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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Pirate girls
outlast Jewell
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PERRYDALE — Jewell
freshman Haley Norman scored
12 points and pulled down nine
rebounds with four steals, but Per-
rydale got the Casco League girls
basketball win Thursday night,
30-25.
The Pirates outscored the
Lady Jays 10-2 in a decisive third
quarter.
Emma Guillen added 10
rebounds for Jewell, while Aly-
scia Littlepage had seven boards
and five steals.
No. 8 Perrydale
defeats Blue Jays
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PERRYDALE — Perrydale
had three scorers in double fig-
ures and led 18-6 after one quar-
ter Thursday night, on its way to
a 50-28 win over Jewell in Casco
League boys basketball action.
J.J. Avila and Cooper Butler
had 14 points apiece and Dustin
Silver added 12 for the No.
8-ranked Pirates, while a trio of
players (Carson Littlepage, Ben
Stahly and Nathan Kane) scored
seven points apiece for Jewell.
The Blue Jays were coming
off a 54-37 win over C.S. Lewis,
Jewell’s first win in league play in
three years.
Oregon Olympic
track star retires
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Two-time Olympic gold
medal winner Ashton Eaton has
announced he is retiring from
track and field.
The 28-year-old made the
announcement via a statement on
his website Wednesday.
“To USA & Oregon; My birth-
place Portland, my roots in La
Pine and Bend, and the University
of Oregon. I am a product of this
environment. Thank you for fos-
tering possibility,” he said.
The University of Oregon track
star won gold in the decathlon at
the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de
Janeiro Olympic Games — as well
as several world championships.
Eaton’s wife, Brianne The-
isen-Eaton, also announced her
retirement from track and field in
the same statement. She says she
reached a point of exhaustion in
the sport after winning a bronze
medal at the 2016 Olympics.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
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.
Boys Basketball — Riverdale at War-
renton, 4 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.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Warrenton 40, OES 29
WAR (40): Katelynn Blodgett 10, Mi-
ethe 9, Dyer 8, Little 7, Bussert 3, Diego
2, Morrill 1, Alvarez.
OES (29): Emilie Dellit 11, Hady 10,
Lowell 6, Bowerfind 2.
Warrenton
7 16 4 13—40
O.Episcopal
5 3 11 10—29
Perrydale 30, Jewell 25
JWL (25): Haley Norman 12, Hollen-
bach 5, Littlepage 3, Guillen 3, G.Mo-
rales 2, Olvera, Wammack, N.Morales,
DeWees, Kaczenski.
Jewell
5 11 2 7—25
Perrydale
9 9 10 2—30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Perrydale 50, Jewell 28
JWL (28): Carson Littlepage 7, Ben
Stahly 7, Nathan Kane 7, Lilley 3, R.Kane
2, Hinson 2, Meehan, Lyon.
PER (50): J.J. Avila 14, Cooper Butler
14, Dustin Silver 12, Domes 4, McGill 3,
Moore 2, Kitzmiller 1.
Jewell
6 10 3 9—28
Perrydale
18 13 18 1—50
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Josh Shipley competes in the 200-yard medley relay during against Tillamook on Thursday at the Astoria Aquatic Center.
Astoria boys capture
swim win over ’Mooks
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Gulls, Gladiators split dual
he high school swim season has
reached the midway point of the
2016-17 season, and the Astoria
teams still have plenty of work
remaining as the Fishermen tune up for the
stretch run and post-season.
Astoria hosted Tillamook for a Cowapa
League dual meet Thursday at the Astoria
Aquatic Center, and the two schools split
the team scoring.
The Astoria boys defeated the Cheese-
makers 102-46, while Tillamook captured
the girls’ meet, 122-43.
Scoring big points for the Astoria boys
were Thayne Covert and Joshua Shipley,
as Covert won the 200-yard individual
medley (2:36.26) and the 500-yard free-
style (6:09.43); and Shipley took the 100-
yard freestyle (52.65) and the 100-yard
breaststroke (1:12.53). Both also swam
a leg on the winning 200-yard freestyle
relay team, along with Elias Simmons and
Ryder Dopp (1:48.65).
Simmons was the winner of the 200-
yard freestyle (2:15.0); Riley Cameron
swam a 1:14.32 to win the 100-yard back-
stroke, and both swimmers joined Dopp
and Aleks Matthews in winning the 400-
yard freestyle relay in 4:16.83.
Tillamook swept all 11 events on the
girls’ side, as the Astoria girls were miss-
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Astoria’s Megan Schacher swims in
the 200-yard individual medley.
Astoria’s Elias Simmons pushes
ahead in the 200-yard freestyle.
ing a few swimmers due to illness.
Kendal Gustafson placed third in both
the 100 freestyle (1:08.18) and the breast-
stroke (1:26.13), while Jenna Travers had
a 30-second drop in her time (8:54.86) in
the 500 freestyle.
