THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2016
SPORTS
7A
Fishermen win, climb to No. 6 ranking
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The more they win, the
higher they climb … and the
closer the Astoria Fishermen get
to the “Glory Days.”
Astoria head coach Kevin
Goin felt like he was back there
Friday night at the Brick House.
A packed gym, high intensity
with lots on the line against No.
8-ranked Scappoose … and the
No. 6-ranked Fishermen rose to
the challenge, scoring a 55-39
victory over the Indians.
It felt like the old days, Goin
said.
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and I have the old guard coming
up to me — faces I saw 20, 25,
30 years ago. It’s really nice, and
makes me homesick.
“It wasn’t the same when I
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return to Astoria, over a year
ago. “That culture wasn’t there
that was there years ago. It’s
starting to come back, and our
kids are starting to believe in
that culture. Our older kids have
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kids are starting to come along.”
It all resulted in Astoria’s
third victory over a top-10 team
since Jan. 29.
The Fishermen thoroughly
whipped, embarrassed and ran
the defending state champions
right out of the Brick House,
avenging a Jan. 26 loss at Scap-
poose, Astoria’s only defeat in
the last 11 games.
The Fishermen (7-1 in
league) remain ahead of No.
2-ranked Seaside (6-2) in the
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Astoria players celebrate after a three-point shot by Justin
Fruiht during the basketball game against Scappoose Friday.
Cowapa League standings.
The rest of the Cowapa has
fallen by the wayside (Scap-
poose and Valley Catholic are
tied for third at 4-4), and the
only two teams with winning
records will battle Tuesday at
Seaside — where the Fishermen
can either clinch the league title,
or the Gulls can force a tie with
one game remaining for each.
Either way, “This will help
us,” Goin said. “We get the three
best teams in the league down
the stretch, so hopefully that will
help our ranking.
“Obviously
(Tuesday’s
game) is huge for seeding pur-
poses. If we win that one, we’re
outright champs.”
The last time Astoria won
a league title? That’s a tough
one even for Goin, the former
Fisherman.
“I can’t remember the last
time, if it was dad’s 2002 team?
I don’t know when the last
league champ was — it might
be all the way back to ’98 when
we won the title,” Goin said.
“I’m not sure.”
It was actually Chris Hunt’s
2005-06 team, which went 9-1
to win the league championship
in the last year before the OSAA
realignment.
Regardless, a league title
“would be really special,” Goin
said. “Those are hard to come
by. Everybody wants a state title
or trophy, but those league titles
are tough to come by, especially
our league.
“I like the way things are
going,” he added. “I’m sure Bill
(Westerholm) and his team will
be ready. It’s been an emotional
season for them, what they’ve
been through. I tip my hat to
them.”
As for Friday’s game, Scap-
poose jumped out to a 7-0 lead,
but the rest of the night belonged
to the Fishermen.
Back-to-back scores by
Derek Jarrett and a 3-pointer
from Justin Fruiht gave Asto-
ria the lead for good midway
through the second quarter,
and Jarrett banked in a trey at
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Sometimes it’s better to be good
and lucky.
“Those things give you a
little momentum, but the big-
ger thing was coming out in
the third quarter and taking
care of things,” Goin said. “We
missed a couple easy ones in
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It’s part of the game and we’re
never perfect. It’s how you
respond. We used to hang our
heads and get down, now we
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do.”
The Fishermen used free
throws (7-of-9) to help take a
35-27 lead after three quarters,
and their swarming defense
allowed only three Scappoose
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“When you can defend peo-
ple, that makes a big difference,”
Goin said. “You can weather
those quarters when you don’t
score a ton.”
Jarrett’s 3-pointer gave Asto-
ria a 44-31 lead with 4:08 left,
and a three-point play by Fridt-
jof Fremstad in the closing sec-
onds made it 53-38.
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points, and Kyle Strange added
15 for the Fishermen.
Lady Fishermen topple Scappoose in 48-28 win
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria girls basketball
team was shooting, scoring and
rebounding at will Friday night,
as the Lady Fishermen pounded
winless Scappoose 48-28 in a
Cowapa League contest at the
Brick House.
Three-pointers by Chloee
Hunt and Rylee DeMander had
the Fishermen well in control by
halftime, 22-9.
Astoria was 8-for-33 from
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the Indians were just 4-of-9,
with 17 turnovers.
Astoria controlled the
boards, outrebounding Scap-
poose 27 to 19, which included
numerous offensive rebounds
for the Lady Fish.
They didn’t need the offensive
boards in the second half, as Asto-
ria heated up and hit four 3-point-
ers in the third period, one each for
Taylor Mickle, DeMander, Hunt
and Kaylee Mitchell.
Astoria’s lead reached
46-23 in the fourth, as Hunt
banked in her fourth 3-pointer
of the night.
The Lady Fish were 8-of-17
from the 3-point line. Hunt had
18 points and DeMander added
11 for Astoria. Mitchell had
seven rebounds.
