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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Seagull hitters fl y past Elma Pizazz dance team fi nishes fi fth at state The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Seaside baseball team opened the 2017 season over the weekend, as the Gulls hosted their annual pre- season tournament at Broadway Field. In three games, Seaside fi n- ished with one win, one loss and a tie. With a strict time limit, Fort Vancouver, Wash., and Sea- side played to a 2-2 tie Satur- day, although the Gulls had a run- ner at second with one out when the action was stopped in the fi fth inning. Seaside bounced back Sun- day morning with a 10-1 win over Elma, Wash., as senior Brent Walsh pitched four innings of no-hit baseball. Dawson Blanchard highlighted the offensive attack, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBI s. Dylan Meyer added a two-run double and Scotty Plampin had an RBI single. The win put Seaside into Sun- day night’s championship game against Hockinson, which scored a 16-3 win over the Gulls. Walsh had a double, fol- lowed by a two-run home run by Blachard. The Gulls return to action Tuesday at home vs. Estacada. SPORTS IN BRIEF Brady’s AWOL Super Bowl jersey found Associated Press NEW YORK — The search for Tom Brady’s missing Super Bowl jersey is over. The NFL says it was in “pos- session of a credentialed mem- ber of the international media.” The league did not elaborate in its statement on specifi cally who had it. The NFL says the jersey was found through the “cooperation of the NFL and New England Patri- ots’ security teams, the FBI and other law enforcement authori- ties.” The league referred other questions to the FBI. Brady said his jersey went missing after the Patriots’ 34-28 win last month over the Atlanta Falcons. The statement adds that an ongoing investigation also resulted in the retrieval of the jer- sey Brady wore in the Patriots’ 2015 Super Bowl win against the Seattle Seahawks. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — Sandy at Astoria (Tapio- la), 5 p.m. Softball — R.A. Long at Astoria (CMH), 3 p.m.; Knappa at Warrenton, 3:30 p.m. Boys Golf — Astoria at Molalla, Noon TUESDAY Baseball — St. Helens at Astoria (Tapiola), 4 p.m.; Estacada at Seaside, 5 p.m. Softball — Yamhill-Carlton at Astoria (CMH), 5:30 p.m.; Seaside at Estacada, 4:30 p.m. Boys Golf — Astoria at Scappoose, 1 p.m. Girls Golf — Tillamook Invitational, 12:30 p.m. THURSDAY Softball — Astoria at Mark Morris, 4 p.m. Track — Warrenton at Ilwaco, 3:30 p.m.; NWL Relays, at Columbia Chris- tian, 4 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball — Astoria at Stayton, 4:30 p.m.; Cascade at Seaside, 4:30 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Regis at Warrenton (2), 1 p.m. Softball — Seaside at Warrenton (2), Noon Seaside golfers fi fth in season opener The Daily Astorian Emily Madsen/Submitted Photo TOP ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Maia Mahoney, Patience Womack, Elizabeth Varner, Julia Jenkins, Daph- ne Frost and Jackie Everts. BOTTOM ROW FROM LEFT : Liberty Olsen, Ally Berger and Nara Van de Grift. The Daily Astorian P ORTLAND — The Asto- ria High School dance team, Pizazz, fi nished fi fth at the OSAA/U.S. Bank Oregon State Dance Team Championships at Memorial Coliseum, Saturday night. The team of nine students performed their tate dance to “Requiem for a Dream,” in black dresses . The performance was choreographed by assistant coach Emily Madsen. Stayton won the team champi- onship for the 4A/3A/2A/1A level, with a fi nal point total of 91.33. Valley Catholic was second with a 90.95, followed by Scap- poose (79.72), Marshfi eld (77.70), Astoria (76.30), Gladstone (75.62) and Crook County (72.50). The choreography was based on ballet and contemporary dance styles, and garnered high points for the dancers’ technique, and inter- pretation of the of the music. The dance team competition season began at Gresham High School in February, with the team coming away with a fi rst -place tro- phy, and qualifying the team to enter the state competition. Other competitions were at Tigard High School and Liberty High School. Astoria team members are: seniors Ally Berger, Patience Womack and Julia Jenkins; juniors Maia Mahoney and Daphne Frost; sophomores Nara Van de Grift and Jackie Everts; and freshmen Lib- erty Olsen and Elizabeth Varner. The head coach is Jeanne Peter- son, and assistant coaches Madsen and Kelly Eckstein. Dance team parents take an active part in assisting the team, with Linda Berger and April Olsen in charge of hair and make up; and Betsy Mahoney and Lidia Jenkins in charge of meals, assisted by The- resa Varner. Tim and Jeanine Van de Grift, Meredith Reilly, Julie Frost and Chris Womack assist with supplies and trips. Debbie Barbic provides cos- tume assistance. “We are so grateful to so many people, who have helped support our fundraisers, sponsors, plus our school administrators, Lynn Jack- son (principal), Howard Rub (ath- letic director) and Kevin Goin (activities director), who take a great interest in supporting the dance team program ” Peterson said. THE DALLES — A young Seaside boys golf team fi nished seventh out of 10 teams at The Dalles Invitational Friday, in their fi rst meet of the season. The Gulls shot a 397 at The Dalles Country Club, where soph- omore Connor Merrell led Sea- side with a 93, followed by another sophomore, Samson Sibony, with a 96. The Gulls’ oldest player, junior Jackson