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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018
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Astoria girls defeat Seaside,
snap Clatsop Clash losing skid
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Brooklynn Hankwitz rebounds for
Astoria during the Clatsop Clash.
It was a night of jump balls, fouls, free throws
and turnovers. But with their 41-30 win over Sea-
side, the Astoria girls basketball team still accom-
plished two important goals Friday night.
The Lady Fishermen avoided an 0-2 start in
league play, and their victory at the Brick House
was the first over the Gulls in almost six years.
Astoria ended one of the longest Clatsop Clash
droughts, scoring their first win over Seaside since
Feb. 10, 2012 to break an 11-game losing streak to
the Gulls.
Astoria coach Mike Jacobson was Seaside’s
coach that night.
“I remember it,” he said, of Astoria’s 37-18 win
over his Gulls. “I think it was (Kaitlin) Lewis’s
sophomore year. We came in here and couldn’t hit a
basket. I knew it had been a while.”
In Friday’s game, Astoria was just 6-of-30 from
the field in the first half, yet they were still tied with
the Gulls at halftime, 14-14 — due in large part to
Seaside’s 15 turnovers in the first half.
Seaside held a 13-5 lead midway through the
second quarter, behind two 3-pointers from Annaka
Garhofer. But Astoria finished the first half with a
9-1 run, capped by Sam Hemsley’s bank shot in the
closing seconds.
Astoria’s first half shots “were all good shots,
they just weren’t going in,” Jacobson said. “We
told them, ‘keep shooting. They’ll go in.’ Brook-
lynn (Hankwitz) played a good game, and so did
Haley O’Brien and Kelsey Fausett.”
Still, “It was pretty ugly,” he said, as the game
had a combined 37 fouls, 45 free throws and 57
turnovers. “You know how it is with rivalry games.
We fought through it, got it tied at halftime, then
we started hitting some shots and getting to the free
throw line, and made our free throws (14-for-25).”
The Gulls gave up the ball 21 more times in the
second half for 36 turnovers, while Astoria made
the necessary halftime adjustments to pull away in
the second half.
“We weren’t running the offense the way we
needed to, and we made a couple adjustments,”
Jacobson said. “And this is the first time all year
that they actually made the adjustments. We’re
young and learning. But they made the adjustments
and went out there and did what we needed to do. It
was a good win. The girls are happy.”
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Knappa boys slay
Delphian Dragons
KNAPPA — The Takalo broth-
ers outscored Delphian all by
themselves Saturday afternoon in a
Northwest League boys basketball
game at Knappa.
Eli Takalo scored 27 points and
big brother Dale Takalo added 14,
helping the Loggers get past the
last-place Dragons, 75-32. Knappa
led 42-13 at halftime.
Eli Takalo made three consecu-
tive 3-pointers in the third quarter
to increase Knappa’s lead.
Jefferson girls
win at Knappa
KNAPPA — Jefferson scored
the first eight points of the game,
and cruised from there for a 51-24
win over Knappa in a nonleague
girls basketball game Friday.
Cassie Cheever scored 13
points for the Class 3A Lions, who
forced 26 Knappa turnovers.
Paris Vanderburg had eight
points, seven rebounds and two
steals for the Loggers, and Vicki
Ramvick added six points and four
steals.
Clatskanie boys
win battle with
Warrenton
CLATSKANIE — A rough
third quarter ended up costing the
Warrenton boys basketball team
Friday night at Clatskanie.
The Warriors played the host
Tigers closely in every quarter
except the third, when Clatskanie
went on an 18-8 run, on its way to
a 56-42 win.
Warrenton had two players in
double figures, led by Ayden Ste-
phens with 12. Dalton Knight
added 10 points and Devin Jackson
scored six for the Warriors, who
trailed 30-24 at halftime.
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Ryan Hague drives to the basket for Seaside against Astoria’s Conner Long.
Sharpshooting Seaside downs Astoria
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Clatskanie girls
outlast Warrenton
CLATSKANIE — The Clats-
kanie Tigers only had four play-
ers in the scoring column Friday
night, but those four were enough
to defeat the Warrenton Warriors,
53-40, in a key Lewis & Clark
League girls basketball game.
Clatskanie freshman Shelby
Blodgett scored 31 points. Fresh-
man Olivia Sprague added 18.
Macy Simmons and freshman
Alexis Smith tacked on two points
apiece for the No. 5-ranked Tigers,
who built a 27-16 halftime lead.
Tyla Little scored 12 points for
the Warriors, who outscored the
Tigers 11-10 in the third quarter.
Claire Bussert added 11 points
and Fernanda Alvarez scored eight
for the Warriors, who play three of
their next five games on the road.
Ilwaco girls blast
Raymond, 70-6
ILWACO, Wash. — Ilwaco
cruised to another non-competitive
win Friday night, 70-6 over visiting
Raymond. Three players scored in
double figures for the No. 1-ranked
Fishermen.
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he forecast called for rain Friday night
in Astoria. Actual rain outside, and Sea-
side 3-pointers inside, raining down on
the Fishermen.
