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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, OcTObER 23, 2021
SPORTS
CROSS-COUNTRY
Astoria runners
ready for districts
The Astorian
As the postseason
meets approach, sev-
eral local cross-coun-
try teams are in the run-
ning — literally — for
a district team title, and
perhaps a lot more.
Astoria and Seaside
ran in the West Coast
Classic, held Oct. 15 at
Alderbook Golf Course
in Tillamook.
The Fishermen boys
took third in the team
race behind Siuslaw
and Newport, with Sea-
side ninth. The Gulls
and Lady Fishermen
were fifth and sixth out
of seven scoring teams
in the girls’ race.
Seaside sophomore
James Roehr took sev-
enth in the varsity race
in 17 minutes, 20.6 sec-
onds, while junior John
Clement was Astoria’s
top runner, taking 11th
in 17:37.
“We ran competi-
tively and looked like a
team across the board,”
said Astoria coach
Andrew Fick. “Any day
you finish with 16 PRs
and season bests gives
you a lot to feel good
about. The hard work
everyone has been
putting in is paying
off with big improve-
ments and strong fin-
ishes. The team is com-
ing together with a lot
of positivity. Having
runners who work that
hard and who can find
the joy in the challenge
VOLLEYBALL
Knappa runners
finishing strong
of it is pretty special.”
In the girls race,
Astoria junior Ella Zilli
“had a huge day (ninth,
20:55), knocking over
a minute off of her sea-
son best,” Fick said.
“Our men’s crew
showed up ready to
race,” he said. “We
knew that we were up
against some really
strong teams. Siuslaw
is ranked first in 4A,
Newport and Tillamook
are consistently strong,
and Westside Christian
is No. 2 in 3A. Looking
at the numbers coming
in, we knew that every
point was going to mat-
ter, and every runner on
our crew moved up a
spot or two and helped
us finish in the top three
as a team.”
Clement
“had
another solid improve-
ment for the season
with about a 20-second
season best. He looked
a lot more focused and
determined in his race
and I think will con-
tinue to sharpen up
over the next couple of
weeks as we get ready
to peak for districts.”
Junior
Tommy
Laman ran a 25-second
PR (18:11), and junior
John Colquhoun had a
10-second PR (18:40).
“Racing as a team,
everyone
pushing
themselves and each
other to new limits, is
what’s going to make
us competitive at dis-
tricts,” Fick said.
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The Knappa boys’ cross-coun-
try team is among the contend-
ers for the 2A state title this year.
And if everything goes according
to plan, every team in the state
could be chasing the Loggers
next season.
Knappa is currently ranked
third in the state. Every ath-
lete will return in 2022, and the
Loggers will be joined by a few
strong runners from the middle
school level.
Logger junior Isaiah Rodri-
guez continues to set personal
best times and is separating him-
self from the rest of the 2A pack
at the top.
Competing in the Lewis &
Clark College Invitational on
Oct. 16, the Knappa boys fin-
ished seventh out of 23 scoring
teams, mostly big schools.
Barlow won with 111 points,
ahead of Clackamas and Mark
Morris. Warrenton finished 15th.
Rodriguez was third out of
175 runners, covering the 5,000
meters at McIver State Park in
Estacada in a personal record 15
minutes, 56 seconds, behind run-
ners from La Center and Santiam
Christian.
His time of 15:56 is the best
in the state at the 2A level, 10
seconds better than senior Caleb
Brown of Pine Eagle.
Warrenton’s Zander Moha
was seventh in 16:29. Nicholas
Nikander of Jewell was 23rd in
17:19.
Two days earlier in the Verno-
nia Invitational, Rodriguez was
the individual winner (15:57),
while Knappa (72 points) took
Tim Peitsch
Knappa junior Isaiah Rodriguez,
left, had another big week in
preparation for the upcoming
state meet.
second in the team standings
behind Heppner (69).
Nikander was sixth (17:23),
and Knappa freshman Joshua
Peterson was 13th in 18:33.
Adding points for the Loggers
were junior Clay Keyser (18th),
freshman Soren Brown (21st)
and sophomore Moses Peitsch
(23rd).
