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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017
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HOOPS
ROUNDUP
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Oregon native
Terry Boss
named coach at
Oregon State
CORVALLIS — Oregon
native Terry Boss, who has been
an assistant at Virginia for the
past four seasons, has been named
head coach at Oregon State.
A former goalkeeper, Boss
played mostly in the USL but
spent his last three seasons with
the Seattle Sounders before retir-
ing in 2012. He was 6-2-1 as a
backup to Sounders starter Kasey
Keller.
He helped guide the Cavaliers
to the NCAA Tournament in each
of the last four seasons, includ-
ing in 2014 when the team won
the NCAA title. Before that, he
was an assistant at Oregon State
in 2013.
Boss, who is from Philomath,
Oregon, called the opportunity
with the Beavers a dream come
true.
“This is the community I love
and a program that has always
been near and dear to my heart,”
he said.
Lewerke,
Spartans roll past
Cougars 42-17 in
Holiday Bowl
SAN DIEGO — Michigan
State put a nice, big exclamation
mark on its turnaround season.
Brian Lewerke threw for 213
yards and three touchdowns, and
LJ Scott ran for 110 yards and
two scores for No. 18 Michigan
State, which took advantage of
Luke Falk’s absence to rout No.
21 Washington State 42-17 in
the Holiday Bowl on Thursday
night.
Lewerke also rushed for 73
yards for Michigan State (10-3),
which rebounded from a dismal
3-9 record last year to reach dou-
ble digits in wins for the eighth
time in program history.
“We were ready to play. We
were fresh,” said Mark Danto-
nio, who earned his 100th victory
in 11 seasons as Spartans coach.
“It wasn’t good enough to win
nine games. We needed to win
10. We needed to have a great
bowl game. This was a national
stage. Holiday Bowl is an out-
standing bowl. It’s catapulted us
up the rankings at least a little bit
further.
“We reaffirmed our stature a
little bit in college football. This
has been a good football team
and should continue to be a good
football team.”
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Boys basketball: (Dulcich Tourna-
ment, at Astoria HS) Redmond vs. Asto-
ria, 9:30 a.m.; Battle Ground vs. Astoria,
8 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 51, Redmond 23
Redmond
8 1 6 8—23
Astoria
5 18 15 13—51
RED (23): Ellie Corwin 13, Kitchin 4,
Gibson 3, Heikkila 2, Capps 1.
AST (51): Sam Hemsley 15, Fausett
10, Norris 8, Hankwitz 6, O’Brien 6,
Rogers 4, Helmersen 2, Cummings,
Feldman, Burnett, Pritchard, Long.
Ilwaco 70, King’s 53
King’s
14 10 15 13—53
Ilwaco
14 25 13 18—70
ILW (70): Makenzie Kaech 27, Bannis-
ter 23, Sheldon 9, Jacobson 9, Glenn 2,
Thomas, Kemmer.
Naselle 45, Pe Ell 18
Naselle
9 12 15 9—45
Pe Ell
0 8 4 6—18
NAS (45): Lilli Zimmerman 18, Glenn
9, Harman 6, Jacot 4, Steenerson 4,
Gudmundsen 4, Haataia.
PE (18): Mason 13, Little 2, Justice 1,
Davis 1, Ward 1.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Willapa Valley 58, Naselle 45
Naselle
18 6 15 6—45
W.Valley
12 23 19 4—58
NAS (45): Antonio Nolan 18, Eaton
13, Dorman 8, Glenn 3, Edwards 3,
Fontanilla, Lindstrom, Lopez.
WV (58): Logan Walker 20, Ashley 14,
Pearson 14, Hamilton 7, Roonsburg 2,
Flemetis 1.
Napier’s
23 rally
Blazers
past 76ers
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Hailey O’Brien lays the ball in for the Lady Fishermen against Redmond.
