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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week JAZZY KING Astoria JOSH SHIPLEY Seaside The Daily Astorian ne of the newest additions to Astoria swimming is making a big splash in O the pool. In last Saturday’s Nygaard Invitational, King won two individual events and swam legs on two winning relays, helping the Astoria girls to the he junior had personal best times in winning two events at the Nygaard T Invitational — 2:15.34 in the 200 individual medley (a three-second drop from his best time, and would have qualified him for last year’s state meet); team win. Her time of 28.0 seconds was the best out of 27 entries in the 50 freestyle, and she won the 100 freestyle in 1:05.05, 12 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. King is a senior transfer from Roseburg High School. and 51.62 in the 100 freestyle, which would have placed him third in last year’s district meet. Shipley also swam a leg on Seaside’s winning 200 medley relay team. McCowan leads No. 5 Mississippi St. women over No. 9 Oregon By DAVID BRANDT Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. — Teaira McCowan completely dominated the first half. After the break, Victoria Vivians took over. Mississippi State might not be quite as deep as it was last sea- son during its run to the NCAA championship game. But the Bull- dogs’ stars proved they’re more than capable of carrying the team during a marquee matchup. McCowan scored a career-high 35 points and Vivians added 30 to lead No. 5 Mississippi State over No. 9 Oregon 90-79 on Wednes- day night. “Tonight we were pretty good, especially offensively,” Missis- sippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. “I just think we’re hard to deal with offensively. I think peo- ple are having a hard time guard- ing us right now.” SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Girls basketball — Clatskanie at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Vernonia at Knap- pa, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Oregon School for the Deaf, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Ray- mond, 7 p.m. Boys basketball — Clatskanie at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Vernonia at Knappa, 7:45 p.m. SEASIDE HOLIDAY CLASSIC Today’s schedule (Game times are approximate) Girls 1-Sisters vs. Newport 4-Elma vs. Cottage Grove 7-Crook County vs. Seaside Boys 11:30 am-Montesano vs. Astoria 2:30-Sisters vs. Newport 5:30-Elma vs. Cottage Grove 8:30-Madras vs. Seaside FRIDAY Girls basketball — Ilwaco at Life Christian, 5:45 p.m. Boys basketball — Ilwaco at Life Christian, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Girls basketball — Western Menno- nite at Knappa, 2:30 p.m. Boys basketball — Western Menno- nite at Knappa, 4:15 p.m.; Naselle at Winlock, 6 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jewell 53, Portland Waldorf 12 P.Waldorf 0 7 3 2—12 Jewell 22 10 15 6—53 PW (12): Grace Cromie 4, Emma Strader 4, Jack-Goulart 2, DeSentis 1, Davis 1. JWL (53): Emma Guillen 19, Norman 9, G.Morales 8, Kaczenski 7, Shaw 6, A.Wammack 2, Park 2, N.Mo- rales, R.Wammack, DeWees, Had- dock. BOYS BASKETBALL Jewell 27, Portland Waldorf 18 P.Waldorf 6 4 3 5—18 Jewell 4 9 12 2—27 PW (18): Keali McCarter 7, DeSantis 5, Bergroth 4, Strader 2. JWL (27): Ben Stahly 14, R.Kane 6, Lyon 4, N.Kane 2, Meehan 1, Chronis- ter, Lilley, Berg, Nelson. Lillard leads Portland comeback past Miami By STEVEN WINE Associated Press • Portland Trail Blazers (14-13) at Orlando Magic (11-18) • Friday, 4 p.m. TV: NSNW AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard goes up for a shot against Miami Heat forward James Johnson and guard Wayne Ellington during Wednesday’s game. Lillard scored seven of his 18 points in the final 3:16 as the Trail Blazers defeated the Heat 102-95. Seahawks fortunate they’re not missing more from defense By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — The good news for the Seattle Seahawks is that no one on their defense was sus- pended for the chaos that ensued at the conclusion of their trip to Jacksonville. They still could be significantly undermanned heading into the most important game of the regular season to date. The Seahawks might be down as many as five starters on defense from the start of the season going into Sun- day’s NFC West showdown with the first-place Los Angeles Rams. Seat- tle has learned how to play without defensive end Cliff Avril, cornerback Richard Sherman and safety Kam Chancellor as all three have been out for more than a month. But last Sunday’s loss at Jackson- ville cost the Seahawks two of the more important remaining pieces. Linebackers Bobby Wagner (ham- string) and K.J. Wright (concussion) are both in question for the matchup with the Rams. