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Newspaper Page TextTHE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015 SPORTS 7A Astoria swimmers win Andrew’s Meet By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian It was slightly drier and a lot warmer inside than it was outside Saturday at the Astoria Aquatic Center, as the Astoria Fish swim team hosted their annual Andrew Nygaard Invitational meet. “I’m just glad we’re inside and not traveling today,” Asto- ria coach Amy Emmett said, at the conclusion of the meet that honors the memory of Andrew Nygaard, the young Astoria swimmer who died in 1998 at age 15. It was doubly nice for Emmett, whose team swept “Andrew’s 0eet” for the ¿rst time in years. 7he Fishermen ¿nished ¿rst in the team standings for both the boys and girls. Tillamook could not attend the meet because of poor road conditions, so the meet turned out to be a three-way be- tween Astoria, Seaside and Rain- ier. In addition, the competing schools were missing some ath- letes due to SAT testing. Among others, Astoria was missing Victoria Kee, Olivia Paul and Jacob Hulti. Seaside was also missing swimmers. Still, the victory was sweet, Emmett said. “I think it’s going to be an in- teresting year in the district,” she said. “Seaside has a very strong girls team, and Newport has a very strong boys team. I’m just blown away that we beat Seaside today. They have an awesome girls’ relay, but they’re limited on numbers.” Seaside had fewer athletes Saturday, but more victories (14). Astoria won ¿ve events. Seaside won nine of the 11 events on the girls’ side, so the Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Swimmers, including Seaside’s Nick Konyha, foreground, compete in the boys 100-yard backstroke event at the swim meet. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Bradley Rzewnicki competes in the boys 500-yard freestyle event at the Andrew Nygaard Invitational swim meet Saturday. Astoria’s Megan Postlewait competes in the girls 500-yard freestyle event at the Andrew Nygaard Invitational swim meet Saturday. View more photos online at dailyastorian.com Lady Fishermen had to rely on their depth to score points. The relay team of Megan utes, 10.98 seconds. “I’m waiting to see what they can actually do,” Emmett said. Sparks, Kendal Gustafson, Ash- ley and Megan Schacher won the 200-yard medley relay in 2 min- Lady Fishermen score win over Cottage Grove By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian ELMIRA — The Astoria girls basketball team opened the season with a long road trip to the southern Willamette Valley over the weekend, and returned home with a 1-1 record. In Friday’s season opener for Astoria, Elmira’s Miranda Jensen scored 27 points in a 56- 48 Falcons’ win. Elmira held a 21-13 lead af- ter one quarter, before the Lady Fishermen rallied to within 28- 24 at halftime. The Falcons went on a 12-5 in the third period. Chloee Hunt led Astoria with 22 points and six rebounds, while the Fishermen had 11 steals defensively. Astoria rebounded with a 66-45 win at Cottage Grove Saturday. Four players scored in double ¿gures, as the Lady Fish scored the most points in a game since Dec. 20, 2007 (a 69- 20 win over Taft). Kaylee Mitchell led with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Alexis