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PREP ROUNDUP
SOCCER
Seaside boys rebound with
win at St. Helens
The Seaside boys soccer team bounced back from its
only loss of the season with a 4-1 victory Thursday night
at St. Helens.
Seaside was coming off a 6-0 loss to Oregon Episco-
pal, the No. 1-ranked team at the 3A/2A/1A level.
Astoria, Westside girls finish in 2-2 tie
Astoria and Westside Christian battled to a 2-2 tie
Thursday night in nonleague girls soccer action in Tigard.
With only two substitutes on the bench, Astoria took
advantage of great passing and communication to con-
trol the first half.
The Lady Fishermen opened the scoring when Meghan
O’Meara took a corner kick, and pocketed the ball in the
top, far corner of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Astoria played strong defensively throughout the
remainder of the half, with big runs by Maddie Sisley and
Erin Grauff.
More passing between midfielders Emma Bieder-
man, Elle Espelein, Taileigh Cole and Vanessa Velazquez
resulted in another goal for O’Meara off a free kick in the
25th minute.
Westside Christian answered in the second half, as the
Eagles managed to sneak a couple of wall passes around
Astoria’s defensive line for two goals.
Astoria defender Brooklyn Zerangue punched a few
goal kicks up the field, in an attempt to set up the for-
wards for another scoring opportunity, which came up
empty.
Astoria goalie Baylee McSwain stopped the rest of the
Eagles’ attacks, and the two teams walked away with the
tie, the second of the season for the Fishermen. Westside
Christian is the No. 6-ranked team at the 3A/2A/1A level,
while Astoria is now 1-2-2.
In other nonleague girls soccer action Thursday, 5A
St. Helens topped Seaside, 3-0, Thursday night at Broad-
way Field.
VOLLEYBALL
Ninth-ranked Astoria sweeps
No. 7 North Marion
The Astoria volleyball team continued its winning
ways with a three-game sweep Thursday night at North
Marion, where the ninth-ranked Fishermen cruised over
the previously No. 7-ranked Huskies, 25-20, 25-17,
25-20.
Astoria jumped to eighth in the latest OSAA rankings,
while North Marion drops to ninth.
The Fishermen open Cowapa League play at home
Tuesday vs. Seaside.
In other nonleague volleyball action Thursday, Corbett
defeated visiting Seaside 25-15, 25-7, 25-13, Thursday
night at Corbett.
Defending champs sweep Knappa
In the first of two meetings with Portland Christian
in the next week, a sick and injured Knappa team came
up short on the road Thursday night in Portland, where
the Royals took down the Loggers in three games,
25-11, 25-17, 25-4.
Knappa plays Portland Christian again next Thurs-
day, when the Loggers host the defending state cham-
pion Royals.
While Knappa falls to 5-7 overall, 0-3 in league,
the No. 11-ranked Royals improved to 7-3, 3-0 in
league.
“The Royals may have lost their biggest weapon
from last year who led their team to their state
championship, but they still have plenty of firepower,”
said Knappa coach Jeff Kaul. “And the Loggers, who
were playing without three of their starting lineup due
to an injury and illnesses, just could not keep up with
them.”
Knappa’s Hannah Dietrichs is on the injured list,
while starters Aiko Miller and Taylin Regier were both
out sick.
Sophia Carlson led the Loggers with eight kills,
while Ava Skipper had 10 assists, Carlie Casper added
six digs, and Megan Hellberg had five blocks.
The Loggers return to action Tuesday at Faith Bible.
Warrenton tops Taft in league opener
Warrenton picked a good night to snap a four-match
losing skid, as the Warriors opened league play with
a marathon five-set win at Taft, 30-28, 24-26, 25-17,
24-26, 15-13.
The defending Coastal Range League champions
are now 1-0 in league, their first win since Sept. 10
after nonleague losses to Seaside, Amity, Toledo and
Creswell.
In Game 1, Warrenton rallied from an eight-point
deficit to win. In the second set, the Warriors lost a
nine-point lead.
“Taft (1-7 overall) played very scrappy, and made
some outstanding defensive plays we didn’t expect that
cost us some points, but more importantly momentum,”
said Warrenton coach Staci Miethe.
“It was definitely a game of momentum, and we just
couldn’t keep any because our service game was not up
to par,” she said. “We missed way too many serves, and
some of them at crucial times.”
Four of the match’s five games were decided by two
points.
“Our offense was pretty good, but like I said
they were scrappy and dug balls that caught us off
guard,” Miethe said. “There were some really long ral-
lies in all five sets. In the end, our blocking game and
their inability to hit around it is what put us over the
top.”
Warrenton’s Leah Schiewe and Natalie Oseguera
combined for four block kills, while Schiewe had four
solo blocks, with two by Annie Heyen.
Coach Miethe said, “Mia (McFadden) and Avyree
(Miethe) were both equally strong at the net, and Melia
(Kapua), who recently returned to the libero position,
had a few from the back row.”
Nora Ayo led the servers in percentage, “and she and
Mia both had several aces,” coach Miethe said.
