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THE DAILY ASTORIAN MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016
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Astoria comeback: ‘It was pure heart’
Fishermen take
fourth at state
By GARY HENLEY
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FOREST GROVE —
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The 2015-15 Astorian Fishermen 4A boys basketball team.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Softball — Astoria at R.A.
Long, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
Baseball — Molalla at Seaside,
5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — Warrenton at
Nestucca, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — Warrenton at
Nestucca, 4:30 p.m.
Track — Seaside at Astoria,
3:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Class 4A State Tournament
State Championship
Philomath 55, Seaside 45
SEASIDE (21-8): Austin Eagon
4-8 3-5 11; Hunter Thompson
4-13 0-0 10; Jaxson Smith 4-14
0-0 10; Jackson Januik 1-10 6-6
8; Zach Marston 3-5 0-0 6; Saoul
Cazarez 0-1 0-0 0; Attikin Babb
0-6 0-0 0; Payton Westerholm 0-0
0-0 0; Michael Lewis 0-0 0-0 0;
Otto Hoekstre 0-0 0-0 0; Chase
Januik 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-57
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PHILOMATH (24-3): Austin
Gerding 6-13 7-9 21; Riley Davis
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5-9 2-4 12; Cal Stueve 2-8 8-12
12; Casey Croy 2-8 2-2 6; Logan
Williams 1-2 0-0 2; John Noble
1-1 0-0 2; Kenan Conner 0-3 0-1
0; Tyler Pfarrer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
17-44 19-28 55.
Seaside
9 10 13 13—45
Philomath 14 16 9 16—55
3-point FG: Seaside 4-24
(Thompson 2-9; Smith 2-4; Babb
0-4; J.Januik 0-7); Philomath 2-7
(Gerding 2-4; Croy 0-1; Con-
ner 0-2). Fouled out: Seaside,
Thompson. Rebounds: Seaside
40 (Eagon 13); Philomath 34
(Stueve 10). Assists: Seaside 7
(J.Januik 4); Philomath 11 (Wil-
liams 3). Total fouls: Seaside 19,
Philomath 15. Technical fouls:
Seaside-Thompson, J.Januik.
Players of the Game: Seaside:
Austin Eagon; Philomath: Austin
Gerding.
Fourth-Sixth Place
Astoria 56, Cottage Grove 46
ASTORIA (21-7): Kyle Strange
7-13 3-3 19; Justin Fruiht 7-9 0-1
14; Fridtjof Fremstad 3-8 4-4 10;
Derek Jarrett 3-13 0-0 7; Olaf
Englund 1-2 4-4 6; Clay Williams
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Loughran 0-0 0-0 0; Alex Burch-
field 0-0 0-0 0; Jasyn Gohl 0-0 0-0
0; Kyle Meisner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
21-51 10-11 55.
COTTAGE GROVE (20-9):
Blake Sentman 6-15 0-0 16; Kory
Parent 6-13 0-0 15; Chance Hop-
kins 3-6 1-2 7; Jayden Tucker 2-7
0-0 4; Hunter Gipson 1-3 0-0 2;
Tucker Porter 1-2 0-0 2; Josh Cla-
flin 0-0 0-0 0; Trenton Grover 0-0
0-0 0; DeJean Alonzo 0-0 0-0 0;
Jesse Ellingworth 0-1 0-0 0; Ken-
drick Murphy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
19-47 1-2 46.
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stad 0-1; Arnsdorf 0-1); Cottage
Grove 7-24 (Sentman 4-10; Par-
ent 3-9; Tucker 0-3; Gipson 0-1;
Ellingworth 0-1). Fouled out:
None. Rebounds: Astoria 32
(Englund 10); Cottage Grove 26
(Hopkins 9). Assists: Astoria
13 (Englund 4), Cottage Grove
9 (Sentman 3; Gipson 3). Total
fouls: Astoria 10, Cottage Grove
11.
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Grove: Blake Sentman; Astoria:
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HILLSBORO — The
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early in the Final Four contest
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Seaside girls out after loss to Banks
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HILLSBORO — After
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regular season games earlier
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chance for a possible upset
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26-11 in the fourth to pull out
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ketball state tournament con-
solation contest Friday at Lib-
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Seaside’s Maddi Uttil was the
OSAA Player of the Game in
Thursday and Friday’s state
basketball contests.
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fourth-place trophy game
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loss ended Seaside’s season
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plish their goal of winning
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Senior guard Whitney
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earned the Moda Health Player
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and made the free throw to put
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Smith and Jackson Januik
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Austin Eagon added 12
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bound. More photos at www.dailyastorian.com
THANK
YOU!
T he 8th G rade T ournam ent
B asketball T eam w ishes to thank the
sponsors of our tournam ents: L um s A uto,
D r. H enson, M cC all’s T ire of Seaside, P acific P ow er,
and A storia Youth A thletics.
Friends, fam ilies, and the com m unity for all the generosity
in our various fundraising activities in support of our travel to State.
A storia Ford for hosting a C ar W ash.
A storia H igh School and C oach M ike Jacobson for the use of uniform s.
W e appreciate the honor of representing A storia at the O regon M iddle
School State B asketball C ham pionships
and w ear P urple and G old w ith pride.

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