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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 SPORTS 7A Astoria youth basketball team off to state tourney The Daily Astorian Submitted Photo Astoria middle schoolers basketball team. Front row, left to right: Hailey O’Brien, Taileigh Cole, Libby Whitsett, Elizabeth Barnett. Back row: Julia Norris, Baylee McSwain, Brook- lynn Hankwitz, Abby Albright and Grace Czarnecki. The Astoria eighth-grade girls basketball is making its annual trip to the state tournament next month, and will be holding a car wash to raise expenses, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Astoria Ford. For the third year in a row, Astoria will be competing in the Oregon Middle School State Basketball Championships, March 4-6 in Bend, Redmond and Sisters. 7HDPVTXDOLI\E\SODFLQJ¿UVWRUVHFRQGLQD qualifying tournament or league. Astoria played LQ¿YHWRXUQDPHQWVWKLVVHDVRQLQFOXGLQJDRQH GD\'HFHPEHUHYHQWLQ&ODWVNDQLHZKHUHWKH\ went 1-2. $VWRULDSOD\HGLQWZR6HDVLGH3DFL¿F%DVNHW- ball League tournaments in January, placing sec- ond in one. They were awarded three-win and one-loss consolation medals the second weekend. The Astoria team also played in two Clats- kanie Tiger tournaments in February, taking sec- RQGLQERWKZLWKZLQVRYHU6HDVLGH7LOODPRRN Scappoose, Grants Pass and Kelso. Team members are Abby Albright, Eliza- beth Barnett, Taileigh Cole, Grace Czarnecki, Brooklynn Hankwitz, Baylee McSwain, Julia Norris, Hailey O’Brien and Libby Whitsett. The team is coached by Nathan Hankwitz, and assisted by Pat O’Brien and Rob Niemi. During the Astoria Middle School eighth- grade season, the Vikings (coached by O’Brien) SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE FRIDAY Boys Basketball — 4A Regional Play-in: Stayton at Astoria, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball — Toutle Lake vs. Ilwaco, 6 p.m., WF West HS, Chehalis. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — 4A Regional Play-in: Astoria at Henley, 1 p.m. Boys Basketball — Knappa at Western Menno- nite, 5 p.m.; Shorewood Christian vs. Naselle, 2 p.m., at Renton HS had an undefeated season (11-0), and also got the opportunity to play at the Moda Center, where they beat St. Helens. Play-in games set The ninth-ranked Astoria boys basketball team will host the Stayton Eagles at 7 p.m. Fri- day, in a Class 4A Regional Play-in round game. $VWRULDLVRYHUDOOZKLOH6WD\WRQEULQJV a 10-12 record to the Brick House. 7KH$VWRULD JLUOV WHDP RYHUDOO ZLOO WUDYHOWR.ODPDWK)DOOVWRIDFHWKH+HQOH\+RU- nets (16-7) for a 4A Play-in contest, 1 p.m. Saturday. Admission for both games is $6 for adults and $4 for students. Only OSAA passes are allowed for free admittance. Cook leads No. 13 Oregon past Washington State By RON RICHMOND Associated Press EUGENE — About the only thing Elgin Cook couldn’t play well Wednes- day night was coy. Asked if he knew about No. 9 Arizo- QD¶V ORVV DW &RORUDGR HDUOLHU LQ WKH HYH- QLQJWKDWKHOSHGJLYH1R2UHJRQVROH SRVVHVVLRQRI¿UVWSODFHLQWKH3DFWKH senior forward pretended to be clueless. “No, what went on? What hap- pened?” Cook said as a big smile, as if the PA announcement during a timeout in his own game had fallen upon deaf ears. “Yeah, I heard about it. I’m happy with it.” The Ducks took care of their own business, with Cook scoring 16 of his 24 points in the second half to lead them to DYLFWRU\RYHU:DVKLQJWRQ6WDWH Chris Boucher had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Dillon Brooks added 17 points for the Ducks (22-6, 11-4), who set a school record with their 24th con- VHFXWLYHKRPHZLQ With three games left in the regu- lar season, Oregon is within reach of LWV ¿UVW UHJXODUVHDVRQ FRQIHUHQFH WLWOH in 14 years. That alone calls for some scoreboard watching by the Ducks, who can wrap up an 18-0 home season Sun- day against Washington. Oregon State tops Huskies CORVALLIS — Stephen Thompson scored 18 points, including a game-win- ning 3-pointer just before the buzzer, as Oregon State defeated Washington 82-81 on Wednesday night. Oregon State inbounded the ball with 3.3 seconds left, trailing by two, as Thompson went the length of the court DQG KHDYHG XS D FRQWHVWHG VKRW IURP the 3-point line. He appeared to shuf- ÀHKLVIHHWSULRUWRWKHVKRWEXWLWZDV not called. Drew Eubanks added 17 points with Ryan Kang/AP Photo 13 rebounds, Gary Payton II had 15 Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, right, drives towards the basket against Washington State’s Charles Callison, left, during the first half of an NCAA SRLQWVUHERXQGVDQG¿YHVWHDOVDQG college basketball game Wednesday, in Eugene. 7UHV 7LQNOH VFRUHG IRU WKH %HDYHUV (16-10, 7-8 Pac-12). 7KRPSVRQ D IUHVKPDQ DOVR JDYH WKH %HDYHUV D ZLQ DJDLQVW 8WDK on Feb. 4 when he was fouled on a half- court shot as time expired and made all three free throws. Andrew Andrews scored 30 points and matched a career-high with six 3-pointers for the Huskies (16-12, 8-8), ZKR KDYH ORVW ¿YH RI WKHLU ODVW VL[ Dejounte Murray scored 15 points and Marquese Chriss had 14 points. The Huskies had a 77-72 lead with 2:25 left. A Eubanks layup trimmed the Hus- kies’ lead to 79-75 with one minute remaining. The basket was the Bea- YHUV¿UVW¿HOGJRDOLQDERXWQLQHPLQ- XWHV :DVKLQJWRQ WXUQHG WKH EDOO RYHU on its next possession and Tres Tinkle made a contested shot with his toe on the 3-point line with 22 seconds left for WKH%HDYHUV Crisp was fouled with 20.5 seconds left and made 1 of 2 free throws for an 80-77 lead. Payton inbounded the ball to Tinkle, EXW RI¿FLDOV UXOHG 7LQNOH ZDV IRXOHG before he could shoot. He made both free throws, and Andrews was fouled. Andrews made 1 of 2 at the stripe, DQG WKH %HDYHUV LQERXQGHG WKH EDOO WR Thompson. Up next Washington State plays at Oregon State on Sunday. Oregon hosts Washington on Sunday. Timothy J. Gonzalez/AP Photo Timothy J. Gonzalez/AP Photo Oregon State’s Drew Eubanks gets an uncontested dunk in the sec- ond half of an NCAA college basketball game against Washington, in Corvallis, on Wednesday. Oregon State won 82-81. Oregon State’s Jarmal Reid, right, go to the basket over Washington’s Noah Dickerson, center, during the first half of an NCAA college bas- ketball game in Corvallis, Wednesday.
