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A8 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019 CONTACT US FOLLOW US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports ATHLETES OF THE WEEK LILLI TAYLOR Seaside NIC PIOR Warrenton Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian T he sophomore guard for No. 12-ranked Seaside had a license to drive the lane, over and over, in a 45-31 nonleague win Dec. 10 over Scappoose. Taylor scored a career-high 28 points, including 8-of-10 at the free throw line. She also had 16 rebounds (seven off ensive boards) and fi ve blocks. Taylor had nine points and nine rebounds in another nonleague win at Corbett Dec. 12, before fouling out. Montesano boys hold off Astoria, 57-51 The Astorian SEASIDE — A bunch of untimely turnovers by Astoria, and some timely free throws for Montesano made the difference Thursday, in a fi rst round boys game of the Seaside Holiday Classic. The Fishermen fi nished with 27 turnovers, while the Bull- dogs connected on 17-of-23 free throws on their way to a 57-51 win over Astoria. Montesano was on the verge of breaking the game wide open midway through the second quarter, holding a 30-17 lead. That’s when Astoria’s Dylan Junes scored on a layup, Xan- der Marincovich followed with a 3-pointer and Isaac Brock- man converted a three-point play to spark a 19-8 run for the Fishermen. A jumper by Marincovich to open the fourth period had Asto- ria within 38-36, but that’s as close as the Fishermen would get. Braden Dohrmann connected on a 3-pointer for the Bulldogs, while Montesano was 8-for- 12 at the free throw line in the fourth quarter (6-of-8 in the fi nal 2:51) to help secure the win. The Fishermen could not take advantage of numerous offen- sive rebounds, but still fi nished 20-of-49 from the fi eld. Marin- covich had 20 points to lead all scorers, with Brockman adding 12 and Colton McMaster scor- ing 10 for Astoria. Wesley Bjornsgard had 12 points for Montesano. SCOREBOARD GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 60, Crook County 13 CC (13): Martins25 6, Taylor 4, McKamzap 2, McCall 1. AST (60): Hailey O’Brien 18, Jackson 8, Helm- ersen 6, Norris 6, Rasmussen 6, Hankwitz 5, Espelien 4, Long 2, Matthews 2, Fausett 2. Crook County 3 0 9 1—13 Astoria 24 15 11 10—60 BOYS BASKETBALL Montesano 57, Astoria 51 MON (57): Wesley Bjornsgard 12, Olsen 11, Tyler 8, Ridgway 8, Daniels 7, Dohrmann 6, Adams 3, Wills 2. AST (51): Xander Marincovich 20, Brockman 12, McMaster 10, Junes 5, Altheide-Nielson 3, Moore 1. Montesano 17 15 6 19—57 Astoria 8 19 7 17—51 Seaside 61, Newport 48 NEW (48): Fredy Hildalgo 24, Tapia 10, Bruns 8, Losier 6. SEA (61): Stephen Snyder 18, Hague 11, Br. Johnson 10, Be.Johnson 8, Sibony 8, Langmo 4, Bennett 2. Newport 11 13 15 9—48 Seaside 17 15 14 15—61 Knappa 63, Vernonia 27 Vernonia 7 14 2 4—27 Knappa 16 16 20 11—63 KNA (67): Eli Takalo 16, Phillip 11, Hoover 10, Westerholm 6, L.Morrill 6, Ramvick 5, Gale 5, McMahan 4, C.Morrill, Miller, Jackson, Miethe. Warrenton 38, Santiam Christian 34 WAR (38): Austin Little 9, Devin Jackson 9, Hordie Bodden-Bodden 9, Maddox 6, Mor- row 5. SC (34): Galceran 12, Bourne 8, Williamson 7, Villers 7. Warrenton 4 13 2 10 9—38 Santiam C 15 3 7 4 5—34 Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian I n the Warriors’ wrestling invitational Dec. 14, Pior won the championship at 145 pounds, scoring a 46-second fall over Knappa’s Addison Pietila, a 9-0 major decision against Ilwaco’s Christophe Lake, and a pin (2:30) against Ver- nonia’s Austin Sicard in the title match. Pior was named the meet’s outstanding wrestler for the lighter weights, contributing big points to Warrenton’s team championship. Seaside boys cruise past Newport The Astorian For the last three years, Newport vs. Seaside was the boys champi- onship game of the annual Seaside Holiday Classic. This season, the Cubs and the Gulls met in a fi rst round game of the Classic, with Seaside posting an easy 61-48 win over Newport. The heavy favorites to make the championship game for the sixth year in a row, the Gulls snapped a 36-36 tie in the third quarter with a 17-3 run to put the game away. Ryan Hague, Stephen Snyder and Everest Sibony all knocked down 3-pointers during the decisive run. Sndyer led a trio of players in double fi gures with 18, followed by Hague with 11 and Brayden John- son with 10. Sibony and Beau John- son scored eight points each. Seaside has won the boys’ cham- pionship of the Holiday Classic three times in the last fi ve years. Photos by Jeff Ter Har PREP ROUNDUP Astoria hammers Crook County, 60-13 The Astoria Lady Fishermen are already rounding into state champi- onship form, as they showed in a fi rst round game Thursday of the South Coast Les Schwab Tournament, in