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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Logger boys fall at Damascus Gulls improve to 16-0 The Daily Astorian DAMASCUS — The Knappa Loggers took to the road for some nonleague competition Saturday, and found plenty at Damascus Christian. The No. 8-ranked team at the Class 1A level held Knappa to just 11 points in the second half, as the Eagles posted a 50-35 win over the Loggers. “They’re a great team, and well-coached,” Knappa coach Chris Spencer said of the Eagles. “And we struggled. We’ve got some very tough road games com- ing up (including at Columbia Christian Tuesday). We could fin- ish first or we could finish fourth, so we need to pick ourselves up by the boot straps and go to work.” Knappa was 10-for-31 on two- point shots, 3-for-23 from the 3-point line, with 14 turnovers. On Senior Night for Damas- cus, Eagle senior Silas Marvin scored 26 points, and junior David Zakharyuk added 10. Knappa was coming off a 68-35 win at Faith Bible the night before, in which the Loggers held a 22-2 lead after one quarter. Dale Takalo scored 17 points with nine rebounds and seven assists, with Eli Takalo and Colton Weirup adding 13 points apiece. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Seaside at Asto- ria, 6 p.m.; Portland Christian at Warren- ton, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia Chris- tian, 6 p.m.; Oregon School for the Deaf at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.; Onalaska at Ilwaco, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Seaside at Asto- ria, 7:45 p.m.; Portland Christian at War- renton, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia Christian, 7:45 p.m.; Oregon School for the Deaf at Jewell, 7:15 p.m.; Winlock at Ilwaco, 7:15 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Valley Catholic 63, Astoria 44 VC (63): Andrew Plambeck 19, Braun 12, Haggerty 7, Grasberger 7, Hardy 6, Welsh 6, Tetzloff 2, Wilborn 2, Flemmer 2. AST (44): Ole Englund 18, Arnsdorf 11, Palek 4, Wallace 4, Gohl 4, Johnson 2, Olson 1, Burchfield, Schumacher, O’Brien, Sharp, Kaonohi. V.Catholic 18 11 11 23—63 Astoria 6 15 13 10—44 Seaside 68, Scappoose 46 SCP (46): Chris Bendle 9, Jerad To- man 9, Gift 6, Nuss 6, Kramer 4, Wa- genknecht 4, Gill 4, Rieman 2. SEA (68): Jackson Januik 22, H.Thompson 11, Westerholm 10, Babb 10, C.Januik 6, D.Thompson 4, Hague 3, Carter 2. Scappoose 12 7 15 12—46 Seaside 17 15 20 16—68 Knappa 68, Faith Bible 35 KNA (68): Dale Takalo 17, E.Takalo 13, Weirup 13, J.Miller 5, Ramvick 5, Rubus 5, Engblom 4, Goodman 2, K.Miller 2. Knappa 22 14 19 13—68 Faith Bible 2 19 8 6—35 Damascus 50, Knappa 35 KNA (35): Colton Weirup 15, Engb- lom 7, Rubus 6, D.Takalo 3, Geisler 2, J.Miller 2. Knappa 12 12 5 6—35 Damascus 13 11 11 15—50 GIRLS BASKETBALL Valley Catholic 57, Astoria 30 VC (57): Petra Flemmer 13, Joanna Duyck 13, Mannen 12, Nguyen 6, Thur- man 5, Moore 5, Oehler 2, Kawaguchi 1. AST (30): Hailey O’Brien 8, DeMand- er 7, Hankwitz 5, Wallace 4, Norris 3, Hemsley 2, Cummings 1, Rogers, Gim- re, Burnett, Jackson. V.Catholic 12 10 19 16—57 Astoria 9 7 7 7—30 Seaside 65, Scappoose 31 SCP (31): Emily Kopra 6, Kaylie Kopra 6, Brodala 5, Mills 4, S.Smith 4, B.Smith 3, Esterly 3. SEA (65): Jetta Ideue 10, Sydney Vil- legas 10, Kiser 9, Utti 9, Babbitt 7, Hoek- stre 6, Smart 6, Garhofer 6, Huddleston. Scappoose 6 6 10 9—31 Seaside 14 12 16 23—65 Warrenton 41, Riverdale 37 WAR (41): Tyla Little 15, Alvarez 10, Miethe 7, Dyer 6, Bussert 2, Morrill 1, K.Blodgett, M.Blodgett, Heyen, Diego. RIV (37): Zoe Zurasky 19, Molinari 9, Tzintzun 4, Bogaty 3, Scarlett 2. Warrenton 9 15 8 9—41 Riverdale 7 7 7 16—37 Faith Bible 55, Knappa 24 KNA (24): Kaitlyn Landwehr 10, Miller 5, Vandergriff 5, Vanderburg 2, Inman 2, Carlson, Tischer, Strain. FB (55): Katie Fajer 19, S.Fajer 12, Ir- ving 10, White 5, Poetter 4, Hergert 2. Knappa 0 4 2 18—24 Faith Bible 17 13 12 13—55 The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — It was last- place vs. first-place Friday night at Seaside, and the results were predictable. The first-place Seaside boys basketball team backed up its No. 1 ranking