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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016
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IN BRIEF
Rainier tops
Astoria, 47-24
The Daily Astorian
In the third-place girls’ game
of the Vince Dulcich Memo-
rial Tournament, Rainier built a
26-16 halftime lead and pulled
away in the third quarter on its
way to a 47-25 win over Astoria
Thursday.
Desirae Hansen and Haley
Schimmel scored nine points
apiece for the Columbians, the
eighth-ranked team at the 3A
level. Jadyn Crape and Aspen
Norman combined for 16 more
for Rainier, 9-2 overall.
Alexis Wallace led Asto-
ria with eight points, while
Sam Hemsley and Julia Nor-
ris added six apiece for the Lady
Fishermen.
Eagles soar
past Blue Jays
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EDDYVILLE — A short-
handed Jewell team struggled to
score Thursday, in a nonleague
game at Eddyville, where the
Eagles posted a 51-24 win over
the Blue Jays.
Sophomore Trent Kinion
scored 14 points to lead nine
players in the scoring column for
Eddyville, which led 13-2 after
one quarter.
Jewell played without Ben
Stahly and a few others, and
had just six players in uniform.
Nathan Kane had 11 points and 10
rebounds for the Jays.
Alsea rallies past
Jewell, 46-40
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EDDYVILLE — Alsea over-
came a 34-28 deficit going into
the fourth quarter Thursday, as
the Wolverines rallied for a 46-40
win over Jewell in a nonleague
girls basketball game played at
Eddyville.
Alsea sophomore Abbie
Lowther scored 26 points to lead
the way, with the Wolverines out-
scoring the Lady Jays 18-6 in the
fourth quarter.
Heidi Hollenbach led Jewell
with 14 points and 11 rebounds,
while Emma Guillen had nine
points and Gabi Morales added
nine rebounds for the Jays.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball: Warrenton at Knap-
pa, 6:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball: Warrenton at Knap-
pa, 8 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hockinson 45, Astoria 41
HOC (45): Micah Paulsen 13, Gospe
10, S.Racanelli 7, Brammer 6, Panfiglio
5, Venema 4.
AST (41): Ole Englund 16, Gohl 9,
Wallace 7, Palek 5, Arnsdorf 2, Olson 2,
O’Brien, Burchfield, Johnson.
Hockinson
6 13 12 14—45
Astoria
14 8 6 13—41
Eddyville 51, Jewell 24
JWL (24): Nathan Kane 11, Hinson 8,
Littlepage 1, Culp, Lilley, Meehan.
EDD (51): Trent Kinion 14, Spikes 9,
Russell 7, Cottle 4, Collier 3, Rariden 2,
Rorie 2, Weber 2, Davis 2.
Jewell
2 8 4 10—24
Eddyville
13 13 15 10—51
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Rainier 47, Astoria 25
RAI (47): Desirae Hansen 9, Haley
Schimmel 9, Crape 8, As.Norman 8,
Gray 4, Harkleroad 4, Taylor 4, Sanchez
1.
AST (25): Alexis Wallace 8, Hemsley
6, Norris 6, Hankwitz 3, Cummings 1,
O’Brien 1, DeMander, Rogers, Gimre,
Nash.
Rainier
16 10 12 9—47
Astoria
7 9 2 7—25
Alsea 46, Jewell 40
JWL (40): Heidi Hollenbach 14, Guil-
len 9, Littlepage 7, Norman 7, G.Morales
2, Kaczenski 1, N.Morales, Olvera, Mur-
ray.
ALS (46): Abbie Lowther 26, Reed
4, Frederick 4, Oleman 4, Chilcote 3,
Harper 2, Bishop 2, Begley 1.
Jewell
8 13 13 6—40
Alsea
9 13 6 18—46
Hawks win low-scoring battle at Brick House
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The Hockinson Hawks could not
buy a basket over the first 10 min-
utes of Thursday’s game at the Brick
House.
The Astoria Fishermen couldn’t
buy one in the third quarter and a good
part of the fourth.
In the end, the north end basket set
a Brick House record for most blocked
shots in a single game, which resulted
in a low-scoring, 45-41 win for Hockin-
son, in the final game of Astoria’s 2016
Vince Dulcich Memorial Tournament.
The Hawks’ won the final boys’
game of the tourney, shortly after North
Marion defeated Hockinson 48-40 in
the girls’ final.
Freshman Micah Paulsen scored 13
points off the bench to lead the Hockin-
son boys, who began the night by mak-
ing just two of their first 15 shots from
the field, and trailed 16-6 early in the
second quarter.
