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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015
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Lady Fish outlast Cheesemakers, 36-33
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Tillamook’s 33 turnovers
proved more costly than As-
toria’s 20 missed free throws
Friday night, as the Lady Fish-
ermen hung on for a 36-33
Cowapa League girls basket-
ball win at the Brick House.
Despite hitting just 10-of-
30 foul shots, the Lady Fish —
ironically — clinched the game
at the free throw line, where
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points in a 36-33 victory over
the Cheesemakers.
The Fishermen improve to
1-1 in league play, 8-8 overall.
Astoria’s Taylor Mickle
helped the Lady Fish to a 12-7
lead early in the second quarter,
as she scored all of her team-
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Tillamook closed the sec-
ond quarter on a 12-7 to run to
force a 19-19 halftime tie.
The Lady Mooks led 27-
22 early in the fourth, but
Astoria’s Alexis Wallace and
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Chloee Hunt both scored on
layups, and Hunt drained the Astoria’s Libby DiBartolomeo, No. 12, drives to the hoop for a layup against Tillamook Friday at Astoria.
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a 3-pointer with 2:25 left that
gave Astoria a 30-28 lead.
Wallace scored on an offen-
sive rebound (Astoria had 17
offensive rebounds, 10 by Wal-
lace), and the Lady Fish made
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1:31 to clinch the win.
Tillamook was 4-of-7 at the
free throw line for the game,
while Hunt scored eight of her
10 points in the fourth quarter.
Seaside 44, Banks 30
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Friday night, 44-30, in Cowapa
League girls basketball action
at Banks.
The Gulls were 19-of-
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knocked down 4-of-9 from
the 3-point line (although they
were only 2-of-8 at the free
throw line).
Maddi Utti scored 15 points
and Sydney Villegas added 13
for Seaside, which held a 25-14
lead at halftime.
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had four steals.
The Gulls “Made our shots
tonight and played good de-
fense and rebounded well,”
said coach Wally Hamer. “Brit-
tany West came off the bench
to give us a big lift on defense
and rebounding, as did Paige
Ideue. Great effort by every
one of our starters.
“We got kind of tired in the
fourth and hadn’t scored for
awhile, and Maddi hit a clutch
two and a clutch three to get us
going again,” he said.
In addition, “I really love
how Whitney Westerholm
has become a complete play-
er,” Hamer said. “She can run
our offense and plays great
defense. Syd and Haylee left
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(Bussert) has played really
consistently in every aspect of
the game.”
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Astoria’s Kaylee Mitchel, No. 0, gains possession of a
loose ball during the first half of the game against Tilla-
mook.
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Country 75, Jewell 21
MOLALLA
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No.
3-ranked Country Christian
defeated Jewell 75-21 Friday
night, in Casco League girls
basketball action in Molalla.
The Cougars held a 46-11
lead at halftime over the Blue
Jays, who were led by Hanna
Littlepage’s nine points.
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Lady Fish stormed past another
league opponent Saturday, 75-
38, over Northwest Christian.
Nine different players made
the scoring column for Ilwaco,
led by Makenzie Kaech (21
points, 10 rebounds), with Jas-
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and seven steals. Valerie Lind-
strom scored 12 points for the
Fishermen, 15-1 overall.
Naselle 50,
Lake Quinault 47
Naselle overcame an early
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eventual 50-47 win over Lake
Quinault.
The Comets still trailed 40-
Knappa 52, NKN 34
37 entering the fourth quarter,
KNAPPA — Knappa over- before outscoring Quinault
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quarter by outscoring Neah-
Tayler Ford led Naselle
Kah-Nie 21-2 in the second, on with 19 points, followed by El-
its way to a 52-34 win over the lie Chapman and Taylor Eaton
Pirates Friday night at Knappa. with 11 points each. Kendra
The Loggers improve to 3-3 Leeland scored seven points
in Northwest League girls bas- with 16 rebounds.
ketball standings, while Neah-
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Kah-Nie drops to 1-6.
Tillamook 67, Astoria 55
Shailei Wright led Knappa
A big second-half come-
with 18 points to go with her
eight steals, seven rebounds, back effort by the Astoria Fish-
ermen simply ran out of steam
six assists and two blocks.
Chloe Little added 12 points Friday night.
Tillamook’s 17-point half-
and three steals, and Kacie
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball — Astoria at
Scappoose, 5:30 p.m.; Seaside at
Valley Catholic, 5:30 p.m.; Warren-
ton at Portland Adventist, 7:45 p.m.;
Faith Bible at Knappa, 7:45 p.m.;
Crosshill Christian at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball —Astoria at
Scappoose, 7:15 p.m.; Seaside at
Valley Catholic, 7:15 p.m.; Warren-
ton at Portland Adventist, 6 p.m.;
Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m.;
South Bend at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Astoria at Scap-
poose, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Boys Basketball — Ilwaco at
Naselle, 7 p.m.
