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SPORTS 4A Buzzer-beater sinks Loggers The Lions outscored the visitors 34-30 over the sec- ALOHA — Needless to ond and third quarters, to pull say, the Life Christian bas- ZLWKLQ HQWHULQJ WKH ¿- ketball program wasn’t ex- nal period. actly ready for play Tuesday Life Christian tied the night, as the newest member score at 60-60, and the Log- of the Northwest League. gers missed on an eventual Coaches for both the girls’ game-winner with less than DQGER\V¶WHDPVIDLOHGWR¿OO ¿YHVHFRQGVUHPDLQLQJ out scorebooks, resulting in Life Christian inbound- technical fouls on Life Chris- ed the ball under the Logger tian to start both games. basket with 3.5 seconds left, %XWDWOHDVWWKH/LRQV¿Q- and a long pass found Valey- ished well. sev, whose shot at the buzzer After Life Christian topped banked off the glass and in Knappa in the girls’ game (see from 25 feet. below), the Lions pulled off a Ethan Rubus added 10 stunning 63-60 victory in the points and pulled down nu- boys’ game, when Lion soph- merous rebounds against the omore Tim Valeysev banked taller Lions. in a 3-pointer from 25 feet as time expired. Warriors 41, Royals 38 “We played hard,” said PORTLAND — Warren- Knappa coach Chris Spencer. ton opened their 2015-16 “But they’re tough as nails. league season with a huge They have two kids (sopho- 41-38 win at Portland Chris- more Bo Quinlan and junior tian Tuesday night. Zeke Quinlan) who are just The Royals beat the War- great players. One is 6-6 and riors 47-27 in their last meet- the other is 6-4, and they ing at Portland Christian, Jan. both play guard. That’s what 19 of this year. we were up against. We were It was just the third War- outsized, but we battled.” renton victory in their last 33 Sophomore Dale Takalo league games. scored a team-high 20 points, Details were not available. and freshman teammate Tim- ber Engblom added 12 for Jewell 36, Astoria JVII 35 the Loggers, who built a 19-8 JEWELL — Jewell’s Ben lead after one quarter. Stahly scored 11 points to The Daily Astorian go with nine rebounds and four steals, as he led the Blue Jays to a 36-35 win over the Astoria JV II squad Monday night. Trystan Silva added eight points, with Sean Hinson and Dallas Ritchie adding seven points apiece. Burke Matthews had 11 points for Astoria. Ilwaco 42, South Bend 31 SOUTH BEND, Wash. — Ilwaco managed to hold off South Bend Tuesday night, 42-31 in a boys basketball game at South Bend. The Fishermen hit four SRLQWHUVLQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU DQG ¿QLVKHG RI IURP WKH¿HOG Zac Tapio was Ilwa- co’s leading scorer, with 11 points. Girls Basketball Lions 42, Loggers 30 ALOHA — Life Chris- tian’s Chloe Brock and Opal Christian scored 10 points apiece to lead the Lions to a 42-30 win over Knappa, in a Northwest League girls bas- ketball season opener. Emma Christian added nine points, as Life held a slim 21-16 lead at halftime. “It was the best game I’ve seen our girls play all season,” said Knappa coach Marie Green. “We only had IRXU WXUQRYHUV LQ WKH ¿UVW half, then ended with 17, so we got a little careless in the second half. “But (the Lions) had two girls over 6 feet, and it was nice to see us battle with them. Half our girls are sick, but we still played well, and it was a good game to watch.” Paris Vanderburg had nine points and eight rebounds for Knappa, while Bailey Corder added eight points, and Kait- O\Q /DQGZHKU ¿QLVKHG ZLWK 16 rebounds and four steals. Royals 61, Warriors 23 PORTLAND — In Lewis & Clark League girls basket- ball action, Portland Chris- tian defeated Warrenton 61- 23 in a Tuesday night league opener in Portland. The Warriors host Catlin Gabel Thursday. Astoria JV 26, Jewell 21 JEWELL — Sam Hems- ley topped all scorers with 11 points Monday night, as she led the Astoria JV team to a 26-21 win over Jewell. Grace Cummings added nine points for the Lady Fish- ermen, while Hanna Littlep- age paced Jewell with seven points. