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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016
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Knappa Loggers hammer
Delphian in 73-38 blowout
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — The Knappa Loggers are
ready to take on the Northwest League’s
top team, following another decisive win
Thursday night at home.
Dale Takalo scored 34 points in a 73-38
win over Delphian, helping the Loggers
improve to 8-3 in league play.
Fresh off a 28-point victory over Gaston
(1-10), the Loggers built a 45-17 halftime
lead against Delphian, which falls to 1-9.
Jason Miller added 16 points, nine
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Knappa, which is alone in second place behind
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Saturday.
“We had a good run to open the game, and
we were able to take our starters out early
to get rested up for Saturday,” said Knappa
coach Chris Spencer, whose team topped the
70-point mark for the fourth time this year.
“We were aggressive on defense with 16
steals, and most of those led to layups,” he
said. “Jason Miller played a great all-around
game, and Dale was Dale.”
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Boys Basketball — Seaside at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Warrenton
at Oregon Episcopal, 7:45 p.m.; Jewell at C.S. Lewis, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Seaside at Astoria, 7:45 p.m.; Warrenton
at Oregon Episcopal, 6 p.m.; Jewell at C.S. Lewis, 5:30 p.m.
Swimming — Seaside at Rainier, 3:15 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Knappa at Vernonia, 4 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Knappa at Vernonia, 6 p.m.
Wrestling — Ilwaco Beach Brawl, 10 a.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Standings
Cowapa League
League Overall
Astoria
2-1
11-5
Scappoose
2-1
12-4
Seaside
2-1
14-2
Valley Catholic 2-1
11-5
Banks
1-2
9-8
Tillamook
0-3
5-10
De La Salle
Portland Adv
Catlin Gabel
Rainier
Riverdale
Clatskanie
OR Episcopal
Portland Chr
Warrenton
Lewis & Clark League
10-2
16-4
10-3
14-8
8-4
13-6
7-5
8-11
6-4
10-8
5-7
9-10
4-7
9-8
1-10
4-16
1-10
4-15
Northwest League
Vernonia
11-0
17-1
Knappa
8-3
13-7
Life Christian
7-3
11-5
City Christian
7-4
12-7
Nestucca
6-4
10-7
Faith Bible
5-6
9-10
Neah-Kah-Nie 2-9
4-14
Delphian
1-9
3-11
Gaston
1-10
2-15
Warriors split with Pirates
WARRENTON — The Warrenton
basketball teams hosted a makeup double-
header with Neah-Kah-Nie Wednesday night,
and split the two games with the Pirates.
The Warrenton girls snapped an eight-game
losing streak with a 39-26 nonleague win over
Neah-Kah-Nie, while the Pirates topped the
Warriors in the boys’ game, 44-38.
Both Warrenton teams play tonight at
Oregon Episcopal.
Knappa 73, Delphian 38
DEL (38): Yahya Abulohoum 11, Klevit 8, B.Wang 7, Yang
6, L.Wang 4, Hung 2.
KNA (73): Dale Takalo 34, Miller 16, Engblom 6, Rubus 6,
Hendrickson 3, Severson 2, Hunt 2, Goodman 2.
Delphian
11 6 8 13—38
Knappa
21 24 15 13—73
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Swimming
Fish sweep Scappoose
The Astoria swim teams hosted a Cowapa
League dual meet with Scappoose Thursday
at the Aquatic Center, where the Fishermen
pulled off the sweep as they prepare for the
post-season.
Astoria won nine of the 11 events on the
boys’ side in a 98-71 victory, while the Lady
Fish won 10 of 11 events in a lop-sided
104-66 win.
For the girls, Astoria’s foursome of
Megan Sparks, Kendal Gustafson, Ashley
Schacher and Olivia Paul opened with a win
in the 200-yard medley relay (2 minutes, 8.82
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the Lady Fish.
Individually, Ashley Schacher was the
only double-winner (50-yard freestyle, 28.58
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Kendal Gustafson (100-yard breaststroke),
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Knappa’s Jason Miller, No. 3, drives to the hoop for two in his big night for the Loggers
in the win over Delphian.