SEASIDE — The Seaside swim team was in
competition for the first time since Astoria’s Nygaard
Invitational (Dec. 10), as the Gulls hosted Gladstone
for a dual meet Thursday at Sunset Pool.
Seaside defeated the Gladiators on the boys’ side,
99-43, while Gladstone scored a 98-63 win over the
Lady Gulls.
The Seaside boys had several swimmers with
multiple wins, including Bradley Rzewnicki (200-
yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke);
Luke Liljenwall (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard free-
style); and Will Garvin (100-yard butterfly, 100-yard
backstroke).
Liljenwall, Rzewnicki, Garvin and James Ken-
nedy teamed up to win the 200-yard medley relay in
1:59.42, and the same four won the 200-yard free-
style relay in 1:44.70.
Wesley Corliss (who won the 200-yard free-
style), swam the lead leg on the 400-yard freestyle
relay, with Dawson Blanchard, Nick Konya and Isa-
iah Collins swimming a 4:42.72 to win that event.
Sophomore Kendy Lin scored big points for
the Seaside girls, winning the 200 individual med-
ley (2:36.58) and the backstroke (1:09.01); and
she teamed with Cadyn Carr, Summer Spell and
Maya McGill to place first in the 400 freestyle relay
(4:47.27).
Carr also had the first-place times in the 100 free-
style (1:14.20) and the breaststroke (1:32.80).
McCollum scores 27 as Blazers
beat Lakers, look toward future
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — One down, two
to go.
With his struggling team in a short
stretch of games it really needs to
win, Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts
is actually looking ahead a little bit.
Portland got started Thursday
night with a 118-109 victory over
the Los Angeles Lakers. CJ McCol-
lum scored 27 points and Damian Lil-
lard had 21 points and 10 assists in his
return from a sprained ankle.
“It’s a little bit of a departure for
me to talk about the future, but these
three games get us back in the mix,”
Stotts said.
Following their victory Thursday
night, the Blazers host the Detroit
Pistons on Saturday before head-
ing south to play the Lakers again on
Tuesday.
“We’ve been playing much bet-
ter; it hasn’t always led to wins,” Lil-
lard said. “Two of these next three at
home, one of them on the road against
a team we beat tonight that we know
we’re capable of beating, we’ve got
to take advantage of that, and not take
it for granted.”
Evan Turner scored 15 of his
season-high 20 points in the fourth
quarter as Portland secured its ninth
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe,
right, shoots during the second
half in Portland on Thursday.
UP NEXT: BLAZERS
• Detroit Pistons (17-21)
at Portland Trail Blazers (16-22)
• Saturday, 7 p.m. TV: CSNW
straight regular-season victory over
the Lakers, a franchise record.
D’Angelo Russell had 22 points,
10 in the final period, and Jordan
Clarkson added 21 off the bench for
Los Angeles, which led by 14 in the
first half.
Russell’s turnaround jumper
put the Lakers up 101-99 midway
through the fourth. He added a pair of
free throws, but Lillard hit a 3-pointer
that closed the gap.
McCollum’s floater put Portland
in front before he hit a 3 with 4:06
to go that pushed the lead to 107-
103. He added another basket that
extended it, and the crowd chanted
“Beat L-A! Beat L-A!”
“It was one of those nights where
at the end all of the key plays went
their way,” Lakers guard Nick Young
said.
Lillard missed five games after
spraining his left ankle against San
Antonio on Dec. 23. He is the team’s
top scorer with an average of 27
points and 6.2 assists per game. The
Blazers went 2-3 without him, includ-
ing Wednesday night’s 125-117 loss
to the Golden State Warriors.
“Obviously, he makes them a lot
more dangerous,” Lakers coach Luke
Walton said before the game.
Luol Deng sat out because of right
biceps tendinitis. Deng played more
than 31 minutes Tuesday night in
the Lakers’ 116-102 victory at home
against Memphis.
Julius Randle had a triple-double
(19 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists)
against the Grizzlies. He finished
with 17 points and nine rebounds
against the Blazers.
Big first
half propels
Warrenton
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PORTLAND — The War-
renton girls are climbing closer
to the top of the Lewis & Clark
League standings, as the Warriors
pounded another opponent Thurs-
day night, with a 40-29 win at
Oregon Episcopal.
Warrenton improves to 3-2
in league play, 7-4 overall, while
OES drops to 0-4, 3-10.
“We didn’t play our best, but
it’s our second road win in Port-
land this week, and sometimes
you have to take a win any way
you can get it,” said Warrenton
coach Robert Hoepfl. “It’s the first
time in three years we’ve had a
winning record in league, and our
first win here in three years, so
that’s all good.”
Katelynn Blodgett scored 10
points to lead the Warriors, fol-
lowed by Landree Miethe with
nine and Rachel Dyer with eight.
The Warriors outscored the
Aardvarks 16-3 in the second
quarter, and had the game well in
hand by halftime, 23-8.
In the boys’ game, Warrenton
was held to a season-low in points,
as Oregon Episcopal scored a
45-23 win over the Warriors.