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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week (FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 6-11) WILL GARVIN Seaside MAKENZIE KAECH Ilwaco, Wash. Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian he senior was busy at the District swim meet in Astoria Feb. 11, racking T Garvin up points to help the Seaside boys fi nish second behind Newport. had the lone victory for the Gulls, winning the 100-yard butterfl y in aech has been a key ingredient for the Lady Fishermen, 19-4 overall and K Ilwaco currently 2-1 in the post-season. scored a 57-43 win over Adna Saturday. The playoff win snapped a 57.63 seconds, almost 2 seconds faster than his time in the preliminaries. He also helped the Gulls qualify two relay teams for the state meet — the 200-yard medley (with Isaiah Collins, Brad Rzewnicki and Luke Liljenwall) and the 200-yard freestyle (with James Kennedy, Rzewnicki and Liljenwall). Garvin will be seeded sixth in the butterfl y at the state meet this weekend. two-year losing streak to Adna at Districts. And Kaech, the 5-foot-10 junior, played a key role, with 17 points (10 in the fourth quarter), eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Ilwaco advanced to the District semifi nals and clinched a trip to Spokane for 2B Regionals and the state tournament. On Feb. 8, Kaech scored 18 fi rst-half points (and fi nished with 22) in a 69-21 win over Onalaska in the fi rst round of Districts, also the 200th win of Ilwaco coach Ned Bittner’s coaching career. Mariners’ Iwakuma ready to shoulder load again SPORTS IN BRIEF Pirates beat Jewell, 35-19, in tie-breaker The Daily Astorian GASTON — Jewell’s nine- game win streak came to a screeching halt Wednesday night, as Perrydale defeated the Lady Jays 35-19 in a third-place tie- breaker game in the Casco League girls basketball standings. For the third game in a row, the Jays held their opponent score- less in the fi rst quarter, with Jewell leading 2-0 after one period. Perrydale outscored the Jays 12-7 in a high-scoring second quarter, for a 12-9 lead at the break. The Pirates were able to hold off Jewell in the second half. Perrydale freshman Sydney Lawrence led all scorers with 15 points, followed by sophomore teammate Sydney Perkins with 10. Heidi Hollenbach had seven points to lead Jewell, which plays Falls City Friday (2 p.m., at Cor- ban College) for the Casco’s No. 3 seed to the state playoffs. Russia to punish athletes who don’t return medals By JOSE M. ROMERO Associated Press AP Photo/Rick Bowmer Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum (3) shoots as Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Portland’s road woes continue Trail Blazers fall to 9-20 on road following blowout from Utah Jazz By KAREEM COPELAND Associated Press Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian track and fi eld athletes haven’t been giving up their medals in Olympic doping cases, and local offi cials have vowed to kick them off the national team until they do. The Russian track federation said Thursday only one medal has been returned out of 23 which must be handed back because of failed retests of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Games. The only medal returned so far is a bronze won by Anton Koko- rin in the men’s 4x400-meter relay at the 2008 Olympics. Kokorin didn’t test positive, but teammate Denis Alexeyev’s disqualifi cation for a banned steroid means the whole team must give their med- als back. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Scap- poose, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 6 p.m.; Gaston at Knappa, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Scap- poose, 7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 7:30 p.m. SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward was presented with his All- Star jersey Wednesday night and will play in the game for the fi rst time on Sunday. He had some unfi nished business, though, before heading to New Orleans. Hayward scored 22 points and George Hill added 19 as the Utah Jazz ended a three-game losing streak to the Portland Trail Blazers with a 111- 88 victory. UP NEXT: TRAIL BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (23-33) at Orlando Magic (21-37) • Feb. 23, 4 p.m. TV: FSFL, CSNW The Jazz also ended a three-game overall losing streak heading into the All-Star break. “We had a bad taste in our mouth and didn’t want to go into the break losing four straight,” Hayward said. “This was one we needed to have and I think we played like that a little bit tonight. We need to be able to play like that more often.” Utah used a 20-4 third-quarter run to take a 15-point lead after Hayward warmed up following a 2-for-9 fi rst half. He scored 13 in the quarter. Joe Ingles scored 18 for the Jazz, and Rudy Gobert had 13 points and 12 rebounds. “I told (Hayward) don’t you dare change anything you’re doing after he had a really tough night against Boston,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. “It’s just a question of him con- tinuing to play his game. If the ball’s not going in, he can think about other things he can do. Maybe get a more open shot, but not to ever stop attacking. “That’s who he is. That’s who he’s worked to become. That’s the guy we have confi dence in.” Damian Lillard and CJ McCol- lum had torched Utah the six previ- ous games against the Jazz, but were fairly contained most of the night. Lillard fi nished with 13 and McCol- lum had 18. The Trail Blazers cut the lead to single digits in the third quarter, but never got closer than seven. PEORIA, Ariz. — Pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma was a major rea- son the Seattle Mariners stayed in the race for an American League wild-card playoff spot until the second-to-last day of the 2016 season. The big right-hander led the Mariners with 16 wins, and he got the start on Oct. 1 with Seat- tle in a must-win situation at home against Oakland in order to have a chance. Iwakuma faltered, how- ever, and gave up fi ve runs on nine hits in 3 2-3 innings. The Mariners wound up los- ing 9-8 and were eliminated. But Iwakuma was their workhorse in a season that saw ace Felix Hernan- dez lose some velocity and miss a few starts due to injury. Iwakuma got to Arizona sev- eral days before the spring train- ing report date to get a jump on preparation for this season. Iwakuma made 33 starts and fell an inning short of 200 in 2016. A couple of months shy of turning 36 years old, he’s eager to show he can still be counted on as often. “‘Kuma takes his offseason as serious as anybody. I think he wants to show people that he can carry that workload,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “It’s hard for him, especially where he’s at in his career. We got prob- ably more out of him than we expected, which is great. We cer- tainly needed it, and he wants to back it up again this year.” Champion Cubs get started with fanfare, big expectations By JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Back home in Las Vegas this winter, Kris Byrant fi nally understood just how much the Cubs championship meant far beyond the Windy City. He felt the constant love from fans just by seeing people in the streets wearing Chicago gear. Or when many recognized him and offered congrat- ulations for his huge part in the fran- chise’s fi rst title in 108 years. He’s hard to miss at 6-foot-5, too. “I didn’t really realize how many fans we had around the country and I really got a sense of that this year,” Bryant said Wednesday, when the World Series champs held their fi rst pitchers and catchers workout of spring. “It was kind of hard to even go places in my hometown. I was just seeing Cubs hats everywhere driving my car down the road or guys running in a Cubs hat. I’m like, ‘This is crazy.’ It really shows what we did, and it’s something that we can be proud of.” Jake Arrieta gets it. He experienced the same thing, and he can’t always hide behind his signature bushy brown beard. “Kris can’t go any- where without get- ting recognized,” Arrieta quipped. “He’s got beautiful hair and being 6-foot-6 it’s a little hard to stay hidden for him. But the beard for me kind of gives me away. I was able to fl y under the radar for a couple weeks without facial hair but it came back pretty quickly.” Now that this group has its banners and baseball’s bragging rights until a new winner is crowned next fall, the Cubs want to do it again. Keep fl ying that W in Wrigleyville. No doubt the fanfare has reached the Arizona desert, where the Cubs were a main attraction in Mesa when they formally began 2017. Around Sloan Park and the club’s adjacent training complex, there are signs of winning: Large decorative baseballs declaring “2016 World Series Champions” and banners hanging from light posts that read “2016 World Champs.”
