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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
FOR THE WEEK OF DEC. 25
ANDREW
GOOZEE
Knappa
TYLA
LITTLE
Warrenton
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he senior wrestler for the Loggers improved to 13-0 on the season, and
won the “Outstanding Wrestler Award” for the upper weights at the
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recent Clatskanie Winter Classic, Dec. 29.
o. 1 on the roster is also Warrenton’s No. 1 leading scorer. The junior
guard — the only junior among three team captains — led the way with
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18 points in a 44-24 win at Knappa Dec. 30.
Goozee was 3-0 on his way to the championship at 195 pounds, where he
has wrestled this season after advancing to state last year at 182.
Goozee and the rest of the Loggers compete Friday and Saturday in Sea-
side’s Pac Rim Invitational. Goozee will be looking for his second straight indi-
vidual title at the Pac Rim.
“Tyla was solid,” said Warrior coach Robert Hoepfl. “That was the fifth game
in a row where she’s scored 17, 18 points. And she’s scoring all different ways
— inside, outside, at the free throw line … she’s giving us a good effort offen-
sively every night.”
Little pumped in another 19 points in Tuesday’s win at Catlin Gabel.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
No. 15 Oregon
routs Huskies
Associated Press
SEATTLE — With every open
look, every shot Tyler Dorsey
dropped through the basket, the
grin got a little bit bigger and a lit-
tle more noticeable.
Dorsey had every reason to
smile after his performance for
No. 15 Oregon in its Pac-12 road
opener.
“It was just one of those nights
where the basket just feels wide
and everything felt like it was
going to go in and it did tonight,”
Dorsey said.
Dorsey made eight 3-pointers
and finished with 28 points, and
Oregon overcame foul trouble to
pull away in the second half for
an 83-61 win over Washington on
Wednesday night.
Playing in an opponent’s gym
for only the second time this sea-
son, the Ducks shook off foul
problems for its two leading scor-
ers — Dillon Brooks and Chris
Boucher — to easily take care of
the Huskies. Oregon (14-2, 3-0
Pac-12) was 14 of 26 on 3-point-
ers, led by Dorsey going 8 of 12.
The sophomore set a career
high with his eight 3s, the most
for an Oregon player since Tajuan
Porter set the school record with
10 in 2006 against Portland State.
Dorsey finished one point off his
career high of 29 set earlier this
season against Savannah State.
Brooks, averaging 14.8 points
per game, had only eight.
Washington St.
beats Oregon St.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Wash-
ington State won its second Pacific
12 game of the season on Wednes-
day, doubling last year’s total, and
Josh Hawkinson says the Cougars
are not done.
“We’re 2-0, so what?” Haw-
kinson said. “We’ve still got 15 or
16 conference games to go.”
Hawkinson, who scored 20
points and grabbed 11 rebounds
for his 49th career double-double,
said this year’s team is different.
“There’s a lot more optimism,”
Hawkinson said, after Washington
State beat Oregon State 75-62 in
the Spokane Arena.
This is WSU’s first 2-0 start in
league since the 2007-08 season.
Iroegbu added 15 points for
Washington State (9-5, 2-0 Pacific
12), which won its fourth straight
game. Malachi Flynn added 13 big
points, 11 in the closing minutes
when the game was decided.
Kendal Manuel had a career-
high 20 points for Oregon State
(4-12, 0-3), which had won six
straight games over Washington
State. Manuel hit six 3-pointers.
Curry, Durant lead Warriors
past Trail Blazers 125-117
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the next time down, and he also had a
four-point play in the final minute of
the first half.
“He’s been amazing, and it’s not
just rim protection,” said Green, who
challenged Durant “to fly around” on
defense.
McCollum made three of his first
six 3s then missed four of five in the
second half, when he shot 3 for 12.
“I just missed some shots. It
happens,” he said. “I had a lot of
good looks from 3 that I didn’t
make and I missed a couple layups.
Credit to them, they did a good job
defensively.”
Four Golden State starters hit
3-pointers among the Warriors’ first
four baskets before the game was
even three minutes old.
The Warriors’ five straight wins
against the Trail Blazers mark their
first five-game winning streak versus
Portland since winning seven in a row
from Feb. 20, 2005 to Nov. 3, 2006.
Knappa wins Logger showdown
The Daily Astorian
VERNONIA — The Knappa
Loggers just put themselves into the
driver’s seat of Northwest League
boys basketball, as they knocked off
the defending state champions on
their home floor Wednesday night.
Dale Takalo scored 29 points (15
in the first quarter), Timber Engblom
scored 10 off the bench, and Knappa
pounded out a not-as-close-as-it-
looked 61-53 win at Vernonia.
“We beat the defending state
champions on the road, 12 of our 13
The Daily Astorian
VERNONIA — Wednesday
Logger Showdown was also a bat-
tle for first place in the Northwest
League girls basketball standings,
as Vernonia hosted Knappa.
And the Loggers of Vernonia
pulled into a first-place tie in the
league standings with the Loggers
of Knappa, as Payton Wolf scored
20 points to lead Vernonia to a
59-36 victory over Knappa.