Kunde, shot 100 followed by two more sophomores, Mason Shamion (108) and Mason Craw- ford (115). The Dalles ran away with the team title with a 316, far ahead of second-place Pendleton (361), followed by Hermiston (365), Canby (382), Goldendale (383), La Grande (388), Seaside (397) and St. Hel- ens (401). Hood River and Hori- zon Christian did not have com- plete teams. “This was a good test for our young guys,” said Seaside coach Jim Poetsch. “The course was not in real good condition with the winter they had, and it is a tough course to begin with. Besides the home team, only fi ve play- ers were able to break 90 today. “Connor was only a few strokes off joining that elite group,” he said. “He has worked hard during the off season and I expect him to get a little better each week as the season progresses. This course points out any fl aws in your game, and today it showed us we have some work to do. “But for as young as we are, we only scored a few higher than last year,” he said. “I’m hoping this group sees their potential to be a good team and works to reach that goal this year.” Seaside hosts Valley Catholic at Gearhart Golf Links Tuesday. On to Sweet 16: Oregon Beavers back in the rallies late to beat URI Sweet 16 after win By JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Once the game ended and Oregon had nar- rowly advanced with a hard-fought NCAA Tournament win, Tyler Dorsey considered his two missed free throws with 3:36 left and how there might have been no celebrations at all. Instead, Dorsey delivered two clutch 3-pointers to send the Ducks back to the Sweet Sixteen for a second straight year and third in fi ve years. Dorsey hit a contested go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 38.4 seconds to play, then E.C. Mat- thews airballed a long 3 in the waning moments trying to force overtime, and third-seeded Oregon rallied in the sec- ond half to beat upstart No. 11 Rhode Island 75-72 on Sunday and reach the Midwest Regional. “During the game I had to let it go. There was 2 minutes left, I dropped them and I had to keep playing, and we kept playing and kept fi ghting and hit the glass and got crucial offensive rebounds,” Dorsey said. “I just hit some big shots.” With Oregon’s season on the brink, Dorsey and Dillon Brooks came through in the clutch as they have so many times this season. Dorsey also tied the game with a 3 with 1:45 remaining on the way to 27 points before Brooks took a charge on the other end for Oregon (31-5). Brooks found his shooting stroke as he typically does and scored 19 points despite a 7-for-20 shooting day. Dorsey made 9 of 10 shots with four 3-pointers. Rhode Island nearly scrapped and CORVALLIS — Sydney Wiese celebrated her fi nal game at Gill Coliseum by blowing kisses to the crowd and dancing to Abba. She got a win, too, so her senior season lives on. Wiese scored 13 points and sec- ond-seeded Oregon State moved on in the NCAA Tournament with a 64-52 second-round victory over No. 7 seed Creighton on Sunday. Oregon State (31-4) will go on to face third-seeded Florida State in Stockton, California. The Semi- noles defeated six-seeded Missouri 77-55 earlier Sunday in Tallahassee, Florida, for their third straight trip to the Sweet 16. Fellow senior Gabriella Hanson also had 13 points for the Beavers, who are making a fourth consecu- tive appearance in the tournament. Last season the Beavers advanced to the Final Four before falling to eventual champion UConn. At center court after the game, Wiese and her teammates cele- brated with the home crowd. Wiese danced to “Dancing Queen.” “There’s a lot of emotions because we have poured so much into that place,” Wiese said. “It will always have a special place in our hearts and it will always be home.” Hanson, who matched her sea- son high for points, said: “It still hasn’t hit me yet.” In the postgame huddle, coach Scott Rueck handed Hanson the ball. Sydney Lamberty had 19 for Creighton (24-8), which trailed by AP Photo/Steve Yeater Oregon guard Dylan Ennis cel- ebrates after the team scored during the first half against Rhode Island in a second-round game of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament in Sacra- mento, Calif., Sunday. hustled its way into the next round, with Stanford Robinson matching his career high of 21 points as the Rams (25-10) had their nine-game winning streak snapped to end the season. Dorsey missed two free throws with 3:36 left but made up for it. The Ducks led early behind Dors- ey’s fast start, but Rhode Island grabbed momentum late in the fi rst half. URI closed the fi rst half on a 14-2 run — including 7-0 over the fi nal 1:30 with Matthews’ three-point play at 52.6 — in the last 3:23. Robinson helped the bench con- tribute 30 points. AP Photo/ Timothy J. Gonzalez Creighton’s Jaylyn Agnew (5) tries to stop Oregon State’s Syd- ney Wiese (24) from getting to the basket during the first half of a second-round game in the wom- en’s NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday in Corvallis. as many as 15 points. Lamberty’s layup pulled Blue- jays within 54-48 with 6:42 left, putting Creighton’s bench on its feet. Hanson and Mikayla Pivec each hit jumpers to answer for the Beavers. Marissa Janning’s jumper got Creighton back within single digits, but Kolbie Orum’s baseline jumper gave the Beavers a 60-50 lead with 3:04 to go. After a pair of Creighton free throws, Marie Gulich made con- secutive layups for a 64-52 Ore- gon State lead — and the Bluejays couldn’t catch up.