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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, MARcH 26, 2022
SPORTS
BASEBALL
Another middle school state title for Astoria
Warrenton tops Scio, 4-3
well and Kaison Smith
each had a double and two
hits, while Talon McGrorty
drove in two runs.
“It was a good day,” said
Warrenton coach Lennie
Wolfe, whose team had just
one error on the day. “We
really did play well. South
Umpqua is the best we’ve
seen so far, and they will be
one of the top teams in the
state. The discussion after
the game was that we can
play with both these teams,
which should give us a lot
of confidence, because
these are two teams we may
be seeing again.”
The Warriors, in fact,
host Scio for another non-
league contest April 1.
The Astorian
The Astorian
Teagan Birdeno, Pierce
Burnhan, Quin Gohr, Kanon
Huber, Sawyer Rochon,
Mulu Starr-Hollow, Brayden
Wintersteen.
Memorize the names. If
everything goes as planned,
these kids — currently
known as the Astoria Ban-
dits — could be celebrating
a high school state champi-
onship in 2026, if not sooner.
Since grade school, the
group has won most of its
games, which now includes
a state title, at the recent
Oregon Middle School Bas-
ketball Championship in
central Oregon, March 11
through March 13.
Another team from Clat-
sop County — the Astoria
sixth grade girls — also won
a state championship this
season.
The Astoria eighth grade
boys have won at all lev-
els, against all competition
the state has to offer, from
big cities to small towns. As
sixth graders, the Bandits
finished third in the state.
After last year’s tour-
nament was canceled, the
Astoria players were back
as eighth graders this sea-
son, and the Bandits con-
cluded their year by going
5-0 in the silver bracket of
the Oregon middle school
championships, three days
of competition in a 27-team
tournament.
Astoria opened the tour-
ney with a 58-34 win over
Cascade on March 11.
Photos by Kate Gohr
LEFT: The Astoria Bandits as sixth graders, above, and as state champion eighth graders. RIGHT:
Astoria’s Quin Gohr puts up a shot during the recent middle school state championships.
The action picked up
March 12, and the Bandits
met the challenge with vic-
tories over teams from Junc-
tion City (48-25) and West
Linn (49-32).
The Bandits continued
right on winning on March
13, with a 53-28 rout over
Molalla, and a victory in
their closest game of the
tournament, 55-51 over the
St. Mary Rams in the final.
Young Loggers take
third
In the same tournament,
the Knappa fifth grade boys
basketball team finished
third in their division.
Coached by Bryan Lem-
MONDAY
Amanda Rohne
After getting rained out
the first day of their road
trip to Eastern Oregon, the
Knappa softball team scored
a doubleheader sweep over
Heppner/Ione on Tuesday
afternoon, 16-2 and 13-5.
Hannah Dietrichs tossed
a no-hitter in the first game,
with 11 strikeouts and seven
walks.
Dietrichs was also 4-for-4
at the plate with two home
runs and nine runs batted
in. Rachel Ball also had two
hits.
Dietrichs got the win
in Game 2, striking out 14
and allowing eight hits with
three walks. Patrica Lebo
led the offense (3-for-4 with
five RBIs).
pea and Chad Harrington,
the team includes Kolson
Bourrioux, Tucker Delay,
Blake Harrington, Tanner
TUESDAY
Jones, Trey Lempea, Ben
McDorman, Kyler Rinell,
Kirk Rohne, Emmett Rubus
and Charlie Stevens.
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — St. Helens at Astoria, 4:30 p.m.; War-
renton at Seaside, 3:30 p.m.; Portland Christian at
Knappa, 4 p.m.
Softball — Seaside at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.
Baseball — Seaside at Corbett, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — North Marion at Astoria, 4:30 p.m.; Cor-
bett at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Perrydale at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
ers, and built a 6-0 lead after
two innings.
Talamantez signs
letter of intent with
Eastern Oregon
Seaside senior Lawson
Talamantez signed a letter
of intent last week to play
football at Eastern Oregon
University.
