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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020
Astoria girls sweep all-league awards
The Astorian
Denied a chance to compete for the state
championship, the Astoria girls basketball
team at least swept the Cowapa all-l eague
awards, announced a week before the state
playoffs began.
In addition to winning the league title, the
Lady Fishermen walked off with the Cow-
apa League Player of the Year honors (senior
Brooklynn Hankwitz), Coach of the Year
(Mike Jacobson) and Defensive Player of
the Year (junior Kelsey Fausett).
All fi ve Astoria starters earned awards,
with seniors Julia Norris, Hailey O’Brien
and Hankwitz named to the fi rst team, along
with junior Halle Helmersen. Senior Kajsa
Jackson was selected honorable mention.
The Seaside girls placed three players on
the all-league team — senior Ruby Doug-
las and sophomore Lilli Taylor made the
fi rst team, and junior Tristyn McFadden was
selected honorable mention.
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
Player of the Year: Brooklynn Hankwitz,
Astoria
Halle Helmersen, Jr., Astoria
Josie Napoli, Jr., Valley Catholic
Julia Norris, Sr., Astoria
Hailey O’Brien, Sr., Astoria
Lauren Snook, Jr., Valley Catholic
Maggie Streblow, So., Banks
Lilli Taylor, So., Seaside
Cameron Wilder, Jr., Valley Catholic
Honorable Mention
Lexie Braxling, So., Tillamook
Hailey Evans, Fr., Banks
Lauren Goodno, Sr., Valley Catholic
Kajsa Jackson, Sr., Astoria
Tristyn McFadden, Jr., Seaside
Alex Saunders, Fr., Banks
Sydney Stevens, Sr., Tillamook
Coach of the Year: Mike Jacobson, Astoria
Defensive Player of the Year: Kelsey Fausett,
Astoria
First Team
Brooklynn Hankwitz, Sr., Astoria
Lexie Crabtree, Sr., Tillamook
Ruby Douglas, Sr., Seaside
Maddy Villegas
Astoria’s fi rst team all-league seniors, from
left, Hailey O’Brien, Brooklynn Hankwitz and
Julia Norris.
Spring sports: OSAA executive board will meet in April to reevaluate suspension
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June,” said Warrenton base-
ball coach Lennie Wolfe,
whose team is ranked fourth
at the 3A level. “We want to
believe, as they do, that bet-
ter things are coming. We
just want to encourage the
players and families to stay
safe and act wisely. We have
to have hope.
“We’re operating under
the belief that there will be a
season, and we’ll continue to
operate that way until we’re
told that there isn’t.”
Somehow, “if things are
better at that time, maybe
we could play a district tour-
nament just for fun and get
some games in,” Miller said.
“But the 28th takes it to
almost the end of the regular
season. With no practices up
to that date, you have to fi g-
ure at least a week after that
date takes you into May.
“We can presume what’s
going to happen, but noth-
ing offi cial at this point,” he
said. “And there’s no point
in pointing fi ngers and plac-
ing blame anywhere.”
Astoria athletic director
Howard Rub said, “Every-
body’s looking for guidance.
Part of (the OSAA’s) process
moving forward is looking
for guidance from the health
department and the gover-
nor’s offi ce.”
Miller said the thoughts
are mostly with the senior
athletes, who will not have a
“normal” spring sports sea-
son, if they have one at all.
“That’s where your mind
goes fi rst,” he said. “The
seniors who have worked
long and hard, and certainly
will miss that opportunity if
that’s how it plays out.”
As Rub says, “even if I
was a freshman, sophomore
or junior, it would be tough.
You only get four years. It’s
a short career when you’re
that age. Our girls basket-
ball team … it’s devastating
when you lose in those late
rounds, but I’m not sure how
you feel when your opportu-
nity to even play was taken
away.”
All coaches and ath-
letes can do is “just leave it
to athletic directors and the
OSAA,” Miller said. “When
they said April 28, my mind
instantly went to ‘let’s play
a league tournament in May,
just to get some games in.’
Something.
“You think of our seniors
in particular. They were part
of back-to-back state cham-
pionships, and then oh-so-
close last year, and hungry
to do well this year.”
There is still a slim hope
to save the season.
The OSAA executive
board will meet April 1 and
again on April 15, to re eval-
uate the suspension of spring
activities and sports, along
with the remaining spring
state championships.
Rub said, “I’m hoping the
OSAA can come up with a
modifi ed season, but it will
be interesting. The big ques-
tion is, ‘will we even be able
to go back on the 28th?’
There’s just so much uncer-
tainty right now.”
Under the circumstances,
he said, “they could extend
the seasons a little into June.
But all you can do is keep
hoping that there will be
a process or a way to save
some of this stuff.
“You want to keep every-
thing in perspective, but
you can imagine all the
stuff these kids do, whether
it’s sports, music, drama or
whatever it might be, and it’s
a hard pill to swallow.”
Wolfe is also trying to
keep things in perspective.
“As horrible as this is, I
keep reminding myself that
with some families, playing
ball is the least of their wor-
ries,” he said. “We’re deal-
ing with quarantines and the
loss of revenue. The eco-
nomic hit that the county
is going to take with spring
break in Seaside and the
cruise ships coming to Asto-
ria … a lot of people in War-
renton and Knappa work in
those two towns.”
The word “unprece-
dented” keeps popping up
when talking about the end
of the 2019-20 school year
and sports.
“It’s unprecedented in
our lifetime, let alone the
kids’,” said Miller, whose
mother is currently con-
fi ned to a care center. “But
they’ve done a remarkable
job of understanding at this
point. I think they get it, and
our school has done a good
job the entire time, of pre-
paring everyone for what’s
going on.
