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FRIDAY
July 9, 2021
Summer Sports
SeasideSignal.com
JUNIOR BASEBALL
Seaside volleyball on track
as registration opens
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Seaside’s 39th beach volleyball
tournament is open for registration,
ramping up for a full event on 185
courts in August.
The event, presented by the Sea-
side Chamber of Commerce and
the Association of Volleyball Pro-
fessionals, is considered the largest
amateur beach volleyball tourna-
ment in the world.
All players must have an up-to-
date AVP America silvers member-
ship, and all registration must be
done online. Teams must register
by July 30. There is no entry fee for
spectators.
The tournament was canceled
last year as a result of the pandemic.
This year’s event takes place Aug.
12 through Aug. 15.
The tournament launched on
Sept. 4, 1982. It drew 57 teams
and 215 competitors from Oregon,
Washington state and California.
The event grew steadily in interest
and enthusiasm. By 2012, the event
drew between 8,000 and 10,000
participants during the tournament,
a number that has grown since.
In 2016, Bad Boys Open Volley-
ball partnered with the chamber to
oversee organization and manage-
ment of the tournament.
Organizers Deng Thepharat,
Mike Griffi n and P.T. Thilavanh
brought more teams, age groups,
national sponsors and streamlined
play.
In 2019, the tournament featured
about 1,600 teams playing among
three divisions, including doubles,
quads and sixes. Organizers put up
184 volleyball courts on the beach,
about 20 more than in 2018.
Today it is the chamber’s largest
program. Sponsors include Mich-
elob, Wilson, AVP America, the
University of Western States and
Clatsop Distributing.
The tournament contributes to a
national pipeline for youth, semi-
pro and professional beach volley-
ball, Brian Owen, the chamber’s
CEO, said.
Advertising and emcee shout-
outs or mentions will be broadcast
throughout the weekend, he said.
Opening day features youth
players; day two will present adult
and youth doubles. Over the week-
end, doubles, quads and sixes com-
pete. Junior and adult quads take
the court to close the event.
A player’s guide is in produc-
tion. A digital version called Vol-
leyball Life will off er attendees
access to games, schedules and
links.
Spectators and players at the 2019
Seaside Beach volleyball tournament.
Jeff TerHar
Seaside falls
to Warrenton
in 15-5 loss
The Astorian
One day after the close
of the “winter” sports sea-
son, the summer baseball
season opened for busi-
ness last Monday at War-
renton, where the Warriors
defeated Seaside 15-5 in a
Junior Baseball contest at
Huddleston Field.
Game 2 of the sched-
uled doubleheader was sus-
pended after two innings,
with the Warriors leading
12-7.
Warrenton
pitchers
Dylon Atwood, Dawson
Little and Cam Daniels
combined on a three-hitter,
with Tanner Kraushaar col-
lecting two doubles for the
Gulls.
Atwood had two hits
for Warrenton, while Little
had a double, Nate Strei-
beck added a triple, and
Josh Earls scored four runs.
Warrenton also won
last Tuesday’s “B” con-
test at Seaside, 13-7. The
B games feature primarily
younger players from each
school.
Odie Wilson and Lit-
tle each had a triple for the
Warriors. Warrenton lost a
13-7 decision last Thurs-
day at Neah-Kah-Nie.
Game 2 was called after
two innings because of
darkness.
Warrenton
pitchers
walked or hit 14 batters,
while the Warriors com-
mitted fi ve errors in the
fi eld.
On Monday, Warren-
ton rallied from a 7-4 defi -
cit to score an 8-7 win over
Tillamook at Huddleston
Field.
Astoria Ford 8,
Knappa 4
In other Junior Base-
ball action, Astoria Ford
defeated Knappa, 8-4, on
Monday.
Astoria’s
Connelly
Fromwiller had two dou-
bles and drove in two runs,
Gunnar Olson had a single,
double and scored twice.
Pitcher Karson Haw-
kins pitched four innings,
allowing two runs.
Olson was also named
Player of the Week for the
Lower Columbia Baseball
Club in Longview, Wash-
ington. Competing for
Rohl Roofi ng, Olson fi n-
ished the weekend Fire-
cracker Classic tourna-
ment with a .555 batting
average.
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