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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 SPORTS 5A :DONHU*RR]HHZLQ3DF5LPWLWOHV Seahawks escape with 10-9 win over Vikings after Walsh miss By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — While the team championship is usually reserved for the likes of Estaca- da, Cascade and Scappoose, lo- cal wrestlers are becoming more prominent with each year of the Seaside Pac Rim wrestling tour- nament. The annual tourney, now named the “Pac Rim Armed Forces Tournament,” brings in top teams from around the re- gion for two days of wrestling at Seaside High School. This year’s team champion ² IRU WKH IRXUWK WLPH LQ ¿YH years — was Scappoose, with 229.5 points. Astoria had one RI LWV EHVW WHDP ¿QLVKHV LQ UH- FHQW\HDUVWDNLQJ¿IWKRXWRI VFKRROVZLWKSRLQWV:DU- UHQWRQ ZDV WK .QDSSD WK DQG6HDVLGHWK And the locals were well-rep- resented on the awards stand. Topping the list — and the awards stand — was Warrenton senior Colton Walker, who won his third straight Pac Rim title at SRXQGV :DONHU ZRQ LQ DV D sophomore at Astoria, followed by a championship last season for Warrenton. “This tournament is always one of the biggest on our sched- ule, and it’s pretty cool to win three times,” said Walker, cur- UHQWO\WKH1RUDQNHGZUHVWOHU LQWKHVWDWHDW And after narrowly losing LQ WKH VWDWH FKDPSLRQVKLS ¿- nals last year, Walker said, “I’m looking to win state this year, for sure.” Walker opened the Pac Rim with a bye, then scored a tech- QLFDO IDOO RYHU -RVHSK Austin of St. Helens. He pinned $VWRULD¶V -RVH (VSLQR]D LQWKHVHPL¿QDOV In the championship bout, Walker was challenged by a wrestler from his former school, VRSKRPRUH-XDQ-LPHQH]RI$V- toria, but Walker won by techni- FDOIDOODWWKHPDUN ³, KDG IDFHG -LPHQH] EH- fore, a couple weekends ago at our tournament, and pinned him By DAVE CAMPBELL Associated Press Jeff Ter Har/For the Daily Astorian Knappa junior Andrew Goozee on his way to the individual title at 182 pounds, as he scored an eventual 7-0 win over Astoria’s Kaden Gilbert. LQ VHFRQGV´ :DONHU VDLG ³+HSXWXSDJRRG¿JKWWRGD\´ In the same weight bracket, $VWRULD¶V (VSLQR]D KDG D ¿UVW round bye, followed by a pin RYHU 9HUQRQLD¶V .DWLH *RRGPDQ WR UHDFK WKH VHPL¿- nals. 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SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Mateo DeVargas puts Scappoose’s Jack Eggers in a hold during their wrestling match. ,W¶VD9HUQRQLDEORFNSDUW\DW.QDSSD the Brick House. The Fishermen overcame a KDOIWLPH GH¿FLW E\ RXW- .1$33$ ² $ /RJJHU VFRULQJ WKH (DJOHV LQ WKH Showdown turned into one big second half. $VWRULD¶V .\OH 6WUDQJH OHG EORFNSDUW\IRUWKH9HUQRQLD/RJ- DOO VFRUHUV ZLWK SRLQWV ZLWK gers Friday. The league’s main challenger )ULGWMRI )UHPVWDG DGGLQJ QLQH WR XQVHDW .QDSSD DV WKH 1RUWK- 2OH(QJOXQGDQG-DFNVRQ$UQV- west League champion took a dorf scored eight points apiece. big step towards their goal, as Huskies 43, Fishermen 42 9HUQRQLD WRSSHG .QDSSD 1RUWK 0DULRQ VFRUHG RQ D in a key showdown. 