Astoria and Warrenton volleyball groups had key league video games this week, whereas Seaside’s boys soccer team stored up their profitable methods. Here’s what occurred this week in sports activities.
Astoria’s volleyball team on the brink
Back-to-back league championships are inside the grasp of Astoria’s volleyball team now. After surviving a three-set grind towards second-place St. Helens, the Fishermen are simply two video games away from clinching the league.
The Fishermen returned to The Brickhouse Tuesday for what was basically a league championship combat. The Astoria team entered the Cowapa League play at 7-0, whereas the Lions have been 6-1. With Astoria’s team beating St. Helens of their residence health club, the Lions knew Tuesday would most definitely be their closing shot to assert a league championship and actual revenge in the course of.
Intensity crammed the health club as followers knew a high-quality sport was about to happen. The Lions capability to dam Astoria at the internet was on full show early in the match as freshman Kylie Cox had a few rousing performs early towards Astoria’s high gamers. Though the Lions had their moments in every of the first two units, the Fishermen ended up profitable by a wider margin than the final time the two groups met.
The first matchup noticed a 26-24 second set and a 25-23 third set as each groups have been pretty evenly matched. Tuesday noticed St. Helens and Astoria play even for the first half of the set, earlier than the Fishermen went on closing runs to finish each the first and second units. Set three was extra simple as the Fishermen began to get a beat on St. Helens’s high quality blockers.
In whole, the match went 25-15, 25-16 and 25-20 in favor of the Fishermen. They at the moment are 8-0 in the Cowapa League and solely must win two out of their final 4 to ensure no less than a tie for league in the loss column.
Warrenton survives five-set thriller
With regular senior Frances Taggart away from the team celebrating a household birthday, the Warriors struggled with out her on Tuesday as they misplaced in straight units to Rainier and fell to 5-2, a half sport behind Banks in league.
Thursday was extra of the identical for the Warriors as they have been fighting communication because of a change in rotation and new gamers being inserted.
Warrenton’s volleyball team stored their league title hopes alive Thursday night time as they survived a marathon five-set match towards upstart Corbett.
Though the Warriors received set one 25-22 and seemed to be off to begin, the night time would quickly flip dangerous rapidly. In units two and three, the Warriors had service errors, mishits and each tried kill was thwarted by Corbett Libero Ava Younker. Some massive blocks by the Cardinals’ younger freshmen impressed them in set two, then set three noticed them repeat the identical formulation behind massive hits and high quality serving from Gabby Longoria.
Behind senior Lucy Smith the Warriors began off set 4 with a 4-0 run. But, the Cardinals would combat again behind protection, blocks and thunderous kills. Somehow the Warriors survived set 4 26-24 after which got here from behind in set 5 to win the match.
In whole, the match went 25-22, 21-25, 16-25, 26-24 and 17-15 in favor of the Warriors.
The victory strikes the Warrenton team to 6-2 in Coastal Range League play and 10-5 general.
Good week for Knappa
Knappa volleyball had their finest week of the 12 months with two wins and one loss.
The Loggers received in 4 units over Vernonia final Saturday night and towards Columbia Christian on Tuesday. Knappa defeated Columbia Christian on Tuesday by a rating of 20-25, 25-13, 25-20 and 25-15. Knappa did fall to Portland Christian in straight units on Thursday, however now sits at 4-6 in league play. The Loggers are fifth behind Clatskanie, Portland Christian, Gaston and Faith Bible/ Life Christian with 4 video games left to play.
Seaside boys soccer retains up the momentum
Four is now the quantity for Seaside.
A 5-0 win Thursday towards St. Helens prolonged the Seagulls season excessive streak to 4 video games. Victories over Scappoose, Banks/ Vernonia, Astoria and St. Helens put Seaside atop the league standings. In their final 4 victories, the Seagulls have outscored their opponents 14-0.
The prime quality play of the Seagulls will probably be examined Tuesday towards defending league champion Tillamook. The Cheesemakers stay the team to beat. Seaside is ranked No. 9 going into Tuesday, whereas Tillamook is ranked No. 11.
Tuesday’s consequence will go a great distance in the direction of figuring out who the league champion will probably be, so it’s all palms on deck for the Seagulls subsequent week.
Seaside ladies soccer breakout the offense
It’s been a sluggish construct up for the Seagulls ladies’ offense.
Prior to their three-goal efficiency on Wednesday, the Seagulls had scored simply six targets in seven official video games. Despite the sluggish begin from the offense, the Seaside team was nonetheless capable of seize outcomes.
After their 3-0 victory over St. Helens, the Seagulls moved right into a tie with Rainier/ Clatskanie/ Knappa for second place behind league chief Scappoose. With the No. 3 Indians in a category of their very own, the battle for second will probably be between Seaside and Rainier. The Seagulls at the moment sit No. 15 in the 4A rankings so end to the season may see them declare a playoff spot.
Tough loss for Astoria’s soccer groups
Astoria ladies soccer team obtained a thrashing at the toes of Scappoose, 8-0, on Thursday night time in Scappoose. The loss strikes them to 1-5-2 on the 12 months and 1-2-1 in league play.
The boys soccer team lastly noticed a few targets, however it wasn’t sufficient as they fell 3-2 to St. Helens on Tuesday, then have been shut out 3-0 by Scappoose on Thursday.
The Astoria boys soccer team now sits 1-6-2 general and 0-4-1 in Cowapa League play.