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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANuARY 18, 2019
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Gary Henley | Sports Reporter
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Perrydale wins
two at Jewell
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The Perrydale basketball teams
remain in first place atop the Casco
League standings, following a dou-
bleheader sweep Thursday night at
Jewell.
Perrydale opened with a 70-21
win over Jewell in the boys’ game,
as the first-place Pirates improved
to 9-1 in league play, while the
Blue Jays (0-13 overall) continue
searching for their first win.
The 10th-ranked Perrydale
girls’ team completed the sweep
with a 62-15 win over the Lady
Jays, helping the Pirates improve
to 9-1. Jewell falls to 3-6 in league,
4-11 overall.
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Season off to a fast start for Astoria’s Cummings
60 meters in 7.80 seconds, with
Cummings right behind in 7.83
Astoria High School gradu- seconds. Cummings finished with
ate Natalie Cummings officially the best time in the preliminar-
ies with a 7.84, one-hun-
opened her sophomore
dredth of a second ahead of
indoor track season for
O’Handley’s 7.85.
Portland State last week-
end, in the University of
Cummings’ time in the
Idaho’s Lauren McClus-
prelims shaved .13 sec-
onds off her best time as a
key Memorial open, held
freshman, and she knocked
Friday and Saturday at the
Natalie
another one-hundredth of a
Kibbie Dome in Moscow,
Cummings
second off that with her fin-
Idaho.
ish in the finals.
And it was a successful
O’Handley returned to the track
opener for Cummings, in her sec-
ond year with the Vikings.
to win the 200 meters in 25.39,
Portland State teammate Kris- again just ahead of Cummings
ten O’Handley and Cummings (25.7).
finished first and second, respec-
The Vikings have a week off
tively, in both the 60- and 200- before returning to action at the
meter races.
UW Invitational in Seattle, Jan.
O’Handley won the finals of the 25-26.
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Portland State University
Portland State sprinter Kristen O’Handley, center, won both the 60-
and 200-meter races last weekend in Idaho, with teammate Natalie
Cummings of Astoria, right, finishing a close second in both races.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Astoria at Banks, 7:30 p.m.; Sea-
side at Valley Catholic, 7:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Wil-
lamina, 7:30 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 6:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Astoria at Banks, 6 p.m.; Sea-
side at Valley Catholic, 6 p.m.; Warrenton at Willa-
mina, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7:30 p.m.; Pe Ell at
Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Wrestling — Knappa at Oregon Classic, TBA
SATURDAY
Girls basketball — Ilwaco at Pe Ell, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Tillamook Cheese Relays, 10 a.m.
Wrestling — Knappa at Oregon Classic, TBA
SWIMMING
(Wednesday’s results)
Astoria, Taft at Seaside
Girls
Team scores:
Seaside 97, Taft 70
Taft 91.5, Astoria 75.5
Seaside 105, Astoria 63
200 medley relay: 1, Seaside (Lin, Huddleston, Ben-
nett, N.Blankenhorn), 2:14.93. 2, Astoria, 2:17.71. 3,
Taft, 2:18.91.
200 freestyle: 1, Everett Towsey-French, Ast, 2:24.49.
2, Kendy Lin, Sea, 2:24.63. 3, Brooke Blankenhorn,
Sea, 2:33.34.
200 individual medley: 1, Lydia Prins, Taft, 2:48.89.
2, Cailin Bennett, Sea, 2:53.14. 3, Grace Peeler, Ast,
2:54.76.
50 freestyle: 1, Nicole Blankenhorn, Sea, 29.45. 2,
Anna Huddleston, Sea, 30.01. 3, Brieanna LeBoeuf,
Taft, 30.35.
100 butterfly: 1, Tori Smith, Ast, 1:11.22. 2, Napy
Meyer, Taft, 1:23.16. 3, Kara Spell, Sea, 1:37.83.
100 freestyle: 1, Kaisa Liljenwall, Sea, 1:04.62. 2, Ever-
ett Towsey-French, Ast, 1:07.53. 3, Nicole Blanken-
horn, Sea, 1:08.41.
500 freestyle: 1, Tori Smith, Ast, 6:25.12. 2, Sammy
Halferty, Taft, 6:53.72. 3, Brooke Blankenhorn, Sea,
6:59.87.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Seaside (Lin, Liljenwall, Hud-
dleston, N.Blankenhorn), 1:59.22. 2, Taft, 2:11.24. 3,
Astoria, 2:22.33.
100 backstroke: 1, Kendy Lin, Sea, 1:11.44. 2, Aubrey
Sciarrotta, Taft, 1:14.41. 3, Constance Rouda, Ast,
1:19.10.
100 breaststroke: 1, Sammy Halferty, Taft, 1:24.69.
