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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Astoria downs
Corbett, 49-29
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The Astoria boys basketball
team will host a makeup game
tonight vs. R.A. Long, with var-
sity tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m.
The Fishermen are coming off
a 49-29 win over Corbett Friday at
the Brick House, while R.A. Long
is a 2A Washington school, cur-
rently 5-5 overall.
Astoria built a 28-13 halftime
lead in the victory over the Cardi-
nals, and played the second half
without senior Ole Englund, who
had a minor wrist injury.
Jackson Arnsdorf and Ryan
Palek scored 12 points apiece to
lead Astoria, while Dylan Oli-
ver had nine for Corbett, which
slowed the pace in the second half.
Cards win high
scoring game
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CORBETT — Astoria scored
a season-high 58 points, but it
was still not enough Friday night
at Corbett, where the Cardinals
posted a 68-58 win over the Lady
Fishermen in nonleague girls bas-
ketball action.
Alexis Wallace poured in 23
points for Astoria, which out-
scored Corbett 21-12 in the final
quarter before falling short.
Corbett held a 56-37 lead after
three quarters.
Sam Hemsley added eight
points for Astoria, which plays a
nonleague makeup game tonight
at R.A. Long.
Ilwaco defeats
South Bend
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ILWACO, Wash. — The
Ilwaco boys basketball team —
ranked sixth in the first WIAA
RPI rankings — cruised to an easy
64-47 win over South Bend Satur-
day in 2B action.
The Fishermen led 45-20
at halftime, and starters Zac
Tapio, Ethan Bannister and Rob-
ert Woods all sat out the last
quarter-and-a-half.
Ilwaco plays at Ocosta
Thursday.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at R.A.
Long, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball — R.A. Long at As-
toria, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls Basketball — Estacada at Asto-
ria, 6 p.m.; Cascade at Seaside, 6 p.m.;
Warrenton at Portland Christian, 7:45
p.m.; City Christian at Knappa, 6 p.m.;
Jewell at Oregon School for the Deaf,
5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Estacada at Asto-
ria, 7:45 p.m.; Cascade at Seaside, 7:45
p.m.; Warrenton at Portland Christian, 6
p.m.; City Christian at Knappa, 8 p.m.;
Jewell at Oregon School for the Deaf,
7:15 p.m.; Ilwaco at Ocosta, 7 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 75, Faith Bible 30
FB (30): Caleb Predmore 12, Vander-
Geissen 7, K.Predmore 7, L.Carepenter
2, Fleming 2.
KNA (75): Dale Takalo 24, E.Takalo 11,
Weirup 10, J.Miller 6, Engblom 6, Ram-
vick 5, Goodman 2, K.Miller 2, Geisler 2,
Vanderburg 2, Phillip 2.
Faith Bible
9 4 6 11—30
Knappa
15 18 24 18—75
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Corbett 68, Astoria 58
AST (58): Alexis Wallace 23, Hemsley
8, DeMander 7, Hankwitz 6, Cummings
4, Gimre 4, Norris 4, O’Brien 2.
COR (68): Rhiley Fritz 23, A.Fritz 13,
Fort 9, Herge 8, Wolfe 6, Heuker 3, Swift
2, Staffenson 2.
Astoria
11 10 16 21—58
Corbett
15 13 28 12—68
Seaside 37, Newport 31
SEA (37): Maddi Utti 16, Villegas 8,
Garhofer 5, Ideue 4, Kiser 2, Bodner 2,
Babbitt.
Newport
6 12 8 5—31
Seaside
14 11 9 3—37
Faith Bible 44, Knappa 25
FB (44): Katie Fajer 20, S.Fajer 13, Ir-
ving 8, Dutro 2, Penn 1.
KNA (25): Devin Vandergriff 9, Vander-
burg 7, Weaver 4, Landwehr 3, Inman 2,
Miller, Strain.
