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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
AIKO
MILLER
Knappa
RYAN
HAGUE
Seaside
Krissy Barendse-Goodman
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he Lady Loggers won their first two games of the season last week, and
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Miller was directly responsible for the second. The sophomore guard
hit an eight-foot shot at the buzzer in a Jan. 13 game at Nestucca, lifting
he Gulls’ 6-foot-2 sophomore guard has been putting up big numbers
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in the scoring column of late. In Seaside’s come-from-behind win over
North Marion Jan. 12, Hague led the Gulls with 22 points. And in a 71-50 vic-
Knappa past the Bobcats, 42-40. Miller scored 10 points to lead the Loggers.
On Jan. 11 at Columbia Christian, Miller had five points and eight rebounds
in a low-scoring, 29-28 win over the Knights. Miller returned to the court two
weeks ago after suffering a concussion in an earlier game.
tory over Cascade Jan. 9, Hague knocked down a 3-pointer early in the sec-
ond half, on his way to a 14-point night. He helped Seaside open the Cowapa
League season Tuesday by scoring eight points (all in the first half) in a 57-53
win over Scappoose. Hague scored two points as a freshman in last year’s
state championship game.
Oregon AD Mullens new playoff
selection committee chairman
By RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press
Oregon athletic director Rob
Mullens will become the new
chairman of the College Football Play-
off selection committee starting next
season, and three new Power Five
ADs will join the 13-member panel.
Mullens will be the third chair-
man, replacing Texas Tech AD Kirby
Hocutt, who has led the committee the
last two seasons.
Hocutt replaced Jeff Long, who
held the position for the first two sea-
sons of the playoff. A chairman is cho-
sen each season. Mullens will be enter-
ing his third season on the committee.
“He is an experienced committee
member, extremely passionate about
college football, detail-oriented and
brings a high level of energy that is
perfectly suited to chairing the com-
mittee,” College Football Playoff
executive director Bill Hancock said
in a statement.
College Football Playoff also
announced the addition of six new
committee members, replacing those
whose terms ended. Joining the com-
Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard
Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens talks to the media in Eugene,
after the firing NCAA college football head coach Mark Helfrich in No-
vember 2016.
mittee in 2018 will be Florida ath-
letic director Scott Stricklin, Georgia
Tech AD Todd Stansbury, Oklahoma
AD Joe Castiglione, former Clemson
and Rice coach Ken Hatfield; former
Southern California star and Pro Foot-
ball Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott and
former Arizona Republic sports col-
Timbers acquire
winger Polo from
Liga MX club
umnist Paola Boivin.
New members will serve three-
year terms. The committee is made
up of sitting athletic directors, former
players, coaches and administrators
and former media members who have
covered college sports.
Cycling off the committee were
IAAF visits Oregon in advance
of 2021 World Championships
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The Portland Timbers have
acquired winger Andy Polo on loan from Liga MX
club Monarcas Morelia for the upcoming season.
The 23-year-old native of Peru played in 25 matches
last year for Morelia and made six starts with two goals.
He’s also World Cup-bound, having appeared in
Peru’s two-legged playoff against New Zealand in
November. Peru won 2-0 on aggregate. Overall, he’s
appeared with the Peruvian national team 15 times
since his senior debut in 2016.
“Andy is a versatile, young player who will add
another element to our attack, and we believe that he
has further upside to his development,” Timbers coach
Giovanni Savarese said in a statement.
The Timbers used targeted allocation money and
have a purchase option. Polo’s arrival is pending a
physical and receipt of a visa.
Hocutt, Long, Clemson AD Dan
Radakovich, former Notre Dame,
Stanford and Washington coach
Tyrone Willingham, former NCAA
executive vice president Tom Jern-
stedt and former USA Today college
sports reporter Steve Wieberg.
Mullens, a West Virginia graduate,
has been athletic director of Oregon
since 2010. As chairman, Mullens will
run the weekly meetings of the com-
mittee that produce rankings over the
final six weeks of the season, conclud-
ing with the selection of the four teams
in the playoff. Mullens also becomes
the face of the committee, appearing
on ESPN’s weekly rankings show to
answer questions about the commit-
tee’s decisions.
The other holdovers on the com-
mittee are: former Virginia Tech coach
Frank Beamer; former Southern Mis-
sissippi coach Jeff Bower; former
Central Michigan coach Herb Dero-
medi; Robert Morris University Pres-
ident and former Air Force football
player Chris Howard; former Van-
derbilt head coach Bobby Johnson;
and Ohio State athletic director Gene
Smith.
A delegation from the inter-
national governing body for
track and field has been visit-
ing Oregon to review prepa-
rations for the 2021 World
Championships.
About 12 representatives
from the IAAF and its partners
arrived in Eugene on Monday.
Branded Oregon21, the interna-
tional event will be held at the
University of Oregon’s historic
Hayward Field. It will be the
first time track and field’s pre-
mier biennial competition will
be held in the United States.
IAAF CEO Olivier Gers
said Wednesday that in addi-
tion to assessing the prepara-
tions, the delegation is explor-
ing ways to engage the rest of
the state and the region in the
event.
