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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 SPORTS 7A First-place Fishermen win again, 48-34 By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian With four games left in the league season, the team in the driver’s seat of Cowapa League boys basketball is not defend- ing state champion Scappoose. Nor is it Seaside, everybody’s favorite to dethrone the Indians. (Both of those teams, by the way, are ranked ahead of Astoria in the latest OSAA rankings). 7KH ¿UVWSODFH VSRW LQ WKH Cowapa belongs to the Fish- ermen, who sit atop the tough- est league at the Class 4A level with a 5-1 record. The No. 9-ranked Fisher- men scored their latest victory Friday at the Brick House, a 48-34 win over the Braves. A Clatsop Clash could ulti- mately decide the league title, EXW¿UVWWKLQJV¿UVWVDLG$VWR- ria coach Kevin Goin. There’s more big games to be played. With games remaining against No. 5-ranked Scap- poose, No. 3-ranked Seaside and 10th-ranked Valley Cath- olic, the Fishermen won’t be looking ahead to the Feb. 16 game with the Gulls. “We just have to stay focused on the game ahead of us, and take it one game at a time,” Goin said. “We can’t look too far ahead, because it’s so hard to win in this league. Winning games on the road is the big thing. “We’re at Tillamook (Tues- day), and that’s always a tough place to play,” he said, despite the Cheesemakers’ 0-6 league record. “Then we’ve got two RIWKH¿QDOWKUHHDWKRPHZLWK Seaside on the road, so we’re done with the long road trips. Those will all be tough games, so we don’t talk about what’s too far off.” For the rest of the Cowapa, the Fishermen — winners of eight of their last nine — have become the toughest team to beat. Astoria jumped out to a 13-3 lead after one quarter Fri- day, before Banks rallied with a 17-10 run in the second. “They shot the ball well and hit some big shots (including a 3-pointer that glanced off the side of the backboard),” Goin said, “and we always seem to have one bad quarter.” Astoria recovered, and out- scored the Braves 25-14 in the second half. Derek Jarrett again led the Fishermen in scoring with 22 points, followed by Kyle Strange with 12 and Fridtjof Fremstad with seven. Jackson Januik and Jaxson Smith drained 3-pointers, and Austin Eagon did the rest, as the senior dominated the con- test, pouring in 25 points to lead all scorers. Seaside outscored the Indi- DQVLQWKH¿QDOTXDUWHU Bobcats 48, Loggers 37 NESTUCCA — Coming off a 49-36 loss to City Chris- tian less than 24 hours before, the Knappa Loggers lost a sec- ond-straight game Saturday by nearly the same score. Nestucca’s Brett Elder and Wyatt Link combined for 26 points, to help the Bob- cats defeat Knappa 48-37 in a Northwest League game. “We played about the worst ¿UVWTXDUWHUZHKDYHDOOVHDVRQ´ said Knappa coach Chris Spen- cer, whose team trailed 14-5 after one. “We had a pretty nice second quarter (13-3), but the third quarter looked a lot like WKH¿UVW+DWVRIIWR1HVWXFFD² they were the better team.” Dale Takalo scored 18 points and Colton Weirup added nine LQKLV¿UVWJDPHEDFN The loss put Knappa into ¿IWKSODFHLQWKHOHDJXHVWDQG- ings at 9-6. City Christian and Life Christian are both 9-4, with Nestucca fourth at 9-5. The Loggers have one reg- ular season game remain- ing, Tuesday at Faith Bible. Nestucca plays at Vernonia DQG¿QLVKHVZLWK1HDK Kah-Nie (4-10). Lions 49, Loggers 36 KNAPPA — City Christian scored a big win Friday night at Knappa, topping the Log- gers 49-36 in a key Northwest League showdown. $IWHUD¿UVWTXDUWHUWKH Lions outscored Knappa 40-27 RYHUWKH¿QDOWKUHH Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Jason Miller and Dale Astoria’s Derek Jarrett, No. 34, shoots over Banks’ Blake Gobel, No. 51, during the basketball game Friday. Takalo had 13 points each for Knappa, which struggled from Jesse Trott led the way