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SPORTS 10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 /DG\*XOOVIDOOWR9LNLQJVLQTXDUWHU¿QDOV Seaside never hit its stride By MIKE WEBER For The Daily Astorian FOREST GROVE — Appearing in the Class 4A girls basketball state tourna- ment a third straight year, the Seaside High Lady Gulls had hopes of reaching the semi- ¿QDOV ZLWK DQ RSHQLQJ URXQG ZLQ LQ WKH SUHVWLJLRXV HLJKW team, three-day event. Playing the Mazama 9LNLQJV LQ WKH TXDUWHU¿QDOV both teams had exactly the same record at 20-5, but other WKDQ WKDW WKHUH ZHUHQ¶W PDQ\ VLPLODULWLHVEHWZHHQWKHVTXDGV Seaside, guided by coach Wally Hamer, has the No. 3 ranked defense (34.6 points SHUJDPHDYHUDJHDOORZHGLQ Class 4A, but had a tough time stopping a solid sixth-ranked Mazama offense (52.6 points SHUJDPHDYHUDJH Mazama jumped in front DQG WKH 6HDJXOOV ZHUH unable to overcome the early GRXEOH GLJLW GH¿FLW DQG ORVW 44-31 to the No. 3 ranked 9LNLQJVLQWKH$TXDU- WHU¿QDOV 7KXUVGD\ HYHQLQJ DW Forest Grove High School. Seaside faced the Banks %UDYHV LQ D )ULGD\ morning consolation round contest (results unavailable at SUHVV WLPH LQ ZKLFK WKH ZLQ- QHUZRXOGPRYHRQWRSOD\LQ 6DWXUGD\¶V IRXUWKSODFH WUR- SK\ PDWFKXS ZKLOH WKH ORVHU ZRXOGFRQFOXGHLWVVHDVRQ ³2XUJRDOREYLRXVO\ZDVWR ZLQ EXW , DOVR ZDQWHG WR VHH everyone play hard throughout the game,” Hamer said. “We came out at the beginning and ZH MXVW FRXOGQ¶W KDQGOH WKHLU 0D]DPD RIIHQVLYH SUHVVXUH We had some good looks at WKHEDVNHWEXWLWZDVWRXJKWR get good shots against a good defensive team like Mazama. , ZDV GLVDSSRLQWHG WKDW ZH GLGQ¶W KDQGOH WKHLU PDQWR PDQ GHIHQVH DQG ZH GLGQ¶W make a good transition into our offense.” Photos by Alex Pajunas/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Whitney Westerholm stretches to reach around a Mazama defender and bounce a pass to an open teammate in the post. More photos online at www.dailyastorian.com Mazama probably felt VRPHZKDW FRPIRUWDEOH SOD\- LQJ LQ D J\P ZLWK WKHLU VDPH mascot paraphernalia, since the Class 5A Forest Grove School is home of the Vikings, WRR ,W PLJKW KDYH JLYHQ Mazama a psychological edge ZKLOH PDNLQJ WKHP IHHO ULJKW at home. Mazama, the Skyline Con- ference Champions from Klamath Falls, connected on many perimeter jumpers and scored often in the post to gain its advantage. Seaside senior post Brittany West scored on a post move inside for the 6HDJXOOV¶ ¿UVW EDVNHW PDNLQJ LWZLWKOHIWLQWKH¿UVW quarter. ³, GRQ¶W WKLQN ZH ZHUH H[SHFWLQJ WKHP 0D]DPD WR shoot as much as they did from the outside,” West said. “We ZHUH WU\LQJ WR IRFXV RQ VWRS- ping them on the inside and WKH\ ZHUH DEOH WR KLWV VRPH Seaside Coach Wally Hamer and his bench watch the ac- tion during the first half against Mazama. RXWVLGH MXPS VKRWV , WKLQN LI ZH ZRXOG¶YH KDG D OLWWOH PRUH WLPH ZH PLJKW¶YH EHHQ DEOHWRFRPHEDFNDQGZLQWKH JDPH«:HGH¿QLWHO\GLGQ¶W JLYH XS :H¶UH ORRNLQJ IRU- ZDUGWRKRSHIXOO\ZLQQLQJRXU QH[WJDPHEHFDXVHZHZDQWWR FRPHKRPHZLWKDWURSK\´ Mazama build a 19-4 lead DIWHU WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU DQG WKH Vikings momentum continued in the second. Mazama started the second quarter exactly WKH VDPH ZD\ WKH\ EHJDQ WKH JDPH ZLWK D UXQ DQG ZHUH PLGZD\ WKURXJK the second. The Vikings uti- lized a big advantage in free- WKURZ VKRRWLQJ WR DOVR KHOS them get a lead. Mazama shot 13-for-23 (56.5 percent from WKH OLQH ZKLOH 6HDVLGH VKRW MXVWIRUSHUFHQWDWWKH line. Mazama outrebounded 6HDVLGH WR ZKLFK DOVR proved to be a key factor to help them gain the advantage. ³:H SOD\HG ZLWK WKHP WRXJK DQG ZH PDGH D VWURQJ effort the last couple of min- utes in the second quarter,” said Hamer. “We began play- ing more physical and aggres- VLYHO\DQGZHVWDUWHGXWLOL]LQJ RXU VWUHQJWKV :H MXVW GLGQ¶W have a very good offensive JDPHWKRXJK:HKXVWOHGZHOO RQGHIHQVHDQGWKHNLGVGLGQ¶W TXLWDWDOOVR,¶PSURXGRIWKH HIIRUWWKH\PDGH:H¶OOKDYHWR bounce back and play better on )ULGD\YHUVXV%DQNV´ The Seagulls fought back ZLWK WKHLU RZQ UDOO\ RQ baskets by junior guard Maddi 8WWL SRLQWV IRXU DVVLVWV sophomore backup guard Jetta ,GHXHSRLQWVDQGDKHUVLV- WHUVHQLRUJXDUG3DLJH,GHXH SRLQWVWKUHHVWHDOVZKR¿UHG in a three-pointer to make the score 29-14 at halftime. ³:H MXVW KDG D VORZ VWDUW DQGZHFRXOGQ¶WUHDOO\JHWLQWR any kind of offensive rhythm early in the game,” said Utti. ³:HGH¿QLWHO\VWDUWHGZRUNLQJ together better in the second KDOI DQG WKHQ ZH NLQG RI JRW WKLQJV JRLQJ SUHWW\ ZHOO ZLWK RXU RIIHQVH :H MXVW FRXOGQ¶W pull through though to get the ZLQDWWKHHQG7KH\0D]DPD ZHUHKLWWLQJDORWRIWKHLUVKRWV though to help them build a OHDG , GH¿QLWHO\ WKLQN ZH¶OO bounce back and play better RQ )ULGD\ :H¶UH MXVW KRSLQJ to play for trophy on Saturday DQGWKDW¶VRXUJRDO´ Seaside climbed back to JHW QHDUO\ ZLWKLQ VLQJOH GLJ- its in the third. A 6-2 Seagull run, fueled by baskets by 3DLJH ,GHXH MXQLRU IRUZDUG Sydney Villegas (6 points, VHYHQ UHERXQGV DQG D WKUHH pointer by senior post Brit- tany West, trimmed the margin to 31-20, forcing a Mazama WLPHRXW ZLWK UHPDLQLQJ in the third quarter. Mazama UHVSRQGHG ZLWK D UXQ though to build a 38-20 advan- tage after three. ³:H NHSW SOD\LQJ ZHOO DQG ¿JKWLQJ KDUG RQ GHIHQVH to help us stay in the game,” VDLG 3DLJH ,GHXH ³)RU DERXW RQHDQGKDOITXDUWHUVZHMXVW GLGQ¶WSOD\YHU\JRRGEXWZH fought back.” The resilient Seagulls never gave up though and played tough for the entire contest to WU\WRRYHUFRPHWKHODUJHGH¿- cit. A 9-2 Seaside run, capped E\ :KLWQH\ :HVWHUKROP¶V three-point play, trimmed the PDUJLQWRMXVWZLWK remaining in the game. At that SRLQW WKH 6HDJXOOV GH¿QLWHO\ had a chance, but it just proved to be too much of an uphill battle for them to overcome. A jumper in the lane by Villegas, QDUURZHGLWWRODWHLQWKH game as the Seagulls fought back to make it a respectable margin at the end. 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