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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Jewell girls open with 3-1 record BEAVERTON — The Jew- ell girls basketball team com- pleted three games in three days with a 36-26 win Saturday over New Hope Christian, on Day 2 of the Southwest Christian Wildcat Challenge. The Lady Jays built a 28-14 halftime lead, before New Hope rallied by outscoring Jewell 12-8 in the second half. Emma Guillen led Jewell with 17 points and seven rebounds, Lilly Kaczenski added six steals and five boards, and Gabi Morales finished with seven rebounds. Sophie Olvera and Haley Norman each had six points. On the first day of the tourna- ment, Southwest Christian had a late score in a 33-31 win over Jewell. Guillen scored seven points, while Morales collected 15 rebounds and three steals. Olvera added eight rebounds. On Thursday of last week, Jew- ell led 15-0 after one quarter in a 48-16 league win over Oregon School for the Deaf. Nine different players scored for Jewell, led by Morales with 15 points. Ashley Wammack chipped in six points and seven rebounds, Guillen had six points and four steals, and Olvera finished with seven rebounds. Jewell leads the Casco League with a 3-1 overall record. New Hope Christian defeats Jewell boys BEAVERTON — Through one week, the Jewell Blue Jays are still looking for their first win, after starting 0-4. After a season-opening loss at St. Stephens, the Jays dropped their Casco League opener at Ore- gon School for the Deaf, 54-35. Ben Stahly had 15 points, 11 rebounds and three steals, while Nathan Kane added five points and 11 boards. Jewell dropped a pair of games Friday and Saturday in the South- west Christian Wildcat Challenge. Stahly scored 16 points with 12 rebounds and three steals in a 44-39 loss Friday to Southwest Christian, and Ryan Kane finished with 11 points and five assists in a 46-37 loss Saturday to New Hope Christian. Stahly and Nathan Kane each scored 10 points and combined for 17 rebounds in the Saturday loss. — The Daily Astorian SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Girls basketball — Seaside at Yam- hill-Carlton, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Rain- ier, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 6 p.m.; Jewell at C.S. Lewis, 5:30 p.m. Boys basketball — Yamhill-Carlton at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7:45 p.m.; Jewell at C.S. Lewis, 7 p.m.; Raymond at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. Photos by Kathy Morgan/For The Daily Astorian Knappa’s Isaac Goozee, on his way to a pin over Ilwaco’s Jorge Galvin and the eventual title at 182 pounds. Area wrestlers have field day at Warrenton By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian Local wrestlers won big Saturday in the annual Warrenton Invitational at Warrenton High School. Ilwaco won the team title with 206 points, followed by Rainier (170) and Warrenton (154), while Knappa, Astoria and Seaside placed fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 10-team field. “The kids wrestled hard for the home crowd,” said Warrenton coach Corey Conant. “It was an awesome atmosphere for our team to compete in.” The Warriors had one individual champion, as junior Kaden Gilbert won the title at 195 pounds, one year after losing in the finals as a member of the Astoria wrestling team. This time around, Gilbert pinned his oppo- nent in the championship bout. The only other Warrior to reach the finals was senior Brandon Williamson, who placed second at 138. Warrenton had multiple athletes place third: Freshman Lucas Thompson (106); freshman Nic Pior (138); junior Giovanni Martinez at 152 (following a 1-0 loss in the semifinals); senior Caden Hans (170); senior Morgan Buoy (182); and senior Beau Reynolds was 4-1 for third at heavyweight. Warrenton also had a trio of wrestlers add points with fifth-place finishes: sophomore Armin Rodriguez (132), senior Justin Ste- phens (170), and sophomore Leo Thompson (195). The Warriors also won on the girls’ side, where senior Alma Hinojosa and junior Ana Schenbeck each went 2-0, to meet in the final at 132, where Hinojosa capped her tournament with a victory. Elsewhere, Warrenton sophomore Isabella Carr finished first in her group at 145; soph- Donald Latourette of Seaside eventually pinned Warrenton’s Armin Rodriguez in this match at 132 pounds. omore Jade Freniere placed first in the 200- pound group; and junior Ruby Dyer finished second in the heavyweight class. “It had been a while since we had finished in the trophy race,” Conant said, “and it felt good to see the team hold that trophy in their home gym for their fans and families.” The Knappa Loggers had their own share of success with two individual champions from the same family. Andrew Goozee won a title in last year’s meet, and this year it was Luke Goozee at 132 pounds and Isaac Goozee at 182. Both were 3-0 on the day, and pinned all of their opponents. Logger Jade Somoza was 2-1 for second in the girls’ 113-pound group; and Robert Pina placed third at 120. Shadia Somoza added a fourth place in the girls’ 132-pound group. “The team did real well again, considering we only had six scoring wrestlers in the team score,” said Knappa coach Dan Owings. “The Goozees had an excellent tournament. Isaac being only a freshman and wrestling some Durant leads short-handed Warriors past Blazers By JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State returned from a dominant road trip that might help shape its season and showed once more how important depth is to its success. Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots, leading the short- handed Warriors past the sluggish Portland Trail Blazers 111-104 on Monday night. Golden State played without two- time MVP Stephen Curry, who is nursing a sprained right ankle and missed his third straight game. Dray- mond Green sat out with a sore right shoulder while starting center Zaza Pachulia was sidelined for his second game in a row because of soreness in his left shoulder. “These nights are really power- ful for a team where guys are able to get out there who aren’t usually in UP NEXT: BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (13-13) at Miami Heat (13-13) • Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. TV: NSNW AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Du- rant is defended by Portland Trail Blazers’ CJ McCollum during Monday’s game in Oakland, Calif. the lineup,” coach Steve Kerr said. “Makes them feel good, makes us feel good and just strengthens the lineup.” Portland star Damian Lillard scored a season-high 39 points with five 3-pointers playing back home in Oakland. He hit a 3-pointer late in the first half with Durant in his face and pumped his arm to celebrate. Durant, who earned Western Con- ference Player of the Week honors on Monday, shot 11 for 21. Klay Thomp- son overcame a cold shooting start to score 24 points, and reserve Nick Young contributed 12 points in 13 minutes before leaving with a concus- sion in the third quarter. David West scored 10 points to reach double figures over consecutive games for the first time with the War- riors and first since 2015-16 for San Antonio. He also had four blocks. “I just thought our focus 1 through 12 was where it needed to be,” West said. “We were able to take care of business.” Rookie Jordan Bell scored in dou- ble figures for the second time with 11 points. older wrestlers did extremely well.” Elsewhere, “Sunny Bay (fifth at 138) had some exciting matches and did well for being the first year on the team,” he said. “Robert Pina only lost to the eventual champion. Kaleb (Roe) is starting to put it together and won half of his matches (at 170).” For Astoria, Juan Jimenez (106) and Trey Hageman (160) won individual titles, while Hageman was named Most Inspirational in the upper weights bracket. “Trey wrestled well, and dominated his field,” said Astoria coach Roy Sanchez. “Juan won his first tournament and beat a state qualifier from last year in the finals. Dal- ton Somers won the first medal of his career, and has grown so much that he won as many matches this tournament as all of last year. Jeff (Stutznegger) had a stacked bracket at heavy- weight, but won half his matches. He should be strong when he goes down to 220. “Our team is small but what we have is very solid.” No suspensions for Seahawks after Jacksonville meltdown By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — The Seat- tle Seahawks will not face any sus- pensions for the melee that broke out at the conclusion of Sunday’s loss to Jacksonville. It’s the only upside for Seattle to come from the ugly, unflattering con- clusion to the loss which will certainly result in hefty fines and another tar- nished moment where the Seahawks showed they don’t handle losing very well. “Everybody is remorseful,” Seat- tle coach Pete Carroll said Monday. “We don’t want to play like that. We don’t want to look like that ever.” The league is still reviewing the fracas that broke out in the closing moments of Jacksonville’s 30-24 vic- tory for potential discipline, but no suspensions will be coming. Michael Bennett, Sheldon Rich- ardson and Quinton Jefferson were all flagged for personal fouls. Jefferson and Richardson were both ejected, and all three will be expecting letters from the league for their involvement in the ugly conclusion. Jefferson’s reaction was the most egregious as the defensive tackle attempted to climb into the stands after fans threw what appeared to be bottles at him as he was leaving the field. He was pulled back by team staff. “That was wrong. He was wrong. I’ve talked to him about it,” Carroll said. “Professional athletes, people can say whatever they want to say and that’s kind of what comes along with it. You have to be able to deal with it professionally. He lost it. He feels ter- rible about it. It’s not the kind of kid he is. He emotionally got overrun and he lost it. Fortunately people restrained him and all that.”
