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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017
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‘GIANT KILLERS’
LADY GULLS TOP NO. 1-RANKED COUGARS
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Seaside players celebrate their 47-42 win over No. 1 seed Cascade in the 4A state quarterfinals on Thursday at Forest Grove High School. No. 9 Seaside plays No. 5 Sutherlin Friday.
By MIKE WEBER
For The Daily Astorian
F
OREST GROVE — The phrase “March Mad-
ness” commonly refers to the college basket-
ball playoffs. It’s clearly an appropriate way to
describe high school basketball, too, as demon-
strated with a huge upset in the Oregon School Activ-
ities Association/U.S. Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class
4A girls basketball state tournament at Forest Grove
High School.
Perhaps “Giant Killers” would be a suitable nick-
name for the Seaside High Seagulls following their
surprising 47-42 quarterfi nal win Thursday over the
No. 1 ranked and undefeated Cascade Cougars (20-1).
For No. 9 ranked Seaside (19-4) the win propels them
into the semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2014.
Seaside, led by coach Mike Hawes, meet the
defending state champion Sutherlin Bulldogs (21-5)
in a 1:30 p.m. contest Thursday at Forest Grove High.
Sutherlin won 42-35 over Mazama (17-7) in Thurs-
day’s quarterfi nals to reach the semi s. If Seaside wins
Friday, it will advance to Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. 4A state
championship game for the fi rst time ever.
“I’m extremely proud of all of our kids,” said
Hawes. “We knew that if we took care of the ball, then
we would have a pretty good chance to win and that’s
what we did.”
Seaside
Seagulls’
Emy Kiser
and Cascade
Cougars’
Kristin Cade
battle for a
loose ball in
the 4A state
quarterfinals
on Thursday
at Forest
Grove High
School.
See LADY Gulls, Page 7A
4A GIRLS SEMIFINAL • No. 9 Seaside vs. No. 5 Sutherlin • 1:15 p.m. today at Forest Grove HS • Live updates online at facebook.com/DailyAstorian
SCOREBOARD
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 46, Gladstone 43
At Forest Grove (Stoller Center)
GLADSTONE (15-7): Briggs Tatom
4-7 1-3 10; Lyric Warren 4-11 0-0 10;
Jose Rodriguez 4-5 0-2 8; Jordan Watts
2-3 0-1 6; Bryan Martinez 1-1 0-0 3;
Quinn Carl 1-7 0-0 2; Deshawn Dix 1-6
0-0 2; Damian Zaines 1-2 0-0 2; Jackson
Simmons 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-42 1-6 43.
SEASIDE (22-1): Jackson Januik 3-7
4-6 11; Attkin Babb 3-5 2-5 9; Hunter
Thompson 3-6 0-2 7; Chase Januik
1-10 4-4 6; Payton Westerholm 1-3 2-6
5; Duncan Thompson 1-4 2-2 4; Otto
Hoekstre 1-4 2-2 4; Colton Carter 0-0
0-0 0; Ryan Hague 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-
39 16-27 46.
Gladstone
11 4 11 17--43
Seaside
13 10 7 16--46
3-point goals: Gladstone 6-14 (Watts
2-3; Warren 2-6; Tatom 1-2; Martinez 1-1;
Carl 0-1; Rodriguez 0-1), Seaside 4-15
(Westerholm 1-3; Babb 1-1; J.Januik 1-5;
H.Thompson 1-3; C.Januik 0-3). Fouled
out: Gladstone-Jose Rodriguez; Quinn
Carl, Seaside-None. Rebounds: Glad-
stone 29 (Dix 9); Seaside 26 (Wester-
holm 7). Assists: Gladstone 6 (Warren
3); Seaside 5 (C.Januik 2). Total fouls:
Gladstone 22, Seaside 11.
Moda Health Players of the Game:
Jackson Januik, Seaside; Lyric Warren,
Gladstone
‘A DOGFIGHT’
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Astoria’s Poyer
signs with Bills
Associated Press
The Buffalo Bills began
addressing their needs at safety by
signing free agents Micah Hyde
and Jordan Poyer.
