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Warrenton hosted Horizon Christian on Friday in a makeup game. This game will most likely go a long way towards determining the league champion, as both of these teams are well above any one else in league this season.

Then the Warriors will travel to Castle Rock for a Saturday afternoon game.

Astoria boys win big

The Astoria boys baseball team defeated Hoquiam High School of Washington on Thursday night 13-3 at Tapiola Park.

The Fishermen improved their record to 3-8 after the five-inning victory. Astoria accumulated nine hits and first baseman Colt Kelly had a home run to delight the home crowd. He went 2-2 on the day and joined leadoff Sam Schacher in the multi-hit department. Joey Gramlich had two RBIs to help give fellow pitcher Dallas Norris good run support.

The Fishermen will host league favorite Scappoose on Saturday at 2 p.m. from Tapiola Park. The 4A No. 1 Indians are once again set up to be state title contenders, so this will be a great test for the Fishermen.

The Knappa baseball boys make quick work

The Knappa baseball team started off league play making quick work of Vernonia with their best win of the season, scoring wise.

The 11-1 victory was exactly what Knappa needed to start off on a high note. Knappa entered the league at just 2-6 after a difficult non-league schedule. The two teams are set to wrap up the battle of the Loggers with a Friday double header.

Astoria’s softball team blasted by Scappoose

The Scappoose girls showed they are “the class of the 4A softball field” after blasting Astoria 10-0 on Thursday.

The Indians offense players had every gear working as they finished the game with 17 hits and 10 runs in just six innings of work. This improved their record to 12-1 on the year. Scappoose’s only loss was a 5-4 defeat to Marist Catholic during the second game of their double header. That was a game where Scappoose rested most of their top players and still almost came back once they got inserted later in the game.

Saige Casey led the way on the mound as she only allowed five base runners in six innings of work and struck out eight Astoria hitters.

Younger sister Elly led the Scappoose offense with three hits and three runs batted in. Leadoff hitter Sophia Bloyd went 3-4, Kayla Brainerd had a 4-4 day, seventh place hitter Lux Johnson went 2-3 with a walk and pinch hitter Alyvia Elder went 1-1 with two runs batted in.

Hailee Svensen was the only bright spot for Astoria as she went 2-3 at the plate.

This is now the third consecutive loss for Astoria after the girls started the season 8-1. Despite the three-game losing streak, the Fishermen are still ranked third in 4A, due to the strength of their schedule. Also, the last two years have seen the Fishermen loose to Scappoose in round one, only to beat them the next two. We will see if this pattern continues in 2026.

Ten runs waxed Seaside’s softball team, too

Just like rival Astoria, the Seaside girls lost by 10 runs against another Cowapa League contender.

The Seagulls traveled to St. Helens to take on the Lions, and fell by a score of 11-1. Errors were the story for Seaside in this one as they made seven. The errors led to six unearned runs for the Lions. Seaside had shown great improvements in fielding to open the season, so the hope is this was just one bad game. Take away the errors, and Seaside would have been right in the game against the No. 2 ranked team in 4A.

Olyvia Morse, Allie Corder and Ella Brenden had the three hits for Seaside. Next up for the girls is a rescheduled Clatsop Clash against Astoria this coming Monday. That game is scheduled to start at 5 p.m.

Warrenton falls to Banks in battle for league supremacy

The Warrenton softball team’s place in league is becoming clearer after losing two games against Banks on Thursday.

The top two teams in the Special District 1 league faced off and one team came out the clear winner. Banks defeated Warrenton 5-4 in game one and 15-0 in game two.

Game one was competitive as the teams went back and forth till the end. Warrenton took the initial lead with a run in the top of the first, Banks answered back with two. Warrenton scored three in the sixth to tie things at 4, only to see the Braves answer with one in the bottom half to hang on. Lucy Smith led the Warriors with two hits and Gracelyn Brown had two RBIs.

Game two was all Braves, as they accumulated 14 hits in just four innings to take the victory. Shortstop Brooklyn Evans hit a home run to lead a powerful performance from the one through five hitters in the Braves lineup.

Next up for Warrenton was a Friday game against Rainier and a Wednesday road game against Knappa.