In the 3,000-meter boys mid-
dle school race, eighth grader
Finn Peitsch of Knappa’s Hilda
Lahti school finished first out of
54 runners, covering the course
in a personal best 11:07.
Peitsch was 14th out of 223
runners in the 3,000 meter middle
school/youth race in the Lewis &
Clark College Invitational.
Hilda Lahti’s Mylie Lempea
was eighth in the girls’ race at
Vernonia, in a PR 12:38.
Seaside soccer teams sweep Banks
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The Seaside soccer teams
both helped themselves in the
Cowapa League standings,
with a sweep over Banks.
In a doubleheader at Hill-
sboro Stadium on Monday,
the Gulls defeated Banks/
Vernonia in the girls soccer
match, 2-0, and the Seaside
boys topped the Braves 1-0.
Seaside’s Emma Arden
scored off a crossing pass
with 13:34 left in the first
half, and with 18:20 left
in the second half, Hailey
Strimple-Fields scored from
the right side of the penalty
area with a low shot to the
far post, with an assist from
Arden.
Grace Meyer had the lone
goal for the Seaside girls in a
1-1 tie Wednesday at Tilla-
mook, while the boys lost to
2-0 to Tillamook.
The Seaside girls improve
to 5-3-1 (6-6-1 overall),
behind first-place Valley
Catholic (9-0, 11-1-1).
The Astoria girls sit at
3-2-3 in league play, with
Monday’s game at Rainier/
Clatskanie canceled and a
5-0 loss to Valley Catholic on
Wednesday.
In Cowapa League boys
soccer, Valley Catholic sits
atop the standings at 8-0,
ahead of Tillamook and
Seaside.
On Wednesday, the Asto-
ria boys soccer team lost 7-0
against Valley Catholic.
In a nonleague game
Monday at Oregon Episco-
pal, the Aardvarks scored five
first half goals on their way to
an 8-0 win over Astoria.
Freshman Tobias Karl
scored two goals in the first
half, and Alex Chen scored
twice in the second half for
Oregon Episcopal, ranked
No. 5 in 3A boys soccer.
OBITUARIES
Raymond Tillman Solberg Sr.
Warrenton
March 11, 1933 — Oct. 17, 2021
Raymond Tillman Solberg
Sr. passed away Oct. 17, 2021,
in Warrenton. He was 88.
He is survived by his chil-
dren, Teresa Chaney, of Priest
River, Idaho, Barbara Sol-
berg-Connelly, of Warren-
ton, Raymond Solberg Jr.,
of Yankton, South Dakota,
Clayton Solberg, of Warren-
ton, Norma Solberg-Collins,
of Astoria, and Briani Sol-
berg-Bell, of Hillsboro.
He has many grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchil-
dren, along with many nieces,
nephews and cous-
He joined the
ins. He is also sur-
U.S. Army in 1953,
vived by his sis-
and was trans-
ferred to the Army
ter and best friend,
Reserve until 1961,
Sonja Langlo, and
when he was hon-
her husband, Jim
orably discharged.
(Animal).
He
married
He was born to
Shirley
Frances
Mildred Virginia
Watkins on June 2,
Stanley and Till-
man
Columbus Raymond Solberg Sr. 1956. They were
Solberg in Wood-
married 21 years.
son on March 11, 1933. He She preceded him in death.
was raised in the Clatskanie He was also preceded in
area, and along with school death by two grandchildren,
had many responsibilities at Jayson Culp, of Warrenton,
home.
and Dashiell Solberg-Bell,
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
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WEDNESDAY
Loss to Nestucca ends
Knappa’s season
In a loser-out Northwest
League volleyball playoff at
Knappa, Nestucca defeated
the Loggers in five sets, 25-22,
25-23, 16-25, 24-26, 15-4.
The Loggers spent
most of the night rallying
and coming from behind,
against a team they had
defeated twice during the
regular season.
After losing the first two
sets, Knappa led most of
Game 3. A kill to the back
line by Hannah Dietrichs
and an ace serve from Taryn
Barendse had the Loggers
ahead 19-13, and Knappa
finished with a 6-3 run.
A late Knappa rally helped
the Loggers win Game 4.