with day, as they defeated Nestucca WKH¿HOGIRU 12 points, followed by Paige 39-32 at Cloverdale. Knappa improves to 5-17 Ideue and Sydney Villegas Cougars 59, Blue Jays 28 overall, and can secure a spot with 10 points apiece. JEWELL — Ben Stahly Seaside held a slim 20-17 in the playoffs with a win scored nine points, and team- lead at halftime, but a 7-0 run Tuesday at Faith Bible, or mate Dallas Ritchie added six in the third quarter — keyed by any Gaston loss (Greyhounds rebounds and three steals for Jew- two long range jumpers from have games remaining vs. City ell, but Country Christian scored Trott — put the game away Christian and Vernonia). the win Friday at Jewell, 59-28. Paris Vanderburg scored a midway through the quarter. Nathan Kane scored six career-high 17 points in Satur- points for the Blue Jays. day’s win, with seven rebounds Braves 45, Lady Fish 26 A quick start for Banks led and three steals. Ilwaco 58, Raymond 42 Kaitlyn Landwehr added to a 45-26 win for the Braves ILWACO, Wash. — The Friday night, in a Cowapa 12 points and two steals, and Ilwaco boys tuned up for the League girls game at Astoria. Kaitlyn Truax scored six post-season with a 58-42 win Banks led 11-0 after one points with eight boards. over Raymond Friday night. Knappa rallied from an quarter, and held an 18-4 lead The Fishermen built a at halftime, as the Braves KDOIWLPH GH¿FLW E\ RXW- 35-22 halftime lead, and Zac improve to 6-0 in league. scoring Nestucca 12-1 in the 7DSLR ¿QLVKHG ZLWK SRLQWV Freshman Samantha Hems- third quarter. to help Ilwaco win. ley scored seven points for Loggers 30, Lions 20 Astoria, which struggled from Gulls 54, Indians 41 KNAPPA — Knappa WKH ¿HOG IRU DQG DW WKH SEASIDE — The Seaside Girls Basketball won a defensive battle with free throw line (8-of-19). Gulls began the second half of Seaside 40, Scappoose 30 Alexis Wallace had four City Christian Friday night, the Cowapa League season the SEASIDE — Seaside had VDPH ZD\ WKH\ EHJDQ WKH ¿UVW four players sidelined with rebounds for the Lady Fish 30-20. Devin Vandergriff scored — with yet another win over injuries Friday night, but (2-4 in league), who hope the defending state champions. the Gulls still had more than to bounce back this week in 11 points with four rebounds, Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Seaside cruised past Scap- enough to beat winless Scap- games vs. Tillamook (1-5) and and Kaitlyn Landwehr added Astoria’s Samantha Hemsley, No. 30, looks to pass under six points and three steals for heavy defensive pressure during the basketball game poose for the second time, poose, 40-30, in a Cowapa Scappoose (0-6). the Loggers, who held a 10-7 against Banks Friday. League contest at Seaside. defeating the Indians 54-41. halftime lead. Loggers 39, Bobcats 32 Three players scored in Scappoose held a 26-23 The Cougars built a 49-8 to Jewell Friday, and Country CLOVERDALE — The lead at halftime, and pushed GRXEOH ¿JXUHV IRU WKH *XOOV Christian backed up the ranking halftime lead over Jewell, which Cougars 79, Lady Jays 20 the lead to 31-25 in the third who were missing Lucy Bod- Knappa Lady Loggers took JEWELL — The state’s with a 79-20 win over the Lady was led by Emma Guillen’s quarter, but the rest of the night ner, Annuka Brown, Maddi one step closer to clinching seven points. a league playoff spot Satur- No. 1-ranked team made a visit Jays. Utti and Brittany West. belonged to the Gulls. