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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016
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Astoria opens
with win
Astoria sprints
past Knappa
KNAPPA — Astoria opened
the season Friday night with a
56-38 win over Clatskanie, in a
first round game of the Knappa
Tip-Off Classic.
The Fishermen had the game
well in hand after one half, leading
29-9 at halftime, and 44-16 after
three quarters.
Ryan Palek scored 12 points
and Jasyn Gohl added 11 for the
Fishermen, with eight points
apiece from Ole Englund, Fridtjof
Fremstad and Karsten Johnson.
KNAPPA — Both teams had
slow starts, but the Astoria Lady
Fishermen recovered better than
Knappa Saturday night, on Day 2
of the Knappa Tip-Off Classic.
Astoria eventually won the
nonleague girls basketball game,
44-24, as Alexis Wallace scored 11
points and Sam Hemsley tossed in
eight to help the Lady Fish bounce
back from a loss to Clatskanie the
night before.
The Lady Fishermen were
ahead after a low-scoring first
quarter, 5-0, then extended their
lead to 16-3 by halftime and 33-11
by the end of the third quarter.
Kaitlyn Landwehr scored 12
points to go with seven rebounds,
four blocks and three steals for
the Loggers. Ressa Inman added
seven points and eight boards.
Loggers top
Toledo
KNAPPA — Knappa’s 1-2
scoring punch of Dale Takalo and
Colton Weirup combined for 34
points Friday night, in a 46-38 win
over Toledo on Day 1 of the Log-
gers’ Tip-Off Classic.
Toledo rallied from a 27-18
halftime deficit and pulled to
within 36-29 to start the final
quarter, before the Loggers closed
it out with a 12-9 run.
Jason Miller had six of Knap-
pa’s 12 steals, to go with seven
rebounds and five assists.
Ilwaco wins at
Warrenton
WARRENTON — Ilwaco
took advantage of a tough night
from the field for the Warrenton
Warriors, as the Fishermen made
the road trip to the south side of
the Columbia River Saturday and
returned home with a 50-38 win,
in a nonleague boys basketball
game.
Ethan Bannister scored 13
points and Robert Woods added
11 for the Fishermen, who out-
scored Warrenton 21-9 over the
second and third quarters.
Dalton Knight scored 15 points
and Christian Holt added 10 for
Warrenton, which played without
Tyler Whitaker (injured in the sec-
ond quarter) in the second half.
Warriors open
with win
WARRENTON — Warrenton
had a successful season opener
Friday, as the Warriors picked up
a combined 31 points from Tyler
Whitaker and Christian Holt for a
46-34 win over Waldport.
The Irish and the Warriors were
tied 17-17 at halftime, before War-
renton went on a 13-4 run in the
third quarter. The Warriors main-
tained a five-to-10 point lead the
rest of the way, to defeat Waldport
for the second straight season.
Open Door
closes on Jewell
JEWELL — The Jewell boys
were unable to take advantage
of their home court Saturday, as
Open Door Academy powered
past the Jays, 47-39, in a 1A non-
league boys basketball game.
Junior Ben Stahly had a dou-
ble-double to lead Jewell, scor-
ing 20 points with 12 rebounds,
and teammate Ryan Kane added
seven points, six rebounds and
four steals.
Open Door led 23-11 after one
quarter, but the Blue Jays rallied
to within 40-37 with four minutes
left, before the Huskies were able
to close out the win.
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Gladstone’s Alex Stinson and Seaside’s Payton Westerholm dive for the ball Saturday at Seaside High School.
Seagulls top Gladstone
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EASIDE — The Seaside
boys basketball team may not
out-rebound a lot of teams this
year … but when the Gulls can run
opponents out of the gym, they won’t
need to.
Last year’s state runner-ups at the
4A level were right back in mid-sea-
son form Friday night at home, as the
Gulls demolished Gladstone 71-55
in a nonleague season opener at the
Gulls’ Nest.
Seaside’s pressure defense forced
18 turnovers in the first half, and the
Gulls beat the Gladiators from the
3-point line and the free throw line to
pick up their first win of the season.
The Gulls were 8-of-23 from
beyond the arc, and Seaside knocked
down 21-of-33 free throws, to Glad-
stone’s 11-for-23.
In the first regular season game
featuring the OSAA’s new three-man
officiating crew, the two teams com-
bined for 49 fouls and 56 free throws.
Meanwhile, the state’s Player of
the Year at the 4A level has a new
scoring partner. Seaside senior Jack-
son Januik tossed in a game-high
18 points, followed closely by lit-
tle brother Chase Januik, who scored
17 in the first game of his sophomore
season.
