PORTLAND – The Astoria Ford Junior State baseball team finally found some competition Sunday, as the Fishermen took part in a doubleheader at Wilson.

Wilson won a 12-2 rout in the opener, then squeaked out a 4-3 victory in Game 2.

The Fishermen faced Wilson all-state pitcher Stuart Fewell in Game 1, and Fewell scattered five hits in the seven-inning win.

The teams played just five innings in the second game, with Wilson scoring the game-winner on an infield single in its final at-bat to break a 3-3 tie.

Taylor Landwehr had a strong outing on the mound for Astoria Ford in Game 2, and the Fishermen scored twice in the top of the fifth to tie the game.

Dane Lund drove in one run, and a bases loaded walk to Mason Brause forced in the tying run.

Earlier in the contest, Astoria’s Max Johnson had a run-scoring, two-out single.

Astoria Ford will have four days off before hosting a best two-out-of-three regional playoff vs. a team (to be determined) from the Portland area Friday, game time to be announced.

Warrenton 7, Seaside II 2SEASIDE – Warrenton’s Billy Kerr tossed a complete-game, three-hitter on the mound, and had two doubles at the plate to lead the Warriors to a 7-2 win over Seaside’s Division 2 team in a Junior State baseball doubleheader Friday at Broadway Field.

The Warriors won the nonleague second game, 24-12.

Warrenton broke open a 1-1 game in the opener with six runs in the sixth inning.

Kerr struck out two with no walks, while Josh Salber added two hits at the plate.

Kerr and Reese Johnson both had five RBIs in Game 2, as the Warriors took advantage of 11 walks and eight hit batters.

Warrenton hosts Seaside II today in a doubleheader at Huddleston Field.

Babe Ruth Baseball: Astoria 13’s win districtAstoria pitcher Jeramy Poyer tossed a three-hitter to lead the Astoria 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars to the District 1 title Friday at Aiken Field, as the Astorians posted a 3-1 win over Tualatin Hills.

Up next, the Astoria 13’s travel to The Dalles for the state tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Sunday.

Poyer also drove in the first run of Friday’s game on a base hit to center field, scoring teammate Keelin Cuifici.

Astoria tacked on two runs in the fourth, when Poyer scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Cody Fox, and Josh Biel raced home on a wild pitch.

Astoria had just three hits in the game.

Astoria 13’s 12, Tualatin Hills 10In a District 1 tournament opener at Aiken Field, the Astoria 13-year-old All-Stars scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to post a 12-10, come-from behind win over Tualatin Hills Friday afternoon.

The Astoria 13’s trailed 7-2 after 41/2 innings before mounting their big comeback.

A run-scoring single by Kyle Kelly and a two-run double from Tony Rudolfi brought Astoria to within 7-6 after four innings.

Tualatin Hills scored one run in the top of the sixth, but Astoria responded with six in the home half of the inning, as Austin Wirkkala drew a one-out walk to start the rally, then scored on a double by Kelly.

Brandan Greenfield and Cody Fox both added RBI singles, and Kyle Lucore capped the scoring with a two-run base hit to left field.

Meanwhile, Josh Biel took over on the mound midway through the fourth inning, and struck out four straight batters before giving way to Kelly in the seventh.

Tualatin Hills rallied briefly in the top of the seventh and had the tying run on base, but a diving catch in center field by Fox ended the game.

Good news, bad news for Astoria 14’sThe Astoria 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars clinched a spot in the upcoming state tournament (July 16-20) with victories over Southeast Portland and Tualatin Hills Friday in the District 1 tournament at Ernie Aiken Field.

Astoria dropped a 6-0 decision to Tualatin Hills Saturday night, and would have played a rematch with Tualatin Hills Sunday morning for the district championship, with both teams headed to state.

Instead – because four Astoria players were committed to playing for the Knappa Junior State baseball team and this week’s Junior State playoffs – the Astoria 14’s were left with only five players, not enough for a trip to La Grande and the state tournament. Sunday’s championship game was not played.

