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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 SPORTS 7A Valiants crush Seaside’s championship hopes By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian HILLSBORO — The league with the most may also be the league with the best, in this year’s Class 4A girls basketball state tournament. Entering the tournament with WKUHHRIWKH¿QDOHLJKWWHDPVWKH Cowapa League is well-repre- sented this week in Hillsboro, where the Valley Catholic Val- iants — the second-place team in the Cowapa — could make a serious bid to prove that they’re the best in the state. $IWHU ¿QLVKLQJ D JDPH EH- hind Seaside in the league stand- ings, the Valiants had the hot KDQGLQD&ODVV$TXDUWHU¿QDO at Liberty High School, scoring an impressive 61-30 win over the Gulls. Valley Catholic — the run- ner-up at the Class 3A level last season — moves on the 4A VHPL¿QDOV ZKHUH WKH 9DOLDQWV will face Henley Friday. Seaside is bounced into the consolation round, where the Gulls will play Banks in anoth- er Cowapa League matchup at 10:45 a.m. today, at Century High School. The Gulls found themselves in a deep hole early in Thurs- day’s game. Three baskets by Molly Dan- ielson helped Valley Catholic grab a 10-0 lead, and the Val- iants led 12-2 after one period. Two 3-pointers by Valley’s Kaylynn Bush in the second period led to a 19-point halftime lead for the Valiants. Meanwhile, the Gulls went to the break in foul trouble, as Maddi Utti had four fouls and Whitney Westerholm was whis- WOHGIRUWKUHHLQWKH¿UVWKDOI A 9-0 run by Valley Catholic to start the third quarter gave the Valiants a 37-9 lead and all the points they would need. +HOG VFRUHOHVV LQ WKH ¿UVW half, Seaside’s Maddi Utti had 14 in the second half, highlight- ed by six points in an 11-2 run by the Gulls midway through the fourth quarter. Utti also had a team-high ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Forlorn Seagull fans Aubrie Taylor, left, 8, and Tristyn Mc- Fadden, 12, watch helplessly as Seaside stumbles in their Cowapa League rematch with Valley Catholic in the quar- terfinals. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Maddi Utti drives through the Valley Catholic defense for two. eight rebounds and four steals. Valley Catholic had four SOD\HUV LQ GRXEOH ¿JXUHV OHG by Danielson’s 18 points. Emily McLeod scored 11, with Mad- die Vinson and Noelle Mannen adding 10 points apiece. 6HDVLGH ¿QLVKHG RI IURP WKH ¿HOG IRU IURP the 3-point line), while the Valiants held a 37-23 edge in rebounding and forced 24 Sea- side turnovers. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside coach Wally Hamer ponders his team’s next move as Valley Catholic continues to build their second-half lead. SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOLS Class 4A Girls Quarterfinal Valley Catholic 61, Seaside 30 SEASIDE (20-6): Maddi Utti 6-12 1-3 14; Sydney Villegas 2-8 2-3 6; Haylee Dundas 2-7 0-0 5; Whitney Westerholm 1-10 1-1 3; Jetta Ideue 1-1 0-0 2; Alie Zagata 0-0 0-0 0; An- nuka Brown 0-0 0-0 0; Brittany West 0-0 0-0 0; Allison Bussert 0-4 0-0 0; Jesse Trott 0-0 0-0 0; Paige Ideue 0-3 0-0 0; Shelby Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-46 4-7 30. VALLEY CATHOLIC (21-5): Molly Danielson 5-7 8-8 18; Emily McLeod 2-4 5-7 11; Noelle Mannen 2-4 6-6 10; Maddie Vinson 5-7 0-0 10; Kay- lynn Bush 2-9 2-4 8; Petra Flemmer 0-2 2-4 2; Rachel Jones 1-1 0-0 2; Bailey McDevitt 0-2 0-0 0; Sannah Braun 0-1 0-0 0; Mattie Thurman 0-0 0-0 0; Kate Nguyen 0-0 0-0 0; Mady Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-37 23-29 61. Seaside 2 7 10 11—30 Valley Catholic 12 16 18 15—61 3-Point Goals: Seaside 2-17 (Utti, Dundas); Valley Catholic 4-15 (McLeod 2, Bush 2). Fouled out: Seaside-Westerholm. Rebounds: Seaside 23 (Utti 8); Valley Catholic 37 (Vinson 11). Assists: Seaside 4 (Utti 2); Valley Catholic 8 (Mannen 3). Fouls: Seaside 22, Valley Cath- olic 13. Players of the Game: Maddi Utti, Seaside; Molly Danielson, Valley Catholic ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Whitney Westerholm takes an off-balance jump- er as Valley Catholic defenders clog the paint. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Haylee Dundas attempts to put some pressure on Valley Catholic’s Kaylynn Bush. Though the Seagulls defense was able to force turnovers, it was also called for a sizable number of personal fouls. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Allison Bussert sprinwgs off the bench to the cheers of her Seagull teammates during player introduc- tions prior to tip off of Thursday’s game against Valley Catholic. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Sydney Villegas battles a pair of Valiants for the ball, eventually drawing a foul on Valley Catholic. 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