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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week (FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 13-18) EMMA GUILLEN Jewell ALEC BELL, Ilwaco Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian he junior was recently selected to the Casco second-team all-league T squad, after averaging seven points and seven rebounds per game this season. he senior wrestler was one of two state champions for the Fishermen in T While last week’s Mat Classic XXIX at the Tacoma Dome. Jack Odneal won the title at 138 pounds, Bell capped his prep career Jewell played fi ve games in six days last week, and Guillen led the Lady Jays in scoring in each game. She had 18 points, fi ve rebounds and fi ve steals in a win over Livingstone Adventist, and nine points and eight boards against Oregon School for the Deaf, Jewell’s ninth -straight win. After a league playoff victory over Falls City (eight points, fi ve rebounds for Guillen), she had nine points in a season-ending loss to Perrydale. by going 3-0 on the mat to win the state championship at 220 pounds. He opened with a 7-2 decision over Hunter Schurger of Mary Walker; pinned Sutton Moon of Kalama in 1:57 in a semifi nal match; then scored a 6-2 decision over Liberty’s Jake Harrington in the title bout. Ilwaco had seven placers and fi nished third in the team standings behind Tonasket and Reardan. Lady Gulls open against Junction City Tigers The Daily Astorian The Seaside girls basketball team will host Junction City at 7 p.m. Satur- day, in a Regional Play-in game for the Class 4A state playoffs. Doors open for spectators at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for students. Only OSAA-approved passes will be honored. The game will also be broadcast live on KSWB 840 AM and 98.1 FM, and video will be streamed live on the internet at www.nfhsnetwork.com (fees apply). Seaside — the Cowapa League Seaside coach Mike Hawes is hoping to lead the Lady Gulls back to an- other state tournament. Brad Mosher For the Daily Astorian co-champion — is ranked third in the latest 4A coaches poll, with a 16-4 overall record. Unranked Junction City (11-12 overall) fi nished third in the Sky-Em League. The winner of Saturday’s game will advance and play a road game in the Sweet 16 on Saturday, March 4, opponent to be determined. Loggers at Imbler Knappa will open the Class 2A boys basketball state playoffs Friday at Imbler, with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off. The winner advances to play either Weston-McEwen or Santiam at Pend- leton High School, in a fi rst round game of the state tournament. Other post-season action involving area teams this weekend: Girls Basketball Washington 2B: Ilwaco vs. Ray- mond, Saturday (at W.F. West HS, Chehalis), Noon. Both teams advance to Spokane. Washington 1B: Naselle vs. Neah Bay, Saturday (at Mount Tahoma HS), 10 a.m. Winner advances to Spokane. Boys Basketball Washington 1B: Naselle vs. Taholah, Friday (at Tumwater HS), 8 p.m. Winner advances to Spokane. Brooks’ 3 leads No. 6 Oregon past Cal 68-65 By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Stanford guard Robert Cartwright, right, fends off Oregon State guard Ronnie Stacy during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday in Stanford, Calif. Travis, Allen score 17, Stanford tops Oregon St. By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. — Even though Stanford has been buried in the lower half of the Pac-12 stand- ings all season, Reid Travis isn’t so sure his team is an underdog against No. 6 Oregon. That might be a stretch consid- ering the Ducks are making a run at the conference title but that didn’t seem to matter to Travis. “The way we’re playing now is great for this time of year,” Tra- vis said following Stanford’s 79-66 win over Oregon State on Wednes- day. “I feel like we’re really taking off. Even though our record doesn’t refl ect it I really do feel that we’re one of the top teams so take that as you want to.” Travis had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead four players in dou- ble fi gures. Marcus Allen also scored 17, Dorian Pickens added 15 and Robert Cartwright had 10 as the Car- dinal beat the Beavers for the 21st time in the last 23 games between the two teams at Maples Pavilion. UP NEXT: BEAVERS • Oregon State Beavers (5-24) at California Golden Bears (18-9) • Friday, 8 p.m. TV: FS1 Stanford (14-13, 6-9 Pac-12) led by as many as 25 but had to hold on after Oregon State (5-24, 1-15) pulled within 74-63 with 3:28 left on JaQuori McLaughlin’s 3-pointer. Allen and Pickens scored back- to-back buckets for Stanford, and after Stephen Thompson’s putback for Oregon State, Pickens made a 3-pointer. “We’re pointing in the right direction on both ends of the fl oor,” Allen said. “Guys are getting good looks . and on defense we’re more active. Hopefully that continues.” Drew Eubanks had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Oregon State. Gligorije Rakocevic added a sea- son-high 16 points for the Beavers, who couldn’t follow up after beat- ing Utah last week for their fi rst conference win of the season. BERKELEY, Calif. — Game-win- ning shots are becoming old hat for Oregon’s Dillon Brooks. Doing it on the road to silence a partisan crowd was a bit of a change. Brooks hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 sec- onds to play to cap a comeback from 16 points down and No. 6 Oregon beat California 68-65 on Wednesday night to keep its hopes alive for a Pac-12 title. Brooks had previously hit game-winning 3-pointers to beat Ten- nessee in the Maui Invitational and UCLA at home in December before pulling off the trick once again to stun the Golden Bears. “Especially on the road it feels so good,” he said. “You look at every sin- gle crowd member out there and look at them look down at themselves. They thought they had the game and we stole it from them.” The Ducks (25-4, 14-2) trailed by 16 points early in the second half and were down 10 with just over 4 minutes left before rallying for the win that moved them a half-game behind Ari- zona for fi rst place in the conference. Oregon holds the tiebreaker. Brooks led the Ducks with 22 points and Chris Boucher added 18. “We’re trying to fi ght for the Pac- 12 fi rst seed,” Brooks said. “We would have been really sick if we lost this.” Jabari Bird scored 20 points to lead the way for the Bears (18-9, 9-6), whose hopes for an NCAA Tourna- ment berth were dealt a big blow with this loss. “Obviously if we had won it, it would have been a signature win for us, what we’ve been looking for,” Bird said. “It’s an uphill battle. It’s going to be tough getting to the tournament, but we can do it.” Consecutive 3-pointers by Boucher, Dylan Ennis and Payton Pritchard cut AP Photo/Ben Margot Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, right, shoots against California’s Stephen Domingo (31) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game,Wednesday in Berkeley, Calif. Oregon won 68-65. UP NEXT: DUCKS • Oregon Ducks (25-4) at Stanford Cardinal (14-13) • Saturday, 2 p.m. TV: PACN Cal’s 10-point lead to one with just under 3 minutes left. Boucher then gave the Ducks their fi rst lead of the game with a layup that made it 62-61 with 1:48 to go. Grant Mullins and Brooks traded jumpers before Bird missed a con- tested 3-pointer with 28 seconds to go. Tyler Dorsey hit one free throw before Ivan Rabb tied the game with a put- back of his own miss with 9.7 seconds to play. That set the stage for Brooks, who hit the 3 that set off a wild celebration for the Ducks.
