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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Jacoby Marshall Warrenton’s Jacoby Marshall, right, with D’Marcus Cooper following their competition in the U.S. Open. Marshall takes first in jiu-jitsu competition The Daily Astorian DALY CITY, Calif. — War- renton’s Jacoby Marshall was a winner in a recent U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in California. The event — the U.S. Open XXIII — was presented by the BJJ Tour and took place Nov. 3-4 at the Cow Palace in Daly City. Competing for the local Adam- son Bros. Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Mar- shall defeated D’Marcus Cooper 7-2 in the title bout in the Master 2 (Purple Belt) super heavyweight division. “I started off the match by scor- ing a takedown off an easy sin- gle leg,” Marshall said. “D’Mar- cus recovered with ‘half-guard’ and eventually got me into his ‘closed-guard,’ with his incredible flexibility.” Cooper “seemed much lighter than me, because I am used to competing at ultra-heavy and for this competition I lost over 40 pounds to compete at super- heavy,” Marshall said. Marshall eventually gained control of Cooper and passed his guard to make it 5-0. Cooper “earned a sweep, as I had gotten out of position going for an ‘Americana’ arm lock,” Marshall said, which made it 5-2, “and then I re-swept him and rode out the match for a 7-2 final.” Hebard, No. 3 Oregon women overwhelm Utah State 88-58 By JOHN COON Associated Press LOGAN, Utah — Selected as the preseason favorite to repeat as Pac-12 champion, Oregon is embracing the challenge and liv- ing up to the expectations so far. Ruthy Hebard had 20 points and eight rebounds, Sabrina Ionescu added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 3 Oregon never trailed in beating Utah State 88-58 on Wednesday night. Erin Boley added 14 points for the Ducks and Taylor Chavez chipped in 13 as Oregon (3-0) coasted after shooting 56 percent from the field and finishing with a 36-26 advantage on rebounds. “We knew that we’d have to come out and play hard and aggressive from the start and not give them any hope to get into this game,” Ionescu said. Shannon Dufficy had 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Aggies, and Rachel Brewster added 12 points. Utah State (2-1) committed 13 turnovers which led to 19 points for Oregon. The Aggies shot 38 percent from the field, the third straight opponent the Ducks held under 40 percent. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE SATURDAY Football — Oregon 4A semifinal: Seaside vs. Gladstone, 11 a.m., Hills- boro Stadium; Washington 1B quarter- final: Lyle/Wishram vs. Naselle, 4 p.m., Woodland High School Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian Seaside coach Jeff Roberts addresses his team (and a good part of the Seaside population) following last week’s win over Estacada. Seaside, Naselle in action this weekend By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian T wo area football teams are still standing, and will look to advance another round in state playoff games this weekend. Seaside will face a familiar foe Saturday in Hillsboro, where the No. 3 seed Gulls and the Gladstone Gladiators will meet in a Class 4A semifinal (11 a.m. kickoff at Hillsboro Sta- dium), with the winner securing a spot in the state championship game Nov. 24. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students. The winner will play either No. 1 Banks or No. 4 Marshfield in the championship. Across the river, Naselle is the No. 3 seed in the Washington Class 1B quarterfinals, and will play Lyle/Wishram at Woodland (4 p.m.). It will be the second meeting of the season between Seaside and Gladstone. The Gulls enter with the better record (9-1), while the Gladiators are the higher seed (No. 2), with an 8-2 mark. Gladstone played at Seaside Sept. 14, when the Gulls scored a season-high 70 points, and also gave up a season-high 46, in their 70-46 win. Gladstone’s other loss came to Marshfield, in a three-game stretch to start the season when the Gladiators played Banks (and beat the Braves, 35-28), followed by back-to-back losses to Marshfield and Seaside. Both Seaside and Gladstone are coming off emotional wins last week, in games that went down to the wire. Seaside reached the semifinals with a 44-42 overtime victory over Estacada, while the Gladiators scored a 30-27 win over La Grande, as sophomore kicker Mateo Burgos booted a 47-yard field as time expired. Both teams have improved since the first meeting, said Seaside coach Jeff Roberts. “(The Gladiators) are better, and I think we’re better at this point,” he said. “We’ll see who’s less banged up. The weather will be dif- ferent, neutral site … a lot of things will be different. But we’re excited to play. We know each other well.” The weather forecast for Saturday in Hills- boro is sunny, with a high of 56. The Gulls are hoping to eliminate a few mistakes in round 2 