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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
HOOPS ROUNDUP
Trail
Blazers
defeat
Clippers
Former WR
Rodgers named
to Smith’s staff
at Oregon State
CORVALLIS — Former Ore-
gon State receiver James Rodg-
ers is returning to the Beavers as
director of player development
under new coach Jonathan Smith.
Rodgers played for the Beavers
from 2007-11, setting the school
record with 6,373 all-purpose
yards. He caught 222 passes, good
for third on the school’s career list.
He had 19 TD receptions and nine
rushing touchdowns.
After Oregon State, Rodgers
was with the Atlanta Falcons for
two seasons, spending time on
the team’s practice squad. He also
played for the CFL’s Montreal
Alouettes for two seasons.
Smith announced the move on
Tuesday.
Last year Rodgers was direc-
tor of player development under
coach Mike Riley at Nebraska.
Riley, a former head coach of the
Beavers, has since joined Smith’s
staff in Corvallis.
By BETH HARRIS
Associated Press
Chiefs agree
to trade Smith
to Redskins
WASHINGTON — Kansas
City has agreed to trade quarter-
back Alex Smith to Washington, a
move that spells the end of Kirk
Cousins’ time with the Redskins
and hands the Chiefs’ job to Pat-
rick Mahomes.
Two people with direct knowl-
edge of the deal confirmed the
move to The Associated Press on
Tuesday night on condition of
anonymity because the transac-
tion can’t be completed until the
start of the new league year in
March. One person told the AP
the Redskins had agreed to a four-
year extension with Smith, who
had one year left on his contract.
Smith, who turns 34 in May,
spent the past five seasons with
the Chiefs, leading them to the
playoffs four times.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Boys basketball — Astoria at Scap-
poose, 6 p.m.; Naselle at Willapa Valley,
7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball — Astoria at Scap-
poose, 7:45 p.m.; Naselle at Willapa Val-
ley, 6:15 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls basketball — Knappa at Faith
Bible, 6 p.m.; Livingstone Adventist at
Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Knappa at Faith
Bible, 7:45 p.m.; Livingstone Adventist at
Jewell, 7 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Banks 60, Seaside 33
Seaside
5 6 5 17—33
Banks
12 10 13 25—60
SEA (33): Payton Westerholm 14,
Thompson 12, Hague 5, Landwehr 1,
Carter 1.
BAN (60): Dalton Renne 30, Gobel 11,
Bunn 4, Streblow 3, Markham 3, Van-
dehey 2, Cameron 2, Geraci 2, Marti-
nez-Lutali 1, Hiestand 1.
Knappa 80, City Christian 56
City Chr.
18 10 9 19—56
Knappa
20 31 14 15—80
CC (56): Ytbarek Solomon 15, Mbelu
13, Marquex 11, Hoff 8, Hannam 4, Faria
3, Maftey 2.
KNA (80): Dale Takalo 28, E.Takalo 16,
Weirup 9, Engblom 9, Hoover 6, Stuhr 4,
Ramvick 3, Vanderburg 3, Eltagonde 2.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Banks 53, Seaside 18
Seaside
1 13 1 3—18
Banks
12 9 18 14—53
SEA (18): Annaka Garhofer 9, Kiser 3,
Babbitt 2, Davis 2, Hoekstre 1, Smart 1.
BAN (53): Aspen Slifka 30, Wren 11,
Kind 3, Maller 3, Nelson 2, Merritt 2, Nar-
vaez 2.
Warrenton 39, OES 37
Warrenton
12 6 8 13—39
OR Episcopal 5 9 12 11—37
WAR (39): Fernanda Alvarez 13, Bus-
sert 12, Little 12, Heyen 2, Kapua, Ram-
sey, DeJesus, Diego.
OES (37): Grace Borbon 15, Han 6, Da-
ley 6, Ruoff 5, Aaron 4, Holzman 1.
City Christian 57, Knappa 37
City Chr.
18 14 12 13—57
Knappa
14 12 2 9—37
CC (57): Neziah Castillo 19, Owen 13,
Ishibashi 12, Lasater 5, Cruz Rodriguez
4, Knox 2, Faria 2.
KNA (37): Aiko Miller 11, Vanderburg
10, Carlson 6, Hendrickson 4, Ramvick 4,
Corcoran 2, Taggart 2, Rilatos, Nicholson.
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Duncan Thompson goes up for a jump shot between a pair of Banks defenders.