Former Astoria High School
standout athlete Poyer has four
years of NFL experience, and
spent the past three-plus sea-
sons in Cleveland. The free safety
started the fi rst six games last sea-
son before suffering a lacerated
kidney against the Titans.
Hyde is the key addition and
agreed to sign a fi ve-year deal
worth about $30 million, with
about $14 million in guarantees,
a person with direct knowledge
of the contract told The Associ-
ated Press. The person spoke to
The AP on the condition of ano-
nymity because the Bills have not
announced the contract’s details.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Seaside 47, Cascade 42
At Forest Grove High School
SEASIDE (19-4): Maddi Utti 4-10 7-9
15; Sydney Villegas 4-10 4-6 12; Emy
Kiser 3-7 0-0 9; Bryre Babbitt 2-12 0-1 5;
Lucy Bodner 2-2 0-0 4; Gretchen Hoek-
stre 0-2 2-2 2; Jetta Ideue 0-6 0-0 0. To-
tals 15-49 13-18 47.
CASCADE (20-1): Halle Wright 4-17
8-11 17; Karen Miller 4-6 4-5 12; Kelsey
Molan 1-2 4-6 6; Mariah Hollenbeck 1-12
0-0 3; Emma Woods 1-2 1-2 3; Kirstin
Cade 0-8 1-1 1; Riley Bangert 0-0 0-0
0; Lexi Loukojarvi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 11-48
18-25 42.
Seaside
10 16 12 9--47
Cascade
12 8 16 6--42
3-point goals: Seaside 4-12 (Kis-
er 3-5; Babbitt 1-6; Utti 0-1); Cascade
2-23 (Wright 1-7; Hollenbeck 1-9; Cade
0-7). Fouled out: Seaside-None, Cas-
cade-None. Rebounds: Seaside 41
(Villegas 10); Cascade 34 (Wright 9).
Assists: Seaside 10 (Utti 6); Cascade 6
(Cade 3). Total fouls: Seaside 18, Cas-
cade 20.
Moda Health Players of the Game:
Maddi Utti, Seaside; Halle Wright, Cas-
cade.
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
No. 1 seed Seaside Seagulls’ Duncan Thompson goes up for a rebound during the first half against
the No. 8 Gladstone Gladiators in the 4A quarterfinals at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Thursday.
Seaside boys hang on to advance, 46-43
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
OREST GROVE — It’s fi nals
week at Seaside High School.
But outside the classroom,
the Seaside Gulls have a different
kind of “fi nal” in mind, and they’re
prepped and ready for this one.
The Seaside boys basketball
team is one win closer to a state
championship, following a 46-43
win over Gladstone Thursday after-
F
4A BOYS SEMIFINAL
• No. 5 North Bend
vs. No. 1 Seaside
• 3:15 p.m. today at Forest
Grove High School
noon, in a quarterfi nal of the Class
4A OSAA state tournament.
The victory at Pacifi c University
puts the Gulls into the Final Four
for the second year in a row, where
Seaside will face a familiar test: the
North Bend Bulldogs.
Jackson Januik scored 11 points
and Payton Westerholm had three
steals with seven points, which
included one big offensive rebound
and a free throw with 13 seconds
left, giving the Gulls a three-point
lead.
But, no time to celebrate or
enjoy this one. It’s on to the semi-
See GULLS, Page 7A
Oregon beats
Arizona State
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Oregon had a
hard time stopping Arizon State’s
Torian Graham, but they shut
down everyone else to earn a spot
in the Pac-12 semifi nals.
Dillon Brooks scored 22
points, Tyler Dorsey added 21 and
No. 5 Oregon pulled away in the
second half to beat Arizona State
80-57 Thursday in the quarterfi -
nals of the conference tournament.
PAC-12 SEMIFINAL
• California Golden Bears (21-11)
v.s No. 5 Oregon Ducks (27-4)
• Today, 5 p.m. TV: ESPN