Olivia Paul (100-yard freestyle), Morgan
Postlewait (500-yard freestyle), Megan
Schacher (200-yard individual medley) and
Megan Sparks (100-yard backstroke) each
picked up wins.
On the boys’ side, Thayne Covert (200
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Cowapa League
14-3
14-3
9-8
12-4
4-11
2-13
Banks
Valley Catholic
Astoria
Seaside
Scappoose
Tillamook
3-0
3-0
2-1
1-2
0-3
0-3
Portland Chr
Portland Adv
Rainier
Catlin Gabel
OR Episcopal
De La Salle
Riverdale
Clatskanie
Warrenton
Lewis & Clark League
11-0
16-4
12-1
18-3
7-5
10-10
7-5
11-8
6-5
9-6
4-8
6-14
3-7
10-8
2-10
5-14
0-11
6-13
Vernonia
Faith Bible
Neah-Kah-Nie
City Christian
Knappa
Gaston
Life Christian
Nestucca
Northwest League
9-0
16-2
8-2
13-6
8-2
10-7
5-5
7-11
3-6
3-15
3-7
5-14
1-8
1-13
1-8
4-13
Colorado tight
end Nick Kasa
watches from
the sideline as
Colorado trails
Washington
during an NCAA
college football
game in Boulder,
Colo. Kasa was
signed to the
Denver Broncos
practice squad
Monday,, after
tight end Dan
Light was waived
from the team as
it heads to Super
Bowl 50.
David Zalubowski
AP Photo
Broncos fan makes the team
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with Broncos
just before the
big game
come in at the end here, is just
kind of an out-of-the-ordinary
event. I’m honored to be here
and ready to do whatever I can
to help.”
That includes playing the
part of Panthers tight end Greg
Olsen in practice. He’s been
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tight end to give Denver’s
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top-ranked defense an accurate
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — portrayal.
“My role is to be the best
Last Sunday, Nick Kasa was
like any other fan of the Denver Greg Olsen that I can,” said
Kasa, who went to high school
Broncos.
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played at the University of
be one of the Denver Broncos.
The tight end, out of football Colorado. “I didn’t see this
since the spring, got a phone call coming. I thought the season
while sitting in the stands last was drawing to an end. I was
weekend, watching the Broncos ready to move on to the next
beat New England in the AFC year. Surprised me with this call.
I’m ready to go.”
title game.
Kasa was drafted in the sixth
He dropped his phone and
cracked the screen — that’s round by Oakland in 2013, and
another story — but when he played in all 16 games his rookie
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enough, the Broncos.
Super Bowl against Carolina.
He missed 2014 after being
“It’s been pretty crazy. Kind
of indescribable,” said Kasa, placed on injured reserve with
who was signed Monday and a torn ACL. Last spring, the
would have to be activated from Raiders let him go and he’s been
the practice squad in order to looking for an NFL job ever
play in the game. “These guys since.
To stay in tip-top tight-end
have been working hard toward
this for a long time. For me to shape, Kasa worked out just a
few blocks away from Denver’s
practice facility.
“Still pretty much the same
start to my day,” Kasa cracked.
Only now he’s making
around $6,600 per week on the
practice squad and will be going
with the team to Santa Clara,
California, for the big game. He
gets Super Bowl tickets, too,
even if he won’t be suiting up.
“It’s a freaking dream come
true, for sure,” the 25-year-old
Kasa said. “I don’t know how to
describe it. ... It’s just good to be
here. I don’t want to distract from
this team at all. They’ve been
working hard for a long time.”
To think, he initially missed
a call he’s been waiting so long
to receive. While attending the
AFC championship game, the
phone dropped out of his hand
and the screen broke. As he
was taking in Denver’s 20-18
win over Tom Brady and the
Patriots, the team was trying to
get in touch with him.
It wasn’t until the next day,
when he picked up a new phone,
that he saw the messages.
His heart sank.
“I was freaking out, for
sure,” Kasa said. “But got it all
turned around in enough time
and made it over here. Now, I’m
just on to however I can help.”
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