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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015
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Loggers are red hot and rollin’ in NWL basketball
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — The Northwest
League’s big Tuesday night
showdown turned out pretty
much like all the rest involv-
ing the Knappa boys basketball
team — a blowout victory for
the Loggers.
Senior Tyson Burnard and
freshman Dale Takalo com-
bined for 45 points, and the
Loggers stormed past Faith Bi-
ble 66-48, as Knappa turned a
close game at halftime into an-
other easy win.
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time (25-20), then came out
in the third quarter, played an
old-school man-to-man de-
fense, and blew them out of
the water,” said Knappa coach
Chris Spencer. “We ran ’em out
of gas, and they just couldn’t
keep pace. We brought the subs
in, and they kept it up. It was a
team win.”
Knappa has won six in a
row, by an average of 19.0
points per game.
Knappa (7-1 in league play)
plays at Vernonia (5-2) Friday,
before hosting Delphian (5-3)
Saturday.
Faith Bible was 8-for-20
from the 3-point line in Tues-
day’s loss, but the Falcons were
unable to match Knappa’s in-
tensity, and had no answer for
Justin Dragoo on the boards.
Dragoo pulled down 19 re-
bounds, including eight offen-
sive boards.
Offensively,
Burnard
poured in 26 points, while
Takalo added 19, all in the sec-
ond half.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Tyson Burnard, No. 21, steals the ball from Faith
Bible’s Branden Luey, No. 21.
ball team won its 14th straight
league contest Tuesday night,
a 64-56 victory at Valley Cath-
olic, in Cowapa League girls
basketball action.
The Valiants kept it close
for three quarters before Sea-
side opened the fourth period
with a 6-2 run, and the Gulls
held off the Valiants, who came
in with the No. 2 ranking.
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With hot hands from Whit-
ney Westerholm and Maddi
Utti, the Gulls fought back and
grabbed a 31-30 halftime lead,
with a 3-pointer by Utti giving
the Gulls a seven-point lead
before the Valiants closed the
half on a 6-0 run.
Valley Catholic re-estab-
lished a 38-31 lead early in
the third period, but Seaside
stormed back behind inside
scores from Haylee Dundas
and Sydney Villegas, and a
trey from Utti that gave the
Gulls a 41-40 lead.
Seaside 38,
Valley’s Molly Daniel-
Valley Catholic 28
son — who led all scorers
BEAVERTON — The de- with 20 points — gave the
fending 3A state champion Valiants a brief lead mo-
Valley Catholic Valiants are 1-2 ments later, but the Lady
in their new league, as Seaside Gulls picked up hoops from
cruised to a 38-28 win Tuesday Westerholm, Paige Ideue and
night in Beaverton.
Utti to close the quarter for a
The Gulls outscored the 47-45 advantage.
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early in the 2003-04 season, the Valiants never threatened
when the Gulls won at Valley after that.
Catholic, 49-46.
Utti had 19 points, followed
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that gave the Gulls a 16-14
Scappoose 37, Astoria 24
halftime lead.
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quarter on three straight scores Tuesday night, helping the
by Attikin Babb, including a Indians to a 37-24 win over a
3-pointer.
short-handed Lady Fishermen
Valley Catholic was within team in Cowapa League girls
three points early in the fourth basketball action.
quarter, but never seriously
Alyssa Spang led Scap-
threatened after that, as Seaside poose with 13 points, followed
improves to 2-1 in league.
by Lea Brodala with nine and
In other Cowapa League Kendal Bailey with eight.
action Tuesday, Scappoose de-
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mook edged Banks, 40-37.
practice Monday and will skip
practice today to help recover,
Crosshill Christian 53,
before playing at Seaside Fri-
Jewell 21
day.
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“Hopefully we can all get
scored 17 points to lead Cross- back in the gym Thursday with
hill Christian to a 53-21 win at some healthier players,” said
Jewell Tuesday night, in Casco Astoria coach Mike Jacobson.
League boys basketball action.
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boards.
Faith Bible 32, Knappa 20
GIRLS BASKETBALL
KNAPPA — A 14-0 run by
Seaside 64,
Faith Bible in the third quarter
Valley Catholic 56
was the difference Tuesday
BEAVERTON — The No. night at Knappa, as the Fal-
8-ranked Seaside girls basket- cons posted a 32-20 win over
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily
Astorian
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Dale Takalo, No. 5,
drives to the basket Tuesday.
