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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Blazers snap
6-game losing
streak with
102-89 win
Associated Press
PORTLAND — As CJ McCo-
llum sees it, there’s no time like
the present for the Trail Blazers to
snap out of their defensive funk.
McCollum scored 20 points
and Portland snapped a six-game
losing streak with a 102-89 vic-
tory over the Sacramento Kings
on Wednesday night.
The win ended the Blazers’
longest skid of the season and
was the second straight game they
have shown intensity on defense
— something that has eluded them
at times this season.
“The sense of urgency has
risen. We understand where we’re
at in the season. We understand
where we turned the corner at last
year, about the same time. So if
we want to get better, the time is
now,” McCollum said.
Astoria’s ‘Big O’ scores 28 in double OT loss
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Fishermen did
everything but win Wednes-
day night, in one of the wild-
est games the Brick House
has seen in a few years.
The final count on the
big scoreboard had Heri-
tage winning in double over-
time, 79-71 … but if you’re
a Fishermen Fanatic, you
had to appreciate Astoria’s
effort.
Down another starter, the
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Fishermen were also down Astoria’s Olaf Englund takes a shot.
and just about out in the
The Timberwolves made
Astoria’s Olaf Englund
fourth quarter, trailing the
Timberwolves 57-49 with a made 3-of-4 free throws, 2-of-4 free throws and Asto-
little over two minutes left in bringing the Fishermen to ria’s Tristan Wallace con-
verted two foul shots, and
within 57-52.
regulation.
Seconds later, Englund Heritage held a 59-57 lead
That’s where it got a lit-
tle crazy, as Heritage was drove to the hoop, scored on with one minute remaining.
And after trailing most
called for a foul at the 1:47 a little up-and-under, drew
mark, with a technical foul the foul and completed a of the game since an 8-8 tie
tacked on, as Brenden Com- three-point play. The six- in the first quarter, Astoria’s
stock was whistled for a lit- point play had Astoria within Jackson Arnsdorf pulled the
Fishermen even, as he scored
tle unsportsmanlike conduct. 57-55 with 1:39 left.
on a backdoor cut to tie the
game at 59-59 with 53 sec-
onds left. Both teams were
scoreless the remainder of
regulation, with the Wolves
missing a shot at the buzzer.
Heritage built a 65-62
lead in the first overtime,
after making four-straight
free throws.
Astoria’s Jasyn Gohl
scored on a layup at the
26-second mark, the senior
made 1-of-2 free throws,
and Wednesday’s Player
Who Could Not Be Stopped
— Englund — hit a run-
ning jump shot with 12 sec-
onds left to tie the game,
66-66.
Astoria’s “Big O” would
finish with 28 points, before
the senior fouled out with
1:54 left in the second
overtime.
The Fishermen were lead-
ing 70-67 at the time, follow-
ing a 3-pointer by Wallace
with 2:29 left.
2016 Athletes of the Year
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AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
Oregon
State’s
Stephen
Thompson Jr., center, is dou-
ble teamed by Southern Cali-
fornia’s Nick Rakocevic, left,
Metu leads
USC past
Oregon State
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Chimezie
Metu had 19 points and eight
rebounds and No. 22 Southern
California stayed undefeated with
a 70-63 victory over Oregon State
on Wednesday night in the Pac-12
opener for both teams.
Jordan McLaughlin added 10
points, eight rebounds and four
steals and Jonah Mathews had 10
points for the Trojans (14-0, 1-0).
Stephen Thompson Jr. scored
a career-high 24 points and Drew
Eubanks had 15 points and 15
rebounds for the Beavers (4-10,
0-1).
Southern Cal went on a 13-0
run about midway through the
first half to take a 24-9 lead. Ore-
gon State was held scoreless for
nearly 5 minutes during the surge.
The Trojans led 34-17 at
halftime.
Southern California led by
double digits most of the second
half, but Oregon State was able
to cut the deficit to six points in
the final minute on a layup by
Eubanks.
