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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
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Athletes of the Week
(FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 16-21)
ELIZA
BANNISTER
Ilwaco
JACK
ODNEAL
Ilwaco
Photos by Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian
5-foot-9 junior guard for the No. 2-ranked Ilwaco girls basketball team,
Bannister scored a career-high 26 points in a 63-32 win over Northwest
A
Christian Jan. 16.
he senior wrestler was 8-0 in the recent “Dream Duals,” held Jan. 21 at the
Spokane (Wash.) Convention Center.
T Ilwaco
scored dual wins over Davenport, Mary Walker, Mead and Liberty,
She followed that the next night with 12 points and nine steals in a 62-26
victory over Willapa Valley.
Ilwaco suffered a 51-43 loss to Raymond Jan. 21 (snapping a 32-game
league win streak), but the Lady Fishermen are still atop the Pacific League
standings and expected to make a strong run at the 2B state championship.
with a loss to Tonasket to finish second in the B division.
Competing at weights from 138 to 152, Odneal scored pins over Alex
Diviney of Davenport (1:23); Matt Donahue of Mary Walker (time on Track-
Wrestling.com was listed at 0:01); won a major decision (13-5) over Cade
Arriens of Mead; a fall over Sam Nelson of Liberty (1:12); and defeated Zion
Butler of Tonasket, 6-4.
Odneal is currently 16-2 this year, with 11 pins. He is ranked second in the
Washington 2B rankings at 138 pounds.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Logger boys
crush Pirates
Astoria swimmers
compete in swim
dual three-way
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ST. HELENS — The Astoria
swim teams traveled to St. Hel-
ens Tuesday to compete in a three-
way Cowapa League dual hosted
by Scappoose.
Valley Catholic also competed,
but only brought four boys.
Astoria had many personal
best swims, and won eight events.
Thayne Covert won both the 200-
yard individual medley (2 min-
utes, 31.69 seconds) and the 500-
yard freestyle (5:53.28); Elias
Simmons captured the 200-yard
freestyle (2:13.27); and Aleks
Matthews won the 100-yard
breaststroke (1:18.55).
For the Astoria girls, Shan-
non Christie was a double-win-
ner, taking first in the 50-yard
freestyle (27.82) and the 100-yard
backstroke (1:14.47); and Megan
Schacher won the 100-yard but-
terfly (1:22.23).
The girls’ 200-yard freestyle
relay was Astoria’s only win in the
relays (2:08.22).
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum drives to the basket and scores on Los Angeles Lakers’ Luol
Deng, Larry Nance Jr. and Nick Young during the second half of an NBA Portland basketball game in Port-
land on Wednesday. McCollum and Damian Lillard had 24 points each. The Blazers won 105-98.
Lillard, McCollum lead
Trail Blazers over Lakers
Team scores:
Girls: Scappoose 130, Valley
Catholic 0; Astoria 125, Valley
Catholic 0; Scappoose 86, Asto-
ria 82.
Boys: Scappoose 242, Valley
Catholic 46; Astoria 229, Valley
Catholic 42; Scappoose 188, Asto-
ria 148.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Vernonia at Knap-
pa, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Vernonia at
Knappa, 8 p.m.
Swimming — Valley Catholic at Sea-
side, 4 p.m.
Wrestling — Warrenton at League
4-Way, Sheridan, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Banks,
6 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 6 p.m.;
Catlin Gabel at Warrenton, 8 p.m.; Jew-
ell at Valor Christian, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at
North Beach, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Banks,
7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:45
p.m.; Catlin Gabel at Warrenton, 6 p.m.;
Jewell at SW Christian, 3 p.m.; Ilwaco at
North Beach, 5:45 p.m.
Wrestling — Astoria/Banks at Sea-
side, 5:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Delphian at Knap-
pa, TBA
Boys Basketball — Delphian at
Knappa, 4 p.m.
Wrestling — Ilwaco Invitational, 10
a.m.
Associated Press
P
ORTLAND — The Trail Blazers’ celebration of the
40th anniversary of their 1977 NBA championship
ended appropriately — with a win.
Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum scored 24 points
apiece and Portland beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-98
on Wednesday night, with players from the championship
team looking on.
It was Portland’s 11th straight victory in regular-season
games against the Lakers.
With two consecutive wins, the Blazers look to build
some much-needed momentum. They host Memphis on
Friday night before Golden State on Sunday.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for us,” Lillard said. “I
just asked somebody in the locker room, ‘When was the
last time we won three games in a row?’ We had to look at
the schedule to see.”
Los Angeles was led by Lou Williams with 31 points,
including six 3-pointers. The Lakers were coming off a
122-73 loss at Dallas on Sunday, the most lopsided loss in
franchise history.
Mason Plumlee had 19 points and 13 rebounds for the
Blazers, who defeated the Celtics in Boston 127-123 in
overtime on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak.
Portland was without Ed Davis for the second straight
game because of a left wrist injury, and also missed Mau-
rice Harkless, who had a calf injury.
The Lakers didn’t have D’Angelo Russell for the sec-
ond straight game because of a sprained right knee and
calf. He is expected to miss up to two weeks.
“We had a great opportunity tonight, we had momen-
tum,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. “They did a good
job of keeping their composure and making plays down
the stretch. Ultimately, it just wasn’t our night.”
ROCKAWAY BEACH —
Every 30-point win brings the
Knappa Loggers a little bit
closer to their Northwest League
championship.
Tuesday night in Rockaway
Beach, it was a 74-44 victory
over Neah-Kah-Nie, as junior
Dale Takalo poured in 25 points
and sophomore Timber Engb-
lom added 14, to help the Loggers
maintain their even more solid
lead on first place in the NWL
standings, at 9-0 (Vernonia topped
second-place Life Christian Mon-
day, 74-43).
“We didn’t shoot well in the
first half (5-for-21 on two-point
attempts), but we had a nice third
quarter,” said Knappa coach Chris
Spencer. “Ethan Rubus sparked
us with eight straight points in
the third, and he also had six
rebounds.
“We didn’t panic — our guys
don’t panic. We just ran our plays,
executed, got them in a little foul
trouble and we made our free
throws (18-for-26),” he said.
Freshman Eli Takalo added 13
points and Rubus finished with 11
for Knappa, which hosts Vernonia
today. Knappa has already posted
a 61-53 win over the defending 2A
state champions.
Mariners to retire
Edgar Martinez’s
jersey number
Associated Press
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
Former Portland Trail Blazer Bill Walton points at his
teammates during a ceremony to celebrated the 1977
team’s NBA championship at halftime Wednesday.
Honoring the past
Players from the 1977 championship team were feted
with a banquet Tuesday night and a celebratory lun-
cheon earlier Wednesday before a halftime ceremony for
the fans. Blazers coach Terry Stotts wore a vintage plaid
blazer in a nod to the late Jack Ramsay, coach of that team.
It was somewhat fitting that the Blazers were playing
the Lakers because Walton is the son of Bill Walton, who
was on that ‘77 team and included in the celebration. Luke
Walton is named after ’77 teammate Maurice Lucas, who
was often greeted with cheers of “Luuuuke!”
“If he’s out there in a Blazer jersey, I won’t be upset,”
the younger Walton said about his dad’s presence at the
game. “But I would hope he’s rooting for us. He should.
I’m his son.”
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SEATTLE — As Edgar Mar-
tinez’s candidacy for the base-
ball Hall of Fame began gaining
more traction, the Seattle Mar-
iners ownership started discus-
sions of whether it was time to
consider giving Martinez the ulti-
mate honor from the franchise.
When Martinez made a sig-
nificant jump in the Hall of Fame
voting this year, trending toward
potential induction, it became
an easy decision to decide it was
time to retire Martinez’s No. 11.
Seattle team President Kevin
Mather announced Tuesday that
Martinez’s number will be retired
on Aug. 12 as part of a weekend
celebration. He will become just
the second player in club history
to have his number retired, joining
Ken Griffey Jr., whose No. 24 was
retired by the club last year after
Griffey’s Hall of Fame induction.
Even though Cooperstown is
still just a possibility for Marti-
nez, the club decided now was the
right time.