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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Logger girls beat Dragons SHERIDAN — Knappa opened Northwest League play Saturday with a 74-7 win at Delphian. The Loggers led 42-5 at half- time, and gave up just one field goal to the Dragons, who are play- ing with a varsity team for the first time. All 10 players in the Logger lineup scored points, led by Kait- lyn Landwehr’s triple-double (28 points, 10 steals, 10 rebounds). Knappa outscored the Dragons 22-1 in the final quarter. Warrior girls crush Pirates ROCKAWAY BEACH — Warrenton played one last non- league game in preparation for league play this week, and cruised past Neah-Kah-Nie 64-18 Friday night. Among the state leaders in points scored through four games, the Warriors built a 39-10 lead on the Pirates. Rachel Dyer scored 15 points, Landree Miethe added 13, and all 11 players in the lineup scored for Warrenton, which improves to 3-1 overall. The Warriors host Rainier in a Lewis & Clark League opener Tuesday. Warrior boys top Pirates ROCKAWAY BEACH — The Warrenton Warriors are already one victory shy of their win total of last season, following a 71-59 win Friday night at Neah-Kah-Nie. Christian Holt and Dalton Knight scored 23 points apiece and Tyler Whitaker added 18 for Warrenton, which improved to 3-1 on the season for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The Warriors forced “a ton of turnovers,” said coach Nate McBride, and finished 11-for- 22 from the 3-point line, as they tuned up for Tuesday’s Lewis & Clark League opener against Rainier. Warrenton led 21-8 after one quarter, and the Warrior lead reached 28 in the third quarter. Ilwaco boys win again MENLO, Wash. — Ilwaco shot just 30 percent from the field (16-of-53), but that was good enough for the win Sat- urday at Willapa Valley, where the Fishermen rallied from a brief deficit to beat the Vikings, 42-39. Robert Woods led Ilwaco with 23 points and eight rebounds, helping the Fishermen improve to 5-0 overall, 4-0 league. Mules upset Comet boys CATHLAMET, Wash. — Naselle’s Antonio Nolan scored 23 points and teammate Donny Edwards added 12, but Wahkia- kum slipped past the Comets Saturday, 52-50, to win the KM Mountain Trophy. Luke Brown had 17 points and 13 rebounds for Willapa Valley. Seaside boys win ‘Andrew’s Meet’ By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian T he Astoria swim teams took advantage of the “home water” Saturday after- noon, in the annual Andrew Nygaard Memorial Invitational at the Astoria Aquatic Center. Celebrating and honoring the life of former Astoria swimmer Andrew Nygaard, the Fish- ermen scored a pair of second-place team fin- ishes in the annual meet, which included four of the six Cowapa League schools. The Tillamook girls and the Seaside boys won the team titles, while the Cheesemakers won the combined team score with 480 points, followed by Astoria (454) and Seaside (393). The Seaside boys won seven different events, beginning with the 200-yard medley relay, where Luke Liljenwall, Brad Rzewnicki, Will Garvin and Isaiah Collins won in 2 min- utes, 1.70 seconds. Rzewnicki added a victory in the 200-yard individual medley (2:28.98); Liljenwall took the 50-yard freestyle (25.67) and the 100- yard freestyle (58.95); Garvin won the 100- yard butterfly (1:01.91) and the 100-yard back- stroke (1:07.14); and the same four took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:46.52). “Will Garvin PR’d today in the ‘fly,” said first-year Seaside coach Shane Spell. “The guys’ 200 medley relay started off good with a win; Bradley (Rzewnicki) had some good swims in his first meet of the year; Kendy Lin for the girls … the returners took care of busi- ness, and we have some newcomers who are improving every single meet. I like to see those PR’s. For five kids, it’s their first year of com- petitive swimming.” Meanwhile, the Astoria swim team has 17 swimmers who are in their first year of com- petitive swimming. The Astoria boys finished 1-2 in the 200- yard freestyle, with Elias Simmons (2:15.10) edging teammate Riley Cameron (2:15.66). The Fishermen foursome of Simmons, Cameron, Thayne Covert and Ryder Dopp won the final event, with