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Loggers
build big
lead, defeat
Warriors
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KNAPPA — After winning a
fairly close, low-scoring game at
Warrenton last year (35-25), the
Knappa Loggers felt much better
at home Friday night, where they
scored a 66-38 win over the War-
riors in nonleague boys basketball
action.
The No. 10-ranked Loggers
surpassed last year’s score in the
first half, as they built a 40-13
halftime lead.
Knappa’s Colton Weirup had
three 3-pointers in the first half,
helping the Loggers take an early
26-6 advantage.
“We had three guys in dou-
ble figures,” said Knappa coach
Chris Spencer. “Jason Miller had
14, and also had five rebounds,
seven assists, three steals and two
blocks, so he was doing a little bit
of everything.”
Teammate Dale Takalo also
scored 14 points, with eight
boards and three steals.
Colton Weirup had 12 points,
“And we had Timber Englom
come off the bench to score eight,
with six rebounds,” Spencer said.
Defensively, Knappa held
Warrenton’s high-scoring duo of
Christian Holt and Dalton Knight
to a combined seven points. Tyler
Whitaker led the Warriors with 20.
Warrenton bounced back Sat-
urday with a 46-43 nonleague
win over Gaston, while Knappa
returns to action Tuesday at
home versus Neah-Kah-Nie, fol-
lowed by a Wednesday contest at
Vernonia.
Knappa has games Friday and
Saturday at Faith Bible and Regis
for four games in five days.
“If we can come out of that
3-1 or 4-0, we’ll be happy,” Spen-
cer said. “It’s going to be a tough
week.”
Warriors close
out 2016 with
major victory
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KNAPPA — Warrenton closed
out 2016 with a 44-24 win Friday
night at Knappa in a nonleague
girls basketball game.
The Lady Warriors built a
29-13 halftime lead, as they held
the Loggers to just five shot oppor-
tunities in the first quarter.
“We played extremely hard,”
said Warrenton coach Robert
Hoepfl, whose team improved to
6-4 overall. “We didn’t play super
well Wednesday (in a 33-27 loss
at St. Paul), but we played some
incredible defense tonight.
“Landree Miethe and Krista
Morrill both had big games defen-
sively, Katelynn Blodgett did a
good job down low, and even Sagi
Diego had 10 rebounds off the
bench.”
Knappa coach Marie Green
said, “the first four minutes we were
going toe-to-toe with them. What
killed us most of all was turnovers
and giving up offensive rebounds.
“And we just weren’t getting the
shot opportunities in the first quar-
ter,” she said.
Tyla Little scored 18 points to
lead the Warriors, with Miethe the
next-highest scorer with seven.
More importantly, Warrenton
held Knappa’s Kaitlyn Landwehr to
just three points, although Landwehr
finished with 15 rebounds, five
blocks and three steals.
Paris Vanderburg and Devin
Vandergriff were Knappa’s high
scorers with six points apiece.
Madelynn Weaver and Mack
Strain had five rebounds each for
the Loggers.
“It was a great atmosphere,”
Hoepfl said. “It always is with
Knappa. The seniors especially
look forward to this game. And
the win is a good way to end our
nonleague schedule, before we go
back to league next week.”
Warrenton plays at Catlin
Gabel Tuesday, while Knappa
will have four games in five days,
beginning Tuesday at home versus
Neah-Kah-Nie.
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett (72) celebrates with defensive end Frank Clark after sacking San Francisco 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick during the second half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday.
Seahawks wrap up their regular
season with 25-23 win over 49ers
Seattle hosts the
Lions in playoffs
By JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With
his game still in doubt, Seattle coach
Pete Carroll made what he described
as an uncomfortable decision. With
the chance of a first-round bye all but
gone with Atlanta holding a comfort-
able lead, Carroll pulled quarterback
Russell Wilson and other key play-
ers to keep them fresh for next week’s
playoff game.
Wilson threw for 258 yards and a
touchdown before being replaced in
the fourth quarter and the Seahawks
rallied from an early 11-point deficit
to beat San Francisco 25-23 on Sun-
day in what was coach Chip Kelly’s
final game with the 49ers.
Hours after the game, the team
announced that Kelly and general
manager Trent Baalke had been fired.
“I hate backing off any time ever,”
Carroll said. “I can’t remember doing
it very many times. I just thought we
were able to do something to pro-
tect ourselves for next week. I did not
want to be planning for that. It just
kind of happened and it just seemed
like we (were) able to do something
to help, and it worked out fine.”
The Falcons wrapped up a bye
with a 38-32 win over New Orleans,
sending the NFC West champion Sea-
hawks (10-5-1) to the playoffs as the
third seed. The Seahawks will host
Detroit next week.
Seattle had control of the race for
the No. 2 seed before losing at home
last week to Arizona, but heads into
the playoffs with the confidence of a
team that has been to two of the past
three Super Bowls, winning it all after
the 2013 season.
“Sometimes you get it and it
knocks you off your rhythm,” corner-
back Richard Sherman said. “Some-
times you get it and it gives you a
chance to rest. At this point we’re
about as healthy as we’re going to be.
We don’t need it.”
The loss capped a disappoint-
ing season for the 49ers (2-14), who
matched the franchise record for
losses in a season previously reached
in 1978, ‘79 and 2004.
“It’s a bottom line business,”
Kelly said before getting the news
from CEO Jed York. “So, we proba-
bly didn’t win enough games.”
The Niners started fast with touch-
downs on two of their first three
drives, but were outgained 366-99
over the final three quarters as Wil-
son delivered numerous big plays and
Seattle shut down Colin Kaepernick
and the San Francisco offense.