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wright is still going through concus- sion protocol, while Wagner wants to play but won’t test the injury until later in the week. It’s a challenging scenario for Jewell boys rally for victory over Portland Waldorf JEWELL — The Jewell Blue Jays scored their first win of the season Wednesday night, a 27-18 nonleague victory over Portland Waldorf. T h e Wo l f p a c k led 6-4 after one quarter, but Jewell outscored the visi- tors 23-12 over the final three quarters. Ben Stahly paced Jewell with 14 points, 12 rebounds and six steals, while Ryan Kane added six points and four assists. Jewell lost a 60-31 decision to C.S. Lewis the night before, as Micah Grobey and Jacob More scored 21 points apiece for the Watchmen. Stahly led the Jays with 20 points and nine rebounds. MIAMI — The Trail Blazers and Heat began the night with identical records of 13-13, so a close game was to be expected. For Damian Lillard to take over down the stretch was also no surprise. The two-time All-Star guard scored seven of his 18 points in the final 3:16, and the Trail Blazers over- came a 16-point second-half deficit to break their five-game losing streak, beating Miami 102-95 on Wednes- day night. Lillard, who came into the game averaging 26.6 points, had only one field goal in the first 31 minutes because the Heat ganged up on him defensively. “They were trying to show me a lot of attention, so I was just trying to make the right plays,” he said. “But down the stretch I knew I would have to get aggressive.” Lillard converted a three-point play to put the Trail Blazers ahead to stay, 98-95, and sank two free throws on their next possession for a five- point lead. UP NEXT: BLAZERS SPORTS IN BRIEF AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton A Seattle Seahawks staff member tries to remove Seahawks defen- sive tackle Quinton Jefferson, left, from the field as an object thrown from the stands hits them during the closing moments of Sunday’s game against the Jack- sonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville won 30-24. Seattle to be facing going against the No. 2 scoring offense in the NFL. “We’ve been under it before many times. This doesn’t seem that much different. We’re not taking it any dif- ferent. Our approach isn’t any differ- ent. Next guy up and away we go,” Carroll said Wednesday. “The guys have to rally around those guys as they step in and that’s part of what you’re calling for. Everyone has to rally.” It could have been far worse. Seattle escaped potential major punishment against defensive line- men Michael Bennett, Sheldon Rich- ardson and Quinton Jefferson for their actions at the conclusion of last Sunday’s loss to the Jaguars. Rich- ardson and Jefferson were ejected, while Bennett’s personal foul insti- gated the mayhem. The trio will likely be receiving large fines from the league but avoiding suspensions was a major boost for the Seahawks. Jefferson’s actions drew the most attention because of his brief attempt to climb a wall to go after fans who had thrown bottles at him as he was leaving the field following his ejec- tion. Jefferson said Wednesday that the bottles plus a specific comment he heard about his mother set him off. “It was even worse because my kids have seen it, my wife has seen it,” Jefferson said. “She was upset about it and I felt even more upset for them because they had to watch that.” Jefferson met with Carroll on Monday and said it was difficult to watch the video of the incident. “We talked some about it,” Jeffer- son said. “It’s just one of them things. It’s unfortunate. You know you wish it didn’t get that far, wish it didn’t happen. But it’s one of those things that happened. We’ve got to learn from it and we’ve got to move on from it, getting ready for LA.” Jewell girls pound Portland Waldorf, 53-12 JEWELL — The Jewell girls basketball team took a break from league play by hosting a nonleague contest Wednesday night with Portland Waldorf. And the Lady Jays continued their winning ways, with an easy 53-12 win over the Wolfpack. Jewell (5-1 overall) had more than enough points after just one quarter, leading 22-0 after eight minutes. Portland Waldorf scored seven points in the second quar- ter, before the Jays answered with a 21-5 run in the second half. Emma Guillen outscored the Wolfpack by herself, finish- ing with 19 points. Haley Nor- man added nine points and Gabi Morales scored eight, with eight rebounds. The Jays spent much of the night taking the ball from the Wolfpack — Lilly Kaczenski had eight steals, while Morales and Norman each had six steals. The Jays were coming off a league win over C.S. Lewis the night before, 39-17. Guillen scored 20 points with 10 rebounds and four steals, and Morales added 13 points, eight boards and five steals. The two players played slightly more than one half, as Jewell led 27-8 at halftime. — The Daily Astorian
