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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022
SPORTS
BASEBALL
Astoria splits two games
Warriors receive
all-league honors
The Astorian
The Warrenton boys
basketball team ended up
one win short of the state
tournament, but the War-
riors (11-10 overall) capped
another successful season
with the selection of all
fi ve starters to the Coastal
Range all-League team. .
Willamina walked away
with the top awards, includ-
ing regular season and
league tournament cham-
pion, Player of the Year
(Cohen Haller) and Coach
of the Year (Cliff Toney).
The Bulldogs — also
eliminated in a fi rst round
state playoff game — had
all fi ve starters (all sopho-
mores) named all-league.
Warrenton’s lone fi rst
team selection was junior
Dawson Little, while senior
Hordie Bodden Bodden
was second team.
Willamina also won the
regular season and league
tournament honors in
Coastal Range League girls
basketball.
Players of the Year were
Rainier’s Kalli Budge
and Willamina’s Hallee
Hughes.
Willamina had six play-
ers selected all-league,
including fi ve seniors.
Coach of the Year was Wil-
lamina’s Tom Anderson.
Warrenton
senior
Avyree Miethe (second
team) was the Warriors’
lone all-league selection.
COASTAL RANGE ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS
Boys
League champion: Willamina
Player of the Year: Cohen Haller,
Willamina
Coach of the Year: Cliff Toney,
Willamina
First Team
Cohen Haller, So., Willamina
Dylan Graham, So., Willamina
Dawson Little, Jr., Warrenton
Jordan Maertens, Jr., Clatskanie
Kenney Tripp, Sr., Rainier
Second Team
Adam Atherton, So., Willamina
Hordie Bodden Bodden, Sr.,
Warrenton
Miles Carter, Jr., Clatskanie
Kalob Cruickshank, So., Willamina
Jayce Womack, Sr., Rainier
Honorable Mention
Tony Cueto, Sr., Clatskanie
Joshua Earls, Sr., Warrenton
Josh Ellis, Jr., Rainier
Zander Moha, Sr., Warrenton
Riley Painter, Sr., Rainier
Steven Stahl, So., Taft
Saxon Stockwell, So., Willamina
Eston Whisler, Sr., Taft
Elijah Whitsett, Sr., Warrenton
Girls
Players of the Year: Kalli Budge,
Rainier; Hallee Hughes, Willamina
Coach of the Year: Tom Anderson,
Willamina
First Team
Kalli Budge, Sr., Rainier
Hallee Hughes, Jr., Willamina
Cam Eaglestaff , Sr., Willamina
Grace France, Sr., Willamina
Cloee McLeod, Sr., Clatskanie
Second Team
Maya Helmen, Jr., Clatskanie
Lacey Makinson, So., Rainier
Avyree Miethe, Sr., Warrenton
Chloe Peterson, Sr., Taft
Bahley Scranton, Sr., Willamina
Honorable Mention
Madi Diehl, Sr., Willamina
Rebecca Hagen, Jr., Clatskanie
Lily Hatton, Sr., Taft
Jamie Knox, Sr., Rainier
Brooklyn Mangold, Jr., Taft
Emmalee Melvin, Sr., Rainier
Aliviah Mode, So., Taft
Kena Rankin, Sr., Willamina
Aubrey Sorensen, Sr., Rainier
Kylie Thomas, Jr., Clatskanie
Sportsmanship: Warrenton
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Down 5-4 entering the bottom of
the seventh inning, the Astoria baseball
team did what it had to do, scoring two
runs to beat Estacada 6-5, in a nonleague
Wednesday afternoon season opener at
CMH Field.
With two outs and the game tied
5-5, the Fishermen scored on a double
steal, Bryce Yeager stealing second and
Teague Palmberg sprinting home with
the game-winning run.
Five Astoria pitchers held Estacada
to fi ve hits, with nine strikeouts and 10
walks. Meanwhile, the Rangers had six
pitchers who gave up six hits, with 10
strikeouts and fi ve walks.
“We have three games in three days,
so we were keeping everybody on a low
pitch count,” said Astoria coach Glen
Fromwiller. “It was pretty exciting and
a solid fi rst outing.”
SATURDAY
Baseball — Fort Vancouver at Seaside (2), noon
Softball — Seaside at Toledo Tournament, TBA
MONDAY
Baseball — Astoria vs. Newport, Oregon Coast
Invitational, 4:30 p.m.; Knappa at Copper Can-
yon, Arizona, noon (MT)
Softball — Astoria at Newport Spring Break
Tournament, TBA; Knappa vs. Weston-McE-
wen, at Riverside, 1:30 p.m.; Knappa at River-
side, 4 p.m.
being said, our pitchers did a good job,
and we still made some big plays defen-
sively,” which included a catch in center
fi eld by Josh Earls, who threw a runner
out for a double play on the same catch.
With a runner on base and two outs in
the top of the seventh, Warrior freshman
fi rst baseman Kaison Smith bare-handed
a grounder and threw to Little at fi rst for
the game’s fi nal out.
The two teams are scheduled to meet
again April 9.