2, Grace Peeler, Ast, 1:25.12. 3, Cailin Bennett, Sea,
1:30.06.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Astoria, 4:32.32. 2, Taft, 4:42.45.
3, Seaside, 4:45.15.
Boys
Team scores:
Taft 99, Seaside 68
Taft 100, Astoria 66
Astoria 86, Seaside 80
200 medley relay: 1, Taft, 1:55.11. 2, Seaside, 2:07.25.
3, Astoria, 2:08.99.
200 freestyle: 1, Sam Cortes, Taft, 2:01.48. 2, Riley
Cameron, Ast, 2:04.16. 3, Micah McLeish, Taft, 2:17.35.
200 individual medley: 1, Dylan Barrera, Taft, 2:37.00
2, Angel Moreno, Taft, 2:41.76. 3, Sean Olea, Sea,
2:47.15.
50 freestyle: 1, Hunter Lunstedt, Taft, 24.81. 2, Henry
Garvin, Sea, 25.34. 3, Ryder Dopp, Ast, 26.05.
100 butterfly: 1, Joram Hoff, Taft, 1:03.50. 2, Jose
Segura, Taft, 1:10.33, 3, Angel Moreno, Taft, 1:15.47.
100 freestyle: 1, Henry Garvin, Sea, 55.90. 2, Ryder
Dopp, Ast, 1:01.07. 3, Rocky Rub, Ast, 1:01.97.
500 freestyle: 1, Joram Hoff, Taft, 5:32.49. 2, Riley
Cameron, Ast, 5:43.68. 3, Micah McLeish, Taft, 6:41.17.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Seaside (Garvin, Matlock,
Quashnick, Konyha), 1:52.46. 2, Taft, 1:58.70. 3, Asto-
ria, 1:59.90.
100 backstroke: 1, Sam Cortes, Taft, 1:05.27. 2, Dylan
Barrera, Taft, 1:21.46. 3, Leif Rehnert, Sea, 1:21.97.
100 breaststroke: 1, Jose Segura, Taft, 1:16.10. 2, Nick
Konyha, Sea, 1:17.27. 3, Rocky Rub, Ast, 1:19.73.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Taft, 3:48.13. 2, Astoria, 4:02.99.
3, Seaside, Taft B, 4:35.35.
BASKETBALL
Coaching Polls
(first-place votes in parentheses)
4A Girls
1. Marshfield (12), 120
2. Banks, 97
3. North Marion, 94
4. Philomath, 86
5. Baker, 68
6. Hidden Valley, 54
7. Stayton, 49
8. Marist Catholic, 37
9. Newport, 18
10. Astoria, 16
Others receiving votes: Junction City, 14.
3A Girls
1. Blanchet Catholic (9), 107
2. Salem Academy, 96
3. Clatskanie (2), 90
4. Burns, 78
5. Warrenton, 57
6. Amity, 53
7. Yamhill-Carlton, 46
8. Pleasant Hill, 37
9. Riverdale, 17
10. Willamina, 16
4A Boys
1. Seaside (10), 136
2. Banks (4), 129
3. Marshfield, 111
4. Stayton, 94
5. Woodburn, 89
6. Valley Catholic, 49
7. North Marion, 32
8. Baker, 30
9. Philomath, 29
10. Henley, 27
Others receiving votes: Gladstone 18, Marist Catho-
lic 14.
2A Boys
1. Columbia Christian (13), 147
2. Western Christian (1), 135
3. Toledo (1), 123
4. Oakland, 98
5. Kennedy, 71
6. Knappa, 67
7. Sheridan, 57
8. Santiam, 47
9. Coquille, 21
10. Jefferson, 16
Others receiving votes: Butte Falls/Crater Lake, 15.
Edwards helps ASU edge Oregon State
By JOSE M. ROMERO
Associated Press
TEMPE, Ariz. — Rob
Edwards’ 13 points included two
clutch free throws in the final sec-
onds, and Arizona State held on
to hand Oregon State its first Pac-
12 loss of the season, 70-67 on
Thursday night.
The Sun Devils (12-5, 3-2 in
Pac-12) have won 10 straight
games over the Beavers at Wells
Fargo Arena.
Zylan Cheatham had 10 points
and 13 rebounds, and five Sun
Devils scored in double figures
to offset a pair of 21-point perfor-
mances from Oregon State’s Tres
Tinkle and Ethan Thompson.
Oregon State rallied from an
18-point second-half deficit to
trail by one and almost took the
lead.
Cheatham slammed home a
missed shot for a 68-64 lead,
but Tinkle hit from distance
again to make it a one-point
game with 22 seconds left. Ore-
gon State stole the ball on the
inbounds pass after a time-
out but turned the ball over a
moment later.
