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Warrenton places eight on all-league team
The Astorian
The team that came up short in
the Class 3A baseball state champi-
onship in 2019 could be the favorite
to win it in 2020.
The Warrenton Warriors had
eight players selected to this year’s
Coastal Range all-league team —
one sophomore, fi ve juniors and
only two seniors.
Four of the juniors were on the
fi rst team, with junior catcher Jake
Morrow named as the league’s
Player of the Year.
John Karns of Rainier was
selected as the Coach of the Year,
after leading the Columbians to a
co-league championship with the
Warriors.
Rainier had nine all-league selec-
tions, which included six seniors.
Warrenton’s other fi rst-team
players are juniors Gabe Breitmeyer,
Devin Jackson and Austin Little.
Sophomore Duane Falls and
senior Dalton Knight were named
second team, with junior Alec Her-
rera and senior Kale’o Kapua earn-
ing honorable mention.
Warrenton’s league Players of
the Year since 1994: Todd Kobrzy-
cki (1994), Ben Hartley (1996),
Brian Bruney (1999-2000), Dan
Gates (2001), Tyler McGrorty
(2003), Nate McBride (2004),
Michael Moore (2008), Reese John-
son (2011), Jake Morrow (2019).
Warrenton catcher Jake Morrow was the fi rst Warrior baseball player
named league MVP since 2011.
COASTAL RANGE ALL-LEAGUE
Player of the Year: Jake Morrow,
Warrenton
Coach of the Year: John Karns,
Rainier
First team
Jake Morrow, Jr., Warrenton
Gabe Breitmeyer, Jr., Warrenton
Austin Cantrell, Sr., Rainier
Eli DeMello, Jr., Taft
Tyee Fisher, Sr., Taft
Devin Jackson, Jr., Warrenton
Jordan Kangas, Jr., Rainier
Cody Knott, Sr., Taft
Austin Little, Jr., Warrenton
Kaleb Reid, Sr., Willamina
Joey Tripp, Sr., Rainier
Cade Warren, Jr., Clatskanie
Jackson Young, Sr., Catlin Gabel
Second team
Nick Colton, Sr., Willamina
Dawson Evenson, Jr., Clatskanie
Duane Falls, So., Warrenton
Trent Fisher, Jr., Taft
Wyatt Hoke, Sr., Catlin Gabel
Logan Keizur, Sr., Rainier
Bleiz Kimbrough, Sr., Taft
Dalton Knight, Sr., Warrenton
Braden Marcum, So., Rainier
Luke Roth, Sr., Clatskanie
Kenney Tripp, Fr., Rainier
Kellen Woodcock, So., Catlin Gabel
Honorable mention
Hunter Boulch, Sr., Rainier
Tanner Chapman, Sr., Rainier
Jonathan Edelman, Sr., Catlin Gabel
Foster Evenson, Sr., Clatskanie
Mike Hart, Fr., Catlin Gabel
Nick Hawk, Sr., Willamina
Alec Herrera, Jr., Warrenton
Kale’o Kapua, Sr., Warrenton
Fco Ramos, So., Taft
Jayden Robb, Sr., Rainier
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Warrenton infi elder Austin Little was one of four Warriors named fi rst team
all-league.
Summer season opens Saturday
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SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE
The 2019 summer sea-
son opens Saturday for local
junior (17-and-under) baseball
teams, in a two-day, four-team
tournament at Warrenton.
Games begin at 10 a.m.
both days.
10 a.m. — Astoria vs. War-
renton
12:30 — Santiam Christian
vs. Warrenton
3:00 — Knappa vs. Santiam
Christian
5:30 — Astoria vs. Knappa
10 a.m.— Astoria vs. San-
tiam Christian
12:30 — Santiam Christian
vs. Warrenton
3:00 — Knappa vs. Astoria
5:30 — Knappa vs. Warren-
ton
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Warrenton’s Jacoby Marshall, left, battles with Joey Meador of Portland in a jiu-jitsu match.
Marshall tops Meador
in Portland showdown
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
arrenton’s Jacoby
Marshall won a
one-match Brazil-
ian jiu-jitsu showdown last
Friday in Portland, where
he defeated Portland’s Joey
Meador in the purple belt
division as part of a “Fight
to Win” (F2W) promotional
event at the Oregon Conven-
tion Center.
“It was a great show,”
Marshall said. “For the fi rst
time in fi ve years, I think,
the promotion came to a
new city. I applied under the
direction of my professors,
Nathan and Zachary Adam-
son, a few months back and
never heard anything.”
Eventually, Marshall said,
“I had a message from Seth
Daniels (CEO and promoter
of F2W) asking if I wanted
to accept a fi ght with Joey
Meador at 215 pounds. I
gave him a thumbs up right
away, even though I really
had no clue what I was get-
ting in to.”
Marshall, 38, had to drop
some pounds to make weight
to battle against Meador, 26.
“I knew I could recover
from a cut to 215,” Marshall
said. “I walk around at 227-
230, but I train fi ve to six
days a week.”
As fi ght time neared, how-
ever, “I had to worry about
ticket sales and sponsorships
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Jacoby Marshall
Warrenton’s Jacoby Marshall is declared the winner following
Friday night’s match in Portland.
and that dreaded weight cut,”
he said. “I knew at weigh-ins
I had the advantage of expe-
rience and I knew I was in
fantastic shape.
“I am sure Joey is the big
guy at his gym who scares
people or intimidates folks,
so he probably has the same
struggles as I do getting train-
ing partners to prepare for a
big stage.”
But, Marshall said, “I was
super lucky to have a great
team with amazing training
partners that were willing
to come in and train at any
time. We also have had some
high-level instructors in the
area helping me work on my
game plan.”
As for Friday’s six-minute
match, “I did nearly every-
thing I set out to do,” Mar-
shall said. “I pulled guard and
set up my ‘Lasso.’ I main-
tained control throughout the
entire match. (Meador) did
what the promoters said not
to do. He clamped down my
leg in a ‘lock down’ position
and stalled out about three
minutes of the match.”
Marshall maintained con-
trol the entire fi ght, “and it
came down to the referee’s
decision. I bested him two/
three.”
Marshall spent the spring
as an assistant baseball coach
at Warrenton, which played
for a state title the previous
Saturday.
“Mixing in trying to win a
state title made camp a little
more interesting,” he said.
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