Wallace added 16 points, 11 rebounds and four steals. Rylee DeMander ¿nished with 15 points and ¿ve steals, and Hunt had 12 points and six rebounds. Cascade 51, Seaside 41 TURNER — Cascade snapped a 32-32 tie in the third quarter by closing the game on a 19-9 run to defeat Seaside, 51- 41, in nonleague girls basketball action Friday. The loss was the ¿rst of the season for the Lady Gulls, who host the annual Holiday Classic later this week. Seaside opens play against Madras Thursday. Loggers 0-2 at Heppner HEPPNER — The Knap- pa girls basketball team faced a couple of tough opponents in the Heppner Kick-Off Classic, held Friday and Saturday. In Friday’s tournament opener, Heppner defeated Knappa 40-20. Knappa’s Paris Vanderburg had nine points, but the Loggers trailed 13-2 after one quarter and 37-8 after three. Knappa lost a 62-37 conso- lation to Ione Saturday. Vanderburg led the Loggers with 10 points, followed by Kaitlyn Landwehr with eight. Ione was 16-of-27 from the free throw line, to Knappa’s 5-for- 18. Ilwaco 75, Chief Leschi 31 ILWACO, Wash. — Trail- ing 17-10 after one quarter Fri- day night, the Ilwaco girls bas- ketball team kicked it into high gear in the second period and cruised to an easy 75-31 win over Chief Leschi. The Lady Fishermen out- scored the Warriors 25-2 in the second quarter. Ilwaco had four players in double ¿gures, led by Maken]ie Kaech with 19. Willapa 54, Naselle 38 NASELLE, Wash. — Wil- lapa Valley built a 37-19 half- time lead Friday, on its way to a 54-38 win at Naselle. Tayler Ford led the Comets with 14 points. Boys Basketball Seaside 73, Cascade 67 TURNER — The Seaside boys showed that they are ready to take on all challengers this season, following a road win over last year’s fourth-place team in the state. Jaxson Smith and Hunter Thompson scored 21 points apiece Friday night, in a 73-67 win at Cascade. Jackson Januik scored 13 points and Attikin Babb added 11 for the Gulls, who jumped out to a 20-5 lead after one quarter. Seaside hit nine 3-point- ers, four by Thompson. Januik dished out 13 assists and Zach Marston had ¿ve rebounds. “We have a lot to work on, but it was still a good road win,” Seaside coach Bill Westerholm said. “We got out early, then they hit four 3’s in the second quarter to cut into our lead. We weren’t making our free throws (11-for-22) until the end, when we made a few to put it away.” The Gulls host their annual Holiday Classic later this week. Knappa 75, Ione 30 HEPPNER — Knappa bounced back after an opening round loss in the Heppner Kick- Off Classic with a 75-30 win over Ione Saturday, as the Log- gers split a pair of games in the tournament. Knappa jumped out to a 21-4 lead, and led 42-14 by halftime. Dale Takalo (20 points) and Colton Weirup (19) combined for 39 points, with Jason Miller adding 10. The Loggers also had a big advantage at the free throw line, hitting 16-of-28 to Ione’s 2-for-8. Heppner topped the Loggers 52-38 in Friday’s game. The Mustangs broke an 11- 11 tie by outscoring Knappa 25-13 over the second and third quarters. Takalo had 13 points and Weirup added 10 for the Loggers. Heppner was 13-of-28 at the free throw line, to Knappa’s 4-for-6. Chief Leschi 66, Ilwaco 62 ILWACO, Wash. — A fourth-quarter rally by Chief