Big 35-1 run lifts Astoria
girls past Redmond, 51-23
The Daily Astorian
T
he Astoria girls basketball team turned an early
8-0 deficit into a 35-9 lead midway through the
third quarter Thursday night, and the Lady Fish-
ermen cruised to an easy 51-23 win over Redmond at
the Brick House.
Astoria’s victory capped Day 2 of the 49th
annual Vince Dulcich Memorial Tournament,
which continues today and Saturday at Astoria High
School.
Astoria’s 35-1 run during Thursday’s game also
helped the Fishermen rebound from a tough loss the
night before, in which Astoria let a 14-point halftime
lead slip away in a 54-52 loss to Clatskanie.
Thursday’s game was much less dramatic for the
Lady Fish, as Astoria’s swarming defense resulted
in 29 Redmond turnovers, and the outmatched Pan-
thers were outscored 33-7 over the second and third
quarters.
Sam Hemsley scored Astoria’s first eight points to
tie the game at 8-8 in the opening seconds of the sec-
ond quarter, and Julia Norris banked in a 3-pointer for
the lead.
Astoria opened the third period with a 12-0 run.
Hemsley led the Fishermen with 15 points, fol-
lowed by Kelsey Fausett with 10. Redmond finished
6-for-34 from the field.
Astoria finished 1-1 in pool play, and will await
Friday’s results to determine Saturday’s opponent.
Kaech scores 27,
Ilwaco girls defeat King’s
LYNDEN, Wash. — One night after losing to
Lynden, the Ilwaco girls basketball team bounced
back with a 70-53 win over King’s, on the second
day of the Cloud 9 Christmas Classic.
Makenzie Kaech scored 27 points and Eliza Ban-
nister added 23 for the Fishermen, who broke open a
close game by outscoring King’s 25-10 in the second
quarter.
Naselle Comets
shoot past Pe Ell girls
PE ELL, Wash. — Naselle’s Lilli Zimmerman
scored 18 points, matching the game total for Pe Ell
Thursday night, in a 45-18 win for the Comets.
Naselle led 9-0 after one quarter, and outscored Pe
Ell 27-12 over the next two quarters.
Warrenton girls pound
Taft in 76-21 victory
LINCOLN CITY — The Warrenton girls basket-
ball team returned to action Thursday in the Kiwanis
Holiday Tournament, which continues through Satur-
day in Lincoln City.
The Warriors opened with a 76-21 win over Taft, as
Warrenton built a 42-11 halftime lead, and finished the
night by outscoring the Tigers 19-2 in the final quarter.
Warrenton improves to 6-3 overall, while Taft (0-8)
remains winless.
In boys’ action, Taft defeated Warrenton, 41-35.
Willapa Valley edges
Naselle boys, 58-45
NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle’s Antonio Nolan and
Jacob Eaton combined for 31 points, but Willapa Val-
ley scored the upset with a 58-45 win Thursday night
over the Comets.
Naselle led 18-12 after the first period, before a
23-6 run by Willapa Valley sparked the Vikings to the
win in the Jack Q. Pearson Holiday Tournament.
PORTLAND — Shabazz
Napier was struggling so much
against the Philadelphia 76ers that
Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts sat
him early in the third quarter.
Good thing for Portland that
Napier returned in time for the
fourth.
Napier, who started for injured
guard Damian Lillard, scored 15
of his season-high 23 points in the
fourth quarter and the Trail Blazers
rallied for 114-110 victory Thurs-
day night.
“The good thing about basket-
ball is they say you’ve got the next
game, but you always have two
halves,” Napier said. “I felt like I
was kind of lethargic out there in
the first half and I felt like basi-
cally it can’t get any worse, so I
just went out there and tried to be
positive.”
CJ McCollum led all scor-
ers with 34 for the Blazers, who
snapped a six-game losing streak at
home. Portland had a season-high
42 points in the fourth quarter.
The Sixers, who led by as many
as 18 points in the third quarter,
have lost 10 of their last 12 games.
