10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Warriors fall short in Portland The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — An 8-0 run by Portland Christian midway through the third quarter helped the Royals pull away for a 67-52 win over Warrenton, as the Lady Warriors braved the snow and made the trip to Portland Tues- day night for a key Lewis & Clark League girls basketball game. First half 3-pointers by Tyla Little had the Warriors within 17-14, and scores from Krista Morrill, Fernanda Alvarez and Katelynn Blodgett had Warren- ton trailing 27-26 late in the sec- ond quarter. The Warriors finally pulled even in the third period, 39-39, but that’s when Portland Chris- tian went on an 8-0 run to build a 47-39 lead, and a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the quarter made it 50-41. The Royals made their free throws, and more 3-pointers in the fourth period led to an eventual 16-point lead. Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Logger Michal Goodman shoots in the first half during a game against City Christian on Tuesday. Royals edge Warrenton boys, 47-44 The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — Portland Christian won a back-and-forth battle with Warrenton in the fourth quarter Tuesday, in a Lewis & Clark League boys basketball game in Portland — a five-hour return road trip for the Warriors. The Warriors and Royals exchanged leads several times, before Portland Christian made a few late free throws to score a 47-44 win. An offensive rebound score by Warrenton’s Tyler Whitaker had given the Warriors a 41-40 lead early in the fourth, but the Royals answered with a 3-pointer and did not trail again. The Warriors had several chances late, following a score by Devin Jackson that cut the deficit to 46-44, but Warren- ton missed a 3-pointer that would have given the Warriors the lead with three seconds left. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Wrestling — Astoria, Seaside at Tilla- mook, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Columbia Chris- tian at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Livingstone Ad- ventist at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Ocosta, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Columbia Chris- tian at Knappa, 8 p.m.; Livingstone Ad- ventist at Jewell, 7 p.m. Swimming — Seaside at Astoria, 4 p.m. Wrestling — Knappa at Oregon Clas- sic, Redmond, TBA FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Stay- ton, 5:30 p.m.; De La Salle at Warren- ton, 7:45 p.m.; Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Stay- ton, 7:15 p.m.; De La Salle at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 5:45 p.m. Wrestling — Knappa at Oregon Clas- sic, Redmond, TBA BOYS BASKETBALL Astoria 58, Estacada 48 EST (48): Hayden Brooks 17, Kirch- hofer 9, Blankenship 9, Syring 5, Sittner 4, Keller 2, Brady 2. AST (58): Ryan Palek 24, Englund 12, Arnsdorf 8, Gohl 5, Johnson 5, Wallace 4, Burchfield, O’Brien, Schumacher, Ol- son, Kanonohi, Sharp. Estacada 15 13 5 15—48 Astoria 12 18 17 11—58 Knappa 72, City Christian 24 CC (24): Owen Furlong 8, McNack 5, Solomon 5, Mbelu 2, Johnson 2, Long 2. KNA (72): Dale Takalo 24, E.Takalo 15, Ramvick 8, Weirup 6, Goodman 4, Rubus 4, Vanderburg 3, K.Miller 2, J. Miller 2, Engblom 2, Hunt 2. City Christian 5 4 9 6—24 Knappa 15 26 18 13—72 GIRLS BASKETBALL City Christian 39, Knappa 32 CC (39): Kristina Dickinson 18, Owen 8, Lasater 5, Cruz 4, Castillo 2, Alvara- do 2. KNA (32): Aiko Miller 8, Devin Van- dergriff 8, Inman 6, Vanderburg 4, Landwehr 4, Carlson 2, Strain. City Christian 12 7 8 12—39 Knappa 4 8 8 12—32 Loggers cruise in 48-point win The Daily Astorian K NAPPA — Like most Knappa wins, it was over by halftime. The Loggers led 41-9 at the break Tuesday night at home, on their way to a 72-24 win over City Christian in a Northwest League boys basketball game. “It was just a good, all-around team win,” said Knappa coach Chris Spencer, whose team is fifth in the latest OSAA RPI rank- ings. “We played great defense (12 steals), and we had 21 team assists, so we did a great job of working the ball around.” Junior Dale Takalo led the scor- ing with 24 points, to go with six rebounds and three assists. Jason Miller added eight boards, six assists and four steals, and fresh- man Eli Takalo chipped in with 15 points, five assists and four rebounds. Freshman Joe Ramvick finished Knappa’s Eli Takalo goes up for a breakaway layup during a game