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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017
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Lady Gull will fly
east to play soccer
Seaside
High School
senior Lizzy
Barnes,
front, signed
a letter of
intent this
week to play
soccer at
Guilford Col-
lege in North
Carolina.
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Seaside High School multi-sport
athlete Lizzy Barnes will travel all
the way across the country to con-
tinue her sports career next year.
The senior signed a letter-of-in-
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tent this week to play soccer at Guil-
ford College in Greensboro, North
Carolina.
Coached by Michael Shenigo, the
Quakers compete in the NCAA Divi-
sion III Old Dominion Athletic Con-
ference, and finished 6-9-1 last year.
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Astoria High School’s Pizazz dance team took first at a competition at Gresham High School Saturday.
Astoria’s Pizazz wins first event
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he Astoria dance team Pizazz took first
place in their division last Saturday in
their first competition of the season at
Gresham High School.
Competing with Astoria in the
T
4A/3A/2A/1A division were dance teams
from Banks, Estacada, Scappoose and Sweet
Home.
The team is coached by Jeannie Petersen
of Maddox Dance Studio in Warrenton.
Pizazz performed their state routine
during halftime of Wednesday’s Clatsop
Clash basketball doubleheader.
Astoria’s successful dance team will be
looking to improve on last year’s finish at
state, where Pizazz finished eighth out of 13
teams in the preliminary round.
State finals take place March 16-18 at
Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Knights
sweep
Warriors
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PORTLAND — The De La
Salle Knights scored a double-
header basketball sweep over
Warrenton Thursday night, in a
Lewis & Clark League show-
down in Portland.
Just two nights after scoring
74 points in a win over Portland
Christian, the Warrenton girls
were held to a season-low by
the Knights, who posted a 39-27
upset over the Warriors.
The loss snapped a six-game
win streak for Warrenton, which
had not lost since Jan. 24.
De La Salle built an early
16-point lead, holding the War-
riors to just five points in the first
half, three points in the first quar-
ter, two in the second.
Warrenton rallied in the sec-
ond half and pulled to within
eight points early in the fourth
quarter before running out of
time.
Fernanda Alvarez led the War-
riors with 11 points, with six
points apiece from Tyla Little and
Landree Miethe.
Portland Adventist defeated
Portland Christian Thursday and
finished the regular season 16-0,
followed by Rainier (14-2), with
Warrenton and Portland Christian
tied at 10-6.
The Warriors and Royals split
the regular season series, with the
fifth tie-breaker giving the third-
place spot to Portland Chris-
tian, which defeated De La Salle
twice, while the Warriors split the
regular season with De La Salle.
Portland Christian plays a
league playoff at Rainier, with the
winner advancing to face Port-
land Adventist for the league’s
No. 1 seed to the state playoffs.
Fourth-place Warrenton will
host either Clatskanie or De La
Salle Tuesday, with the winner
advancing to play the loser of
Portland Christian-Rainier for the
league’s No. 3 seed to the state
playoffs.
De La Salle defeated Warren-
ton 64-29 in the boys’ game.
Details were unavailable.
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Lions
rally past
Loggers
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KNAPPA — “We’re struggling
right now,” said Knappa boys
basketball coach Chris Spencer,
whose team lost its third straight
Thursday night at home.
Life Christian spoiled Knap-
pa’s Senior Night with a 54-45
win over the Loggers, as the Lions
rallied from a small halftime defi-
cit and outscored the Loggers
34-22 in the second half to win.
“We were up three at half, but
we were unable to take advantage
and extend the lead in the second
half,” Spencer said. “They kind of
got us out of our zone (defense),
and it’s tough to play man when
you’re going against great athletes
like they have.”
Brothers Zeke and Bo Quinlan
combined for 25 points (14 and
11, respectively), and Zac Ross
added 11 for the Lions.
Life Christian also made 16-of-
26 free throws on the night, while
Knappa missed five straight down
the stretch.
The Loggers return to action
Saturday at Nestucca, and finish
the regular season Tuesday at Life
Christian.
“We’re playing hard — we
only had three turnovers tonight
— and we had a great crowd for
Senior Night and all that,” Spen-
cer said. “We’re just going to have
to do whatever we can to get off
the schneid. Nestucca is going to
be another tough game.”
Colton Weirup led Knappa
with 16 points, followed by Jason
Miller with 11.
UCLA rallies to beat Oregon
By BETH HARRIS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Nothing was
going right for UCLA when the Bru-
ins trailed by 19 points in the first
half. They were forced to call time
out after Oregon scored 14 points in 5
minutes to start the second half.
