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Seaside
opens with
68-60 win
at Gladstone
Knappa
races past
Astoria,
74-36
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GLADSTONE — The defend-
ing state champion Seaside Seagulls
picked up right where they left off
last year, with a 68-60 win at Glad-
stone to start the 2017-18 season
Friday night, in nonleague boys bas-
ketball action.
It was a state tournament rematch
on the Gladiators’ home floor, where
Chase Januik poured in a game-high
31 points for Seaside, and teammate
Ryan Hague added 19.
Seaside defeated Gladstone
46-43 in a quarterfinal game of last
season’s state tournament in Forest
Grove. The Gulls also opened the
2016-17 season with a 71-55 vic-
tory over the Gladiators.
Gladstone was still within one
point (29-28) at halftime of Friday’s
game, before the Gulls went on a
22-16 run in the third quarter.
The Gladiators also couldn’t keep
up with Seaside at the free throw
line, where the Gulls made 27-of-32
attempts. Jackson Simmons scored
25 points for Gladstone.
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KNAPPA — Knappa bounced
back from a Friday night defeat —
and last year’s early-season loss
to Astoria — with a resounding
74-36 win Saturday night over the
Fishermen in the final game of the
Loggers’ annual Tip-Off Classic.
The Fishermen were coming
off a 60-40 loss to Oregon Epis-
copal the night before, and Toledo
shocked the Loggers 60-44 in Fri-
day’s nightcap. OES defeated
Toledo 78-59 in Saturday’s early
game.
The Loggers were hitting on all
cylinders in Saturday’s late con-
test, as they built a 33-20 halftime
lead, then outscored Astoria 25-4
in a decisive fourth quarter.
Knappa’s Colton Weirup hit
eight of the Loggers’ 12 3-pointers,
on his way to a 28-point night. Dale
Takalo added 18 points and Kaleb
Miller scored nine for Knappa.
Ian Hunt and Josh Olson led
Astoria with 10 points apiece.
“We’re just struggling to score
right now,” said Astoria coach
Kevin Goin. “And we knew we
would. We’re young and it’s a
building year for us. We actually
played well through three quar-
ters, before we started subbing in
the fourth.”
But “I have to give it to Knappa
— they really played well,” Goin
said. “I don’t even know if Weirup
scored in the first quarter, then he
ends up with 28.”
Knappa returns to nonleague
action Tuesday at Clatskanie, while
Astoria plays Friday at R.A. Long.
Astoria’s home contest Thurs-
day against a Canadian team from
Semiahmoo has been canceled.
Photos by Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
The Gulls’ Jetta Ideue soars for two of her eight points in Friday’s win over Gladstone.
Seaside still winning, as
Gulls defeat Gladstone
SCOREBOARD
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SEASIDE — Playing their first
game of the post-Maddi Utti era,
the Seaside girls basketball team
did not miss a beat Friday night
at the Gulls’ Nest, where the Lady
Gulls extended their unbeaten
streak to 16 games with a 48-25
win over Gladstone.
Undefeated at home last year,
Seaside has not lost a game on its
home court since Jan. 26, 2016.
And in their first contest with-
out Utti (now playing at Fresno
State) in four years, the Gulls
scored by committee.
Emy Kiser led Seaside with 12
points, followed by Annaka Gar-
hofer with nine. Bryre Babbitt
and Jetta Ideue chipped in eight
apiece. Anesha Smart added six,
as seven Gulls made the scoring
column.
“Well, if a positive vision can
become reality, this game was
about as close as I could imag-
ine,” said Seaside coach Mike
Hawes. “We played hard, kept the
turnovers in control, and ran and
gunned fairly well.”
The season-opening win was
a “good first outing, with contri-
butions from everyone,” he said.
“Great floor games by Jetta and
Bryre. Emy did solid, Annaka hit
some threes and Anesha played
her best varsity game.”
Defensively, the Gulls had nine
steals and held the Gladiators to
just 10 total points through three
quarters.
Seaside was hot from the
field, hitting 19-of-56 field goal
attempts, including 7-of-24 from
the 3-point line.
Babbitt added 10 rebounds,
four assists and four steals.
Seaside hosts Molalla on
Thursday.
TUESDAY
Girls basketball — Naselle at War-
renton, 5:30 p.m.; Knappa at Clatskanie,
6 p.m.; Jewell at St. Stephens, 5:30 p.m.;
Ilwaco at Chief Leschi, 5:45 p.m.
Boys basketball — Naselle at War-
renton, 7:15 p.m.; Knappa at Clatskanie,
7:45 p.m.; Ilwaco at Chief Leschi, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 57, Knappa 23
Astoria
12 3 15 27—57
Knappa
2 5 10 6—23
AST (57): Brooklynn Hankwitz 20,
Helmersen 8, O’Brien 8, Rogers 4, Jack-
son 4, Cummings 4, Norris 3, Hemsley
2, Burnett 2, Fausett 2.
KNA (23): Madelynn Weaver 9, Carl-
son 6, Miller 4, Vanderburg 4, Ramvick,
Inman, Marcello.
Astoria 46, OR Episcopal 42
O.Episcopal 10 11 6 15—42
Astoria
13 10 11 12—46
OES (42): Grace Borbon 8, Ruoff 6,
Holzman 4, Han 3, Aaron 2.
