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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018
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Senior Night success for Astoria wrestlers
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It was Senior Night wres-
tling at the Brick House, as
Astoria hosted Seaside and
Tillamook in a three-way dual
meet Wednesday.
And Astoria’s three seniors
had their share of highlights.
At 106 pounds, Juan
Jimenez wrestled Tillamook’s
Isaias Loza and led after one
round. After two escapes by
Loza with 12 seconds left
in the third round, Jimenez
attempted a throw and was
put to his back, losing an 8-3
decision.
Jimenez wrestled at 113
pounds in an exhibition
against Seaside’s Andrew
Gasteleum. In a close match,
Jimenez tied the score in the
third period and forced over-
time, where he won by two
points.
Astoria senior Trey Hage-
man pinned both of his oppo-
nents, Alex Werner from
Tillamook and Seaside’s
Christopher Avery.
Jeff Stutznegger, Astoria’s
senior heavyweight, posted a
7-2 decision over Tillamook’s
Raul Ledesma, then scored a
first round fall against Sea-
side’s Will Kautz to finish 2-0.
Astoria’s final wrestler,
Dalton Somers, lost by fall to
Abraham Rosas of Tillamook.
He also wrestled an exhibition
match against Seaside’s Don-
ald LaTourette, who won by
fall in the second round.
In another match, Luke
Nelson of Seaside won by
pin over Tillamook’s Levi
Crabtree.
SWIMMING
ABOVE: Astoria senior Jeff Stutznegger won by decision
over Raul Ledesma of Tillamook. BELOW: Astoria senior Trey
Hageman, top, scored a pin against Alex Werner of Tillamook.
Photos by Kathy Morgan/For The Daily Astorian
Fishermen senior Juan Jimenez, top, wrestled well
against Tillamook’s Isaias Loza, but Loza eventually
scored an 8-3 decision.
SEASIDE ‘RIPTIDE’
WINS TOURNAMENT
Mixed results
for Seaside
swimmers
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SEASIDE — The Seaside
swim team hosted a three-way
dual meet in their newly renovated
pool Thursday, with Taft and Val-
ley Catholic visiting.
Taft was the big winner, with
victories over Valley Catholic and
Seaside, while the Gulls’ boys and
girls both defeated the Valiants.
Seaside had individual wins by
Anna Huddleston, Kendy Lin and
Josh Shipley.
“I really liked Anna’s win in
the 50,” said Seaside coach Shane
Spell. “She did all the things at
the finish that we’ve been talking
about, and got a (personal record)
and the win.”
Elsewhere, “Bella Samuelson
pushed herself today, taking on a
new event in the 200 and finished
up with 400 free relay,” Spell said.
Seaside competes Saturday at
Rainier, then returns for another
home meet next Thursday versus
Scappoose.
Thursday’s team scores:
Boys: Taft 106, Valley Catho-
lic 50; Seaside 71, Valley Catholic
65; Taft 108, Seaside 49.
Girls: Taft 100, Valley Catho-
lic 55; Seaside 94, Valley Catholic
58; Taft 95, Seaside 73.
FRIDAY
Girls basketball — Stayton at Astoria,
5:30 p.m.; North Marion at Seaside, 7:45
p.m.; Warrenton at De La Salle, 6 p.m.;
Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 7:15 p.m.; Naselle
at South Bend, 5:45 p.m.
Boys basketball — Stayton at Astoria,
7 p.m; North Marion at Seaside, 6 p.m.;
Warrenton at De La Salle, 7:45 p.m.;
Chief Leschi at Ilwaco, 5:45 p.m.; Naselle
at South Bend, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls basketball — Knappa at Nestuc-
ca, 4 p.m.
Boys basketball — Knappa at Nestuc-
ca, 5:45 p.m.
Crosshill Eagles
soar past
Jewell boys
Chris Corder
The Seaside Riptide basketball team celebrates the victory.
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he Seaside fourth-grade girls basketball team went 4-0 and took first place over the weekend at a tourna-
ment in Centralia, Washington, at the Northwest Sports Hub complex. ‘Riptide’ team members include Ella
Brenden, Allie Corder, Carly Corder, Kim Cristobal, Mya Feeney, Mahala Huntsman, Kylie Keranen, Ken-
zie Starr and head coach Chris Corder.
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Knappa girls defeat Columbia for first win
BOYS BASKETBALL
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Columbia 66, Knappa 46
Knappa
7 14 13 12—46
Columbia
13 18 16 19—66
KNA (46): Eli Takalo 14, Weirup 13, D.
Takalo 6, Miller 5, Ramvick 4, Phillip 4.
CC (66): Elijah Munyan 21, Blake 17,
Gregg 17, Bishop 6, Johnson 3, Mariscal
2.
PORTLAND — The Knappa Lady
Loggers picked up their first win of
the season Thursday, a 29-28 decision
at Columbia Christian.
Knappa snapped a 12-game los-
ing skid to start the season, and had to
overcome a 13-11 halftime deficit to
do it.
“It was back and forth in the first
Crosshill 70, Jewell 29
Crosshill
18 23 13 16—70
Jewell
12 1 11 5—29
CC (70): Luke Cotter 14, DeJager 14,
Dallum 13, Ty.Vanderhoof 6, Towers 6,
Harris 5, Ky.Vanderhoof 5, Stoddard 5,
Bennett 2.