But in a game of big momentum
swings, Paulsen was responsible for
the first one, as he hit three straight
3-pointers to help turn the 10-point
deficit into a 17-16 lead.
Meanwhile, the Fishermen were
controlling the boards early on, with
numerous offensive rebounds resulting
in second-chance shots.
Josh Olson answered Paulsen’s
3-pointer with an offensive rebound
basket, and Olaf Englund scored twice
late in the second quarter for a 22-19
Astoria lead at halftime.
Englund opened the second half
with a three-point play for a 25-19
advantage, but the game took a turn for
the worse for the Fishermen.
Englund’s basket was the only shot
Astoria made from the field in the third
period, as the Fishermen were just
1-of-7 in the quarter.
The Hawks took advantage, with
Sawyer Racanelli and Matt Gospe
combining for 11 points over the next
eight minutes to put Hockinson in
front, 33-28 early in the fourth.
And the Hawks would maintain
their lead the rest of the game, tak-
ing advantage of numerous offensive
rebounds and free throws to lock up
the win.
Paulsen was 4-for-4 at the line in
the final minute, and Mason Panfiglio
added two more for a 45-39 lead with
five seconds left.
One
night
after
scoring
28, Englund led the Fishermen
with 16 points, with nine from Jasyn
Gohl.
Astoria will take an eight-day break
before hosting Corbett Jan. 6.
Seahawks seek bye, while OSU
49ers head into offseason ushers in
Barnes as
athletic
director
By JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The
Seattle Seahawks are stumbling into
the playoffs instead of peaking as usual
at this time of year.
With three losses in the past five
games, the Seahawks (9-5-1) head into
Sunday’s season finale at San Francisco
(2-13) needing a win and some help in
order to secure a first-round bye.
Coach Pete Carroll’s teams usually
are at their best down the stretch, win-
ning five straight to end 2012, nine of
11 in 2013, six in a row in 2014 and
six of seven last year to surge into the
postseason.
“When you lose, you can’t look
at what people are writing, you just
have to believe in your teammates
and believe in the organization and the
coaches,” defensive lineman Michael
Bennett said. “I think everyone in this
organization believes that we can win
a Super Bowl and believes that we can
win the playoff games. That’s all that
really matters. It doesn’t really matter
about everything else.”
The 49ers can only wish to have
problems like the Seahawks. San
Francisco snapped a franchise-re-
cord 13-game losing streak by win-
ning 22-21 last week in Los Angeles,
and need another win Sunday to avoid
tying the franchise record for losses in a
season reached in 1978, ’79 and 2004.
Instead of gearing up for the play-
offs, the 49ers are headed into another
offseason of uncertainty with ques-
tions about the job security of general
manager Trent Baalke and coach Chip
Kelly, and a roster overhaul expected
as the Niners look to rebound.
“You know there’s going to be
some kind of change,” Niners left
tackle Joe Staley said. “That’s how it
is. All you can concern yourself with
is doing your job and holding up your
end of the bargain.”
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
• Seattle Seahawks (9-5-1)
at San Francisco 49ers (2-13)
• Sunday, 1:25 p.m. TV: FOX
Associated Press
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll walks the sideline prior to
the start of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in
Tampa, Fla., in November. With three losses in the past five games, the
Seahawks (9-5-1) head into the Jan. 1 season finale at San Francisco
(2-13) needing a win and some help in order to secure a first-round bye.
AP Photo/Bill Wippert
San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly talks to his players during
the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, in Or-
chard Park, N.Y., in October. San Francisco snapped a franchise-re-
cord 13-game losing streak by winning 22-21 last week in Los Angeles
and need another win on Jan. 1 to avoid tying the franchise record for
losses in a season reached in 1978, ’79 and 2004.
Seattle will use handful of options to replace Lockett
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Replacing
Tyler Lockett isn’t simple.
The second-year wide receiver for
the Seattle Seahawks is more than just
a pass catcher. He’s the primary kick-
off and punt returner for the Seahawks
as well, which was the primary reason
Seattle took him in the third round of
the 2015 draft. Lockett’s become so
versatile he even owns the Seahawks
longest touchdown run of the sea-
son on a 75-yarder a few weeks ago
against Carolina.
So when Lockett went down with
a gruesome broken right leg last week
against Arizona there was more than
just Seattle’s No. 2 wide receiver that
was lost. And it’s why the Seahawks
will be counting on a handful of
options to try and make up for Lock-
ett’s absence.