His parents, Kristin and
Joe Talamantez, joined Law-
son for the signing, along
with Seaside football coach
and athletic director Aaron
Tanabe.
— The Astorian
Astoria High School
The Astoria Pizazz dance team.
Pizazz dance team
finishes third at state
The Astorian
Tillamook softball
blanks Warriors
Tillamook pitcher Tori
Pesterfield tossed a com-
plete-game, two-hit shutout
Wednesday at CMH Field,
leading the Lady Mooks to a
16-0 win over Warrenton in
a nonleague softball game.
Tillamook collected 14
hits off two Warrenton pitch-
The Astoria dance team Pizazz finished third out
of 11 teams in the 4A/3A/2A/1A finals of the Ore-
gon School Activities Association dance/drill state
championships, held March 18 and March 19 at
Oregon City High School.
Valley Catholic won the team title with a final
score of 18.03, ahead of Stayton (17.22) and Asto-
ria (16.08), with Banks (15.67) fourth, as three of
the top four teams were from the Cowapa League.
Seaside High School
Lawson Talamantez, Seaside
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Astoria
July 1, 1943 — March 10, 2022
Jon Allen Hissner passed and the mushroom sea-
away March 10, 2022, at soning powder he would
his family home in Astoria, make from the mushrooms
that weren’t high
after a long battle
enough grade to
with asbestos-re-
lated
chronic
sell.
Jon was a
obstructive pul-
monary disease.
member of the
He was 78 years
American Legion
old.
for over 50 years.
Jon was born
He also belonged
on July 1, 1943,
to the Fraternal
in Eugene, to
Order of Eagles
Ragnhild Oline
and the Loyal
Jon Hissner
and Wilbur Fran-
Order of Moose
cis Hissner.
for several years.
When he was
Over the last few
9 years old, the
years, he assisted
family
moved
in the annual
back to their
Christmas party
for Coast Reha-
home town of
bilitation
Ser-
Astoria. During
vices, held at the
his teenage years,
Jon worked helping his par- Moose Lodge. He spent
ents at their family garden many hours obtaining dona-
center. He played football, tions for the party.
He had a huge smile and
basketball and was on the
golf team for Astoria High a love for telling jokes and
School. He graduated in stories … usually followed
by his own special laugh-
1961.
Shortly after gradua- ter and a twinkle in his blue
tion, he enlisted in the U.S. eyes.
Jon is survived by his
Air Force, and trained and
served as a nuclear weapons partner, Trish Walters; son,
Jim Hissner, of Astoria;
specialist.
Jon was a shareholder, daughte,r Kieya/Lori (Bill)
and worked for several Walker, of Portland; cousin,
years, at the Astoria Ply- Nancy (David) Tohl, of
wood Mill. He also spent Rancho Mirage, California;
many days and nights on six grandchildren; and six
the river as a commercial great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
gillnetter, and was quite the
death by his parents, Rag-
adept net mender.
He enjoyed shooting nhild and Wilbur Hissner;
pool and played on many uncles, Einar Dahl, Jalmer
leagues over the years, Dahl and Glenn Hissner;
bringing home his share an aunt, Mary Dahl; and a
of trophies. He also spent cousin, Bob Dahl.
A celebration of Life
some time picking mush-
rooms for commercial use, is scheduled for April 2 at
and was quite proud of his 1 p.m. at the Astoria Moose
“secret” spots he had found, Lodge.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
55 47
56 44
54 41
Cloudy, a little A shower in the A shower in
rain
p.m.
spots
55 42
A thick cloud
cover
52 41
51 38
55 38
A bit of rain
A couple of
showers
Variable
cloudiness
Aberdeen
Olympia
54/49
55/47
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Hercules, the
Hero, emerging from the NE
horizon near midnight.
Astoria / Port Docks
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Time
8:09 a.m. 7.8 2:24 a.m.
10:32 p.m. 6.3 3:58 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
7:49 a.m. 7.7 1:32 a.m.
