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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
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Lady Jays
fly past
Pirates
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PERRYDALE — After losing
six straight games the first half of
the season, the Jewell girls basket-
ball team has now won six in a row.
Their latest victory was a
35-30 win at Perrydale Thursday,
as Gabi Morales scored 12 points
with eight rebounds.
Jewell improves to 4-5, and can
still catch Perrydale (6-5) for third
in the Casco League standings.
Perrydale led 14-6 after one
quarter, before the Jays rallied and
outscored the Pirates 29-16 over
the final three quarters.
Emma Guillen added 10 points
and 12 rebounds for Jewell, and
Alyscia Littlepage scored five
points. Freshman Sydney Law-
rence led Perrydale with 11 points.
It was Jewell’s third game in
four days. The Lady Jays started
it with a 46-14 win over the Del-
phian junior varsity, followed by
a 35-12 victory at Oregon School
for the Deaf Wednesday.
Guillen had 10 points and
seven rebounds in the win over
OSD. Ranked 31st at the Class
1A level, the Blue Jays improved
to 10-8 overall, with three more
games before they open play in
the league playoffs.
Jewell returns to action Tues-
day, with a home game against
Oregon School for the Deaf (0-7),
followed by league contests vs.
Livingstone Adventist (1-8) and
Falls City (3-6).
Pirates outlast
Blue Jays
LOCAL ATHLETES SIGN
LETTERS OF INTENT
Submitted Photo
Submitted Photo
Warrenton Athletic Director Robert Hoepfl, standing, left, and
Lower Columbia softball coach Dave Andrew join Staci Miethe,
senior Landree Miethe and Scott Miethe, for Landree’s letter-of-
intent signing last week.
Astoria’s Keldon Littell signed his letter of intent Wednesday,
as the Fisherman senior will play football next year at Western
Oregon University in Monmouth.
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ednesday was official letter-of-in-
tent signing day across the country
for high school athletes, but Warren-
ton’s Landree Miethe decided to sign early.
Miethe signed last week to play softball
at Lower Columbia College in Longview,
Wash.
Her parents, Staci and Scott, along with
Warrenton Athletic Director Robert Hoepfl
and LCC coach Dave Andrew, all took part
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in Landree’s signing ceremony last week at
Warrenton High School.
Her mother — and high school softball
coach — said Landree was recruited as an
outfielder for the Red Devils.
Elsewhere, Astoria senior Keldon Littell
signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play
football at Western Oregon; and Lady Fisher-
man senior Abi Danen signed to play softball
at Highline College in Des Moines, Wash.
Other athletes around the region who have
signed letters of intent:
BANKS
• Skylor Africa-Barnes,
Montana State-Northern football
• Emma McCourt, Yakima Valley softball
• Katie Ragsdale, Clackamas CC softball
• Samantha Pestner, Lower Columbia soccer
• Mary Schorn, Yavapai JC softball
RAINIER
• Kami Gray, Lower Columbia softball
• Mason Schimmel, Clackamas CC baseball
Trier leads
No. 5 Arizona
past Oregon
State, 71-54
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PERRYDALE — Competing in
their fifth straight game on the road,
the Jewell boys basketball team
played tough against first-place
Perrydale, but the Pirates eventu-
ally outlasted the Blue Jays, 46-31,
in a Casco League game Thursday.
Jewell slowed the pace and
trailed just 9-8 after one quarter,
before Perrydale went on an 18-3
run in the second period.
Nathan Kane led Jewell with 11
points and five rebounds, followed
by Ryan Kane with eight points.
Jewell was coming off a 39-28 loss
to Oregon School for the Deaf the
night before, in which Ben Stahly
had 14 rebounds and Ryan Kane
scored 10 points.
Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Astoria basketball games vs. Valley
Catholic, originally scheduled for tonight,
have been rescheduled for Saturday.
Tip-off time for the girls game is 5 p.m.,
followed by the boys game at 6:30 p.m.
Both games at Astoria High School.
Girls Basketball — 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 — Scappoose
at Seaside, 7:45 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.
Girls Basketball — Valley Catholic at
Astoria, 5 p.m.;
Boys Basketball — Valley Catholic at
Astoria, 6:30 p.m.;
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jewell 35, Perrydale 30
JWL (35): Gabi Morales 12, Guillen
10, Littlepage 5, Hollenbach 4, Wam-
mack 2, Kaczenski 1, Norman 1, Olvera.
PER (30): Sydney Lawrence 11, Per-
kins 8, Deters 7, K.Lawrence 2, V.Miller 2.
