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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARcH 6, 2019
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Naselle’s
Zimmerman
earns league
player of the
year honor
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Astoria junior Brooklynn Hankwitz
was selected first-team all-league
for the second year in a row.
Astoria’s all-league backcourt,
juniors Julia Norris and Hailey
O’Brien, top.
Seaside’s freshman Lilli Taylor
was a first-team selection.
Seaside’s Morgan Blodgett was
named to the first team.
Lilli Zimmerman, a senior girls bas-
ketball player at Naselle, has been named
the Columbia Valley League’s player of
the year.
Two of her teammates were named to
the all-league first team: Kenzie Glenn
and Taylor Gudmundsen. Junior Jaclyn
Steenerson was selected second team.
Sixteen of the league’s 20 starters were
named all-league.
Three Rivers Christian, which fin-
ished third in the four-team league, led
with five all-league selections. Concordia
Christian Academy and Naselle each had
four starters on the team.
COLUMBIA VALLEY ALL-LEAGUE
ALL FIVE ASTORIA STARTERS
NAMED COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
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SCOREBOARD
B
anks and Astoria were the co-league
champions for Cowapa League
girls basketball this season, but the
future belongs to the Lady Fishermen.
While both the Braves and the Fisher-
men had all five starters selected to the all-
league team, Astoria will return all five
starters next year.
Senior Aspen Slifka of Banks was
selected the league’s player of the year, and
was joined on the first team by senior team-
mates Rylie Kind and Gracie Nelson.
Astoria had three first-team selections
— juniors Brooklynn Hankwitz, Julia Nor-
ris and Hailey O’Brien. Fishermen sopho-
mores Kelsey Fausett and Halle Helmersen
were named honorable mention.
Seaside had four starters selected all-
league. Senior Morgan Blodgett was joined
on the first team by freshman Lilli Taylor, in
the first of her likely four years on the all-
league team. The Gulls also had senior Emy
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
4A state quarterfinals
(at Pacific University)
Thursday’s schedule:
1:30: Marist vs. Banks
3:15: Marshfield vs. Woodburn
6:30: Henley vs. Stayton
8:15: North Marion vs. Seaside
Kiser and junior Ruby Douglas earn honor-
able mention.
The league’s coaches of the year were
Brandon Begley of Banks and Astoria’s
Mike Jacobson, who finished the sea-
son with 318 career victories, now one
ahead of former Astoria coach Tighe Davis
(317-125).
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
Player of the Year: Aspen Slifka, Banks
Defensive Player of the Year: Aspen Slifka, Banks
Coaches of the Year: Brandon Begley, Banks; Mike Jacobson,
Astoria
AP Photo/Brandon Dill
First team
Aspen Slifka, Sr., Banks
Morgan Blodgett, Sr., Seaside
Brooklynn Hankwitz, Jr., Astoria
Sarah Jones, Sr., Valley Catholic
Callie Kawaguchi, Sr., Valley Catholic
Rylie Kind, Sr., Banks
Laci Lourenzo, Sr., Tillamook
Gracie Nelson, Sr., Banks
Julia Norris, Jr., Astoria
Hailey O’Brien, Jr., Astoria
Maddie Reeves, Sr., Tillamook
Lilli Taylor, Fr., Seaside
Honorable mention
Lexie Crabtree, Jr., Tillamook
Ruby Douglas, Jr., Seaside
Kelsey Fausett, So., Astoria
Halle Helmersen, So., Astoria
Emy Kiser, Sr., Seaside
Betta Minervini, So., Banks
Maggie Streblow, Fr., Banks
Cameron Wilder, So., Valley Catholic
Player of the Year: Lilli
Zimmerman, Naselle
Coach of the Year: Laurisa
Pearson, Concordia
First team
Lilli Zimmerman, Sr.,
Naselle
Kenzie Glenn, Sr., Naselle
Taylor Gudmundsen, Sr.,
Naselle
Macey Pearson, Sr.,
Concordia
Ashantay Truong, Sr., WA
School for Deaf
Allie Tyler, Sr., Concordia
Second team
Taylor Boatright, So,
Concordia
Breanna Ermshar, Sr,
Concordia
Bobbie Jo Gushman, Sr,
Three Rivers
Jaclyn Steenerson, Jr,
Naselle
Kamryn Wright, Sr, Three
Rivers
Honorable mention
Cindy Baker, Jr, Three Rivers
LeAnna Clearbrook, Fr, WA
School for Deaf
Emma McKinney, Jr, WA
School for Deaf
Kendal Newport, So, Three
Rivers
Jessie Tevis, So, Three Rivers
Naselle’s Lilli
Zimmerman, who
was named all-league
player of the year,
also earned the
sportsmanship medal
in the Comets’ WIAA
state loss to Mount
Vernon Christian.
It was presented
by Naselle athletic
Patrick Webb director Brian Macy.
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Grizzlies guard Mike Conley is fouled on a drive.
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Conley’s career-high sends
Memphis past Portland 120-111
By CLAY BAILEY
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —
Mike Conley scored 19 of
his career-high 40 points
in the fourth quarter as
Memphis used a late rally
to beat the Portland Trail
Blazers 120-111 Tuesday
night.
Conley made six of his
seven shots in the fourth
as Memphis erased a nine-
point Portland lead in the
final quarter with a 38-25
scoring advantage in the
period.
Delon Wright matched
his career high with 25
points and Jonas Valanci-
unas finished with 17.
CJ McCollum led Port-
land with 27 points, while
Damian Lillard added 24.
Maurice Harkless finished
with 20 points.
The Trail Blazers closed
out a seven-game trip, their
longest of the season.
Portland held the lead
through three quarters
and led 86-82 entering the
fourth.
The momentum shifted
in Memphis’ favor in the
middle of the fourth. Con-
ley hit a floater to cap 11-2
run that erased the Port-
land lead. After a few lead
changes, Memphis pulled
away, with the key basket
coming on a 4-point play
by Conley with 1:38 left for
a 113-107 lead.
Portland opened the
game pounding the ball
inside and that resulted in
an early double-digit lead.
Throughout most of the
game, the Trail Blazers got
to the rim easily on drives.
Memphis made a dent
in the Portland advantage,
but the Trail Blazers car-
ried a 63-61 lead into half-
time. Conley had 16 points
to lead Memphis, while
McCollum led Portland
with 14 points.
TIP-INS
Trail Blazers: Al-Fa-
rouq Aminu connected on
a 3-pointer in the first quar-
ter, giving him 403 in his
Portland career. That tied
him with Martell Webster
for 10th place on the fran-
chise list for 3-pointers
made. Portland ended the
road trip with a 5-2 record,
matching the best sev-
en-game road trip in fran-
chise history. Portland had
25 assists, the 26th game in
which they have recorded
at least 25 assists.
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