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THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, MAy 11, 2021
SPORTS
Astoria track hosts meet
with Gulls, Warriors
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
With a limited number of
meets on the schedule, the
Astoria track team hosted
a three-way meet Saturday
with Seaside and Warrenton.
The Fishermen host Val-
ley Catholic Friday, followed
by a year-ending, state gath-
ering meet May 21 and May
22.
All three teams had high-
light performers in Saturday’s
meet.
Astoria sophomore Ella
Zilli set personal records in
winning both the 800 meter
in 2 minutes, 43 seconds and
the 1,500 in 5:27.
Junior Maddie Sisley
added victories in the 100-
meter hurdles (16.45), the
long jump and triple jump;
and Astoria’s Lily Meadows
had personal best throws to
win both the shot put (33 feet,
11 inches) and discus (85-9),
and took second in the javelin
Photos by Gary Henley/The Astorian
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Astoria’s Colton McMaster gets ready
to launch his winning discus throw of 171 feet, 2 inches — not his
season best, but still 26 feet farther than the next-best throw in
the state at the 4A level. Astoria runner Ella Zilli on her way to the
win in the 1,500 meter, with Seaside’s Elise Seppa placing second.
Warrenton’s Zander Moha took the lead late in the 1,500, then won
in a personal best of 4 minutes, 21 seconds.
behind Seaside’s Lilli Taylor
(62-11).
On the boys side, Warren-
ton swept the distance races,
with Forrest Cooley in the
800 (2:16), and Zander Moha
in the 1,500 (4:21) and 3,000
(9:41). Nearly every runner
scored personal best times in
all three races.
Astoria senior T.J. Col-
vin had personal best times in
winning the 100 (11.55) and
200 meter (23.84), and also
helped both Fishermen relay
teams to victories.
Fisherman junior Colton
McMaster was a triple winner
in the throwing events, with a
56-4 in the shot put, nearly
17 feet farther than Warren-
ton’s Sam Irwin (PR 39-8),
while Astoria’s Presley Beck
won the high jump and triple
jump.
Astoria softball defeats Valiants, 12-2
The Astorian
On Senior Day at CMH
Field, Astoria pounded out
14 hits in a 12-2, five-in-
ning win over Valley Catho-
lic, in Cowapa League soft-
ball action.
The Lady Fishermen
scored 10 runs in the first
inning, as they improved to
6-5 in Cowapa League play,
6-7 overall. Five players had
two hits apiece for Astoria,
which finishes the league
season Tuesday at Valley
Catholic.
Gulls 8, Tillamook 3
Seaside kept its league
championship hopes alive
with an 8-3 win Friday at
Tillamook.
The Gulls are 7-2 in
league play behind Banks
(10-0). The Gulls and Braves
finish the league season with
single games Thursday at
Seaside and Saturday at
Banks.
Tigers sweep Warriors
The Taft Tigers collected
a combined 27 runs on 24
hits in a 17-3, 10-6 double-
header sweep over Warren-
ton in Coastal Range League
softball action Friday.
Warrenton held early
leads in both games, but Taft
pitchers Hailey Weaver and
Lily Hatton tossed back-to-
back two-hitters, leaving the
Warriors with just four hits
on the day.
In Game 1, Warrenton
scored two runs in the top
of the first, but the Tigers
rapped out 15 hits, and
ended the game after five
innings.
The Warriors rallied from
a 10-2 deficit by scoring four
runs in the seventh inning of
Game 2, before falling short.
Jamie Annat had a triple for
Warrenton.
Nestucca 9, Knappa 8
The Nestucca softball
team took over first place —
for the time being — in the
Northwest League standings
Friday, with a 9-8 win over
Knappa on the Loggers’
home field.
Nestucca moved to 6-2 in
league (10-2 overall), while
the Lady Loggers dropped
to 5-3 in league, 5-6 overall.
Emily Larson, Vicki
Ramvick and Hannah Diet-
richs all had two hits apiece
for Knappa, which had eight
hits for the game. Dietrichs
pitched a complete game for
the Loggers, allowing 10
hits with nine strikeouts and
one walk.
Knappa has three games
remaining with Vernonia,
while the Bobcats finish the
season with three games
against Neah-Kah-Nie.
Moore pitches Astoria
baseball to 11-1 win
The Astorian
Astoria scored in five of
the six innings Friday, on its
way to an easy 11-1 victory
at Valley Catholic in Cow-
apa League baseball action.
Fishermen
starter
Michael Moore went the
distance on the mound, giv-
ing up just one hit with six
strikeouts and four walks,
while Astoria built a 7-1
lead through four innings.
The Fishermen pounded
out 13 hits, with 3-for-3
efforts at the plate for Aiden
Giles and Niko Boudreau.
Giles had a double, triple
and drove in four runs for
Astoria, which improved to
4-7 overall. Valley Catholic
committed eight errors, and
slipped to 2-8.
Astoria hosts the Val-
iants Tuesday to close out
league play, followed by
a doubleheader Friday at
Newport.
Gulls 8, Tillamook 1
Seaside scored four
runs in the first inning, on
its way to an easy 8-1 win
Friday over Tillamook at
Broadway Field.
The Gulls had seven
hits, with doubles by Tan-
ner Kraushaar and Lawson
Talamantez, while Justin
Morris went the distance on
the mound, allowing nine
hits with seven strikeouts
and no walks.
Warriors sweep Taft
Warrenton tuned up
for this week’s three-
game series with Rain-
ier by sweeping Taft,
17-5 and 10-3, in a Friday
doubleheader.
Dawson Little and Dylon
Atwood picked up the wins
on the mound, while Little
and Mike Ulness each had
two hits and two RBIs in
the opener, Josh Earls led
the way with three hits in
Game 2.
The Warriors lead the
Coastal Range League
standings at 8-0, and will
host the Columbians for
one game Tuesday, fol-
lowed by a doubleheader
Friday.
Warrenton’s last loss
was the April 14 season
opener against Ilwaco,
while Rainier is 9-0 overall.
Knappa still
undefeated
The Knappa Loggers are
working on yet another per-
fect season, as they moved
to the top of 2A baseball
with an 11-0 overall record,
following an 8-5 win over
Nestucca Friday, in North-
west League baseball
action.
With the league title
already
wrapped
up,
Knappa (8-0 in league)
closes out the regular sea-
son this week with three
games against Vernonia,
1-8 overall.
The Loggers had eight
hits from eight players, and
drew eight walks in Fri-
day’s win.
Camo Miethe had a dou-
ble and drove in two runs.
Jaxon Dietrichs threw
97 pitches in seven innings,
allowing 10 hits with six
strikeouts and two walks.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Baseball — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
5 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 5 p.m.;
Rainier at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Verno-
nia at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Valley Cath-
olic, 5 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 5
p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 4:30 p.m.;
Knappa at Vernonia, 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Newport, 5
p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.
Softball — Banks at Seaside, 5 p.m.
Girls Golf — Cowapa Invitational, at
Astoria Golf & Country Club, 11 a.m.
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