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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week TYLA LITTLE Warrenton ELI TAKALO Knappa The Daily Astorian Krissy Barendse-Goodman/For The Daily Astorian n her final game as a Warrior, Little made six 3-pointers and scored a game- I surpassed high 26 points in Warrenton’s loss at Coquille Feb. 23. In the process, she 1,000 points for her career. Little finished with 1,004, placing her he sophomore scored 20 points and sparked an early rally for the Log- gers in Knappa’s 81-35 win Feb. 23 over Reedsport. After falling behind T 4-0, Takalo scored on an offensive rebound, made a 3-pointer on the next fifth on the school’s all-time scoring list, behind Brooklyn Campbell (1,983), DeeDee Arnall, Meredith Claterbos and Staci Hanna. Little is also the career leader in 3-point attempts (615) and second in made 3-pointers (156). She attempted a school record 262 3-pointers this season, making 73, one short of the school record (Claterbos was 74-for-224 in 2002-03). possession and later scored off a steal in a 12-0 run. Then, in a 19-4 run to start the second half, he made two 3-pointers as Knappa’s lead reached 59-28. The week before, Takalo was one of seven players named to the Northwest League’s first team all-league squad. Tacoma Baptist tops Naselle boys in a thriller SPORTS IN BRIEF Mountain West in discussions with Gonzaga to join league The Daily Astorian SPOKANE, Wash. — A great start by the Naselle boys basketball team turned into a gut-wrenching finish Wednesday morning for the Comets in a first- round game of the Class 1B boys basketball state tournament. Tacoma Baptist rallied from an 11-point deficit in the first half, took the lead in the third quarter and held on for a 50-47 win over Naselle. It was a loser-out game for the Comets, who finished the season 18-7 overall. Naselle’s Kolby Glenn and Antonio Nolan both knocked down 3-pointers in the opening minute for a quick 6-0 lead, then the Comets increased it to 11-2. After the Crusaders rallied back to within 15-12, Donny Edwards scored back-to-back hoops, and Naselle pushed the lead back to 25-14. The Crusaders rallied again towards the end of the first half, and opened the third quarter with a 10-3 run that gave Tacoma a 32-30 advantage. Naselle quickly regained the lead on a Corey Gregory 3-pointer, and missed free throws by the Crusaders kept the Com- ets in front after three quarters, 36-33. In the fourth, a three-point play by Tacoma pulled the Cru- saders even again at 38-38, and a 3-pointer moments later put Tacoma in front, 41-38. The Comets staged a brief rally of their own when Cole Dor- man scored following a timeout. A basket by Edwards brought the Comets to within 43-42 with 1:35 left, and after a Tacoma turn- over, Jacob Eaton made one free throw to tie it at 43-43 with 1:00 remaining. But the Crusaders answered with a 3-pointer from Brad- ley Swillie — Tacoma Baptist’s eighth-grade phenom — then scored again and converted a three-point play for a 49-43 lead with just 32 seconds left. Eaton’s late basket had Naselle within 49-45, but Tacoma made 1-of-2 free throws to secure the win. Edwards led the Comets with 13 points, while P.J. Talen scored 24 for Tacoma Baptist, with Swil- lie adding 15. The Crusaders (23-5) advance to play No. 1 seed Sunny- side Christian in a Thursday quarterfinal. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer, billionaire David Bonderman, and Oak View Group Chief Execu- tive Tim Leiweke, from left, take part in a TV interview Wednesday in Seattle. Backers of NHL team in Seattle hope for decision in June By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE — Hollywood pro- ducer Jerry Bruckheimer has been hosting hockey games for a quar- ter-century. Now he wants to do it on a much bigger scale. The filmmaker of “Flashdance,” ‘’Beverly Hills Cop” and “Top Gun” fame joined his partners — billion- aire David Bonderman and Oak View Group Chief Executive Tim Leiweke — on Wednesday in discussing for the first time publicly why they’re trying to bring a professional hockey team to Seattle. One answer, they said, is that the city deserves one: It’s been more than a century since the old Seattle Met- ropolitans won the Stanley Cup, and a decade since Seattle’s last major men’s professional winter sports franchise, basketball’s SuperSonics, bolted for Oklahoma City. Seattle is the biggest market in the nation with- out a major winter sports team. But Bruckheimer has also been a big hockey fan since The Great One — Wayne Gretzky — moved from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Ange- les Kings in the early 1990s. Bruck- heimer met Gretzky at a party, and Gretzky