10:27 p.m. 6.3 3:06 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:07 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 7:36 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 4:42 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 1:01 p.m.
New
First
Full
Last
8:04 a.m. 7.8 1:59 a.m.
10:30 p.m. 6.5 3:23 p.m.
Warrenton
8:04 a.m. 8.2 2:08 a.m.
10:27 p.m. 6.7 3:42 p.m.
Knappa
8:46 a.m. 8.0 3:25 a.m.
11:09 p.m. 6.6 4:59 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Mar 31 Apr 8 Apr 16 Apr 23
7:03 a.m.
9:39 p.m.
7.8 1:02 a.m.
6.3 2:35 p.m.
3.9
0.3
4.4
0.3
4.0
0.0
4.0
0.4
3.4
0.3
4.3
0.0
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
62/39/s
53/39/pc
38/22/pc
84/56/s
76/46/pc
82/69/s
83/56/s
82/55/pc
79/60/s
55/39/sh
95/65/pc
64/52/pc
55/38/sh
61/41/s
49/26/pc
38/23/s
86/59/pc
79/48/pc
82/69/pc
82/60/pc
73/57/c
78/61/s
46/27/pc
92/63/pc
65/50/r
52/30/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
61/47
Kennewick Walla Walla
67/47 Lewiston
73/47
67/49
Hermiston
The Dalles 72/47
Enterprise
Pendleton 65/44
68/46
70/49
La Grande
67/43
66/49
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Pullman
67/44
61/47
Salem
60/45
Yakima 67/48
Longview
55/47 Portland
63/49
Spokane
62/46
56/45
57/45
Astoria
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 59/31
Normal high/low .................. 54/40
Record high .................. 70 in 1934
Record low .................... 27 in 1964
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 6.41”
Normal month to date ......... 6.25”
Year to date .......................... 25.43”
Normal year to date ........... 24.02”
Knappa scored the first
run of the game, but Ralston
Valley rallied and led 10-2
after three innings, on its
way to a 12-4 win over the
Loggers, in their final game
of a week-long road trip in
Arizona.
Knappa returns home
to open a three-game
series against Portland
Christian, with the league
opener Tuesday at 4 p.m. at
Knappa.
Jon Allen Hissner
The Knappa fifth grade boys basketball team, third place at state.
PREP ROUNDUP
Knappa softball
sweeps Heppner
Ralston 12, Knappa 4
OBITUARIES
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Softball — Astoria at Clatskanie, 5 p.m.; Knappa at
St. Paul, 4:30 p.m.
The Warrenton Warriors
split a pair of nonleague
baseball games Wednesday
at Scio High School against
two different teams.
Warrenton opened with
a 4-3 win over Scio, then
lost a 9-8 decision to South
Umpqua, as the Warriors
faced a pair of top 10 teams
at the 3A level.
Ranked third in a presea-
son coaches poll, Warren-
ton allowed just three hits
against fifth-ranked Scio.
Starter Dylon Atwood
worked
four-and-a-third
innings, giving up three hits
with five strikeouts and a
walk, and helped himself at
the plate with two of War-
renton’s five hits, and an
RBI.
In Game 2, sev-
enth-ranked South Umpqua
built an 8-0 lead through
four innings, only to see the
Warriors battle back and
close to within one run in
the seventh.
Warrenton’s final bat-
ter was out by a step at first
base, as a runner from third
was scoring what would
have been the tying run.
Warrenton’s Ethan Cald-
Corvallis
66/48
Albany
66/49
John Day
Eugene
Bend
68/50
72/44
71/45
Ontario
75/44
Caldwell
Burns
72/37
77/44
Medford
72/45
Klamath Falls
71/36
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
67/39/pc
58/48/c
53/49/r
63/47/c
56/46/r
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
70/42/c
56/49/c
54/47/sh
65/48/c
56/44/c
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
59/48/c
70/51/c
56/49/r
68/52/c
62/49/c
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
56/48/c
65/50/c
55/47/sh
65/49/c
66/49/c