SPORTS
8A
Lions
take down
Blue Jays
JEWELL — Missed
chances down the stretch
cost the Jewell girls basket-
ball team Thursday night,
as Livingstone Adventist
Academy hung on for a 35-
34 victory over the Lady
Jays.
“We had several chances
to win it,” said Jewell coach
Mark Fick. “We missed four
free throws and a bunch of
lay-ins.”
Meanwhile,
Living-
stone’s Emillie Hathaway
scored 20 of her team’s 35
points. Alyscia Littlepage
led Jewell with 13 points
and six steals. Teammate
Gabi Morales added nine
points, eight rebounds and
four steals for the Jays, who
led 11-4 after one quarter.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Livingstone 74, Jewell 54
JEWELL — In a clos-
er game than the score
indicated,
Livingstone
Adventist Academy had
a 30-point fourth quarter
Thursday night at Jewell,
which helped the Lions
score a 74-54 win over the
Blue Jays.
Livingstone held a slim
41-38 lead heading into the
final period, where the Li-
ons outscored Jewell 30-16.
Bo Rapozo led Living-
stone with 20 points, fol-
lowed by Jacob Magee with
17 and Cameron O’Dell
with 11.
Rylan Murray had 20
points, 10 rebounds and
four steals for Jewell, with
Ben Stahly adding 12 points
and 13 rebounds.
“They shot a ton of free
throws, and we didn’t make
enough of ours,” said Jew-
ell coach Mark Fick. “And
we just didn’t make our lay-
ins — we missed at least 25.
But the kids are working
hard. This one just got out
of hand at the end.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015
Poyer: He urges students to ‘dream big’
Continued from Page 1A
Poyer began Thursday with an
early morning talk to sixth-, sev-
enth- and eighth-graders at Astoria
Middle School; then he spoke with
three different groups of kids at
Lewis and Clark Elementary, fol-
lowed by an afternoon assembly at
Astoria High School, which was
not mandatory, but still drew a large
crowd.
“For students who are doing very
well, and don’t necessarily need an
intervention to be successful, we’re
trying to set up these assemblies, or
things that we call ‘enrichments,’”
Jackson said. “Today, it was Jordan
Poyer.”
And — although the assembly
was optional for most juniors and
seniors — “it was a pretty packed
house,” he said. “Maybe 300, 400
kids. It was well-received with a lot
of energy.”
While most Astoria High School
students have either heard of Poy-
er or know him personally, “A lot
of the grade school students didn’t
know who I was, but I was surprised
at the amount who did know,” said
Poyer, a 2009 graduate of AHS. “I
got a lot of funny questions over
there. Once they saw the highlight
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a little.”
Poyer’s message was an inspira-
tional one, to “dream big,” he said.
“Just because you’re from Astoria
doesn’t mean that you can’t make it
in the big city.”
After leading Astoria High to its
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JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Jordan Poyer, cornerback for the Cleveland Browns and an alumnus of Astoria High School, gives a speech
at AHS Thursday. A major theme of the speech was learning to take control of your actions.
a long time,” he said, of talking with
kids in his hometown. “I wanted to
come back last year. At the time I
really didn’t feel like I was at a lev-
el where I felt comfortable, if that
makes sense.
“Yeah, I played one year in the
NFL, but I wanted to make more of
a statement,” he said. “I feel more
comfortable talking with two years
under my belt now.”
In a small town where the heroes
are even bigger, students were will-
ing and excited to hear Poyer’s mes-
sage, no matter how many years he’s
played.
Long lines of autograph seekers
followed the visits to each school.
“I was real nervous for the talk at
the high school,” Poyer said, “but I
felt like they wanted to hear what I
had to say.”
And each one of Poyer’s talks was
followed by a short question-and-an-
swer session.
“I took a lot of questions,” he
said. “I answered so many questions.
I could stand up there for hours and
answer questions.
“I usually try to take 15 minutes,
because it’s not every day that a stu-
dent gets an NFL player in front of
them and they can ask me whatever
they want.”
And three days before Super
Bowl XLIX, and with the Seahawks
playing in it, Poyer received “A lot
of Seahawk questions. ‘Who do you
want to win?’ ‘Who’s your favorite
NFL team besides the Browns?’ …
those types of questions. It was all
good fun.”
The Browns, in fact, will play a
regular season game in Seattle next
year, with the date and time still to
be determined.
“I’m pretty pumped up about
that,” Poyer said. “Just being back in
the Northwest and to be able to play
in front of fans who I grew up play-
ing in front of.”
Likewise, local fans are always
pumped up to see and hear every-
thing they can about Jordan Poyer.
Said Jackson, “He’s represented
himself, his college and his profes-
sion really well.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
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 Sea-
side, 7:15 p.m.; Oregon Episcopal at
Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Verno-
nia, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Boys Basketball — Delphian at
Knappa, 6:15 p.m.; Ilwaco at Life
Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Delphian at
Knappa, 4:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Life
Christian, 5:45 p.m.
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Warrenton, OR
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Wrestling —
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BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Girls
Livinstone 35, Jewell 34
LAA (35): Emillie Hathaway 20,
Beaver 4, Forshee 4, Bumgarner 3,
Thornton 2, Young 2.
JWL (34): Alyscia Littlepage 13,
Morales 9, Stahly 6, H.Littlepage 4,
Guillen 2, Haddock.
Livingstone
4 9 14 8—35
Jewell
11 8 10 5—34
Boys
Livingstone 74, Jewell 54
LAA (74): Bo Rapozo 20, Magee
17, O’Dell 11, Hermus 8, Carter 6,
Alvarez 4, H.Kroschel 3, P.Kroschel
2, Schreiner 2.
JWL (54): Rylan Murray 20, Stahly
12, Berg 9, Silva 8, Ritchie 3, Mee-
han 2.
Livingstone
9 18 14 30—74
Jewell
12 11 15 16—54
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