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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022
SPORTS
Knappa softball
edges Warrenton, 7-6
The Astorian
Vivian Janecek
Eight of the 10 Cowapa all-League girls golfers, from left: Holly Fergus, of Seaside; Marlee Both, of Astoria; Madison Walker, of
Banks; Caleigh Peterson, of Astoria; Olivia Wyatt, of Banks; Keeli Satterfi eld, of Valley Catholic; Jocelyn Janecek, of Banks; and
Challin Kim; of Valley Catholic.
Astoria hosts Cowapa
girls golf championship
The Astorian
The Astoria and Seaside
girls golf teams wrapped up
their seasons Monday at the
Astoria Golf & Country Club,
where the Lady Fishermen
hosted the one-day Cowapa
League championship match.
Valley Catholic — which
won the state-qualifying dis-
trict tournament a week ear-
lier, completed the sweep
with a league championship
in Monday’s match.
The Valiants shot a 390
team score to fi nish ahead
of Banks (403), with Astoria
(433) the only other complete
team.
Valley Catholic’s Challin
Kim carded an even-par 73,
well ahead of Banks sopho-
more Jocelyn Janecek (89),
the only other golfer under
90.
The top 10 individuals
earned all-league honors, and
the list included three Astoria
golfers, as Caleigh Peterson
took fi fth overall with a 95,
followed by Katie Jo Strim-
ple-Fields (sixth, with a per-
sonal best 100), and Marlee
Both (eighth, 110).
Peterson had a birdie on
the fourth hole, and Strim-
ple-Fields birdied the 16th.
Rounding out the Astoria
scores were Ava Davis (128)
and Mia Rochon (154).
Seaside’s Holly Fergus
placed 10th with a 113 for all-
league honors.
Seaside baseball wins Clatsop Clash
The Astorian
Most of the action took
place in the sixth inning in
the second Clatsop Clash of
the baseball season, as Sea-
side hosted Astoria Monday
at Broadway Field.
The Gulls held a slim 1-0
lead through fi ve innings,
and the sixth inning saw two
lead changes, resulting in an
eventual 4-2 win for Seaside.
It was the second league
win for the Gulls, 7-10 over-
all. Astoria (2-8) is a half-
game behind Seaside in the
standings.
The two teams were
scheduled to meet Wednes-
day at Astoria.
In Monday’s game, the
Fishermen scored two runs
in the top of the sixth, when
Teague Palmberg reached on
a one-out error. Niko Bou-
dreau followed with a tri-
ple to right fi eld, scoring
Palmberg.
Moments later, Boudreau
scored the go-ahead run on
a sacrifi ce bunt by Karson
Hawkins.
Seaside rallied in the bot-
tom of the sixth, starting with
a one-out error.
Tallen Kraushaar’s single
scored Jake White and tied
the game at 2-2, and the Gulls
tacked on two runs when Tan-
ner Kraushaar reached on an
error in the Astoria outfi eld,
scoring Tallen Kraushaar and
Lawson Talamantez.
Talamantez retired the
side in order in the top of
the seventh, fi nishing his
complete game three-hitter
with seven strikeouts and no
walks.
Hawkins took the loss,
scattering four hits (two by
Talamantez) with six strike-
outs and a walk.
Loggers 8, Pirates 5
After a 10-day layoff ,
the Knappa baseball team
returned to action Tuesday
with a Northwest League
game at Neah-Kah-Nie,
where the Loggers picked up
right where they left off .
Knappa overcame an
early 2-0 defi cit, built an 8-2
lead, then held off the Pirates
for an 8-5 win.
Logger pitchers Nick
Rusinovich, Jaxon Dietrichs
and Drew Miller allowed just
three hits, with 13 strikeouts
and four walks.
Jude Miller drove in four
runs for Knappa, which offi -
cially locked up yet another
league title, winning their
64th straight league contest
since 2017 and 31st win in
a row over Neah-Kah-Nie
since 2011 .
SCOREBOARD
THURSDAY
OSAA TOP 10 RANKINGS
Baseball — Warrenton at Clatskanie
(2), 3 p.m.
Softball — Astoria at Seaside, 5 p.m.;
Naselle at Warrenton, 4 p.m.
Track — Cowapa League Champion-
ships (Scappoose High School), 2 p.m.
4A SOFTBALL
FRIDAY
Baseball — Stayton at Astoria,
4:30 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie vs. Knappa (2),
11 a.m., at Broadway Field.
Softball — Seaside at Banks, 5 p.m.;
Colton at Knappa (2), 3 p.m.
Track — Cowapa League Champion-
ships (Scappoose High School), 2 p.m.;
3A District 1 championships (Clatskanie
High School); 2A District 1 champion-
ships (Portland Christian).
