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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Three Warriors selected for all-league honors The Daily Astorian Three Warrenton Warriors received all-league recognition, announced at last week’s Lewis & Clark League basketball tournament. For the Lady Warriors, junior Tyla Little was selected second team, and senior Landree Miethe earned third- team honors. Of the 26 players on the girls’ all-league team (first team, second team, third team, honorable mention), league champion Portland Adventist had five players named all-league, with Coach of the Year Ty Johnson. Rainier also had all five starters named all-league, including junior Desirae Hansen as Player of the Year. For the Warrenton boys, senior Christian Holt was selected second-team. Lauran Pratt of Oregon Episcopal was named Coach of the Year, and Catlin Gabel senior Jacob Adler was honored as Player of the Year. Daily Astorian/File Photos LEFT: Warrenton senior Landree Miethe was named to the Lewis & Clark all-league third team this week. MIDDLE: Christian Holt, right, earned sec- ond-team all-league honors. RIGHT: Junior Tyla Little was one of three Warrenton basketball players who received all-league recognition this week. Lillard rallies Trail Blazers to 112-103 win 113 percent average raise in baseball arbitration By TERRANCE HARRIS Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Damian Lillard felt fresh after the All-Star break. Aside from going to the Trail Blazers facil- ity for treatment each morning, Lillard spent the majority of his time at home watching tele- vision, relaxing and consuming water. If his first game back from break was any indication, it was exactly what he needed. Lillard scored 17 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter to rally struggling Portland to a 112-103 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. “I truly believe that break played a part in me being able to come out fresh,” said Lillard, who fought through picking up three fouls in the first half. “Even though I got into foul trou- ble early in the game, I still felt good. I didn’t feel discouraged about that and I think that played a huge part in that fourth quarter.” Lillard brought the Blazers back from an 11-point deficit early in the fourth with a cou- ple of big 3-pointers and drives to the bas- ket during a stretch in which Portland out- scored Orlando 16-4 to claim the lead. Lillard’s 3-pointer from the corner with 5:21 remaining gave the Blazers their first lead since the first quarter at 96-95. Portland would not trail again even though the game remained close down the stretch. “He has done that often in his career,” said Portland coach Terry Stotts, whose team snapped a three-game losing streak. “When he gets to rolling like that ... I don’t know if it’s a normal thing but it’s certainly not surprising.” But what may have been surprising was the defense of seldom-used guard Shabazz Napier, who put a stop to the penetration of Orlando guard Elfrid Payton in the second half. Napier played so well that Stotts played a three-guard lineup for much of the final 24 minutes to allow Napier, C.J. McCollum and Lillard to be on the floor together. “More than anything else it was his defense,” Stotts said of Napier. “I liked his defense on the ball and I just didn’t feel com- By RONALD BLUM Associated Press AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr. Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) dribbles by Orlando Magic center Ni- kola Vucevic, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Thursday. Portland won 112-103. UP NEXT: TRAIL BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (24-33) at Toronto Raptors (33-24) • Sunday, 3 p.m. TV: CSNW fortable taking him out.” The Blazers spoiled Terrence Ross’ Magic debut and also sent Orlando to its sixth loss in its last seven games. The Magic led by as many as 14 points, but the all-too-familiar breakdowns on the inte- rior defense and the inability to get consistent points outside of Nikola Vucevic plagued them down the stretch. Orlando coach Frank Vogel couldn’t hide his frustration as his team’s already slim play- off chances fade with each loss. “That’s exactly what I’m talking about,” Vogel said. “Up nine or whatever we were in the fourth quarter, you should win that game.” OSU’s Wiese wrapping up legacy-making career By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press CORVALLIS — Four years ago, Sydney Wiese put her trust in Oregon State coach Scott Rueck. She’s never once doubted the decision. “Coach Rueck had the vision of doing something that had never been done at Oregon State before. And I had faith, with his character and the way he was handling the recruiting end, that it would be possible,” Wiese said. “It was definitely a leap of faith but I wanted to be part of something special — and that’s definitely what it has been the past few years here.” Weise is playing out