Astoria (4-4 in league) plays
Tuesday at Seaside (5-3).
Warriors 42, Tigers 37
CLATSKANIE — The War-
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son in style Friday night, rally-
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Clatskanie, 42-37.
Tyla Little scored 11 points
to lead the Warriors, who
knocked down several 3-point-
ers in the third quarter, while
Little hit key free throws down
the stretch.
Claire Bussert added eight
points and Landree Miethe had
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ishes 8-16 overall.
Knights 48, Lady Jays 47
JEWELL — The Jewell girls
came up one point short in their
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win for St. John Bosco.
Bosco’s Emily Crowell and
Megan Crowell combined for
29 points, while Aly Littlepage
scored 19 for the Lady Jays.
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cit after one quarter and held
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Littlepage also had 10
rebounds and three steals, and
Emma Guillen added 15 points,
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assists for Jewell, which had just
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Gabi Morales had 14
rebounds and eight points for
the Jays, 6-16 overall.
time lead, then outscored War-
renton 19-6 in the third.
Anthony Cochran had 10
points to lead the Warriors, who
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overall.
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Alyssa Harkins competes in the 100-
yard butterfly event at the District 1 Swimming
Championship on Saturday. View more photos online at
www.dailyastorian.com/sports
Harkins and Shipley
swim to district titles
Ashley Schacher and Olivia
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event Saturday, swimming
Swimmers from New- the 200-yard medley relay
port and Tillamook scored in 2 minutes, 4.73 seconds.
most of the victories Sat- They will be the No. 8 seed
urday at the Astoria at the state meet, the only
Aquatic Center, on Day 2 state qualifying event for
of the District 1/4A swim the Astoria girls.
championships.
For the Astoria boys,
Of the 22 total events, freshman Josh Shipley won
the Cubs and Cheesemak- the 100-yard breaststroke in
ers won 15, while the Til- 1:08.39 for the lone Fisher-
lamook girls and Newport men victory.
boys swam off with the
Sophomore Alyssa Har-
team championships.
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the girls were third behind (1:07.44).
Tillamook and Newport;
The Gulls will send
and the Astoria boys took more swimmers to state as
third behind Newport and wild cards, including the
Valley Catholic. The Sea- girls’ 200 medley relay (the
side girls placed fourth, and foursome of Kendy Lin,
the boys sixth.
Harkins, Maya McGill and
The North Coast will Clarisse Coventry took sec-
still send its fair share ond); the boys’ 200- and
of swimmers to the state 400-yard freestyle relays
meet, Friday and Saturday (Alex Tadei, Brad Rze-
at Mt. Hood Community wnicki, Luke Liljenwall
College.
and Sam Beaudoin placed
Astoria’s “Fab Four” second in both); and the
relay squad of Megan girls’ 200-yard freestyle
Sparks, Kendal Gustafson, relay (third).
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Knights 40, Blue Jays 30
JEWELL — Trystan Silva
Adna 62, Ilwaco 39
scored 11 points with nine
MONTESANO,
Wash. rebounds, but it wasn’t enough
— Adna scored a big upset for Jewell Friday night, as St.
over Ilwaco Saturday, 62-39, John Bosco left with a 40-30
in a Southwest District 2B win over the Blue Jays.
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Ben Stahly added nine points
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team for No. 2-ranked Ilwaco, season 4-19 overall.
now 19-3 overall. The Lady
Fishermen play Toledo in a los-
er-out game at 4 p.m. today in
Montesano.
Madeline Jacobson led
Ilwaco with 12 points, followed
by Hannah Ellsworth with 11.
Boys Basketball
Tigers 54, Warriors 29
CLATSKANIE — Clats-
kanie’s Cooper Starkel scored
14 points and Andrew Norgren
added 12, as the Tigers defeated
Warrenton 54-29 in a Lewis
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Friday.
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sacred stories
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Gaston at
Knappa, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Sea-
side, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Sea-
side, 7:45 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls Basketball — Valley Catholic
at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea-
side, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Valley Catholic
at Astoria, 7:45 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea-
side, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Nestucca,
6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Swimming — OSAA State Meet,
Mt. Hood CC, TBA
Wrestling — District 1/4A Region-
als, Crook County, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY
Swimming — OSAA State Meet,
Mt. Hood CC, TBA
Wrestling — District 1/4A Region-
als, Crook County, 10 a.m.
Hinson 6, Murray 4, Gerken, Ritchie,
Munk, Meehan.
St. John
7 14 7 12—40
Jewell
4 10 9 7—30
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 48, Scappoose 28
SCP (28): Bailey 11, Brodala 8, K.Ko-
pra 5, Mills 3, Esterly 1.
AST (48): Chloee Hunt 18, DeMand-
er 11, Mickle 9, Hemsley 5, Mitchell 4,
Dalton 1, Wallace, Rogers, Abrahams,
Gimre.