with an easy 68-46 win over Scappoose in the Cowapa League game at the Gulls’ Nest. Seaside had its usual four play- ers in double figures, and the Gulls improved to 6-0 in league (16-0 overall), while Scappoose falls to 0-6. Jackson Januik led the way with 22 points, and highlighted a barrage of 3-pointers early in the third period, helping the Gulls turn a 36-28 lead into a 50-30 lead. Januik and Hunter Thomp- son both had two 3-pointers in the decisive run. Thompson finished with 11 points, followed by Attikin Babb and Payton Westerholm with 10 points apiece. Damian Mulinix/For the Astorian Naselle, Wash., senior Kyryn Jacot passes to the corner after coming down with a rebound during Saturday’s game with Taholah. Naselle won 41-31 for first place. NASELLE WINS LEAGUE TITLE By DAMIAN MULINIX For The Daily Astorian COMET BOYS PUT UP A FIGHT ASELLE, Wash. — As the clock expired on the first quarter Saturday night, the Naselle Comets girls basketball team (12-0, 15-5) were likely wondering what was happening. The first-place Comets trailed the visiting second-place Taholah, 3-9, and couldn’t seem to get a shot to fall. The game, the regular season finale for both teams, was to decide the Coastal 1B League title. A series of defensive stops and transition bas- kets at the beginning of the second quarter helped the Comets hold the Chitwins scoreless in the period, on their way to a 41-31 win, to wrap up the title and a No. 1 seed in the District 4 tournament. After trading baskets for the first half of the third quarter, a surge by the Chitwins to end the period gave them back the lead, 27-26. But a flurry of Naselle baskets to start the fourth helped the Comets eventually pull away. Lilli Zimmerman, Lily Harman and Kyryn Jacot led the Comets with six points each. Ellie Chap- man had 10 rebounds and six assists for Naselle. After receiving a first-round bye in the District 4 1B tournament, the Comets will play 2 p.m. Sat- urday in Castle Rock, against the winner of a first- round game between Wishkah and Three River Christian. When the Naselle boys last saw the Chitwins a couple weeks ago, they were leaving the Taholah gym after a 31-point loss. On Saturday night, they had a chance at some payback — a win would give them a tie for the Coastal League title. But the fast- paced play of the Chitwins took a 32-22 lead by halftime and they never looked back, winning the Coastal League title 76-59. The Comets will be the No. 2 seed headed in to the District 4 1B tourna- ment this week. The Chitwins got out fast to start the second quarter, playing fast and loose, they built an 12- point lead before ending the half with a score of 22-32. And if it wasn’t the Chitwins’ speed, it was their size. Slowly, but surely, the Chitwins started to pull away in the third, taking a 50-32 lead with 1:21 left in the quarter. With more than half the fourth quarter left, the Comets made a run, cutting the lead to 45-57 after a few fast-break points. Donnie Edwards led the Comets with 16 points, Jacob Eaton had 12 and Antonio Nolan and Corey Gregory each had 7 a piece. The Comets will open the district tourney with a home game Wednesday against Three Rivers Christian. A win would have them playing Satur- day in Castle Rock at 3:30 p.m. N Valiants hold off Astoria boys, 63-44 The Daily Astorian The Astoria Fishermen rallied from a big first-half deficit … but they could not rally from another in the second half Saturday night at the Brick House. Valley Catholic escaped town with a 63-44 win over the Fisher- men, in a back-and-forth (and back again) Cowapa League boys basket- ball game. Astoria held an early 6-2 lead, but the Fishermen couldn’t overcome the hot hand of Valley Catholic’s Andrew Plambeck, who knocked down four straight 3-pointers late in the first quarter. And after drives to the hoop and scores by Valley Catholic’s Jack Gras- berger and Daniel Hardy, the Valiants had turned their 6-2 deficit into a 22-6 lead. But Astoria gradually fought its way back, and behind three-point plays from Ole Englund and Jackson Arnsdorf, the Fishermen were within 29-21 at halftime. Behind an aggressive defense and some hot shooting