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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2019
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SWIMMING
Taft
sweeps
past
Seaside
The Daily Astorian
The Seaside swim
teams opened the new
year with a dual meet at
Taft last week, where the
Tigers edged the Gulls for
a pair of team victories at
the Lincoln City Swim
Club.
Taft scored an 85-75
win over the Seaside girls,
while the Tigers clipped
the Seaside boys, 82-80.
The Gulls still had
plenty of wins in the pool.
For the girls, Seaside
freshman Nicole Blan-
kenhorn had the best time
among 12 entries in the
50-yard freestyle (32.51
seconds, ahead of team-
mate Anna Huddleston’s
33.75). Blankenhorn also
won the 100-yard but-
terfl y in 1 minute, 16.87
seconds.
Seaside
sophomore
Brooke Blankenhorn was
the fi rst of three swim-
mers in the 200-yard free-
style in 2:50.09.
For the Seaside boys,
sophomore Henry Garvin
won the 50 freestyle in
29.56, placing ahead of
teammate Nick Konyha
(30.86). Garvin also took
fi rst in the 100-yard free-
style in 1:08.55.
Seaside swept the 200-
yard freestyle relay event,
with the girls’ foursome
of freshmen Nicole Blan-
kenhorn, Taryn Shay and
Emma Arden, along with
Huddleston, winning in
2:20.21.
The Gulls’ team of
Garvin, Chris Quashnick,
Sam Heroux and Konyha
won the boys’ 200 relay in
2:10.33.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Estacada at Asto-
ria, 4 p.m.; Seaside at Gladstone, 7
p.m.; City Christian at Knappa, 6:30
p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco
at Life Christian, 5:45 p.m.
Boys basketball — Estacada at Asto-
ria, 5:45 p.m.; Gladstone at Seaside,
7:30 p.m.; Southridge, BC at War-
renton, 6:30 p.m.; City Christian at
Knappa, 7:30 p.m.; Falls City at Jew-
ell, 5:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Life Christian,
7 p.m.
Swimming — Tillamook at Astoria, 4
p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Wrestling — Seaside 4-way meet, 5
p.m.; Astoria 4-way meet, 5:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls basketball — Columbia Chris-
tian at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Liv-
ingstone Adventist, 5:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Columbia Chris-
tian at Knappa, 7:30 p.m.; Jewell at
Livingstone Adventist, 7 p.m.
Wrestling — Warrenton at Rainier, 5
p.m.
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Knappa’s Eli Takalo will be the
top returning quarterback in the
state next season at the 2A level.
Knappa junior Kanai Phillip
made the all-state team as both
a receiver and defensive back.
Logger
lineman
Jaxson
Goodman made all-state on
both sides of the ball.
Knappa senior Luke Goozee is
the latest in a long line of Logger
all-state running backs.
FIVE KNAPPA PLAYERS
NAMED TO ALL-STATE TEAM
The Daily Astorian
F
ive different Knappa play-
ers landed seven different
spots on the Class 2A all-
state football team, released last
month.
The best part? The Log-
gers — who fi nished as the No.
4-ranked team in the state —
will have four of the fi ve players
back next season.
Knappa will defi nitely be one
of the front runners for the 2019
state title, with the return of all-
state quarterback Eli Takalo and
receiver Kanai Phillip.
Both were selected to the
fi rst-team offense as juniors,
while junior Jaxson Goodman
was a second-team offensive
line selection.
Running back Luke Goo-
zee capped his senior season
by being chosen third-team
all-state.
Defensively, Phillip was
named as a second-team defen-
sive back, junior Spencer Teague
was selected as a third-team
linebacker, and Goodman was
a third-team defensive lineman.
Carroll’s optimism for future outweighs Seattle’s early exit
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Once
Pete Carroll was fi nished
answering for the shortcom-
ings of a disappointing play-
off loss, the oldest coach in
the NFL started articulating
why he’s so excited about
what the future holds for the
Seattle Seahawks.
After listening to his enthu-
siasm, it’s no wonder Carroll
signed a contract extension
to stick around Seattle a few
more years to see if this group
of Seahawks can develop into
another championship team.
“That connection they
have to what we are asking
them to do, and the willing-
ness to practice that on a reg-
ular basis, to bring their atti-
tude and bring their energy all
the time, that’s rare. It’s spe-
cial,” Carroll said on Monday.
“And that’s what gives me
the thought; I can go back a
few years, I said the same
thing four, fi ve, six years ago,
whatever it was now, you
know? You can tell that the
nucleus and the core of the
team that you need to have a
AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth
K.J. Wright (50) and Bobby Wagner celebrate an interception
against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
championship club is here.”
Carroll’s feeling about the
direction of the Seahawks
after an unexpected 10-6
regular season and open-
ing-round playoff loss to Dal-
las mirrors that of many of his
veterans, who believe Seat-
tle is on a similar track to its
2012 team that unexpectedly
made the playoffs with a mix
of young talent and important
veterans — and a year later
won a Super Bowl.
No one is going as far as to
expect Seattle is going to be
playing for a championship a
year from now, but the Sea-
hawks overhaul last offsea-
son ended up being a quicker
rebuild than most expected
and has them in a place with
fewer question marks headed
into 2019.
Instead of continuing a
rebuild, the Seahawks could
be more supplementing with
the belief they are a contender.
“We’re pleased with the
progress that we’ve made
with the guys we have, so
we know we’re adding to.
We don’t feel like there’s big
voids and big holes, so we’re
going to add,” Carroll said.
“To make this roster more
competitive across the board
is really the intent and make
guys have to work harder to
hold their spots and have to
get better to do that. That’s
right at the heart of what
we’re all about, so we’re
really looking forward to
that.”
In the short term there was
still disappointment about
last Saturday’s 24-22 loss to
Dallas that ended Seattle’s
season.
Much of the frustration
about Seattle’s loss centered
on the offense and a game
plan that seemed conserva-
tive and slow to adjust.
Carroll tried to defl ect crit-
icism being thrown at offen-
sive coordinator Brian Schot-
tenheimer, pointing out the
success the offense had
during the season both devel-
oping the top running offense
in the NFL and having one of
the best scoring teams in fran-
chise history.
Seattle was held to just 73
yards rushing by the Cow-
boys and was 2 of 13 on third-
down conversions.
Nurkic paces
Portland in win
over Knicks
Associated Press
PORTLAND — It
really hasn’t been any eas-
ier for Jusuf Nurkic for the
past half-dozen games,
even if it appears that way.
Nurkic had 20 points
for his fourth straight
game with 20 or more and
the Portland Trail Blazers
beat the New York Knicks
111-101 on Monday night.
The 7-foot Bosnian
center has been on a roll
lately, averaging 21 points
and 11.8 rebounds in the
last six games for Portland.
“I work hard for that,”
Nurkic said when asked
about his recent suc-
cess. “I got in foul trouble
tonight, but I keep myself
in the game. We won, so it’s
good.”
UP NEXT: BLAZERS
• Chicago Bulls (10-30)
at Portland Trail
Blazers (24-17)
• Wednesday, 7 p.m.
TV: NSNW
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