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A5 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 SPORTS Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin Warrenton Cross-Country Clayton Kellogg, a paddle sports ambassador at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, wipes down a display of kayaks while working a shift at the store. The Warrenton boys cross-country team celebrates a fourth-place fi nish in the season fi nale meet. Central Oregon set for Rodriguez third in robust summer season 2A race; Warrenton team fourth in 3A they haven’t been able to see during the pandemic.” Central Oregon is perfect for a physically Money in the bank, rising vaccination distanced get away with its hiking, mountain rates and tempting outdoors are all working biking and water sports, said Tony DeBone, together to lure visitors for summer travel to Deschutes County Commission chairman. central Oregon. With about 500 accommodations to book, Already resorts and hotels are fi lling up the Sunriver Resort says there’s been a as travelers plan their summer travel. Most noticeable uptick in booking inquiries from of these travelers are com- family travelers. Summer ing by car, according to traditionally is the busi- ‘TRAVEL AND the American Automo- est time of the year for the bile Association. There resort; there were numer- TOURISM is pent-up demand, AAA ous activities that had says, for road trips, either to be halted early in the DESTINATIONS to get away or simply to pandemic. THAT CAN see loved ones. “While summer is look- But the picture is not all ing to be very busy we are BE REACHED rosy for businesses seek- seeing much shorter-term ing to re-staff after a year demand at this time,” said BY CAR AND of closures and reopenings. Borkowski, Sun- PROVIDE MORE Lindsay There’s a labor shortage river Resort director of in the hospitality indus- sales and marketing. “We DISPERSED try, and businesses are jug- believe that this will con- FORMS OF gling their needs against tinue through summer as the fl ip-fl opping govern- our guests are anxious to RECREATION ment requirements to con- travel again.” tain the spread of COVID- With more money in WILL LIKELY 19 as Deschutes County the pockets of travelers, BE MORE moves from one risk level more people will hit the to another. roads, said Damon Run- ATTRACTIVE On Friday, Deschutes berg, Oregon Employment County moved from mod- Department regional econ- TO MANY THIS erate to high risk, which omist. This is particularly SUMMER.’ limits the number of people acute now when more vac- indoors to 25% capacity. cines are being rolled out Damon Runberg | Oregon Still, Bend is among the to prevent the spread of Employment Department more popular driving des- COVID-19, making peo- regional economist tinations in Oregon, Marie ple feel more comfortable Dodds, AAA director of traveling. Government and Public Aff airs, said in an “Travel spending is a popular form of dis- email. Travel will be spurred on, too, by the cretionary spending,” Runberg said. “Travel Centers for Disease Control and Preven- and tourism destinations that can be reached tion’s recent announcement that fully vacci- by car and provide more dispersed forms of nated people can visit others who are fully recreation will likely be more attractive to vaccinated without a mask or maintaining a many this summer.” 6-foot distance. During the height of the pandemic, a “Members of the AAA Oregon/Idaho are little more than a year ago, Bend issued making plans to take family road trips, and travel restrictions that ran from mid-March we’re also seeing a return to the skies as air through mid-October. Despite those restric- travel rebounds,” Dodds said. “Others are tions, hearty travelers did come to Bend last planning bucket-list trips. And many just summer, said Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit want to travel to see loved ones and friends Bend. By SUZANNE ROIG The Bulletin The top team fi nish from Clatsop County belonged to the Warrenton boys, who scored 95 points to fi nish fourth behind Enterprise (34), La Pine (68) and Westside Christian (74) in the 10-team fi eld. Warrenton senior Forrest Cooley was 12th in 17:38, while junior Jake Sorani of Cascade Christian was the individual win- ner in 15:58. Warrenton’s Zander Moha (16th) and freshman Indy Freyer (19th) were the other top 20 fi nishers for the Warriors, who were competing in their fi rst state-level meet. Juniors Doc Freyer and Nathan Strei- beck-Peterson (34th and 36th) rounded out Warrenton’s top fi ve. Knappa sophomore Emily Larsen was 49th