against City Christian. with eight points and 10 rebounds. Knappa will host No. 9-ranked Columbia Christian Thursday. “They’re quick, talented … they’re going to be tough to beat,” Spencer said. “They create a lot of tough matchups for us.” Knappa’s Dale Takalo goes up for a rebound with City Chris- tian’s Owen Furlong in the first half against City Christian on Tuesday in Knappa. Blazers continue streak over Lakers Associated Press LOS ANGELES — If there’s a mystery to it, the Los Angeles Lakers can’t solve it. They can only seem to repeat the same story over and over. Play the Portland Trail Blazers, lose to the Portland Trail Blazers. It happened yet again, with the Blazers using a dominant third quar- ter to defeat the Lakers for the 10th consecutive time, 108-87 on Tuesday. The Blazers trailed by two to start the second half, but held the Lakers to 21.7 percent shooting (5 of 23) and blocked four shots in the third quarter, outscoring Los Angeles 23-12. “I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened in the sec- ond half,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. “I was shocked.” C.J. McCollum led the Blaz- ers with 25 points, but Damian Lil- lard sparked the third-quarter rally. After starting the game 0 for 8 from the field, Lillard scored 11 points in the third, perhaps inspired by a dou- ble technical on him and Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell when they exchanged brief but heated words. “Don’t poke the bear,” said Port- land forward Maurice Harkless, who Lions top Lady Loggers The Daily Astorian AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Trail Blazers’ C.J. McCollum shoots as Lakers’ Nick Young defends during the second half, Tuesday in Los Angeles. Blazers won 108-87. had 14 points. “Let him sleep.” After scoring 31 points in the sec- ond quarter, the Lakers managed only 30 more in the second half. Luol Deng led the Lakers with 14 points, but did not make a field goal after the first half. The Blazers shot 50.6 percent. Harkless hit all but one of his six field goal attempts and blocked three shots. Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 rebounds, and Evan Turner added seven assists. UP NEXT: BLAZERS • Cleveland Cavaliers (28-9) at Portland Trail Blazers (17-23) • Tonight, 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN Notes: Snow has created travel problems for both teams. The Blazers were forced to fly into Seattle, stayed the night, and are expect to land in Portland around noon. The Cavs were delayed, but made it safely from Salt Lake City. Fishermen shoot past Rangers, 58-48 The Daily Astorian Ryan Palek scored 24 points and Ole Englund added 12, helping the Astoria Fishermen to their second win in two days at the Brick House, 58-48 over Estacada Tuesday. Astoria shot well for the second night in a row (14-for-25, 4-for-10 on 3-pointers), following a win over SPORTS IN BRIEF R.A. Long the previous night. “We moved the ball well again, we got good looks, and we did a good job getting to the hole,” said Astoria coach Kevin Goin. “We made our free throws (18-of-23), where normally we don’t shoot that many.” Estacada held a 15-12 lead after one quarter, but Astoria rallied for a 30-28 lead at halftime, then out- scored the Rangers 17-5 in the third quarter. Six-foot-5 senior Hayden Brooks had five 3-pointers on his way to 17 points for the Rangers, who were 8-for-21 from the 3-point line. The Fishermen are scheduled to finish nonleague play Friday at Stayton. KNAPPA — City Chris- tian jumped out to a quick 12-4 lead, and managed to maintain the advantage over the final three quarters Tuesday, for a 39-32 win at Knappa in Northwest League girls basketball action. The Lions outscored the Log- gers 28-27 over the final three quarters, as Knappa could not overcome 34 turnovers and some big 3-point shots and numer- ous offensive rebounds by City Christian. Kristina Dickinson scored 18 points for the Lions, while Aiko Miller and Devin Vander- griff had eight points apiece to lead Knappa. Paris Vanderburg had eight rebounds, and Kait- lyn Landwehr finished with six rebounds and four steals. Lady Fish end losing skid The Daily Astorian The Astoria Lady Fishermen snapped a five-game losing skid Tuesday, as they scored another season-high in points, with a 66-45 win over Estacada at the Brick House. Astoria improved to 4-9 over- all, and is scheduled to play at Stayton Friday. The Rangers (1-9) are now on a six-game losing streak.