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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANuARY 16, 2019
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Warrenton boys
knock off first place
Clatskanie, 52-41
After an unexpected loss
Saturday at Taft, the Warrenton
boys basketball team returned
to the place where they can
always count on a win: their
own home court.
The Warriors took down
Clatskanie in a Coastal Range
League game Tuesday night,
52-41, as Warrenton evened its
league record at 3-3.
The Warriors did it the usual
way — 19 points from Dalton
Knight, and hitting 12-of-17
free throws in the fourth quar-
ter to seal the victory.
“We took the lead in the
final minute of the half, and
never gave it up the rest of the
game,” said Warrenton coach
Nate McBride. “(The Tigers)
closed within one twice in the
second half, but could never get
any closer.”
Devin Jackson and Ayden
Stephens added 10 points
apiece for Warrenton.
Seventh-ranked Clatskanie
— which defeated the War-
riors 65-51 Jan. 2 — hosts War-
renton Feb. 1, as the Warriors
prepare for four straight road
games.
Clatskanie girls hold
off Warrenton, 55-45
Warrenton had the home
court advantage and the return
of Fernanda Alvarez, but that
still wasn’t enough to over-
come the Clatskanie Tigers.
The state’s No. 2-ranked
team at the 3A level managed
a 55-45 win Tuesday night over
the Warriors, in the battle for
supremacy in Coastal Range
League girls basketball.
Clatskanie’s victory keeps
the Tigers in first place in the
league standings at 5-0, while
Warrenton drops to 4-2. The
two teams meet again Feb. 1 in
Clatskanie, and then likely at
a neutral site to determine the
league’s No. 1 seed to the state
playoffs.
The Warriors held an early
four-point lead, but trailed
15-12 after one quarter. Clats-
kanie closed the first half on a
7-0 run for a 30-19 lead at the
break.
Still, Warrenton rallied and
trailed by just three points with
three minutes left in the game,
before the Tigers hit some free
throws to secure the win.
Warrenton coach Robert
Hoepfl was “super proud of our
focus and effort tonight, and we
will build from this,” he said.
“You have to tip your hat to
Clatskanie. They hit a bunch of
really tough shots.”
Kenzie Ramsey made five
3-pointers to lead the Warriors
with 15 points, while Claire
Bussert finished with 12. Alva-
rez scored eight points in her
second game back from an
ankle injury.
— The Daily Astorian
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Knappa at Faith Bible,
7 p.m.; Perrydale at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball — Knappa at Faith Bible,
8:30 p.m.; Perrydale at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Swimming — Astoria/Taft at Seaside, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 57, Seaside 31
AST (57): Hailey O’Brien 20, Hankwitz 18, Jack-
son 4, Norris 3, Fausett 3, Helmersen 2, Long 2,
Lyngstad 2, Rasmussen 2.
SEA (31): Annaka Garhofer 9, Taylor 6, Douglas
5, Goin 3, Zagata 2, Blodgett 2, Kiser 2, Doney 2.
Astoria
13
19
13
12 — 57
Seaside
10
11
6
4 — 31
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 83, Astoria 43
AST (43): Ian Hunt 13, Marcus Soderstrom 13,
Stenblom 5, Johnson 5, Samuelson 2, Matlock
2, Marincovich 2, Altheide-Nielson 1, Brock-
man, Ploghoft.
SEA (83): Chase Januik 21, Br.Johnson 19,
Hague 12, Thompson 10, Westerholm 10, Be.
Johnson 5, Meyer 4, Sibony 2.
Astoria
6
15
6
16 — 43
Seaside
23
16
22
22 — 83
JV: Astoria 45, Seaside 39
Warrenton 52, Clatskanie 41
CLA (41): Cooper Blodgett 17, Combs 8, Jones
4, Osborn 3, D.Evenson 3, Shockley 2, F.Even-
son 2, Moravec 2.
WAR (52): Dalton Knight 19, Jackson 10, Ste-
phens 10, Little 7, Morrow 6, Maddox, Kapua.
Clatskanie
11
7
9
14 — 41
Warrenton
8
12
12
20 — 52
CLATSOP CLASHES
Seaside scores win over Astoria
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Xander Marincovich, left, comes down with a rebound for Astoria during the Clatsop Clash.
Januik scores 21 for Gulls
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
T
he Astoria boys basketball team
faced long odds Tuesday night at
Seaside.
Over their previous 32 home games,
the Gulls have a 31-1 record on their home
court. And the two-time defending state
champions weren’t planning on opening
the new league season with a loss.
Seaside had things locked up after one
quarter with the Fishermen, leading 23-6
on its way to an easy 83-43 win.
Players scramble for a loose ball.
A flurry of 3-pointers from Brayden
Johnson, Beau Johnson and Chase Januik
helped the Gulls extend their lead to 31-6,
before Astoria closed the first half with
3-point shots from Ian Hunt and Marcus
Soderstrom.
But any hopes of an upset the Fisher-
men had at halftime quickly disappeared
in the opening minutes of the third quar-
ter, as Seaside opened the second half on
a 20-4 run.