AST (46): Sam Hemsley 15, Norris
13, Hankwitz 10, Fausett 4, Jackson
3, Helmersen 1, Rogers, Cummings,
O’Brien.
Seaside 48, Gladstone 25
Gladstone
2 5 3 15—25
Seaside
13 6 15 14—48
SEA (48): Emy Kiser 12, Garhofer 9,
Babbitt 8, Ideue 8, Smart 6, Angulo-Joli
3, Zagata 2, Davis, Goin.
Warrenton 49, Junction City 44
Junction City 9 13 13 9—44
Warrenton
15 13 8 13—49
JC (44): Hailey Bruhn 16, Norris 8, Ev-
ans 6, Bedacht 6, Mehlbrech 5, Hernan-
dez 2, Ohman 1.
WAR (49): Tyla Little 23, Ramsey 9,
Alvarez 9, Bussert 8, Diego, M.Blodgett,
Heyen.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 74, Astoria 36
Astoria
5 15 12 4—36
Knappa
13 20 16 25—74
AST (36): Ian Hunt 10, Josh Olson 10,
K.Johnson 7, Stenblom 7, P.Johnson 2.
KNA (74): Colton Weirup 28, D.Takalo
18, Miller 9, E.Takalo 6, Vanderburg 6,
Engblom 5, Ramvick 2.
Seaside 68, Gladstone 60
Seaside
9 20 22 17—68
Gladstone
10 18 16 16—60
SEA (68): Chase Januik 31, Hague
19, Westerholm 7, Thompson 4, Carter
4, Sibony 2, Be.Johnson 1, Br.Johnson,
Ritterby, Landwehr, Meyer.
GLA (60): Jackson Simmons 25, War-
ren 19, Dix 6, Penn 5, Ashpole 3, Niel-
son-Moss 2.
Nestucca 40, Warrenton 38
Warrenton
8 11 12 7—38
Nestucca
8 11 12 9—40
WAR (38): Dalton Knight 13, Morrow
10, Stephens 7, Jackson 4, Fischer 2,
Kapua 2, Fowler, Little.
NES (40): Cole Strober 17, Morgan 8,
Link 8, Richwine 5, Tull 2.
WARRENTON — Warrenton
avenged a loss at Junction City last
year with a 49-44 win over the Class
4A Tigers Saturday night at Warren-
ton, in a nonleague girls basketball
game.
Tyla Little scored 23 points for
the Warriors, who led for most of the
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KNAPPA — Two teams with
plenty of connections met in the
final girls’ game Saturday of the
Knappa Tip-Off Classic, with
Knappa hosting Astoria.
The Lady Fishermen —
coached by former Logger coach
Mike Jacobson — improved to 2-0
on the season, with a 57-23 win
over Knappa.
Brooklynn Hankwitz tossed in
20 points. Freshman Halle Helm-
ersen scored eight along with Hai-
ley O’Brien, while former Log-
ger McKailyn Rogers scored four
points.
Astoria built a 30-17 lead through
three quarters, then outscored the
Loggers 27-6 in the fourth.
Madelynn Weaver led Knappa
with nine points.
Astoria opened the tournament
Friday with a 46-42 win over Ore-
gon Episcopal.
Astoria’s Sam Hemsley led a trio
of players in double figures with 15
points. Julia Norris added 13 points
and Hankwitz scored 10 for Asto-
ria, which led 23-21 at halftime.
Knappa lost a 49-30 decision
Friday night to Toledo.
Warrenton boys
lose twice on road
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CLOVERDALE — Tied after
the first quarter, halftime and three
quarters, Nestucca outscored War-
renton 9-7 in the fourth for a 40-38
win over the Warriors, last Thursday
in a boys basketball season opener.
Nestucca’s Cole Strober scored
17 to lead all scorers, while Dalton
Knight had 13 and Jacob Morrow
had 10 for the Warriors.
Warrenton returned to action
Saturday at Gaston, where the
Greyhounds posted a 57-50 win
over the Warriors.
Warrenton
hosts
Naselle
Tuesday.
Bryre Babbitt led Seaside in rebounds, assists and steals, and
scored eight points.
Warrenton girls top Junction City; Little scores 23
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Astoria girls
score 57-23
decision over
Knappa
game, other than a two-point deficit in
the third quarter.
“It was a well-played game, back
and forth the whole way,” said War-
renton coach (and Junction City grad-
uate) Robert Hoepfl, whose team
improved to 2-0. “It was six points or
closer for most of the game.”
The Warriors finally began to pull
away, building a 10-point lead early
in the fourth quarter.
Kenzie Ramsey and Fernanda
Alvarez scored nine points apiece,
and Claire Bussert added eight as the
only other Warriors to score.
“Between Fernanda, Kenzie,
Sagi (Diego), Morgan (Blodgett)
and Maria (Heyen), we played good
defense,” Hoepfl said.
Warrenton hosts Naselle Tuesday.
Toledo defeats
Ilwaco Fishermen
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TOLEDO, Wash. — Toledo’s
Reece Wallace scored 14 points
and Westin Wallace added 12, to
help the Indians score a 45-41 win
Saturday over visiting Ilwaco in a
nonleague boys basketball game.
Daniel Whiting led Ilwaco with
14 points, and John Glenn added
nine for the Fishermen (2-1 over-
all), who play Tuesday at Chief
Leschi, before hosting a nonleague
game Thursday with Knappa.