Joel Embiid finished with 29
points and nine rebounds, while
Dario Saric had 25 points and nine
rebounds. The 76ers were hurt
when Robert Covington went out
in the third quarter with an injured
finger on his left hand.
“It’s a disappointing loss.
We had an opportunity without
Damian being here. I give them
credit. They did not roll over,”
76ers coach Brett Brown said. “We
gave up 18 points when Covington
went out. We really missed him,
but we give them credit.”
JJ Redick and Embiid made
consecutive 3-pointers to narrow
the gap to 103-99 with 2:06 left.
Jusuf Nurkic had a pair of free
throws before McCollum’s pull-up
jumper and it appeared the game
was out of reach, but Embiid made
another 3 that got the Sixers within
109-105 with 16 seconds left.
McCollum made free throws
with 3.4 seconds to go before
Embiid added another 3-pointer
to make it 111-108, but the Sixers
weren’t able to catch up.
Nurkic finished with 21 points
and 12 rebounds, and Portland
won its fourth straight against the
Sixers at the Moda Center. Napier
scored 22 points after halftime.
Lillard missed his third game
with a strained right hamstring.
Portland’s top scorer, averaging
25.2 points per game, was injured
in a 102-85 loss to San Antonio on
Dec. 20.
Lillard warmed up a couple of
hours before the game and didn’t
appear hampered by the injury.
On the other side, Embiid was
questionable for the game with
back tightness, but played. The
76ers were coming off a 105-98
victory over the Knicks at Madi-
son Square Garden on Christmas
that snapped a five-game losing
streak.
Wilson hopes win over Cardinals gets Seahawks to playoffs
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Russell Wilson
has never carried this much of the
load for the Seattle Seahawks to be
successful.
They have been stretches in pre-
vious seasons where Wilson is the
reason Seattle would have offensive
success.
But it’s never lasted for an entire
season such as this where Wilson is the
primary offensive reason why Seattle
has playoff hopes going into the regu-
lar-season finale against Arizona.
Seattle (9-6) needs a victory and
an Atlanta loss to extend its play-
off streak to six straight years. The
Cardinals (7-8) would like to see the
Seahawks joining them in cleaning
out their lockers come Monday.
“This season there has been a
lot to it and guys have been mak-
AP Photo/John Hefti
Seattle Seahawks quarterback
Russell Wilson throws against
the San Francisco 49ers during a
Nov. 26 game in Santa Clara, Calif.
ing a lot of great plays and doing a
lot of special things,” Wilson said.
“That’s not me, that’s the other guys
making plays.”
Wilson’s season is not easy to
define. He’s been among the best
in certain games, yet has forgetta-
ble mistakes no quarterback with his
experience should make.
He will join the rare fraternity of
quarterbacks leading their team in
rushing for a season, yet is second in
the NFL with 32 touchdown passes,
including a league-record 18 in the
fourth quarter.
Seattle has scored 36 offensive
touchdowns this season — Wilson is
responsible for 35 of those running
or passing. The Seahawks have just
one rushing TD — J.D. McKissic —
by someone other than Wilson.
Of Seattle’s total offensive yards
this season, Wilson is responsible for
81.6 percent of those.
That doesn’t mean he’s always
played well. The past three weeks
are a perfect example when Wilson
went from being in the MVP conver-
sation to some of his more forgetta-
ble performances.
Last week against Dallas, Wilson
threw two touchdowns and didn’t
commit a turnover, but was hesitant
with his throws, finished with just 93
yards passing and Seattle’s offense
lagged.
Wilson knows he must be better
this week against an opponent that’s
caused Seattle issues in the past and
has been playing spectacular defense
for the past two months.
The Cardinals are allowing just
268 yards per game since Week 10
and are coming off their first shutout
in 25 years.
“I think the guys started play-
ing together longer,” Arizona coach
Bruce Arians said. “Every year, you
bring in some new guys and this
time, it took us a little bit longer to
get going.”