Marshfi eld. Astoria’s Hailey O’Brien scored 13 points in the fi rst quarter — which equalled Crook County’s total for the entire game, in a 60-13 win for the Lady Fishermen. O’Brien fi nished with 18 and Kajsa Jackson added eight for Asto- ria, which led 24-3 after one quarter, then outscored Crook County 15-0 in the second. Ten players made it into the scor- ing column for Astoria. Early run lifts Rochester over Seaside A 17-0 run in the fi rst half was enough for the Rochester girls bas- ketball team to pull away for a late- night win Thursday, in the fi nal girls game on Day 1 of the Seaside Holi- day Classic. Vernonia gets past Knappa, 47-32 The Astorian LEFT: Brayden Johnson scored 10 points in the win over Newport. RIGHT: Derrick Bennett contributed to the scoring in Seaside’s win over Newport. GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL Tied 4-4 early in the fi rst quarter, the Warriors scored 17 straight for a 21-4 lead, on their way to a 45-25 win over the host Gulls. Rochester senior Paige Win- ter scored 11 of her game-high 17 points in the fi rst half, and the War- riors drained 3-pointers from Lexi Sederberg-Jones, Megan Elkins and Maddix Schneider to pull away in the third quarter. Seaside — which lost freshman Caleigh Peterson to an injury in the fi rst period — was led by Ruby Douglas with 10 points and Lilli Tay- lor with eight. BOYS BASKETBALL Knappa pounds Vernonia, 63-27 The Battle of the Loggers is not much of a battle any more. Following Knappa’s four straight wins over Vernonia in football (42-17, 62-30, 40-7 and 50-6), the Knappa boys basketball team contin- ued the school’s dominance over Ver- nonia, with a 63-27 victory Wednes- day night on Knappa’s home court. Since Vernonia’s huge upset in the 2017-18 state tournament, Knappa has won three in a row over their Logger rivals, 88-66, 74-44, and Wednesday’s 36-point victory. And for the second time in three days, Knappa had a game offi cially locked up by halftime, leading Ver- nonia 32-21. Knappa went on to outscore Ver- nonia 20-2 in the third quarter and 11-4 in the fourth. Knappa “Really played with energy and effort tonight, particu- larly in the second half,” said coach Paul Isom. “We held them to six points in the second half and blew the game open in the third quarter.” Knappa’s Mason Westerholm “really fl ew around, getting a num- ber of defl ections and steals leading to easy baskets,” Isom said. “Kanai Phillip also played well on both ends. He was really aggressive offensively, which was great to see. “And then our bench again brought energy and intensity that we really needed,” he said. “Cameron Miethe and Shane McMahan had the diffi cult assignments of guard- ing Vernonia’s two best players, and both did an outstanding job. All in all it was a good team effort and another nice league win.” Eli Takalo scored 11 points, Phil- lip added 11 and Devin Hoover scored 10 for Knappa. — The Astorian After allowing a com- bined 30 points in their pre- vious two games, the Knappa girls basketball team gave up 47 Wednesday night to visiting Vernonia. And the visiting Log- gers defeated the home Log- gers, 47-32, in a key show- down between two Northwest League title contenders. “Our goal was to play aggressive defense, limit their top scorer’s touches and force them to make uncomfortable passes,” said Knappa coach Tracie Brockey. “For a major- ity of the game, our girls were successful in achieving that. We forced several turnovers (multiple fi ve-second viola- tions and 21 team steals) again tonight.” Vernonia’s top scorer, Brooklyn Walters, sat much of the second quarter, in which Vernonia scored just three points. “She and her sister, Jordan, are very strong, smooth shoot- ers with a deep range,” Brockey said of the sisters, who com- bined for fi ve 3-pointers. Meanwhile, “We got open looks in both halves that we just have to knock down,” Brockey said. “Despite our lack of fi nishing at the rim, it was only a six-point defi cit at the half, but we were unable to close the gap.” Vernonia took advantage of Knappa foul trouble and injury in the fourth. “I think the score is deceiv- ing,” Brockey said. “We can absolutely compete with a team like Vernonia. We had players step up defensively in ways I haven’t seen yet this season, and it was reassuring that we are progressing.” Aiko Miller fi nished with 12 points, fi ve steals and fi ve rebounds. Sophia Carlson, Madelynn Weaver, Katelynn Weaver and Megan Hellberg each contrib- uted four steals, while Hellberg had seven rebounds. Brooklyn Walters led Verno- nia with 13 points, followed by Jordan Walters (11) and Jayden Hartman (10). In other NWL girls’ action, Faith Bible defeated Portland Christian (49-33), and Colum- bia Christian topped Gaston (41-12).
