Beaver coachs brother assisting the Comets 

NASELLE Pete Riley is in his second year as volunteer assistant coach for the Comets and his specialty is receivers and defensive backs, but his coaching career and lineage are impressive. Riley, brother of Oregon State University football head coach Mike Riley, played hockey, baseball, basketball, and football at M.M. Robinson High School in Burlington, Ontario in Canada.

I concentrated on football and basketball after my sophomore year and helped coach the Hamilton Tiger Cats (in the Canadian Football League) while in high school, Riley said. I played quarterback at Livingston University in Alabama.

Riley later coached at Livingston, Urbana, and Lamar universities before taking over as head football coach at Corvallis High School and later helping with Astoria football before coming to Naselle. He works as an environmentalist for Pacific County and spends much of his time working in Willapa Bay. His middle brother is a teacher at Stanford University in the medical field, specializing in anesthesiology.

His defensive backs have allowed no scores, intercepted two passes, one for a touchdown, and have allowed 18 completions in 48 attempts for a mere 38 percent. Rileys receivers have 10 catches for 178 yards and four touchdowns in the Comets first two lopsided victories.

Lighthouse Resort Tennis Club taking shape

LONG BEACH By the end of September Lighthouse Oceanfront Resort owner Dick Grambo will have realized a childhood dream of having his own tennis court. The Lighthouse Resort Tennis Club is already enrolling members and workers are in the process of erecting a state-of-the-art facility that will house two regulation blue-green U.S. Open courts.

Resort general manager Tressa Olson, also an avid tennis player, said, We are excited about the project. Dicks plan is to provide one of the best year-round tennis facilities on the coast of Washington and Oregon and he is well on the way to doing that.  

The two courts will have a Plexipave surface over an asphalt base, there will be direct and indirect lighting to make play shadow-free day or night, and membership is open for all. With membership comes the option to also use the Lighthouse Resorts pool, spa and exercise equipment. A viewing area will also be available for those who want to watch tennis or play ping pong.

Membership costs include a $200 initiation fee and single adults will have an annual payment of $700 or monthly payments of $65. Two family members will cost $920 a year or $85 per month and families of four will cost $1,030 a year or $95 per month. Junior membership (under 21) will be $430 or $40 per month.

Non-members may also use the tennis courts for a fee. A grand opening is planned for later this month and the facility should be open for tennis after that date. For more information call 642-3622, or stop by at 12417 Pacific Highway, north of Long Beach.