Leschi forced overtime, and the Warriors outscored Ilwaco 14- 10 in the extra frame for a 66-62 win over the Fishermen Friday night at Ilwaco. Ilwaco’s Zac Tapio led all scorers with 18 points, while teammates Marcos Mendo]a and Reese Tynkila added 13 and 11 points, respectively. Naselle 64, Willapa 59 NASELLE, Wash. — Tra- vis Pine had 17 points and Donny Edwards added 15 for Naselle, in a 64-59 win over Willapa Valley Friday. “We’ll see what happens when we have them all here.” Astoria’s only other girls’ vic- tory came from Gustafson, who took ¿rst in the 100-yard breast- stroke (1:21.78). Ashley Schacher was sec- ond in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterÀy, and Sparks was second in the 100-yard free- style and 100-yard backstroke. Shoshanna McCleary took sec- ond in the 500-yard freestyle. “Ashley Schacher is not quite back to where she was at the end of last year, but she’s close,” Em- mett said. “Olivia and Kendal are going to be real competitive in the breaststroke, and Megan Sparks is approaching the school record in the backstroke.” The Lady Gulls, meanwhile, may struggle in smaller meets, but could score huge points at districts and state. Highlights for Seaside in- cluded wins for Alyssa Harkins (200-yard individual medley and butterÀy) Holly Wood (200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle) Cla- risse Coventry (50 and 100 free- styles) and Kendy Lin (back- stroke). Lin, Harkins, Coventry and Wood combined to win the 200 and 400 relays. On the boys’ side, Astoria freshman Joshua Shipley took ¿rst in the 200individual med- ley (2:1.52) and the butterÀy (1:02.21). Sophomore Aleks Matthews had the only other victory for the Fishermen (1:25.72 in the breast- stroke). Seaside’s Luke Liljenwall won the 100 and 200 freestyles. “Aleks Matthews has dropped a huge amount of time in the 100 breaststroke,” Em- mett said. “And Josh (Shipley) is swimming very well. He has the potential to break a couple school records.” SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 6:15 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 6:15 p.m. Boys Basketball — Warrenton at Portland Christian, 8 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 8 p.m.; Ilwaco at South Bend, 7 p.m. Swimming — Seaside at Scap- poose, 4 p.m. SWIMMING Andrew Nygaard Invitational at Astoria Aquatic Center Girls Team: Astoria 351, Rainier 329, Seaside 317. 200 Medley Relay: 1, Astoria (Sparks, Gustafson, A.Schacher, M.Schacher), 2:10.98. 2, Seaside, 2:34.71. 200 Freestyle: 1, Holly Wood, Sea, 2:14.70. 2, Kendy Lin, Sea, 2:16.43. 4, Morgan Postlewait, Ast, 2:52.31. 6, Daisy Gayral, Ast, 3:20.06. 200 Individual Medley: 1, Alyssa Harkins, Sea, 2:41.11. 2, Maya McGill, Sea, 2:47.54. 4, Megan Schacher, Ast, 3:17.95. 50 Freestyle: 1, Clarisse Coventry, Sea, 27.15. 2, Ashley Schacher, Ast, 29.48. 3, Moria Welsh, Ast, 33.59. 4, Lizzy Barnes, Sea, 34.19. 5, Cadyn Carr, Sea, 34.31. 8, Daisy Gayral, Ast, 35.26. 100 Butterfly: 1, Alyssa Harkins, Sea, 1:10.66. 2, Ashley Schacher, Ast, 1:14.18. 4, Megan Schacher, Ast, 1:37.80. 5, Shoshanna McCleary, Ast, 1:38.65. 100 Freestyle: 1, Clarisse Coventry, Sea, 1:00.27. 2, Megan Sparks, Ast, 1:05.74. 3, Maya McGill, Sea, 1:07.27. 4, Kendal Gustafson, Ast, 1:07.83. 6, Morgan Postlewait, Ast, 1:17.74. 