9HUQRQLDKDGMXVWRQHSOD\HU post-up play as time ran out LQ GRXEOH ¿JXUHV 5REHUW &RQ- Friday night, giving the No. QRUZLWKSRLQWVRIIWKHEHQFK UDQNHG+XVNLHVDZLQDW but the visiting Loggers made Astoria. 7DQQHU6FDQODQKDGSRLQWV JRRGXVHRIWKHLUVL]HDGYDQWDJH E\ EORFNLQJ .QDSSD VKRWV IRUWKH+XVNLHVZKRWUDLOHG JRLQJLQWRWKHIRXUWKTXDUWHU and changing even more. .QDSSD ¿QLVKHG RI ZKHQWKH\RXWVFRUHG$VWRULD IURPWKH¿HOGMXVWRIIURP WKHSRLQWOLQHZLWK'DOH7DND- Gulls 55, Cubs 36 OROHDGLQJWKHZD\ZLWKSRLQWV NEWPORT — Seaside had 7DNDORVFRUHGDOOQLQH.QDS- SDSRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHULQ- WKUHH SOD\HUV LQ GRXEOH ¿JXUHV FOXGLQJDOD\XSIRUDQHDUO\ )ULGD\DW1HZSRUWLQDZLQ over the Cubs. advantage. Hunter Thompson led the 9HUQRQLD DQVZHUHG ZLWK EDFNWREDFN VFRUHV E\ -DUHG ZD\ZLWKSRLQWVIROORZHGE\ -DFNVRQ-DQXLNZLWKDQG-D[- 0HGHDULVIRUDOHDG .QDSSDFRROHGRIILQWKHVHF- VRQ6PLWKZLWK 7KH*XOOVKHOGDOHDG RQG SHULRG KLWWLQJ MXVW RI VKRWVZKLFKOHGWRDKDOI- DWKDOIWLPHDV1RUDQNHG6HD- VLGHLPSURYHVWRRYHUDOO WLPHGH¿FLW $ UXQ HDUO\ LQ WKH WKLUG Warriors lose two was all the visitors needed to pull PORTLAND — Two games away, as Tristan Adams capped WKHUDOO\ZLWKDSRLQWHUIRUD in two days proved to be a tough task for the Warrenton boys bas- OHDG Arne Schiemann added the ketball team, which lost both exclamation point with a dunk games over the weekend to RIIDVWHDOWKDWOHGWR9HUQRQLD¶V teams from Portland. Fifth-ranked De La Salle ODUJHVWOHDGDW SRVWHGDZLQDW:DUUHQWRQ Friday, and the Warriors dropped Loggers 62, Dragons 30 SHERIDAN — The Loggers D GHFLVLRQ DW 5LYHUGDOH bounced back from their Friday Saturday. QLJKW ORVV ZLWK D ZLQ DW Cougars 55, Blue Jays 30 Delphian Saturday. 02/$//$ ² -HZHOO KDG 'DOH 7DNDOR SRXUHG LQ points and the Loggers allowed D JRRG VWDUW LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU MXVWWKUHHSRLQWVLQWKHWKLUGTXDU- but Country Christian eventu- WHU DV .QDSSD JDLQHG UHYHQJH DOO\RSHQHGXSDKDOIWLPH for two losses to the Dragons last OHDGRQLWVZD\WRD&DVFR /HDJXH ZLQ RYHU WKH %OXH -D\V season. Friday. 'HUHN +DOYRUVRQ KDG Fishermen 57, Eagles 39 After a one-point loss to points for Country Christian, and 1RUWK 0DULRQ WKH QLJKW EHIRUH 7U\VWDQ6LOYDVFRUHGIRU-HZ- VHH VWRU\ EHORZ WKH $VWRULD ell. )LVKHUPHQ MXPSHG EDFN RQ WKH Ilwaco 52, Crusaders 45 ZLQQLQJWUDFNZLWKDZLQ 7$&20$:DVK²,OZDFR over Stayton Saturday night at By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian 0,11($32/,6²5XV- sell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks needed more than WKUHH TXDUWHUV WR ZDUP XS DW 0LQQHVRWD WKHLU TXHVW to avenge last year’s Super %RZO ORVV QHDUO\ IUR]HQ EH- fore it began. 7KH 9LNLQJV DIWHU JULW- ting through this grind-it- out wild-card round playoff game, booted their chance to beat the two-time defend- ing NFC champions. Blair :DOVK¶V\DUG¿HOGJRDOWU\ into the frigid wind hooked left with 22 seconds remain- ing, handing the Seahawks a YLFWRU\RYHUWKHVWXQQHG 9LNLQJV RQ D 6XQGD\ LQ EH- ORZ]HUR ZHDWKHU WKDW WLHG for the third-coldest NFL game on record. “A lot of people would’ve folded up and said, `That’s it,’ but we’ve got a team full RI ¿JKWHUV´ 6HDKDZNV FRU- nerback Richard Sherman said. 7KH 6HDKDZNV didn’t score until Russell Wilson’s short touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin early LQWKHIRXUWKTXDUWHU7KHQD fumble by Adrian Peterson IRU WKH 9LNLQJV RQ WKH QH[W SRVVHVVLRQVHWXSD¿HOGJRDO by Steven Hauschka. 