Vernonia (3-1 in league)
opened up a quick 11-4 lead, but
Knappa (3-1) was still within
15-10 at the end of the first quar-
ter, and trailed 27-17 at halftime.
“Vernonia is beatable,” said
Knappa coach Marie Green. “We
just shot ourselves in the foot too
many times. I’m looking forward
to when we play them at home
two weeks from now.”
Wolf was 4-for-6 from the
3-point line, off-setting some
good shooting from Knappa’s
Devin Vandergriff and Madelynn
Weaver early in the game.
Vandergriff led Knappa with
13 points, followed by Weaver
with 11 points and four rebounds.
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen
Curry marvels at Kevin Durant’s effi-
ciency: 30 points on 16 shots in his
latest outing.
KD finds plenty of things in the
MVP’s game to praise, too. And
when these two get clicking together,
the Golden State Warriors are oh so
good.
It just took a while Wednesday
night.
Curry had 35 points with five
3-pointers, Durant added three more
blocked shots and the Warriors
held off the Portland Trail Blazers
125-117.
“It’s pretty special, I didn’t realize
it at first,” Curry said of KD’s abil-
ity to light up a stat line on minimal
shot attempts. “He’s a super-efficient
player and he takes pride in that.”
Zaza Pachulia scored 13 points
to hit double figures in consecutive
games for the first time this season,
just his fourth time reaching dou-
ble digits for Golden State. He also
matched his career high with three
blocks in the Warriors’ ninth straight
home win.
CJ McCollum scored 35 points
to lead a Portland team still without
Damian Lillard, and the Trail Blaz-
ers certainly had to feel better about
hanging tough in this one after their
forgettable 45-point defeat here 2 1/2
weeks earlier.
Curry shot 12 for 25 on a night
Splash Brother Klay Thompson
struggled to find his stroke from long
range, going 1 of 7 and scoring 14
points.
Coming off a triple-double, Dray-
mond Green had 11 assists, nine
points, seven rebounds, three steals
and a late block with five fouls.
Durant was dominant on both
ends, especially during one spectacu-
lar sequence late in the first.
He made a pretty driving lay-in
and converted a three-point play at the
2:50 mark, blocked two shots in suc-
cession moments later — one against
McCollum then on Noah Vonleh’s
putback try. KD drained a 3-pointer
Vernonia tops
Knappa girls in
1st-place game
guys saw action … we’re deep, the
guys are buying into the team con-
cept … we’re really excited to get
the win,” said Knappa coach Chris
Spencer.
Once again Takalo led the offense,
scoring 23 of his 29 in the first half,
while Jason Miller provided the
defense, playing a solid game on
Vernonia point guard Clay Sullivan,
who finished with 20 points.
In addition, “Eli Takalo came off
the bench and buried two big three’s
in the second quarter, and that pretty
much put us up for good,” Spen-
cer said. “Timber Engblom also did
a solid job off the bench. We made
16-of-27 free throws, but didn’t hit
a few in the fourth quarter, which
made the game a little closer than it
should have been.”
Knappa had just six turnovers
for the game, and had things well in
hand by halftime, leading 40-28.
Miller finished with six rebounds,
six assists and four steals for Knappa
(7-1 overall), which hosts Faith
Bible (1-6) Friday. The game was
originally scheduled to be played at
Faith Bible.
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Newport at Sea-
side, 6 p.m.; Warrenton at OES, 7:30
p.m.; Perrydale at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.; NW
Christian at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Newport at Sea-
side, 7:45 p.m.; Warrenton at OES, 6
p.m.; Perrydale at Jewell, 7 p.m.; NW
Christian at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Tillamook at Astoria, 4
p.m.; Gladstone at Seaside, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Corbett,
7 p.m.; Knappa at Faith Bible, 6 p.m.; Il-
waco at South Bend, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Corbett at Asto-
ria, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Faith Bible, 8 p.m.
Wrestling — Seaside Pac Rim Invita-
tional, 4 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Riverdale at War-
renton, 5:30 p.m.; Knappa at Regis, 4
p.m.
Boys Basketball — Riverdale at War-
renton, 4 p.m.; Knappa at Regis, 5:45
p.m.; South Bend at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Seaside at The Dalles
Invitational, 10 a.m.
Wrestling — Seaside Pac Rim Invita-
tional, 10 a.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 61, Vernonia 53
KNA (61): Dale Takalo 29, Engblom
10, J.Miller 7, E.Takalo 6, Weirup 5,
Goodman 2, Ramvick 2, Rubus 2, K.
Miller.
VER (53): Clay Sullivan 20, McCallum
17, Clark 6, Adams 6, Elliott 4.
Knappa
19 21 11 10—63
Vernonia
16 12 13 12—51
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Vernonia 59, Knappa 36
KNA (36): Devin Vandergriff 13, Weav-
er 11, Inman 5, Vanderburg 4, Landwehr
3, Miller, Strain.
VER (59): Payton Wolf 20, M.Ely 15,
Bustamante 9, Harral 8, Everett 3, L.Ely
2, Barklow 2.
Knappa
10 7 6 13—36
Vernonia
15 12 13 19—59