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ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian From left, Seaside’s Jetta Ideue, Alie Zagata, Paige Ideue, Jesse Trott, and Allison Bus- sert carry their warm-ups and water bottles off the court following a 44-37 season-end- ing loss to the Banks Braves during consolation play in the state tournament Friday at Century High School. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian After picking up her dribble, Seaside’s Whitney Wester- holm tries to create some breathing room and ward off Banks’ defender Ariel Slifka. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Sydney Villegas applies some on-the-ball pressure in the back court against Banks as the Seagulls look to turn defense into offense. $QQD.OHLQVFRUHGRQDOD\XS ZLWKOHIWLQWKHWKLUGZKLFK VSDUNHGDUXQIRUWKH%UDYHV Seaside rallied midway WKURXJKWKH¿QDOSHULRGDV8WWL made four straight free throws and Paige Ideue hit a 3-pointer WKDWKDGWKH*XOOVZLWKLQ ZLWKWKUHHPLQXWHVOHIW %XW %DQNV ZRXOG FORVH E\ PDNLQJ RI IUHH WKURZV LQ WKH ¿QDO WR VHDO WKH ZLQ while Seaside managed just one SRLQWLQWKH¿QDO %XQQ PDGH MXVW RQH ¿HOG JRDO EXW ZDV IRU IURP WKH free throw line and pulled down QLQH UHERXQGV IRU WKH %UDYHV ZKLOH6RSHU¿QLVKHGZLWKDWHDP KLJKSRLQWV Utti poured in a game-high SRLQWV ZLWK ¿YH VWHDOV DQG IRXUDVVLVWVEXWWKH*XOOVVWUXJ- JOHGIURPWKH¿HOGIRUWKHVHFRQG VWUDLJKWGD\ $IWHU VKRRWLQJ SHUFHQW RIDJDLQVW9DOOH\&DWKR- OLF WKH *XOOV ¿QLVKHG IRU SHUFHQWLQ)ULGD\¶VORVV 6HDVLGH ZDV D FRPELQHG 6-for-34 from the 3-point line in WKHWZRJDPHV %RWKFRDFKHVDJUHHGWKDWWKH WXUQLQJSRLQWFDPHZLWKWKH UXQE\WKH%UDYHVLQWKHVHFRQG TXDUWHU ³,W VHHPHG OLNH WKH HQG RI WKHVHFRQGTXDUWHUWKHODVWWKUHH RU IRXU PLQXWHV´ +DPHU VDLG ³6RSHUNHSWWKHPLQWKHJDPH And then we got stagnant on of- IHQVHDQGMXVWGLGQ¶WVFRUH´ %DJOH\ VDLG ³0DGLVRQ 6RS- HU¶V WZR SRLQWHUV ZHUH KXJH IRU XV ,W JRW RXU PRPHQWXP JRLQJ:H¶YHEHHQVWUXJJOLQJWR VFRUHODWHO\VRJHWWLQJWKRVHWZR SRLQWHUVZDVKXJH ³,W¶V WKH ELJJHVW ZLQ ZH¶YH KDGLQDZKLOH´KHVDLG³0HJDQ Bunn played on the last team that PDGHLWWRWKH¿QDOVLWHEXWRWKHU WKDQWKDWWKLVLVWKHELJJHVWJDPH WKDWWKHVHJLUOVKDYHEHHQLQ ³0HJDQ KXUW KHU DQNOH RQ Tuesday and Anna Klein hurt her VKRXOGHU 7KXUVGD\ DQG WKH\ ERWKFDPHRXWDQGEDWWOHG´%DJ- OH\VDLG³,WMXVWVKRZVWKHKHDUW WKDWWKHVHJLUOVKDYH´ Seaside loses just three se- QLRUV $OOLVRQ %XVVHUW 'XQGDV DQG6KHOE\0LOOHU ³:H DSSUHFLDWH WKHP VR PXFKEHFDXVHWKH\ZRUNHGUHDO- O\UHDOO\KDUG´+DPHUVDLG ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Allison Bussert and Banks Anna Klein scrap for position to grab a rebound during a consolation match at Century High School in Hillsboro Friday. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian The Seaside bench leaps to their feet after a three pointer narrows the Banks’ lead late in the fourth quarter. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE MONDAY Baseball — Astoria at Gladstone, 5 p.m.; Nestucca at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Clatskanie at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. Softball — Gladstone at Astoria, 5 p.m.; Ilwaco at Warrenton, 4:30 p.m.; Clatskanie at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY Baseball — Seaside at Molalla, 4:30 p.m. Track — Lewis & Clark League Ice-Breaker, at Clatskanie, 3:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Baseball — Corbett at Astoria, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY Softball — Estacada at Astoria, 4 p.m.; Molalla at Seaside, 5 p.m. Track — Astoria/Warrenton at Seaside, 3:30 p.m. Girls Golf — Astoria at Scap- poose, 12:30 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Seaside Tournament: Woodburn vs. Warrenton, 1:30 p.m.; Estacada vs. Seaside, 3:45 p.m. Softball — Tillamook at Warren- ton (2), 3:30 p.m.; Knappa at Willa- mina, 4:30 p.m. Boys Golf — Seaside at The Dalles Invitational, 10 a.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Seaside Tournament: Hoquiam vs. Warrenton, 12:15 p.m.; Woodburn vs. Seaside, 2:30 p.m. SUNDAY Baseball — Seaside Tournament: Hockinson vs. Warrenton, 2:30 p.m.; Fort Vancouver vs. Seaside, 4:45 p.m. BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOLS Girls Class 4A State Tournament Banks 44, Seaside 37 BANKS (18-11): Madison Sop- er 4-6 0-0 11; Megan Bunn 1-9 8-8 10; Ariel Slifka 2-5 2-2 6; Jojo Wren 2-4 1-2 5; Cassie Streblow 1-3 2-2 4; Hannah VanDomelen 0-1 4-9 4; Anna Klein 2-3 0-1 4; Karlie Ger- linger 0-1 0-0 0; Jamie Borchers 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-33 17-24 44. SEASIDE (20-7): Maddi Utti 5-12 4-6 15; Haylee Dundas 2-9 4-6 10; Whitney Westerholm 2-12 0-0 4; Sydney Villegas 1-1 1-2 3; Paige Ideue 1-2 0-0 3; Allison Bussert 1-4 0-0 2; Brittany West 0-1 0-0 0; Shelby Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-41 9-14 37. Banks 4 12 15 13—44 Seaside 13 8 6 10—37 3-Point Goals: Banks 3-7 (Sop- er 3); Seaside 4-17 (Dundas 2-5; P.Ideue, Utti). Fouled out: None. Re- bounds: Banks 30 (Bunn 9); Sea- side 26 (Utti 5, Villegas 5). Assists: Banks 10 (Soper 2, Slifka 2, Streblow 2, VanDomelen 2, Bunn 2); Seaside 9 (Utti 4). Fouls: Banks 13, Seaside 18. Attendance: 350. Players of the Game: Megan Bunn, Banks; Maddi Utti, Seaside. Scores Class 4A State Tournament Girls Championship Sutherlin 51, Henley 46 Third Place Cascade 47, Valley Catholic 34 Fourth Place Gladstone 54, Banks 31 Boys Championship Scappoose 51, North Marion 48 Third Place North Bend 47, Philomath 40 Fourth Place Cascade 51, Madras 49