Suddenly, the team with one of
the nation’s most explosive offenses
started playing defense.
Aaron Holiday gave UCLA its
first lead on a 3-pointer with 4 min-
utes remaining in the game and the
10th-ranked Bruins rallied from a
19-point first-half deficit to beat No. 5
Oregon 82-79 on Thursday night.
“We know we can score with all
the teams in the country so it’s just
about being tough on the defensive
end,” Holiday said.
Holiday and star freshman Lonzo
Ball scored 15 points each, com-
bining to score UCLA’s final seven
points. Ball had 11 rebounds to help
his team control the boards, 43-35.
The Bruins (22-3, 9-3 Pac-12) moved
into a third-place tie with idle Califor-
nia in the league standings.
“When you’re down 19, you got
to have help and our guys did a great
job helping each other,” UCLA coach
Steve Alford said.
Dillon Brooks and Tyler Dorsey
scored 19 points each for the sec-
ond-place Ducks (21-4, 10-2). Dorsey
BOYS BASKETBALL
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UCLA guard Isaac Hamilton, right, shoots as Oregon forward Dillon
Brooks defends during the second half Thursday in Los Angeles.
missed a potential tying 3-pointer
with 23 seconds left.
“We just have to let this one go,”
Dorsey said. “We got the lead and we
got too confident. After that, we really
didn’t get that many good shots.”
The Bruins closed with a furious
rush, battling for rebounds after not
getting back to defend early in the
game. Holiday’s go-ahead basket was
part of a 33-15 run to end the game.
“The second half we guarded a lot
better,” Ball said. “I’m glad our team
came together.”
Two free throws by Jordan Bell
got the Ducks to 80-79 with 19 sec-
onds to go. Holiday got fouled and
made both to preserve the win before
Payton Pritchard’s 3-pointer missed
with 1 second left.
“We were ahead in all categories
that we were supposed to be in the
first half, but the second half it was
different,” Ducks coach Dana Altman
said. “It’s like at the 10-minute mark
we were stuck in mud.”
Aaron scores 18, as USC cruises past Oregon State 92-66
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — With Shaqquan
Aaron and Bennie Boatwright settling
in, and shots starting to fall, the South-
ern California Trojans feel like they’re
more dangerous than ever.
Aaron scored 21 points and Boat-
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Tilla-
mook, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catho-
lic, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Til-
lamook, 7:30 p.m.; Seaside at Valley
Catholic, 7:30 p.m.; NW Christian vs.
Ilwaco (at Tumwater), 8 p.m.
Swimming — District 1/4A, at Astoria
AC, 1 p.m.
Wrestling — 4A Regionals, at Scap-
poose, TBA
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Knappa at
Nestucca, 4 p.m.; Adna vs. Ilwaco (at
Montesano), 1 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Knappa at
Nestucca, 6 p.m.
Swimming — District 1/4A, at Astoria
AC, 10 a.m.
Wrestling — 4A Regionals, at Scap-
poose, TBA
wright added 16 as Southern Califor-
nia cruised to a 92-66 victory over Ore-
gon State on Thursday night. Aaron,
who sat out last season after transfer-
ring from Louisville, made 7 of 10
shots, including 5 of 6 3-pointers.
JaQuori McLaughlin had 12 points
and Stephen Thompson Jr scored 11
points, grabbed eight rebounds and
added six assists for Oregon State
(4-21, 0-12 Pac-12), which lost its
12th straight, and fell for the 18th
time in 19 games.
The Beavers have lost their 12
Pac-12 games this season by an aver-
age of 16.6 points.
Life Christian 54, Knappa 45
LC (54): Zeke Quinlan 14, B.Quinlan
11, Ross 11, Wooten 8, Vasilyev 8, Lam-
bert 2.
KNA (45): Colton Weirup 16, J.Miller
11, D.Takalo 7, Engblom 7, E.Takalo 4.
Life Christian 11 9 15 19—54
Knappa
9 14 7 15—45
Thomas, Celtics
down Blazers
Associated Press
PORTLAND
—
Isaiah
Thomas’ teammates kept tell-
ing him to keep shooting, that the
shots would fall. And they did.
Thomas wound up with 34
points, including 15 in the fourth
quarter, and the Boston Celtics
rebounded from a loss the previ-
ous night to beat the Portland Trail
Blazers 120-111 on Thursday.
Marcus Smart added 18 for the
Celtics, who had seven scorers in
double figures.
Damian Lillard had 28 points
and seven assists for the Blazers,
while Al-Farouq Aminu added a
season-high 26 points.