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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2017
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Knappa takes fourth at Ocosta Wildcats’ Invitational
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Knappa’s Robert Pina, top, was one of two individual champions for
the Loggers in Saturday’s Ocosta Invitational.
WESTPORT, Wash. — Knappa
was one of only two Oregon teams
competing Saturday at Westport,
Washington, where Ocosta hosted 11
schools for the Wildcats’ Invitational.
Rainier won the event with 164
points, ahead of Adna (157), Dar-
rington (106) and Knappa (83).
Logger wrestlers won at two
weights, as Robert Pina was 3-0 to
win the 120-pound division, and
Luke Goozee went 3-0 to place first
at 138.
David Patterson was 1-1 to finish
second at 285.
“The team did real well,” said
Knappa coach Dan Owings. “Both
Robert and Luke wrestled real tough.
Robert pinned two out of three of his
opponents and major decisioned the
other. Luke pinned all three of his
opponents.”
Knappa’s Shadia Somoza took
third at 132.
“Shadia had to wrestle another
girl in her weight twice and won both
times, once by a major decision and
once by a pin,” Owings said. “She
eventually had to wrestle the boy that
was seeded No. 1 in her bracket and
lost to him.
“For only having six wrestlers
on the team that could score, we did
exceptionally well,” he said.
The Loggers take part in the big
Warrenton Invitational Saturday.
Gilbert finishes
third for Warrenton
ESTACADA — The Seaside and
Warrenton wrestling teams took part
Saturday in the Estacada Ranger
Classic, as the Gulls and Warriors
faced a host of larger schools.
La Grande racked up 191 points
for the team title, followed by Sandy
SWIMMING
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Astoria boys
second at
Tillamook
University of
Oregon tentative
Nike deal comes
with strings
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TILLAMOOK — The Asto-
ria boys swim team finished first
among Cowapa League teams and
second overall Saturday, at the Til-
lamook Invitational.
Newport took first in the team
standings with 397 points, fol-
lowed by Astoria (226) and Taft
(215), in an eight-team field
that included Scappoose, Valley
Catholic, Seaside (seventh) and
Tillamook.
The Astoria girls placed third
behind Tillamook and Newport.
The Astoria boys highlighted
their meet by taking second in the
200-yard freestyle relay, as Cole
Beeson, Thayne Covert, Elias
Simmons and Ryder Dopp teamed
up to finish in 1 minute, 41.74 sec-
onds, behind Newport.
Elsewhere, Davis Wingard
placed third in the 100-yard breast-
stroke, ahead of teammate Aleks
Matthews.
Seaside’s Josh Shipley placed
first in the 200-yard individual
medley (2:18.60), and also won the
100-yard freestyle in 53.75, almost
four seconds ahead of Dopp.
On the girls’ side, Astoria’s
Jazzy King, a transfer from Rose-
burg, had the highest individual
finish for the Lady Fishermen,
placing second in the 50-yard free-
style (28.0) out of 66 entries.
In the relays, the Astoria
girls (freshmen Tori Smith and
Grace Peeler, and seniors Megan
Schacher and King) took second
in 200-yard freestyle (1:57.51) and
third in 200-yard medley.
Smith added third-place fin-
ishes in the individual medley and
100-yard butterfly; and Peeler was
third in the breaststroke.
Astoria will host its annual
Andrew Nygaard Invitational
Saturday at the Astoria Aquatic
Center.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
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.
WEDNESDAY
Girls basketball — South Bend at
Naselle, 7 p.m.
SWIMMING
Tillamook Invitational
Girls: Tillamook 346, Newport 209,
Astoria 171, Valley Catholic 144, Taft
136, Scappoose 121, Seaside 85, Rain-
ier 66, Nestucca 23.
Boys: Newport 397, Astoria 226, Taft
215, Scappoose 188, Valley Catholic 94,
Rainier 87, Seaside 64, Tillamook 16.
AP Photo/John Froschauer
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson leaps away from Philadelphia Eagles defender Bran-
don Graham in Sunday’s game in Seattle. The Seahawks won 24-10.
It’s December, which means
time for a Seahawks surge
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — It’s
December which means it’s time
for the Seattle Seahawks to get on
a roll.
That’s been the formula for
most of Pete Carroll’s tenure with
the Seahawks, always building
toward the conclusion of the regu-
lar season.
And it’s a feeling that was
rekindled after Seattle’s convinc-
ing 24-10 win over the Philadel-
phia Eagles. What was deemed to
be a challenging beginning to the
final month of the season could
in turn become a catalyst for yet
another final push by the Seahawks
that’s become so common.
“I contemplated in my head
whether I wanted to say that out
loud, whether I wanted to jinx it,
but I do. I believe that this is the
start of something that we’ve seen
in the past,” Seattle wide receiver
Doug Baldwin said after the
victory.
“Again, like I said I told Russell
(Wilson), whatever this is we need
to capture it, we need to hold onto
it and continue to push forward to
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get better because the truth of the
matter is we still have so much left
in the tank.”
Seattle’s impressive win over
the Eagles was a boost the Sea-
hawks needed. They had lost two
straight at home. They were on the
fringe of the NFC playoff race. The
long list of key injuries suffered by
the Seahawks had led some observ-
ers to no longer consider them legit
contenders.
Yet those concerns were muted
seeing Russell Wilson put in
another memorable performance
and Seattle’s defense holding the
No. 1 offense in the NFL to just 10
points.
Seattle is 25-10 in December
and January regular-season games
under Pete Carroll going back
to 2010. They are 20-5 in those
games with Wilson at quarterback.
“It’s the fourth quarter and we
have the opportunity to control
everything,” Carroll said on Mon-
day. “That’s all we could hope for.
