SPORTS
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Buzzer-beater sinks Loggers
The Lions outscored the
visitors 34-30 over the sec-
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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://
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Party barn: Gearhart City Council’s vote was unanimous
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“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
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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.
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Brien’s credibility and pro-
fessional reputation played a
large part in the council’s deci-
sion to uphold the administra-
tive penalties.
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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
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dings and special events. The
city is seeking an injunction to
prevent future commercial use
of the barn.