Wrestling — Tillamook/Seaside
at Astoria, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at
Wahkiakum, 5 p.m.
BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
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Astoria’s Rylee Demander, No. 30, col-
lides with Tillamook’s Jordan Zweifel, No.
24, as she shoots.
Girls
Astoria 36, Tillamook 33
TIL (33): Katie Sherer 8, Kaylin
Hammond 8, Jordan Zweifel 8, Kot-
tre 6, Woods 3.
AST (36): Taylor Mickle 12, Hunt
10, Wallace 9, DeMander 3, DiBar-
tolomeo 2, Mitchell, Abrahams.
Tillamook
7 12 6 8—33
Astoria
6 13 3 14—36
Seaside 44, Banks 30
SEA (44): Maddi Utti 15, Villegas
13, Westerholm 8, Dundas 6, Bus-
sert 2, West, P.Ideue.
BAN (30): Megan Bunn 13, Sop-
er 6, Jo.Wren 5, Klein 2, Slifka 2,
Streblow 2.
Seaside
16 9 13 6—44
Banks
7 7 13 3—30
Knappa 52, Neah-Kah-Nie 34
NKN (34): Annie Romig 19, Sher-
man 4, Scull 4, Kelly 3, Holm 2,
Lambert 2.
KNA (52): Shailei Wright 18, Little
12, Rogers 9, Vandergriff 4, Cam-
time lead was nearly erased,
before the Cheesemakers were
able to recover and hold on
for a 67-55 victory in Cowapa
League boys basketball action
at the Brick House.
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half on a 12-2 run for a seem-
ingly safe 34-17 halftime lead.
But Astoria’s Tucker Scroup
drained a 3-pointer in the open-
ing seconds of the third quarter,
which set the tone for the sec-
ond half.
Teammate Derek Jarrett fol-
lowed with three consecutive
3-pointers, then the 6-foot-5
post closed the quarter with an-
other trey that had Astoria with-
in 48-40 going to the fourth.
The Cheesemakers man-
aged to rebuild a 54-42 lead be-
fore the Fish rallied again, this
time behind an offensive re-
bound hoop by Morgan Fruiht,
a three-point play for Ryan
Palek at the 4:54 mark, and
3-point shots by Scroup and
Kyle Strange that had Astoria
within 57-55 with 2:39 left.
But that’s where the come-
back trail ended for Astoria,
which would not score again
while Tillamook made 10-of-
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for the win.
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24-of-30 at the line to Astoria’s
3-of-5. Tillamook senior Zane
Wright led all scorers with 19
points, followed by teammates
Trent Meyer and Jacob Berge
with 15 apiece.
Jarrett had 16 points and
Scroup added 13 for Astoria,
which has road games this
week at Scappoose Tuesday
and Seaside Friday.
Banks 43, Seaside 40
BANKS — Banks bounced
back from a two-point loss at
Astoria earlier in the week
with a three-point win over
Seaside Friday, 43-40.
eron 3, Vanderburg 2, Landwehr 2,
Aho 2, Jones.
NeahKahNie 11 2 14 7—34
Knappa
6 21 11 14—52
Country Christian 75, Jewell 21
JWL (21): Hanna Littlepage 9,
Morales 6, Stahly 4, Guillen 2,
A.Littlepage, Thurston.
Jewell
8 3 6 4—21
Country
25 21 15 14—75
Ilwaco 75, NW Christian 38
NWC (38): Stottlemyre 15, N. Van-
monter 12, Sowers 7, A. Vanmonter
2, Dominquez 1, Teigen 1.
ILW (75): Makenzie Kaech 21,
Coffin 16, Lindstrom 12, Ellsworth
9, McMillan 8, Jacobson 3, Tapio 2,
Kulm 2, Bentley 2, Bannister, Kon-
dos, Benenati.
NW Christian 9 10 10 9—38
Ilwaco
19 21 23 12—75
Naselle 50, Lake Quinault 47
NAS (50): Tayler Ford 19, Chap-
man 11, T.Eaton 11, Leeland 7,
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Astoria’s Kyle Strange, No. 2, drives to the basket while defended by Tillamook’s Trent
Meyer, No. 1, during their basketball game Friday.
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Astorian
Astoria’s Alexis Wallace passes to Taylor Mickle, No. 2,
against during the basketball game against Tillamook.
Astoria’s Morgan Fruiht,
No. 23, puts up a shot.
It was the Braves’ second
victory over the Gulls this sea-
son, following a 46-31 non-
league win at the Sisters Tour-
nament Dec. 31. It was Banks’
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Seaside since 2011.
The Braves trailed 24-20
at halftime, but outscored the
Gulls 13-7 to grab a two-point
lead going to the fourth.
Banks had balanced scoring
from Jesus Narvaez and Jake
Evans (10 points each), along
with seven points from David
Schorn and six from junior post
Tyler Kemper.
