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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2015
Astoria rally falls short at Dulcich Memorial, 65-61
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
In a thriller that woke
up the echoes in the ol’
Brick House, the Sandy
Pioneers fought off a ma-
jor fourth-quarter rally
by the Astoria Fishermen
late Wednesday night, and
walked away with a 65-61
win to earn the first-place
trophy at the 2015 Vince
Dulcich Memorial Tourna-
ment.
Yes, a win would have
been nice for the Fishermen
— but Astoria head coach
Kevin Goin knows how to
keep things in perspective.
“I’m really happy with
where we’re at,” he said fol-
lowing the loss. “We grew
up a ton in that game.”
With his team trailing 50-
30 with 2:30 left in the third
quarter, “It would have been
easy to hang our heads and
not fight through it,” Goin
said. “But I was proud of
our guys. It shows a lot of
change in our (Fishermen
basketball) culture, and what
we ask our kids to do.
“It was nice to the see the
crowd stand up at the end of
the game and get into it,” he
said. “That made our kids
feel really good.”
Meanwhile, “coming up
short” was the story of the
night for the Fishermen.
Astoria came up short on
several close-range shots in
the first half, and missed on
several key free throw at-
tempts down the stretch (As-
toria was 6-of-10 at the line
in the fourth quarter); and a
3-pointer with two seconds
left also fell short.
In the end, however,
Goin had to call it what it
was — a narrow, nonleague
loss against a good 5A op-
ponent.
“We grew up a lot,” he
said. “We missed a lot of
easy ones early on, and got
a little rattled by it. We got
down 20 and fought back.
“You always want to win,
but I couldn’t be prouder
with the effort we gave.”
The Pioneers, meanwhile,
led from start to finish …
even if it didn’t feel like it.
Sandy held a 22-10 lead
early in the second quarter,
only to see the Fishermen
close the gap with a 9-0 run,
sparked by a 3-pointer from
Kyle Strange.
Sandy’s Matt Stevens
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Astoria’s Chloee Hunt, No. 12, turns to shoot during the
basketball game. More photos at www.dailyastorian.com
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Astoria’s Justin Fruiht, No. 23, passes during the basketball game against Sandy at As-
toria High School Wednesday.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at
Cascade, 3:30 p.m.; Warrenton at
Gaston, 3 p.m.; Creswell at Knap-
pa, 3:30 p.m.; Wahkiakum at Ilwa-
co, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at
Cascade, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at
Gaston, 4:45 p.m.; Creswell at
Knappa, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling — Astoria at Scap-
poose Tournament, TBA; Warren-
ton at Willamina, 10 a.m.; Knappa
at North Beach Tournament, TBA
BOYS BASKETBALL
Sandy 65, Astoria 61
SAN (65): Mason Gorski 15,
Floyd 13, Wilson 12, Gilbert 8, Ste-
answered with a pair of
3-pointers in the final min-
ute of the half for a 32-21
halftime lead.
The Pioneers dropped
four more 3-point bombs in
the third quarter (three by
Jadon Floyd), pushing the
lead to 50-30.
But Astoria kept the heat
on defensively, forcing turn-
overs and scoring in transi-
tion.
Ole Englund scored on a
three-point play with 1:23
left in the third, and Justin
Fruiht scored twice follow-
ing offensive rebounds to
help the Fishermen close to
within 50-43 by the end of
the quarter.
The Pioneers answered,
as Mason Gorski and Cole
Wilson both hit 3-pointers to
vens 8, Remsburg 4, Kansala 3,
Poulin 2.
AST (61): Justin Fruiht 17, Jar-
rett 13, Englund 8, Fremstad 8,
Strange 7, Palek 6, Gohl 2, Arns-
dorf.
Sandy
17 15 18 15—65
Astoria
8 13 22 18—61
Knappa 58, G.P. Vanier 45
GPV (45): Tyler Knopp 13, Ho-
benshield 11, Strachan 7, Leop-
key-Johnson 7, Le 3, Wilson 2,
Boutin 2.
KNA (58): Colton Weirup 22,
Takalo 16, Miller 13, Geisler 4,
Severson 3, Engblom, Eltagonde,
Rubus, Hunt, Goodman.
GP Vanier
14 12 10 9—45
Knappa
17 15 11 15—58
push the lead back to 59-50.
