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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.
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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-
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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-
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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
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and shrugged free of Boyes, than the other guy,” said
win. Proud of the girls!”
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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-
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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 —
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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
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nament in Spokane, played
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Lady Fish cagers begin
postseason with win
Astoria 32, Scappoose 23
SCAPPOOSE — Five years
ago, Mike Jacobson’s Seaside
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2-8 in the Cowapa League
standings, 9-17 overall.
The Gulls then won league
playoff games at Tillamook
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state playoffs, where they lost
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Jacobson is hoping to re-
peat the feat with this year’s
Astoria girls basketball team,
and is off to a good start.
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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-
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bounds with two steals.
Alexis Wallace added six
points with four rebounds and
four steals for Astoria, which
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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
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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.