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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016
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Fremstad, Tuimato among Cowapa MVPs
FOOTBALL
The Daily Astorian
Astoria senior Fridtjof Frems-
tad was named Offensive Player of the
Year, Samboy Tuimato was one of three
Defensive Players of the Year, and How-
ard Rub was named co-Coach of the
Year this week, with the release of the
2016 Cowapa All-League football team.
The league champion Fishermen had
a league-high 14 selec-
tions, including three
of the Cowapa’s 11 all-
league wide receivers,
along with four offensive
linemen, while Fremstad
was one of three quarter-
Howard Rub backs earning all-league
honors.
Astoria’s Andrew Schauermann was
the first-team placekicker.
Defensively, the Fishermen landed
one defensive lineman, two lineback-
ers and two defensive backs on the all-
league team.
Four Seaside players (one junior, three
sophomores) were selected all-league.
This year’s complete Cowapa All-
League team:
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria quarterback Fridtjof Fremstad is the Cowapa League’s Offen-
sive Player of the Year. The Fishermen had 14 selections this year.
Cowapa All-League
Offensive Player of the Year: Fridtjof
Fremstad, Astoria
Defensive Players of the Year: Milo
Applebee, Banks; Samboy Tuimato,
Astoria; Daniel Hardy, Valley Catholic
Coaches of the Year: Howard Rub, As-
toria; Sean McNabb, Scappoose
First Team Offense
WR: Charlie Bevins, Sr., Valley C.
WR: Olaf Englund, Sr., Astoria
WR: Daniel Hardy, Sr., Valley C.
WR: Tanner Kramer, Sr., Scappoose
WR: Ryan Palek, Sr., Astoria
WR: Gunnar Partain, Jr., Banks
WR: Nate Reiman, Sr., Scappoose
C: Ian Birrell, Sr., Valley Catholic
G: Josh Dickerson, Sr., Scappoose
G: Matthew Mather, Sr., Astoria
T: Keldon Littell, Sr., Astoria
T: Isaac Villa, Sr., Astoria
RB: Milo Applebee, Sr., Banks
RB: Jimmy Jones, Jr., Scappoose
QB: Fridtjof Fremstad, Sr., Astoria
QB: Jerad Toman, Jr., Scappoose
K: Andrew Schauermann, Jr., Astoria
First Team Defense
DL: Ian Birrell, Sr., Valley Catholic
DL: Jack Grasberger, Jr., Valley C.
DL: Alex Hansen, Jr., Scappoose
DL: Jaxsen Johnson, Sr., Tillamook
DL: Keldon Littell, Sr., Astoria
DL: Chase Massey, Sr., Banks
DL: Clay Pena, Sr., Banks
Oregon overpowers Valparaiso
Harden has third
triple-double,
Rockets win
By RON RICHMOND
Associated Press
EUGENE — An embarrassing
road loss to Baylor may prove to be
a valuable lesson for Oregon.
If the fourth-ranked Ducks want
to meet their own lofty expectations,
they’ll have to earn it on the boards.
Two days after losing by 17
points to the unranked Bears, Chris
Boucher had 25 points and nine
rebounds to lead Oregon to its 27th
consecutive home victory, 76-54
over Valparaiso on Thursday night.
Boucher was coming off a
12-point, two-rebound performance
against Baylor.
“His activity allowed him to him
to have the 25 points,” Oregon coach
Dana Altman said. “He had no defen-
sive rebounds the other night and we
lost the rebounding battle by 11.
“Tonight we won it by 13, and
that was the difference in the game.”
Jordan Bell added 15 points and
seven rebounds for the Ducks (2-1),
who took control early in the second
half with an 11-4 run fueled by Bell’s
eight points to open a 52-38 lead.
Bell scored 12 points in the second
half as Oregon shot 15 of 27 from
the field.
“That was our goal, just to go
inside,” Bell said. “Against Baylor
we went 3 for 21 at the 3-point line,
so we just wanted to go inside.”
Alec Peters led the Crusad-
ers (3-1) with 24 points to become
the school’s second-leading career
scorer. Tevonn Walker added 12
points.
Backup freshman point guard
Payton Pritchard had nine points and
five assists for the Ducks, who led
by as many as 25 points in the sec-
ond half.
Associated Press
HOUSTON — In the post-
game locker room after the Hous-
ton Rockets’ 126-109 victory
over the Portland Trail Blazers
on Thursday night, James Harden
teased teammates, laughed about
excess shower water caught in his
beard and joked with reporters.
It was a stark contrast from the
more solemn and stern version of
Harden from last season.
“I’ve been having fun all year,
even in games we lose,” Harden
said. “This is a special group of
guys, coaching staff included,
and this locker room is definitely
enjoying this ride right now.”
Harden had 26 points, 14
assists and 12 rebounds for his
third triple-double of the season to
help the Rockets overwhelm the
Trail Blazers in their highest-scor-
ing game of the season.
Harden completed the tri-
ple-double in the third quarter.
The Rockets rebounded a night
after scoring just three points in
the final 6 minutes of a 105-103
loss in Oklahoma City.
C.J. McCollum led Portland
with 26 points, Maurice Harkless
had 19, and Damian Lillard 18,
his second-lowest output of the
season.
“We kind of suck right now
— it’s that simple,” Lillard said.