Back came the Fisher-
men. Baskets by Derek Jar-
rett, Fruiht and Ryan Palek,
and Fritz Fremstad’s layup
with 16 seconds left had As-
toria within 62-60.
Gorski was fouled with
nine seconds remaining, but
teammate Ben Gilbert — out
of frustration — continued
to the hoop and grabbed the
net, resulting in a technical
foul.
Gorski made 1-of-2 free
throws for a 63-60 lead, and
Jarrett made 1-of-2 at the
other end to make it 63-61,
and Astoria had the ball with
nine seconds left.
The Fishermen got the
look they wanted, but a
3-pointer fell short, and Gor-
ski made two free throws
Kaylee Mitchell just before
halftime.
Chloee Hunt had a pair of
3-pointers for the Fishermen
in the second half, in which
Astoria outscored the Bull-
dogs 13-12.
Only four players scored
for Sutherlin, led by Taylor
Stricklin’s 25 points. Mitch-
ell had nine for Astoria.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Consolation
Sutherlin 45, Astoria 22
SUT (45): Taylor Stricklin 25,
Mock 9, Baker 6, Klein 5.
AST (22): Kaylee Mitchell 9, Hunt
6, DeMander 4, Mickle 2, Hemsley
1, Dalton, Abrahams, Gimre.
Sutherlin
17 16 6 6—45
Astoria
2 7 11 2—22
Boys
Knappa 58, G.P. Vanier 45
The Knappa boys capped
the Dulcich Tournament
on a positive note Wednes-
day afternoon, with a 58-
45 win over G.P. Vanier of
British Columbia, in the
seventh-place consolation
game.
Knappa’s Colton Weirup,
Dale Takalo and Jason Mill-
er combined for 51 points to
outscore the Canadian team.
Weirup had 22 points,
while Takalo added 16 and
Miller 13.
The Loggers were down
8-0 to start, before rallying
to lead 17-14 after one quar-
ter. Knappa led 43-36 enter-
ing the final period, when
Takalo (6-for-6) and Weirup
(2-for-2) combined to make
8-of-8 free throw attempts.
Girls
Rainier 46, Knappa 20
Sophomore Desirae Han-
sen scored 15 points and
sophomore teammate Aspen
Norman added 11 to help
Rainier post a 46-20 win
over Knappa Wednesday
morning, in the girls’ sev-
enth-place consolation game
of the Dulcich Tournament.
The Columbians led 11-1
after one quarter and 29-9 by
halftime.
Kaitlyn Landwehr was
Knappa’s high scorer with
six points, to go with five
Rainier 46, Knappa 20
RAI (46): Desirae Hansen 15, Nor-
man 11, Crape 6, Schimmel 4, Bush
4, Probasco 2, Earls 2, Walsh 2.
KNA (20): Kaitlyn Landwehr 6,
Corder 5, Vandergriff 4, Vander-
burg 3, Silva 2, Strain, Truax, Mc-
Mahan, Inman, Taggart, Miethe.
Rainier
11 18 11 6—46
Knappa
1 8 4 7—20
with 0.8 seconds left to se-
cure the win.
Sandy had three players
in double figures, led by
Gorski with 15 and Floyd
(13). Jarrett scored 13 points
for Astoria.
Girls
Sutherlin 45, Astoria 22
Astoria outscored the
defending state champi-
ons in the second half, but
Sutherlin had the game well
in hand by then, as the Bull-
dogs won the girls’ Dulcich
Tournament title, 45-22 over
the Lady Fish.
The Bulldogs (28-0 last
season) jumped out to a
17-2 lead after one quarter,
and Sutherlin’s lead eventu-
ally reached 33-5, before a
four-point play by Astoria’s
steals. Bailey Corder had
five points and seven boards.
Stayton Holiday
Classic
While both Astoria teams
came up short in the champi-
onship games of the Dulcich
Tournament, Seaside owned
the Stayton Holiday Classic,
where both Seaside teams
went 3-0 and won champi-
onships Wednesday night.
On the boys’ side, the No.
3-ranked Gulls overcame a
10-point deficit to start the
fourth quarter to beat Glad-
stone, 46-45.
The Gladiators held a
45-43 lead with 30 seconds
left, before Seaside’s Attikin
Babb drained a 3-point shot
with 15 seconds remaining
for the go-ahead points.
The Gulls broke up a lob
pass as time expired to win
the game and the tourna-
ment.
Jaxson Smith scored 17
points to lead Seaside, which
travels to Gladstone Tuesday
for a rematch.
Girls
Seaside 58, Molalla 40
The Seaside girls are now
ranked second in the state
following a 58-40 win over
previous No. 2 Molalla in
the championship game of
the Stayton Holiday Classic.
No details were available.
Warriors, St. Paul split
basketball doubleheader
WARRENTON — The
Warrenton basketball teams
split a doubleheader with
St. Paul, in two nonleague
games at Warrenton Wednes-
day.
The Buckaroos opened
with a 49-34 win over the
Warriors, while the Warren-
ton boys posted a 64-46 vic-
tory.
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Center, and as regional di-
rector for clinical operations,
before taking her current role.
She was awarded the position
on a permanent basis in Sep-
tember
Zauner came to nursing after
marriage and a family, graduat-
ing with an associate’s degree
from Clackamas Community
College in 1992. After gradua-
tion, she went to work as a nurse
with Providence Portland, and
said with a wink she was “lucky
enough to garner the coveted
night-shift position.”
Zauner liked working at
night, and “learned a lot very
quickly.” She spent 20 years
at Providence Portland, and
moved into a variety of roles,
becoming a nurse manager
for the Providence system of
75,000 employees.
“I loved that, but it was
a lot of travel,” she said. She
visited 30 of Providence’s 35
hospitals, including facilities
in Montana and Alaska.
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a system-level position when
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Flavel: Any major changes to the M&N
Building must go before the Astoria
Historic Landmarks Commission
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The M&N Building, con-
structed in 1924 and named
after the captain’s wife, Mary,
and daughter, Nellie, fac-
es many maintenance and
structural issues, punctuated
by a crack running down the
southwestern corner.
“It’s interesting to me that
the published reserve price
has generated a lot of inter-
est,” Peede said, adding inter-
est often wanes once people
realize the work needed to
refurbish the building and that
it cannot easily be torn down.
“It could take, depending
on what they want to use it
for, considerable or quite a
bit of capital improvement,”
Peede said. “My understand-
ing is it has not been occupied
for about 20 years.”
The last known tenant of
the building was Sears, which
vacated in 1996 and moved to
its current location on Marine
Drive. With its historic status,
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go before the Astoria Historic
Landmarks Commission.
To demolish the building,
Community Development Di-
rector Kevin Cronin said, the
owner would have to submit
enough information to prove
it is not economically viable
to restore. Proof could take
the form of a structural or ar-
chitectural report, or a com-
parison between the cost of
restoring versus what can be
made in rent.
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munity is to try and save the
building,” Cronin said. “The
sticking point is the appraised
value of the building versus
what is economically viable
as a redeveloped property.”
A representative from Re-
alty Marketing was in Asto-
ria as recently as Wednesday
showing the building off to
prospective buyers. Peede
said the company would
touch base with Flavel early
next year to see how to move
forward.
Flavel struck an agreement
with the city last December
to sell the Flavel mansion at
Franklin Avenue and 15th
Street and the M&N Building
downtown. In May, Greg Ne-
wenhof, the co-owner of City
Lumber, bought the house for
$221,901.
Flavel also agreed to sell
or bring up to code her build-
ing on the south side of Com-
mercial Street. John Good-
enberger, a historic buildings
consultant with the city, has
said Flavel plans to use the
proceeds from the M&N
Building sale to invest in the
other property.
Caroline Evans, Flavel’s
conservator, did not immedi-
ately respond to a request for
comment.
es, she and her husband chose
a condominium on Necanicum
Drive “just a few blocks from
the beach.”
“I have a3-year-old grand-
son, and he just loves coming
to Grandma’s beach house,”
Zauner said.
The hospital has 375 care-
givers at clinics at Astoria,
Seaside, Warrenton and Can-
non Beach, she said. A new
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got a lot of experience at crit-
ical access hospitals, and he
really knows our community
on the North Coast.”
With a nationwide short-
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ry care providers is an ongoing
concern. “Enticing them here
is a challenge, because there
are so few of them,” she said.
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roles, she said.
“I am loving the work
here,” Zauner said. “I love
working with nurses and the
support department as well. I
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Janiece Zauner, chief oper-
ating officer of Providence
Seaside Hospital, moved to
the coast in April.
am loving Seaside. I always
wanted to have a home at the
beach. I never thought I’d be
this close.”
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