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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
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SPORTS BRIEFS
INSIDE ON PAGE 7A
Early lead
sends R.A. Long
past Astoria boys
Corbett
defeats
Seaside
girls
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CORBETT — Seaside played
a strong second half, but a 25-13
deficit at halftime was too much
to overcome in a nonleague girls
basketball game at Corbett Friday,
won by the Cardinals, 46-38.
“Give Corbett their due, but we
were not ready, looked fatigued
and didn’t really get after it until
too late,” said Seaside coach Mike
Hawes. “We’d played two good
(home) games, and we wanted to
see if we could travel.”
Seaside remains on the road for
a contest at Yamhill-Carlton Tues-
day, then will open the Seaside
Holiday Classic at 6 p.m. Thurs-
day vs. Crook County.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Ocosta at Ilwaco,
7 p.m.; Naselle at Lake Quinault, 6 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Central 53, Astoria 38
Astoria
8 5 10 15—38
Central
23 13 9 8—53
AST (38): Brooklynn Hankwitz 16,
Helmersen 5, Hemsley 4, Jackson 4,
Norris 2, O’Brien 2, Fausett 2, Rogers 2,
Cummings 1.
CEN (53): Meagan Mendazona 12,
Barba 10, Chavez 10, Hyre 7, Riddell 7,
Trevino 4, Hartford 2, Gonzalez 1.
Corbett 46, Seaside 38
Seaside
8 5 12 13—38
Corbett
11 14 8 13—46
SEA (38): Annaka Garhofer 14, Ideue
11, Angulo-Joli 4, Smart 4, Kiser 2, Hoek-
stre 2, Babbitt 1.
Regis 27, Knappa 26
Knappa
4 10 7 5—26
Regis
3 9 3 12—27
KNA (26): Kourtney Tischer 9, Ramvick
5, Carlson 4, Weaver 4, Strain 2, Vander-
burg 1, Inman 1, Taggert, Hendrickson,
Marchello.
REG (27): Lily Persons 9, Ditter 8, Dol-
by 4, Toombs 3, Cross 2, Martinez 1.
Ilwaco 69, Willapa Valley 28
W.Valley
2 12 8 6—28
Ilwaco
23 13 17 16—69
WV (29): Hannah Cook 8, Patrick 5,
Swartz 4, O.Betrozoff 4, H.Layman 2,
E.Layman 2, Betrozoff 2, Adkins 1.
ILW (69): Makenzie Kaech 20, Ban-
nister 15, Glenn 15, Jacobson 14, Kem-
mer 3, Sullivan 2, McMullen, Sheldon,
Simonson.
Naselle 41, Mary M. Knight 30
MM Knight
8 9 4 9—30
Naselle
10 10 13 8—41
MMK (30): Kaylee Stohl 13, Jason 7,
Coonrad 6, Roggles 2, Skinner 2.
NAS (41): Kenzie Glenn 15, Gud-
mundsen 13, Harman 8, Zimmerman
3, Steenerson 2, Haataia, Jacot, Colom-
bo, Barrett, Miller.
BOYS BASKETBALL
R.A. Long 60, Astoria 32
Astoria
8 5 5 14—32
RA Long
19 11 18 12—60
AST (32): Karsten Johnson 8, Marin-
covich 5, Stenblom 5, Brockman 4, Long
3, Tice 3, Hunt 2, Kee 1, Olson 1, Mat-
lock.
RAL (60): Jacob Childers 23, Rybnikar
8, Wallace 8, Thompson 7, Sharer 3,
Lyon 3, Cathcart 2, Holden 2, Plampin 2,
Kotera 1, Desrouleaux 1, Comin.
Seaside 80, Corbett 52
Corbett
16 8 16 12—52
Seaside
20 24 17 19—80
COR (52): Dylan Painter 19, Horvath 9,
McCowen 9, Larsen 6, Rolens 3, Down-
ing 2, Ziese 2.
SEA (80): Chase Januik 23, Hague 19,
Westerholm 13, Be.Johnson 6, Thomp-
son 4, Sibony 4, Br.Johnson 3, Carter 2,
Meyer 2, Ritterby 2, Boyd, Landwehr.
Knappa 55, Regis 49
Knappa
13 17 8 17—55
Regis
4 13 13 19—49
KNA (55): Dale Takalo 28, Engblom 16,
E.Takalo 6, Weirup 3, Eltagonde 2, Ram-
vick, Phillip, Vanderburg.