Milwaukie 6, Astoria 1
The Milwaukie Mustangs did all their
scoring in the fourth and fi fth innings on
Thursday night at CMH Field.
Trailing Astoria 1-0 after three
innings, Milwaukie scored two in the
fourth and tacked on four in the fi fth for
a 6-1 nonleague win over the Fishermen.
With a combined 13 strikeouts and
no walks, Milwaukie pitchers Andrew
Deleon and Kaden Harris held Astoria
to just three hits.
The Fishermen used six pitchers,
who gave up fi ve hits with eight strike-
outs and walked seven.
Warrenton tops
Ilwaco, 1-0
Warrenton’s Dylon Atwood scored
on an error with two outs in the bottom
of the sixth, and the score held up as
the only run of the game on Wednesday
afternoon at Huddleston Field, where
the Warriors opened their season with a
1-0 win over Ilwaco.
Warrenton is ranked third in a presea-
son 3A coaches poll with one fi rst place
vote.
Atwood also started and pitched four
innings for the Warriors, allowing one
hit with four strikeouts and one walk.
Dawson Little pitched the fi nal three
innings, giving up no hits or walks, with
two strikeouts. Jacob Rogers pitched
four innings for Ilwaco, allowing three
hits with three Ks and two walks.
“The defense will get better, and so
will the hitting,” said Warrenton coach
Lennie Wolfe, following his 30th season
opener with the Warriors. He also scored
his 550th career coaching win. “That
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SOFTBALL
After two losses, Astoria
softball scores fi rst win
Trailing 9-2 after four innings and
13-5 after fi ve, the Astoria Lady Fisher-
men rallied but came up one run short
Wednesday at Estacada, where the
Rangers hung on for a 14-13 nonleague
softball win.
Still trailing 14-10 entering the sev-
enth inning, Astoria scored three runs
and had two runners on base when
Estacada pitcher Lexxus Kelley struck
out the fi nal batter to end the game.
Astoria pounded out 16 hits, and had
plenty of off ensive highlights, with dou-
bles by Megan Davis, Tenley Matteucci,
freshman Nayomi Holmstedt and Mer-
edith Visser, and a triple by freshman
Shelby Bruney.
Ilwaco’s Maddie Wilken made her
pitching debut for Astoria, as the fresh-
man gave up 10 hits with eight strike-
outs and fi ve walks. Wilken played as
an eighth grader last year for the Ilwaco
Fishermen.
At the plate, Holmstedt was 4-for-4
with three runs scored and two runs bat-
ted in, Bruney and Matteucci each had
three hits, and leadoff hitter Mercedes
Walter added two hits and drove in three.
Astoria stranded eight baserunners,
while two Estacada pitchers struck out
eight, with Kelley working the fi nal four
innings.
Emree Hunter was the only multiple
hitter for the Rangers, with three hits and
four RBIs.
SPRING
BREAK
KID SAFETY
Loggers defeat Tigers
in softball opener
Always a favorite to win the North-
west League, the Knappa softball team
opened the 2022 season with an easy
11-1 win at Clatskanie in a nonleague
game Wednesday.
The Loggers scored in all fi ve at-bats,
and collected 13 hits while Knappa
pitcher Hannah Dietrichs tossed a
three-hitter, with six strikeouts and one
walk. The Tigers committed fi ve errors.
Rachel Ball highlighted Knappa’s
day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with three
RBIs and three runs scored.
Taryn Barendse also had three hits
and drove in three runs. Dietrichs and
Patricia Lebo each had a double.
TRACK
Teams open season at
Scappoose
The 2022 track season got underway
Wednesday at Scappoose, where the
Indians hosted the Northwest Opener.
Astoria,
Seaside,
Warrenton,
Knappa and Jewell all took part, with
the Fishermen sweeping the team
championships, ahead of future Cow-
apa League schools Scappoose and St.
Helens.
Clatsop County athletes dominated
the throwing events.
Astoria senior Colton McMaster
won the shot put with an eff ort of 56
feet, 9 inches (nearly 20 feet better than
the second place toss), and took the dis-
cus with a throw of 177-6, both Scap-
poose fi eld records. He is ranked in the
top 15 nationally in both events.
Warrenton junior Hunter Xochip-
iltecatl won the javelin with a personal
best 142-2, topping McMaster’s 141-7.
Sophomore Lily Meadows won the
girls’ shot put, with a 34-4 toss; and
Astoria senior teammate Maddie Sis-
ley opened her season with wins in
the long jump (16-11) and triple jump
(32-5).
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Two of Warrenton basketball’s all-league selections included
Avyree Miethe, second team, and Dawson Little, fi rst team.
Astoria 15, Corbett 2
Playing their third game in three
days, the Lady Fish bounced back with
their fi rst victory of the season, a 15-2
decision over Corbett on Thursday at
CMH Field.
Bruney was 2-for-3 with a home run
and drove in fi ve runs, while Walter and
Wilken each had a home run.
Holmstedt had a double and Mat-
teucci tripled, while Wilken pitched all
fi ve innings, striking out 10 with one
walk and three hits allowed.
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