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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 Challenge of Champions kicks up its heels Photos by JOSHUA BESSEX The Daily Astorian The annual bull riding event thundered at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds Saturday. Rider Sid Britt, of Hermiston, flies off his bull during the Challenge of Champions bull riding event at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds Saturday. Rodeo Clown Nate Reed stands for a por- trait during the Challenge of Champions bull riding event at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds Saturday. Lyle Painter, a rider from Roy, Wash., falls from his bull during the Chal- lenge of Champions bull riding event at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds Satur- day. . A bull rider hits the ground after falling off a bull during the Challenge of Cham- pions bull riding event at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds Saturday. Codey Brixey, of Kuna, Idaho, is thrown off his bull during the Challenge of Champions Saturday. Brixey won the event with a score of 88.5. ,OZDFRJLUOV¿IWKDW district; wrestlers bring home medals Thompson (132) and Jack Kaino (152) both took fourth place Saturday. ROCHESTER,Wash. — After they all went 1-1 in The Ilwaco Lady Fishermen Day 1 of the competition, all will head to the regional four wrestlers won their third- Ilwaco wrestling round of the 2B state tourna- round match Saturday morn- TACOMA, Wash. — ing, putting them almost im- PHQWDVD¿IWKVHHGRXWRIWKH District IV tournament after When the third period of the mediately into the third-place their win Saturday over Life wrestling match expired, the bouts for their weight groups. Christian, 46-40. The game scored stood tied. So it was Odneal beat the same oppo- ZDV,OZDFR¶V¿IWKLQWKHODVW ZKHQ WKH ¿UVW RYHUWLPH HQG- QHQWKHGLGLQWKH¿UVWURXQG ed, too. Alec Bell was on his Friday, but this time got the eight days. “Winning today (gives hands and knees, center mat, pin. Placing at state is one of some) momentum going into with Raymond’s Matthew a list of goals that Odneal has the regional game,” said coach Boyes trying to hold him had for himself. Ned Bittner after the win. down, as he did for most of the “I’m happy that we all “(We) played good enough to WKLUGSHULRG%HOO¿QDOO\OLIWHG placed. I just wanted it more and shrugged free of Boyes, than the other guy,” said win. Proud of the girls!” 6HQLRU-DVPLQH&RI¿QOHG earning a point to go ahead. Odneal. “Third round I just the team with 16 points, add- Seconds later he was awarded broke him and pinned him.” ing six rebounds and three as- another after Boyes pulled on And while he’s happy to sists. Makenzie Kaech had 10 Bell’s headgear. It was over. take home third, he already points and 11 rebounds, while And while Bell kept it cool in has his eyes on next year. Emily McMillan scored 10. the spotlight, his coaches’ ex- “I’m gonna be training. Hannah Ellsworth added eight citement gave away how big a I’m gonna be working really moment it was. points and seven rebounds. hard,” he said. “I don’t think you can ask In their six district tourna- Thompson won his third- ment games, of which they for any better result unless round match with a close 10-9 won four, the Lady Fishermen WKH\¶UH LQ WKH ¿QDOV 7DNLQJ decision, before facing his averaged around 12 points per four kids who were in region- ¿UVWURXQGRSSRQHQWDJDLQLQ game — less than their season DO¿QDOVLVSUHWW\FRRO7RGD\ the third-place bout, in which average — and were held to was just a great morning for he was defeated 5-0. Kaino two of their lowest point out- us,” said Ilwaco High wres- won his third-round match by puts of the season in the two tling coach Kevin McNulty 10-4 decision, before being Saturday. losses. bested 7-1 in the third-place Bell’s exciting match bout. “(We’re) playing against better teams and everyone is to win third place in the McNulty noted that all tired,” said Bittner, who had 195-pound weight class was four are underclassmen — multiple members of the team WKH JUDQG ¿QDOH RI DQ HVSH- two juniors and two sopho- sick during that stretch as well. cially eventful weekend for Il- mores — and will be working “We’re not trying to push the waco at the 2B state wrestling to get back to state again next ball as much. Taking advan- meet, where all four of Ilwaco year. participants went home with tage of each possession.” “It’s even better that they The Lady Fishermen will medals. all return next year. They’re Also taking third was Jack young, they’re all good kids, play Wahkiakum at 2 p.m. Saturday at W.F. West High