 111 x—8 9 2
W: Jenna Kister. L: Julia Norris. RBI: Ast,
Helligso; JC, Bumcrot 2, Kister, Ohman, Potter.
2B: JC, Potter 2. HR: Ast, Helligso; JC, Bumcrot.
HBP: JC, Bauer. LOB: Astoria 3, Junction City 9.
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Astorian
Warrenton’s Austin Little dives back to first after a pickoff attempt.
6-1 VICTORY OVER BURNS SENDS
WARRENTON TO QUARTERFINALS
By GARY HENLEY
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W
ARRENTON — From a 1-17
record in 2017, to the state quar-
terfinals in 2019.
Players on the current Warrenton
baseball roster have certainly paid their
dues to get there. And the result has been
a quick two-year turnaround for Warrior
baseball, which is back in the final eight
for the first time since 2011.
Warrenton secured its spot in the 3A
baseball quarterfinals with a 6-1 win
Wednesday over Burns/Crane at Hud-
dleston Field.
Three Warrenton pitchers combined
on a four-hitter, and the Warriors scored
five runs in a decisive second inning.
“We’ve worked hard to get to this
point, and I’m very pleased,” said War-
renton coach Lennie Wolfe. “We talked
earlier in the week about the fact that
the guys need to understand that they’ve
earned this. They deserve to feel like they
should be out here and win a game. My
gut instinct in what I saw today, is that
there was a lot of confidence in what we
were doing. It was a good day.”
The No. 7 seed Warriors (17-6) was
scheduled to play Friday evening at No.
2 Brookings-Harbor (26-2). Friday’s
winner will advance to the semifinals
Tuesday to play either Santiam Christian
or Taft. With Rainier still in contention,
Alec Herrera takes a swing at the plate for the Warriors.
three of the final eight teams are from the
Coastal Range League.
As for Wednesday’s win, the War-
riors did not have a lot of offense (Burns
pitcher Mick Winn allowed just three
hits), but Warrenton took advantage of
some timely walks and errors.
Winn walked five with three strike-
outs, while Warrenton’s Devin Jackson,
Gabe Breitmeyer and Dalton Knight
combined to strike out nine, with no
walks.
In Warrenton’s big inning, Alec Her-
rera singled to lead off the bottom of the
second.
Kale’o Kapua reached on an error,
which put runners at second and third
with no outs. Winn retired two straight,
and was an out away from escaping the
inning.
See Warrenton, Page A11
Takalo, Knappa shut down Nestucca, 9-0
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In the most predictable outcome of
the first round, the Knappa baseball
team beat up Nestucca for the fourth
time this season, 9-0, this time in a
Class 2A state playoff game Wednes-
day at Knappa.
The Loggers were 4-0 against the
Bobcats this season, with three wins
in the league season by a combined
22-1.
In Wednesday’s win, Knappa
starter Eli Takalo gave up an infield
single in the first inning, but that was
all, as the junior went the distance for
a one-hit shutout, with 16 strikeouts
and three walks.
“We played well in every area,”
said Knappa coach Jeff Miller. “Of
course Eli was dominant, but we had
guys get hits from all parts of the
lineup, and everybody stepped up,
even with some players playing other
positions.”
A recent injury to Knappa’s
Ryker Coffey (who is day-to-day on
his return) resulted in some lineup
changes defensively, but the Loggers
only committed one error — though
the Knappa defense did not have to
make a lot of plays, with Takalo ring-
ing up 16 Ks.
“Our guys have been through this
before (when the Loggers lost Reu-
BASEBALL
Henley defeats
Seaside, 12-0
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Krissy Barendse
Knappa coach Jeff Miller, left, congratulates Logan Bartlett as the Logger senior
rounds third base on yet another home run.
ben Cruz in last year’s championship
run), and we’re fortunate to have play-
ers who can step in when needed and
play well,” Miller said.
But just in case, “Eli was really
effective,” he said of Takalo. “He
threw a few more pitches over the
fifth and sixth, but he did the job you
like to see in a playoff game.”
Logan Bartlett “struggled at the
plate (1-for-3),” Miller said, “but
he also had the big hit,” a three-run
homer in the fifth inning.
The other big hit was a leadoff
triple in the first inning by Tristin
Wallace.
“To get a triple to start the game
gave us some confidence, and settled
See Knappa, Page A11
Seaside’s return to the
state playoffs was a short
one, as the Henley Hornets
defeated the Gulls 12-0
Wednesday in a Class 4A
baseball first-round game
in Klamath Falls.
Henley scored a run
in the first inning, then
tacked on five in the sec-
ond for an early 6-0 lead.
The Hornets finished
with 12 hits off four Sea-
side pitchers, including
doubles for Blake Loney
and junior Heith Rasica,
a triple by senior Hayden
Rasica, and three home
runs — two for Heith
Rasica and one by John
Tacchini.
Hayden Rasica pitched
all seven innings for the
Hornets, allowing four
hits with 11 strikeouts and
no walks.
In the first year under
head coach Dan McFad-
den, the Gulls finished
11-13 overall, 5-7 in the
Cowapa League.