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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Loggers crush Lions, 63-36 The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — Knappa bounced back from a tough loss to Columbia Christian the night before with a 63-36 win at City Christian Tuesday. Dale Takalo scored 17 points and Jason Miller added 11 for the Loggers, who led 46-18 at halftime. Lady Loggers fall to the Lions The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — After a close first quarter, City Christian out- scored Knappa by a combined 30-2 in the second and fourth quarters Tuesday night, in a 50-24 win over the Lady Loggers. Kristina Dickinson scored 17 points for the Lions, while Kait- lyn Landwehr led Knappa with 14 points and 13 rebounds. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Wrestling — Predistricts at Neah- Kah-Nie, 10 a.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Jewell at Perry- dale, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at NW Christian, 5:45 p.m. Boys Basketball — Jewell at Perry- dale, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at NW Christian, 7 p.m. Wrestling — Warrenton at League 5-Way, Amity, 5 p.m. FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Scappoose at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Warrenton at Riverdale, 6 p.m.; Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Delphian, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 7:30 p.m.; Scappoose at Sea- side, 7:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Riverdale, 8 p.m.; Faith Bible at Knappa, 8 p.m. Swimming — Cowapa League Cham- pionships, at Scappoose, 4:15 p.m. SATURDAY Wrestling — Cowapa League Cham- pionships, Seaside, 10 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Astoria 52, Scappoose 46 SCP (46): Joey Wagenknecht 10, Kramer 9, Bendle 9, Toman 8, Holma- son 6, Gift 4. AST (52): Ryan Palek 12, Englund 10, Arnsdorf 9, Gohl 9, Johnson 7, Wallace 5, Burchfield, Olson. Scappoose 8 8 16 14—46 Astoria 12 11 10 19—52 Seaside 73, Banks 63 BAN (63): Blake Gobel 22, Renne 14, Taylor 10, Evans 8, Geraci 4, Ward 3, Hutchins 2. SEA (73): Jackson Januik 19, C. Januik 17, Westerholm 12, Babb 10, H.Thompson 6, D.Thompson 5, Hague 3, Carter 1. Banks 20 14 12 17—63 Seaside 23 17 18 15—73 Knappa 63, City Christian 36 KNA (63): Dale Takalo 17, J.Miller 11, K.Miller 6, Engblom 5, Ramvick 3, Hunt 3, E.Takalo 3, Rubus 2, Vanderburg 2, Weirup 2. Knappa 21 25 9 6—63 City Christian 8 10 1 17—36 GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 43, Scappoose 22 SCP (22): Kaylie Kopra 10, Mills 5, Brodala 3, Fisher 2, Smith 1, Esterly 1. AST (43): Alexis Wallace 15, Hankwitz 10, DeMander 8, Cummings 4, Gimre 2, Hemsley 2, O’brien 2, Burnett, Nash, Norris, Jackson. Scappoose 0 7 10 5—22 Astoria 6 17 9 12—43 Seaside 62, Banks 58 BAN (58): Kim Jordan 15, Slifka 13, Klein 11, Gerlinger 8, Gregg 6, Wren 3, Nelson 2. SEA (62): Maddi Utti 37, Villegas 7, Babbitt 6, Garhofer 3, Smart 2, Kiser 2, Bodner 2, Hoekstre 2, Ideue 1. Banks 14 8 15 21—58 Seaside 20 13 16 13—62 Warrenton 52, OES 19 OES (19): Emilie Dellit 5, Hady 4, Reynolds 4, Jhooty 3, Bowerfind 3. WAR (52): Tyla Little 10, Landree Mi- ethe 10, Alvarez 10, K.Blodgett 8, Bus- sert 8, Heyen 4, Morrill 2. OR Episcopal 7 2 4 6—19 Warrenton 9 20 13 10—52 City Christian 50, Knappa 24 KNA (24): Kaitlyn Landwehr 14, Van- derburg 4, Inman 4, Weaver 2, Carlson, Miller, Vandergriff, Strain. CC (50): Kristina Dickinson 17, Cruz 10, Owen 8, Lasater 5, Faria 3, Castillo 2, Jenkins 2. Knappa 14 0 8 2—24 City Christian 15 22 5 8—50 Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Banks’ Dalton Renne goes up for a shot while a swarm of Seaside defenders attempt to block. The Seagulls beat the Braves 73-63. Seaside sweeps Banks: Gulls are Best in West “We were lucky to get through the first half 5-0,” Westerholm said, “and we have three on the road the second half, so we’re going to have to win some road games.” By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian S EASIDE — That’s it! The Cowapa League has now thrown everything it has at the Seaside Seagulls. And after a half-season of league play, the rest of the Cowapa is a combined 0-for-10 against the two Seaside basketball teams, girls and boys. The Gulls remain perfect in league play, as both teams picked up wins Tuesday against the highly ranked Banks Braves at the Gulls’ Nest. The No. 1-ranked Seaside boys opened with a 73-63 win, and the Seaside girls fol- lowed with a more-thrilling-than-it-should- have-been 62-58 victory over the No. 1-ranked Lady Braves. The Seaside boys still have games remain- ing at Banks and Valley Catholic, but through 15 games, no one — league or nonleague — has been able to touch the top-ranked Gulls. Jackson Januik scored 19 points and Chase Januik added 17, helping Seaside improve to 15-0 overall, 5-0 in league. Banks dropped to 4-1. The Gulls are now the only undefeated team in Oregon high school basketball (Class 3A Dayton is 19-1). Seaside did face some adversity — first half foul trouble to Attikin Babb and Jackson Januik, along with an actual four-point deficit in the first quarter, one of the largest deficits