The Januik Bros., combined to
make 16-of-19 free throws. Hunter
Thompson added 10 points for the
Gulls, who led 20-9 after one quarter,
and 39-16 at halftime.
There’s always room for improve-
ment after Game 1, but Seaside coach
Bill Westerholm was pleased with the
opening night effort.
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Gladiators hold
off Gulls, 32-31
Chase Januik shoots against Gladstone’s Lyric Warren Saturday.
“We could have shared the ball
a little bit better, and done a bet-
ter job from the free-throw line,” he
said. “But I was pleased with how
we played defensively. We came out
scrappy and hustled, we forced turn-
overs and did well on the boards.
Considering that we’re not a big
team, we only gave up two offensive
boards in the first half.
“I was happy with all the kids
who played,” he said. “Everyone pro-
duced, and we had five different guys
hit 3s.”
Fishermen win ‘old time showdown’
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — Very few teams go
to Knappa and leave with a win —
but that’s just what Astoria did Sat-
urday night, in a “throwback rival”
showdown between the Loggers and
Fishermen.
In a game both schools and their
fans were looking forward to, Astoria
outscored Knappa 17-9 in a decisive
third quarter, helping the Fishermen
to a 54-47, nonleague boys win.
“I was real impressed with
Knappa,” said Astoria coach Kevin
Goin. “They came out charged, and
we were a little too stationary. The
(Jason) Miller kid played a great
Lower Columbia Connector
Tigers rally to win
KNAPPA — Astoria’s 43-40
lead in the fourth quarter did not
hold up Friday night, in a first
round game of the Knappa Tip-
Off Classic.
Clatskanie rallied and scored
the final 10 points of the game for
a 50-43 win over the Lady Fish-
ermen, in Astoria’s season opener.
Freshman Brooklyn Hankwith
scored 14 points to lead the Lady
Fish, with sophomore Sam Hems-
ley adding nine points.
game for them, and did a nice job
penetrating.”
Goin, himself, never played at
Knappa during his days as a player at
Astoria.
“I didn’t even know where the
locker room was,” he said. “The only
time I played there was in the sixth
grade. But I’m glad Chris (Spencer)
invited us, and we talked about doing
this every year, and maybe getting
some more local teams involved.”
The two teams played twice in
2009-10, in the Seaside tournament
and also the Dulcich Tournament.
It was Astoria’s first regular season
game at Knappa since Jan. 31, 2008
(the Loggers won that game, 41-34).
Spencer said in the preseason,
“Astoria at home should be a great
environment. They don’t come out
here very often. We need to get these
local rivalries going again and pack-
ing the house.”
As for Saturday’s game, a few
Astoria players with Knappa connec-
tions did most of the damage.
Fridtjof Fremstad led the Fisher-
men with 18 points, followed by Ole
Englund with nine and former Logger
Ryan Palek scored eight.
The Fishermen held a 16-15 lead
at halftime, in a game that was slowed
by fouls. Both teams combined to
shoot 48 free throws.
Miller scored 18 points to lead the
Loggers, with Dale Takalo adding 15
and Eli Takalo scoring nine.
GLADSTONE — Gladstone
scored the final basket with 14 sec-
onds left, capping a back-and-forth
game that resulted in a 32-31 win
for the Gladiators, in a nonleague
girls basketball game Friday.
The Gulls missed a final des-
peration shot, after rallying from a
halftime deficit and holding a lead
deep into the fourth quarter.
Seaside had just 12 turnovers
in its first game of the season, but
“we could just not put the ball in
the hoop,” said Mike Hawes, in
his first game as the Gulls’ head
coach. “We missed five lay-ins in
the first half. They just had a lot
more opportunities than we did,
and took advantage. Gladstone’s a
big team, and we struggled from
the field (the Gulls shot just 28
percent in the first half).”
Madi Mott scored nine points
to lead Gladstone, while Seaside
senior Maddi Utti led all scorers
with 18. Sydney Villegas added
six for the Gulls.
Warrenton falls
to Junction City
JUNCTION CITY — One
night after a 77-point win over
Waldport, the Warrenton Lady
Warriors suffered a 63-55 loss at
Junction City Saturday, in non-
league action.
With two starters (Tyla Lit-
tle and Landree Miethe) hav-
ing fouled out, the Lady War-
riors still cut a 23-point deficit to
53-49 with just under three min-
utes remaining.
But the Tigers made a few free
throws down the stretch to hold
off the Warriors, who fall to 1-1.
“We hit a lull to start the sec-
ond quarter,” said Warrenton
coach Robert Hoepfl.
Rachel Dyer led Warrenton
with 18 points, followed by Little
with nine.
More weekend sports coverage
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