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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Valiants defeat No. 1-ranked Seagulls The Daily Astorian BEAVERTON — The last of the state’s unbeaten teams went down to defeat Friday night at Valley Catholic. In a potential state championship matchup, the Valiants knocked off the previously undefeated, No. 1-ranked Seaside Gulls, 68-50, in a Cowapa League boys basketball showdown. Sporting a 17-0 record entering the game, the Gulls were unable to make their usual big scoring run, while the bigger, taller Valiants had their way for much of the game. Six-foot-3 senior Daniel Hardy scored 18 points, Jack Grassberger (6-5) had 13, with Colin Haggerty (6-3) and Andrew Plambeck (6-4) toss- ing in 10 points apiece for the Valiants. It was a huge victory for Valley Catholic, the only team with a chance at catching the Gulls in the league standings. And catch them they did, as the Valiants pulled into a first-place tie atop the Cowapa League. Both teams are now 7-1 in league play, with two games remaining. A pair of early 3-pointers from Chase Januik had Seaside in front, 10-8, but the Valiants answered with four 3-pointers the remainder of the first half, with inside points from Hardy, who had 12 of his 18 in the first half. The Gulls trimmed a 15-point half- time deficit down to nine (36-27) in the opening minute of the third quar- ter, on 3-pointers by Jackson Januik and Hunter Thompson. But the Valiants were able to squash any comeback hopes for the Gulls with a 9-0 run midway through the fourth quarter, highlighted by a dunk by Hardy off a fast break. Thompson and Payton Westerholm both fouled out for Seaside, while Jackson Januik finished with a team- high 19 points for the Gulls. SPORTS IN BRIEF Tillamook tops Astoria The Daily Astorian TILLAMOOK — A fast start by the Tillamook boys basket- ball team resulted in a 76-36 victory over Astoria Friday, in a Cowapa League game at Tillamook. Tillamook’s Chuck Wagner scored eight points in the first quarter, which ended with the Cheesemakers holding a 29-9 lead. Astoria is gradually returning to full strength, as Fridtjof Frem- stad was playing in his second game, and Kyle Strange saw his first action of the year, following an injury in football, suffered at Tillamook. Ian Collett led the Cheesemak- ers with 15 points. The Fishermen return to action Tuesday, when Astoria hosts Banks. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — Livingstone Ad- ventist at Jewell, 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Livingstone Ad- ventist at Jewell, 7 p.m.; Toutle Lake vs. Ilwaco (at Tumwater), 8 p.m. TUESDAY Girls Basketball — Banks at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Or- egon School for the Deaf at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.; Wahkiakum vs. Ilwaco (at Tumwa- ter), 6:30 p.m. Boys Basketball — Banks at Astoria, 7:30 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:30 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 6:30 p.m.; Oregon School for the Deaf at Jewell, 7 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Valley Catholic 68, Seaside 50 SEA (50): Jackson Januik 19, H.Thompson 9, D.Thompson 6, C. Januik 6, Westerholm 4, Babb 4, Hoek- stre 2, Landwehr 1, Sibony. VC (68): Daniel Hardy 18, Grassberger 13, Haggerty 10, Plambeck 10, Katin 6, Braun 5, Welsh 4, Robbins 2. Seaside 12 9 15 14—50 Valley C. 15 21 9 23—68 Knappa 63, Nestucca 44 KNA (63): Dale Takalo 22, Weirup 17, E.Takalo 8, J.Miller 6, Vanderburg 3, Elt- agonde 2, Engblom 2, Ramvick 1. NES (44): Adrian Morgan 17, Zeller 8, Strober 5, Darrington 5, Hurliman 3, An.Morgan 2, Link 2, Steele 2. Knappa 18 14 17 14—63 Nestucca 13 9 4 18—44 Falls City 60, Jewell 37 FC (60): Jeremy Labrado 16, Young 14, Varney 14, Simmons 8, Burgess 6. JWL (37): Carson Littlepage 10, R.Kane 8, N.Kane 8, Stahly 4, Hinson 4, Godwin 3, Lilley, Meehan. Falls City 22 8 13 17—60 Jewell 10 5 16 6—37 Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Brad Rzewnicki swims in the 200-yard IM during District swim preliminaries on Friday in Astoria. Garvin gets a win in the pool for Gulls By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The Seaside boys had one individ- ual champion and a couple of state- qualifying relay teams, helping the Gulls