“We definitely lose his versatil-
ity in terms of speed and quickness,”
teammate Doug Baldwin said. “Hope-
fully Paul (Richardson) can kind of fill
that role, fill those shoes, because he is
extremely explosive as well. But Tyler
was also extremely elusive when he
got the ball in his hands. There are
very few people in the NFL who can
move like he does when he gets the
ball in his hands. We’ll definitely miss
that.”
Seattle Sea-
hawks’ Tyler
Lockett, right,
catches the
ball as Arizo-
na Cardinals’
Brandon Wil-
liams moves in
for the tackle in
the first half of
an NFL football
game, Saturday
in Seattle.
AP Photo
Ted S. Warren
When Lockett went down in the
second quarter last week, Seattle lost
its most versatile offensive player and
one that was seeing more opportu-
nity as he finally got healthy after an
early-season knee injury. Two games
ago, Lockett had a career-high 130
yards receiving and a touchdown in a
victory over Los Angeles.
Part of that growth was opportu-
nity. Lockett had taken over as Seat-
tle’s No. 2 wide receiver after Jer-
maine Kearse was demoted as part of
a disappointing season. Kearse will
likely move back into that role oppo-
site Baldwin. Rookie Tanner McE-
voy and Kasen Williams — promoted
from the practice squad this week —
will also get chances in Seattle’s wide
receiver rotation.
But the player Seattle needs to
show up most is Richardson, just as he
did last week with four receptions for
42 yards and a touchdown after Lock-
ett was hurt.
“He really jumped at the opportu-
nities, which is so often our case that
we see our guys do that,” Seattle coach
Pete Carroll said. “When you give
them a shot they come through and
they do something, and I thought Paul
really responded beautifully for us.”
What Richardson lacks in expe-
rience, despite being in his third sea-
son, he can make up for in pure speed.
Even more than Lockett, Richardson
may be Seattle’s fastest wide receiver
and the one best equipped for stretch-
ing the field in the same way Seattle
has tried to do with Lockett.
CORVALLIS — Scott Barnes
was already detailing his plan for
the future of the Beavers as he was
introduced at Oregon State’s ath-
letic director.
Barnes, hired as Oregon State’s
vice president and director of inter-
collegiate athletics last week, said
among his areas of focus are the
academic success of student-ath-
letes, the competitive success of
the Beavers’ teams and developing
new revenue streams.
“It’s really about a bigger
vision,” Barnes said Thursday.
“We are building for stability and
sustainability in our programs.”
Oregon State President Ed
Ray praised Barnes as a “proven
performer.”
“We need someone at this point
in time to help us move this pro-
gram to the next level,” Ray said.
“I honestly believe he can do this.”
Barnes comes to Oregon State
from Pittsburgh, where he served
as athletic director for just over 18
months. He said he will remain in
the position at Pitt until Feb. 12.
Barnes replaces Todd Stans-
bury, who was with the Beavers
for a little more than a year before
leaving in September to become
the AD at Georgia Tech, his alma
mater.
Barnes said he will not make
wholesale changes at Oregon State
at first, instead embarking on a
“methodical assessment” before
any changes are made.
Barnes, who replaced Steve
Pederson at Pitt in April 2015,
came to the Panthers after working
in the same position at Utah State.
During his tenure at Utah State,
Barnes hired Gary Andersen as
the Aggies’ football coach in 2009.
Andersen is now the head coach at
Oregon State.
On Thursday Barnes said he
and Andersen are close friends.
Just before Barnes was hired, Ore-
gon State signed Andersen to a
contract extension through the
2021 season.
Barnes has spent the major-
ity of his life in the western part
of the United States. He played
basketball at Fresno State and
has worked in various capacities
at Humboldt State in California,
Eastern Washington, Washington
and Utah State.
The Spokane, Washington,
native said the locale contributed
to his decision, as well as personal
reasons, including a family illness.
He also joked that the family has a
dog named Benny — same as Ore-
gon State’s Beaver mascot.
“To be back out in the
Pacific Northwest is an absolute
no-brainer,” Barnes said.
Oregon State features 18 sports
with 535 athletes and an operating
budget of $84 million, a slightly
larger operation than Pittsburgh,
which has 19 sports, 475 stu-
dent-athletes and a $75 million
budget.
“Our ability to be successful in
the Pac-12 is something that cre-
ates a sense of urgency — and I’m
excited about that,” Barnes said.
“It’s a big time conference and Ore-
gon States a big-time institution.”