“We’re usually a pretty good
offensive team. We’ve been bad
on offense and bad on defense.
We’re trying hard, but we’re not
making the smartest plays -- just
not good enough. We’re not very
good right now.”
Blazers coach Terry Stotts was
much less harsh in his assessment
of his team’s second straight loss.
Portland outscored Houston by a
combined 12 points in the second
and fourth quarters but was ulti-
mately doomed by a 29-point defi-
cit in the first and third quarters.
The game was tied at 62 at
halftime, but Houston took a 100-
83 lead into the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT: BLAZERS
• Portland Trail Blazers (7-6) at
New Orleans Pelicans (2-10)
• Today, 5 p.m. TV: CSNW
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
Football
Friday — Washington 2B: Naselle at
Lummi Nation, 7 p.m.
Class 4A Semifinals
Saturday — Estacada vs. North Bend,
5:30 p.m., at Cottage Grove HS; Cas-
cade vs. Cottage Grove, 5:30 p.m., at
Hillsboro Stadium
Class 3A Semifinals
Saturday — Salem Academy vs. Blan-
chet Catholic, 11 a.m., at Cottage Grove
HS; Harrisburg vs. Coquille/Pacific, 2:15
p.m., at Cottage Grove HS
Class 2A Semifinals
Saturday — Heppner vs. Regis, Noon,
at Liberty HS; Kennedy vs. Stanfield, 5
p.m., at Liberty HS
LB: Milo Applebee, Sr., Banks
LB: Colin Haggerty, Sr., Valley C.
LB: Daniel Hardy, Sr., Valley C.
LB: Blain Herb, Jr., Banks
LB: Tyler Lyngstad, Sr., Astoria
LB: Gunnar Partain, Jr., Banks
LB: Gio Ramirez, So., Seaside
LB: Zach Rice, Sr., Scappoose
LB: Trevor Thiessen, Sr., Banks
LB: Samboy Tuimato, Sr., Astoria
LB: Mark Weir, Sr., Tillamook
DB: Fridtjof Fremstad, Sr., Astoria
DB: Michael Gift, Sr., Scappoose
DB: Jack Margheim, Sr., Scappoose
DB: Ryan Palek, Sr., Astoria
DB: Alexander Teubner, So., Seaside
DB: Austin Weeks, Jr., Tillamook
DB: Aiden Welsh, Sr., Valley C.
P: Joey Buchler, Sr., Tillamook
Honorable Mention Offense
OL: Isaac Flemmer, So., Valley C.
C: Jared Lucore, Sr., Astoria
RB: Kevin Eckrosh, Sr., Valley C.
RB: Cameron King, Jr., Seaside
WR: Tevin Jeannis, Jr., Scappoose
WR: Kyle Strange, Sr., Astoria
WR: Trevor Thiessen, Sr., Banks
WR: Duncan Thompson, So., Seaside
QB: Jake Evans, Sr., Banks
Honorable Mention Defense
DL: Rory Coon, Sr., Tillamook
LB: Ross Parsons, Jr., Scappoose
DB: Christopher Silveira, So., Tillamook
UP NEXT: DUCKS
AP Photo/Chris Pietsch
Oregon’s Jordan Bell dunks against Valparaiso during the second half of an NCAA college basketball
game Thursday in Eugene. Bell added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Ducks.
Maui Invitational, in Hawaii
• Georgetown Hoyas (1-2)
vs. Oregon Ducks (2-1)
• Monday, 1:30 p.m. TV: ESPN2
Hard-hitting Seahawks host improving Eagles
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — Even with all the
teaching he’s done to change the
way tackling is handled in the NFL,
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll still
believes in the importance of the big
hit.
So when Earl Thomas raced across
the field and leveled Rob Gronkowski
with a shoulder tackle to the midsec-
tion last week, Carroll was ecstatic
about the result of the play, and the
message it sent that the game can still
be physically brutal but in a safe way.
“Neither one of the players got hit
in the head. Still the jolt was signifi-
cant, but if we could show kids how
we want them to hit and play this
game, and college kids, that’s how
you do it,” Carroll said. “It’s the new
way, it’s the new way to make hits.”
The duo of Thomas and strong
safety Kam Chancellor are just two
of the challenges rookie quarterback
Carson Wentz has to face when the
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
• Philadelphia Eagles (5-4)
at Seattle Seahawks (6-2-1)
• Sunday, 1:25 p.m. TV: CBS
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) looks to pass
during an NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Eagles travel to Seattle
on Sunday. Wentz has passed plenty
of tests in his first NFL season, get-
ting Philadelphia into the playoff
conversation at 5-4 after last week’s
home win over Atlanta.
But even Wentz acknowledged
there’s little that can prepare him
for the experience of facing the Sea-
hawks’ defense in Seattle .
“You go in there confidently. You
don’t worry about the extra outside
noise and all those things,” Wentz
said. “You just go in there and play
ball.”
The past two weeks have indicated
another second-half surge could be on
the horizon for Seattle. After holding
off Buffalo in a Monday night victory,
the Seahawks went across the coun-
try on a short week and won at New
England , stopping the Patriots at the
1-yard line in the final seconds. They
kept a two-game lead over Arizona in
the NFC West.
It ranked among the more impres-
sive regular-season wins since Carroll
arrived in Seattle and showed flashes
that a plodding offense could be on
the verge of a breakout.