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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2018
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Warrenton
grapplers
fourth in
district meet
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WILLAMINA — Warrenton
finished fourth out of nine teams
Saturday on the final day of wres-
tling in the 3A Special District 1
tournament at Willamina High
School.
The Warriors finished with
167.5 points in the team stand-
ings, just one point behind third-
place Dayton. Willamina was the
big winner, racking up 337 points
for the team title ahead of Rain-
ier (225.5).
“We knew we wouldn’t have
a load of champions, but we
brought a big team and felt that
if everyone chipped in, we could
finish in a spot that we could be
proud of,” said Warrenton coach
Corey Conant.
The Warriors will send three
wrestlers to the state meet, Feb.
16-17 in Portland.
And the trio includes one indi-
vidual district champion, as junior
Kaden Gilbert won the title at 182
pounds, and will make his third
trip to the state meet, his first with
Warrenton.
With just five wrestlers com-
peting in the 182-pound bracket,
Gilbert opened with byes in the
first two rounds.
He scored a fall (1:32) over
Chris Byrum of Taft in a semifi-
nal match to qualify for state.
And Gilbert capped his tour-
nament with a technical fall (2:38,
18-1) over Dayton’s Leonel Rosas
in the championship match.
Warrior freshman Sam Irwin
will also head to state, taking
third out of five wrestlers at 195.
Irwin had a bye in the first
round, won by forfeit in the sec-
ond round, and lost by a fall
(1:57) to Dayton’s Blake Larsen
in the semifinals.
He bounced back in consola-
tion, where he pinned teammate
Leo Thompson in 2:14, then won
the third-place match with a 9-7
decision over De La Salle’s Josue
Hernandez.
At 285 pounds, Warrenton’s
Beau Reynolds was 2-1 on the
mat and finished third to qualify
for state.
After a first-round bye, Reyn-
olds pinned Dayton’s Guillermo
Lopez in just 11 seconds in a
quarterfinal match.
In the semifinals, Willamina’s
Tanner Cavan had a 36-second
pin over Reynolds, sending the
Warrior senior to the consolation
bracket, where he won another
short match, a 15-second pin over
Lopez.
There were 13 wrestlers in
the bracket at 170 pounds, where
Warrenton’s Morgan Buoy lost a
first round match to Clatskanie’s
Alvin Roberts.
But Buoy stayed afloat with
four straight wins in the conso-
lation bracket, with falls over
Logan Gilleo of Taft (4:17) and
DeAndra Brocksterman of Sher-
idan (5:07).
He scored a 4-3 decision
against De La Salle’s Zachary
Mahoney, followed by a 4-2 over-
time win over De La Salle’s Max-
well Castillo.
In the third-place final, Wil-
lamina’s Nate Konovalov scored
an 8-1 decision over Buoy, who
placed fourth.
“We were so proud of the way
Morgan fought,” Conant said.
“The team points were huge, but
he served as an even bigger inspi-
ration to the rest team throughout
the whole tournament.”
Also at 170, Warrenton’s Gabe
Lagana scored three pins in con-
solation to place sixth.
“Over the course of the sea-
son, it is typically expected that
you will lose a certain number
of wrestlers to injuries, grades
or students deciding they want
to quit,” Conant said. “We kept
almost our entire team with us
from the beginning of the year to
the end.
“All season we talk about how
the district tournament is like an
end-of-the-year exam,” he said.
“The team felt like they could
have finished higher, but this was
a performance they should be
proud of.”
Knappa wrestlers qualify for state
The Daily Astorian
MONROE — The Knappa wres-
tling team made the trip to the 2A/1A
Special District 1 tournament, hosted
by Monroe, last Friday and Saturday.
Vernonia scored the team cham-
pionship with 305 points, far ahead
of second-place Monroe (148), while
Knappa took seventh out of nine
teams.
The Loggers qualified two wres-
tlers for the state meet.
Luke Goozee was 2-0 on the mat
to win the title at 132 pounds, while
Robert Pina took second at 113.
Goozee was the top-seeded ath-
lete in his bracket, and wrestled a little
over three minutes.