Trevone Boykin, who replaced
Wilson, converted a pair of third
downs with Seattle protecting a two-
point lead to help run out the clock.
“It was a great job of getting in
there and get it done,” Carroll said.
“He put together a great drive with
the guys up front, to finish the game.”
FAST START, SLOW FINISH:
Kaepernick completed his first 10
passes and Shaun Draughn scored on
a pair of 1-yard runs to give the Nin-
ers a 14-3 lead. That marked the fifth
time this season San Francisco led a
home game by at least 11 points in the
first half, but the Niners won only the
opener against the Rams. San Fran-
cisco blew 14-point leads to Dallas,
Tampa Bay and the Jets.
MILESTONE: Seattle receiver
Doug Baldwin caught two passes for
44 yards, tying the franchise record
for catches in a season with 94. Bald-
win tied Bobby Engram’s mark set in
2007 with an acrobatic 41-yard catch
in the second quarter.
DUBIOUS RECORD: Jimmy
Graham used his basketball skills
to box out safety Antoine Bethea
on a 42-yard catch in the second
quarter that set up Thomas Rawls’
go-ahead 1-yard run. With that
play, San Francisco broke the fran-
chise record for most yards allowed
in a season. The Niners had already
Ilwaco wins Clatskanie Winter Classic
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Ilwaco at Kalama,
7 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls Basketball — Union (Wash.) at
Astoria, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Catlin Ga-
bel, 7:45 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knap-
pa, 6 p.m.; Vernonia JV at Jewell, 5:30
p.m.
Boys Basketball — Warrenton at
Catlin Gabel, 6 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at
Knappa, 7:45 p.m.; Astoria JV2 at Jew-
ell, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Girls Basketball — Knappa at Verno-
nia, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Knappa at Verno-
nia, 7:45 p.m.
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CLATSKANIE — With 12 teams
competing, the only school from Wash-
ington state won the team title last week
in the Clatskanie Winter Wrestling
Classic held Thursday.
One of the top wrestling programs
at the Washington 1B level, the Ilwaco
Fishermen racked up 233 points to win
the team championship, ahead of sec-
ond-place Scappoose (180).
Knappa and Neah-Kah-Nie tied for
seventh with 74 points, with Warrenton
ninth (57).
Knappa’s Andrew Goozee went
3-0 and took first place in his weight
division, and earned the Outstanding
Wrestler Award for the upper weights
(152-285).
Elsewhere, “Luke Goozee is still
being very competitive for a sopho-
more, placing fourth,” said Knappa
coach Dan Owings. “Dawson (White-
side) and Spencer (Fulton) are still
holding their own,” as both finished
2-2 in the tournament. Justin Perdew
was 3-2 at 285. Clatskanie Winter Clas-
sic Team results: Ilwaco 233, Scap-
poose 180, Rainier 124, Vernonia 123,
Clatskanie 115, Jefferson 90, Knappa
74, Neah-Kah-Nie 74, Warrenton 57,
Amity 54, Nestucca 54, Taft 26.
Most wrestling teams in the region
will take part in Seaside’s annual
Pac Rim Invitational on Friday and
Saturday.
set franchise worsts for most points
and yards rushing allowed in a sea-
son. This year’s team gave up 6,502
yards, breaking the mark of 6,259 set
in 2005. The Niners had already set
franchise worsts for most points and
yards rushing allowed in a season.
FIGHT: Seattle defensive tackle
Jarran Reed was ejected after a scuf-
fle following an extra point. Reed
was called for a personal foul for
throwing a punch in the fourth quar-
ter. Reed then got into a yelling
match with teammate Frank Clark
near the Seattle sideline as he walked
off the field. Teammates had to sep-
arate the two.
“Somewhere in there he threw a
punch,” Carroll said. “So he deserved
to get ejected.”
DRAFT POSITION: San Fran-
cisco will have the second pick in
the draft, the highest for the team
since taking Alex Smith No. 1 over-
all in 2005. The Niners had a shot at
the No. 1 pick if Cleveland won, but
the Browns lost 27-24 in overtime at
Pittsburgh.
ROUGH WARMUP: The 49ers
lost tight end Je’Ron Hamm to a
broken leg in warmups. Hamm had
an air cast placed on his left leg and
was carted off the field following the
injury. San Francisco also lost corner-
back Rashard Robinson to an ankle
injury in the first half.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 66, Warrenton 38
WAR (38): Tyler Whitaker 20, Fisch-
er 7, Knight 4, Holt 3, Jackson 2, Al-
cobendas 2, Fowler, Kapua, Oseg-
uera.
KNA (66): Dale Takalo 14, Jason
Miller 14, Weirup 12, Engblom 8,
Goodman 3, K.Miller 3, Geisler 3,
E.Takalo 3, Vanderburg 2, Rubus, Elt-
agonde, Hunt.
Warrenton
7 6 14 11—38
Knappa
14 26 13 13—66
GIRLS BASKETBALL
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Knappa’s Spencer Fulton, top, wrestles Brian Sheppard of Warrenton
earlier this season. Fulton was 2-2 in last week’s Clatskanie Winter
Classic.
Warrenton 44, Knappa 24
WAR (44): Tyla Little 18, Miethe 7,
K.Blodgett 4, Bussert 4, Morrill 4, Al-
varez 4, Dyer 3, M.Blodgett, Dejesus,
Diego, Heyen.
KNA (24): Paris Vanderburg 6, Devin
Vandergriff 6, Inman 5, Weaver 4,
Landwehr 3, Strain.
Warrenton
15 14 9 6—44
Knappa
8 5 7 4—24