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A8 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Athletes of the Week EMY KISER Seaside JACKSON JANUIK George Fox Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian Emy Kiser, Seaside George Fox University Jackson Januik, George Fox K iser was Seaside’s second-leading scorer and one of two all-tournament play- ers for the Lady Gulls in last week’s Seaside Holiday Classic, won by Elma. The senior guard scored 10 points and had four steals in a fi rst round 44-20 win over Crook County, followed by eight points and eight rebounds in a 38-28 victory over Cottage Grove. She fi nished with fi ve points, four rebounds and three steals in the championship game loss to Elma. Kiser was joined on the all-tournament team by Seaside freshman Lilli Taylor. Lillard’s 3-pointer in OT lifts Blazers over the Warriors T he Seaside High graduate had his biggest week at the collegiate level. A sophomore guard at George Fox University, Januik opened his week with a career-high 20 points in a 92-81 loss to the nation’s No. 1-ranked Division III team from Nebraska Wesleyan. He was 8-for-12 from the fi eld (4-5 from the 3-point line), with six assists and two steals. Two nights later, he had a team-high 19 points in a 78-68 win over Chapman. He was 5-for-6 from the 3-point line. Less than 24 hours later, he had six assists in a 107-68 victory at La Verne. HOOPS ROUNDUP Astoria gets defensive in win over Elma By JANIE McCAULEY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Damian Lillard certainly left his mark over the years at Oracle Arena, and again in perhaps his fi nal visit to a building he frequented as an NBA- crazed boy. Lillard hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds left in overtime and scored 21 points back home in Oak- land, sending the Portland Trail Blazers past the Golden State Warriors 110-109 in a wild one Thursday night. Lillard shot 7 for 20 with friends and family cheering him in the Blazers’ fi nal sched- uled trip to Oracle Arena before the Warriors move to San Fran- cisco next season. “That’s a hell of a way to go out,” Lillard said. “We needed this win. It was a big game for us, especially having to play them two times in a row, hav- ing to play such a solid game.” Kevin Durant missed a 13-footer off the front rim as the fi nal buzzer sounded but fi nished with his second tri- ple-double of the season: 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. “I’ve got to make that shot, plain and simple,” Durant said. Jusuf Nurkic had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Blaz- ers, who helped coach Terry Stotts pass Rick Adelman for second place on the Blazers’ career wins list with 292 behind Jack Ramsay’s 453. Stotts sipped some celebratory bub- bly afterward. The Warriors couldn’t over- come a comedy of errors in los- ing a second straight at home. They took a 127-101 beating from the Lakers on Christmas night. Seth Curry largely outplayed big brother and Golden State star Stephen — whose poor pass with the Warriors lead- The Daily Astorian T AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, shoots next to Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard during the fi rst half of Thursday’s game in Oakland, Calif. ing by two was stolen on the sequence that led to Lillard’s shot. Stephen Curry made a 3-pointer with 10:46 to play in regulation, then his little brother rattled off 11 in a row with three consecutive 3s. Klay Thompson’s shooting struggles continued. He went 6 for 19 and was just 2 of 9 on 3-point tries on the way to 15 points. Curry’s 33-footer with 8:42 left in the third on a pass from Draymond Green got Golden State within two, then Curry found Green for a tying layup the next time down to make it 55-all. A series of silly mistakes fol- lowed: Thompson made a steal and threw it toward midcourt and Green couldn’t keep the ball from going over the line for a backcourt violation, as Portland regained possession. Then, Green clanked a one- handed dunk try off the back of the rim. This after he had ear- lier thrown a pass off Thomp- son’s head. he Elma Eagles couldn’t buy a basket Thursday night. And they didn’t come very cheap for the Astoria Fishermen, either. Both teams struggled from the fi eld in the defensive boys basket- ball matchup that concluded Day 1 of the 50th annual Vince Dulcich Memorial Tournament at Astoria High School. While the Eagles fi nished 9-for- 56 from the fi eld, the Fishermen at least improved a little in the sec- ond half and fi nished 15-for-47, for a low-scoring 37-24 win over the visitors. Astoria led just 20-10 at half- time, then broke the game open in the third quarter for a 29-13 advan- tage heading into the fi nal period, where Elma scored 11 of its 24 points. Despite the low number of points, Astoria had a balanced scoring effort. Xander Marin- covich led the way with 10 points, followed by Ian Hunt (nine), Josh Olson (eight) and Isaac Brockman (seven). The Fishermen play the fi nal game each night for the remain- der of the tournament. Astoria faces Rainier tonight (6:45 p.m.), and fi nish Saturday vs. Ridgefi eld (6:45 p.m.). Astoria girls rally in win over