500 Freestyle: 1, Holly Wood, Sea, 6:05.16. 2, Shoshanna McCleary, Ast, 9:05.97. 3, Megan Postlewait, Ast, 10:01.40. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside (Lin, Harkins, Coventry, Wood), 1:52.01. 2, Astoria, 2:01.67. 100 Backstroke: 1, Kendy Lin, Sea, 1:08.56. 2, Megan Sparks, Ast, 1:08.97. 6, Moira Welsh, Ast, 1:37.42. 7, Morgan Matthews, Sea, 1:49.60. 8, Madison Burchfield, Ast, 2:13.11. 100 Breaststroke: 1, Kendal Gus- tafson, Ast, 1:21.78. 3, Cadyn Carr, Sea, 1:36.47. 4, Lizzy Barnes, Sea, 1:51.01. 6, Megan Postlewait, Ast, 2:07.09. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside (Harkins, Lin, Coventry, Wood), 4:10.57. 2, Rainier, 5:06.66. 3, Astoria, 5:30.80. Boys Team: Astoria 334.5, Rainier 308, Seaside 240.5. 200 Medley Relay: 1, Rainier, 2:00.45. 3, Seaside, 2:28.83. 4, Asto- ria, 2:29.58. 200 Freestyle: 1, Luke Liljenwall, Sea, 2:09.13. 2, Sam Beaudoin, Sea, 2:13.64. 3, Elias Simmons, Ast, 2:14.33. 5, Nick Konyha, Sea, 2:30.26. 6, Anthony Miller, Ast, 2:34.10. 200 Individual Medley: 1, Josh- ua Shipley, Ast, 2:16.52. 2, Bradley Rzewnicki, Sea, 2:30.76. 4, Thayne Covert, Ast, 2:41.15. 6, Roman Cim- kovich, Ast, 3:13.48. 50 Freestyle: 1, Shane Bergeron, Rai, 26.35. 2, Alexander Tadei, Sea, 26.93. 3, Anthony Miller, Ast, 29.37. 5, Thaddaeus Stapleton, Sea, 30.59. 6, Ryan Russell, Ast, 33.06. 7, Jan Kreibich, Ast, 34.39. 100 Butterfly: 1, Joshua Shipley, Ast, 1:02.21. 2, Sam Beaudoin, Sea, 1:05.62. 100 Freestyle: 1, Luke Liljenwall, Sea, 55.61. 2, Elias Simmons, Ast, 1:02.77. 4, Isaac Gray, Ast, 1:10.19. 5, Thaddeus Stapleton, Sea, 1:13.59. 6, Lucas Nagle, Sea, 1:21.83. 7, Jan Kreibich, Ast, 1:23.81. 500 Freestyle: 1, Bradley Rzewnic- ki, Sea, 6:00.29. 2, Thayne Covert, Ast, 6:11.53. 4, Aleks Matthews, Ast, 7:17.11. 5, Isaac Gray, Ast, 7:37.29. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside (Tadei, Rzewnicki, Liljenwall, Beau- doin), 1:40.70. 2, Rainier, 1:47.05. 3, Astoria, 1:50.23. 100 Backstroke: 1, Chris Pum- phrey, Rai, 1:22.90. 3, Ryan Russell, Ast, 1:33.96. 4, David Keeling, Ast, 1:37.17. 5, Nick Konyha, Sea, 1:40.93. 100 Breaststroke: 1, Aleks Mat- thews, Ast, 1:25.72. 2, Roman Cim- kovich, Ast, 1:31.97. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside (Tadei, Konyha, Beaudoin, Rzewnic- ki), 3:55.41. 2, Rainier, 4:04.84. 3, As- toria, 4:10.76. GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 66, Cottage Grove 45 AST (66): Kaylee Mitchell 17, Wal- lace 16, DeMander 15, Hunt 12, Mick- le 5, Gimre 1, Abrahams. CG (45): Taylor Harsh 13, Brown 12, Nichols-Ferguson 7, Caro 5, Thielman 3, Murphy 2, Albrecht 2, Monsive 2. Astoria 15 23 16 12—66 C.Grove 4 14 14 13—45 Elmira 56, Astoria 48 AST (48): Chloee Hunt 22, Wallace 10, DeMander 6, Mitchell 5, Mickle 3, Dalton 2. ELM (56): Miranda Jensen 27, An- derson 8, Olsen 7, Blunt 5, Smith 5, Webber 4. Astoria 13 11 5 19—48 Elmira 21 7 12 16—56 Ione 62, Knappa 37 IONE (62): Jessie Flynn 25, M.Fly- nn 16, Sandford 7, Holland 5, Orem 3, Medina 2. KNA (37): Paris Vanderburg 10, Landwehr 8, Corder 5, Vandergriff 4, Silva 3, Miethe 3, McMahan 2, Truax 2. Ione 15 20 12 15—62 Knappa 5 14 6 12—37 Heppner 40, Knappa 20 KNA (20): Paris Vanderburg 9, Landwehr 6, Corder 2, Vandergriff 2, Truax 1. HEP (40): Jacee Currin 