After a first-round bye, he pinned
Toledo’s Ryder Smith in 1:09 in the
semifinals. In the championship bout,
Goozee scored a 1:58 fall over Neah-
Kah-Nie’s Eochaid Fry.
Pina had just two other wrestlers in
the bracket at 113.
He pinned Monroe freshman Jared
Egbert in 56 seconds in the semifinals,
before a 13-3 loss to Vernonia’s Wyatt
Jones in the championship.
Elsewhere, Knappa freshman Isaac
Goozee was 3-1 for third out of eight
wrestlers at 182.
He finished with a fall (3:24) over
Nestucca’s Jeffrey Adair in the third-
place final.
“There was a lot of good competi-
tion, especially with Toledo and Ken-
nedy coming into our league,” said
Knappa coach Dan Owings.
Team scores: Vernonia 305, Mon-
roe 148, Neah-Kah-Nie 140, Toledo
112, Siletz Valley 111, Nestucca 90,
Knappa 86, Kennedy 45, Waldport 42.
SWIMMING
Astoria
boys place
second in
league meet
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Brad Mosher/Tillamook Headlight Herald
Seaside’s Andrew Gastelum, top, gets the upper hand on Tillamook’s Daniel Garcia in the third-place
match at 113 pounds. Gastelum eventually won, 6-2.
Astoria, Seaside wrestlers
compete at league meet
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
T
ILLAMOOK — The host
team was the best team over
the weekend in the Cowapa
League wrestling championships at
Tillamook.
The host Cheesemakers ran
away with the team title, racking up
477 points. Scappoose was a distant
second with 259.5 points, followed
by Banks (223), Seaside (73) and
Astoria (34).
Despite their last-place team fin-
ish, Fishermen senior Trey Hage-
man earned big points for Astoria,
placing second at 160 pounds.
Hageman opened with pins over
Seaside freshman Jeremiah Stanley
(18 seconds) and Tillamook sopho-
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Sea-
side, 6 p.m.; Columbia Christian at
Knappa, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Crosshill
Christian, 5:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Astoria at Sea-
side, 7:45 p.m.; Columbia Christian at
Knappa, 7:45 p.m.; Jewell at Crosshill
Christian, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Boys basketball — De La Salle at
Warrenton, 6 p.m.
Girls basketball — De La Salle at
Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Warrenton 48, Portland Chr. 39
Warrenton
5 8 21 14—48
Portland Chr. 11 8 3 17—39
WAR (48): Fernanda Alvarez 16, Bus-
sert 12, Little 8, Heyen 7, Ramsey 3, Di-
ego 2, Kapua.
PC (39): Maddie DeLucia 15, McKin-
ney 13, Howard 6, Conard 5.
more Alex Werner (1:45).
In the championship match, Til-
lamook junior Caleb Werner pinned
Hageman in 3:39.
Astoria’s Juan Jimenez took
fourth place out of four wrestlers at
106, and Dalton Somers placed fifth
at 132, pinning Carsen Andersen of
Scappoose in a consolation final.
Sophomore Luke Nelson had
the highest finish for Seaside.
After a first-round bye, Nel-
son won a 12-11 decision over Til-
lamook’s Dawson McKibbin in a
semifinal match, before losing by
technical fall (18-1) to top seed
Brendan Dreyer of Banks in the
title match.
At 113, Seaside’s Andrew
Gastelum lost an 8-7 decision to
Tillamook freshman David Herrera
in the championship semifinals,
then bounced back with a 6-2 win
over Tillamook sophomore Daniel
Garcia in the third-place match.
Junior Christopher Avery added
a third-place finish for the Gulls at
170, where Avery won two con-
solation matches including a 15-5
major decision over Tillamook’s
Stephen Lilly in the third-place
match.
Seaside senior Donald LaTo-
urette took fourth out of seven
wrestlers at 126, winning two
matches by fall before a loss in the
third-place final.
Astoria and Seaside wrestlers
will be back in action and looking to
qualify for the state meet, in the 4A
Special District 1 Regional meet,
Friday and Saturday at Molalla.