Scappoose
7 2 8 11—28
Astoria
14 8 19 7—48
JV: Astoria 30, Scappoose 20
St. John 48, Jewell 47
SJ (48): Emily Crowell 16, M.Crowell
13, Moore 9, Jayawickrama 5, Bar-
tholomew 2, Sindlinger 2, Owen 1.
JWL (47): Aly Littlepage 19, Guillen
15, Morales 8, Kaczenski 5, R.Wam-
mack.
St. John
10 16 11 11—48
Jewell
2 18 16 11—47
SWIMMING
BOYS BASKETBALL
Astoria 55, Scappoose 39
SCP (39): Joey Wagenknecht 12,
Lohman 9, Donaldson 6, Davis 6,
Kramer 5, Oslin 1.
AST (55): Derek Jarrett 22, Strange
15, Fruiht 8, Fremstad 4, Palek 4, Meis-
ner 2, Englund, Arnsdorf, Gohl, Burch-
field, Loughran, Williams, O’Brien.
Scappoose
12 5 10 12—39
Astoria
10 12 13 20—55
Clatskanie 54,
Warrenton 29
WAR (29): Anthony Cochran 10,
Knight 8, Holt 7, Wilson 4, Stein.
CLA (54): Cooper Starkel 14, An-
drew Norgren 12, McKay 9, McCallis-
ter 6, Sewald 4, Luquette 3, Karber 2,
Blodgett 2.
Warrenton
6 5 6 12—29
Clatskanie
11 12 19 12—54
St. John Bosco 40, Jewell 30
JWL (30): Trystan Silva 11, Stahly 9,
District 1/4A Championships
at Astoria Aquatic Center
Girls: Tillamook 263, Newport 201,
Astoria 162, Seaside 151, Valley Cath-
olic 121, Taft 111, Scappoose 85, Rain-
ier 80, Toledo 16.
(Winners, plus Astoria, Seaside
finalists)
200 Medley Relay: 1, Astoria,
2:04.73. 2, Seaside, 2:09.97.
200 Freestyle: 1, Allison Bacha-
rt, New, 2:06.45. 2, Kendy Lin, Sea,
2:11.33.
200 Individual Medley: 1, Allison
Wilkes, Til, 2:33.78.
50 Freestyle: 1, Emily Reibach,
Til, 26.68. 3, Clarisse Coventry, Sea,
27.02. 5, Ashley Schacher, Ast, 28.12.
6, Olivia Paul, Ast, 28.31.
100 Butterfly: 1, Alyssa Harkins,
Sea, 1:07.44. 2, Ashley Schacher, Ast,
1:10.94.
100 Freestyle: 1, Kara Putman,
Til, 57.66. 3, Clarisse Coventry, Sea,
59.45.
500 Freestyle: 1, Elena Elling-
son-Cosenza, New, 5:52.53. 3, Maya
McGill, Sea, 6:25.74.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Newport,
1:47.84. 3, Seaside, 1:53.60. 4, Astoria,
1:56.62.
100 Backstroke: 1, Allison Wilkes,
Til, 1:06.82. 2, Kendy Lin, Sea, 1:06.83.
3, Megan Sparks, Ast, 1:08.34.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Kara Putman,
Til, 1:11.28. 3, Alyssa Harkins, Sea,
1:21.13. 4, Kendal Gustafson, Ast,
1:23.59.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Tillamook,
4:01.09. 6, Astoria, 5:02.99.
Boys: Newport 347, Valley Catholic
185, Astoria 149, Rainier 130, Scap-
poose 112, Seaside 111, Taft 103, Til-
lamook 69, Toledo 9.
(Winners, plus Astoria, Seaside
finalists)
200 Medley Relay: 1, Newport,
1:51.87. 3, Seaside, 1:54.31. 5, Astoria,
1:59.41.
200 Freestyle: 1, David Spurgeon,
VC, 1:54.88. 3, Joshua Shipley, Ast,
1:58.83. 4, Bradley Rzewnicki, Sea,
2:01.95.
200 Individual Medley: 1, Arath
Hernandez, New, 2:18.30. 4, Thayne
Covert, Ast, 2:33.03.
50 Freestyle: 1, Ryland Pampush,
Til, 24.09. 2, Sam Beaudoin, Sea,
24.11. 5, Jacob Hulti, Ast, 24.79.
100 Butterfly: 1, David Spurgeon,
VC, 57.35.
100 Freestyle: 1, Ryland Pampush,
Til, 53.00. 4, Jacob Hulti, Ast, 54.63. 5,
Luke Liljenwall, Sea, 55.67.
500 Freestyle: 1, Ben Settle, VC,
4:53.59. 5, Thayne Covert, Ast,
5:53.19. 6, Elias Simmons, Ast,
5:58.56.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Newport,
1:36.53. 2, Seaside, 1:38.99. 5, Asto-
ria, 1:43.98.
100 Backstroke: 1, Ben Settle, VC,
54.39.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Joshua Ship-
ley, Ast, 1:08.39.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Newport,
3:35.75. 2, Seaside, 3:43.34. 5, Asto-
ria, 4:30.75.
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