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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Bussert is first Warrenton all-stater in 21 years The Daily Astorian In one last major accomplishment for the 2018 Warrenton volleyball team, senior Claire Bussert became the Warriors’ first player selected all- state in 21 years. Bussert was named Class 3A third-team all-state, becoming just the second player ever to earn all- state honors in Warrenton history. Former Warrior Allison Mattila was selected Class 2A third-team all-state in 1997. (DeeAnn McCoy and Dianne Davis were all-state tournament play- ers in 1978). Bussert, who earned the Coastal Range League Player of the Year honors last month, had 97 digs, 66 saves, 60 kills and 34 ace serves for the season. The 3A Player of the Year was Emily Bourne of state champion San- tiam Christian, and Coach of the Year was Santiam Christian’s Kelli Fitz- patrick, whose team defeated Warren- ton in the state playoffs. Class 3A all-state First team Emily Bourne, So., Santiam Chr. Carolyn McMahon, Sr., Cascade Chr. Kassie Staton, Jr., Santiam Chr. Kalea Salang, Sr., Blanchet Sydnie Johnson, Sr., South Umpqua Christina Boxberger, Sr., OES Shaylyn Gray, Jr., South Umpqua Second team Kaylee Cannon, Sr., Cascade Chr. Bailey Howell, Sr., Creswell Makenna Collins, So., Irrigon Lauren Eyerly, Sr., Horizon Chr. Kaiden Raif, So., Burns Grace Brown, Sr., Salem Academy Hailey Ostby, Sr., Blanchet Third team Claire Bussert, Sr., Warrenton Taylor Cave, So., Cascade Chr. Jenna Whitmore, Jr., South Umpqua Aylea Dixon, Sr., Yamhill-Carlton Alyssa Molony, Sr., Westside Chr. Jazzy Lazaro, Jr., Horizon Chr. Kalie Mann, Sr., South Umpqua Warrenton’s Claire Bussert sets a ball over the net in a league playoff win over Rainier. Pac-12 North still undecided, a few rivalry games remain By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press he Pac-12 winds up the regular season this week with a few loose ends. Like the Pac-12 North. Seventh-ranked Washing- ton State hosts No. 16 Wash- ington on Friday in the Apple Cup with the division’s spot in the Pac-12 championship game on the line. For Washington State, the stakes are higher. The Cougars still have a shot — however slim — of making the College Football Playoff. But they’ll need to beat the Huskies, then beat Utah in the conference championship, and hope a cou- ple of teams above them in the national rankings tumble. If the Cougars win out and don’t get selected, they’re headed for the Rose Bowl. But first things first. It will be the 111th Apple Cup, and the third in a row where both teams are ranked. Two seasons ago, the Cougars and the Hus- kies were both 7-1 in confer- ence play going into the game in Pullman and Washington won 45-17 to earn a spot in the league championship. The Huskies went on to face Ala- bama in the CFP semifinals. Washington has won the last five Apple Cups, but coach Chris Petersen isn’t count- ing on recent trends for this one. This season has been too strange for that. “I think you just look at what’s happened around our league and every program in there. I think that says it all. AP Photo/Young Kwak Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew II throws a pass against Arizona. UP NEXT: CIVIL WAR • Oregon Ducks (7-4) at Oregon State Beavers (2-9) • Friday, 1 p.m. TV: FS1 It’s very, very different year to year in college football,” Petersen said. Washington State coach Mike Leach played down the rivalry aspect of the game. He said “like most weeks the chal- lenge is with ourselves.” RIVALRY WEEK: In addition to the Apple Cup, there are two other conference rivalry games this weekend. Oregon and Oregon State meet Friday in the annual Civil War, which is essentially only for pride this season, and Arizona faces Arizona State on Satur- day in the Territorial Cup. The game is important for Arizona because the Wildcats need one more win to reach six and secure bowl eligibility. USC hosts Notre Dame in the 90th meeting of their inter- sectional rivalry, and Utah hosts BYU in the Holy War. Colorado visits Cal and Stan- ford is at UCLA for the other two regular-season finales. HOTSEAT UPDATE: Mike MacIntyre became the first Pac-12 coach of the sea- son to fall when Colorado dis- missed him Sunday. Clay Hel- ton still has his job at USC as of Tuesday. This seems to be shaping up to be a qui- Seahawks linebackers in flux with Wright sidelined by injury RENTON, Wash. — For the second time this season the Seahawks are