REG (49): Dawson Dickey 20, Piete 18,
Gaul 11, Olheiser 4, Morey 2, C.Hum-
phreys 2, K.Humphreys 2.
Naselle 74, Mary M. Knight 35
MM Knight
4 13 5 13—35
Naselle
10 23 29 12—74
MMK (35): Zack Thompson 8, Krip-
pelcz 7, Newman 6, Compton 6, Tottie 5,
Fries 3.
NAS (74): Jacob Eaton 15, Lund
12, Lopez 11, Lindstrom 9, Edwards 8,
Glenn 8, Dorman 5, Gregory 4, Fontan-
illa 2, Strange.
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Chase Januik goes to the hoop, one-on-five, against Corbett in Friday’s game.
Seaside Gulls fly past
the Corbett Cardinals
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UP NEXT: SEAGULLS
SEASIDE — The Seaside
Gulls put on a show for their
alumni Friday night in their home
opener, an 80-52 win over Cor-
bett in nonleague boys basketball
action.
On “Alumni Night” at the
Gulls’ Nest, Seaside led just
17-16 late in the first quarter, but
an 18-2 run helped the Gulls build
a 35-18 lead midway through the
second period, and the game was
over by halftime, 44-24.
Chase Januik scored 16 of
his game-high 23 points in the
first half, while Ryan Hague had
• Yamhill-Carlton Tigers (1-3)
at Seaside Seagulls (3-0)
• Tuesday, 7 p.m.
another big night on offense,
scoring 13 of his 19 points in the
first half. Payton Westerholm fin-
ished with 13.
A barrage of 3-pointers by
the Gulls helped Seaside pull
away, as Januik opened the sec-
ond quarter with a trey, followed
by a pair of three’s from Beau
Johnson and a fourth by
Westerholm.
Januik converted two three-
point plays, then drained a
3-pointer to help the Gulls to
their 20-point halftime lead.
It was Seaside’s 17th straight
win at home, where the Gulls
have not lost since Jan. 26,
2016.
Seaside improves to 3-0, with
the last two wins coming by a
combined 57 points.
The Gulls host Yamhill-Carl-
ton (1-3) Tuesday, then will play
for their third straight Seaside
Holiday Classic championship
later in the week. Seaside plays
Madras in a first round game,
8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Astoria swimmers score big in ‘Andrew’s Meet’
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The first big home meet of the sea-
son is always a fun one for the Asto-
ria swim team — and it’s even more
enjoyable for the Fish when they win.
Which they did Saturday, in a
wash, so to speak.
It wasn’t even close, as the Fish-
ermen swim teams both recorded
team victories in the annual Andrew
Nygaard Invitational — or, “Andrew’s
Meet,” honoring the former Asto-
ria youth swimmer who died after a
summer workout session in Seaside
in 1998.
Four schools took part in Satur-
day’s meet at the Astoria Aquatic
Center, as the Fishermen hosted Sea-
side, Rainier and Valley Catholic.
The Astoria girls racked up 122
points to finish ahead of second-place
Seaside (68), while the Fishermen
boys collected 136 points, more than
double that of the second-place Gulls
(57).
It was certainly enjoyable for Kath-
ryn Zacher, the first-year coach of the
Astoria High School swim team.
“We did really well,” Zacher said.
“We had a lot of individual success.
With our team this year, we have a
lot of depth. We may not win a lot
of events, but with the depth and the
relays that we have, we’ll get a lot of
second and third-place finishes. All
those score points, and that will help
a ton at districts.”
Some of the highlights for Astoria
included a win in the first event, the
girls’ 200-yard medley relay, as fresh-
men Tori Smith and Grace Peeler
combined with seniors Jazzy King
and Megan Schacher to finish in 2
minutes, 12.20 seconds, well ahead of
Rainier (2:24.84).
King came back and won the
50-yard freestyle (first out 27 entries
in 28.0), and the 100-yard freestyle
(1:05.05).
Smith added a victory in the 500-
yard freestyle (6:12.65); the Astoria
girls had two teams in the 200-yard
freestyle relay, and finished first and
second; Peeler had a personal best
time of 1:19.78 to win the 100-yard
breaststroke; and the Lady Fisher-
men finished by winning the 400-yard
freestyle relay.
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Thayne Covert comes up for air during the boys 100-yard butterfly
event for Astoria Saturday at the Nygaard Invitational.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — R.A.
Long jumped out to a 14-0 lead
to start the game, and coasted to a
60-32 win over Astoria Friday in
cross-state boys basketball action.