Every game we have is a champi-
onship match and we’ve got to play
them all the way out and figure that
you’ve got to win every one of
them the week you play them.
“This was a really good test this
week, this was a great test for us at
home just because of the level of
the play of these guys. ... Our guys
know now we can deal with what-
ever is coming down and just have
to do it one week at a time.”
Wilson’s performance against
the Eagles was not his best statis-
tically, but may be one of the best
in his career.
He stood in the pocket and took
punishment from Philadelphia’s
defensive front, yet did not com-
mit a turnover, threw three touch-
downs and when the opportunity
arose used his legs to extend plays
or continue his role as Seattle’s
leading rusher.
Wilson has 432 yards rushing,
to go along with 3,256 yards pass-
ing and 26 TD passes.
“This year? Yeah, I’ll give him
this year but I’ve seen better from
him in the past. I don’t want to
pump him up too much,” Baldwin
said of Wilson.
EUGENE — An $88 mil-
lion tentative sponsorship deal
between the University of Ore-
gon and Nike would come with
strings attached.
Under the conditions of the
proposed contract, the athletic
giant could impose financial pen-
alties if too many football players
cover their shoes with tape during
a game and Nike would get to
dictate “from time to time” what
specific uniforms or equipment
sports teams must use, The Reg-
ister-Guard newspaper in Eugene
reported .
The contract also would ban
the Duck Store and other cam-
pus retailers from selling any-
thing made by Nike’s chief com-
petitors, including Adidas, Under
Armour, Reebok and Puma, the
newspaper reported.
It also gives Nike the first
crack at filling any large order
of apparel bearing the universi-
ty’s “O’’ logo for groups that have
nothing to do with sports: student
clubs, alumni groups or academic
departments.
The university’s board of
trustees will consider approving
the 11-year deal Friday.
Giants fire coach
McAdoo, GM
Reese after 10th
loss of the season
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
— Believing the team was spiral-
ing out of control, the New York
Giants went out of character by
making two major in-season
moves, firing coach Ben McA-
doo and general manager Jerry
Reese.
With the team reeling at 2-10
in a season where most felt it was
capable of challenging for a Super
Bowl, co-owners John Mara and
Steve Tisch reached the decision
Monday morning. It came less
than a day after the Giants lost
in Oakland, with quarterback Eli
Manning benched and the offen-
sively inept team performing
poorly again.
— Associated Press
Seattle moves ahead with arena remodel to attract NBA, NHL
Associated Press
WRESTLING
Estacada Ranger Classic
Team: La Grande 191, Sandy 179,
Washougal 152, Scappoose 140, Es-
tacada 129.5, Heritage 102.5, Mc-
Loughlin/Weston-McEwen 80, Molalla
77, Warrenton 38, Seaside 10, Colton 0.
Ocosta Wildcat Invitational
Team: Rainier 164, Adna 157, Dar-
rington 106, Knappa 83, Toledo/Winlock
78, Willapa Harbor 72, Ocosta 58, Na-
pavine 36.5, North Beach 34, Tahola 8,
Wahkiakum 2.
(179) and Washougal (152).
Warrenton placed ninth out of 11
schools with 38 points, followed by
Seaside with 10 points.
Warrenton’s Kaden Gilbert placed
third at 195 pounds, where the for-
mer Astoria Fisherman opened with
a pin over Washougal’s Bryce Wil-
liams (1:24), and won by fall over
Seaside’s David Toyooka (:50) in the
quarterfinals, before dropping a 7-4
decision to Christopher Woodworth
of La Grande in the semifinals.
Gilbert bounced back with a win
over Jakobi Kessi of Scappoose in the
third-place match.
Elsewhere for the Warriors, Beau
Reynolds was fifth at 285. After a
first-round loss, Reynolds received a
bye, then won three straight matches
— all by pin — over Cutter Sand-
strom of Scappoose (:37), Cruz Gar-
cia of McLoughlin (:39) and Michael
Gamble of Estacada (:36).
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
The iconic sloped roof of KeyArena,
a sports and entertainment venue at
the Seattle Center, is seen from above
Monday.
SEATTLE — Seattle is moving
forward with efforts to renovate the
aging city-owned KeyArena into a
premier venue that could be ready
for an NBA or NHL team within
three years.
The Seattle City Council on
Monday approved a memorandum
of understanding with Los Ange-
les-based Oak View Group to pri-
vately finance a roughly $600 million
remodel that would nearly double
the square footage of KeyArena. The
facility housed the NBA’s SuperSon-
ics until they relocated to Oklahoma
City and became the Thunder.
Oak View Group has been
focused on acquiring an NHL fran-
chise and turning KeyArena into
a world-class hockey and concert
facility with the potential of host-
ing an NBA team in the future. It has
said it could have the building ready
by October 2020 if environmental
approvals are obtained and demoli-
tion can start in October 2018.
“I believe this is the best thing
for the city of Seattle whoever you
cheer for,” said Councilmember
Debora Juarez, who co-chaired the
council’s committee on civic arenas.
She said she was proud of the agree-
ment that was hammered out “at lit-
tle or no costs to the taxpayers” and
embodied the city’s values.
Following the 7-1 council
vote, Mayor Jenny Durkan said
in a statement that she looks for-
ward to reviewing and signing the
MOU later this week. “I’ve said
consistently that I’m committed to
bring back our Sonics, recruit an
NHL team, and invest in our City,”
Durkan said.
The NHL has not hidden its inter-
est in Seattle, the No. 14 media mar-
ket in the country and the only mar-
ket in the top 25 that does not have
an NBA or NHL team.