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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
No. 6 Oregon beats
No. 16 Stanford
for Pac-12 title
SEATTLE — All day long,
Oregon coach Kelly Graves
noticed something a little differ-
ent about Pac-12 player of the
year Sabrina Ionescu. It wasn’t
something that could be defined,
just something the coach noticed
about his star player.
“She had a different look about
her,” Graves said. “I didn’t know
what that was going to translate
to.”
Now Graves knows what that
look meant.
Ionescu scored a career-high
36 points and No. 6 Oregon won
its first Pac-12 Conference tourna-
ment title beating No. 16 Stanford
77-57 on Sunday night.
Playing in their first confer-
ence tournament final, the Ducks
looked every bit the part of a pre-
mier team heading into the upcom-
ing NCAA tournament. Ionescu
was the star, as the Ducks (30-4)
avenged one of their two regular
season losses in conference play.
— Associated Press
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
The Seaside boys basketball team, surrounded by their fans following Friday’s win.
Seaside boys top Gladstone
for trip to state tournament
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
SCOREBOARD
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 43, Gladstone 32
Gladstone
6 7 6 13—32
Seaside
7 10 12 14—43
Gladstone (32): Deshawn Dix 9, Jude
Ashpole 6, Lyric Warren 4, Spencer
Boyd 4, Ben Hill 4, Drew Pulsipher 3,
Jackson Simmons 2.
Seaside (43): Chase Januik 14, Ryan
Hague 12, Brayden Johnson 8, Duncan
Thompson 4, Beau Johnson 3, Payton
Westerholm 2, Rafi Sibony, Colton Car-
ter.
Field goals: Gladstone 11-41; Sea-
side 10-35. 3-point FG: Gladstone 4-14
(Warren, Ashpole, Pulsipher, Hill); Sea-
side 4-16 (Januik 2, Br.Johnson 2). Free
throws: Gladstone 7-13; Seaside 19-28.
Fouls: Gladstone 25, Seaside 16. Tech-
nical fouls: Gladstone-Warren, Hill.
Turnovers: Gladstone 21, Seaside 15.
Kennedy 55, Knappa 50
Kennedy
16 12 13 14—55
Knappa
12 8 21 9—50
Kennedy (50): Luke Hall 15, Emorej
Lynk 13, Carson Hall 10, Mason Boen 6,
Rocco Carley 4, Bruce Beyer 3, Angel
De La Rosa 2, Nick Suing 2, Anthony
Garcia, Alex Salazar.
Knappa (55): Dale Takalo 19, Colton
Weirup 15, Timber Engblom 6, Joe
Ramvick 4, Eli Takalo 4, Mason Wester-
holm 2, Devin Hoover, Kanai Phillip,
Kaleb Miller, Ty Vanderburg, Braedon
Eltagonde.
Field goals: Kennedy 21-49; Knappa
19-47. 3-point FG: Kennedy 4-16 (Boen
2, L.Hall, Beyer); Knappa 8-27 (Weirup
5, D.Takalo 3). Free throws: Kennedy
9-17; Knappa 4-7. Fouls: Kennedy 12,
Knappa 17. Fouled out: Kennedy-Car-
ley. Turnovers: Kennedy 8, Knappa 9.
Rebounds: Kennedy 34 (Lynk 9); Knap-
pa 29 (Ramvick 10).
Players of the Game: Kennedy-Luke
Hall; Knappa-Dale Takalo.
State tournament Scores
3A Boys
Championship
De La Salle 68, Dayton 55
Third/Fifth place
Blanchet Catholic 52, Santiam Chris-
tian 45
Fourth/Sixth place
Cascade Christian 55, Irrigon 45
S
EASIDE — It won’t make Seaside’s list
of all-time classics. But a trip-to-state
win is a trip-to-state win.
And the Class 4A boys basketball state
tournament just wouldn’t be a tournament
without the Seaside Gulls.
Seaside did just enough to secure their spot
in Forest Grove with a 43-32 win over Glad-
stone, in a Sweet 16 game Friday night at the
Gulls’ Nest. Seaside will be a state tournament
participant for the fifth time in the last seven
years.
Seaside will play No. 7 seed Mazama (17-
6) in a quarterfinal game of the 4A state tour-
nament, 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Forest Grove
High School. The winner will play the winner
of Newport vs. Marshfield at 8:15 p.m. Friday.
The Gulls beat both Newport and Marshfield
in the regular season.
If Friday’s game taught us anything, it’s
that a two-week layoff was about one week
too long, for both teams.
Seaside had not played since Feb. 15. The
Gladiators wrapped up league play Feb. 16,
and their league finale against Estacada Feb.
22 was canceled.
