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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
FERNANDA
ALVAREZ
Warrenton
CHASE
JANUIK
Seaside
Justin Grafton, For The Daily Astorian
Gary Henley, The Daily Astorian
Chase Januik, Seaside
Fernanda Alvarez and Kenzie Ramsey, Warrenton
T
he Seaside boys basketball team had a late start to the season following
the success of the football team, so the soccer player has come to the
rescue. Senior Chase Januik has led the Gulls in scoring in each of Seaside’s
fi rst three games. He had 21 points and seven rebounds in a season-opening
loss at Marshfi eld, followed by 17 points in a 66-42 win at Marist. Januik hit the
20-point mark again in Tuesday’s win over Dayton.
W
arrenton girls basketball is 7-0, thanks in big part to a great defense
and lots of scoring. Senior Fernanda Alvarez and junior Kenzie Ramsey
have handled the scoring part. By themselves, the duo outscored all three
teams last week (25-24 over Naselle, 35-16 over Neah-Kah-Nie and 29-24 over
Santiam Christian). While Ramsey will soon hold all school records from the
3-point line, Alvarez has opened the season 28-for-30 from the free throw line.
Knappa
drains 15
3-pointers
in win at
Vernonia
Bol, Oregon
get past San
Diego 65-55
Associated Press
The Daily Astorian
VERNONIA — The Knappa
Loggers scored a little payback
Wednesday night at Vernonia.
Facing the team that knocked
them out of championship con-
tention in last year’s state tourna-
ment in Pendleton, Knappa won
the Logger showdown with an
88-66 win on Vernonia’s home
fl oor, in a Northwest League
boys basketball game.
Knappa held a slim 17-16
lead after one quarter, but an 11-0
run to start the second period was
all it took for Knappa, which out-
scored Vernonia 30-6 in the sec-
ond quarter for a 47-22 halftime
lead.
Knappa’s big offseason trans-
fer from Astoria, Tristin Wallace,
had the big night for the Log-
gers. The former Fisherman had
fi ve 3-pointers on his way to 21
points.
Eli Takalo fi nished with 17
points, and Kanai Philip and
Mason Westerholm both scored
11 for Knappa, which had 15
3-pointers in the game.
“The whole team fi nally shot
well from the outside,” said
Knappa coach Paul Isom, whose
team improves to 2-0 in league.
Knappa plays Friday at Port-
land Christian. The Royals are
still looking for their fi rst league
win.
Vernonia slips
past Knappa girls
The Daily Astorian
VERNONIA — Vernonia
freshman Brooklynn Walters
scored 12 points, helping her
team to a 45-22 win over Knappa
in a Northwest League girls bas-
ketball game Wednesday night.
Raven Corcoran led all
Knappa scorers with seven
points, as the visiting Loggers
had trouble scoring in the fi rst
half, and struggled defensively.
Vernonia led 21-6 after one
quarter, and 34-10 at halftime.
Knappa’s Sophia Carlson
had six points and 13 rebounds,
while Aiko Miller and Hannah
Dietrichs pulled down seven
rebounds apiece.
Lauren Ely added 12 points
and Jordan Walters chipped in 10
for Vernonia.
KENZIE
RAMSEY
Warrenton
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks (56).
Seahawks lose LB Kendricks
for the season to knee injury
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
R
ENTON, Wash. — Mychal
Kendricks’ awkward sea-
son came to an abrupt end
Wednesday when the linebacker
was placed on injured reserve after
injuring his left leg in the Seattle
Seahawks’ win over Minnesota.
Coach Pete Carroll said Ken-
dricks will need surgery to repair
what sounds like a pair of inju-
ries to his left knee and leg. Carroll
didn’t get into specifi cs.
“There’s a little nick in there.
There’s a couple of things they’re
going to work on. It’s not a terri-
ble knee injury but it’s going to take
a little bit,” Carroll said, noting it
likely would have taken Kendricks
at least six to eight weeks of recov-
ery to come back.
The injury brought an end to a
roller coaster season for Kendricks.
The Minnesota game Monday night
was his fi rst following an eight-
game suspension handed down by
the NFL after Kendricks pleaded
guilty to federal insider trading
charges. Kendricks was originally
suspended indefi nitely but the sus-
pension was reduced.
Kendricks started the season in
Cleveland but he was released in
late August after he was charged.
Seattle signed him before Week 2
and he played in three games prior
to his suspension.
“It’s just been such a diffi cult
season for Mychal. My heart goes
out to him,” Carroll said. “He wants
to be part of this thing so badly. He
doesn’t get to this time around.
We’ll look forward to getting him
back next time and being with us.”
When and if Kendricks ever
rejoins the Seahawks is likely in the
hands of a federal judge. Kendricks
is expected to be sentenced some-
time in the fi rst couple months of
2019.
