Around the diamond: Astoria, Warrenton softball, baseball teams keep balls in the air

The Astoria girls softball team played in another top five matchup, Warrenton girls completed a three game softball series with Valley Catholic, while the Astoria and Warrenton boys baseball teams took care of business. Here’s the latest scores and highlights from some local teams on the diamond.

Astoria girls control proceedings

The Astoria girls softball team continued adding to their resume with another quality win.

Taking on 4A No. 4 Estacada, the Fishermen controlled things from the start. Though the Rangers made a spirited comeback attempt in the sixth after falling behind 6-1, the Fishermen closed things out for a 6-5 victory.

This victory is the fourth straight for Astoria after undergoing a minor skid in early April. The win moved Astoria to 12-4 overall and kept them at No. 2 in the 4A State rankings. Next up for the Fishermen is eight consecutive Cowapa League games starting with back to back games against Tillamook. The first game was Friday and the two teams will return to action on Tuesday.

Taryen Wray once again shoved on the mound for Astoria, striking out 11 hitters in her seven innings of work. She also didn’t allow an earned run and only gave up three total hits.

At the plate, Hailey Svensen had three hits to lead Astoria. Wray and Aryana Adams each had a two-hit day. The Fishermen also stole four total base runners to manufacture runs early in the game.

Warrenton girls fall to Valley Catholic

The three-game set between Warrenton and Valley Catholic played out exactly as expected.

With both teams entering the series with two losses and in a second place tie behind Banks, the expectation was that all three games were going to be tight. The result proved the hypothesis correct.

Game one was a pitchers duel taken by the Valiants 1-0; game two was a 4-2 Valley victory and then the Warriors got on the board with a 6-0 win. After the three game set, Valley Catholic is 6-3 in league play while Warrenton are third with a 6-4 record. Both teams are well behind 9-0 Banks.

The Warriors remain ranked inside the top 10 in 3A despite losing two games. They are set to continue league action with a game against Portland Adventist Academy on Tuesday. Then the girls will host No. 4-ranked Yamhill-Carlton in a testy non-league matchup this coming Thursday.

Astoria boys baseball keeps rolling

The Astoria boys baseball team kept the ball rolling with another victory on Wednesday afternoon.

Just like the girls, the Astoria boys took on Estacada and went home with a thrilling 8-7 win. In a battle of two evenly matched teams, the Fishermen were able to get two runs in the top of the seventh inning to steal a victory.

The Fishermen trailed 7-6 going into the seventh, but took advantage of errors from Estacada and came home victorious. Joey Gramlich and Dallas Norris did a great job of turning the faucet off on the Rangers bats. The Rangers scored five runs against starter Archer Hawkins, but were not able to get anything against the two senior Fishermen pitchers the last 3.1 innings.