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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Astoria boys take back the Clash, 42-33
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
With one or two exceptions,
Clatsop Clash boys basketball
has been a little one-sided for
the last few years.
From a couple lopsided Sea-
side victories in 2012 (77-31,
63-29), to the last four meetings
between the two schools, the big
plays, the big shots, the big wins
… most have belonged to the
Gulls.
“That’s what I’ve heard,”
said Astoria’s Kevin Goin, fol-
lowing perhaps his biggest win
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coach, a 42-33 victory over the
Gulls Tuesday night at the Brick
House.
“But I remember the old
days, and those (Clatsop Clash
wins) were always quality
wins,” he said. “I don’t think I’d
ever lost to Seaside in my life,
in six or seven years of playing
youth basketball, so we needed
to get one.”
And get one they did, as
Astoria picked up its biggest
victory of the season, one that
may get the Fishermen to the
playoffs.
What makes the win even
sweeter still for the Fishermen
— it was Senior Night, and As-
toria came in with the league’s
worst record (2-6), while the
Gulls came in at the top of the
standings (6-2), with a share of
the league title if they had won.
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cided Friday, when Seaside
(6-3) plays at Tillamook (5-4),
while Scappoose (6-3) plays at
Banks (3-6). The Fishermen are
currently tied with the Braves
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Meanwhile, Tuesday night’s
celebration belonged to the
Fishermen, especially seniors
Tucker Johnson and Jason Keat-
ing.
“Both our seniors did a nice
job,” Goin said. “Those poor
kids have had three coaches in
three years, and that’s traumat-
ic. They’ve had some struggles
adjusting, and I couldn’t be hap-
pier for Tucker and Jason. They
did some great things tonight,
and gave us some great energy.”
The Fishermen players also
gave their coach the big win by
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Astoria’s Morgan Fruiht, No. 23, celebrates after a break away layup by Astoria’s Ryan
Palek (not pictured) in the final minutes of the game against Seaside at Astoria High
School Tuesday. Fruiht scored 13 points in the game.
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Derek Jarrett opened the
game with a 3-pointer, and John-
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the put the game away.
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en points, while Morgan Fruiht
scored eight of his game-high
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was the only player in double
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Despite never trailing, the
Fishermen had to work, battle
and scrap for every point — and
they had to do the same at the
other end to keep the Gulls from
playing their game.
Defensively, Astoria held
the Gulls to their second-low-
est point total of the season, and
never allowed Seaside to get
into a rhythm offensively.
Normally a deadly 3-point
shooting team, the Gulls were
5-for-27 from the 3-point line,
while the high-scoring Jackson
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ished with a combined 11 points.
“We played Seaside twice Astoria’s Kyle Strange,
last year when I was at Central No. 2, looks to pass in the
(as an assistant coach), and we second half against Sea-
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Astoria’s Derek Jarrett, No. 34, puts up a shot in the sec-
ond half.
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Seaside’s Hunter Thompson, No. 14, tries to pass through
multiple Astoria players in the first half.
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