Also, “It’s the downside of having a young
team that hasn’t been in this position,” said
Seaside coach Bill Westerholm. “I know
Chase (Januik), Duncan (Thompson), Payton
(Westerholm) and Ryan (Hague) were there
last year, but they’re the guys now, and it’s a
little different.”
Of course the home court advantage helps.
The Gulls are now 37-2 on their home floor
over the last three seasons.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wahkiakum 50, Ilwaco 49
Wahkiakum
7 15 16 12—50
Ilwaco
10 14 11 14—49
Field goals: Wahkiakum 22-53; Ilwa-
co 17-55. 3-point FG: Wahkiakum 2-11
(Fluckiger, Elliott); Ilwaco 5-17 (Bannis-
ter 3, Glenn, Sheldon). Free throws:
Wahkiakum 4-9; Ilwaco 10-15. Fouls:
Wahkiakum 18, Ilwaco 11. Turnovers:
Wahkiakum 15, Ilwaco 20. Rebounds:
Wahkiakum 36; Ilwaco 43 (Kaech 10).
State tournament scores
3A Girls
Championship
Dayton 35, Salem Academy 26
Third/Fifth place
Blanchet Catholic 44, Rainier 28
Fourth/Sixth place
Coquille 36, Nyssa 28
2A Girls
Championship
Kennedy 53, Monroe 40
Third/Fifth place
St. Paul 47, Faith Bible 36
Fourth/Sixth place
Grant Union 54, Oakland 44
2B (Washington) Girls
Championship
Colfax 53, Davenport 47
Third/Fifth place
Saint George’s 50, Napavine 44
Fourth/Sixth place
Wahkiakum 50, Ilwaco 49
Still, neither team was exactly scorch-
ing the nets Friday, as the points were hard to
come by all night.
In the first half, the two teams combined
to make just 11-of-43 shot attempts, 2-for-17
from the 3-point line. There were also lots of
turnovers, a combined 27.
Shooting percentages picked up in the sec-
ond half, but a combined 30 fouls slowed
things to a crawl.
Seaside finished 19-for-28 at the line, to
Gladstone’s 7-for-13.
“We definitely didn’t shoot the ball very
well,” coach Westerholm said. “That was
because of our inexperience.”
On the other hand, “I was proud of the way
they got after it defensively,” he said. “We
caused (the Gladiators) a lot of troubles.”
At one point, the Gulls held a 29-19 lead
— which would have been a good first-quar-
ter score in any other Seaside game, but Fri-
Knappa’s season ends, as
Kennedy tops Logger boys
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2A Boys
Championship
Columbia Christian 65, Western Men-
nonite 61
Third/Fifth place
Vernonia 55, Oakland 50
Fourth/Sixth place
Kennedy 54, Grant Union 45
The Gulls’ Ryan Hague leans in for a shot
attempt over a Gladstone defender.
PENDLETON — Just over 12 hours
after a loss to Columbia Christian, Kennedy
bounced back Friday morning with a 55-50
win over Knappa, ending the Loggers’ sea-
son in the consolation bracket of the Class 2A
boys’ state tournament in Pendleton.
Sophomore Luke Hall scored 15 points
for the Trojans, who led by as much as 10
points in the third quarter but trailed 44-41 in
the opening seconds of the fourth.
Both teams were coming off quarterfinal
losses the night before, but it was the Trojans
who had a little more left at the end, as they
rallied with a 7-0 run and never trailed again.
Knappa lost back-to-back games for the
first time all season, and finishes 23-6 over-
all, following a highly successful league sea-
son (17-1).
Sporting the No. 3 seed entering the tour-
nament, the Loggers lost to No. 11 seed Ver-
nonia in a Thursday quarterfinal, then fell to
the No. 10 seed Trojans in Friday’s consola-
tion game.
The Trojans rebounded from their quar-
terfinal loss a little quicker, building a 28-18
lead late in the first half.
Kennedy sophomore Emorej Link high-
lighted the half with a dunk to cap a fast break
by the Trojans, while Colton Weirup made
three 3-pointers for the Loggers.
Knappa quickly gained the momentum in
the second half, thanks to its senior leader.
Dale Takalo sparked an 11-0 run by the
Loggers with a 3-pointer, and he converted
an old fashioned three-point play moments
later. Weirup added a trey for a 33-32 Knappa
lead.
In his final game with Knappa, Takalo
led all scorers with 19 points, to go with nine
rebounds and three assists.
In a game that featured seven lead
changes, Kennedy regained a brief advan-
tage, but the Loggers answered with back-
to-back scores by Timber Engblom, and the
teams went to the fourth quarter tied at 41-41.