Warrenton plays Monday at Clatskanie, and hosts
Willamina Wednesday.
— The Astorian
THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, SEpTEmbER 21, 2019
Inductees take their place
in Warrenton Hall of Fame
Honorees include
’98 baseball team
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Warrenton High School
has some pretty good athletes
roaming the halls. Morrow,
Little, Ramsey, Warren …
Memorize the names.
They’re the all-league, all-
state and likely future hall of
fame Warriors.
But for the next few days
or so, Warrenton will be cel-
ebrating the past. All the way
back to 1954.
The latest class of induct-
ees is set to take its place in
the school’s Hall of Fame,
with a dinner and ceremony
set for Saturday.
This year’s group includes
three athletes, one coach, a
musician, one team and two
contributors.
Warrenton baseball coach
Lennie Wolfe — who took the
1998 team to a state champi-
onship and knows about half
the field of this year’s induct-
ees — couldn’t be happier to
see his team inducted.
“They were special,” said
Wolfe, who also took War-
renton back to the state title
game at Volcanoes Stadium
last spring, where several
members of the ‘98 team
showed up to watch.
“It was a good group of
athletes,” he said. “It was
one of the most talented we
ever had, but also one of the
hardest-working groups ever.
We did not have a weakness,
anywhere on the field (nine
all-league players).
“But it was also one of
the most cohesive teams I’ve
ever coached,” Wolfe said.
“When we listed our team
captain, we listed the entire
team.”
The 1998 Warriors also
set standards that still con-
tinue within the program.
“Teams that are honored
or make the Hall of Fame are
remembered for different rea-
sons,” Wolfe said. “Some by
their achievements, some by
their actions. And the 1998
team was one of the most
selfless teams that I’ve ever
coached.”
Warrenton lost the state
title to Nyssa in 1998 12-
11, when a controversial call
in the bottom of the ninth
allowed the Bulldogs to score
the tying run.
Instant replay proba-
bly would have overturned
the call, in which the War-
Photos by Warrenton High School
The 1998 Warrenton baseball team. See more of the hall-of-famers online at DailyAstorian.com
ABOVE: Class of 1966
Warrenton High School
graduate Marilyn Swindler.
RIGHT: Warrenton Class of
1969 graduate Bob Graves, in
his track and field days at the
Oregon College of Education
(Western Oregon University).
riors had seemingly turned a
game-ending double play.
The players were crushed,
but “they didn’t complain,”
Wolfe said. “Instead, they
were out there after the game,
thanking our fans for coming.
They didn’t hang their heads
or complain to media. That’s
not our way. I think I was
more proud of that team for
their class and how they car-
ried themselves off the field,
than for their accomplish-
ments on the field.”
Warrenton’s Class of
2019 hall of famers:
• Victor Graham (Class
of 1954) — Graham was
an outstanding high school
athlete (all-league tackle in
football) who became very
involved with Youth for
Christ in the Chicago area.
He directed the Fox Valley
YFC in Wheaton for eight
years.
•
Marilyn
Swin-
dler Shayegan (1966) —
Shayegan excelled in Jim
Hansen’s music program at
Warrenton, went to The Juil-
liard School in New York
City, then played in the Teh-
ran Symphony Orchestra for
many years.
• Bob Graves (1969) —
After 50 years, he still holds
the school records in the 100-
meter (11.04 seconds) and
200-meter (22.64) sprints,
both set in 1969. In 1968, he
was the district champion in
the 220 and 440, and ran a leg
on the district-winning 440-
yard relay.
He went on to a stellar
career at Oregon College of
Education (Western Oregon
University), then a career as
an airline pilot.
• Daniel Sturgell (1997)
— Sturgell was a two-time
state wrestling champion
(1996 at 134 pounds; 1997
at 151 pounds), then a three-
time All-American at South-
ern Oregon University in
Ashland, where he finished
with 92 career victories (just
ahead of Wes Balensifer’s
91).
In the national champi-
onships, Sturgell took sec-
ond place at 184 pounds in
both 1999 and 2001, and
third place in 2000. He was
All-American all three years.
• Gary McBride — A
longtime teacher, coach and
athletic director, McBride
had many successes both in
and out of the classroom.
As boys basketball coach
(1983-84 to 1985-86; 1993-
94; and 2001-02 to 2003-04),
he was league Coach of the
Year and led the Warriors to a
fourth-place finish at state in
2004. McBride has served as
an assistant coach in baseball
and football.
Wolfe said, “If there’s
one person who belongs in
the Warrenton Hall of Fame,
it’s Gary. Gary McBride is
one of the hardest-working
men I know. When Warren-
ton needed someone to fill a
spot, Gary was always there.
He could take over any pro-
gram in any sport, and have
that program contending for
a state championship.”
• 1998 baseball team —
Led by Wolfe (league Coach
of the Year) and assistant Jim
Dickson, the Warriors went
21-6 overall, won the league
title, had nine all-league play-
ers, and advanced to their
first state championship.
Mitch Johnson (first team
designated hitter and the
Warriors’ third baseman), Jon
Elliott (second team pitcher)
and Troy Buganan (third
team shortstop) were named
all-state.