vs. Gladstone. Seaside Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Payton Westerholm led the Gulls to a win over Gladstone earlier this season, in addition to a victory over the Gladiators in last year’s state basketball playoffs. UP NEXT: SEAGULLS • Gladstone Gladiators (8-2) vs Seaside Seagulls (9-1) • Saturday, 11 a.m. Location: Hillsboro Stadium Radio: KSWB 840 AM UP NEXT: COMETS • Lyle/Wishram Cougars (8-2) vs Naselle Comets (8-1) Location: Woodland HS • Saturday, 4 p.m. has had untimely penalties in certain games this year, while the Gulls’ special teams had two negative plays that led to Ranger touch- downs last week. Estacada returned a kickoff for a touch- down, and a bad snap on a punt resulted in a 28-yard loss for the Gulls, and set up another Estacada score. “I thought we’d get a couple stops and move the ball on ‘em,” Roberts said. “We gave up a late score in the first half and that put us in a bad spot, and we’re not built to put ourselves in bad down-and-distance situa- tions. If we continue to do that throughout the playoffs, we’ll have some challenges.” On the other hand, the Gulls always seem to overcome the negative plays and win. “This is a special group of kids that I’ve talked about, all along, that has a winner’s mentality,” he said. “They don’t expect to lose. We’ve talked about handling adver- sity. We got punched in the face pretty good (against Estacada), and we bounced back.” Outside of their game on Sept. 14, Sea- side’s previous meeting with Gladstone was 2007, when the Gladiators scored a 40-13 victory in a preseason game. The Gulls beat Gladstone in 2006, 28-21. Another more recent meeting between the two schools came in March, on the basketball court. Seaside opened last year’s state playoffs with a 43-32 win over Gladstone, sending the Gulls on to their second state championship. Comets flying high The Naselle Comets are seeking a state championship that didn’t come last year, despite a regular season in which Naselle won six games in a row, never scoring less than 50 points. Naselle opened last year’s state playoffs with a 72-20 win over Neah Bay, before an upset loss to Almira/Coulee/Hartline, 60-32, in a game played at Montesano. The Comets look even more unbeatable entering Saturday’s playoff game vs. Lyle. After opening the season with a 76-14 loss to Odessa, Naselle has won nine in a row — and the games haven’t even been close. Following the Week 1 loss, the Com- ets scored wins over Rainier Christian (72- 12) and Tacoma Baptist (56-20), with league victories over Darrington (68-8 and 82-22), Lummi Nation (46-12 and 54-6) and Neah Bay (54-0 and 54-22). Naselle beat Taholah last week, 60-0, in a first-round state playoff. The winner of Saturday’s game advances to the 1B semifinals, against the winner of Crescent and Almira/Coulee/Hartline. Odessa is the No. 1-ranked team in the 1B bracket. Packers face Seahawks with playoff positioning at stake By TIM BOOTH Associated Press SEATTLE — Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have faced off in a few memorable games in Seattle, from the “Fail Mary” to an unforgettable NFC championship game that sent the Sea- hawks to their second straight Super Bowl. For the fifth straight regular season — and the seventh time overall since 2012 — Green Bay and Seattle will meet again on Thursday night, but this time it’s positioning in a jumbled NFC playoff picture at stake. Washington, New Orleans, Chi- cago and the Los Angeles Rams are the division leaders in the NFC, leav- ing a pile of seven teams — includ- ing Seattle and Green Bay — within a couple of games of each other likely competing for the two wild-card spots. And every advantage or tiebreaker in that race — such as a head-to-head victory — could end up being crucial. UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Green Bay Packers (4-4-1) at Seattle Seahawks (4-5) • Tonight, 5:20 p.m. TV: FOX AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Los Angeles Rams defensive end Dante Fowler forces a fumble by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson during Sunday’s game in Los Angeles. “I know that this team is very, very capable of doing what we’re setting out to do,” Wilson said. “I think every- body should watch out (for) what we can do.” Seattle (4-5) has dropped two straight after winning four of the previous five, and hasn’t lost three straight since the middle of the 2011 season. Green Bay (4-4-1) snapped a two-game losing streak with a 31-12 thumping of Miami last week. The “Fail Mary” in 2012, the 2014 season opener when Seattle raised its Super Bowl banner and the NFC title game after the 2014 season are the only three times Rodgers has lost to the Seahawks in his career. The past two matchups with Seat- tle have been among Rodgers’ best, throwing for 311 yards in a 17-9 win to open last season and in 2016 post- ing a 150.8 passer rating in a 38-10 Green Bay rout. He also has the distinction of hav- ing won in Seattle — although that came 10 years ago.
