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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com As of Monday morning, Feb. 12 TOP 10 MEDAL WINNERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Germany Netherlands Norway Canada United States France Sweden Austria South Korea Japan G S 4 1 B 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Olympics coverage at bit.ly/DAOlympics SPONSORED BY: J&S Appliance & Home Furnishings JandSappliance.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Tillamook boys slip past Astoria Tillamook scored a tough road win Friday night at the Brick House, a 51-41 decision over Astoria in a Cowapa League boys basketball game. The Fishermen held the Chee- semakers to their second-low- est point total of the league sea- son. Earlier, Tillamook scored 84 points in a loss at Seaside Jan. 26. Meanwhile, Astoria drops to 0-8 in league play, with two games remaining. The Fishermen play at Banks Tuesday, and finish the regular season at home Thurs- day vs. Scappoose. Astoria girls cruise past Tillamook Astoria continues to keep pace with Banks and Valley Catholic in the Cowapa League girls bas- ketball standings, as the Lady Fishermen scored an easy 61-20 win Friday night over Tillamook at the Brick House. Astoria improves to 5-3 in league play, one game behind the second-place Valiants (6-2). Banks has clinched at least a share of the league title, at 8-0. Tillamook remains winless (0-8) in league. Hailey O’Brien led a trio of players in double figures with 13, as the Lady Fishermen built an 18-2 lead after one quarter. Sophia Long and Julia Norris added 10 points apiece for Asto- ria, which was playing without Samantha Hemsley. The junior guard will be out four to six weeks with a broken bone in her right hand. Mannen leads Valiants past Seaside girls SEASIDE — Seaside had eight players in the scoring col- umn, but it was not enough to match Valley Catholic in a Cow- apa League girls basketball game Friday at the Gulls’ Nest. The Valiants had three players in double figures on their way to a 44-29 win over the Gulls, who fall to 3-5 in league, 6-15 overall. Seaside’s Annaka Garhofer made a pair of 3-pointers in the opening minute for a 6-2 lead, but Valley Catholic answered with a 13-0 run and never looked back. Valiant senior Noelle Man- nen led all scorers with 15 points, followed by teammates Callie Kawaguchi with 11 and Sarah Jones with 10, despite foul trou- ble for the Valiants. Garhofer had a team-high nine points for the Gulls. — The Daily Astorian Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Cody Lachica competes in the girls 200-yard freestyle. Astoria, Seaside swimmers qualify for state competition By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian orth Coast swimmers made a defi- nite splash in the pool Saturday in the finals of the District 1/4A swim meet at the Astoria Aquatic Center. The Tillamook girls and Newport boys scored the team championships, while Asto- ria and Seaside will both send a handful of swimmers to the state meet, Friday and Satur- day at Mt. Hood Community College. Seaside recovered from a rough prelimi- nary round Friday, bouncing back with junior Josh Shipley winning a pair of individual dis- trict titles in Saturday’s finals. The Astoria boys finished third in the team standings behind Newport and Scappoose, but missed out on any state qualifying marks. Meanwhile, the Lady Fishermen placed fourth, while setting three school records Saturday and qualifying two individuals (in three events) and two relay squads for state. Athletes from Astoria and Seaside won three events in Saturday’s finals — not bad, considering how tough the district is, said Gulls’ coach Shane Spell. “It is a tough district,” Spell said. “It is N loaded. And it’s good to challenge yourself. If you’re not racing big teams, then you’re not improving. There’s plenty of opportunity available for that in this district.” He added, “(Friday) was a rough day for us, but they came back today with solid swims. It’s a young team in a big meet, and we came back well. I think back to our very first practice, and we have come such a long, long way.” The Astoria girls showed off their bright future, with freshmen Tori Smith and Grace Peeler both qualifying for state individually and on two relay teams. The Lady Fish opened with a sec- ond-place showing in the 200-yard individ- ual medley relay, as Smith and Peeler teamed with seniors Megan Schacher and Jazzy King to swim a school record 2 minutes, 1.83 sec- onds (dropping 12 seconds off their prelimi- nary time) to finish behind Tillamook. The same foursome set another school record with a third-place finish in the 200- yard freestyle relay, 1:49.13, good enough to qualify for state. Both relay school records had been held since 2005. Smith won the 200-yard individual med- ley in 2:21.67. She was also a wild card state qualifier in the 100-yard backstroke, taking third in a school record 1:04.13, breaking a mark held by Melissa Nygaard since 2000. Peeler qualified individually in the 200- yard freestyle, taking second in 2:11.91. For the Astoria boys, freshman Davis Wingard was third in the 200 individual med- ley and fourth in the breaststroke, adding team points but missing on state qualifying marks. Shipley was the highlight of Seaside’s day. He began with a win in the 50-yard free- style, in a personal best 22.77 seconds. Ship- ley added another victory later in the day, swimming a personal best 1:02.31 in winning the 100-yard breaststroke. He also swam a leg on Seaside’s state qualifying 200 freestyle relay squad, team- ing with Isaiah Collins, Dawson Blanchard and Henry Garvin for a third-place finish (1:40.12). In the state meet, Shipley will be the fourth seed in the 50 freestyle, and he will be the No. 2 seed in the breaststroke. “Josh broke two Cowapa League meet records last week,” Spell said. “He didn’t break