After Takalo opened the period with his
second 3-pointer of the game, the Trojans ral-
lied again and grabbed a 48-44 lead with just
over three minutes left.
Knappa looked to its designated 3-point
specialist, Weirup, who nailed his fifth trey of
the game to bring the Loggers within 48-47
with just over a minute remaining.
But that’s where the Logger luck ran out.
Link scored on a layup with 26 seconds
left for a 51-47 advantage, and the Loggers
were off the mark on two 3-point attempts at
the offensive end.
Knappa also missed a pair of free throws,
and the Trojans were 4-for-4 from the line in
the final nine seconds to secure the win.
Weirup finished with 15 points (all from
the 3-point line) in his final game, while Joe
Ramvick had a game-high 10 rebounds.
Knappa was 8-for-27 from the 3-point arc,
while Kennedy struggled at the free throw
line (9-of-17), but out-rebounded Knappa
34-29.
In the Class 2A state championship game
Saturday night, Columbia Christian defeated
Western Mennonite, 65-61.
Vernonia defeated Oakland 55-50 in the
third place game.
Knappa defeated the top three placers
(Columbia Christian, Western Mennonite and
Vernonia) in games at Knappa this season.
day night it was Seaside’s lead heading into
the fourth quarter.
And the final three points of the third
period represented the most exciting points of
the night, a half-court buzzer-beater by Chase
Januik that gave the Gulls a 10-point lead.
“It was a field goal,” Westerholm said.
“We’ll take anything we can get.”
The Gladiators managed to stay within
seven to 10 points in the final quarter, but they
also never recovered from Januik’s 42-foot
shot.
Seaside had just one field goal in the final
quarter, but went 12-of-20 at the free throw
line over the final eight minutes. That included
seven straight misses, but the Gulls recovered
and made eight of their last nine free throws.
Januik led Seaside with 14 points, fol-
lowed by Hague with 12 points, 10 from the
free throw line.
Gladstone finishes 11-13 overall. The
Gladiators were 8-1 in the Tri-Valley Con-
ference, but just 1-6 against Cowapa League
competition.
The Gulls improve to 19-5, and will be
one of the favorites in Forest Grove, which
is quickly becoming Seaside’s home away
from home. The Gulls are looking to make the
championship game for the third year in a row.
“They’ve worked hard all season, and put
themselves in a position to get back to the final
eight,” Westerholm said of his players. “It’s
nice to get back there. There’s a lot of people
around who didn’t believe that we had it in us
to get back to the final eight.
“This is a true, competitive group of kids.
They’re winners. We’ll get some things ironed
out, and these kids will have a different frame
of mind offensively when we get there.”
Wahkiakum beats
Ilwaco girls in
fourth-place game
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SPOKANE, Wash. —
Wahkiakum defeated Ilwaco
50-49 Saturday in Spokane to
take fourth place at the state
tournament. Ilwaco finished
sixth.
The Fishermen went to
Spokane as the No. 1 seed
with a 22-1 record, but could
only manage two wins in four
games, to finish 24-3 overall.
Erika Glenn’s 3-pointer
put Ilwaco ahead 46-44 with
2:19 remaining in Satur-
day’s contest. But Wahkia-
kum answered with a 6-0
run, capped by Paige Mace’s
swooping basket inside the
final minute.
Ilwaco’s Ebby McMullen
struck quickly in response,
bringing the ball up and lob-
bing it through traffic to
Madeline Jacobson, who con-
verted a three-point play to
cut it to one with 46 seconds
left. But Ilwaco could not
score again.
Eliza Bannister scored
13 points, all in the first half,
knocking down 3-pointers
at the first and second quar-
ter buzzers and hitting a pair
of layups off her own steals.
Jacobson also scored 13,
including seven in the final
four minutes, and shot 5-of-8.
Makenzie Kaech had 10
rebounds and nine points. For
the Mules, Mace and Macie
Elliot each scored 10 points.
Ilwaco defeats
Tri-Cities
Following their surprising
loss to St. George’s last Thurs-
day, Ilwaco bounced back and
led 28-8 after one quarter, on
its way to an 85-54 win Fri-
day over Tri-Cities Prep.
Makenzie Kaech scored
12 points in the first quarter,
20 in the first half and fin-
ished with 31 points, eight
rebounds and five assists on
14-of-19 shooting.
Madeline
Jacobson
grabbed 15 rebounds and
shot 11-of-16 for 22 points,
including 18 points in the sec-
ond half. Jacobson blocked
three shots and altered many
more protecting the rim
behind Ilwaco’s aggressive
press. Eliza Bannister added
18 points. Talia Von Oelhof-
fen led the Jaguars with 27
points.