He may still be recovering from
surgery when that happens. Kend-
ricks was hurt in the third quarter
of the 21-7 win over the Vikings
but missed only a couple of plays.
He was examined by trainers and
returned to the fi eld. Kendricks
played 76 percent of the defensive
snaps.
“Getting back with the guys,
getting acclimated to the system
and practicing well, it turned over
to the game, the game is just like
practice,” Kendricks said after the
game. “We’ve been practicing well
and we play well. And we came
away with the victory.”
Seattle
middle
linebacker
Bobby Wagner said that for a few
moments, it seemed like a revolv-
ing door playing next to him. Kend-
ricks left the fi eld to be replaced by
Shaquem Griffi n, and then he was
replaced by Austin Calitro before
Kendricks was back on the fi eld.
“I didn’t know the extent of the
injury,” Wagner said. “Something
might have happened, he men-
tioned something, but he said he
felt good, said he was OK and went
out there. I didn’t know it was that
extent until after the game.”
With Kendricks out, the Sea-
hawks will likely rely on Calitro
in the short term with the hope that
veteran K.J. Wright will be able to
return before the end of the regu-
lar season. Wright has played in
just three games this season due to
surgery to repair a knee injury suf-
fered in the preseason. He returned
in Week 8 and played three straight
weeks before missing the past four
games.
“He’s getting close. This will
be an important week to work him
back in and then hopefully a cou-
ple of weeks from now we’ll have
a chance to get him back,” Carroll
said.
Calitro has proven to be a capa-
ble fi ll-in after some struggles early
in the season and he could end up
being one of Seattle’s main options
going into next season. The sec-
ond-year player started three games
at weakside linebacker this sea-
son, but Calitro said it was the
game he started in Week 2 at mid-
dle linebacker that really helped his
development.
“The game just fi nally slowed
down for me. I don’t feel like I’m
playing catch up as much as I was at
the beginning of the season,” Cali-
tro said. “I got comfortable with
both positions and know how each
position is fi tting off each other.”
EUGENE — Bol Bol had
20 points and nine rebounds
as Oregon relied on its defense
and rebounding to get past San
Diego 65-55 on Wednesday
night.
Payton Pritchard added 12
points and seven assists for
the Ducks (6-3), who won the
rebounding battle 35-31 after
trailing 18-11 at halftime.
Oregon also held the Toreros
(8-3) to 34.6 percent shooting
in the second half and fi nished
with 11 steals and six blocked
shots, including four by Bol.
San Diego missed a chance
for its best start to a season since
it joined Division I in 1979-80.
Isaiah Pineiro led the Toreros
with 14 points, Olin Carter III
had 12 and Tyler Williams 11.
The Ducks went ahead to
stay on Bol’s driving bank
shot early in the second half
and pushed its lead to eight
points four times behind Bol’s
12 points after the break. Paul
White made two free throws
with 22 seconds left for the fi nal
margin.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Marshfi eld Tour-
nament, TBA; Warrenton at Salem Academy,
5 p.m.; Oregon School for the Deaf at Jewell,
5:30 p.m.; Pe Ell at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball — Oregon School for the
Deaf at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Gladstone at Seaside, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Marshfi eld Tour-
nament, TBA; Seaside at Scappoose, 5:30 p.m.;
Knappa at Portland Christian, 6 p.m.
Boys basketball — Warrenton at Astoria,
6:30 p.m.; Seaside at Scappoose, 7:30 p.m.;
Knappa at Portland Christian, 7:30 p.m.; North
Beach at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Wrestling — Seaside at Yamhill-Carlton, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Marshfi eld Tour-
nament, TBA; Ilwaco at North Beach, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball — Astoria at Cascade,
5:30 p.m.
Wrestling — Seaside at Nestucca, 10 a.m.;
Knappa at Downriver Challenge, 9:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Vernonia 45, Knappa 22
Knappa
6
4
6
6 — 22
Vernonia
21
13
7
4 — 45
KNA (22): Raven Corcoran 7, Carlson 6, Diet-
richs 3, Patterson 3, Miller 2, Weaver 1, Tischer.
VER (45): Brooklynn Walters 12, Lauren Ely 12,
Walters 10, Butcher 4, Everett 3, Coleman 2,
Hartman 2.
Northwest League scores
Vernonia 45, Knappa 22
Columbia Christian 43, Gaston 17
Neah-Kah-Nie 38, City Christian 36
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa 88, Vernonia 66
Knappa
17
30
23
18 — 88
Vernonia
16
6
21
23 — 66
KNA (88): Tristin Wallace 21, Eli Takalo 17, Kanai
Philip 11, Mason Westerholm 11.
Northwest League scores
Knappa 88, Vernonia 66
Columbia Christian 85, Gaston 63