NO. 1 BANKS TOPPLES
NO. 2 SEASIDE BOYS
The Daily Astorian
B
ANKS — The No. 1-ranked
Banks Braves and the No.
2-ranked Seaside Gulls
played the first of a three-game
series Tuesday night.
Game 2 will be Feb. 15 at Sea-
side. Unless the two teams play
a league playoff tie-breaker, the
third game could take place March
10 in Forest Grove. And that one
would be for a state championship,
between the top two teams in Class
4A boys basketball.
In the meantime, Round 1 goes
to Banks, which posted a 60-33
win over the Gulls.
With their win, the Braves hold
down the No. 1 spot in the OSAA
rankings, improving to 19-0, with
their 21st straight win going back
to last season.
The Gulls trailed 22-11 at half-
time, and there was to be no rally
on this night, as the Braves were
tough on both ends of the court.
Defensively, Banks held Sea-
side to its lowest point total since
a 42-33 loss at Astoria, Feb. 17,
2015. Offensively, Braves’ 6-foot-6
senior Dalton Renne led all scorers
with 30 points, 15 in each half.
Renne’s biggest basket may
have been a 3-pointer to close out
the first half. He had just three
points in the third quarter, then
sparked the Braves’ 25-point fourth
quarter with 12. Teammates Zach
Streblow, Blake Gobel and Blake
Markham all added 3-pointers in
the final period.
Seaside was again without lead-
ing scorer Chase Januik, as Payton
Westerholm (14 points) and Dun-
can Thompson (12 points) took
over the scoring load.
Slifka leads Banks
past Seaside girls
BANKS — A 13-2 run to close
out the first half was the lone high-
light of the night for the Sea-
side girls basketball team, which
had the tough task of facing No.
3-ranked Banks on the road.
The Lady Braves jumped out to
a 19-1 lead, which was trimmed to
21-14 at halftime.
But Banks had too many weap-
ons for the Gulls to handle, as the
Braves pulled away in the second
half for a 53-18 win. The main
weapon was the Cowapa League’s
Player of the Year candidate, Aspen
Slifka.
Four nights after scoring 23 in
a win at Astoria, Slifka erupted for
30 points in Tuesday’s victory.
And the Braves followed up
their 19-1 run in the first half with
an 18-1 run in the third quarter, on
their way to their 17th win of the
season, with just one loss. Seaside
falls to 5-13 overall, 2-3 in league.
The Gulls staged a monster
rally in the second quarter, high-
lighted by a three 3-pointers from
Annaka Garhofer, with additional
baskets by Bryre Babbitt and Emy
Kiser bringing the Gulls to within
21-14 at halftime.
Warrenton girls
squeak past OES
PORTLAND — Warrenton
managed to escape Portland with
a hard-earned victory, 39-37 over
Oregon Episcopal, in a Lewis &
Clark League girls basketball
game Tuesday night.
“That’s a tough place to play,
and their record is not indicative
of what kind of team they have,”
Warrenton coach Robert Hoepfl
said of OES, which falls to 4-10 in
league play. “They’ve had a lot of
close losses, and they only lost by
six (36-30) here against Rainier.
They’ve got some good players,
and they’re super well-coached.”
Meanwhile, the Warriors are
alone in third place at 9-4, with
three games remaining. De La
Salle is one game behind Warren-
ton, but the Knights still must play
Clatskanie before finishing with a
game at Warrenton.
The game was tied 26-26 after
three quarters, and the Aardvarks
scored the first four points for the
fourth period.
The Warriors answered with
back-to-back 3-pointers from Tyla
Little. A jumper by Claire Bussert
and free throws from Fernanda
Alvarez and Maria Heyen secured
the win.
Alvarez led the Warriors with
13 points, followed by Bussert
and Little with 12 apiece.
In the boys’ game, Oregon
Episcopal posted a 56-39 win
over the Warriors.
Knappa boys
cage the Lions
KNAPPA — City Christian
stayed with Knappa for one quar-
ter Tuesday night, but that was
all, as the Loggers pulled away
for another blowout victory at
home, 80-56, over the Lions in a
Northwest League boys basket-
ball game.
“We were kind of walking
through mud in the first quarter,”
which ended with Knappa leading
20-18, said Knappa coach Chris
Spencer. “We were a little lacka-
daisical on defense, but then we
got it going in the second quar-
ter (31 points), led by Dale and
Eli (Takalo). It wasn’t an A-plus
game for us, but hats off to City.”