the Gulls have faced lately. Payton Westerholm quickly took care of that, scoring twice on layups and drawing fouls both times. His second score gave Seaside a 17-16 lead, and the Gulls would not trail again. The Januik Bros., provided a nice one-two punch that had the Gulls in front 40-29 late in the first half. Ten points from Banks’ sophomore Blake Gobel in the third quarter had the Braves within 51-44, but Babb hit a 3-pointer and Jackson Januik twice drove in amongst the trees for Lady Fish stuff Scappoose Utti pours in 37 for Lady Gulls Seaside’s Payton Westerholm goes to the basket while Banks’ Dalton Renne defends on the play, Tuesday in Seaside. layups and a 58-46 lead to end the third. “Banks is a good team,” said Seaside coach Bill Westerholm. “They’ve got shoot- ers from the outside, they have tall kids inside … it’s a tough matchup, but I thought we did a good job with (Dalton) Renne. He had 14 points, four from the free throw line. Hunter (Thompson) is a pesky little guy. And in the fourth quarter we did a better job of helping down on Gobel, and fronting him.” The Gulls had some other key, unexpected contributions. “We had runs of different kids helping us out,” Westerholm said. “We had some serious foul trouble. Ryan (Hague) and Colton (Car- ter) came in during the second quarter and put together two really solid minutes for us. We had Ryan play all four quarters, because Otto Hoekstre was sick, and that messed with our rotation a little. We handled adversity with being able to play with fouls, and to play with some of our regulars not in.” The Gulls have upcoming games against Astoria (1-4) and Scappoose (0-5), with road games vs. the Braves and Valiants. Astoria snaps losing streak The Daily Astorian The Daily Astorian The Astoria girls basketball team had the game well in hand by halftime Tuesday night at the Brick House, where the Lady Fishermen posted a 43-22 win over Scappoose. Astoria had balanced scoring from Alexis Wallace (15 points), Brooklynn Hankwitz (10) and Rylee DeMander (8). The Fishermen jumped out to a 23-7 halftime lead, as they blanked the Indians in the first quarter, 6-0, followed by a 17-7 run in the second. The Seaside boys aren’t the only team in town that could be sporting a No. 1 rank- ing next week. The Lady Gulls must also be included in the “Best in State” conversation. The Lady Braves of Banks — who were rated No. 1 in the latest OSAA rankings, and No. 2 in the 4A coaches poll (with one first- place vote), were thoroughly embarrassed by the Gulls through three quarters of the girls’ game Tuesday night. Seaside’s Maddi Utti — who was even more unstoppable than usual, with 37 points — hit a 3-pointer midway through the third period for a seemingly safe 45-29 lead. Then it got interesting. Banks’ junior Kim Jordan connected on a 3-pointer to end the third, and she added three more treys in the fourth, her last bringing the Braves within 60-56 with 1:16 left. A bank shot by Karlie Gerlinger trimmed Seaside’s lead to 60-58 at the 49-second mark, and after two missed free throws by the Gulls, the Braves had one opportunity to tie or take the lead, and another chance to tie with 16 seconds left, but both possessions ended in turnovers. Utti scored her final point on a free throw with five seconds left to clinch the win. It was a “great win,” understated Sea- side coach Mike Hawes. “Contributions from everyone, but sometimes Maddi just needs to be the best player she is, and tonight that child was focused. “But it still doesn’t happen without all kinds of contributors, and all nine helped.” According to Hawes, Utti broke her own school record for points in a single game (pre- vious record was 35). After limping through the first half of league play, the Astoria boys bas- ketball team managed to pick up their first Cowapa win Tuesday night. Jasyn Gohl’s 3-pointer to end the third quarter put the Astoria Fisher- men in front to stay, as the Fishermen snapped a four-game losing skid with a 52-46 win over Scappoose at the Brick House. The Indians had rallied from a 23-16 halftime deficit to take a brief lead in the third period, before Gohl’s buzzer-beater. Ryan Palek scored 12 points and Ole Englund added 10 for Astoria. “We’re just happy to get a win,” said Astoria coach Kevin Goin. “It’s been a while. I was a little concerned when we lost the lead in the third quarter, but our guys battled. “We only used six for most of the game, and Ole was coming off the flu (with a 102-degree temperature),” he said. “But Ryan hit some nice jump- ers and Jasyn’s shot to end the third was big.” Jackson Arnsdorf and Gohl had nine points apiece for Astoria, which hosts Valley Catholic Friday. Astoria’s record is now 10-8 over- all, 1-4 in league play. Warrenton girls win, boys lose The Daliy Astorian WARRENTON — A 28-2 run in the first half was all Warrenton needed Tuesday night at home, in an easy 52-19 victory over Ore- gon Episcopal in a Lewis & Clark League girls basketball game. Fernanda Alvarez, Tyla Lit- tle and Landree Miethe all scored 10 points apiece for the Warriors, who are a step closer to locking up a top-four finish in league. In the boys’ game, Oregon Episcopal defeated Warrenton 42-21.