No. 21 Oregon
squeeks past
No. 2 UCLA
Associated Press
EUGENE — Ten years ago at
McArthur Court, it was Oregon’s
Aaron Brooks with the shot that
knocked off No. 1 UCLA.
This time the dagger was in the
hands of Dillon Brooks, and he
delivered against the No. 2 Bru-
ins, too.
Brooks hit a 3-pointer with 0.8
seconds left to give No. 21 Ore-
gon an 89-87 victory Wednesday
night in the Pac-12 opener for both
teams.
Brooks, who finished with 23
points and nine rebounds, grabbed
Bryce Alford’s missed free throw
with 8.9 seconds to go, dribbled to
the right wing and pulled up for the
game-winning shot.
“It’s amazing,” Brooks said.
“You work on your game every
day and you dream of that moment.
“I want more moments like that
for my team.”
Female
Darian Hageman, Astoria
There was no “Sophomore
Jinx” year for Hageman. In her sec-
ond year of high school, Hageman
helped lead the Astoria girls track
team to their second-straight state
title in May.
At the state meet, she was hon-
ored as the 4A girls High-Point
Athlete with 32.5 points in her four
events — which would have been
an eighth-place finish in the team
standings, just ahead of Scappoose
(31).
Hageman’s highlight came with
a win in the triple jump, where she
set the state record twice — 37 feet,
2.5-inches on her first attempt; a
4A state mark at 38-1 on her next
jump; and she soared 38-6½ on
her fifth attempt. Even her shortest
jump would have won the competi-
tion by more than a foot.
Hageman cleared 5-8 to win the
high jump, and she went 17-7½ to
win the long jump. She placed sixth
in the pole vault.
In the fall, Hageman (now a
junior) was selected to the Cowapa
All-League volleyball team.
But Englund’s fifth foul
seemed to give an emo-
tional lift to the Timber-
wolves, as Heritage went
on a 9-0 run, highlighted by
two-straight free throws
from LaTrell Johnson, and
a 3-pointer by Johnson
moments later.
A technical foul on Asto-
ria resulted in two more made
free throws, and the Wolves
closed it out at the line, mak-
ing 7-of-10 in the final 43
seconds.
Astoria finished 21-of-28
at the free throw line (Her-
itage was 21-of-34), while
Arnsdorf added 11 points and
Ryan Palek scored 10 for the
Fishermen.
Astoria will be with-
out Fridtjof Fremstad for six
weeks, after the senior suf-
fered a fractured ankle in
Tuesday’s game.
The Fishermen close out
the tournament tonight vs.
Hockinson at 8:30 p.m.
Lady Gulls
demolish
5A Lions,
82-46
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ST. HELENS — St. Helens tried
to run with the Gulls Wednesday
night, in a nonleague girls basket-
ball game at St. Helens.
And that was a big mistake by
the Class 5A Lions, as Seaside
cruised past the former Cowapa
League team, 82-46.
“St. Helens wanted to press the
tempo and get into a track meet,”
said Seaside coach Mike Hawes.
“Fortunately we had the best
runner.”
That was Seaside senior Maddi
Utti, who scored 31 points, with
eight rebounds, seven assists and
six steals.
“Maddi was Maddi, but we
had contributions from every-
one,” Hawes said. “Lucy Bod-
ner continues to give us good play,
and Gretchen Hoekstre and Ane-
sha Smart played their best games.
Annaka Garhofer came off the
bench for a career-high 14, includ-
ing three treys. Everybody played
well and contributed.”
Darian Hageman
Male
Jackson Januik, Seaside
He doesn’t do it by himself, but
Januik has played a key role in all
four sports in which he competes.
Beginning in January, Januik
helped lead the Gulls to their first-
ever appearance in a boys basket-
ball state championship game. Sea-
side came up short in the final, but
Januik was named the 4A state
Player of the Year for his efforts, in
addition to being selected to several
all-tournament teams.
In the spring, he chased down
an individual state championship in
the 800-meter final at the state track
meet in Eugene, running a 1:58.42.