7KH 9LNLQJV WRRN the ball for the deciding drive ZLWKOHIWDWWKHLUDQG aided by a pass interference SHQDOW\ RQ .DP &KDQFHOORU drove deep into Seattle’s territory. After draining the clock for the seemingly in- evitable win, Walsh simply missed the winner after mak- ing all three of his earlier at- tempts. “That’s called grace,” Chancellor said. “That’s all it is.” Seattle will play next weekend at Carolina, where WKH3DQWKHUVKDGD¿UVWURXQG E\HLQEDOP\PLGVZHDWK- er. “I think we were fortu- nate that we got the win,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “A lot of those times, guys make those kicks. There’s a high percentage that they make them, but you’ve still got to do it.” Walsh didn’t hide. Hold- HU -HII /RFNH KDG WKH ODFHV turned in, not out, but there were no excuses to be made. ³<RX¶UH FRQ¿GHQW EXW you never think that you have it or take it for grant- ed,” Walsh said, subdued with glassy eyes in the locker URRPDIWHUZDUG³,MXVWGLGQ¶W put a swing on it that would be acceptable by anybody’s standards.” overcame some early offensive VWUXJJOHVIRUDZLQDW7D- coma Baptist Friday. Ethan Bannister led Ilwaco ZLWK SRLQWV ZKLFK LQFOXGHG WKUHHSRLQWHUVLQWKHWKLUGTXDU- WHUIROORZHGE\$OH[.DLQRDQG -DPHV 6FKHQN ZLWK SRLQWV apiece. .DLQRKDG¿YHVWHDOVDQG=DF Tapio hauled in nine rebounds. 0DULRQ)ULGD\QLJKWDWWKH%ULFN House. 7KH/DG\)LVKWUDLOHG HQWHULQJWKHIRXUWKTXDUWHUZKHQ Astoria outscored the Huskies .D\OHH 0LWFKHOO VFRUHG points with seven rebounds, DQG &KORHH +XQW DGGHG points. Alexis Wallace had six rebounds. Girls Basketball Warriors drop a pair PORTLAND — The War- renton girls came up short in a pair of Lewis & Clark League games over the weekend. De La Salle defeated the War- ULRUV)ULGD\DQG5LYHUGDOH PDQDJHGDZLQRYHU:DU- renton Saturday. 5LYHUGDOH LPSURYHG WR overall, while Warrenton falls to LQOHDJXHSOD\ Lady Gulls 57, Cubs 30 NEWPORT — A long layoff did not affect the Seaside girls basketball team Friday at New- port, where the Gulls defeated WKH&XEV “Our goal is to get better ev- ery day in practice and games. As league gets closer we have to get better,” said Wally Hamer, coach of the state’s No. 2-ranked team. “We played Newport about three weeks ago in our tourna- ment, and hadn’t played for nine days. So we had to get rid of the rust.” 7KH¿UVWTXDUWHU³ZDVDOLWWOH slow, but all in all it was a good effort,” Hamer said. One year to the day after scor- LQJSRLQWVLQDSRLQWZLQ RYHU 1HZSRUW 6HDVLGH¶V 0DGGL 8WWL WRVVHG LQ SRLQWV LQ )UL- day’s victory. ³0DGGL KDG DQRWKHU JUHDW JDPH ZLWK 6\GQH\ 9LOOHJDV DQG:KLWQH\:HVWHUKROPFKLS- ping in,” Hamer said. Seaside outscored Newport RYHUWKHVHFRQGDQGWKLUG TXDUWHUV 8WWL KDG WKUHH EORFNV DQGVL[RI6HDVLGH¶VVWHDOV Vernonia 64, Knappa 29 .1$33$ ² 1R UDQNHG 9HUQRQLD UHPDLQHG XQEHDWHQ LQ OHDJXHSOD\ZLWKDZLQDW .QDSSD)ULGD\ 9HUQRQLD