Knappa’s Tyson Burnard, No. 21, puts up a shot over Faith Bible’s Russell Walker, No. 3,
during their basketball game at Knappa High School Tuesday.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily
Astorian
Knappa’s McKailyn Rog-
ers, No. 22, drives to the
hoop while defended by
Faith Bible’s Hannah Ya-
makawa, No. 33, at Knappa
High School Tuesday.
the Lady Loggers in a North-
west League girls basketball
game.
Faith Bible held a slim
10-8 lead at halftime, before
outscoring Knappa 16-2 in the
decisive third quarter.
“We just couldn’t get any-
thing to fall” in the third, said
Knappa coach Marie Green.
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Faith Bible had balanced
scoring from Traci Fleming
(nine points), Marra Irving, Si-
erra Falcon and Jessica Irving
all had seven apiece.
McKailyn Rogers led
Knappa with seven points, fol-
lowed by Chloe Little with six.
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rebounds and four steals.
Cougars sweep Warriors
PORTLAND — The Port-
land Adventist basketball
teams swept a pair of games
from Warrenton Tuesday night,
in a Lewis & Clark basketball
doubleheader in Portland.
In girls’ action, the Cougars
got past Warrenton 63-29.
On the boys’ side, Portland
Adventist defeated the War-
riors 71-37.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Boys Basketball — Ilwaco at
Naselle, 7 p.m.
Wrestling — Tillamook/Seaside
at Astoria, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Wah-
kiakum, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball — Livingstone
Adventist at Jewell, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at
South Bend, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Livingstone
Adventist at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball — Astoria at
Seaside, 5:30 p.m.; Oregon Episco-
pal at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa
at Vernonia, 7:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Astoria at
Seaside, 7:15 p.m.; Oregon Episco-
pal at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Knappa at
Vernonia, 6 p.m.
BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Boys
Knappa 66, Faith Bible 48
FB (48): Corbin Helms 15, Hofer
13, Walker 9, Alvarado 5, Schneider
5, Luey 1.
KNA (66): Tyson Burnard 26,
Takalo 19, Weirup 8, Severson 6,
J.Miller 4, Dragoo 2, Rusinovich 1,
Goodman, Geisler, Hendrickson,
Rubus.
Faith Bible
10 10 11 17—48
Knappa
16 9 21 20—66
Seaside 38, Valley Catholic 28
SEA (38): Jackson Januik 14,
Babb 8, Thompson 6, Marston 4,
Eagon 4, Smith 2.
VC (28): Kazuma Lane 11, Hag-
gerty 4, Baglai 3, Krishnakumar 2,
VanderZanden 2, Braun 2, Men-
kens 2, Robbins 2.
Seaside
7 9 11 11—38
V.Catholic
9 5 5 9—28
Crosshill Christian 53, Jewell 21
CC (53): Ethan Talmage 17, Gille
9, Overturf 6, Griffin 5, Blackburn
4, Cubitt 4, Kotter 3, Rodriguez 2,
Halfman 2, Haskell 1.
JWL (21): Trystan Silva 8, Murry
6, Stahly 4, Berg 3, Ritchie, Munk,
Meehan.
Crosshill
12 17 9 15—53
Jewell
4 6 7 4—21
Girls
Scappoose 37, Astoria 24
AST (24): Chloee Hunt 16, Mitch-
ell 5, Wallace 2, Mickle 1, DeMand-
er, DiBartolomeo, Abrahams.
SCP (37): Alyssa Spang 13,
Brodala 9, Bailey 8, Tinning 3, Ga-
ley 2, Kopra.
Astoria
2 7 4 11—24
Scappoose
6 4 19 8—37
Seaside 64, Valley Catholic 56
SEA (64): Maddi Utti 19, Wester-
holm 15, Bussert 12, Dundas 12,
Villegas 4, Ideue 2.
VC (56): Molly Danielson 20, Bush
17, McDevitt 6, Mannen 5, Flemmer
4, McLeod 3.
Seaside
19 12 16 17—64
V.Catholic
20 10 15 11—55
Faith Bible 32, Knappa 20
FB (32): Traci Fleming 9, M.Irving
7, Falcon 7, J.Irving 7, Masters 2.
KNA (20): Macaylan Rogers 7,
Little 6, Aho 4, Wright 3, Cameron,
Vanderburg, Vandergriff, Landwehr,
Jones.
Faith Bible
8 2 16 6—32
Knappa
5 3 2 10—20
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Shailei Wright, No. 4, puts up a shot in the basketball game against Faith Bible.
Knappa’s Justin
Dragoo, No. 11,
drives to the
basket Tuesday.
JOSHUA BESSEX
The Daily Astorian
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