arranged for him to get sea- son tickets. Having season tickets, Bruckheimer decided to take skat- ing lessons. And having taken skat- ing lessons, he decided to get some friends together to play hockey on Sunday nights. They’ve been playing ever since. “It’s something I get so much joy out of watching and doing,” he said. “I’m still playing the sport — poorly — but I get out there with a bunch of the guys and do it every week. That’s really nice, to carry something that long in your life.” Scott Blackmun resigned as chief executive of the U.S. Olympic Com- mittee on Wednesday, stepping aside so he can tackle his worsening bout with prostate cancer and to allow the federation to move forward under new leadership to address the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked gymnastics and other sports. The 60-year-old CEO was diag- nosed with prostate cancer in January and did not attend the Pyeongchang Games. Blackmun leaves as calls for his ouster were growing louder — from two U.S. senators and, more nota- bly, from a number of gymnasts and other athletes who said neither he nor the USOC at large reacted prop- erly to cases including those involving Larry Nassar, the doctor who sexually abused members of the U.S. gymnas- tics team. The USOC is conducting an inde- pendent review of when Blackmun and others learned the details about abuse cases at USA Gymnastics and whether they responded appropriately. Susanne Lyons, a member of the board, will step down from that posi- tion and serve as acting CEO while the search for Blackmun’s replacement begins. At a news conference to kick off the Olympics, chairman Larry Probst said Blackmun had served the USOC with distinction and the board found no reason to relieve him. In an inter- view with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Probst said Blackmun has since received more information about the treatment he’ll need. “We need a CEO in place who Washington says no knowledge of claims by Robinson SEATTLE — Washington says it has no knowledge of claims made by former football and basketball player Nate Rob- inson of being offered money by a booster to return to playing football. The school issued a statement on Wednesday in response to Robinson’s claim he was offered $100,000 by an unnamed booster to return to playing football at the school after he quit the sport to focus on basketball. — Associated Press SCOREBOARD Blackmun resigns as CEO as USOC addresses wide sexual-abuse scandal By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press The Mountain West Confer- ence could get a big addition, pos- sibly next season. Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson said he has spo- ken with six university presidents or athletic directors since August about joining the conference. The only school Thompson identified was Gonzaga, one of the nation’s top mid-major programs. Thompson said Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth reached out to him last fall and that he’s spo- ken with coach Mark Few about the possibility of the Zags leaving the West Coast Conference for the MWC. The talks were first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune. PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Girls basketball — Hardwood Classic (Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena), Saint George’s vs. Ilwaco, 10:30 a.m. Boys basketball — OSAA 2A State Tournament (Pendleton Convention Center), Vernonia vs. Knappa, 6:30 p.m. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, speaks at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea in Au- gust 2017. can (tend) to this current situation and work hard to get things back on a pos- itive track,” Probst said. The USOC said it was starting sev- eral initiatives, including providing new funding and resources for Nassar victims and others in Olympic sports who have been subject to abuse; sex- abuse cases in swimming, taekwondo and speedskating have also occurred during Blackmun’s tenure. BOYS BASKETBALL Tacoma Baptist 50, Naselle 47 Naselle 15 12 9 11—47 Tacoma B. 12 10 11 17—50 Naselle (47): Donny Edwards 13, Co- rey Gregory 9, Antonio Nolan 8, Jacob Eaton 7, Cole Dorman 4, Ethan Lind- strom 3, Kolby Glenn 3, Ian Fontanilla, Chase Haataia, Jimmy Strange, Vince Fauver. Tacoma Baptist (50): P.J. Talen 24, Bradley Swillie 15, Joey Pascua 6, T. Nanbarnausythoff 5, Luke Wing, Logan Kitselman, Jeremiah Lynn. Field goals: Naselle 20-44; Tacoma 19-42. 3-point FG: Naselle 4-15 (Nolan 2, Glenn, Gregory); Tacoma 5-19 (Swil- lie 3, Talen 2). Free throws: Naselle 3-8; Tacoma 7-10. Fouls: Naselle 9, Tacoma 11. Rebounds: Naselle 25 (Eaton 7); Ta- coma 31 (Talen 11). Turnovers: Naselle 10, Tacoma 4.