Dale Takalo finished with 28
points, followed by Eli with 16.
Colton Weirup and Timber Engb-
lom both had nine points, and the
Loggers had big help off the bench
with points from Devin Hoover
(two 3-pointers) and Cody Stuhr.
Ytbarek Solomon and Chuk
Mbelu combined to score 28
points for City Christian.
Knappa has won eight in a row,
scoring 80-plus points in four of
those games. The Loggers play
Thursday at Faith Bible.
City Christian
defeats Knappa
KNAPPA — A rough third
quarter Tuesday night ended up
costing the Knappa girls basket-
ball team, which lost a 57-37 deci-
sion to City Christian in a North-
west League contest at Knappa.
The Loggers trailed 32-26 at
halftime, before the Lions went
on a 12-2 run in the third period.
Aiko Miller led the Lady Log-
gers with 11 points, 14 rebounds
and three steals. Paris Vanderburg
chipped in 10 points, five assists,
three steals and two blocks, while
Sophia Carlson finished with six
points and four rebounds.
Perrydale teams
sweep past Jewell
PERRYDALE — The Jew-
ell basketball teams were swept
in a doubleheader at Perrydale
in Class 1A Casco League action
Tuesday.
Perrydale opened the night
with a 48-24 win over the Lady
Jays in the girls’ game, which
keeps the Pirates in first place in
the league standings at 11-0. Jew-
ell falls to 8-3.
In the boys’ game, Perrydale
defeated Jewell 72-32.
LOS ANGELES — Damian
Lillard knew better than to under-
estimate the Los Angeles Clippers
without newly traded star Blake
Griffin.
Sure enough, the Clippers made
a run in the fourth quarter but the
Portland Trail Blazers won 104-96
on Tuesday night.
“Your mind could be trapped
into thinking you don’t think they
have it,” said Lillard, who scored
28 points.
CJ McCollum added 16 points
and Jusuf Nurkic had 14 points and
18 rebounds for the Blazers, who
ended a seven-game skid against
the Clippers while winning their
third in a row.
Portland shot just 37 percent
from the floor, but rode a big third
quarter to its third straight win.
“The third quarter was great,”
Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “At
both ends of the floor we moved
the ball. The offense was efficient.
Defensively we were on point. The
third quarter was the best part of the
game.”
The Blazers shot 47 percent in
the third, when they outscored the
Clippers 30-16 led by Lillard’s 10
points.
Griffin was dealt to Detroit in a
stunning move on Monday, leaving
Los Angeles where he had played
his entire career.
“It was definitely tough to see
him go,” said DeAndre Jordan, who
had 18 rebounds for the Clippers.
Lou Williams scored 20 points
off the bench for the Clippers, who
made a run in the fourth after they
trailed by 20.
Montrezl Harrell scored 11 of
his 15 points early in the period and
then Los Angeles scored 10 straight
points to get to 100-94.
Harden has
first 60-point
triple-double
ever in NBA
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
Associated Press
HOUSTON — James Harden
knew he’d have to do a little more
on Tuesday night with the Houston
Rockets missing key players.
Even he couldn’t have imagined
he’d do this much.
Harden became the first player
in NBA history to score 60 points as
part of a triple-double and the short-
handed Rockets beat the Orlando
Magic 114-107.
“I just gave it all I had tonight,”
Harden said. “We all did. We all
fought for 48 minutes, we got key
stops when we needed to and we
made big shots.”
Harden scored 18 points in the
fourth quarter to eclipse the 57 points
Calvin Murphy scored in 1978 to
break Houston’s single-game scor-
ing record. After Harden broke the
record, cameras in the arena showed
a shot of Murphy, who works on
the television broadcast team, smil-
ing and clapping for the Beard, who
also had 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
The game was tied at 107 after
a basket by Marreese Speights with
just under four minutes to play. Nei-
ther team scored for more than two
minutes after that before Harden
took over, scoring the next six
points to make it 113-107 with 45
seconds left.
He set the scoring mark when he
stepped back and made a 3-pointer
before crashing to the court after
being fouled by Mario Hezonja.
He then made the free throw to
give him 60 points and bringing the
crowd to its feet.
“Amazing (and) topped it off
with a four-point play at the end,”
coach Mike D’Antoni said. “But
we had to have every minute from
him.”