a time of 4:06.19 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Brad Mosher/For the Daily Astorian Astoria senior Shannon Christie helped the Lady Fishermen to second-place finishes in two relays. Submitted Photo Saturday’s meet is named for former Asto- ria swimmer Andrew Nygaard, who died in 1998 at age 15 after a practice in Seaside. The Astoria girls scored points with sec- ond-place finishes in the first event (200 med- ley relay, 2:18.16) and the last event (400 free- style relay, 4:34.97); and Kendal Gustafson took second in both the 100-yard freestyle (1:04.72) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:21.90). Astoria coach Amy Emmett pointed to “lots of PRs,” with a few of the biggest time drops from Madi Burchfield (1:29.39 in the 100 free- style, a drop of 12.20 seconds); and Jenna Travers, who dropped 12.96 seconds in the 200 freestyle and 13 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. Seaside’s Kendy Lin took second in both the 200 freestyle and the backstroke. The meet is named in honor of Andrew Nygaard, the North Coast swimmer who died after collapsing at a practice in Seaside in 1998 at age 15. The Fishermen and Nygaard’s family were promoting “PlaySmart,” free heart screenings for youth ages 12-18. Screenings will be offered at Astoria High School Jan. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. A con- sent form will need to be signed by a parent in order for their child to participate in the screening. Contact the high school for more information. Fishermen boys win one, lose one The Daily Astorian Playing their second game in two days, the Astoria Fishermen “ran out of gas” in the fourth quarter Satur- day night, as Sandy escaped the Brick House with a 67-54 nonleague boys basketball win. “They hit some shots and got hot at the end, and we just didn’t have much left,” said Astoria coach Kevin Goin, whose team drops to 3-1. “But I was still happy with the effort,” he said. “They’re a bigger school with pretty good size, and we were right there with them for most of the game. They just moved the ball real well and hit more shots that we did. We had a good week, and we’re where we want to be at this stage.” The Pioneers drained 10 3-point- ers on the night. Sandy was 6-of-9 on 2-point shots in the fourth quarter, and 3-for-3 from behind the arc. Sandy had four players in double figures, led by Jadon Floyd with 16. Fridtjof Fremstad had 16 points for the Fishermen, followed by Olaf Englund with 15 and Jasyn Gohl with eight. Astoria takes part in the Seaside Holiday Classic later this week. The Fishermen open with Cottage Grove Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Astoria 50, Semiahmoo 42 Originally scheduled for Thurs- day, the Fishermen played Semiah- moo, a touring Canadian team Fri- day at Tillamook, where Ryan Palek scored 14 points and Olaf Englund added 12 in Astoria’s 50-42 win over the team from British Columbia. Fridtjof Fremstad chipped in 10 points and Jasyn Gohl scored eight points for the Fishermen. Semiahmoo played another game immediately after facing Astoria, and defeated Tillamook 73-67. Ilwaco tops Astoria in battle of Lady Fishermen The Daily Astorian ILWACO, Wash. — The Lady Fishermen of Washington beat the Lady Fishermen of Oregon Satur- day, as Ilwaco posted a 52-29 win over Astoria in a nonleague girls basketball game at Ilwaco. Ilwaco’s MaKenzie Kaech poured in 24 points in the cross- state game, the first meeting between the two schools since the 2013-14 season. Madeline Jacobson added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Ilwaco, which held a 37-27 lead going into the fourth quarter, where Ilwaco closed with a 15-2 run. Astoria “played pretty well the first 2 1/2 quarters,” said coach Mike Jacobson. “We closed to within 26-25 halfway through the third quarter,” but “too many turnovers and too many fouls.” Ilwaco finished 18-of-30 from the free-throw line, to Astoria’s 6-of-10. Ilwaco shot 18 free throws in the sec- ond half, to just two for Astoria. Brooklyn Hankwitz and Anna Gimre scored eight points apiece for Astoria, which takes part in the Seaside Holiday Classic, Thursday through Saturday. Astoria opens the tournament against Cottage Grove