THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016
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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
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years — was Scappoose, with
229.5 points. Astoria had one
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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
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sophomore at Astoria, followed
by a championship last season
for Warrenton.
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one of the biggest on our sched-
ule, and it’s pretty cool to win
three times,” said Walker, cur-
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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.
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ler Coolidge in the face during their wrestling match.
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Astoria’s Mateo DeVargas puts Scappoose’s Jack Eggers
in a hold during their wrestling match.
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the Brick House.
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advantage.
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Fishermen 57, Eagles 39
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sell Wilson and the Seattle
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to avenge last year’s Super
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fore it began.
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ting through this grind-it-
out wild-card round playoff
game, booted their chance
to beat the two-time defend-
ing NFC champions. Blair
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into the frigid wind hooked
left with 22 seconds remain-
ing, handing the Seahawks a
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for the third-coldest NFL
game on record.
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folded up and said, `That’s
it,’ but we’ve got a team full
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didn’t score until Russell
Wilson’s short touchdown
pass to Doug Baldwin early
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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.
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Chancellor said. “That’s all
it is.”
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nate that we got the win,”
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said. “A lot of those times,
guys make those kicks.
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that they make them, but
you’ve still got to do it.”
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turned in, not out, but there
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you never think that you
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ed,” Walsh said, subdued
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put a swing on it that would
be acceptable by anybody’s
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overcame some early offensive
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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.
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NEWPORT — A long layoff
did not affect the Seaside girls
basketball team Friday at New-
port, where the Gulls defeated
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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.
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three weeks ago in our tourna-
ment, and hadn’t played for nine
days. So we had to get rid of the
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slow, but all in all it was a good
effort,” Hamer said.
One year to the day after scor-
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ping in,” Hamer said.
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points apiece to lead the Cou-
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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