from the Fisher- men, Astoria’s comeback continued into the third quarter. The Valiants had six turnovers on their first seven offensive possessions of the second half, and a 3-pointer by Astoria’s Tristan Wallace at the 3:45 mark of the third quarter tied the game at 30-30. Valley Catholic scored the next five points, before the Fishermen answered with four straight free throws to cut the Valiant lead to 35-34. But the hot hand of Plambeck returned, as the 6-foot-4 junior con- nected on a mid-range jumper, then made his fifth 3-pointer of the night to highlight a 12-0 run for the Valiants. Astoria finished 19-for-22 from the free throw line to Valley Cath- olic’s 9-for-13, but the Fishermen could not keep pace with the Valiants in the fourth quarter. Plambeck led all scorers with 19 points, while Englund had 18 and Arnsdorf added 11 for Astoria, which hosts Seaside in the Clatsop Clash Tuesday. Valiants defeat Lady Fishermen, 57-30 The Daily Astorian Valley Catholic posted a 57-30 win over Astoria Saturday, in a Cow- apa League girls basketball game at the Brick House. Still, the No. 8-ranked Valiants had to work a lot harder than the final score indicated. In the battle for third place in the league standings, the Lady Fisher- men opened the second half with a 4-0 run on baskets by Alexis Wallace and Brooklynn Hankwitz, and trailed the bigger Valiants, 22-20. But Valley Catholic answered with a 10-0 rally of its own, and by the end of the quarter, the Valiants led 41-23. Five-foot-11 Petra Flemmer and 5-9 Joanna Duyck — the senior posts for the Valiants — did most of the dam- age, combining to outscore Astoria by themselves in the second half, 19-14. Both finished with 13 points, while Noelle Mannen added 12 for Valley Catholic, 4-2 in league. The Valiants were 18-for-28 at the free-throw line, to Astoria’s 5-for-8. Freshman Hailey O’Brien scored eight points for Astoria, which falls to 2-4 in league. The Lady Fishermen host Seaside Tuesday. Seaside soundly beats Scappoose The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Seaside girls basketball team followed up their win over top-ranked Banks with an easy 65-31 victory over Scap- poose Friday at the Gulls’ Nest. A jumper from Bryre Babbitt early in the third period gave Sea- side a 32-14 lead, and the Gulls had all the points they would need. Three-pointers near the end of third quarter from Annaka Gar- hofer and Emy Kiser increased the advantage to 42-22, and the Gulls scored at will in the fourth, as they had eight players with six or more points. Jetta Ideue and Sydney Ville- gas had 10 points apiece to lead the way, and Kiser finished with nine points off the bench. Warriors split doubleheader The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — Warrenton clinched fourth place, and now the Lady Warriors have their sights set on the third-place spot, following their latest win in Lewis & Clark League girls basketball. Tyla Little scored 15 points and Fernanda Alvarez added 10 to help the Warriors score a 41-37 win at Riverdale Saturday. Warrenton held a 16-point lead in the third quarter, before a late rally by the Mavericks. The Warriors improve to 9-5 in league, just a half-game behind third place Portland Christian (9-4). Warrenton hosts the Roy- als Tuesday, then finishes league play Thursday at De La Salle (6-8), while Portland Christian has remaining games at Clatskanie, and vs. Portland Adventist (14-0). In the boys’ game, Riverdale rallied from a first half deficit to defeat Warrenton, 46-44. Falcons soar past Lady Loggers The Daily Astorian HILLSBORO — Faith Bible sisters Katie and Sarah Fajer com- bined for 31 points Friday night, lifting the Falcons to a 55-24 win over Knappa in a Northwest League girls basketball game. Neither team scored for the first 4 minutes, 20 seconds of the game, until Faith Bible broke the ice and finished the first quarter with a 17-0 lead. The Falcons led 42-6 after three quarters, before the Loggers were able to score 18 in the fourth. Kaitlyn Landwehr had 10 points, 11 rebounds and three steals for Knappa. Katie Fajer scored 19 for the No. 7-ranked Falcons, 20-1 overall, 12-0 in league.
