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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Loggers crush
Lions, 63-36
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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
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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
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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
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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.