Jewell
6 10 7 12—35
Perrydale
14 7 4 5—30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Perrydale 46, Jewell 31
JWL (31): Nathan Kane 11, R.Kane 8,
Littlepage 6, Stahly 6, Culp, Lilley, God-
win, Hinson, Meehan.
PER (35): Haylen Janesofsky 20, Dan.
Domes 9, Silver 7, Moore 5, Dav.Domes
2, Pope 2.
Jewell
8 3 13 7—31
Perrydale
9 18 6 13—46
SUPER BOWL LI
• New England Patriots (14-2)
vs. Atlanta Falcons (11-5)
• Sunday, 3:30 p.m. TV: Fox
• NRG Stadium, Houston
AP Photo/Chris Pietsch
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks celebrates with Duck fans after sinking a 3-point shot to give Oregon the lead
over Arizona State in the closing moments of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday in Eugene.
Brooks helps No. 13 Oregon
hold off Arizona State 71-70
By RON RICHMOND
Associated Press
EUGENE — Dillon Brooks scored 27 points,
including the last 12 of the game for No. 13 Oregon,
and the Ducks escaped with a 71-70 victory over Ari-
zona State on Thursday night.
Brooks hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:32 to play
for Oregon (20-3, 9-1 Pac-12), which trailed 60-59
before its preseason All-America took over in the final
3 minutes.
Jordan Bell had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the
Ducks, who outrebounded the Sun Devils 40-30. Ore-
gon made 7 of 13 from 3-point range in the second half.
Shannon Evans II led Arizona State (10-13, 3-7)
with 28 points and Tra Holder had 17.
The Sun Devils had possession trailing 71-68 with
18 seconds left, but the best they could get was a
rebound basket by Torian Graham. Oregon ran out the
final 2.9 seconds for the win.
Despite a decided height advantage, Oregon strug-
gled to find any rhythm against Arizona State’s four-
guard lineup. The Ducks were just 1 of 10 from 3-point
range in the first half and trailed 28-25.
It was the fewest points Oregon had scored in a first
half since early season losses to Baylor and Georgetown.
BIG PICTURE
Arizona State dropped to 0-6 against ranked teams
this season and is 1-5 in Pac-12 road games
Oregon’s invincibility at home, where it has won 39
straight games, will be tested by No. 5 Arizona. The
Ducks have five road games in their last seven to finish
the regular season.
UP NEXT
Arizona State goes for its 13th win in its last 16
games against Oregon State on Saturday in Corvallis.
Oregon plays its third ranked opponent of the season
when it hosts No. 5 Arizona on Saturday. The Ducks
swept UCLA and Southern California when both were
in the Top 25 in late December.
CORVALLIS — Allonzo Trier
said he’s excited to be playing
basketball again with his Arizona
teammates after missing the first
19 games of the season. He’s still a
long way from feeling like himself
on the court, both on offense and
defense.
“It’s still a step slow. I’m still out
of rhythm. I’m still not shooting the
ball great,” the sophomore guard
said. “I’ll be better. I know that.”
And that should be a scary
thought for Pac-12 opponents.
Trier scored 18 points and No. 5
Arizona roared to life in the second
half to defeat Oregon State 71-54
on Thursday night.
Dusan Ristic had 10 points and
six rebounds for the Wildcats (21-
2, 10-0), who have won 15 straight
games.
Stephen Thompson Jr. had 16
points and five steals and Drew
Eubanks added 12 points for the
Beavers (4-19, 0-10).
Arizona went on a 23-2 run in
the second half to take a 55-36 lead
with 8:23 remaining. The Wild-
cats held the Beavers scoreless for
nearly 6 minutes during the surge.
Trier credited a focus on defen-
sive details for the second half
turnaround.
Arizona coach Sean Miller said
that defensive stops made it eas-
ier to push the tempo in the second
half.
“Our defense led to some good
transition baskets,” he added.
Arizona led by eight points
early, but Oregon State battled
back and went ahead 23-21 after a
3-pointer by Thompson with 4:53
left in the first half.
The Beavers lead 29-27 at
halftime.
Oregon State shot 50 percent
in the first half, but was limited to
34.6 percent in the second half. Ari-
zona shot 53.8 percent in the second
half and outrebounded the Beavers
39-26 for the game.
Oregon State coach Wayne Tin-
kle said that his young squad lost its
composure.
“Once a little frustration creeps
in, we’re just not there yet maturi-
ty-wise, toughness-wise, to get it
back,” he said.