When the game was over, the Gulls were
12-for-21 from the 3-point line, to highlight
a 71-42 win over the Fishermen in a Clat-
sop Clash boys basketball game at the Brick
House.
Seaside’s Beau Johnson scored the first
points of the game on a 3-pointer, and the
show was on. Johnson drained two more treys
in the first quarter. Chase Januik, Rafi Sibony
and Payton Westerholm made three straight to
open the second period, and the Gulls finished
the first half 6-of-12 from the arc.
In the meantime, Astoria’s Karsten John-
son hit two 3-pointers and Ian Hunt added a
third to keep the Fishermen within striking
distance (32-21) at halftime.
But — as they do against most teams —
the Gulls shifted into high gear in the second
half.
Januik opened the third quarter with a
3-pointer, which sparked a 9-0 run.
Beau Johnson hit his fourth trey of the
night, Astor Landwehr hit a triple off the
bench, and Westerholm closed the third period
with a long 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Seaside does not keep 3-point shooting
records, but the Gulls likely came close to or
set a school record with 12, as Ryan Hague
and Januik both hit 3-pointers in the fourth
quarter.
“We shot pretty well from outside the
line,” said Seaside coach Bill Westerholm.
“When we trust each other we can be pretty
good on offense.”
Januik led all scorers with 15 points,
while Hague and Westerholm added
14 apiece. Astoria’s Isaac Brockman scored
12 of his team-high 14 points in the second
half.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TUESDAY
Boys basketball — Astoria at Tillamook,
6 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic, 6 p.m.;
Portland Adventist at Warrenton, 6 p.m.;
Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 7:45 p.m.; Ilwaco
at Raymond, 7 p.m.; Naselle at Columbia
Adventist, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball — Astoria at Tillamook,
7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic, 7:45
p.m.; Portland Adventist at Warrenton, 7:30
p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Or-
egon School for the Deaf at Jewell, 5:30
p.m.; Naselle at Columbia Adventist, 5:30
p.m.
Swimming — Scappoose at Astoria, 4
p.m.
Astoria 41, Seaside 30
Seaside
9 5 10 6—30
Astoria
5 9 11 16—41
SEA (30): Annaka Garhofer 9, Hoekstre 7,
Ideue 4, Babbitt 3, Zagata 3, Kiser 2, Angu-
lo-Joli 2, Smart, Goin.
AST (41): Sam Hemsley 15, O’Brien 11,
Hankwitz 10, Cummings 2, Helmersen 1,
Norris 1, Fausett 1, Rogers, Jackson, Long.
WEDNESDAY
Wrestling — Astoria/Banks at Seaside,
5:30 p.m.
Clatskanie 53, Warrenton 40
Warrenton
11 5 11 13—40
Clatskanie
17 10 10 16—53
WAR (40): Tyla Little 12, Bussert 11, Alva-
rez 8, M.Blodgett 7, Diego 2.
CLA (53): Shelby Blodgett 31, Sprague
18, Simmons 2, Smith 2.
Jefferson 51, Knappa 24
Jefferson
11 9 16 15—51
Knappa
10 2 14 8—24
JEF (51): Cassie Cheever 13, Bruce 9,
Aguilar 8, Guzman 8, Pugmire 3, Hall 2.
KNA (24): Paris Vanderburg 8, Ramvick 6,
Weaver 4, Inman 4, Miller 2, Carlson, Tag-
gart, Nicholson, Hendrickson, Tischer, Strain.
Ilwaco 70, Raymond 6
Raymond
2 1 0
3—6
Ilwaco
21 19 17 13—70
RAY (6): Ana Silva 3, Mora 2, Williams 1.
ILW (70): Madeline Jacobson 20, Bannis-
ter 18, Glenn 11, Kaech 9, Sheldon 6, Sunny
Kemmer 4, Thomas 2.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 71, Astoria 42
Seaside
17 15 26 13—71
Astoria
12 9 7 14—42
SEA (71): Chase Januik 15, Westerholm
14, Hague 14, Be.Johnson 12, Sibony 7,
Thompson 4, Landwehr 3, Carter 2.
AST (42): Isaac Brockman 14, K.Johnson
12, Hunt 7, Long 6, Stenblom 2, Tice 1.
Clatskanie 56, Warrenton 42
Warrenton
11 13 8 10—42
Clatskanie
16 14 18 8—56
WAR (42): Ayden Stephens 12, Knight
10, Jackson 8, Little 6, Fischer 4, Morrow 2,
Kapua.
CLA (56): Ryan Watson 14, Co.Blodgett
11, Combs 9, Cr.Blodgett 8, Sewald 6, Hel-
men 4, Jones 2, Shockley 2.
Knappa 75, Delphian 32
Delphian
6 7 8 11—32
Knappa
24 18 25 8—75
DEL (32): Luca Marrazzo 11, Yang 10.
KNA (75): Eli Takalo 27, D.Takalo 14, Weir-
up 8, Hoover 7, Phillip 7, Vanderburg 4, Hunt
4, Ramvick 2, Eltagonde 2.