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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 Astoria holds off Molalla, 58-50 Both Seagulls teams post wins with 64 points By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The Molalla Indians were living and dying by the 3-point shot Tuesday night at the Brick House. The Indians connected on 10 3-pointers to keep them- selves in the game for much of the night, but Molalla couldn’t hit the 3-pointers down the stretch, and Asto- ria hung on for a 58-50 non- league boys basketball win. With head coach Kevin *RLQ DW KRPH ZLWK WKH ÀX assistants Paul Jarrett and Pat O’Brien led the Fishermen to their ninth victory of the sea- son, equaling last year’s win total. Astoria opened with a 7-0 run against the outmatched Indians. Molalla has just one player on the roster over 6-foot-2 (6-3 sophomore Chase Jazdinski), while the )LVKHUPHQ KDYH ¿YH SOD\HUV at 6-4 or taller. So the Indians took their game outside, and connected on 4-of-11 3-pointers in the ¿UVW KDOI DQG WUDLOHG DW halftime. The Fishermen began the third quarter with an 11-1 run, capped by Justin Fruiht’s baseline drive for a three- point play that gave Astoria a 42-25 lead. But Molalla answered with a 12-2 run of its own, closing to within 44-37 early in the fourth. Jackson Arnsdorf hit a clutch 3-pointer for the Fishermen at the 3:22 mark, while the Indians connect- ed on three more 3-point shots in the closing minutes WR ¿QLVK IRU IURP WKH 3-point line. Astoria’s Derek Jarrett, Kyle Strange and Ryan Palek combined to go 6-for-6 at the IUHHWKURZ OLQH LQ WKH ¿QDO minute to help close out the win. Astoria was 16-of-24 at the line, to Molalla’s 4-for-7. Fruiht led the Fishermen with 17 points, followed by Strange with 13 and Jarrett with 12. Gulls 64, Rangers 41 SEASIDE — Seaside had WKUHH SOD\HUV LQ GRXEOH ¿J- ures, and the No. 4-ranked Gulls improved to 11-1 over- all with a 64-41 win over Es- tacada Tuesday. Jackson Januik scored 14 points to lead Seaside, fol- lowed by Jaxson Smith with 11 and Austin Eagon with 10. The Gulls led 33-22 at halftime. Seaside plays at No. 3-ranked North Marion Fri- day. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Kyle Strange, No. 2, and Molalla’s Andrew Daniels, No. 0, reach for a rebound during their game Tuesday at Astoria. Seaside girls basketball team kicked it into high gear, out- scoring Estacada 50-16 over WKH ¿QDO WKUHH TXDUWHUV RQ their way to an easy 64-26 win over the Rangers Tues- day. Maddi Utti scored 27 points to go with nine steals, eight rebounds and four as- sists for the Gulls, who had 40 rebounds and 15 steals. 6\GQH\9LOOHJDV DGGHG points and eight boards. Molalla 73, Astoria 34 MOLALLA — Asto- ria gave up a season high in points Tuesday night, as fourth-ranked Molalla posted a 73-34 win over the Lady Fishermen in a nonleague girls basketball game. