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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015 9A Astoria, Seaside boys open Classic with wins By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Even with a 9 p.m. start, the Sea- side boys basketball team was playing lively bas- ketball Thursday night, in an opening-round game of the Seaside Holiday Classic. Action continues today and concludes Saturday at Seaside High School. The Gulls opened the game vs. Madras with a 3-pointer by Jackson Januik, and started the second half with a trey by Hunter Thompson, as Seaside was never threatened in the 73-62 win. Jaxson Smith poured in a game-high 28 points for the Gulls, who will face Sisters in tonight’s semi- ¿nals 9 p.m.. Astoria plays 1ewport in the other semi¿nal, as the two teams are on a Clatsop Clash collision course for the tournament championship. Seaside’s ¿rst half lead reached 33-6, before Madras staged a brief rally to pull within 39-3 at halftime. Thompson and Smith both drained 3-pointers to push the lead back to 6-3 at the end of the third quarter. Januik and Thompson each ¿nished with 2 points. Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Alexis Wallace, No. 10, tries to pass under pressure during the basketball game against Elma Thursday at Seaside High School. Astoria 59, Elma 38 Astoria was in command from start to ¿nish Thursday morning, in the ¿rst boys’ game of the tournament. Derek Jarrett had a steal and dunk for the ¿rst two points of the game, and the Fishermen cruised to a 59-38 win over Elma. “We didn’t have to run a lot of offense,” said coach Kevin Goin. “For not playing in a week-and- a-half, we played great defense, forced turnovers and got a lot of steals for some easy hoops.” Morgan Fruiht scored 20 points for Astoria, and teammate Kyle Strange added 2. Girls Seaside 47, Madras 29 It was technically a “come from behind” victory for the Seaside girls Thursday night, in a ¿rst round game of the Holiday Classic. Trailing Madras -2 early, the /ady Gulls went on a 7-2 run to close the ¿rst half, on their way to a 7-29 win. Consecutive scores by Maddi Utti and Paige Ideue in the third helped Seaside open a 28-0 lead, with a Mumper by /ucy %odner making it 32-6. Utti hit a 3-pointer and Sydney Villegas had a three-point early in the fourth, as Seaside pulled away. Utti led with 23 points. The Gulls play /ost 5iver in tonight’s semi¿- nals. Astoria’s Derek Jarrett, No. 34, shoots through a pair of Elma defenders in the second quarter of the basketball game against Elma Thursday at Seaside High School. Astoria’s Fridtjof Fremstad, No. 12, puts up a shot. record in nonleague games, the Warrenton /ady Warriors dropped their second league contest in a row, as Catlin Gabel left Warrenton with a 50-29 win Thursday night. Boys Basketball Knappa 82, Gaston 44 K1APPA — The Knappa /oggers bounced back from their loss at /ife Christian with an 82- win over Gaston Thursday. Knappa jumped all over the visitors to start the game. Sophomore Colton Weirup scored the ¿rst 2 points, as Knappa built a 6-0 lead. %ut Knappa’s go-to guy was sophomore Dale Takalo, who scored a game-high 35 points, 26 in the second half. Weirup added 2, and freshman Timber Engb- lom scored 0 for Knappa. Elma 57, Astoria 46 Conley Doyle scored 5 points, and three other Elma players added eight points apiece to help the Eagles score a 57-6 win over Astoria in the ¿rst game of the Holiday Classic. Chloee Hunt was in foul trouble for most of the game, but led the /ady Fishermen with 22 points, followed by Kaylee Mitchell with seven. Girls Basketball Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 32, and Elma’s Kolton Emerson, No. 31, fight for a rebound. Knappa 45, Gaston 30 K1APPA — A big third quarter lifted the Knap- pa /ady /oggers to their ¿rst victory of the 205- 6 season, a 2-30 win over Gaston Thursday at Knappa. Holding a slim 9-5 lead at halftime, the /og- gers changed up their defense to start the second half, and began to score basket-after-basket, follow- ing steal-after-steal to build a 38-2 lead. Kaitlyn /andwehr had 0 points in the third period alone, on her way to 20 points, with 2 re- bounds, six steals and ¿ve assists. Astoria grapples with Washington schools The Daily Astorian The Astoria wrestling team hosted a -way dual meet Wednesday, with three Washington schools taking part. Astoria lost duals to Mark Morris 39-28 and 5.A. /ong -2, while Ilwaco rolled over Mark Morris 66- 6 and 5.A. /ong 58-5. Astoria still had three wrestlers win two matches in Wednesday’s action. Mateo DeVargas 5 pounds scored a 2- major decision over Austin %easley of Mark Morris, and a won a close match against 5.A. /ong’s 2wen Enrigue], 6-. At 52, Astoria’s Jared /ucore scored a pin 29 over Thomas %easley of Mark Morris, and defeated 5.A. /ong’s Coleman 1a- ding, 2- and 220-pounder %ronson Holthusen pinned Alex %ollinger of Mark Morris 35 and topped Devlin 1ipper of 5.A. /ong, 2-. Astoria’s Trey Hageman pinned Mark Morris’s Isaiah Hubbard at 38. Ilwaco will compete to- day and Saturday in a 70- team meet at the /as Vegas Convention Center. Presen t this co u p o n fo r $2 off O ffer exp ires 12/31/15 lim it o n e co u p o n p er visit a 6 4 o z. G ro w ler o f fresh cra ft b eer, cid er, ko m b ucha o r ro o t b eer 64 oz. container can be re-filled again and again ! Visit u s in the M in i M a rt! 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SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE Seaside 47, Madras 29 Boys Astoria 59, Elma 38 Newport 78, Corbett 57 Sisters 45, Castle Rock 38 Seaside 73, Madras 62 Friday’s Schedule (Times are approximate) Girls 9:30 am: Astoria vs. Corbett 12:30: Sisters vs. Madras 3:30: Elma vs. Newport 6:45: Lost River vs. Seaside Boys 11 am: Elma vs. Corbett 2:00: Castle Rock vs. Madras 5:15: Astoria vs. Newport 8:30: Sisters vs. Seaside TODAY Girls Basketball — Central Linn at Knappa, 6:15 p.m.; Jewell at Wil- lamette Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Central Linn at Knappa, 8 p.m.; Jewell at Willa- mette Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Naselle at Warrenton, 6:15 p.m.; Kalama at Il- waco, 7 p.m. Wrestling — Seaside at Nestuc- ca, 9 a.m.; Wahkiakum Invitational, 9:30 a.m. SEASIDE HOLIDAY CLASSIC Thursday’s Scores Girls Elma 57, Astoria 46 Newport 57, Corbett 40 Lost River 40, Sisters 29 GIRLS BASKETBALL Knappa 45, Gaston 30 GST (30): Amber Becker 10, Bas- sel 5, Hall 4, Watkins 4, Boehmer 3, Knuteson 2, Zadowny 2, Ranes 2. KNA (45): Kaitlyn Landwehr 20, Corder 10, Vanderburg 6, Vander- griff 3, McMahan 2, Silva 2, Miethe 2, Strain, Inman, Truax. Gaston 7 8 6 9—30 Knappa 5 14 19 7—45 BOYS BASKETBALL Knappa 82, Gaston 44 GST (44): Fernando Jimenez 10, Nick Steele 10, Mann 8, Morgan 5, Anderson 3, Ingle 3, Patzlaff 2, Tal- ent 1, Lund 1. KNA (82): Dale Takalo 35, Weirup 24, Engblom 10, Miller 8, Rubus 3, Hendrickson 2, Goodman 2, Hunt, Geisler, Severson. 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