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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022
SPORTS
BASEBALL
Warrenton
clinches share
of league title
The Astorian
Warrenton
pounded
Clatskanie 10-0 and 12-0
in a Coastal Range League
baseball
doubleheader
Thursday at Clatskanie.
It was the fourth win in
just two days for the War-
riors, who swept a double-
header (one game by for-
feit) over Catlin Gabel on
Wednesday.
The Warriors clinched at
least a share of the league
title for the fourth straight
season, improving to 12-1
(16-5 overall).
Dawson Little and Dylon
Atwood both pitched one-
hit shutouts for the War-
riors. Little struck out nine
Infi nity Gymnastics
Infi nity Gymnastics’ 2021-22 competition team.
Infi nity gymnasts score big at regionals
The Astorian
Infi nity Gymnastics of
Astoria sent nine athletes to
the XCEL Region 2 meet,
held in late April at Ever-
green State Fairgrounds in
Monroe, Washington.
Teams from Alaska,
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington
competed.
Infi nity’s team from
Astoria had fi ve Silver gym-
nasts, three Bronze and one
Platinum competing, and all
but one recorded their high-
est all-around score of the
season.
Bronze division gym-
nasts competing (with their
all-around scores) included
Grace Brown (37.3), Irene
Nemlowill (37.2) and Gia
Davis (37.05).
Davis was fi rst on the
vault (9.85) and Brown took
second on the bars (9.2).
The Silver gymnasts
were Clara Moore (37.7),
Sloan Oman (37.15), Kate-
lyn Halasz (36.95), Maisie
DeSart (36.6) and Finn
Vaughn Hume (36.4).
Moore placed second on
the vault and bars.
Infi nity’s one Plati-
num gymnast competing
was Julia Dornblueth, who
posted a 36.85 all-around
score, and took fi rst on the
beam (9.425).
“Coach Darian Hageman
and I are very proud of all
the girls and their hard work
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Valiants defeat
Astoria, 8-1
The Astorian
MONDAY
Baseball — Seaside at Banks,
5 p.m.; Warrenton at Taft (2),
3 p.m.
Softball — Banks at Seaside,
5 p.m.; Warrenton at Taft (2),
3 p.m.
school record (twice) in the
pole vault, with a vault of
8-feet, 1 inch at Astoria in
April , then cleared 8-6 in a
meet at Clatskanie the fol-
lowing day. The previous
school record (8-0, by Mer-
edith Flynn) had stood since
1998.
A fi rst-time competitor in
the pole vault, Dornblueth is
currently ranked sixth in the
state at the 3A level.
with one walk in six innings
of Game 1. Atwood had 10
strikeouts and one walk on
just 65 pitches in the second
game.
Ethan Caldwell had four
hits on the day, with two
doubles and a triple.
Warrenton has won 12
straight in league play, the
last fi ve by a combined 71-2
score.
A day earlier, the Warriors
defeated Catlin Gabel 13-2
at Huddleston Field. The
Eagles forfeited Game 2.
Warrenton had a total
of nine hits, including two
apiece from Caldwell and
Talon McGrorty. Atwood
tossed a three-hitter for the
Warriors, with no walks.
Valley Catholic broke
open a close game with fi ve
runs in the bottom of the
fi fth inning, on its way to
an 8-1 win over Astoria in
a Cowapa League baseball
game, Thursday at Jesuit
High School.
The Valiants collected
12 hits, three from Ben
Cupani. Merrick Benesch
and Niko Boudreau had
two-hit games for Astoria.
Astoria 9, Seaside 8
Two days after a 4-2 loss
at Seaside, Astoria bounced
back with a thrilling 9-8 win
over the Gulls, Wednesday
at Ernie Aiken Field.
Trailing 8-6 enter-
ing the bottom of the sev-
enth, Astoria scored three
runs, capped by a walk-off ,
run-scoring single by Con-
nelly Fromwiller.
Garrett Hillard walked to
open the inning, stole sec-
ond, took third on an error,
and scored on a passed ball.
Dylan Carlson also drew a
walk, moved to second on
a passed ball, and eventu-
ally scored the tying run on
a passed ball.
With one out, Fromwiller
singled to center to score
Patrick Perdue-Anderson
with the winning run.
Merrick Benesch was
3-for-4 with a double for
Astoria.
DEL’S O.K. TIRE
Infi nity Gymnastics
Julia Dornblueth, center, takes the top spot on the podium
after her fi rst-place fi nish in the balance beam for Infi nity
Gymnastics.
this competition season,”
said coach Doug Oldham.
“Julia is a foreign exchange
student from Germany, and
this was her last meet in the
USA. While doing gymnas-
tics, Julia was also involved
in cheerleading, choir,
drama and track at Warren-
ton High School.”
Earlier this season, Dorn-
blueth broke the Warrenton
Astoria softball blanks Seaside, 12-0
The Astorian
The Astoria softball
team recorded its third
win in three days, with
another easy win over Sea-
side Thursday at Broadway
Field, 12-0.
And once again, Asto-
ria’s import from Washing-
ton led the way, as fresh-
man Maddie Wilkin had
a home run to support her
three-hit shutout. Fresh-
man Layla Varozza had
two of Seaside’s three hits.
The Astoria off ense had
fi ve doubles, building a 9-0
lead through two innings.
Astoria remains unde-
feated (11-0) in league
play, 18-2 overall, sec-
ond-best at the 4A level
behind Marist, a poten-
tial state championship
matchup for the Lady Fish.
Astoria can complete their
perfect league season with
a win on Saturday at Valley
Catholic.
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