to a second-place finish in the team standings of the District swim champion- ships, held Saturday at the Astoria Aquatic Center. The Tillamook girls and the Newport boys scored impressive team champion- ships, with the Cubs racking up 437 points ahead of second-place Seaside (155.5 points) on the boys’ side. Tillamook compiled 318 points to win the girls’ title, followed by Newport (245), Taft (168) and Astoria (125). The Fishermen had no automatic qualifi- ers, but they will still send athletes to state via wild card qualifying times determined Sunday. See SWIMMING, Page 9A Astoria’s Drew Tapio prepares to race in the boys 200 freestyle race during District swim preliminaries on Friday in Astoria. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com Cowboys lasso district wrestling title Lady Jays get seventh straight win The Daily Astorian GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 60, Tillamook 42 AST (60): Brooklynn Hankwitz 11, Wallace 10, Hemsley 9, Cummings 9, Norris 7, DeMander 6, Gimre 6, O’Brien 2, Jackson. Astoria 12 18 13 17—60 Seaside 47, Valley Catholic 45 SEA (47): Maddi Utti 20, Villegas 10, Kiser 5, Bodner 4, Hoekstre 4, Ideue 2, Babbitt 2, Smart, Garhofer. VC (45): Noelle Mannen 14, Nguyen 12, Moore 9, Flemmer 8, Duyck 2. Seaside 19 15 4 9—47 Valley C. 12 12 13 8—45 Nestucca 46, Knappa 31 KNA (31): Madelynn Weaver 9, Devin Vandergriff 9, Kaitlyn Landwehr 9, Strain 2, Miller 1, Vanderburg 1, Carlson, In- man. NES (46): Jaykayla Jackson 9, Dakota Logan 9, Chatelain 6, Ozuna-Pena 6, Johnson 5, Leslie 5, McKillip 2, Houck 2, Moreno-Gutierrez 2, Kirkpatrick 1. Knappa 6 7 5 13—31 Nestucca 6 17 13 10—46 Jewell 35, Falls City 16 FC (16): Gracie Tadlock 8, Burgess 3, Houghtaling 3, Zioloa 2. JWL (35): Gabi Morales 11, Littlepage 6, Guillen 4, Kaczenski 4, Hollenbach 4, Wammack 2, Olvera 2, Norman 2. Falls City 0 10 3 3—16 Jewell 12 8 4 11—35 SCAPPOOSE — Crook County won its third straight Special Dis- trict 1/4A Regional wrestling tour- nament, held Friday and Saturday at Scappoose. The Cowboys racked up 429.5 points to top the field of 11 teams. Tillamook was a distant second with 363 points, followed by Banks (229), Scappoose (179.5), Molalla (148), Estacada (139), Gladstone (111.5), Madras (66), Astoria (44), Corbett (42) and Seaside (19). The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualified for the state tournament, Feb. 24-25 in Portland. Astoria will send one wrestler to state, as Kaden Gilbert placed second at 182 pounds. Gilbert opened with a fall over Til- lamook’s Dylan Landolt in 1 minute, 29 seconds; and followed with a pin over Zach Dexheimer of Banks (56 seconds) and an 8-4 decision over Crook County’s Jaxson Rhoden. In the championship bout, Bren- don Dreyer of Banks scored a major decision (12-4) over Gilbert. Astoria’s Jeff Stutznegger was sixth at 220. The Daily Astorian Submitted Photo Astoria wrestling’s two placers: Jeff Stutznegger, left, and Kaden Gilbert, following the District 1/4A regional tournament. Seaside had two placers — Andrew Gastelum was sixth at 113 pounds, and Luke Nelson placed eighth at 220. After opening with a first-round loss, Gastelum rebounded with three straight wins in consolation, scoring a fall over Peyton Healey of Scap- poose (1:24); another pin over Molal- la’s Alec Lowry (3:36); and a 7-3 decision against Blake Johnston of Scappoose. Jesse Gore of Crook County pinned Gastelum (:23) in a consola- tion semifinal, which sent Gastelum on to the fifth-place match, where he was pinned (1:34) by Sam Connelly of Tillamook. JEWELL — Gabi Morales scored 11 points, to go with nine rebounds and four steals to help the Jewell girls basketball team to a 35-16 win over Falls City Friday, in a Casco League contest. Lily Kaczenski added nine rebounds and five steals, and Haley Norman finished with six rebounds, six steals and three assists for the Lady Jays. Winners of seven in a row, Jewell outscored the Mountain- eers 12-0 in the first quarter, on its way to an insurmountable 20-10 halftime lead. The Jays outscored Falls City 15-6 in the second half. Jewell hosts makeup games vs. Livingstone Adventist today and Oregon School for the Deaf Tues- day, then will play a tie-breaker game vs. Perrydale Wednesday for third place, for an eventual shot at the league’s No. 1 seed.