• Muriel Dunn — Dunn
has been very active, includ-
ing scholarship committees,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Voice of Democracy
essay contest. She is prob-
ably best known for the fin-
est pies raffled at Warrenton
events.
• Walt Ferguson — Fer-
guson, of Ferguson Lum-
ber, was very involved with
students, first taking pho-
tos at sporting events, then
tutoring when needed and
finally donating money for
scoreboards and the school’s
batting
cage
(“Walt’s
Lumberyard”).
In 2012, he donated
$7,500 to the school’s ath-
letic department for the pur-
chase of a new scoreboard
for the softball field, and also
funded a new scoreboard for
baseball.
Astoria takes to former field to beat Westside
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
WARRENTON — With
another week to go before
league play begins, the
Astoria boys soccer team
will try to find a “winning
groove,” as the Fishermen
head towards their Cowapa
League opener with Seaside
next week.
The Fish are on the right
track, as they scored a 4-0
win Thursday night over
Westside Christian, a 3A
team out of the Lewis &
Clark League.
Astoria was making its
one and only appearance of
the season at Volunteer Field
on Ridge Road. Actually,
Thursday’s game will be the
only high school game of the
season at the Lower Colum-
bia Youth Soccer Complex,
where — at one time just
a few years ago — all high
school games took place.
“We always love playing
on the LCYSA grass, so it
felt great to have a win there
to boot,” said Astoria coach
Lee Cain. “Overall, I was
pleased with the way the
team worked together. They
stepped up their game quite
a bit tonight and earned this
win. We will only just keep
getting better.”
It was a good return to
Ridge Road for the Fisher-
men, who scored two goals
in the first 12 minutes, and
added two scores in the final
nine minutes.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Seaside at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie, 6 p.m.; Knappa at
Faith Bible, 6:30 p.m.; Crosshill Christian at Jewell, 6 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Scappoose at Astoria, 7:15 p.m.; Catlin Gabel at Seaside, 5:30 p.m.
In between, they dom-
inated most of the action
against the Eagles.
Astoria’s
controlled
offense kept the ball away
from Westside Christian,
and also made it an easy
night in goal for Fishermen
keeper Dylan Altheide-Niel-
son, who had two saves in
the first half and three in the
second.
Astoria had six shots on
goal in the first 40 minutes,
misfiring on a few more,
and the Fishermen gradu-
ally wore down the Eagle
defense, taking target prac-
tice on the Westside net in
the final 14 minutes of the
game.
Astoria’s first goal came
just five minutes, 47 seconds
into the game.
The Fishermen actually
had two shots on goal in the
first two minutes, both saved
by the Eagle goalkeeper.
Astoria’s third shot was
a penalty kick for Fisher-
men senior Michael Postl-
wait, who easily placed the
ball into the lower right of
the net for a 1-0 lead.
In the 11th minute, Asto-
ria junior Jeremy Owen was
headed up the middle with
a ball when he was tripped
up near the top of the box.
Teammate Shrey Sharma
was right there to pick up
the dribble, and he scored
from close range for a 2-nil
advantage.
The Eagles played evenly
with the Fishermen for the
remaining 20 minutes of the
first half, but dodged a cou-
ple near misses by Astoria.
The Fishermen kicked
their attack into another gear
in the second half.
Owen had a trio of shots
turned away in the first seven
minutes, Brooks Fromwiller
and Postlewait both had
opportunities over the next
16 minutes, and Leo Mat-
thews found himself look-
ing at an open net when the
Westside goalkeeper lost the
handle on a shot by Astoria’s
David Bermudez.
The Eagles managed to
deflect Matthews’ shot, and
the Astoria senior had two
more shots on goal turned
away over the next minute.
Bermudez’s shot on goal
attempt in the 67th minute
was wide left, but Sharma’s
shot at 71:30 wasn’t, as the
Astoria senior turned and
fired from the top of the pen-
alty box for a 3-0 lead.
The final goal came at
74:59, when Marco Fran-
co-Houser sent a long pass
from midfield to Owen
down the left side, and when
the Eagle goalkeeper came
out to challenge, Owen sent
a perfectly placed shot on
the run into the right side of
the net.
Astoria was solid in all
areas in the win.
In particular, “Sharma
showed his excellent aware-
ness of the game tonight,
not just with the two goals
but in his positioning and
play,” Cain said. “Statisti-
cally, Postlewait, Matthews
and Owen were on top of the
game, but I also was very
pleased with the back line’s
teamwork, especially con-
sidering they were missing
Garcia Rojas (injured).”
He added, “Bermudez
was instrumental in fill-
ing that gap, although that
meant we lost him in the
midfield until later when we
moved him up.”
The statistics, meanwhile,
“never show the defenders’
crucially important role, but
I was quite happy with Fran-
co-Houser’s work at center
back,” Cain said, “particu-
larly with his ability to tran-
sition to attack and his assist,
and Fromwiller was phe-
nomenally good and snappy
quick.”
The Fishermen continue
nonleague play Saturday at
Cottage Grove.