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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 Columbians sink Warriors Strange and Fruiht combine for 34 in Fishermen win By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian Rainier 35, Warrenton 30 WARRENTON — The Warrenton Warriors ran out of points, then ran out of time Tuesday night at home, as Rainier held on for a 35- 30 win over the Warriors in a Lewis & Clark League boys basketball game. Warrenton held a 30-28 lead with 4:50 left, before the Columbians answered with back-to-back scores by Jeff Tripp and Daniel Rea to grab a 32-30 lead with 2:10 left. From there, the Colum- bians made just enough free seconds to hold off the War- riors. The teams were tied 15-15 at halftime, as Brock Johnson half with a pair of 3-pointers. Teammate Kory Thomas had two 3-pointers midway through the second half, the second following back-to- back scores by Christian Holt to help the Warriors to their 30-28 lead. Colton Verhoef led Rain- ier with nine points, while Johnson had 12 for the War- riors. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Players fight for a rebound during Warrenton’s game against Rainier. Astoria 54, Molalla 41 MOLALLA — A slow start turned into a big sec- ond quarter for the Astoria boys basketball team Tues- day night at Molalla, as the Fishermen overcame an early win over the Indians. Kyle Strange (18 points) and Morgan Fruiht (16) com- bined for 34 points to lead Astoria, which outscored Molalla 19-7 in the second period to take a 27-19 half- time advantage. Derek Jarrett added eight points for the Fishermen, who improve to 6-7 overall, and will close out the nonleague schedule at home vs. Yam- hill-Carlton Friday, before opening the league season with home games vs. Banks and Tillamook next week. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Warrenton’s Anthony Cochran, No. 23, tries to shoot while defended by Rainier’s Daniel Rea, No. 11, and Jeff Tripp, No. 20, during their basketball game Tuesday. Warrenton’s Brock Johnson, No. 2, goes up for a shot in the first half. Seaside 75, Estacada 52 ESTACADA — Seaside’s “Jaxson & Jackson” com- bined for 39 points Tuesday night, leading the Gulls to a 75-52 nonleague win at Es- tacada. Jaxson Smith scored 25 points and Jackson Januik added 14 for the Gulls, who pected loss at Delphian last week, with a 65-38 win over Vernonia Tuesday night at home. Knappa outscored the vis- itors 37-14 over the second and third quarters to take con- trol. Tyson Burnard scored 22 points, and Dakota Severson went on a 10-0 run to close the Trenten Meyer added 10 points, while Hunter Thomp- son and Austin Eagon scored eight apiece for the Gulls. Knappa 65, Vernonia 38 KNAPPA — Knappa bounced back from an unex- JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian and Justin Dragoo added 10 points each for Knappa, with Dragoo pulling down 10 re- bounds. Knappa plays at Gaston Friday. C.S. Lewis 40, Jewell 19 JEWELL — Jewell’s Trys- tan Silva scored eight points and teammate Ben Stahly added six, but C.S. Lewis jumped out to a 22-6 halftime lead, on its way to a 40-19 win over the Blue Jays Tuesday night in Casco League boys basketball action. Kollin Raudsepp of C.S. Lewis led all scorers with 12 points. GIRLS BASKETBALL JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Warrenton’s Sierra Lyons, No. 5, fights for the ball against Rainier’s Desirae Hansen, No. 40, in the second half of their basketball game Tuesday. Warrenton’s Krista Morrill, No. 12, loses control of the ball against Rainier’s Brandy Thur- ston, No. 5, Tuesday. Lady Warriors scramble, can’t overcome Columbians Rainier 39, Warrenton 22 WARRENTON — With both teams playing a little short-handed, Rainier over- at Warrenton Tuesday night, in Lewis & Clark League girls basketball action. While the Lady Warriors are still without Romana King and Sophia Thomas, Rainier lost leading scorer Jenny West- lund before the game started, when the senior guard reag- gravated a knee injury during pregame warmups. Warrenton had 15 turnovers Columbians struggled from 15-6 at halftime. Rainier took control in the third quarter, outscoring War- renton 18-5, highlighted by a three-point play from 5-foot- 10 freshman Desirae Hansen and a 3-pointer from sopho- more Haley Schimmel. Landree Miethe led War- renton with nine points, all in the fourth period. Astoria 49, Molalla 43 Tied 40-40 at the end of regulation, Astoria outscored Molalla 9-3 in overtime for a 49-43 win over the Indians Tuesday night, in a nonleague girls basketball game at the Brick House. Molalla battled back from a - ters, outscoring Astoria 18-14 in the fourth to send the game to overtime. The Lady Fishermen had - ures, led by Chloee Hunt with 12 points, to go with seven rebounds, six steals and three assists. Teammates Taylor Mick- le and Kaylee Mitchell had 11 points apiece, with Mickle dish- ing out four assists. Mitchell had three of Astoria’s 16 steals. The Fishermen were 12- for-31 at the free throw line, Seaside 66, Estacada 39 ESTACADA — The Sea- side Lady Gulls continued their romp through the non- league schedule, with a 66- 39 win at Estacada Tuesday night. Maddi Utti scored 21 points to lead Seaside, with team- mate Haylee Dundas adding 16. Sydney Villegas scored 12 for the Gulls, who held a slim 27-24 lead at halftime, before erupting for a 29-4 third quar- ter to put the game away. Seaside “played fairly - fense and defense, but in the third quarter we came out and played great defense and that set up our offense,” said Gulls’ coach Wally Hamer. “We scored 29 points in that quarter to break the game open. Syd- ney Villegas played great de- fense and Haylee Dundas shot lights out in the quarter. Mad- di Utti had a great all-around game. Paige Ideue had a good game off the bench as well as Brittany West.” Boys Basketball — Yam- hill-Carlton at Astoria, 7 p.m.; North Marion at Seaside, 5:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7:45 p.m.; Rainier at Ilwaco, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 6:15 p.m. Vernonia 55, Knappa 41 KNAPPA — A balanced scoring attack helped Vernonia post a 55-41 win at Knappa Tuesday night, in a key North- west League girls basketball showdown. First-place Vernonia (11-2 overall) got 12 points apiece from Julia Fletcher and Paige Smith, and 11 points from Lisa Paje in the victory. Team- mates Marketa Veselkova and Meghan Sullivan added eight points each (Veselkova left with an ankle injury in the sec- ond quarter). Knappa still put up a strong effort against No. 4-ranked Vernonia, as the home team trailed just 26-22 at halftime. “It’s the best I’ve seen my girls play in a while,” said Knappa coach Marie Green. “Vernonia wasn’t superbig, but they were quick.” Shailei Wright had 10 and three assists to lead Knap- pa. Kacie Cameron and Chloe Little added seven points apiece, and Stacey Aho scored six points with 10 rebounds. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Wrestling — Astoria/Banks at Seaside, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Boys Basketball — Ilwaco at North Beach, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 7 p.m.; North Mar- ion at Seaside, 7:15 p.m.; Warren- ton at Clatskanie, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 6 p.m.; Rainier at Ilwa- co, 5:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19 Girls Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 4 p.m. Boys Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 5:45 p.m.