THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016
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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.
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qualifying tournament or league. Astoria played
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went 1-2.
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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-
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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.
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a 10-12 record to the Brick House.
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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.
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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
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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-
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With three games left in the regu-
lar season, Oregon is within reach of
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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
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the 3-point line. He appeared to shuf-
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not called.
Drew Eubanks added 17 points with
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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
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(16-10, 7-8 Pac-12).
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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),
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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-
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on its next possession and Tres Tinkle
made a contested shot with his toe on
the 3-point line with 22 seconds left for
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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,
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before he could shoot. He made both
free throws, and Andrews was fouled.
Andrews made 1 of 2 at the stripe,
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Thompson.
Up next
Washington State plays at Oregon
State on Sunday.
Oregon hosts Washington on
Sunday.
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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.