This fall, Januik was one of Sea-
side’s top runners in cross country,
as the Gulls won the league title and
placed second at state, with Januik
finishing 14th individually. He
capped his fall sports season with
another selection to the Cowapa
All-League soccer team, and is cur-
rently one of the leading scorers for
Seaside’s basketball team, ranked
No. 1 in the state as of Wednesday.
Hawks fly
past Lady
Fish, 55-34
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Jackson Januik
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
BOYS BASKETBALL
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Alsea vs. Jewell (at
Eddyville), Noon
Boys Basketball — Jewell at Eddyville,
2 p.m.
Vince Dulcich Tournament
at Astoria High School
Today’s Schedule
Girls
5 p.m.: Rainier vs. Astoria
6:45: North Marion vs. Hockinson
Boys
1:30: Molalla vs. Rainier
3:15: Heritage vs. The Dalles
8:30: Hockinson vs. Astoria
Wrestling — Knappa at Clatskanie Holi-
day Meet, TBA
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball: Warrenton at Knappa,
6:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball: Warrenton at Knappa,
8 p.m.
Heritage 79, Astoria 71
HER (79): Jander Cline 19, Johnson 17,
Singh 11, Pitre 8, Patton 8, Peneueta 6,
Taras 5, Morse 3, Garrison 2.
AST (71): Ole Englund 28, Arnsdorf 11,
Palek 10, Gohl 8, Wallace 7, Olson 4, John-
son 2, Burchfield 1, O’Brien, Schumacher,
Kanonohi, Hunt, Sharp.
Heritage
Astoria
18 13
8 18
16 12
11 22
7 13—79
7 5—71
Seaside 93, St. Helens 62
SH (62): Drake Dow 21, Anderson 15,
Minich 7, Ramos 7, Snyder 6, Shaffer 4,
Rea 2.
SEA (93): Jackson Januik 24, Wester-
holm 19, C.Januik 18, H.Thompson 15,
D.Thompson 12, Babb 4, Hoekstre 1,
Hague, Landwehr, Johnson, Meyer.
St. Helens
Seaside
19 14 23 6—62
23 22 25 23—93
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hockinson 55, Astoria 34
HOC (55): Payton Wangler 17, Russell 13,
Fisher 9, Dietel 6, Paulsen 5, McGuire 3,
Ellensohn 2.
AST (34): Alexis Wallace 8, Hemsley 6,
Cummings 6, DeMander 4, Hankwitz 4,
O’Brien 3, Burnett 2, Norris 1, Rogers,
Gimre, Nash.
Hockinson
13 13 25 4—55
Astoria
6 8 11 9—34
Seaside 82, St. Helens 46
SEA (82): Maddi Utti 31, Garhofer 14, Vil-
legas 10, Smart 8, Babbitt 8, Ideue 7, Kiser,
Bodner, Turner, Falleur.
Seaside
26 25 11 20—82
St. Helens
19 9 11 7—46
The Astoria girls basketball team
faced a tough team from across the
river Wednesday night, as Hockin-
son of Brush Prairie, Wash., came
calling at the Brick House, in a
semifinal game of the Vince Dul-
cich Memorial Tournament.
The Hawks had a seven-point
lead after the first period, and
added to it after every quarter
for an eventual 55-34 win over
Astoria.
The 48th annual tournament
wraps up today, with the Lady Fish-
ermen facing Rainier in tonight’s
third-place game on the girls’ side
(5 p.m.).
Hockinson, a 2A Washington
school, will play North Marion
in the girls’ championship at 6:45
p.m.
Astoria was just 3-of-10 from
the field in the first half, with 14
turnovers. Still, Astoria was within
26-14 at halftime.
But any hopes of another come-
back went by the boards, as the
Hawks came out on fire in the
third quarter, hitting five straight
3-pointers for a 45-24 lead. Hock-
inson led 51-25 by the end of the
third.
Alexis Wallace had eight points
for Astoria, which was 9-of-19 at
the free throw line, to Hockinson’s
15-for-28. Payton Wangler scored
17 for the Hawks.