With a stunned crowd on its
feet, Edwards hit a pair of free
throws with 12.1 seconds left,
and Thompson’s 3 to tie the
game was rushed and well off
target at the buzzer.
The Sun Devils turned a nine-
point halftime lead into a 40-22
advantage with a fast start to the
second half. They scored the first
nine points while the Beavers
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
Oregon State forward Tres Tinkle drives past Arizona State forward Zylan Cheatham.
missed their first six attempts.
Oregon State (11-5, 3-1)
made it a tight game in the final
minutes with a furious come-
back, but came up short.
Arizona State opened the
game making just one of its first
seven shots and trailed 10-4
before going on a 10-0 run.
The Beavers went ice cold,
going more than eight min-
utes without a field goal in the
first half. The Sun Devils went
ahead 26-15 on a 3 from Rob
Edwards at the 4:20 mark.
Arizona State finished the
half up 31-22. Neither team
shot well in the first 20 min-
utes, but Oregon State was just
7 of 27 as a team. Arizona State
made only 4 of 10 free throws
in the first half.
Thompson had 10 of his
points in the first half, reaching
double figures for the 10th time
in his last 11 games and 11th
time this season overall.
Oregon cranks up defense to beat Arizona
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon
could feel the tide shifting. Ari-
zona had found an offensive
rhythm, the fans inside McKale
Center rising and roaring with
each made shot.
Unlike a week earlier, when
they blew a seemingly-insur-
mountable lead against UCLA,
the Ducks turned back the
charge and earned a win in one
of college basketball’s toughest
environments.
Call it a lesson learned.
Dominant defensively early
and poised down the stretch, Ore-
gon played a second straight solid
all-around game since losing to
the Bruins, holding off Arizona
59-54 Thursday night.
Paul White scored 16 points
and Victor Bailey Jr. added 13 for
the Ducks, who blew an eight-
point lead in the final 45 seconds
against UCLA.
“UCLA helped us, maybe get-
ting punched in the face, guys
knowing they need to step up,”
Bailey said.
The once-fast Ducks have had
to slow down in recent games due
AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
Oregon guard Payton Pritchard drives on Arizona forward Ryan Luther.
to a string of injuries, relying on
their defense rather than outscor-
ing opponents.
Oregon (11-6, 2-2 Pac-12) got
Kenny Wooten back after miss-
ing four games with a broken jaw,
though he played limited minutes
and star freshman Bol Bol was on
the bench in a walking boot.
The Ducks still stuck to their
shut-them-down game plan,
hounding Arizona (13-5, 4-1)
into one miss after another while
building a 13-point lead midway
through in the second half.
The Wildcats found an offen-
sive rhythm and pulled within
55-51 on Dylan Smith’s 3-pointer
with 1:24 left. Smith hit another
3 to get Arizona within 57-54
with four seconds left, but Pay-
ton Pritchard hit two free throws
to seal it.
Chase Jeter had 12 points and
10 rebounds for Arizona, which
shot 36 percent and went 6 for 22
from the 3-point arc.
“You have to give their defense
credit,” Arizona coach Sean
Miller said. “We were out of sorts,
never could get into an offensive
rhythm. Several of our guys had a
tough night shooting it.”
Arizona took control of the
early Pac-12 race after an uneven
run through its nonconference
schedule. The Wildcats opened
conference play with wins over
Colorado and Utah at home and
had a road sweep of the Bay Area
schools last week.
The Ducks had a rough start to
the Pac-12, losing to rival Oregon
State and blowing the big lead in
an overtime loss to UCLA. Ore-
gon bounced back with a 21-point
win over USC in one of its best
all-around games of the season.
The Ducks were good on the
defensive end against Arizona,
holding the Wildcats without a
field goal for nearly eight minutes
while building a nine-point lead.
Oregon held Arizona to 23 points,
8-of-27 shooting, including 2 for
11 from the 3-point arc and forced
nine turnovers to lead by eight at
halftime.
Seahawks sign former 1st-round QB Lynch
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — The Seat-
tle Seahawks are giving quar-
terback Paxton Lynch another
chance in the NFL.
Lynch’s signing Thursday
throws the former first-round pick
directly into the mix as a potential
backup for Russell Wilson.
Lynch was cut by the Den-
ver Broncos before the start of
the 2018 season. He started four
games in his first two seasons for
Denver after being the No. 26
overall pick in 2016 but was not
signed by any teams in 2018 after
being released.
Lynch was twice beat out
for the Broncos’ starting job in
training camp and was deemed
expendable after the acquisition
of Case Keenum last offseason.
Seattle has seen a revolving
door of backups behind Wilson,
but rarely have they been called
into duty. Wilson took every snap
of the 2018 season after Seattle
traded a late-round draft pick to
Green Bay to acquire Brett Hun-
dley. Hundley is an unrestricted
free agent.