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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Seaside boys
win on the road,
64-35 at Molalla
MOLALLA — Seaside went
back on the road and scored
another victory over a Tri-Val-
ley Conference team Thursday,
pounding Molalla 64-35 in a non-
league boys basketball game.
Nine players found their way
into the scoring column for the
Gulls, who led 41-19 at halftime.
Seaside’s Chase Januik led
all scorers with 16 points. Ryan
Hague scored 11 and Payton
Westerholm added eight for the
Gulls, 2-0.
Seaside hosts Corbett tonight,
for the Gulls’ annual Alumni
Night.
Astoria girls
on a roll, defeat
R.A. Long, 58-45
Brooklynn Hankwitz and
Sam Hemsley combined for 31
points Thursday night at the Brick
House, leading the Astoria girls
basketball team to a 58-45 win
over visiting R.A. Long.
The Lady Fisherman built a
30-15 halftime lead, on their way
to their third straight win to open
the season.
Hankwitz scored 16 points and
Hemsley tacked on 15 for Astoria,
while McKailyn Rogers chipped
in 10 points.
Eastyn Reeves had a game-
high 29 for the Lumberjills.
— The Daily Astorian
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Central,
6 p.m.; Seaside at Corbett, 7 p.m.; Jew-
ell at SW Christian Tournament, TBA;
Willapa Valley at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.; Mary M.
Knight at Naselle, 5:45 p.m.
Boys basketball — Astoria at R.A.
Long, TBA; Corbett at Seaside, 7:30
p.m.; Mary M. Knight at Naselle, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls basketball — Knappa at Regis,
4 p.m.
Boys basketball — Knappa at Re-
gis, 5:45 p.m.; Ilwaco at Willapa Valley,
7 p.m.
Swimming — Nygaard Invitational,
Astoria Aquatic Center, 10:15 a.m.
Wrestling — Warrenton Invitational,
10 a.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 56, Ilwaco 48
Knappa
21 6 8 21—56
Ilwaco
11 12 10 15—48
KNA (56): Dale Takalo 31, Engblom
13, Weirup 5, E.Takalo 4, Hunt 2, Ram-
vick 1, Phillip, Miller, Vanderburg.
ILW (48): Reese Tynkila 14, Kaino 9,
Whiting 7, Te.Ramsey 6, Sheldon 6,
Glenn 4, Kaech 2.
JV: Ilwaco 46, Knappa 33
Seaside 64, Molalla 35
Seaside
20 21 10 13—64
Molalla
11 8 6 8—35
SEA (64): Chase Januik 16, Hague 11,
Westerholm 8, Br.Johnson 7, Thompson
2, Sibony 2, Be.Johnson 2, Carter 2,
Landwehr 2, Ritterby, Boyd, Meyer.
MOL (35): Silverio Lopez 14, Kutsev
5, Jazdinski 5, Larsen 4, Carpenter 4,
Simpson 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 58, R.A. Long 45
RA Long
6 9 13 17—45
Astoria
12 18 20 8—58
RAL (45): Eastyn Reeves 29, Maryo-
tt 11, Randall 2, Bodily 1, Flemming 1,
Clark 1.
AST (58): Brooklynn Hankwitz 16,
Hemsley 15, Rogers 10, Helmersen
5, Cummings 4, Fausett 4, Norris 2,
O’Brien 2, Jackson, Feldman.
Molalla 57, Seaside 51
Molalla
14 12 8 14 9—57
Seaside
13 14 10 11 3—51
SEA (51): Annaka Garhofer 16, Ideue
15, Babbitt 8, Kiser 7, Smart 4, Davis 2,
Angulo-Joli.
Warrenton 40, Neah-Kah-Nie 30
NeahKahNie
2 10 3 15—30
Warrenton
9 8 15 8—40
NKN (30): Brianna Woodward 8, Lam-
bert 7, Smith 4, A.Woodward 4, Soans
4, Ramirez 3.
WAR (40): Tyla Little 18, Bussert
7, DeJesus 5, Alvarez 5, Ramsey 3,
M.Blodgett 2, Diego.
Portland Adventist 47, Knappa 37
P.Adventist
8 12 12 15—47
Knappa
7 12 2 16—37
PAA (47): Emma MacLachlan 19, Pe-
tersen 12, M.MacLachlan 7, S.MacLach-
lan 7, McLain 2.
KNA (37): Madelynn Weaver 14, Van-
derburg 13, Inman 4, Tischer 3, Ram-
vick 2, Marchello 1, Carlson, Hendrick-
son, Strain.
Photos by Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Bryre Babbitt glides to the basket against Molalla’s Sierra Cox.
Molalla girls work overtime to end
Seaside’s home winning streak
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Seaside’s home
winning streak came to an end
Thursday night.
Molalla rallied in the fourth
quarter and outscored Seaside
9-3 in overtime for a 57-51 win
over the Lady Gulls, who lost at
home for the first time since the
2015-16 season.
It was a “tough over-
time loss,” said Seaside coach
Mike Hawes. “We have a lot to
improve on, and a lot to be happy
with. (It was a) fun, up-tempo
game with both teams trading the
lead throughout the game. We
had a chance toward the end of
the game and a great shot in reg-
ulation, but couldn’t hang on.”
Annaka Garhofer led Seaside
with 16 points, followed by Jetta
Ideue with 15. Bryre Babbitt
scored eight points and dished
out five assists, to go with eight
rebounds and four steals, both
team highs.
“I thought Molalla was
good,” Hawes said, adding, “Ali-
cia Shultz is the real deal. She
has a fine looking jumper and is
tough. Annaka shot us back into
the game in the first half, and
Jetta and Bryre played very well
again.”