ZRQ LWV QLQWK VWUDLJKW ZKLOH .QDSSD ORVW LWV seventh in a row. 6HQLRU3DLJH6PLWKVFRUHG SRLQWVDQG/HLUH9DOODGDUHVDGG- HGIRU9HUQRQLDZKLFKEXLOW DOHDGPLGZD\WKURXJKWKH VHFRQGTXDUWHU Bailey Corder and Paris 9DQGHUEXUJ VFRUHG HLJKW SRLQWV DSLHFHIRU.QDSSD Cougars 71, Blue Jays 13 02/$//$ ² &RXQWU\ &KULVWLDQ¶V 0ROOLH /HZDQGRZV- NL DQG $QQD )DUQHU VFRUHG points apiece to lead the Cou- JDUVWRDZLQRYHU-HZHOO Eagles 46, Lady Fish 37 Stayton broke open a close in Casco League girls basketball game at halftime by outscoring Friday. *DEL 0RUDOHV KDG SRLQWV $VWRULD LQ WKH WKLUG TXDU- ter, and the Eagles went on to a DQG ¿YH UHERXQGV IRU -HZHOO ZLQ6DWXUGD\DWWKH%ULFN ZKLFKSOD\HGZLWKMXVWVL[SOD\- ers. House. 6LHUUD 6KHOWRQ VFRUHG Ilwaco 58, Crusaders 35 points for Stayton, which con- 7$&20$ :DVK ² ,OZD- QHFWHG RQ HLJKW SRLQWHUV &KORHH+XQWKDGSRLQWVDQG FR¶V 0DFNHQ]LH .DHFK VFRUHG $OH[LV:DOODFHKDGIRU$VWR- SRLQWV ZLWK HLJKW UHERXQGV WROHDGWKH)LVKHUPHQWRD ria. win at Tacoma Baptist Friday. +DQQDK(OOVZRUWKDQG0DGH- Lady Fish 43, Huskies 33 Astoria opened the weekend OLQH -DFREVRQ DGGHG SRLQWV ZLWK D ZLQ RYHU 1RUWK apiece for Ilwaco. TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Molalla, 7 p.m.; Estacada at Seaside, 5:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 6 p.m.; Knappa at City Christian, 6 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.; North Beach at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Molalla at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Estacada at Sea- side, 8 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at City Chris- tian, 8 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 7 p.m.; North Beach at Ilwaco, 5:45 p.m. Wrestling — Knappa at Verno- nia, TBA WEDNESDAY Wrestling — Seaside/Scap- poose at Astoria, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at Rain- ier, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Faith Bible at Knappa, 8 p.m.; Ilwaco at Rain- ier, 5:45 p.m. Swimming — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 4 p.m. FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 6 p.m.; Seaside at North Marion, 5:30 p.m.; Clats- kanie at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Jewell at St. John Bosco, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 7 p.m.; Seaside at North Marion, 7:15 p.m.; Clats- kanie at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Jewell at St. John Bosco, 7 p.m. Wrestling — Oregon Classic, at Redmond, 10 a.m. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 4 p.m. Boys Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 6 p.m. Wrestling — Oregon Classic, at Redmond, 10 a.m. WRESTLING Seaside Pac Rim Team: Scappoose 229.5, St. Helens 187, Nestucca 141.5, Es- tacada 119, Astoria 116.5, Yam- hill-Carlton 105, Parkrose 101, White Salmon 84, Clatskanie 76, Neah-Kah-Nie 69, Warrenton 57, Corbett 50, Knappa 42, Vernonia 32.5, Seaside 18. BOYS BASKETBALL Vernonia 57, Knappa 38 VER (57): Robert Connor 10, Mian 8, Adams 8, Medearis 7, El- liott 7, Jones 6, Sullivan 5, Schie- mann 4, Henke 2. KNA (38): Dale Takalo 20, Wei- rup 8, Severson 6, Miller 3, Hen- drickson 1, Eltagonde, Goodman. Vernonia 12 14 15 16—57 Knappa 9 6 8 15—38 JV: Knappa 69, Vernonia 51 Astoria 57, Stayton 39 STA (39): Cade Nau 12, Diehl 9, Lindemann 9, Meeks 4, Schwarm 3, St. Clair 2. AST (57): Kyle Strange 13, Fremstad 9, Englund 8, Arns- dorf 8, Jarrett 7, Fruiht 6, Palek 5, Loughran 1, Williams, Burchfield, Gohl, Meisner. Stayton 10 11 6 12—39 Astoria 8 9 15 25—57 North Marion 43, Astoria 42 NM (43): Tanner Scanlan 15, To- rian 10, Martin 8, Ramon 4, Bar- ton 4, Barrow 2. AST (42): Kyle Strange 12, Palek 10, Fremstad 6, Englund 5, Fruiht 5, Arnsdorf 4, Gohl, Jarrett. N.Marion 11 10 5 17—43 Astoria 9 16 10 7—42 Seaside 55, Newport 36 SEA (55): Hunter Thompson 15, Januik 12, Smith 11, Eagon 8, Marston 4, Lewis 4, Hoekstre, Ca- zarez, Richardson, Bassett, Babb. NEW (36): Kye Blaser 9, Bren- dan Thurber-Blaser 9, Beaudry 7, C.Blaser 6, Lancaster 3. Seaside 19 11 15 10—55 Newport 9 7 15 5—36 Country Christian 55, Jewell 30 JWL (30): Trystan Silva 13, Mur- ray 5, Stahly 5, Meehan 4, Hinson 2, Munk 1, Gerken, Ritchie. CC (55): Derek Halverson 14, Grandle 10, Girrens 8, Mann 6, Cunningham 6, Westacitt 4, Chavez 3, Dr.Halverson 3, Gilm- er 1. Jewell 4 7 7 12—30 Country 14 18 11 12—55 Ilwaco 52, Tacoma Baptist 45 ILW (52): Ethan Bannister 15, Kaino 10, Schenk 10, Lazaro 8, Tynkila 6, Tapio 5, Mendoza 4, Glenn 2. TB (45): Joel Hamlin 12, Pascua 11, Stone 10, Thomas 6, Leaman 3, Jensen 1, So 1, Johnson 1. Ilwaco 18 2 22 10—52 T.Baptist 10 12 14 9—45 GIRLS BASKETBALL Stayton 46, Astoria 37 STA (46): Sierra Shelton 12, Lin- demann 8, Doran 8, Hollenbeck 7, Hendricks 6, Anderson 3, Bender 2, Sheppard, Ikea-Mario. AST (37): Chloee Hunt 16, Wal- lace 11, Mitchell 4, Hemsley 4, Mickle 2, Dalton, Rogers, Abraha- ms, Gimre. Stayton 9 11 18 8—46 Astoria 8 11 3 15—37 Astoria 43, North Marion 33 AST (43): Kaylee Mitchell 15, Hunt 11, Rogers 4, Abrahams 4, DeMander 3, Mickle 3, Wallace 3, Gimre. N.Marion 10 11 12 0—33 Astoria 8 12 12 11—43 Seaside 57, Newport 30 SEA (57): Maddi Utti 24, Villegas 11, Trott 5, Westerholm 5, Bodner 4, J.Ideue 2, P.Ideue 2, West 2, Brown 1. Seaside 12 21 17 7—57 Newport 8 4 7 11—30 Vernonia 64, Knappa 29 VER (64): P.Smith 20, Valladares 14, Harral 10, Bustamante 7, Ely 5, Wolf 3, Everett 3, Roberts 2. KNA (29): Bailey Corder 8, Paris Vanderburg 8, Vandergriff 6, Truax 4, Miethe 2, Strain 1, McMahan, Silva, Inman. Vernonia 22 13 15 14—64 Knappa 3 6 8 12—29 Country Christian 71, Jewell 13 JWL (13): Gabi Morales 11, Olvera 2, A.Littlepage, Guillen, Kaczenski, Haddock. CC (71): Mollie Lewandowski 14, Anna Farner 14, C.McGrath 12, Nofziger 9, Ham 6, Parker 6, LaPointe 4, M.McGrath 2, Phillips 2, Sandberg 2. Jewell 3 0 7 3—13 Country 21 20 18 12—71 Ilwaco 58, Tacoma Baptist 34 ILW (58): Mackenzie Kaech 17, Ellsworth 12, Jacobson 12, Bannister 5, McMillan 4, Kulm 2, McMullen 2, Pierson 2, Bentley 2, Kondos. TB (34): Rachael Vanliew 10, J.Brooks 9, Leaman 4, A.Brooks 4, Pascua 4, Crone 3. Ilwaco 13 23 11 11—58 T.Baptist 10 8 8 8—34