The Gulls finished with five players
in double figures, led by Januik with 21
and Brayden Johnson, who had 19 points
off the bench. Ryan Hague added 12, fol-
lowed by Duncan Thompson and Payton
Westerholm with 10 apiece.
Hunt and Soderstrom had 13 points
each for Astoria, which was missing Josh
Olson from the lineup.
Hailey & Hankwitz lead Astoria past Seaside girls
Fishermen force 29 turnovers
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Mike Jacobson had 125 wins as
girls basketball coach at Seaside High
School, from 2006 to 2012. And many
of those wins came by way of the usual
style — taking lots of shots and forcing
lots of turnovers.
Jacobson is still collecting wins as a
coach, only now it’s with Astoria. And
instead of Ashley Mayfield and Marla
Olstedt scoring the points, it’s Brook-
lynn Hankwitz and Hailey O’Brien.
But the style is still the same — an
offense that likes to shoot the ball, and
a defense that forces lots of turnovers.
Jacobson’s Astoria team did all of the
above Tuesday night for a 57-31 win at
Seaside, in a Cowapa League season
opener.
The Lady Fishermen had 63 shot
attempts (made 23), and Astoria’s press-
ing defense forced 29 turnovers. They
picked up a few fouls along the way, but
that’s just being aggressive.
Ten players made the scoring column
for Astoria, led by O’Brien’s 20 points,
and 18 from Hankwitz, who made three
3-pointers.
“Brooklynn has been working on
that part of her game, for sure,” said
Jacobson, who picked up career win
No. 311 overall (he also had 117 victo-
ries as Knappa coach). “Hailey, when
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Lilli Taylor gets wrapped up by Brooklynn
Hankwitz, right, and the rest of the
Astoria defense.
she attacks the basket the way she can,
it opens up for our shooters when she
does drive.”
But, “still too many fouls,” he said.
“But we are getting there. Good ball
movement, and we are improving
defensively by getting in the passing
lanes and anticipating. Everyone played
well tonight.”
Astoria trailed 6-4 early, but a three-
point play by Hankwitz gave the Fisher-
men the lead for good at 7-6.
The key stretch came midway through
the first half, when Astoria turned an
11-7 lead into a 25-12 advantage.
Hankwitz highlighted the run with a
pair of 3-pointers, and O’Brien finished
the first half with 11 points.
Seaside was coming off a close road
loss last week at North Marion, the
state’s fourth-ranked team.
While the Huskies had 31 points for
the entire game, the Fishermen had 32
points in the first half alone in Tuesday’s
game.
Astoria continued its hot pace on
offense in the second half, while the
Fishermen defense allowed just 10
points over the final 16 minutes.
“That’s a good team, especially when
they shoot the ball,” Seaside coach Mike
Hawes said of the Fishermen. “But we
have to be able to pass to each other and
not to them.”
Annaka Garhofer scored nine points
off the bench to lead Seaside.
The Fishermen improve to 12-5
overall, in their tune-up for a first-place
Cowapa League showdown Friday at
Banks.
College hoops: Oregon State at Arizona highlights week in Pac-12
Associated Press
A look at things to watch this
week in the Pac-12 Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEK: Ore-
gon State at Arizona, Saturday. The
Wildcats and Beavers had some
bumps in the nonconference road,
but find themselves atop the Pac-
12 with Washington. Arizona (13-
4) leads the conference at 4-0 and
Oregon State (11-4) is 3-0 for its
best conference start since 1992-
93. If both get through their first
games this week, Saturday at McK-
ale Center could be for first place.
LOOKING AHEAD: Wash-
ington (12-4) opens the week
against Stanford on Thursday and
plays California on Saturday in its
bid to remain atop the Pac-12. ...
The Pac-12’s two winless teams in
conference meet Thursday, when
California (5-11, 0-4) meets Wash-
ington State (7-9, 0-3). ... Arizona
State has won eight straight meet-
ings against Oregon — fifth longest
active in the conference — when
the teams meet on Saturday.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
Oregon State leads the Pac-12 in
shooting percentage (.469) and
shooting defense (.393). Four teams
in conference history have led
both categories in a season, last by
UCLA in 1995-96. ... The road trip
through Arizona has not been swept
since 2016-17, the longest stretch in
the conference. The Arizona sweep
has happened four times since the
conference expanded in 2011-12.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ste-
phen Thompson Jr., Oregon State.
The Beavers’ senior averaged 25.5
points, 8 rebounds and 5.5 assists
in victories over USC and UCLA.
He made 17 of 34 shots and had a
career-high 34 points, 10 rebounds
and five assists against USC.
ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE:
No. 19 Arizona State has a tough
two-week stretch going, facing
No. 5 Oregon and No. 10 Oregon
State on the road this week after
playing No. 6 Stanford and No. 24
Cal last week. . ... Stanford coach
Tara VanDerveer needs two wins
to reach 900 at The Farm. The Car-
dinal host the Washington schools
this week. ... Stanford’s Alanna
Smith was named the Pac-12 player
of the week after averaging 22.5
points and 10 rebounds in wins
over the Arizona schools.