having to find an option at weakside linebacker with K.J. Wright sidelined due to injury. Wright has missed seven of Seattle’s 10 games played this season due to a knee injury that surfaced during pregame war- mups of the team’s preseason game in Minnesota in August. He had surgery shortly after and missed the first six weeks of the season as setbacks in his recovery slowed his return to the field. The knee issue again side- lined Wright during the team’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams and kept him out of the Thurs- UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Seattle Seahawks (5-5) at Carolina Panthers (6-4) • Sunday, 10 a.m. TV: FOX day night victory over the Green Bay Packers. “He’s still working to get back,” head coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday. Barkevious Mingo started in place of Wright against the Packers before being replaced after just one defensive series by Austin Calitro. Calitro also replaced rookie Shaquem Grif- fin in the team’s opener against Denver. Mychal Kendricks was then signed and started the next three games for Seattle before the league imposed an eight-game suspension for a guilty plea in an insider-trading case. While Kendricks returned to practice Tuesday, he’s ineligible to play for another two weeks while serving the final stretch of his suspension. Meanwhile, it’s uncertain whether just rest and rehab will be enough to get Wright back on the field in the coming weeks. “We’re going to find out. We don’t know,” Carroll said. The Seahawks are going with Calitro this week for their matchup against the Carolina Panthers. The undrafted rookie has started three of 10 games played for Seattle this year in relief of Wright, with 22 tackles, a pass defended and a half sack of Aaron Rodgers last Thursday against the Packers. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE Saturday Football OSAA state championships Class 5A (at Hillsboro Stadium) Thurston vs. Wilsonville, 2:30 p.m. Class 4A (at Hillsboro Stadium) Seaside vs. Banks, 6 p.m. Class 3A (at Cottage Grove HS) Cascade Christian vs. Rainier, 3:30 p.m. Class 2A (at Cottage Grove HS) Kennedy vs. Santiam, noon Class 1A (at Hillsboro Stadium) St. Paul vs. Dufur, 11 a.m. WIAA semifinals McCollum, Lillard help Blazers edge Knicks 118-114 By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press T By CURTIS CRABTREE Associated Press Debbie Morrow For The Daily Astorian 1B (at Apple Bowl, Wenatchee) Naselle vs. Almira-Coulee-Hart- line, 1 p.m. Quilcene vs. Odessa, 4 p.m. Clatsop County state champions (since 2000) 2001 Seaside boys track 2006 Astoria baseball 2008 Knappa football 2008 Astoria football 2009 Knappa boys basketball 2009 Astoria baseball 2010 Knappa baseball 2011 Astoria baseball 2014 Seaside boys golf 2015 Seaside boys golf 2015 Astoria girls track 2015 Knappa baseball 2015 Seaside boys cross country 2016 Astoria girls track 2017 Seaside boys basketball 2017 Astoria girls track 2017 Knappa baseball 2018 Seaside boys basketball 2018 Knappa baseball Football State champions 1959 Seaside (A-2) 1994 Seaside (3A) 2008 Knappa (2A) 2008 Astoria (4A) eter offseason than last year when there were five coaching changes. NEW YORK — CJ McCollum scored 31 points, Damian Lillard had 29 points, eight assists and six rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the New York Knicks 118-114 on Tuesday night. Portland’s star guards pro- vided most of the offense in a game that was close most of the way, and Evan Turner helped the Trail Blazers finally pull it out when he put back a missed shot with Portland clinging to a two- point lead and 9.5 seconds remaining. Jusuf Nurkic finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, who have won two straight after dropping the first two games on their trip that now heads to its dif- ficult conclusion. Portland UP NEXT: BLAZERS • Portland Trail Blazers (12-5) at Milwaukee Bucks (12-4) • Today, 5 p.m. TV: NSNW plays Milwaukee on Wednes- day and closes it at Golden State. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 32 points for the Knicks, who dropped their sixth straight. They were a bit better than the previous games of the skid, when they yielded 126.2 points per game, but not good enough to stop the early Western Conference leaders. Hardaway has scored 30 or more points in three straight games. The Knicks changed line- ups again, going back to vet- eran Enes Kanter over rookie Mitchell Robinson at center, and got off to a good start.
