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10A • January 9, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com Lady Gulls gain experience for league play JEFF TER HAR PHOTOS ABOVE: Seaside’s Paige Ideue, with ball, faces a tall order against Sutherlin’s 6-foot Kayce Mock, 32. LEFT: Seaside’s Maddi Utti, left, and Sydney Villegas, right, apply defensive pressure on Sutherlin’s Ricki Mock, 31. playoff game. Sutherlin — which won the Final Four game 44-28 The Seaside Lady Gulls — posted a 46-33 win over continued their tour through the Gulls in the Jan. 4 game, the top 10 teams in Class 4A as senior guard Miranda basketball. Mendenhall scored 21 points Having already faced No. for 11-0 Sutherlin. 3 Henley, No. 5 Cascade and By the time they hit No. 7 La Grande, the Gulls league play Jan. 20, the de- hosted No. 1-ranked Suther- fending league champion lin Jan. 4, in a rematch of a Gulls should be well-pre- VWDWH WRXUQDPHQW VHPL¿QDO pared to make another run from last season. through the Cowapa. And the rematch turned “We’ve been running the into a near repeat of the gauntlet of good teams,” said By Gary Henley EO Media Group Seaside coach Wally Ham- er. “It was good scheduling. It was the opposite last year — we didn’t play as many tough teams at the begin- ning. Hopefully this will toughen us up. “The girls have really played hard overall, but hav- en’t executed as good as we need to vs. great competi- WLRQ´KHVDLG³,QWKHODVW¿YH days we played the No. 1 and 2 teams in the state. We need to play more consistently on offense to beat those teams and it didn’t happen.” Seaside held an early 4-2 lead on two baskets by Mad- di Utti, and a three-point play by Utti had the score tied, 9-9. Sutherlin answered with a 12-2 run, highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from Men- denhall, and the Gulls could QHYHU JHW FORVHU WKDQ ¿YH points the remainder of the game. Mendenhall had back- to-back 3-pointers midway through the second half for Timing is everything If stroke strikes, call 911. Think FAST: Face Face look uneven? Ask the person to smile. Arm One arm numb or drifting down? Ask the person to raise both arms. Speech Slurred or jumbled speech? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence. Time If any of these signs occur, even briefl y: Get help immediately. Call 911! For more tips and resources, visit www.providence.org/stroke. a 37-23 lead, before Utti scored twice (including a trey), to cut the lead back to 37-28. Kayce Mock converted a three-point play at the 3:21 mark for a 40-28 advantage, and the Bulldogs made 4-of- IUHH WKURZV LQ WKH ¿QDO minutes to clinch the win. The Bulldogs were play- ing their eighth straight road game, which included a win at Banks Jan. 2 (which Sutherlin also won by 13, 40-27). “They move the ball around, and they don’t turn it over,” Hamer said. “We need to do a better job of that. And Mendenhall got us — she made some nice shots. We chose to play a zone on them, and I’m not sure if that was the best move. “They do so many good cutting things. We just went with a game plan, and it didn’t work out so well.” Utti led the Gulls with 18 points, while Haylee Dundas had seven rebounds.