any records today, but they were really fast times.” WRESTLING Seaside boys ‘Chase’ down Astoria’s Valiants in double overtime SEASIDE — When you’ve got a date with destiny, things just have a way of working out. Miracle shots have a way of falling, and no deficit is large enough that it can’t be over- come. In the end, you just can’t keep a great team down. That’s the case with the 2017-18 Seaside boys basketball team. The Gulls pulled another miracle out of the hat Friday at home, where Seaside scored a wild, 57-50 double overtime victory over Valley Catholic. A week ago, the Gulls were in third place and two games behind league-leading Banks. All of sudden, the ball is in Sea- side’s court (literally), and the Gulls have an inside track to the Cowapa League title. The No. 2-ranked Gulls are now just one game behind the No. 1-ranked Braves, who play at Seaside Feb. 15 to finish the regular season, in a game likely to decide the league championship. And should the Gulls go on to defend their state title, they will have two Chase Januik 3-pointers to thank for it. Both shots came in a 29-second span in the first overtime of Friday’s game. Januik’s desperation 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime tied the game at 46-46, and the Gulls won it at the free throw line in the second over- time, making 8-of-10 foul shots in the final 1:30. After trailing early, 12-7, Seaside rallied and had the game well in hand by halftime with a 24-17 lead, with Januik scoring 13 of his game-high 21 points in the first half. Duncan Thompson had back-to- back scores to open the second half, and knocked down a 3-pointer for a commanding 33-23 lead. But the Valiants rallied to within 36-35 with 4:35 remaining in the game, and a turnaround jumper by Jack Grasberger with 25 seconds left tied it at 39-39, sending the game to overtime. And Valley Catholic had things seemingly locked up with 30 seconds remaining in the extra frame, leading 46-40. But Januik — who may just keep the state 4A Player of the Year award in the family (older brother Jackson won the last two) — knocked down a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left. “We’re down 46-40, then Chase hits a three from the angle,” said Sea- side coach Bill Westerholm, who had a great view of the shot. “Then we called a time out and put on a little full court press, and ended up fouling (Ben) Robbins.” And — another break — Robbins missed both free throws. And the Gulls still had 15 seconds to work with. With four seconds left, Januik got off a 3-point attempt and missed, but he was able to get his own rebound. He raced back to the 3-point line, and from the left corner, calmly made the game-tying trey as time expired. “Chase got the rebound five or six feet from the baseline, took a little spin, jump and a funny hop and hit the fadeaway,” Westerholm said. “We got lucky. Those don’t happen very often. It was a big shot in a big moment, and if there’s any guy I would want taking that shot, it’s Chase.” Valley Catholic had a brief 48-46 lead in the second overtime, before the Gulls came back and scored nine of their 11 points on free throws to secure the win. The Valiants were plagued by foul trouble, with Jack Tetzloff and Andrew Plambeck eventually fouling out. “Plambeck fouled out with only four points,” Westerholm said of Val- ley Catholic’s 6-foot-5 guard. “We played defense very well. We were a little bothered by their 1-3-1 (zone defense), but we’ll get that fixed by the next time we see them.” mond or Life Christian vs. Ilwaco, 6 p.m., at Castle Rock HS 13, Hague 11, Thompson 10, Be.Johnson 2, Sibony, Br.Johnson, Carter, Landwehr. Rogers 2, Cummings 2, Jackson, Feldman. BOYS BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL Seaside 57, Valley Catholic 50 Valley C 12 5 12 10 7 4—50 Seaside 12 12 11 4 7 11—57 VC (50): Jack Grasberger 14, Johnson 9, Boileau 8, Robbins 7, Tetzloff 6, Plambeck 4, Pruitt 2. SEA (57): Chase Januik 21, Westerholm Astoria 61, Tillamook 20 Tillamook 2 4 10 10—20 Astoria 18 17 14 12—61 TIL (20): Lexie Crabtree 11, Doud 4, Lou- renzo 2, Stevens 2, Bodie 1. AST (61): Hailey O’Brien 13, Long 10, Nor- ris 10, Hankwitz 6, Helmersen 8, Burnett 2, By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Boys basketball — Ilwaco vs. Winlock, 7:30 p.m., at Centralia HS TUESDAY Girls basketball — Astoria at Banks, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 6 p.m.; Lewis & Clark League playoff: Warrenton at Clats- kanie, 7 p.m. Boys basketball — Astoria at Banks, 7:30 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:30 p.m.; Ray- Valley Catholic 44, Seaside 29 Valley C 11 10 14 9—44 Seaside 6 6 8 9—29 VC (44): Noelle Mannen 15, Kawaguchi 11, Jones 10, Justice 2, Wonderlick 2, Fredd 2, Snook 2. SEA (29): Annaka Garhofer 9, Babbitt 5, Smart 4, Kiser 3, Ideue 3, Angulo-Joli 2, Da- vis 2, Goin 1. Hageman qualifies for state meet The Daily Astorian MOLALLA — In their last year at the 4A level, Crook County made off with the District 1/4A wrestling title Saturday, scoring 412.5 points for the team title. Tillamook was second with 372 points. Seaside (23 points) and Astoria (18) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, in the 11-team field. The Fishermen still had one state qualifier, as senior Trey Hageman placed fourth at 160 pounds. Hageman scored two straight wins to open the tournament, a fall (1:52) over Molalla’s Brady Laccino, and a 6-5 decision over Catalino LeClaire of Madras in the quarterfinals. Tillamook senior Eli McRae pinned Hageman in a semifi- nal match, sending Hageman to the consolation bracket, where he bounced back with a 45-sec- ond pin over Molalla’s Emmett Smyth. Hageman lost by fall to Tillamook’s Caleb Werner in the third-place match. Team scores: Crook County 412.5, Tillamook 372, Molalla 146, Estacada 144, Banks 140, Scappoose 135, Madras 76, Glad- stone 74, Seaside 23, Astoria 18, Corbett 13.
