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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018
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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
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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.