Warrenton Lady Warriors
clinch third place in league
The Daily Astorian
PORTLAND — Coupled with
Clatskanie’s win over De La Salle,
the Warrenton girls basketball team
clinched a third-place finish in the
Lewis & Clark League standings
Monday with a 48-39 win at Portland
Christian.
In their final visit to Portland
Christian as league foes, the Warriors
overcame a six-point halftime deficit
with a 21-3 run in the third quarter.
“For whatever reason, we played
a sub-par first half,” said Warrenton
coach Robert Hoepfl. “But we came
back with the 21-3 third quarter. The
biggest play (when the game was tied
at 19-19), came when Claire (Bus-
sert) hit a 3-pointer, and there was
a foul underneath on the shot. She
made the free throw, and we went up
23-19.”
Bussert was 7-of-9 at the free
throw line in the fourth quarter (9-for-
11 for the game) and finished with 12
points, while Fernanda Alvarez was
unstoppable down the stretch, and
led the Warriors with 16. Tyla Little
added eight points.
The Warriors host De La Salle
Wednesday.
In the boys’ game, Portland Chris-
tian defeated Warrenton 63-40.
ST. HELENS — With the dis-
trict meet up next, the five Cow-
apa League schools with swim
teams met Friday in St. Helens,
for the annual league meet hosted
by Scappoose.
And while the Tillamook girls
and Scappoose boys made off
with the team titles, the Astoria
boys placed second and the Asto-
ria girls took third. Both Seaside
teams finished fourth.
And if times and places are
any indication, the Fishermen and
Gulls will qualify several swim-
mers for the state meet, Feb. 16-17
in Gresham.
With Scappoose moving to the
5A level next year, the future of
the Cowapa belongs to Astoria on
the boys’ side.
Individually, the Fishermen
had victories from sophomore
Riley Cameron in the 200-yard
freestyle (2 minutes, 2.2 seconds)
and freshman Davis Wingard in
the 200-yard individual medley
(2:23.72).
Senior Thayne Covert added
a win in the 500-yard freestyle
(5:38.90), with teammate Elias
Simmons third.
The Fishermen added points
with a second-place showing for
Cameron in the 100-yard freestyle.
Astoria took second in a pair of
relays. Cameron, Simmons, Cole
Beeson and Ryder Dopp teamed
up for second in the 200-yard free-
style, swimming a 1:41.68 to fin-
ish behind Scappoose. Astoria’s
400-yard freestyle relay capped
the meet by taking second in
3:50.40, also behind Scappoose.
The Indians scored 371 points
for the team title, followed by
Astoria (323). Valley Catholic was
a distant third (157).
Seaside scored 148 points,
but the Gulls highlighted the
meet with a pair of league record
swims, both by Josh Shipley.
The junior posted a 22.89 time
in winning the 50-yard freestyle,
and returned later in event 20,
winning the 100-yard breaststroke
in 1:03.50, well ahead of the sec-
ond place time (1:11.68).
The Gulls added a second-place
showing in the 200-yard medley
relay, with Shipley teaming with
Isaiah Collins, Henry Garvin and
Dawson Blanchard for a 1:55.07
finish, a four-second drop in their
season best.
Collins also took second in the
100-yard backstroke.
On the girls’ side, the Lady
Fishermen did not have any wins,
but performed well in the relays.
Freshmen Tori Smith and
Grace Peeler teamed with seniors
Megan Schacher and Izzy Wil-
liams for second in the medley
relay (2:15.84). The foursome
of Peeler, Smith, Schacher and
Moira Welsh took third in the 200
relay.
Smith also took second in the
individual medley and Schacher
placed second in the 100-yard but-
terfly in 1:21.61.
For the Seaside girls, junior
Kendy Lin scored big points with
second place showings in the
200 freestyle and the backstroke.
Freshman Brooke Blankenhorn
had a 15-second drop in her time
for second in the 500 (7:05.90),
and teammate Kaisa Liljenwall
dropped 30 seconds for fourth in
the same event.