“It’s critical that we build
bridges and we build human
connections between the IAAF
and the teams locally that will
be organizing the event,” Gers
said.
Hayward Field has hosted
seven U.S. Track and Field
championships and six Olym-
pic Trials, as well as the annual
Prefontaine Classic on the Dia-
mond League schedule. The
2014 World Junior Champi-
onships were also held at the
track, one of the most well-
known in the sport.
Renovations to accommo-
date 32,000 spectators for the
World Championships were
expected to start following the
NCAA championships in June.
It is expected that more than
2,000 athletes from 214 coun-
tries will take part in the meet,
which was awarded to Eugene
in 2015. The event is scheduled
for Aug. 6-15, 2021.
“It’s a different scale than
any other event,” Gers said. “It
will be in 2021 the largest sport-
ing event of the year around the
world.”
This week’s visit was the
first of many for the IAAF, he
said.
Doha is hosting the World
Championships in 2019.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
ILWACO
Life Christian
tops Ilwaco boys
ILWACO, Wash. — Life Chris-
tian remained unbeaten in Pacific
2B League play with a 65-47 win
at Ilwaco in boys basketball action
Tuesday.
Life Christian freshman Omari
Maulana poured in 24 points to
lead the Eagles, 11-0 in league
play. Reese Tynkila paced Ilwaco
with 10 points.
Kaech scores 35
in Ilwaco win
MENLO, Wash. — The lat-
est blowout victory for the No.
1-ranked Ilwaco girls basketball
team took place Tuesday in Menlo,
Washington, where the Lady Fish-
ermen cruised to a 73-35 win over
Willapa Valley.
Makenzie Kaech scored 35
points and Madeline Jacobson
added 22 for Ilwaco, 12-0 in the
Pacific 2B League.
NASELLE
Comet boys roll
over Three Rivers
NASELLE, Wash. — Jacob
Eaton scored 19 points and Ethan
Lindstrom tacked on 11, helping
Naselle to an easy 70-32 win over
Three Rivers Christian in a 1B
boys basketball game Tuesday.
Naselle led 21-4 after one quar-
ter, and outscored Three Rivers
14-0 in the third.
Comet girls defeat
Three Rivers
NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle’s
Lilli Zimmerman and Hailey
Weston scored 10 points apiece,
leading the Comets to an easy
55-29 win over Three Rivers
Christian in a 1B girls basketball
game Tuesday.
Naselle built a 16-3 lead after
one quarter, while 10 players
scored for the Comets.
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SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Gaston at Knappa,
6 p.m.; C.S. Lewis at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.;
Naselle at Washington School for the Deaf,
5:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Gaston at Knappa,
7:45 p.m.; C.S. Lewis at Jewell, 7 p.m.; Willa-
pa Valley at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Wash-
ington School for the Deaf, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls basketball — Seaside at Astoria,
7:45 p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie, 7:30
p.m.; Jefferson at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Raymond
at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball — Seaside at Astoria, 6
p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie, 6 p.m.
Wrestling — Astoria at Tillamook, TBA
SATURDAY
Boys basketball — Knappa at Delphian,
4:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ilwaco 73, Willapa Valley 35
Ilwaco
18 18 20 17—73
Willapa V.
11 9 8 7—35
ILW (73): Makenzie Kaech 35, Jacobson
22, Glenn 5, Bannister 5, Thomas 3, E.Shel-
don 3.
WV (35): Britney Patrick 9, Cook 6, B.Be-
trozoff 6, Friese 5, Adkins 3, Swartz 3, Lay-
man 2, O.Betrozoff 1.
Naselle 55, Three Rivers 29
Three Rivers 3 12 8 6—29
Naselle
16 13 16 10—55
TRC (29): Bailee Williams-Wallace 15,
Carns 8, M.Baker 3, Gushman 2, C.Baker 1.
NAS (55): Lilli Zimmerman 10, Hailey
Weston 10, Harman 9, Glenn 8, Gudmund-
sen 6, Scrabeck 4, Haataia 2, Jacot 2,
Steenerson 2, Colombo 2.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Life Christian 65, Ilwaco 47
Life Christian 21 16 17 11—65
Ilwaco
11 17 12 7—47
LC (65): Omari Maulana 24, Shamp 14,
Robinson 12, Overgaard 6, Shaughnessy 5,
Novotny 2.
ILW (47): Reese Tynkila 10, Ramsey 9,
Whiting 9, Glenn 6, Baze 6, Kaino 3, Kaech
2, Sheldon 2.
Naselle 70, Three Rivers 32
Three Rivers 4 14 0 14—32
Naselle
21 21 14 14—70
TRC (32): Gabe Moreno-Chandler 20,
H.Rieger 4, Reinke 3, Ransom 3, Kiffe 2.
NAS (70): Jacob Eaton 19, Ethan Lind-
strom 11, Edwards 9, Dorman 8, Glenn 7,
Gregory 6, Nolan 5, Fontanilla 3, Strange
2.