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015 SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — C.S. Lewis at Jewell, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — C.S. Lewis at Jewell, 7:15 p.m. Wrestling — Astoria 4-Way, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Catlin Ga- bel at Warrenton, 6:15 p.m.; Gas- ton at Knappa, 6:15 p.m.; South Bend at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Catlin Ga- bel at Warrenton, 8 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 8 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Life Christian 63, Knappa 60 KNA (60): Dale Takalo 20, Engb- lom 12, Rubus 10, Weirup 8, Miller 8, Severson 1, Geisler 1. LC (63): Bo Quinlan 29, Va- leysev 17, Z.Quinlan 14, Yang 2, Newman 1. Knappa 19 13 17 11—60 Life C. 8 14 20 21—63 Jewell 36, Astoria JVII 35 AST (35): Burke Matthews 14, Reed 11, Merry 4, Whitsett 2, Jimenez 2, Ploghoff 2, Matlock, Soderstrom, Palmberg, Qualls, Hutchinson, Roe, Samuelson. JWL (36): Ben Stahly 11, Silva 8, Hinson 7, Ritchie 7, Meehan 3, Gerken, Munk, Lyon. Astoria Jewell 10 4 12 9—35 7 10 13 5—36 Ilwaco 42, South Bend 31 ILW (42): Zac Tapio 11, Bannis- ter 9, Tynkaila 7, Schenk 6, Lazaro 4, Kaino 3, Mendoza 2, Aguayo. SB (31): A.J. Sanchez 8, Jordan Dockter 8, Johnson 6, Mora 4, A.Morales 3, Rose 2, M.Morales. Ilwaco 15 8 14 5—42 S.Bend 12 3 9 7—31 GIRLS BASKETBALL Life Christian 42, Knappa 30 KNA (30): Paris Vanderburg 9, Corder 8, Landwehr 3, Vandergriff 3, McMahan 2, Silva 2, Miethe 2, Truax 1, Strain. LC (42): Chloe Brock 10, Opal Christian 10, E.Christian 9, Baylor 7, L.Osbourn 2, Burton 2, M.Os- bourn 2. Knappa 4 12 6 8—30 Life C. 13 8 8 13—42 Astoria JV 26, Jewell 21 AST (26): Sam Hemsley 11, Cummings 9, Dott 3, Lyngstad 3, Burnett, Nash, Tanahashi, Palm- rose, Baty. JWL (21): Hanna Littlepage 7, Thurston 4, Guillen 4, A.Littlepage 2, Morales 2, Blodgett 2, Olvera, Kaczenski. Astoria 7 5 4 10—26 Jewell 1 6 6 8—21 SEASIDE HOLIDAY CLASSIC BASKETBALL Thursday’s Schedule (All games at Seaside HS; game times are approximate) Girls 10 a.m.: Elma vs. Astoria 1 p.m.: Corbett vs. Newport 4 p.m.: Sisters vs. Lost River 7 p.m.: Madras vs. Seaside Boys 11:30 a.m.: Elma vs. Astoria 2:30 p.m.: Corbett vs. Newport 5:30 p.m.: Sisters vs. Castle Rock 8:30 p.m.: Madras vs. Seaside Bracket available online at http:// bit.ly/227jsuS Party barn: Gearhart City Council’s vote was unanimous Continued from Page 1A “It’s hard to understand, when human health and safety are at issue,” she said. Smith’s ttorney, Dan Ke- arns, sought to persuade the council that “vindictiveness” against his client played a role in the repeated administrative penalties. Kearns said Smith had no QHHGRIDFHUWL¿FDWHRIRFFXSDQ- cy to hold the types of events occurring at the barn. Since the barn had been an event space in the past, Smith had no need to acquire a con- ditional use permit for future events. He also argued Smith had been complying with the city’s requests, but consideration of her plans had not been under- taken in a timely manner. Other homes as event centers Kearns said there were at least two other homes in Gear- hart advertising themselves as event centers, yet the city had not presented them with vio- lations. In addition, Gearhart’s lack of short-term rental rules provided no policies that would prohibit weddings or other par- ties at the barn. In a lengthy review on be- half of Smith, consultant Gary Olmon of Architectural Al- liance NW in Lake Oswego, said the barn was ready for occupancy and safe for use. He took Brien to task for failing to approve Smith’s plans. “Give her a building permit,” he said. ³/HW¶VJHWKHUFDVKÀRZLQJ´ Brien’s credibility and pro- fessional reputation played a large part in the council’s deci- sion to uphold the administra- tive penalties. ³,VWDQGE\P\FLW\RI¿FLDO´ Councilor Kerry Smith said. “He is a professional. He is in this position, and that’s why he has my support.” “Jim Brien gets plans ap- proved in a most timely fash- ion,” Councilor Dan Jesse, a builder, said. “I respect him. Because of that, I am inclined to believe what he is telling us.” Arguments from Kearns and input from the consultant failed to persuade councilors to drop the administrative penalties. The council voted unanimously to uphold Brien. Councilors then voted to halve the penalties. “I would like to see the barn work, but I believe blatant dis- regard needs to be not reward- ed, but cost you something so you know this is no fooling around, this is big people busi- ness,” Councilor Kerry Smith said. “This is what we’re going to do to you.” Mayor Dianne Widdop, Cockrum, Jesse and Smith vot- ed to reduce the penalties to $15,000, while Sue Lorain vot- ed against the reduction. Injunction hearing ahead Smith is scheduled to go be- fore Judge Cindee Matyas Dec. 31 in a separate legal proceeding involving Neacoxie Creek Barn. This stems from a decision by Gearhart Municipal Court Judge John Orr that the city failed to appropriately cite zoning code WR VSHFL¿FDOO\ SURKLELW ZHG- dings and special events. The city is seeking an injunction to prevent future commercial use of the barn.