“The kids were really bummed about it,” said Pat Harber, a coach with Astoria. “They were really disappointed, but we knew that was a possibility even before the tournament. We found out just before (Saturday’s) game.

“I look at it this way – the kids did a great job in the tournament and made a tremendous improvement over the season.”

Tualatin Hills will now head to state as the No. 1 team out of District 1, while Southeast Portland will get the second seed, despite being blown out in both of its district tournament games (11-2 and 16-3).

Tualatin’s Paul Fitzpatrick tossed a two-hit shutout in Saturday’s win over Astoria.

In Astoria’s 3-2 victory over Tualatin Friday night at Aiken Field, the Astorians rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the sixth inning to win in dramatic fashion.

Astoria’s Conor Harber scored the tying run in the bottom of the sixth, as he tripled to the fence, then scored on a throwing error.

Moments later, Evan Cain drove home the eventual game-winner for Astoria, as Dalton Kelly reached base with a double, then scored on Cain’s base hit for the 3-2 lead.

Harber struck out seven and scattered five hits with four walks to pick up the complete-game victory on the mound.

“That was the type of game that fans will talk about for a long time,” coach Harber said. “It was close the whole way, and had the fans on the edge of their seats.”

After Conor Harber’s run-tying score, “Kelly just blasted one to the same place, then Cain comes through with the single,” coach Harber said. “Evan played fantastic, and really all the kids stepped up and made big improvements.”

Astoria 14’s 16, SE Portland 3The Astoria 14’s opened the weekend tournament with an easy 16-3 victory over Southeast Portland Friday morning.

Astoria trailed 1-0 after two innings, before posting 13 runs on five hits and seven Portland errors in the top of the third.

Conor Harber drove in four runs in the inning, with a pair of two-run singles to center field.

Dalton Kelly added a two-run double late in the inning. Astoria catcher Evan Cain gunned down three runners on attempted steals.

Lower Columbia 4thThe Lower Columbia 10-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars placed fourth in their state tournament over the weekend. No details were available.

Seaside Open: Wildcats win titleSEASIDE – The Seaside Wildcats capped a weekend of baseball at Broadway Field with a victory Sunday night, as they topped the Portland Royals 10-0 in the championship game of the first annual Seaside Open.

Scheduled as a nine-inning game, Seaside held a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the eighth when the ‘Cats erupted for six runs to end the game via the 10-run mercy rule.

Astoria graduate Brendan Landwehr, who had an RBI single earlier in the game, belted a two-run double to give Seaside the 10-run lead.

Calvin Lewis pitched a solid seven innings, before giving way to Dan Wolfe in the top of the eighth.

Portland Royals 3, Seaside 2SEASIDE – The Wildcats dropped their final pool play game to the Royals, 3-2, in Sunday’s first contest.

Seaside opened the game with four straight base hits in the first inning, and a single by Mike Rizzuto in the second scored Tom Jaworski for a 2-0 lead.

But the Royals rallied with three runs in the third, highlighted by a two-run home run from J.P. Wilson.

Seaside pitcher Anthony Wirkkala took the tough-luck loss, as the Ilwaco High graduate allowed just three hits and two walks with 12 strikeouts.

The Wildcats stranded 11 baserunners.

Seaside 11, Tacoma 1SEASIDE – The Wildcats’ Eric Gantenbein hit a walk-off grand slam home run in Seaside’s 11-1 win over the Tacoma Cardinals Saturday night, in a pool play game of the Seaside Open.

Defensively, Gantenbein threw two runners out on attempted steals from behind the plate, highlighting “Gantenbein Family Day” at the ball park. The Warrenton graduate was playing in front of several relatives who were in town for the wedding of Gantenbein’s brother Zach.

Seaside 11, Aloha 0SEASIDE – In Game 1 of the Seaside Open, Seaside pitcher Kyle Corwin tossed a five-inning no-hitter, allowing just one walk with five strikeouts in an 11-0 win over Aloha.

The Wildcats had all the offense they would need in their first at-bat, scoring 10 runs on 10 hits in the first inning.

Alex Berta highlighted the inning with a two-run triple in his first at-bat, then had a run-scoring single later in the inning.