SATURDAY
Track — 3A District 1 championships
6. Kennedy Trojans
7. Days Creek Wolves
8. Lakeview Honkers
9. Glide Wildcats
10. Toledo Boomers
(Clatskanie High School); 2A District 1
championships (Portland Christian).
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
1. Marist Catholic Spartans
2. Cascade Cougars
3. La Grande Tigers
4. Astoria Fishermen
5. Ontario Tigers
6. Stayton Eagles
7. Mazama Vikings
8. Henley Hornets
9. Marshfi eld Pirates
10. Estacada Rangers
3A BASEBALL
1. Cascade Christian Challengers
2. South Umpqua Lancers
3. Yamhill-Carlton Tigers
4. Santiam Christian Eagles
5. Pleasant Hill Billies
6. Brookings-Harbor Bruins
7. St. Mary’s Crusaders
8. Warrenton Warriors
9. Blanchet Catholic Cavaliers
10. La Pine Hawks
2A/1A SOFTBALL
1. Grant Union Prospectors
2. Nestucca Bobcats
3. North Douglas Trojans
4. Union/Cove Bobcats
5. Knappa Loggers
2A/1A BASEBALL
1. Kennedy Trojans
2. Knappa Loggers
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Two teams in the run-
ning for league champi-
onships at their respec-
tive levels met on the fi eld
Tuesday afternoon for
an unscheduled Clatsop
Clash softball game.
Knappa replaced Day-
ton for a nonleague con-
test at Warrenton, where
the Loggers and Warriors
saved their best for last, in
a 7-6 Knappa win.
Sitting at second place
in the 2A Northwest
League, Knappa snapped
a 4-4 tie with three runs
in the top of the seventh
inning, then held on for
the win over the War-
riors, the fi rst place team
in the 3A Coastal Range
League.
Knappa began a three-
run rally with two outs
in the top of the seventh,
starting with a single by
Hannah Dietrichs.
Patricia Lebo followed
with a single, and Diet-
richs scored the go-ahead
run on a single to right by
Taylor Pass.
Lily Simpson had
Knappa’s fourth straight
single, scoring Lebo and
Pass for a 7-4 lead.
Warrenton answered
with three straight hits in
the bottom of the seventh,
starting with a double by
Avyree Miethe, who took
third on a single by Emma
Smith.
London O’Brien fol-
lowed with a single up
the middle that score both
runners.
With O’Brien at second
and still no outs, Dietrichs
retired the next three bat-
ters in order to secure the
win. She allowed nine hits
with nine strikeouts with
one walk, while Miethe
gave up 10 hits, with eight
strikeouts and two walks.
Emily Larson had three
hits for the Loggers.
Warrenton
sweeps Tigers
Warrenton scored two
wins Monday, a 6-5, 15-3
doubleheader sweep over
Clatskanie.
The Tigers had seven
hits to six for the Warriors
in the opener, but stranded
10 baserunners. Warren-
ton’s Emma Smith had
a double, while Avyree
Miethe drove in three runs.
Warrenton pounded out
14 hits in Game 2, with
Miethe tossing a fi ve-hitter
with eight strikeouts and
three walks. Kaylie Poe
was 3-for-3 and drove in
four runs.
Nestucca 15,
Knappa 8
With fi rst place at
stake in the Northwest
League softball standings,
Nestucca posted a 15-8
win over the fi fth-ranked
Knappa Loggers, Monday
at Knappa.
Astoria softball
blanks Seaside, 10-0
The Astorian
In a Clatsop Clash soft-
ball showdown Tues-
day, Astoria pounded out
three home runs in a 10-0
win over Seaside at CMH
Field.
With
the
Cowapa
League
championship
securely locked up, the
Lady Fish had homers
from Avery Biederman,
Tenley Matteucci and Nay-
omi Holmstedt, while Hol-
mstedt added a double and
drove in four runs.
Pitcher Maddie Wilkin
allowed one hit with 13
strikeouts and one walk.
Winners of 16 in a row
and tuning up for a possi-
ble state championship run
later this month, Astoria
has scheduled nonleague
games with Stayton on
Monday and Yamhill-Carl-
ton on May 19.
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Saturday, May 14, 2022, 10am to 2pm
Clatsop County Fairgrounds gravel parking lot
92937 Walluski Loop Astoria.
In addition to the pre-order pick up event, Watershed
Garden Works nursery will be bringing a full array of natives
including some milkweed, lots of pollinators, conifers, fruit
trees, veggie and herb starts, grapes, figs, a few flowering
dogwood, wetland grasses (sedges/rushes, etc). Lots of
other edibles and natives - a full representation of what
they grow available for sale.
Questions email office@clatsopswcd.org