Jaxson Smith led Seaside
with nine points.
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ball action Saturday.
Kenneth Sheldon poured in
19 points and pulled down 10
rebounds for the Fishermen,
who also had 14 points from
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had 14 boards.
Raymond defeated Ilwaco
57-48 Friday.
Sheldon led Ilwaco with 17
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points with 12 rebounds.
The Pirates came in with an
0-7 record, and were without
leading scorer Max Halverson.
Freshman Dale Takalo
paced Knappa with 23 points
(16 in the second half), fol-
lowed by Tyson Burnard with
21. Justin Dragoo had 18 re-
bounds for the Loggers, who
led 19-5 after one quarter.
Country 65, Jewell 27
MOLALLA — Coun-
try Christian, ranked fourth
in Class 1A boys basketball,
jumped out to a 38-7 halftime
lead Friday night, on its way
to a 65-27 win over Jewell in a
Casco League game.
Victor Berg led Jewell with
12 points.
Knappa 61, NKN 42
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Loggers posted their second Ilwaco 55, NW Christian 49
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straight victory overall, 61-42 bounced back from a loss the
over Neah-Kah-Nie Friday night before with a 55-49 win
night at home.
over Northwest Christian, in
Footh 2, A.Eaton, Tutu’u, Jacot,
Ridgeway.
LQ (47): Begay 17, F. Thomas 11,
Blackburn 11, B. Thomas 6, Silva 2.
Naselle
11 16 10 13—50
Quinault
19 12 9 7—47
Boys
Tillamook 67, Astoria 55
TIL (67): Zane Wright 19, Meyer
15, Berge 15, Martindale 7, Malo-
ney 6, Moore 3, Collett 2.
AST (55): Derek Jarrett 16,
Scroup 13, Strange 10, Palek 5,
Fruiht 5, Johnson 4, Keating 2,
Fremstad.
Tillamook
19 15 14 19—67
Astoria
11 6 23 15—55
JV: Tillamook 47, Astoria 36
Banks 43, Seaside 40
SEA (40): Jaxson Smith 9, Babb
8, Eagon 6, Januik 5, Thompson
5, Meyer 3, Lewis 2, Marston 2,
Bassett, Hoekstre, Cazarez, Rich-
ardson.
BAN (43): Jake Evans 10, Jesus
Narvaez 10, Schorn 7, Kemper 6,
De.Renne 5, Da.Renne 5.
Seaside
14 10 7 9—40
Banks
7 13 13 10—43
Knappa 61, Neah-Kah-Nie 42
NKN (42): Julian Croman 11,
Johnny May 11, Davidson 9,
Champ 6, Holm 3, Hooley 2.
KNA (61): Dale Takalo 23, Bur-
nard 21, Severson 8, Dragoo 4, A.
Miller 4, J.Miller 2, Weirup, Rubus,
Goodman.
NeahKahNie 5 10 14 13—42
Knappa
19 12 13 17—61
Country Christian 65, Jewell 27
JWL (27): Victor Berg 12, Silva 7,
Ritchie 6, Murry 2, Munk, Stahly,
Meehan.
Jewell
1 6 8 12—27
Country
18 20 15 12—65
Ilwaco 55, NW Christian 49
NWC (49): Stottlemyre 15, Wool-
dridge 14, Johnson 9, Thomas 5,
Griffin 3, McNair 3.
Naselle 41, Wishkah 40
ABERDEEN, Wash. —
Naselle tuned up for its meet-
ing with Ilwaco Wednesday
with a 41-40 win at Wishkah
Valley Friday.
Tied at 33-33 going into the
fourth, the Comets outscored
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riod to pick up the win.
Tony Lopez led Naselle
with 14 points, followed by
Conner See with eight.
ILW (55): Kenneth Sheldon 19,
Bannister 14, Griffitt 7, Tapio 6,
Mendoza 5, Schenk 2, Aguayo 2.
NW Christian 13 12 8 16—49
Ilwaco
16 13 15 11—55
Raymond 57, Ilwaco 48
RAY (57): Kothke 20, Newman
16, Freeman 12, Murdock 6, Hamil-
ton 2, Manneman 1.
ILW (48): Kenneth Sheldon 17,
Griffitt 12, Mendoza 7, Tapio 6, Ban-
nister 6.
Raymond
14 16 13 14—57
Ilwaco
19 10 12 7—48
Naselle 41, Wishkah Valley 40
NAS (41): Tony Lopez 14, See 8,
Corona 5, Carter 4, Bergeson 3,
Scrabeck 3, Estes 2, Edwards 2,
Gudmundsen.
WV (40): Anderson 16, Kalama
10, Johnson 7, Olson 4, Rodriguez
2, Ramirez 1.
Naselle
5 4 24 8—41
9 7 17 7—40
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