Seaside
senior
Jetta
Ideue
(with ball)
challeng-
es Molalla
post
player
Bryana
Brinkman,
No. 45.
Knappa boys defeat Ilwaco
Takalo scores 31
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ILWACO, Wash. — Two teams
who should be in contention for league
titles in their respective states met on
the court Thursday night at Ilwaco
High School.
And in addition to their similar sea-
son goals, the Knappa Loggers and
Ilwaco Fishermen were also both com-
ing off disappointing losses Tuesday,
and hoping to get back on the winning
track.
The Loggers bounced back first,
scoring a 56-48 win over the Fisher-
men, who suffered their third straight
defeat after opening the season with
two wins.
Ilwaco may have been ready for the
Loggers, but the Fishermen weren’t
ready for Dale Takalo.
Knappa’s senior forward scored a
game-high 31 points, which included
a 15-for-16 effort at the free throw line.
After struggling in the first and
fourth quarters in their loss at Clats-
kanie Tuesday, the Loggers lit up
the scoreboard in the first and fourth
periods Thursday, outscoring Ilwaco
42-26 in the two quarters.
Knappa did the rest from the free
throw line, finishing 22-for-27 to Ilwa-
co’s 10-for-20.
Takalo scored his first 12 points in
the first quarter, when he repeatedly
took the ball to the hoop and either
scored or was fouled, hitting all six of
his free throw attempts.
But Knappa’s 21-11 lead after one
period was trimmed to 27-23 at half-
time. Ilwaco’s Tenyson Ramsey and
Reese Tynkila both hit 3-point shots,
and a layup by Parker Kaech tied the
score at 23-23, before the Loggers
closed the half with scores by Reece
Hunt and Timber Engblom.
Ilwaco also had the game tied at 29,
31 and 33 in the third quarter, but the
Fishermen could not find the go-ahead
points.
Ilwaco was just 5-for-12 from the
free throw line in the fourth quarter,
and shot 8-for-30 from the field in the
second half.
Leading 37-35 early in the final
quarter, Knappa’s Colton Weirup con-
nected on an NBA-sized 3-pointer to
push the lead to 40-35, and the Log-
gers never looked back. The Loggers
were 10-for-14 from the line in the
final 2:07.
Engblom added 13 points to Taka-
lo’s 31, while Tynkila led Ilwaco with
14.
Junior Varsity: Ilwaco 46, Knappa
33.
Riley returns to Beavers as assistant coach
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
Mike Riley is returning to Oregon
State.
The former Beavers coach was
named an assistant on new coach
Jonathan Smith’s staff on Thursday.
Most recently head coach at
Nebraska, Riley was coach at Ore-
gon State twice, from 1997-98 and
2003-14. He will serve as an assis-
tant head coach with a “to-be-deter-
mined” position assignment under
Smith.
Smith, a former Beavers’ quarter-
back, was a graduate assistant at Ore-
gon State under Riley in 2003.
Also joining Smith’s staff are
assistants Jim Michalczik, Brian
Lindgren, Jake Cookus, and Mike
McDonald.
Michalczik, who has been an
AP Photo/Troy Wayrynen
Then-Oregon State Universi-
ty NCAA college football head
coach Mike Riley smiles at an offi-
cial during an October 2014 game
against Utah, in Corvallis.
assistant at Arizona for the past five
years, was named associate head
coach, serving as the run game coor-
dinator and offensive line coach.
Lindgren, an assistant at Colorado,
will serve as the Beavers’ offensive
coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Cookus was promoted from
within the program to special teams
coordinator and McDonald, who
comes to the Beavers from Washing-
ton, will be strength and condition-
ing coach.
Dan Van De Riet, who was
Nebraska’s director of football oper-
ations, is also returning to Oregon
State as the chief of staff and director
of football operations.
Nebraska dismissed Riley last
month after three seasons. The Corn-
huskers finished this season 4-8 for
the program’s fewest wins since
going 3-6-1 in 1961. Riley was 19-19
overall with the Huskers and lost 12
of the last 18. Nebraska had losing
records two of Riley’s three seasons.
Portland
Adventist outlasts
Knappa girls
KNAPPA — Portland Adven-
tist outscored Knappa 12-2 in a
decisive third quarter Thursday
night, which was the difference in
a 47-37 win for the Cougars, in a
nonleague girls basketball game
at Knappa.
Madelynn Weaver (14 points)
and Paris Vanderburg (13) com-
bined to score 27 points for the
Loggers, who trailed just 20-19 at
halftime.
Portland Adventist coun-
tered with Emma MacLachlan
(19 points) and Josie Petersen
(12), with McKenna MacLachlan
and Sydney MacLachlan adding
seven points apiece for the Class
3A Cougars.
Warrior girls top
Neah-Kah-Nie to
remain unbeaten
WARRENTON — The War-
renton Lady Warriors improved
to 4-0 overall Thursday with
another victory, 40-30 over visit-
ing Neah-Kah-Nie.
“We didn’t play our best
game, but it is what it is,” said
Warrenton coach Robert Hoepfl.
“It’s good to know that we can
win, even when we don’t play
our best. We’re 4-0, and that’s the
important part.”
The Warriors led 17-12 at half-
time, then increased their advan-
tage to 32-15 heading into the
fourth quarter.
Tyla Little led Warrenton with
18 points, with Claire Bussert add-
ing seven.
The Lady Warriors open Lewis
& Clark League play Tuesday at
Rainier.
— The Daily Astorian