at 10 a.m. Thursday. Hobbled Rodgers helps Packers dissect Seahawks By GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. — Pack- ers receiver Jordy Nelson sounds as if he’s running out of superlatives to describe quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Nothing surprises Nelson any- more about Rodgers, not even when the two-time NFL MVP is playing with two sore legs. Rodgers threw for 246 yards and three scores, including two to Nelson , and dissected Seattle’s top-ranked defense in a 38-10 win on Sunday over the Seahawks. Already playing with a sore left hamstring, Rodgers said he hurt his right calf while throwing a tone-set- ting, 66-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams on the game’s open- ing drive. Rodgers’ trademark mobility might be limited, but his arm is work- ing just fine. He finished 18 of 23. “I mean there’s nothing that he can’t do,” Nelson said. “We’ve seen it for years now, in practice, in games. So as hard as it is — in a good way he can’t impress us because he does it all the time.” The Packers (7-6) won their third straight following a four-game losing streak to keep their playoff hopes alive . They stayed two games back of first- place Detroit in the NFC North, with UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Los Angeles Rams (4-9) at Seattle Seahawks (8-4-1) • Thursday, 1:25 p.m. TV: NBC their final three regular-season games coming against divisional opponents. Don’t think for one minute that Rodgers plans to miss any time. “That’s football. You deal with injuries, you know. I’d like to talk about the win — you’re talking about my injuries,” Rodgers told reporters. “I’m not missing games, so ... we’ve won three in a row.” Seattle’s defense looked terrible in its first game without safety Earl Thomas, who has a broken leg. But Russell Wilson’s career-high five interceptions might have been the most startling disappointment for the Seahawks (8-4-1). Wilson was 22 of 39 for 240 yards and one touchdown. “There were just too many in there and we don’t have to talk about each play,” Wilson said. “Obviously, we can’t turn the ball over and I put that on me.” Three interceptions deflected off his receivers’ hands, including one that also caromed off Doug Bald- win’s helmet to cornerback Damari- ous Randall. Seattle coughed up six turnovers overall. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — Jewell at Crosshill Christian, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Jewell at Cross- hill Christian, 7:15 p.m. TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Rainier at War- renton, 7:45 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Rainier at War- renton, 6 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 8 p.m.; Ilwaco at Raymond, 7 p.m. SWIMMING Andrew Nygaard Invitational Combined Team Scores: Tillamook 480, Astoria 454, Seaside 393, Molalla 335, Valley Catholic 323, Rainier 271, Toledo 123. Girls: Tillamook 320, Astoria 209, Mo- lalla 203, Seaside 141, Valley Catholic 133, Rainier 129, Toledo 73. Boys: Seaside 252, Astoria 245, Val- ley Catholic 190, Tillamook 160, Rainier 142, Molalla 132, Toledo 50. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ilwaco 52, Astoria 29 AST (29): Brooklyn Hankwitz 8, Anna Gimre 8, Wallace 7, DeMander 3, O’Brien 3. ILW (52): MaKenzie Kaech 24, Jacob- son 15, Bannister 7. Astoria 5 11 11 2—29 Ilwaco 8 14 15 15—52 Knappa 74, Delphian 7 KNA (74): Kaitlyn Landwehr 28, Carl- son 10, Weaver 10, Vandergriff 8, Van- derburg 4, Tischer 4, Inman 4, Miller 2, Hendrickson 2, Strain 2. Knappa 22 20 10 22—74 Delphian 2 3 1 1—7 BOYS BASKETBALL Sandy 67, Astoria 54 SAN (67): Jadon Floyd 16, Kansala 12, I.Stevens 10, Fisher 10, M.Gorski 8, M.Stevens 5, Remsburg 3, Brown 2, C.Gorski 1. AST (54): Fridtjof Fremstad 16, En- glund 15, Gohl 8, Arnsdorf 7, Palek 6, Johnson 2, Sharp, Kanonohi, Schum- acher, Burchfield, O’Brien. Sandy 18 11 17 21—67 Astoria 14 14 16 10—54 Warrenton 71, Neah-Kah-Nie 59 WAR (71): Christian Holt 23, Dal- ton Knight 23, Whitaker 18, Fischer 4, Fowler 3, Kapua, Jackson, Alcobendas, Bingham, Oseguera. NKN (59): Max Halverson 16, May 14, Dorsey 8, Hixson 5, Davidson 4. Warrenton 21 17 19 14—71 Neah-Kah-Nie 8 14 11 26—59
