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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017
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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.
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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.