“There will be lots of
questions around seniors and
graduation,” he added. “Cer-
emonies and ‘seat hours’ —
they would have to amend
those rules, because they’re
not going to have enough
seat hours to graduate.
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Hopefully we can fi gure out
a way to get them some edu-
cation while they’re not in
school.”
Rub said, “It’s certainly
unique to anything in my
lifetime. You probably have
to go back to World War II to
see all the things we’re used
to doing not even being an
option.
“For these seniors, we
need to fi nd a way to make
sure that they will graduate
in the next few months. What
I’m hearing all makes sense,
but it’s just hard because it
feels so extreme. And it’s
never really fun dealing with
extreme.”
In 1962, all three Oregon
state championship baseball
games were declared ties,
when all three were rained
out and not played.
Locally, the Astoria, War-
renton and Knappa baseball
teams were all in the semifi -
nals last year at their respec-
tive levels. All three squads
have key seniors and No. 1
pitchers returning.
“I feel bad for all those
(Warrenton) kids, too,”
Miller said. “Astoria had a
tough fall and winter, and
they were looking forward
to success this spring.”
Knappa’s softball team is
a “legitimate semifi nal con-
tender this year,” said Miller,
whose daughter Aiko is on
the team. “Right now, our
softball team has the per-
fect mix this year, of veter-
ans, youngsters and pitching
and speed. They have all the
elements.”
As far as baseball, for
the last fi ve years Clatsop
County has had a team com-
peting for a state champion-
ship at Volcanoes Stadium.
Three teams — Astoria,
Warrenton and Knappa —
all played in the semifi nals
last season at their respec-
tive levels, with the Warriors
advancing to the 3A state
title game against La Pine,
which defeated Warrenton
8-1.
Meanwhile, the Fisher-
men, Warriors and Loggers
were all ranked in the top 10
in pre-season coaches polls
for the 2020 season.
So if there is a season, and
if the OSAA holds the state
championships as sched-
uled, don’t be surprised if
Clatsop County has another
team or two playing at Vol-
canoes Stadium the weekend
of June 5-6.
“The 3A and 2A/1A
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championships are sched-
uled for June 5, the same day
as Warrenton’s graduation,”
Wolfe said. “That would cre-
ate a confl ict. But I’ve never
wanted a confl ict as much as
I want that one.
“That would mean that A,
things are back to normal; B,
we would be in the champi-
onship; and C, there would
be a confl ict with our gradu-
ation. I would love for there
to be a scheduling confl ict
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
52 36
51 41
Mostly sunny Partial sunshine
48 38
49 37
49 39
51 41
50 39
A couple of
showers
A little morning
rain
A shower
possible
Cloudy, rain
possible
Cloudy, rain
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
53/36
57/40
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Arcturus of Boo-
tes is a red giant, 22 million miles
in diameter.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 55/31
Normal high/low .................. 54/39
Record high .................. 77 in 2019
Record low .................... 26 in 1965
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 1.98”
Normal month to date ......... 4.71”
Year to date .......................... 27.02”
Normal year to date ........... 22.35”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020
Time
12:42 a.m. 7.3 6:29 a.m.
12:16 p.m. 7.6 7:06 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
12:34 a.m. 7.1 5:57 a.m.
12:00 p.m. 7.7 6:26 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:16 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 7:30 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 6:40 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 4:54 p.m.
New
First
Full
Last
12:40 a.m. 7.4 6:12 a.m.
12:08 p.m. 7.8 6:38 p.m.
Warrenton
12:37 a.m. 7.8 6:13 a.m.
12:11 p.m. 8.0 6:50 p.m.
Knappa
1:19 a.m. 7.6 7:30 a.m.
12:53 p.m. 7.9 8:07 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Mar 24 Apr 1
Apr 7 Apr 14
11:15 a.m. 7.8 5:25 a.m.
none
5:52 p.m.
2.4
0.1
2.8
0.4
2.5
0.2
2.5
0.2
2.1
0.1
2.9
0.3
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
74/53/c
49/30/s
37/28/pc
60/52/pc
44/27/pc
83/71/c
69/64/t
67/50/pc
85/70/s
50/32/s
73/53/s
66/50/pc
57/38/s
66/56/r
40/30/s
44/33/sn
67/57/c
48/28/pc
81/70/pc
79/66/t
70/53/pc
85/71/pc
46/35/s
76/57/pc
64/52/r
54/42/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
56/33
Kennewick Walla Walla
61/40 Lewiston
68/34
61/38
Hermiston
The Dalles 67/35
Enterprise
Pendleton 54/28
62/35
67/35
La Grande
57/29
62/35
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Pullman
66/31
60/35
Salem
57/34
Yakima 65/35
Longview
52/36 Portland
62/39
Spokane
64/37
58/34
58/33
Astoria
ALMANAC
on June 5.”
Until fi nal decisions are
made by the OSAA, Miller
said “We’ll make the best
of it. Who knows? Maybe it
ends in an epic whiffl e ball
game at the end of the year.”
Corvallis
62/34
Albany
61/33
John Day
Eugene
Bend
62/35
59/28
56/30
Ontario
57/32
Caldwell
Burns
57/24
58/31
Medford
68/35
Klamath Falls
57/25
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
59/26/s
59/41/pc
50/38/s
60/34/s
52/36/pc
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
62/34/pc
56/43/pc
49/42/pc
63/40/pc
51/40/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
54/38/s
64/36/s
52/36/pc
63/35/pc
60/36/pc
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
54/40/pc
67/41/pc
51/41/pc
66/41/pc
63/41/pc