Redmond A combined 46 turnovers kept the offensive highlights to a min- imum in a nonleague girls bas- ketball matchup Thursday night between Redmond and Astoria, a fi rst round game of the Vince Dul- cich Memorial Tournament. The Lady Fishermen won 56-46 despite missing 42 shots from the fi eld, as the Panthers con- tributed 31 turnovers in the third girls’ game of the day at the Brick House. Action continues today and Saturday at Astoria High School in the 50th annual tournament. Astoria faces Rainier at 5 p.m. today, then fi nishes the tourna- ment Saturday vs. Centennial, also a 5 p.m. tipoff. The Lady Fishermen struggled from the free throw line (10-for- 21) in Thursday’s game, while the Panthers were just 6-of-11. Redmond also had 19 turnovers in the fi rst half, but still led 24-22 at halftime, as Astoria missed its last seven free throw attempts of the second quarter. The Fishermen trailed by as much as 33-28 in the third period, before Astoria’s Halle Helmersen connected on two 3-pointers — back-to-back — that helped Asto- ria take a 35-33 lead into the fi nal quarter. Fisherman junior Hailey O’Brien led all scorers with 17 points, while Kajsa Jackson fi n- ished with 16, despite spending much of the night in foul trouble. Warrenton girls score big win over Salem Academy The Warrenton girls basketball team was looking more like the state title contenders they’re hop- ing to be in a 38-37 win Thurs- day afternoon over No. 2-ranked Salem Academy on Day 1 of the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton. The win over the Crusad- ers came exactly two weeks after Salem Academy defeated Warren- ton 46-17 in a nonleague game on the Crusaders’ home fl oor. Highlighted by a buzzer-beat- ing shot to end the third quarter, Warrenton’s Claire Bussert scored 20 points to lead the Warriors in Thursday’s win, their biggest of the season. Warrenton is still missing senior post Fernanda Alvarez, but held off Salem Academy down the stretch. “We just made the plays when we needed to make them,” said Warrenton coach Robert Hoepfl . “It was a great team win, and everybody contributed. Claire was just hitting big shot after big shot. Kenzie (Ramsey) only scored six points, but they came on two big 3-pointers.” The Warriors are scheduled to play host Stayton at 7:30 p.m. tonight, and the tournament con- cludes Saturday. Warrenton jumps to fi fth in the latest OSAA rank- ings, while Salem Academy drops to sixth. Just six days after Seaside defeated Cottage Grove 38-28 in the Seaside Holiday Classic, the Lions completed a 31-point turn- around Thursday with a 58-37 win over the Gulls in another fi rst round game of the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton. Seaside boys fl y past South Eugene, 68-51 South Eugene managed to keep it close for a while, but Seaside eventually pulled away and got the win Thursday as the Gulls eas- ily topped the Class 6A Axemen 68-51 in a fi rst round boys basket- ball game of the Summit Holiday Tournament in Bend. South Eugene rallied from a 17-11 defi cit to tie the score in the second period, but 3-point bas- kets by Seaside’s Payton Wester- holm and Chase Januik — coupled with a few breakaway buckets — helped the Gulls take command before halftime, 39-26. The Axemen couldn’t keep up with Januik and Westerholm, who combined for 32 of Seaside’s 39 points in the fi rst half. Seaside is slated to play either Bend or Pendleton today in the second round of the tournament, which concludes Saturday. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Girls basketball — Seaside, Warrenton at Stayton Tournament, TBA; Jewell at NKN Tournament, TBA Boys basketball — Seaside at Summit Holiday Tour- nament, TBA; Warrenton at NKN Tournament, TBA; Jewell at NKN Tournament, TBA SATURDAY Girls basketball — Seaside, Warrenton at Stayton Tournament, TBA; Jewell at NKN Tournament, TBA Boys basketball — Seaside at Summit Holiday Tour- nament, TBA; Warrenton at NKN Tournament, TBA; Jewell at NKN Tournament, TBA Wrestling — Knappa at Clatskanie tournament, 10 a.m. Dulcich Memorial Tournament Friday’s schedule Girls 10 a.m.: Centennial vs Redmond 1:30: Gladstone vs Hood River 5:00: Astoria vs Rainier Boys 11:45 a.m.: Ridgefi eld vs Redmond 3:15: Elma vs Tillamook 6:45: Rainier vs Astoria Saturday’s schedule Girls 10 a.m.: Redmond vs Gladstone 1:30: Hood River vs Rainier 5:00: Centennial vs Astoria Boys 11:45 a.m.: Tillamook vs Redmond 3:15: Rainier vs Elma 6:45: Astoria vs Ridgefi eld BOYS BASKETBALL Astoria 37, Elma 24 ELM (24): Cody Vollan 9, Jacobson 5, Moore 4, John- ston 3, Schneider 3. AST (37): Xander Marincovich 10, Hunt 9, Olson 8, Brockman 7, Long 3, Stenblom. Elma 7 3 3 11 — 24 Astoria 10 10 9 8 — 37 GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 56, Redmond 46 RED (46): McKaylie Capps 14, Kitchin 11, Fox 8, Cor- win 8, Heikkila 5. AST (56): Hailey O’Brien 17, Jackson 16, Helmersen 8, Fausett 6, Norris 5, Long 4, Cole, Lyngstad. Redmond 14 10 9 13 — 46 Astoria 16 6 13 21 — 56 Warrenton 38, Salem Academy 37 WAR (38): Claire Bussert 20, Ramsey 6, M.Heyen 6, Diego 4, Kapua 2, Miethe, Dejesus. SA (37): Kirsten Koehnke 12, Brown 11. Warrenton 12 8 7 11 — 38 S.Academy 9 4 8 16 — 37
