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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016
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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