Faith Bible
17 13 6 8—44
Knappa
3 4 2 16—25
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Tyler Ranta, left, moves on Warrenton’s Giovanni Martinez in a 145 class final bout during the Pacific Rim Armed Forces
Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Seaside High School. Ranta defeated Martinez. The action was done by noon Saturday.
Weather forces early end
to Pac Rim tournament
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
EASIDE — The annual 2017 Pacific
Rim Armed Forces Wrestling tour-
nament … was also the quickest
annual Pacific Rim Armed Forces Wrestling
tournament.
In order for visiting schools to beat Satur-
day’s bad weather on their way home, wres-
tlers wrestled late into the night Friday to
complete action through the semifinals, and
Saturday’s action began at 8 a.m.
And the tournament was done by noon Sat-
urday, with 15 schools wrapping up the action
on another Pac Rim.
Nine-time team champion Estacada was a
no-show, leaving Tigard (a 6A Oregon school)
and Ilwaco (1B Washington) to battle it out
for the team title.
And the Tigers of Tigard had three individ-
ual champions and lots of top five placers to
win the team title, with 213.5 points. Ilwaco
had five wrestlers in the finals, with three
champions to finish second with 192.5 points,
followed by Scappoose (186.5) and St. Hel-
ens (117).
Astoria placed 10th, with Seaside 12th,
Knappa 13th and Warrenton 15th to round out
the local schools.
Chase Conner of Corbett — the individual
champion at 126 — was the Most Valuable
Wrestler for the lower weights, and Tigard’s
Parker Kuntz (160) won the award for the
upper weights.
Knappa’s Andrew Goozee added another
tournament first-place medal to his collection,
as the Logger senior was 3-0 at 195 pounds.
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Knappa’s Andrew Goozee defeates
Nestucca’s Chase Cook in a 195-pound
final during the Pacific Rim tourney.
FINAL TEAM RESULTS
Tigard 213.5, Ilwaco 192.5, Scappoose 186.5,
St. Helens 117, Yamhill-Carlton 113, Stayton
111.5, Columbia 101, Nestucca 90, Vernonia 85,
Astoria 83, Clatskanie 68, Seaside 61, Knappa
60, Corbett 57, Warrenton 28.
After a 6-0 decision over Ilwaco’s Marcus
Connor in the quarterfinals, Goozee pinned
Skyler Bhagat of Scappoose in 23 seconds,
then took down Nestucca’s Chase Cook in the
title bout, pinning Cook in 1:52.
Logger teammate and brother Luke Goo-
zee lost in the semifinals at 126, and eventu-
ally finished fifth with a pin (1:31) over Sea-
side’s Shane Smith in his last match.
Astoria junior Juan Jimenez lost in the
semifinals at 106, but bounced back with two
wins in consolation to take third, capped by a
pin (2:40) over A.J. DeGrande of Scappoose.
The consolation final at 145 pounds came
down to a match between Astoria’s Tyler
Ranta and Warrenton’s Giovanni Martinez.
Ranta gained a quick advantage and pinned
Martinez in 1:04 to take third.
Martinez “fought hard, won three tough
matches and took home fourth,” said War-
renton coach Corey Conant. “Gio has really
started to turn the corner in his development
and win the close ones.”
The tournament also included a girls’ divi-
sion, and “our girls team was able to get some
mat time and went 4-2 as a unit,” Conant
said of the Lady Warriors. “Noel O’Bryan,
Jade Freniere, Bella Carr and Asia Lambert
all earned gutsy wins. Alma Bolanos and Ivy
McCargish each gave up considerable weight
to their opponents and lost their matches, but
mat time itself is invaluable at this point in the
year.”
Astoria junior Trey Hageman took fourth
at 152, and Fisherman Kaden Gilbert was
fourth at 182.
The hosts from Seaside had their own
highlights.
Freshman Andrew Gastelum lost in the
quarterfinals at 113, but he recovered and won
four straight in the consolation bracket.
Gastelum finished with an 8-4 decision
over Tigard’s Jose Carrasco in the third-place
match.
