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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021
SPORTS
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
THE FISH
Astoria girls
Swimming
THE WARRIORS
Warrenton wrestling
Astoria High School
Corey Conant
T
T
he Fish fi nished second at the District 1 meet last week in their home
pool, and qualifi ed multiple swimmers for the state meet Saturday. Asto-
ria’s lone win was a highlight swim for senior Grace Peeler, whose 1:15.47 in
the 100-yard breaststroke broke a 15-year-old school record. Freshman team-
mate Marlee Both took second to qualify for state. Senior Tori Smith qualifi ed
with a second-place fi nish in the 200-yard individual medley, while Hannah
Daniels, Brooke O’Connor, Constance Rouda and Lily Reed will join Peeler and
Smith at state, as Astoria qualifi ed all three relays with second-place fi nishes.
he Warriors are taking a busload of students to the state meet Saturday,
qualifying 10 wrestlers in their district meet last week. With the school’s
fi rst district team championship since 1990, Warrenton had three individual
champions — Nic Pior at 145 pounds, Sam Irwin at 195 and Alex Tapia at 170
— with a second-place showing for James Mickelson (170), and third-place
fi nishes for Jorge Lopez (138), David Niehuser (152), Josh Niehuser (182) and
Josh Smith (220). Duane Falls (182) and Austin Atwood (126) also qualifi ed.
Warrenton coach Corey Conant was named Coach of the Year.
Crusaders top Knappa boys in basketball playoff
‘LIKE USUAL, OUR GUYS PLAYED HARD AND HAD GREAT
ENERGY. WE JUST COULDN’T GET ANY EASY BUCKETS AND
OUR OUTSIDE SHOTS WEREN’T FALLING. BUT THERE IS NO SHAME
IN LOSING TO THAT TEAM, AND WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO PLAY ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE GOAL.’
The Astorian
The Knappa Loggers will
continue their post-season
run Friday in central Oregon,
but their drive in the cham-
pionship bracket came to a
close Wednesday night in
Salem.
That’s where the Salem
Academy Crusaders had the
home court advantage in a 2A
boys basketball quarterfi nal
game and posted a 55-33 win
over the Loggers.
Salem Academy (12-1
overall) won its 11th in a row,
and snapped a seven-game
Knappa win streak.
The Loggers were sched-
uled to play Friday at 1 p.m.
at Sisters Middle School,
opponent to be determined.
Paul Isom | Knappa boys basketball coach
A basket midway through
the fi rst quarter of Wednes-
day’s game had the Log-
gers trailing just 10-8, when
Salem Academy answered
with an off ensive rebound
basket from John Pass, spark-
ing a 21-5 run to close the
fi rst half.
The Crusaders had fi rst
half 3-pointers from Jaren
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Oglesby and Pass, while
the Loggers had a pair of
three’s from Brandon Gale.
The two teams were a com-
bined 10-for-38 on 3-point-
ers (Knappa 6-of-27, Salem
Academy 4-for-11).
Salem Academy also
clamped down defensively on
Knappa junior Logan Morrill,
who fi nished with two points.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Knappa coach Paul Isom
said the Loggers “ran into a
buzz saw. Salem Academy
was really good, and their
zone gave us problems the
whole game.
“Off ensively they were
just so disciplined and didn’t
make any mistakes,” he said.
“Like usual, our guys played
hard and had great energy.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
We just couldn’t get any
easy buckets and our out-
side shots weren’t falling. But
there is no shame in losing to
that team, and we still have a
chance to play on Saturday,
which is always the goal.”
Astoria 83, Nestucca 69
Seaside is hosting its
own post-season boys bas-
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
79 62
94 63
Partly sunny
and warm
Hot
74 59
70 58
68 56
69 56
Periods of sun;
Clouds and sun Clouds and sun Mostly cloudy
cooler
71 57
Partly sunny
Aberdeen
Olympia
95/70
97/71
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
Longview
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Low in the south-
east is Antares of Scorpion.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 68/56
Normal high/low .................. 65/51
Record high .................. 93 in 2017
Record low .................... 41 in 1988
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 1.91”
Normal month to date ......... 2.20”
Year to date .......................... 37.27”
Normal year to date ........... 35.56”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
2:20 a.m.
4:07 p.m.
9.2 9:41 a.m. -1.8
7.2 9:34 p.m. 2.7
Cape Disappointment
1:55 a.m.
3:43 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:26 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 9:11 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 11:28 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 7:17 a.m.
Last
New
First
Full
2:09 a.m.
3:54 p.m.
Warrenton
2:15 a.m.
4:02 p.m.
Knappa
2:57 a.m.
4:44 p.m.
Depoe Bay
July 1
July 9 July 17 July 23
1:08 a.m.
2:57 p.m.
9.5 8:42 a.m. -2.2
7.3 8:34 p.m. 3.0
9.6 9:03 a.m. -2.4
7.5 9:00 p.m. 2.7
9.6 9:25 a.m. -1.7
7.6 9:18 p.m. 2.8
9.4 10:42 a.m. -1.5
7.5 10:35 p.m. 2.3
9.5 8:13 a.m. -2.8
7.2 8:07 p.m. 2.8
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
86/72/t
84/71/c
81/73/t
95/78/pc
69/53/t
88/74/pc
92/77/pc
84/66/s
88/79/sh
84/72/pc
107/85/s
74/60/s
87/74/pc
86/71/t
89/74/pc
82/68/sh
92/75/t
71/51/t
88/73/pc
89/75/t
86/68/s
88/79/sh
87/74/pc
111/86/pc
72/60/s
91/75/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
97/68
Kennewick Walla Walla
105/75 Lewiston
109/76
105/72
Hermiston
The Dalles 107/70
Enterprise
Pendleton 91/61
106/69
110/74
La Grande
100/62
105/72
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Pullman
108/75
104/70
Salem
TODAY'S TIDES
100/72
Yakima 108/76
79/62 Portland
106/75
UNDER THE SKY
Spokane
106/76
99/66
101/68
Astoria
ALMANAC
ketball tournament, which
began Thursday at Seaside
High School.
The large tournament
— for teams which did not
make the fi nal eight champi-
onship tournament — runs
through Sunday.
Astoria is taking part,
and opened with an 83-69
win over Nestucca Thursday
afternoon.
Colton McMaster erupted
for 30 points, and freshman
teammate Merrick Benesch
added 26 for the Fishermen,
who led 48-27 at halftime.
Astoria was scheduled
to play Seaside Friday, fol-
lowed by games Satur-
day against Tillamook at
11:30 a.m. and Sunday vs.
Faith Bible at 10 a.m.
Corvallis
102/68
Albany
104/69
John Day
Eugene
Bend
105/66
98/62
96/64
Ontario
101/72
Caldwell
Burns
95/60
96/71
Medford
105/73
Klamath Falls
96/59
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
94/56/s
68/56/c
75/63/pc
106/73/s
66/57/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
97/60/s
64/55/pc
89/63/s
113/70/s
76/57/s
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
69/57/pc
104/69/pc
80/64/pc
107/68/s
106/76/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
72/58/pc
113/67/s
103/66/s
114/63/s
113/75/s