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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2021
SPORTS
ATHLETES
OF THE WEEK
Warrenton baseball
downs Willamina, 8-2
The Astorian
Three Warrenton pitchers combined on
a three-hitter for an 8-2 win over Willamina
in a Coastal Range League baseball game
Thursday at Huddleston Field.
Mike Ulness started and Cam Daniels
pitched three solid innings with Dawson Lit-
tle closing.
Warrenton’s biggest highlights included
the fi rst career hit for freshman Max Smith
and an RBI sacrifi ce bunt from sophomore
Damon Campbell.
Warrenton improved to 6-0 in league, tied
with Rainier. After losing their season opener,
the Warriors have won eight straight overall.
Astoria tops Tillamook in eight
Astoria bounced back from a 4-3 loss
to Tillamook two days earlier, with a 5-4,
eight-inning Cowapa League baseball win
over the Cheesemakers Wednesday.
Astoria had fi ve runs on just four hits
with seven errors — but it was good enough
to beat the Mooks, helping the Fishermen
improve to 3-7 in league play, while the
Cheesemakers drop to 3-5. Astoria has two
league games remaining, both against Valley
AVYREE MIETHE
Warrenton
CURTIS KUNDE
Seaside
Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
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n a doubleheader with Willamina
last Saturday , Miethe was 7-for-8
at the plate with seven runs scored
and two runs batted in. She had a
home run in Game 1, then pitched a
complete-game victory in Game 2,
allowing four hits with fi ve strike-
outs and a walk. In a loss to Portland
Adventist , the junior pitched four
innings, striking out eight with a
walk. She had a home run in a loss to
Taft this week.
Jim Poetsch
T
he senior has made the most of
a COVID-shortened season. In
Seaside’s four tournaments, Kunde
has fi nished fi rst individually in three.
He defended his title in The Dalles
Invitational, took medalist honors
in a dual match with Valley Catholic,
and won his third in the Seaside
Invitational. Kunde was fi fth earlier
this week in a four-way meet with
Marist, Oregon Episcopal and Valley
Catholic.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Track — Seaside, Warrenton at Astoria, 10 a.m.
TUESDAY
Baseball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Seaside at Til-
lamook, 5 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Vernonia at
Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea-
side, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Verno-
nia, 4:30 p.m.
Catholic (1-7).
The Fishermen scored the game-win-
ning run in the bottom of the eighth, when
Tony Tumbarello delivered a one-out single
to center, scoring Niko Boudreau from third.
Boudreau had doubled to lead off the
inning, just Astoria’s third hit of the game.
Three Tillamook pitchers had allowed two
hits through seven innings, but walked six
and hit three batters.
Astoria pitchers Gunnar Olson and Kar-
son Hawkins scattered fi ve hits with eight
strikeouts and four walks.
Combined, the two teams stranded 19
base runners.
Trailing 3-1 heading into the seventh
inning, the Cheesemakers took advantage
of a one-out walk and an Astoria error, and
Colton Harman belted a three-run homer to
give Tillamook a 4-3 lead.
Astoria battled back in the bottom of the
seventh, as Hawkins was hit by a pitch to
lead off and stole second. Aiden Giles was
hit by a pitch, and Olson walked to load the
bases.
Bo Williams followed with a ground
ball that scored Hawkins with the tying run,
sending the game to extra innings.
PREP ROUNDUP
Seaside boys golf
back in the state title hunt
The chances of winning a state champi-
onship this spring just increased dramati-
cally for the Seaside boys golf team.
For the fi rst time this shortened season, the
Gulls showed their potential in a 344-365 vic-
tory over Tillamook in a dual match Tuesday.
Tillamook shot its best round of the
year, but the Mooks were no match for the
Gulls. Curtis Kunde was back to his win-
ning ways but this time had to share medal-
ist honors with junior Carson Kawasoe, who
was playing in his fi rst match of the season
after breaking his collarbone in Seaside’s last
football game.
The Seagulls also had Everest Sibony
shoot a season-low 91, followed by Conner
Langmo (109) and Owen Higdon (112).
Kunde and Kawasoe battled for medal-
ist honors all day with three lead changes
before ending in a tie, each with 72s.
“I don’t want to get too excited about
today because just (Monday) we were at a
low point for the season,” said Seaside coach
Jim Poetsch. “But I’ve been telling them all
season that once Carson is back, we only
need two scores close to 90 to be really good.
I think Curtis and Carson are the best one-
two pair in the state, and today we got one
player in that 90 range.”
The Gulls fi nish the regular season with
a match at Quail Valley Golf Course against
Banks, with the winner earning a trip to the
4A state tournament.
Lady Fishermen,
Gulls post softball wins
In Cowapa League softball action
Wednesday, Astoria defeated Tillamook
12-1, in a single game at Tillamook.
The Lady Fishermen evened their league
record at 5-5, with two league contests remain-
ing, both against winless Valley Catholic.
In other action Wednesday, Seaside
knocked off Knappa 16-3 in a nonleague
contest at Knappa.
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