in a personal best 23:12 in the girls’ 3A/2A/1A race. In the 4A showcase meet at Marist Catho- lic High School in Eugene, Cowapa League champion Tillamook placed fi fth out of 12 scoring teams on both the boys’ and girls’ side. The Astoria boys fi nished 12th and the Lady Fishermen placed 11th. The top Astoria fi nisher was sophomore Ella Zilli, who took 20th overall (20:58) in the girls’ race. Sophomore John Clement was 41st (18:20) for the Astoria boys. By GARY HENLEY The Astorian In the closest thing to a state cross-coun- try championship meet for this school year, Knappa’s Isaiah Rodriguez was the top local runner Saturday, when the top runners and teams from the 1A to 4A levels gathered for the season-ending showcase meets. One year after former Knappa team- mate Robert Piña-Morton took second in the boys’ 2A/1A state championship meet in 16:00, Rodriguez placed third overall out of 111 runners in the 2A/1A season-end- ing meet Saturday at Cheadle Lake Park in Lebanon. Union (48 points) topped Bandon (50) in the chase for the team title, while Vernonia was fi fth in the team standings. Knappa did not have enough runners to fi eld a complete team, but Rodriguez fi n- ished the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 45 seconds to fi nish behind seniors Sisay Hurty (16:25) of Stanfi eld/Echo and Bran- don Williams (16:27) of East Linn Christian. Knappa sophomore Clay Keyser placed 28th overall (18:29) in Saturday’s meet. In the girls’ 3A/2A/1A meet, Warrenton junior Abigail Miller was 35th (22:43). SCOREBOARD THURSDAY PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE Baseball — Astoria at Banks, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Cath- olic, 5 p.m. Softball — Banks at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Sea- side, 5 p.m. Boys Golf — Seaside at Astoria, (Astoria Golf & Country Club) 2 p.m. TUESDAY Baseball — Astoria at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at Willam- ina, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 4:30 p.m. Softball — Seaside at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Willamina at Warren- ton, 4:30 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. Girls Golf — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 11 a.m. APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS Welcome Spring Breakers! NEW GO KART TRACK NOW OPEN! GO KARTS MINI GOLF GYROXTREME ROCK WALL KIDDIE RIDES AND MORE! SEASIDE, OREGON HWY 101 (1/4 mi South of Seaside) • 2735 S. 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Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 53/30 Normal high/low .................. 56/41 Record high .................. 80 in 1904 Record low .................... 30 in 2021 Precipitation Sunday ..................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 0.34” Normal month to date ......... 2.16” Year to date .......................... 33.15” Normal year to date ........... 27.00” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 Time 2:35 a.m. 3:21 p.m. 8.1 9:17 a.m. 7.0 9:08 p.m. Cape Disappointment 2:12 a.m. 2:53 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 6:33 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 8:00 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 7:30 a.m. Moonset today .............. 9:52 p.m. First Full Last New 2:21 a.m. 3:07 p.m. Warrenton 2:30 a.m. 3:16 p.m. Knappa 3:12 a.m. 3:58 p.m. Depoe Bay Apr 19 Apr 26 May 3 May 11 1:23 a.m. 2:10 p.m. 8.0 8:23 a.m. 7.0 8:21 p.m. 0.0 1.8 0.1 2.1 8.4 8:44 a.m. -0.1 7.3 8:39 p.m. 1.9 8.6 9:01 a.m. 7.4 8:52 p.m. 0.1 1.9 8.4 10:18 a.m. 0.0 7.3 10:09 p.m. 1.6 8.2 7:53 a.m. 7.2 7:48 p.m. 0.1 2.2 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W Wed. Hi/Lo/W 82/62/pc 55/46/pc 58/40/pc 75/56/t 48/31/c 82/69/pc 85/69/t 67/55/sh 84/68/s 63/50/pc 89/63/s 61/50/pc 65/52/c 75/52/r 54/44/pc 49/39/pc 66/54/c 51/36/c 82/69/pc 79/61/t 64/53/pc 82/68/s 67/49/sh 87/63/s 65/49/s 63/50/r Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 60/36 Hermiston The Dalles 65/39 Enterprise Pendleton 51/20 62/31 66/38 La Grande 56/28 66/40 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 53/31 Kennewick Walla Walla 60/35 Lewiston 65/43 67/36 Salem Pullman 62/38 Longview 64/41 Portland 69/42 53/35 Yakima 62/40 65/39 Astoria Spokane 61/39 Corvallis 66/39 Albany 66/40 John Day Eugene Bend 67/37 55/32 56/26 Ontario 65/37 Caldwell Burns 54/27 62/35 Medford 69/37 Klamath Falls 56/30 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 57/26/pc 63/47/s 60/47/s 66/44/s 61/43/s Wed. 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