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 32, puts up a shot against Molalla’s Gavin Thrower, No. 22, during their basketball game Tuesday. More photos online at www.dailyastorian.com/sports Rainier 64, Warriors 44 RAINIER — Christian Holt scored 16 points to lead Warrenton, but Rainier jumped out to a 14-2 lead in WKH¿UVWTXDUWHURQLWVZD\WR a 64-44 win over the Warriors Tuesday night. Warrenton outscored the Columbians 18-8 in the sec- ond period, but Rainier went on a 25-9 run in the third. Dawson Carr scored 21 points and Caymon Rea had 12 for the Columbians. Loggers 62, Lions 51 PORTLAND — The Knappa Loggers aren’t ready to give up their league title just yet, as they jumped right back in the championship race with a big road victory Tues- day, 62-51 at City Christian. “I was really impressed with our guys tonight,” Knap- pa coach Chris Spencer said. “We got ourselves in a hole early (down 16-10 after one quarter), but we dug ourselves out, and Michal Goodman had a big put-back score to put us over the top for the lead (25- 24) at halftime.” Dale Takalo scored 33 points and the Loggers closed it out at the free throw line in WKHVHFRQGKDOI¿QLVKLQJ of-28. Colton Weirup added 14 points for Knappa, which is now just a game and a half EHKLQG¿UVWSODFH9HUQRQLD Falls City 56, Jewell 38 JEWELL — Jewell led af- ter one quarter, but a 14-6 run by Falls City in the second pe- riod helped the Mountaineers to a 56-38 Casco League win Tuesday night. Rylan Murray had nine points and Sean Hinson added eight for Jewell. Ben Stahly had 11 re- bounds and Trystan Silva had eight boards for the Blue Jays. Jewell lost a 49-18 deci- sion to Perrydale Monday. Hyaks 54, Fishermen 45 ILWACO, Wash. — North Beach scored a 54-45 upset at Ilwaco Tuesday, as the Hyaks outscored the Fishermen 21- SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Wrestling — Seaside/Scappoose at Astoria, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at Rainier, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Faith Bible at Knappa, 8 p.m.; Ilwaco at Rainier, 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.; Clatskanie at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Jewell at St. John Bosco, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 7:45 p.m.; Seaside at North Marion, 7:15 p.m.; Clats- kanie at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Jew- ell 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. GIRLS BASKETBALL Seaside 64, Estacada 26 SEA (64): Maddi Utti 27, Ville- gas 12, Smart 6, Trott 6, Brown 5, Westerholm 4, J.Ideue 2, West 2, P.Ideue, Babbitt, Bodner. Estacada 10 5 5 6—26 Seaside 14 19 12 19—64 Rainier 39, Warrenton 19 WAR (19): Katelynn Blodgett 10, Little 4, King 3, Miethe 2. RAI (39): Desirae Hansen 14, Crape 11, Taylor 6, Schimmel 5, Guisinger 2, Bush 1. Warrenton Rainier 1 9 3 6—19 13 7 14 5—39 City Christian 50, Knappa 17 KNA (17): Paris Vanderburg 10, McMahan 3, Vandergriff 3, Corder 1, Miethe, Strain, Inman, Truax. CC (50): Shasta Faria 12, Belefski 10, Dickinson 9, Lasater 7, Maftey 6, Valdez 6. Knappa 4 10 1 2—17 City Christian 18 14 13 5—50 Falls City 44, Jewell 22 FC (44): Brittany Varney 18, Mack 11, Houghtaling 6, Kidd 5, Davis 2, Tadlock 2. JWL (22): Gabi Morales 8, Guil- len 6, A.Littlepage 4, Olvera 2, Kaczenski 2. Falls City 12 14 16 2—44 Jewell 2 6 8 4—22 Ilwaco 56, North Beach 23 NB (23): Jacqueline Shale 9, Gar- man 4, Avery 4, Takagi 2, Ivey 2, Pope 1, Moore 1. ILW (56): Mackenzie Kaech 18, Jacobson 14, Ellsworth 14, Bannis- ter 4, McMillan 2, Pierson 2, Bentley 2, Kulm, Kondos. North Beach 2 3 7 11—23 Ilwaco 21 20 11 4—56 BOYS BASKETBALL Astoria 58, Molalla 50 MOL (50): Jonathon Gengler 13, Jazdinski 12, Gav.Thrower 11, Pot- ter 9, Silbernagel 3, Daniels 