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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
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SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Stay-
ton, 5:30 p.m.; Seaside at North Marion,
5:30 p.m.; De La Salle at Warrenton,
7:45 p.m.; Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 7:15
p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Stay-
ton, 7:15 p.m.; Seaside at North Marion,
7:30 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
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Nestucca at
Knappa, 4 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Nestucca at
Knappa, 6 p.m.
Wrestling — Knappa at Oregon Clas-
sic, Redmond, TBA
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 83, Newport 67
NEW (67): Kye Blaser 21, Beaudry 17,
Fisher 10, Boys 6, C.Blaser 4, Plechaty
4, Jo.Gonzales 3, Yanez-Carr 2.
SEA (83): Chase Januik 21, J.Januik
17, Babb 12, H.Thompson 10, D.Thomp-
son 8, Westerholm 6, Hoekstre 4,
Hague 3, Johnson 2, Sibony, Landwehr.
Newport
17 14 19 17—67
Seaside
22 20 27 14—83
SWIMMING
Girls: Seaside 80, Astoria 78
200 Medley Relay: 1, Seaside (Lin,
Carr, McGill, Spell), 2:22.82. 2, Astoria,
2:23.50.
200 Freestyle: 1, Maya McGill, Sea,
2:31.56. 2, Summer Spell, Sea, 2:46.65.
3, Carla Zulli, 3:05.16.
200 Individual Medley: 1, Kendy
Lin, Sea, 2:37.53. 2, Megan Schacher,
Ast, 3:01.42. 3, Megan Postlewait, Ast,
4:02.71.
50 Freestyle: 1, Kimberly Mella, Sea,
34.39. 2, Kira Worwood, Ast, 36.46. 3,
Kara Spell, Sea, 39.95.
100 Butterfly: 1, Megan Schacher,
Ast, 1:19.61. 2, Maya McGill, Sea,
1:19.94.
100 Freestyle: 1, Kendal Gustafson,
Ast, 1:05.66. 2, Cadyn Carr, Sea,
1:16.76. 3, Kimberly Mella, Sea, 1:18.37.
500 Freestyle: 1, Summer Spell, Sea,
7:13.15. 2, Carla Zulli, Ast, 8:11.05. 3,
Kira Worwood, Ast, 8:28.99.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Astoria
(Travers, Albright, Atkins, Worwood),
2:26.76. 2, Seaside, 2:42.90.
100 Backstroke: 1, Kendy Lin, Sea,
1:09.10. 2, Taylor Atkins, Ast, 1:30.79. 3,
Claire Albright, Ast, 1:40.46.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Kendal Gus-
tafson, Ast, 1:23.0. 2, Cadyn Carr, Sea,
1:34.13. 3, Kara Spell, Sea, 1:47.35.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside (Lin,
Carr, Spell, McGill), 4:39.42. 2, Astoria,
4:51.97.
Boys: Astoria 86, Seaside 75
200 Medley Relay: 1, Seaside (Lilj-
enwall, Rzewnicki, Garvin, Kennedy),
1:59.20. 2, Astoria, 1:59.97.
200 Freestyle: 1, Elias Simmons, Ast,
2:17.55. 2, Aleks Matthews, Ast, 2:27.03.
3, Wesley Corliss, Sea, 2:32.11.
200 Individual Medley: 1, Brad Rze-
wnicki, Sea, 2:26.65. 2, Thayne Covert,
Ast, 2:31.41. 3, Riley Cameron, Ast,
2:36.33.
50 Freestyle: 1, Luke Liljenwall, Sea,
25.33. 2, James Kennedy, Sea, 27.72. 3,
Ryder Dopp, Ast, 28.30.
100 Butterfly: 1, Joshua Shipley, Ast,
59.10. 2, Will Garvin, Sea, 1:00.70.
100 Freestyle: 1, Luke Liljenwall, Sea,
56.58. 2, Ryder Dopp, Ast, 1:02.30. 3,
Cole Beeson, Ast, 1:04.09.
500 Freestyle: 1, Thayne Covert, Ast,
5:55.17. 2, Elias Simmons, Ast, 6:12.88.
3, Isaiah Collins, Sea, 7:10.75.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Seaside
(Garvin, Kennedy, Rzewnicki, Liljen-
wall), 1:43.46. 2, Astoria, 1:51.87.
100 Backstroke: 1, Will Garvin, Sea,
1:04.76. 2, Riley Cameron, Ast, 1:12.64.
3, Isaiah Collins, Sea, 1:17.18.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Joshua Shipley,
Ast, 1:08.81. 2, Brad Rzewnicki, Sea,
1:16.52. 3, Aleks Matthews, Ast, 1:21.19.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Astoria
(Cameron, Simmons, Covert, Shipley),
3:57.15. 2, Astoria B, 4:26.33.
Photos by Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Cole Beeson and Seaside’s Luke Liljenwall shake hands after finishing their heat of the boys 100 yard freestyle.
Clatsop teams tune-up for districts
Astoria, Seaside split annual dual
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
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Astoria’s Cody Lachica rises from the water after finishing her
heat in the girls 100 yard freestyle Thursday.
Seaside’s Will Garvin, center, and the other competitors in the
boys 100 backstroke, dive in during their heat Thursday.