JWL (29): Ben Stahly 8, Lilley 6, R.Kane
5, Meehan 2, Lyon 2, Chronister 1, Berg.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Knappa 29, Columbia 28
Knappa
5 6 11 7—29
Columbia
6 7 6 9—28
KNA (29): Madelynn Weaver 7, Ram-
vick 6, Miller 5, Carlson 4, Strain 4, Van-
derburg 3, Hendrickson, Tischer, Inman,
Taggart.
CC (28): Maranda Brumley 9, Heiner 8,
Carter 5, Rutz 4, Bergdolt 2.
Jewell 34, Crosshill 15
Crosshill
0 2 6 7—15
Jewell
7 0 19 8—34
CC (15): Meghan Bartel 7, Bell 5, A.Bar-
tel 2, Hemelstrand 1.
JWL (34): Gabi Morales 16, E.Guillen 7,
Norman 7, Olvera 2, Kaczenski 2, N.Mo-
rales, R.Wammack, Meier, Shaw.
Jewell girls
rebound with win
over Crosshill
JEWELL — The Jewell girls
basketball team bounced back
from a tough overtime loss Tues-
day at Livingstone Adventist, with
a 34-15 win over Crosshill Chris-
tian at home Thursday.
Jewell’s Gabi Morales out-
scored Crosshill by herself, scor-
ing 16 points with 14 rebounds
and eight steals.
Emma Guillen added seven
points and 14 boards for the Jays,
who outscored the Eagles 7-0 in
the first quarter, before the Eagles
outscored Jewell 2-0 in the sec-
ond, for Jewell’s 7-2 halftime lead.
The Lady Jays are tied for sec-
ond in the league standings at 4-2.
Jewell’s next three games are
all at home, vs. Willamette Val-
ley Christian (3-2 in league), C.S.
Lewis (0-5) and Oregon School
for the Deaf (0-6).
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
half, but we were trying to go too fast,
and ended up with too many turn-
overs,” said Knappa coach Marie
Green. “We were able to slow it down
and play a little more calm in the third
quarter,” when the Loggers went on
an 11-6 run, for a 22-19 lead heading
into the final period.
Still, the Loggers were just 5-of-17
at the free throw line, which kept the
Knights in the game.
Knappa made a late free throw for
a three-point advantage, before a last
second two-point basket by Columbia.
Madelynn Weaver led the Loggers
with seven points, while Vicki Ram-
vick finished with six points and five
rebounds.
Aiko Miller added five points and
eight boards, and Paris Vanderburg
pulled down seven rebounds, with
four assists and three steals.
Columbia rolls past Knappa boys, 66-46
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PORTLAND — The Knappa Log-
gers and Columbia Christian Knights
will meet again Feb. 6 in Knappa.
After that, the two powers of North-
west League boys basketball could
— and likely will — meet in the post-
season. Maybe more than once.
For now, Columbia Christian has
the bragging rights, as the Knights
scored a 66-46 win Thursday over
the visiting Loggers in the first of two
regular season meetings.
Three days after racking up 94
points in a win at City Christian, the
Loggers were held to half that against
a big Columbia Christian team, now
ranked No. 1 in the state at the Class
2A level.
The Knights improve to 14-0
overall, 7-0 in league play; Knappa
falls to fourth in the state rankings at
10-3 overall, 5-1 in league.
“The game was much closer than
the score indicated,” said Knappa
coach Chris Spencer. “We had a
hard time finishing in the first half,
then they ended up getting most of
their points at the free throw line
and 3-pointers. They shot at a very
high percentage. We rebounded
well, didn’t give up a lot of offensive
rebounds, and just battled and bat-
tled. We’ll be ready for them at our
place.”
The Knights finished 19-of-23
on free throws to Knappa’s 8-of-11,
while Columbia Christian was 9-for-
14 from the 3-point line.
Freshman Elijah Munyan led the
Knights with 21 points, followed by
Dominic Blake and 6-foot-6 fresh-
man Ben Gregg with 17 apiece.
Eli Takalo had 14 points and
Colton Weirup added 13 for the Log-
gers, while Dale Takalo was held to
six points.
JEWELL — Crosshill Chris-
tian outscored Jewell 23-1 in a
decisive second quarter Thursday,
helping the Eagles beat the Blue
Jays 70-29 in a Casco League
boys basketball game.
Ben Stahly had eight points
and 10 rebounds for Jewell.
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Bears hire
ex-Oregon
coach Helfrich
as offensive
coordinator
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The
Chicago Bears have hired former
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich as
their offensive coordinator.
The Bears also announced Fri-
day that Chris Tabor will become
special teams coordinator and
Charles London will take over as
running backs coach.
Helfrich led Oregon to a 37-16
record in four seasons as head
coach. That included a run to
the first College Football Play-
off championship game at the
end of the 2014 season with
Heisman Trophy winner Marcus
Mariota at quarterback. He was
fired on the heels of a 4-8 finish in
2016.
Before becoming the Ducks’
head coach, Helfrich was their
quarterbacks coach and offensive
coordinator from 2009-12 under
Chip Kelly. With their fast-paced
and prolific spread-option offense,
the Ducks went 46-7 during that
time.
Helfrich didn’t call plays as
Oregon’s offensive coordina-
tor and he won’t in Chicago.
New coach Matt Nagy plans to do
that.
— Associated Press