2. AST (58): Justin Fruiht 17, Strange 13, Jarrett 12, Fremstad 6, Palek 5, Arnsdorf 3, Englund 2, Gohl. Molalla 6 18 10 16—50 Astoria 15 16 11 16—58 Seaside 64, Estacada 41 EST (41): Doug Kirchhofer 15, Blankenship 7, Smith 7, James 5, Al- brecht 3, McDaniel 3, Sittner 2. SEA (64): Jackson Januik 14, Smith 11, Eagon 10, Thompson 8, Marston 6, Babb 5, Olson 3, Caza- rez 3, Hoekstre 2, Bassett 2, Rich- ardson, Lewis. Estacada 15 7 8 11—41 Seaside 19 14 16 15—64 Rainier 64, Warrenton 44 WAR (44): Christian Holt 16, Co- chran 9, Wilson 7, Knight 4, Little 2, Fischer 2, Alcobendas 2. RAI (64): Dawson Carr 21, Rea 12, C.Tripp 8, Hall 6, Earls 6, Han- sen 5, Avery 4, J.Tripp 1, Graff 1. Warrenton 2 18 9 15—44 Rainier 14 8 25 17—64 Knappa 62, City Christian 51 KNA (62): Dale Takalo 33, Weirup 14, Miller 9, Severson 4, Goodman 2, Engblom, Eltagonde, Geisler, Ru- bus, Hendrickson, Hunt. CC (51): DeMonte Malloy 18, Sol- omon 14, Arnett 9, McNack 7, Brown 2, Furlong 1. Knappa 10 15 22 15—62 City Christian 16 8 15 12—51 Falls City 56, Jewell 38 FC (56): Robert Kempfer 17, Bur- gess 13, J.Labrado 10, Z.Weems 5, Young 3, Z.Labrado 3, Simmons 3, Macnab 2. JWL (38): Rylan Murray 9, Hinson 8, Silva 7, Ritchie 5, Stahly 5, Mee- han 2, Lyon 2, Gerken, Munk. Falls City 10 14 11 21—56 Jewell 11 6 15 6—38 North Beach 54, Ilwaco 45 NB (54): Cerley 16, Perez 12, Pop- lin 10, Forbore 6, Johnson 4, Wag- ner 4, Gonzalez 2. ILW (45): Zac Tapio 12, Mendoza 9, Bannister 9, Tynkila 8, Schenk 4, Kaino 3. North Beach 21 12 11 10—54 Ilwaco 11 14 9 11—45 11 in the opening quarter, and maintained the lead. Zac Tapio scored 12 points to lead Ilwaco, which falls to 7-6 overall. Rainier 39, Warrenton 19 RAINIER — A 13-1 lead after one quarter sparked Rainier to a 39-19 win over Warrenton Tuesday, in a Lew- is & Clark League girls bas- ketball game. Katelynn Blodgett scored 10 points to lead the Warriors, but Rainier countered with Desirae Hansen (14 points) and Jadyn Crape (11), as the Columbians pulled away with a 14-3 run in the third quarter. Lions 50, Loggers 17 PORTLAND — Knappa Lady Gulls 64, Rangers 26 kept it close for a half, but SEASIDE — After a close City Christian outscored the ¿UVWTXDUWHUWKH1RUDQNHG Lady Loggers 18-3 in the sec- Girls Basketball ond half for a 50-17 win Tues- day in a Northwest League girls basketball game. 3DULV 9DQGHUEXUJ KDG points and Bailey Corder grabbed four rebounds for the Loggers. Falls City 44, Jewell 22 JEWELL — Injuries have left the Jewell girls basketball WHDPZLWKMXVW¿YHSOD\HUVDV the Lady Jays came up short on the scoreboard Tuesday night to Falls City, 44-22. %ULWWDQ\ 9DUQH\ KDG points for Falls City, which built a 26-8 halftime lead. Jewell was coming off its best game of the season, a 37- 19 loss to Perrydale Monday. Gabi Morales had eight points, six rebounds and two assists in the loss, in which the Jays trailed just 18-8 at half- time. Morales also had eight points in Tuesday’s loss, while Emma Guillen had six points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Fishermen 56, Hyaks 23 ILWACO, Wash. — Mack- enzie Kaech scored 18 points, and had plenty of support from teammates Madeline Ja- cobson and Hannah Ellsworth (14 points apiece) in a 56-23 Ilwaco win over North Beach Tuesday. The Lady Fishermen led 21-2 after one quarter, 41-5 at halftime.
