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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021
SPORTS
Warriors, Loggers
Warrenton third at district track meet ready for state title
baseball games
The Astorian
The Warrenton track team qual-
ifi ed a busload of athletes for the
upcoming 3A state meet, a one-day
event scheduled for Tuesday at Leg-
ends Field in Harrisburg.
The Warriors competed in the 3A
District 1 championships Friday and
Saturday in Clatskanie, where the
Warrenton boys placed third in the
team scoring behind Catlin Gabel and
Westside Christian. The Lady War-
riors were sixth out of nine teams, and
also qualifi ed two athletes for state.
After placing fourth earlier this
spring in the state cross-country
meet, the Warrenton boys are hop-
ing to surpass that accomplishment
with a top three fi nish in the state
track meet.
Warrenton has entries in 10 dif-
ferent events, and should be one of
the primary contenders for the team
title.
Leading the way will be junior
Zander Moha, the district champion
in both the 1,500 and 3,000-meter
races, in which he had winning
times of 4 minutes, 24.34 seconds
and 9:30:80. He is ranked second
in both events at state by less than a
second in both races.
Warrenton had automatic qualifi -
ers with second-place fi nishes from
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Warrenton’s Zander Moha won
the district 1,500 and 3,000-meter
races and will be running for state
titles Tuesday.
Phoenix Martin (200 meters), Tris-
ton Scott (shot put) and the 400-
meter relay team.
On Sunday, the Warriors gained
several more wild card qualifi ers,
following third, fourth and even
fi fth-place fi nishes at the meet.
Erik Cooley, Forrest Cooley,
Sam Irwin and Zakk Lundberg will
also be competing in Harrisburg.
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Baseball — Joseph vs. Warrenton, 4
p.m. (at The Dalles High School, Bob
Williams Field); Western Christian at
Knappa, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Girls Basketball — Warrenton at Wil-
lamina, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Warren-
ton, 6 p.m.
On the girls side, Warrenton qual-
ifi ed Abigail Miller (second, 3,000
meters) and Caroline Grace Duncan
(second, 300-meter hurdles).
Seaside softball fi nishes season at 9-5
The Astorian
Despite an 18-4 loss at Banks,
the Seaside softball team closed out
one of its most successful seasons
ever, as the Lady Gulls fi nished 9-5
overall, 8-4 in league.
Seaside trailed 6-0 after two
innings, but had its best inning of
the season, scoring four runs in the
top of the third against the unde-
feated (14-0) Braves.
Banks responded with 10 runs in
the bottom of the third and tacked
on two in the fourth.
The Braves had 16 hits, while
Banks pitchers Brooke Vandehey,
Alex Saunders and Jessica Stewart
limited Seaside to three hits.
Banks had six doubles but com-
mitted fi ve errors to Seaside’s four.
The Gulls lose just three seniors,
Kandice Flaigg, Gracie Rhodes and
Emma Taylor.
6-8 overall, 5-5 in league. The Log-
gers lose just two seniors, Ramvick
and Raven Corcoran.
Loggers split twinbill
Rainier sweeps at Warrenton
The Vernonia and Knappa soft-
ball teams combined for 50 runs in
two games Friday at Knappa, bring-
ing their spring schedules to a close.
Vernonia won the fi rst game,
11-10, before Knappa won the
Game 2 nonleague contest, 16-13.
Knappa trailed by six runs in
Game 1, and a late rally came
up short. It was Knappa’s fourth
straight league loss by one run.
Vicki Ramvick was 3-for-4 at
the plate with two doubles and four
RBIs.
In Game 2, starter Emily Larsen
got the win, helping Knappa fi nish
In Coastal Range League soft-
ball Friday, Rainier swept a dou-
bleheader at Warrenton, 16-0 and
13-3.
The Columbians built a 12-0
lead through three innings in Game
1 and put up six runs in the fi rst
inning of the second game. Rainier
senior Kyla Cook tossed a one-hit-
ter in the opener, and Warrenton
committed eight errors.
Avyree Miethe had a home run
in Game 2 for the Warriors, who
fi nish 2-13. Warrenton had seven
freshmen and just one senior on this
year’s roster, Mia McFadden.