Gulls back in groove after 15-day layoff
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SEASIDE — After more than a
two-week layoff, the No. 1-ranked
Seaside boys basketball team was
back on the floor Thursday for a
makeup game against Newport at the
Gulls’ Nest.
The Cubs managed to keep it a lit-
tle closer than the previous meeting,
but the Gulls improved their season
record to 9-0 overall with an 83-67
win.
Seaside defeated Newport in the
Holiday Classic tournament Dec. 17,
87-54.
“At times, we looked like the
team we were before the break, but at
other times we looked like a team that
hasn’t played in 15 days,” said Sea-
side coach Bill Westerholm. “I think
that’s the longest break we’ve ever
had. We were just out of sync offen-
sively a lot of the time.”
Chase Januik scored 21 points
and Jackson Januik added 17 for the
Gulls, who were able to build a 69-50
lead through three quarters.
The Cubs made eight of their 11
3-pointers in the second half, while
Attikin Babb (12 points) and Hunter
Thompson (10) also scored in double
figures for Seaside.
The Gulls — who were originally
scheduled to host Cascade Thursday
— play at North Marion tonight.
he Clatsop Splash was a
split Thursday afternoon at
the Astoria Aquatic Center.
Tuning up for the stretch run
of the season, the Seaside and
Astoria swim teams met for the
final time before districts, Feb.
10-11 at Astoria.
And the Cowapa rivals split
the team scores in their annual
dual meet.
Seaside held off the Lady
Fishermen in the final event to
edge Astoria in the team score,
80-78; while the Astoria boys
used their depth to post an 86-75
win over the Gulls.
Seaside won six of the 11
events on the boys’ side, which
included two wins for Luke Lil-
jenwall, who timed a 25.33 sec-
onds in the 50-yard freestyle,
and 56.58 in the 100-yard free-
style. He also swam a leg on the
winning 200-yard medley relay
(along with Brad Rzewnicki, Will
Garvin and James Kennedy),
which nipped Astoria at the wall
in 1:59.20, to Astoria’s 1:59.97;
and Seaside’s same four won the
200-yard freestyle in 1:43.46.
Joshua Shipley had the big
day for Astoria, with wins in
the 100-yard butterfly (59.10)
and the 100-yard breaststroke
(1:08.81), and the foursome of
Riley Q. Cameron, Elias Sim-
mons, Thayne Covert and Ship-
ley won the final event, the 400-
yard freestyle relay, in 3:57.15 to
clinch the team victory.
Simmons (200-yard freestyle)
and Covert (500-yard freestyle)
also recorded individual wins.
In the girls’ meet, Seaside’s
Kendy Lin, Cadyn Carr, Maya
McGill and Summer Spell opened
with a win in the 200 medley
relay, and followed with wins for
McGill (200 freestyle), Lin (200
individual medley and the back-
stroke), Spell (500 freestyle) and
Kimberly Mella (50 freestyle).
The Lady Fishermen picked
up wins from Megan Schacher
(butterfly) and Kendal Gustafson
(100 freestyle and the breast-
stroke), while Jenna Travers,
Claire Albright, Taylor Atkins
and Kira Worwood teamed up to
win the 200 freestyle relay.
The team title was up for grabs
heading into the 400 freestyle
relay, in which the Gulls built a
sizable lead after two legs, before
Schacher put Astoria in front
heading into the final leg.
And McGill was able to regain
the lead for the Gulls, who fin-
ished in 4:39.42, to Astoria’s
4:51.97.
Understanding the pass game
was big in Wagner’s evolution
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
• Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1)
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The Gulls are 9-0 on the season.
at Atlanta Falcons (11-5)
RENTON, Wash. — Listing all
• Saturday, 1:35 p.m. TV: FOX
the ways Seattle linebacker Bobby
Wagner believes he’s a better player
than four years ago when the Sea-
hawks last came across the Atlanta a Seattle line that does its job keep-
Falcons in the postseason would be ing offensive linemen from getting to
lengthy.
the second level. But Wagner agrees
At the top of the list would be his that his understanding of the pass-
improvement as a pass defender.
ing game is the big reason he’s mak-
“There’s a lot of routes
ing enough tackles to lead the
that I probably did not see
NFL. And why he’s grown
when I was a rookie,” Wag-
from being a question mark
ner said this week. “I have
when he was drafted in the
more knowledge of the game
second round in 2012 to one
than I did back then.”
of the premier linebackers in
Ask around and you’ll get
the NFL, a Defensive Player
raves from teammates, oppo-
of the Year contender.
Bobby
nents and observers about
“I feel like my route rec-
Wagner
the linebacker Wagner has
ognition is a lot better; it’s not
become heading into Saturday’s NFC where I want it to be, but it’s a lot bet-
playoff game at Atlanta. He led the ter,” Wagner said. “It has allowed me
NFL in tackles during the regular sea- to get more tackles because my breaks
son, was voted to the All-Pro team for are cleaner because I know where the
the second time in his career, and in routes are coming or I know where
the playoff opener against Detroit last to expect the ball to be thrown. It’s
week had another 10 tackles to lead something I really worked on.”
Seattle.
NOTES: Seattle coach Pete Car-
Wagner’s always been a stout roll said DT Tony McDaniel (con-
run defender and an excellent tack- cussion) and FB Marcel Reese (foot)
ler. He’s been steady playing behind will both play against the Falcons.