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Loggers going ‘home’ to seek another title
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — There was a
time not too long ago when
Pendleton was the “home
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Every year in early March,
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with a trophy, bringing back
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day night, in a Class 2A state
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coach Chris Spencer, whose
team may be a No. 6 seed, but
they’re playing like the No. 1.
The Bobcats never had a
chance in the Logger Den,
where Knappa took advantage
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second quarter.
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and absolutely swarm ’em,
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court, the whole game — and
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Above: Blake Bartels of Crook County,
No. 3, finds his path to the hoop blocked
by Seaside’s Austin Eagon.
JEFF TER HAR — For The Daily Astorian
Left: Knappa’s Tyson Burnard, No. 21, puts
up a shot around Union’s Wade Rynearson,
No. 23, during the first half of their basketball
game at Knappa High School Friday. See more
photos online at www.dailyastorian.com
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to guy — as it has been all
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over Crook County Friday
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through three quarters, then
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boys basketball Regional Play-
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proves to 16-10 overall, and
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lead.
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year back at the 2B level re-
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girls basketball team, but the
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23-2 overall.
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the old championship days,
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in Knappa’s old gym Friday,
with standing room only, and
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balcony.
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tonight.
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basketball tournament, but the
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know what we’re going to
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also have Andy Miller back in
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to make it to Pendleton, we’d
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the No. 2-seed.
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six minutes. Hartley brought
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dan 37, Colton 36, Santiam Christian
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ell 127, Monroe 98, Gold Beach 73,
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gin 32, Knappa 27, Myrtle Point 26,
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By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
PORTLAND — The War-
renton Warriors were on the
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state titles since 2002.
But — in the triumph and
disappointment that only the
state tournament can bring —
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breaking losses in the champi-
onship round.
In back-to-back title match-
es in the 3A meet, Warrenton’s
Colton Walker and Rogue Berg-
erson both came up short in
championship bouts Saturday
night at Portland’s Memorial
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at their respective weights.
Still, Walker and Bergerson
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gone over the last 13 years, ad-
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Warrenton’s last two state ti-
tles remain those won in 2002,
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Ryan Johnson brought home
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Walter in 2001.
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round, sophomore No. 2 seed
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win over the No. 1 seed Walker
in the title match at 106 pounds.
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Rogue Bergerson, Heath Hartley of Nyssa, and Jordan
Combs of Willamina stand atop the podium as the top
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setting up the showdown with
Kerr.
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and with time running out, Kerr
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renton coach Trask Bergerson.
“As a champion you get this un-
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picking up the pieces. You have
to acknowledge that you lost,
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said. “But that’s probably the
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battle, there’s two ways you can
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tournament over the weekend.
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match to Crook County’s Trevor
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McLoughlin in the consolation
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SCOREBOARD
BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Boys
Knappa 70, Union 45
UNI (45): Jacob Wright 12, C.Houck
9, Evans 7, Rynearson 6, Graves 4,
L.Houck 3, Kennon 2, Scantling 2.
KNA (70): Tyson Burnard 32, Dra-
goo 10, Takalo 10, Weirup 9, Sever-
son 7, J.Miller 2, Rubus, Rusinovich.
Union
9 8 10 18—45
Knappa
19 14 17 20—70
Seaside 61, Crook County 52
CC (52): Blake Bartels 17, Kessi 8,
Harper 7, Kilthau 7, Jones 5, Hernan-
dez 5, Kee 3.
SEA (61): Jackson Januik 20,
Smith 14, Eagon 11, Thompson 10,
Marston 6, Lewis.
Crook County 10 14 5 23—52
Seaside
15 16 10 20—61
Girls
Wahkiakum 54, Ilwaco 38
ILW (38): Jasmine Coffin 19, Mc-
Millan 6, Kaech 4, Tapio 3, Ellsworth
2, Bannister 2, Jacobson 2, Lind-
strom, Kulm, Bentley.
WAH (54): Kaylee Bryant 24, Sou-
venir 8, Boyce 7, Wegdahl 6, Olsen
5, Peacock 4.
Ilwaco
11 2 11 14—38
Wahkiakum
11 9 14 20—54
WRESTLING
HIGH SCHOOLS
OSAA State Championships
Class 4A: Crook County 327, Hen-