The Harbor would like to say thank you so much
to all the donors who made this years Soup Bowl a
success! Because of your generosity we can continue
to offer our services for free to survivors of domestic
& sexual violence in Clatsop County
First and foremost thank you so much to our
incredible potter Richard Rowland and his team of
volunteers- none of this would be possible without
you!
Thank you to
Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals
Columbia River Coffee Roasters
Andrea Mazzarella with Vesta
Realty
Catriona Penfield and Seaside
Attorneys
Geraldine Swenson
Astoria Granite Works
DiBartolomeo Law Office
The Warrenton baseball team
will be the No. 4 seed for an
eight-team culminating week
state tournament this week, as 3A
baseball will try to determine an
unoffi cial state champion for the
shortened spring season.
Warrenton will be the home
team in a fi rst round game Tues-
day at 4 p.m. against Joseph.
The game will be played at The
Dalles High School, Bob Wil-
liams Field.
Brookings-Harbor was the
No. 1 seed, and will play Scio in
North Bend. No. 2 seed Santiam
Christian will host No. 7 seed
Rainier.
Winners of 12 of their last 13
games, the Warriors fi nished the
regular season with a double-
header split and another league
championship Friday at Rainier.
In Friday’s twinbill, Rainier
pitcher Brayden Marcum domi-
nated the Warriors with a one-hit-
ter in Game 1, striking out 15
in the fi ve-inning, 11-1 win.
Duane Falls had an RBI triple for
Warrenton.
The Warriors answered with a
7-3 win in Game 2, in which Falls
threw 110 pitches over fi ve-and-
two-thirds innings, before Dylon
Atwood fi nished.
Falls was also 2-for-2 with
a double, and Ethan Caldwell
added a two-run triple. Hordie
Bodden Bodden had a triple and
scored a clutch run late. The War-
riors had six steals.
Knappa still unbeaten
Knappa put the fi nishing
touches on a perfect regular sea-
son with a doubleheader sweep
Friday at Vernonia, 8-5 and 13-1.
Knappa (14-0 overall) is one
of three undefeated teams head-
ing into this week’s 16-team 2A
title week, which begins Tues-
day. The Loggers will host West-
ern Christian at 4 p.m.
In Friday’s sweep, Knappa
trailed 5-4 in the seventh inning
of Game 1, before scoring four
runs to take the lead. Drew Miller
earned the win in relief. Cameron
Miethe had several big defensive
plays and scored twice.
In Game 2, Knappa’s Mark
Miller recorded his fi rst pitch-
ing of the season, while Miethe,
Drew Miller, Kutter Ball and
Tanner Jackson led the off ense.
Seaside 14, Astoria 7
Playing for second place in the
Cowapa League, the Seaside and
Astoria baseball teams pounded
out lots of hits and runs in a regu-
lar season fi nale Saturday at Tap-
iola Park.
With four lead changes in six
innings, the Gulls fi nally emerged
victorious, 14-7.
Seaside fi nishes 7-5 overall,
6-5 in league play. Despite the
shortened season, it’s the fi rst
time the Gulls have fi nished with
a winning record since 2011 (13-
11), and the fi rst winning record
in league play since 2007 (8-7).
First-year Seaside coach Brett
Wolfe, who had 494 career wins
at North Medford, picked up
career victory No. 501 Friday.
Both teams had seven hits, but
the Gulls took advantage of 11
Astoria errors and 13 walks by
fi ve diff erent Fishermen pitchers.
For Seaside, Lawson Tala-
mantez and Justin Morris com-
bined to strike out nine with six
walks.
Trailing 7-6 after fi ve innings,
the Gulls scored two in the sixth
and tacked on six runs in the
seventh.
Tanner Kraushaar and Aedyn
Cook were the only two players
to have two hits for Seaside while
Kaleb Bartel scored four runs and
Kraushaar and Talamantez drove
in three runs apiece.
Astoria had doubles from
Hunter Ficken, Connelly From-
willer, Aiden Giles and Tony
Tumbarello.
The Gulls and Fishermen
played four times this season,
Seaside winning three.
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