13, Kemp- ken 10, Dompier 4, Gray 4, Combe 3, Correa 2, Lindsay 2, Mahoney 2. Knappa 2 4 2 12—20 Heppner 13 12 12 3—40 Ilwaco 75, Chief Leschi 31 CL (31): Debrie 11, Waters 6, Staf- ford 6, Upshaw 5, Lee 2, Tossie 1. ILW (75): Makenzie Kaech 19, Ells- worth 13, McMillan 12, Jacobson 11, Bannister 7, Pierson 6, Kondos 3, Mc- Mullan 2, Kulm 2, Bentley. C.Leschi 17 2 6 6—31 Ilwaco 10 25 16 14—75 Willapa Valley 54, Naselle 38 WV (54): Smarciarz 26, Huber 9, Pollard 7, Cook 5, Silva 5, Gray 2. NAS (38): Tayler Ford 14, Gud- mundsen 9, Leiland 6, Eaton 4, Tutu 3, Chapman 2, Cowe. W.Valley 19 18 9 8—54 Naselle 13 6 13 6—38 BOYS BASKETBALL Seaside 73, Cascade 67 CAS (67): Tyler Walker 15, John Schirmer 15, Molan 9, Harris 8, Braff 6, Bjorklund 4, Ball 4, Beckmann 3, Gilbert 3. SEA (73): Jaxson Smith 21, Hunter Thompson 21, Januik 13, Babb 11, Marston 7, Eagon 3, Hockstre, Caza- rez, Bassett. Cascade 5 20 26 16—67 Seaside 20 19 21 13—73 Knappa 75, Ione 30 KNA (75): Dale Takalo 20, Weirup 19, Miller 10, Severson 9, Hendrick- son 6, Goodman 5, Rubus 5, Geisler 1. IONE (30): Panozzo 10, Carter 10, McNary 6, Hollis 2, Marin 2. Knappa 21 21 21 12—75 Ione 4 10 12 4—30 Heppner 52, Knappa 38 KNA (38): Dale Takalo 13, Weirup 10, Miller 6, Severson 3, Goodman 2, Rubus 2, Eltagonde 2, Geisler, Hen- drickson. HEP (52): Patrick Collins 24, Put- man 7, Kindle 5, Currin 4, Murray 4, Hedman 4, Clark 4. Knappa 11 5 8 14—38 Heppner 11 14 11 16—52 Chief Leschi 66, Ilwaco 62 CL (66): Galler 21, Bigalow 16, Allen 8, Staples 7, Nelson 5, Augkhspine 5, Maseelan 4. ILW (62): Zac Tapio 18, Mendoza 13, Tynkila 11, Kaino 9, Bannister 8, Lazaro 3, Schenk. C.Leschi 11 15 10 16 14—66 Ilwaco 19 11 12 10 10—62 Naselle 64, Willapa Valley 59 WV (59): Jason Fluke 17, Gray 10, Oblad 8, Ashley 6, Mitton 6, Cook 6, Graves 6. NAS (64): Travis Pine 17, Edwards 15, Estes 13, Lund 8, Gudmundsen 7, Dorman 3, Scrabeck 1, Jacob Eaton. W.Valley 14 15 13 17—59 Naselle 14 11 20 19—64 Ilwaco wrestlers top ‘The Rock’ at Warrenton mat meet The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The Il- waco, Wash., wrestling team had athletes place at all 14 weights Saturday, as the Fishermen won the 11-team Warrenton Tourna- ment, which featured the usual powerhouse from Castle Rock, Wash. Ilwaco had three individu- al champions, including Jack Odneal at 138 pounds, Riki Thompson (145) and Daylin Kemmer (170). Adding big points with sec- ond-place ¿nishes were Trenton Cox (113), Jack Kaino (160) and Alec Bell (220). Ilwaco’s Ghannon Wheldon (106) and Deantay Kellogg (195) provided third-place showings. The Fishermen racked up 249 points to win the team cham- pionship, topping Castle Rock (217.5) and Astoria (145). Knap- pa (125.5) and Warrenton (84.5) placed ¿fth and sixth, respective- ly. Knappa’s Andrew Goo]ee won the title at 182, and team- mate Reuben Cru] placed sec- ond at 152. Luke Goo]ee (113), Dawson Whiteside (145) and Noah Gothro (170) all added third-place points. “The team did well consid- ering we didn’t ¿ll ¿ve weights, and most schools were larger than Knappa,” Logger coach Dan Owings said. Final team scores: Ilwaco 249, Castle Rock 217.5, Astoria 145, Willapa Harbor 138, Knap- pa 125.5, Warrenton 84.5, Clats- kanie 77, Rainier 71, Neah-Kah- Nie 61, Vernonia 54.5, Seaside 26.