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Til- lamook, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 7 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 5:30 p.m.; Knappa at Faith Bible, 7 p.m.; Jewell at Falls City, 5:30 p.m.; Cen- tral at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Tilla- mook, 7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 8:45 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 7:30 p.m.; Knappa at Faith Bible, 8:45 p.m.; Jewell at Falls City, 7 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Submitted Photo The 2015-16 Ilwaco girls basketball team, following Thursday’s league championship win. Ilwaco tops Raymond for league title The Daily Astorian RAYMOND, Wash. — Year No. 2 of the Ilwaco girls basketball dynasty is perfectly intact. Their second year since dropping down from the 1A level has resulted in two straight league championships for the Lady Fishermen, who scored a 67-59 win at Raymond Thursday. Ilwaco — one of the favorites to win the Washington 2B state title — will now host Win- lock at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 2B District IV tournament. Sophomore Makenzie Kaech led Ilwaco in Thursday’s victory, scoring a career-high 42 points, as the Fishermen had to rally from a GH¿FLWLQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHU ,OZDFR¿QLVKHVLQOHDJXHDQGLPSURYHV to 18-2 overall. Their only two losses are to Sea- side (4A Oregon) and Class 1A Kalama. Kaech was 16-of-19 at the free throw line, DQG DGGHG UHERXQGV ¿YH VWHDOV DQG WZR blocks. Teammate Hannah Ellsworth tossed in 12 points with six steals. Astoria 48, Banks 34 BAN (34): Jake Evans 7, Renne 5, Gobel 4, Meeuwsen 4, Ward 4, McGough 3, Hutchins 3, Kemper 2, Carrizales 2. AST (48): Derek Jarrett 22, Strange 12, Fremstad 7, Fruiht 3, Englund 2, Gohl 2, Arnsdorf, Wil- liams, Loughran, Meisner. Banks 3 17 9 5—34 Astoria 13 10 16 9—48 Seaside 54, Scappoose 41 SCP (41): Robert Lohman 16, Donaldson 8, Wagenknecht 6, Da- vis 4, Cutburth 3, Toman 3. SEA (54): Austin Eagon 25, Smith 15, Januik 6, Thompson 6, Lewis 2, Marston. Scappoose 11 15 11 4—41 Seaside 12 11 17 14—54 Nestucca 48, Knappa 37 KNA (37): Dale Takalo 18, Weirup 9, Miller 6, Goodman 4, Severson, Engblom, Eltagonde, Geisler, Ru- bus, Hendrickson. NES (48): Brett Elder 15, Link 11, Strober 8, Nix 6, Jackson-Cruz 4, McKillip 2. Knappa 5 13 6 13—37 Nestucca 14 3 12 19—48 City Christian 49, Knappa 36 CC (49): Adam Brown 13, DeMon- te Malloy 13, Arnett 7, Apreotesi 7, McNack 5, Solomon 4. KNA (36): Jason Miller 13, Dale Takalo 13, Rubus 6, Severson 2, Engblom 2. City Christian 9 12 12 16—49 Knappa 9 6 11 10—36 Country Christian 59, Jewell 28 CC (59): Derek Halvorson 22, Cunningham 9, Mann 8, Dr.Halver- son 7, Grandle 7, Gilmer 4, Girrens 2. JWL (28): Ben Stahly 9, Kane 6, Murray 5, Hinson 4, Ritchie 2, Silva 2, Gerken. Ilwaco 58, Raymond 42 RAY (42): Jayce Freeman 13, Kos- ki 8, Souvannavanh 7, Collins 4, An- derson 4, Hubbard 3, Phansisay 3. ILW (58): Zac Tapio 23, Bannister 9, Lazaro 8, Tynkila 6, Kaino 6, Men- doza 3, Schenk 2, Aguayo 1. Raymond 8 13 9 12—42 Ilwaco 15 20 11 12—58 GIRLS BASKETBALL Banks 45, Astoria 26 AST (26): Samantha Hemsley 7, Chloee Hunt 6, Wallace 5, Mickle 4, DeMander 2, Rogers 2, Mitchell. Banks 11 7 16 11—45 Astoria 0 4 11 11—26 Seaside 40, Scappoose 30 SCP (30): Kendal Bailey 15, Brodala 8, Smith 4, Kopra 3. SEA (40): Jesse Trott 12, P.Ideue 10, Villegas 10, J.Ideue 3, Wester- holm 3, Babbitt 2. Scappoose 7 10 4 9—30 Seaside 9 10 9 11—40 Knappa 39, Nestucca 32 KNA (32): Paris Vanderburg 17, Landwehr 12, Truax 6, Corder 2, Vandergriff 2, McMahan, Miethe, Strain. NES (39): Tea Chatelain 13, Mor- gan 5, Wilkinson 4, Jackson 4, Cha- varin 4, Kirkpatrick 2. Knappa 11 4 12 12—39 Nestucca 6 12 1 13—32 Knappa 30, City Christian 20 CC (20): Belefski 9, Rodriguez 5, Maftey 4, Lasater 1, Dickinson 1. KNA (30): Devin Vandergriff 11, Corder 6, Landwehr 6, Vanderburg 5, Truax 2, Miethe, Strain. City Christian 4 3 5 8—20 Knappa 6 4 10 10—30 Country Christian 79, Jewell 20 CC (79): Kennedy Nofziger 14, M.McGrath 13, C.McGrath 12, Farner 9, Lewandowski 8, Ross 8, Phillips 7, LaPointe 6, Parker 2. JWL (20): Emma Guillen 7, A.Lit- tlepage 4, Morales 3, A.Wammack 2, R.Wammack 2, Kaczenski 2, Ol- vera. Country 23 26 22 8—79 Jewell 4 4 6 6—20