Adding points for the Gulls was freshman
Luke Nelson, who also lost in the quarterfi-
nals, but responded with two wins in consola-
tion before a loss to Tigard’s Javier Velasquez
in the third-place match.
Ilwaco’s list of individual champi-
ons included Jack Odneal at 145; Brandon
McMullen at 182; and Alec Bell at 220.
Ghannon Whelden took second at 113, and
Marcello Lazaro was second at 285.
Lady Gulls defeat Newport
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SEASIDE — Seaside jumped
out to its usual big lead Friday night,
and scored just enough points in the
fourth quarter to hold off Newport
for a 37-31 win, in a nonleague girls
basketball game played at Broadway
Middle School.
The Lady Gulls made three free
throws in the final period … and
that was it, as Newport did not score
a single point over the final four
minutes.
Maddi Utti scored 16 points and
had eight rebounds with seven steals,
as the No. 11-ranked Gulls improved
to 7-2 overall.
Utti capped an early 9-0 run for
the Gulls, that gave Seaside a com-
fortable 19-6 lead early in the sec-
ond quarter.
The Cubs fought their way back
into the game behind 3-pointers
from Tehya Woodruff, Halle Hargett
and Madison Hargett in the second
half, with the final trey coming at
the 4:00 mark of the fourth quarter,
bringing Newport to within 34-31.
But, Utti made 1-of-2 free throws
and Jetta Ideue hit 2-for-4 over
the final 2:43 to clinch the win for
Seaside.
“It was a tough, often ugly slog
in the old Broadway gym,” said Sea-
side coach Mike Hawes. “The turn-
overs were reminiscent of middle
school games — 27, and a cool 29
percent field goal percentage ensured
a close, choppy game throughout.
‘It was a tough, often
ugly slog in the old
Broadway gym.’
Mike Hawes,
Seaside coach
“We just could not get any
rhythm, either in hanging onto the
ball or making a shot,” he added.
“But give Newport credit. They’ve
improved immensely from the Hol-
iday Tournament and they came to
play, and they play hard, get to the
right spots and competed. It’s a win
and we’ll take it.”
Sydney Villegas had eight points
and eight rebounds for Seaside, and
the Gulls finished with 18 steals.
Takalo brothers, Loggers pound Falcons
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KNAPPA — The Knappa Log-
gers got off to a slow start and did
not play their best game … but still
won by 45 points Friday night.
The Takalo brothers outscored
Faith Bible by themselves in the
Northwest League game, won by
Knappa, 75-30.
Dale Takalo had 24 points,
nine rebounds and three steals, Eli
Takalo scored 11 points, and Colton
Weirup added 10 points and five
steals for the Loggers.
Knappa led 15-9 after one quar-
ter, then outscored the out-matched
Falcons 42-10 over the second and
third quarters.
The Loggers were 8-for-27 from
the 3-point line and had 22 steals.
Falcons edge
Lady Loggers
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KNAPPA — Faith Bible jumped
over Knappa in the league standings
Friday night, as the Falcons posted
a 44-25 win over the Lady Loggers
on Knappa’s home floor, in a key
Northwest League girls basketball
showdown.
Knappa trailed 17-3 after one
quarter, and 36-9 after three quarters,
before outscoring Faith Bible 16-8 in
the fourth.
“We knew they were good com-
ing in, and we just couldn’t stop their
bigs (sisters Katie and Sarah Fajer,
and6-foot senior Jessica Irving),” said
Knappa coach Marie Green. “They
were just throwing it over the top to
the sisters.”
Katie Fajer had 20 points, and
Sarah Fajer added 13 for the Falcons.
Irving scored eight.
Devin Vandergriff had nine points
and three assists for the Loggers, while
Paris Vanderburg added seven points
and six rebounds. Madelynn Weaver
had five steals and four boards.
In other Northwest League action
Friday, Neah-Kah-Nie defeated
Columbia Christian 20-19 in overtime;
and Vernonia topped Nestucca 44-20.