With the Bobcats lead-
ing 24-23 lead, the Loggers
rallied with three straight
points to win the set and tie
the match.
The Loggers held an early
2-0 lead in Game 5, but the
Bobcats snapped a 3-3 tie
with a decisive 10-0 run.
“All good things must
come to an end, and while
the end was not what we
wanted or expected, it also
was definitely not a boring
Willamina tops Warrenton
FRIDAY
For the first time in the
existence of the Coastal
Range League, there’s a
new regular season volley-
ball champion.
Willamina rallied from a
9-5 deficit in Game 5, and out-
lasted Warrenton to a dramatic
finish, helping the Bulldogs
win the league title, 25-19,
19-25, 25-18, 17-25, 16-14, on
Senior Night at Willamina.
Warrenton had won the
previous three league titles,
and still has a chance to earn
the league’s No. 1 seed to
the state playoffs. The War-
riors host a league playoff
Saturday, with the winner
advancing to play Willam-
ina Tuesday for the league’s
tournament champion.
After dropping the first
set in Thursday’s match, the
Warriors built a 9-2 lead and
cruised to the Game 2 win.
Willamina won Game 3,
but the Warriors jumped out
to a 4-0 lead and overcame
five missed serves to win
Game 4.
Warrenton trailed 4-0
in the fifth set, but senior
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Showers
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UNDER THE SKY
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Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Orion stands to its
SE, with Sirius, the sky’s brightest
star, low in the SSE.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 65/51
Normal high/low .................. 59/44
Record high .................. 75 in 1998
Record low .................... 33 in 1957
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.32”
Month to date ........................ 2.60”
Normal month to date ......... 4.06”
Year to date .......................... 45.58”
Normal year to date ........... 45.85”
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2:44 p.m.
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Hammond
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Knappa
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Astoria
ALMANAC
Avyree Miethe single-hand-
edly brought the Warriors
back with a kill off the
block, then served the War-
riors into a 6-4 lead.
A pair of kills by Jamie
Annat still had Warrenton
in front by scores of 9-5
and 11-9, but the Bulldogs
regained the momentum
and finished the match on a
7-3 run.
Earlier in the week, War-
renton swept visiting Clats-
kanie on Tuesday, 25-17,
25-19, 25-19.
“We had a solid game …
not our best, but we never got
down and kept firing away,”
said Warrenton coach Stacie
Miethe. “Avyree had a very
good Senior Night,” going
100% from the service line,
with 12 kills.
Hailey Bentley “also had
a good night, even though
she got a little banged up in
warmups and hurt her knee,
she was still 9-for-10 with an
ace and led the net defense
with three block kills.”
Paige Tingstrom (three
aces, three kills) and Emma
Smith (three kills) also had
their best offensive nights.
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of Hillsboro.
Ray was loved by many.
He would say there’s always
room for one more, and he
would often find more than his
six children in the house. He
worked hard and played hard.
He was an avid outdoorsman,
and taught his children to love
fishing, hunting and clam dig-
ging. He was also a commer-
cial fisherman.
The family will have a pri-
vate gathering in August.
In lieu of cards or flowers,
please make donations to a
charity of your choice.
THURSDAY
ending to a great season,”
said Knappa coach Jeff
Kaul, whose team was play-
ing short-handed.
Dietrichs — Knappa’s
only senior — led the Log-
ger attack with 15 kills and
17 digs, while Barendse was
18-of-19 serving with four
aces and eight kills.
Freshman Lily Simp-
son added seven blocks and
sophomore Molina Herrera
had 13 assists.
Sophomore
Ariana
Miller finished with 11 kills
and four blocks.
“It’s always tough to lose
that last game — any game
really — but as coach I try
to look at the positive things
even after a hard loss,” Kaul
said. “There are couple
things that stood out to me in
this game, and one big one
was in this five-game match
we only missed five serves.”
And, “without an actual
setter, we had 36 kills. Most
important, these ladies never
gave up right until the end.
These ladies are competi-
tors at heart and played their
very best for all of the fans
that came to watch tonight.”
Ranked 18th, Knappa
finishes 11-9 overall.
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