the final sea- son of a legacy-making career for the Beavers. She has been a constant in recent years as the team has enjoyed a dramatic rise as one of the nation’s elite. In December, she passed Stan- ford’s Candice Wiggins to claim the Pac-12 record for career 3-point- ers and she currently has 352 to rank 18th on the NCAA’s all-time list. She more recently passed Leilani Estavan’s school record for career assists with 592 and climbing. She’s seventh in school history with 1,696 career points. The 10th-ranked Beavers (25-3, 14-2) close out the regular season this SPORTS IN BRIEF Anibal Ortiz/The Gazette-Times Oregon State guard Sydney Wiese, middle, breaks through Oregon de- fense to score during an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis in January. weekend at home with games against Stanford and California. Oregon State is tied with the No. 8 Cardinal atop the conference standings. After the conference tournament the following week, Oregon State will likely host first-round NCAA Tournament games as the team looks to improve on last season’s Final Four run. When Oregon State hired Rueck in 2010, the Beavers had seen a mass exodus of players from a team that dropped 17 straight games the pre- vious season. He was left to build a Division I roster nearly from scratch and held open tryouts with the prom- ise of walk-on status and a chance at earning a scholarship down the road. The Beavers’ climb was steady and in 2014 — Wiese’s freshman year — the team reached the NCAA Tour- nament for the first time in 18 years. After finishing a then-school record 13-5 in Pac-12 play, the Beavers were runners-up in the conference tour- nament and advanced to the second round in the Big Dance. The next season, Oregon State popped into the AP Top 25 for the first time since 1996, won the Pac-12 regular-season title to end Stanford’s string of 14 seasons with at least a share of it, and again advanced to the second round in the NCAAs. Last year, the Beavers collected a first-ever conference tournament championship, and, of course, that first Final Four appearance. Wiese grabbed Rueck’s attention at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix. She fell in love with Corvallis and started as a freshman. The next year, it became clear to her that Rueck’s “vision” was turning into reality. “I think my favorite moment was the first time we won the Pac-12 reg- ular-season championship. It was on our home floor, it was my sophomore year and it was senior day for Ali Gib- son, who was the lone senior at the time,” she said. “Just to be able to get that win on our floor in front of our amazing fans — it was crazy and it was loud. There were balloons and confetti, and it really felt like we were on track.” NEW YORK — San Diego Padres first baseman Wil Myers landed the biggest raise of all the hefty salary increases in arbitration. The 168 players eligible for arbitration as of mid-Decem- ber averaged a 113 percent raise, according to a study by The Asso- ciated Press on Thursday. Myers received a 26-fold increase from $523,900 to an average of $13.8 million as part of an $83 million, six-year contract. St. Louis right-hander Carlos Martinez was next with a 18-fold hike from $539,000 to an average of $10.2 million in a $51 million, five-year deal, followed by Atlanta outfielder Ender Inciarte with an 11-fold raise from $523,000 to an average of $6.1 million in his five- year deal worth $30,525,000. All three were eligible for the first time. Last year, players who filed for arbitration averaged a 96 percent increase. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball — 2A State Playoff: Knappa at Imbler, 5:30 p.m.; Washing- ton 1B Regional: Naselle vs. Taholah (at Tumwater HS), 8 p.m. Wrestling — OSAA State Tourna- ment, Portland Memorial Coliseum SATURDAY Girls Basketball — 4A Regional Play-in: Junction City at Seaside, 7 p.m. (840 AM, 98.1 FM); Washington 2B Regional: Ilwaco vs. Raymond (at W.F. West HS), Noon; Washington 1B Re- gional: Naselle vs. Neah Bay (at Mount Tahoma HS), 10 a.m. Wrestling — OSAA State Tourna- ment, Portland Memorial Coliseum GIRLS BASKETBALL Lewis & Clark All-League Player of the Year: Desirae Hansen, Rainier Coach of the Year: Ty Johnson, Port- land Adventist First Team Desirae Hansen, Jr., Rainier Eriyanna Bristol, Jr., De La Salle Krystian Brownell, Sr., Portland Chris- tian Demi Guild, Sr., Portland Christian Sarah Halversen, Sr., PAA Kira LaSage, Sr., PAA (Warrenton selections) Second Team Tyla Little, Jr. Third Team Landree Miethe, Sr. BOYS BASKETBALL Lewis & Clark All-League Player of the Year: Jacob Adler, Catlin Gabel Coach of the Year: Lauran Pratt, OES First Team Jacob Adler, Sr., Catlin Gabel Dawson Carr, Jr., Rainier Marquis Guntle, Sr., De La Salle Ian Holzman, Jr., OES Emerson Lamb, Sr., OES Jordanos Lincoln, Sr., De La Salle Demorisean Pennington, Jr., Portland Christian Dusten Sewald, Jr., Clatskanie (Warrenton selections) Second Team Christian Holt, Sr.
