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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017
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Gary Henley | Sports Reporter
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Valiants defeat No. 1-ranked Seagulls
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.