Eleven different players made
the scoring column for the Lum-
berjacks, who were led by Jacob
Childers’ 23 points, 12 in the first
quarter.
Karsten Johnson scored eight
points for Astoria, which defeated
R.A. Long 69-67 in last year’s
meeting.
Childers was 5-of-8 from the
3-point line, while teammate Con-
ner Wallace added eight points and
five steals for R.A. Long.
The Fishermen play Thurs-
day in a first round game of the
Seaside Holiday Classic, against
Montesano, Washington, at 11:30
a.m.
Central hands
Astoria girls
their first loss
INDEPENDENCE — In a bat-
tle of unbeatens, the Class 5A Cen-
tral Panthers scored a 53-38 win
over Astoria Friday night in a non-
league girls basketball game.
Three players scored in double
figures for Central, which improves
to 4-0. Meagan Mendazona led the
Panthers with 12 points, followed
by Lexy Barba and Elizabeth
Chavez with 10 apiece.
Brooklynn Hankwitz scored
16 for Astoria, now 3-1. The Lady
Fishermen trailed 36-13 at half-
time, before outscoring the Pan-
thers 25-17 in the second half.
Knappa boys
defeat Regis, again
STAYTON — Knappa’s dom-
inance over Regis continued into
another sport Saturday.
With wins over the Rams in
baseball last spring and football in
the fall, Knappa cruised past Regis
in boys basketball Saturday night,
55-49.
The No. 11-ranked Log-
gers improve to 3-2, with the
14th-ranked Rams also 3-2.
Knappa had to hold off a furi-
ous rally by Regis, as the Loggers
built a 28-14 lead midway through
the second quarter, before the Rams
rallied to within 38-30 after three,
then trailed just 51-47 with 1:28
left.
But Knappa made 5-of-6 free
throws in the final quarter to secure
the win.
Dale Takalo led all scorers with
28 points, followed by teammate
Timber Engblom with 16.
The Loggers were 12-of-18 at
the free throw line, to the Rams’
20-for-30.
Regis girls
beat Knappa
with late score
Kara Spell of Seaside swims in
the girls 200-yard individual med-
ley race at the Nygaard Invitation-
al in Astoria Saturday.
Isaiah Collins competes in the
boys 200-yard freestyle event for
Seaside Saturday at the Nygaard
Invitational in Astoria.
The Astoria boys had two indi-
vidual winners, including freshman
Davis Wingard, who won a battle to
the wall with Valley Catholic senior
Harrison Kyser to win the 500 in
5:47.02.
Riley Cameron edged teammate
Aleks Matthews to place first in the
breaststroke.
The Fishermen added two more
wins in the 200 freestyle and 400 free-
style relays.
“Davis did fantastic in both of his
events, and PR’d by four seconds in
the 500,” Zacher said.
The Seaside boys scored points
with wins in the 200 medley relay;
Josh Shipley in the 200-yard individ-
ual medley (2:15.34) and the 100 free-
style (51.62, nearly 10 seconds ahead
of Astoria’s Ryder Dopp); and Isaiah
Collins won the 100-yard backstroke
(1:11.16).
On the girls’ side, Seaside’s Kendy
Lin captured the 200-yard freestyle in
2:21.84, then later won the backstroke
(1:10.45).
Early season success has Astoria
talking district titles.
“The 400 free relay is already
faster than our best time last year,”
Zacher said. “We’re doing really well
for where we’re at. Second meet in,
we have all these PR’s, and the kids
are feeling the energy. They work
hard every day, and they’re really
motivated.
“Obviously we have our sights set
on the Tillamook girls and the New-
port boys. Those are the two hur-
dles we have going into districts, so
we’re trying to figure out our best
lineup with our depth, leading up to
districts.”
STAYTON — In a low-scoring
nonleague girls basketball game,
Regis scored with 13 seconds
remaining for a 27-26 win over
Knappa Saturday.
The Loggers held a 21-15 lead
entering the final quarter, where the
Rams went on a 12-5 run to post
the win.
Kourtney Tischer scored nine
points with seven rebounds for
Knappa, with Vicki Ramvick add-
ing five points and eight boards.
Paris Vanderburg finished with nine
rebounds, three assists and three
steals, and Sophie Carlson had
seven rebounds and three steals.
Warrenton
boys walk past
Open Door
WARRENTON — The War-
renton boys basketball team scored
its first win over the season Friday,
a 47-34 decision over Open Door
Christian Academy at Warrenton.
The Warriors open Lewis &
Clark League play Tuesday at
Rainier.
— The Daily Astorian