Odneal in the 126-pound they’re all leaders for our weight group, while Riki team. I’m excited,” he said. School in Chehalis. By DAMIAN MULINIX EO Media Group A win in the regional round will put the Ilwaco girls into WKH¿QDOHLJKWDWWKHVWDWHWRXU- nament in Spokane, played WKH¿UVWZHHNRI0DUFK Lady Fish cagers begin postseason with win Astoria 32, Scappoose 23 SCAPPOOSE — Five years ago, Mike Jacobson’s Seaside JLUOV EDVNHWEDOO WHDP ¿QLVKHG 2-8 in the Cowapa League standings, 9-17 overall. The Gulls then won league playoff games at Tillamook DQG%DQNVDQGTXDOL¿HGIRUWKH state playoffs, where they lost D¿UVWURXQGJDPHDW/D6DOOH Jacobson is hoping to re- peat the feat with this year’s Astoria girls basketball team, and is off to a good start. $IWHUD¿QLVKLQOHDJXH RYHUDOO WKH ¿IWKSODFH Lady Fish are closing in on the state playoffs, as they won a Cowapa League playoff game Monday night at fourth-place Scappoose, 32-23. The Lady Fishermen will now travel to Banks to play at 5:30 p.m. today to play the third-place Braves. Win or lose, Astoria will likely qualify for the Regional Play-in round. Astoria had lost seven of its last eight games (including two losses to Scappoose) to end the regular season, but the Lady Fish tossed those num- bers out the window Monday. With a strong defensive ef- fort, Astoria held the Indians scoreless in the second quar- ter (4-0) and built a huge 15-5 halftime lead. With Astoria’s Mykka Abrahams on the bench with an illness — and with two Fishermen starters in foul trouble at the half — Scap- poose rallied to within 19- 12 with 2:47 left in the third quarter. But the Indians could not keep pace with Astoria, which increased the lead to 21-12 going into the fourth. Chloee Hunt poured in 17 points for the Lady Fisher- PHQDQGSXOOHGGRZQ¿YHUH- bounds with two steals. Alexis Wallace added six points with four rebounds and four steals for Astoria, which VKRW ZHOO IURP WKH ¿HOG for-37) and the free throw line (10-for-19), and had 16 steals. Meanwhile, the Braves are struggling, having lost three of their last four games. Banks narrowly defeated Scappoose WR¿QLVKOHDJXHSOD\ SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Banks, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Scappoose vs. Seaside, 7 p.m., at Clatskanie FRIDAY Boys Basketball — Union at Knap- pa, 6 p.m. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Wahkiakum vs. Ilwaco, 2 p.m., at WF West HS, Che- halis BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOLS Girls Monday’s result Astoria 32, Scappoose 23 AST (32): Chloee Hunt 17, Wallace 6, DeMander 5, Mitchell 4, DiBar- tolomeo, Dalton, Adams. SCP (23): Alyssa Spang 7, Tinning 4, Bailey 4, Kopra 4, Galey 2, Brodala 2. Weekend results Astoria 11 4 6 11—32 Scappoose 5 0 7 11—23 Seaside 52, Tillamook 29 SEA (52): Maddi Utti 21, Wester- holm 11, Dundas 9, Villegas 7, Bussert 4, West, P.Ideue, J.Ideue. TIL (29): Jordan Zweifel 14, Kottre 8, Hammond 4, Woods 3. Seaside 20 14 8 10—52 Tillamook 7 9 5 8—29 Valley Catholic 61, Astoria 26 AST (26): Chloee Hunt 15, Mitchell 6, Wallace 3, DeMander 2, DiBar- tolomeo, Abrahams, Albright. VC (61): Molly Danielson 14, Bush 12, Mannen 10, McDevitt 6, Vinson 5, Flemmer 5, McLeod 5. Astoria 7 2 4 13—26 Valley Catholic 13 17 23 8—61 City Christian 55, Knappa 40 KNA (40): Shailei Wright 14, Rogers 10, Aho 4, Jones 4, Cameron 3, Van- derburg 3, Little 2, Vandergriff. CC (55): Susie Traver 16, Swalko 14, Vong 9, Lewellen 8, Dickinson 3, Belefski 2. Knappa 2 19 12 7—40 City Christian 17 17 11 10—55 Boys Seaside 53, Tillamook 52 SEA (53): Jackson Januik 18, Smith 10, Eagon 10, Marston 8, Thompson 5, Lewis 2, Babb. TIL (52): Zane Wright 17, Meyer 14, Berge 9, Martindale 4, Maloney 4, Moore 1, Buss 1. Seaside 11 12 15 15—53 Tillamook 15 13 7 17—52 Valley Catholic 41, Astoria 32 AST (32): Morgan Fruiht 14, Frem- stad 7, Scroup 5, Strange 4, Jarrett 2, Palek, Johnson, Keating. VC (41): J.D. Menkens 8, Haggerty 7, Krishnakumar 6, VanderZanden 6, Lane 5, Osswald 5, Pathasarathy 4. Astoria 7 10 5 10—32 Valley Catholic 9 6 8 18—41 Knappa 80, Vernonia 68 VER (68): Clay Sullivan 24, Elliot 12, Moskalev 9, Adams 8, Medearis 7, Bo- telho 6, McCallum 2. KNA (80): Tyson Burnard 50, Takalo 11, Weirup 9, Dragoo 5, Severson 5. Vernonia 16 15 15 22—68 Knappa 19 30 9 22—80 WRESTLING HIGH SCHOOLS Special District 1/3A Weekend results Team: Nyssa 327, Vale 255.5, Riv- erside 177.5, Rainier 174, Warrenton 111, Clatskanie 78, De La Salle 63, Colton 52.5, Echo 15. Special District 1/2A Team: Monroe 256, Nestucca 194, Vernonia 139.5, Knappa 131, Neah- Kah-Nie 101, Siletz Valley 92, Triangle Lake 45, Waldport 12.