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Newspaper Page TextA8 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020 CONTACT US FOLLOW US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports SPORTS IN BRIEF Seaside knocks off No. 1 North Marion Sharp shooting lifts Gladstone boys over Astoria Gulls dominate in 30-point win Ten 3-pointers by Gladstone and nine missed free throws from Astoria made a big differ- ence Friday night at the Brick House, where the Gladiators posted a 68-50 win over Asto- ria in a nonleague boys basket- ball game. Gladstone had all the points it would need from just three play- ers, with Jeremy DeVoe scoring a game-high 24 points, followed by Jude Ashpole and Brandon Wanlass with 16 apiece. Colton McMaster led a trio of Astoria players in double ﬁ gures with 16 points. Ryan Stenblom scored 11 and Xander Marin- covich added 10 for the Fisher- men, who slip to 2-14 overall. Gladstone improves to 9-4. Astoria opens Cowapa League play Tuesday at home vs. Seaside. Nestucca boys upset Knappa, 55-53 Just two days after beating Columbia Christian, the No. 1-ranked Knappa Loggers lost their ﬁ rst game of the season, as Nestucca scored the major upset of the night in 2A boys basket- ball with a 55-53 win, Friday in Cloverdale. The Bobcats led 13-10 after one quarter before the Loggers rallied and held a 29-24 halftime advantage. Knappa maintained a 41-36 lead midway through the third period before Nestucca closed to within 46-43 to start the fourth. The ‘Cats continued their momentum swing into the ﬁ nal period, tying the game at 50-50 with four minutes left. Nestucca grabbed a 53-50 advantage with 2:38 remain- ing and still led 55-53 into the ﬁ nal seconds. Unlike Wednes- day’s win over the Knights, the Loggers were unable to come up with a game-winner, suffering a turnover with two seconds left. “Credit to Nestucca,” said Knappa coach Paul Isom. “They played a great game. They brought a ton of energy and intensity, and just got more and more conﬁ dent the later the game got.” Knappa dropped to No. 3 in the rankings, but still holds on to ﬁ rst place atop the North- west League standings at 7-1. The Loggers host Gaston (1-4) Thursday, followed by road games at Vernonia (2-5) and Portland Christian (2-3). Knappa girls fall short at Nestucca Nestucca senior guard Olivia Leslie drained three 3-point- ers in the second quarter, and that helped spark the Bobcats to a 60-42 win over Knappa in a Northwest League girls bas- ketball game Friday night in Cloverdale. “We came out very ﬂ at and didn’t execute our game plan,” said Logger coach Tra- cie Brockey. “We knew Olivia Leslie would be their primary scorer. She hit three three’s in the second quarter alone. We dug ourselves a hole in the ﬁ rst half (down 19) that was hard to recover from.” From there, Brockey said, “We switched to a box-and-one to neutralize her, and outscored them in the second half with a strong third quarter.” Speciﬁ cally, “Sophia Carl- son was attacking hard to the rim, especially toward the end of the third and she ﬁ nished the quarter with a great three-point play with a strong crossover,” Brockey said. “We need more of that — players who want to compete, want to be in the game any chance they get and aren’t afraid to battle and get physical.” Carlson ﬁ nished with a team- high 12 points and six steals, while Katelynn Weaver ﬁ n- ished with 10 points, six steals and ﬁ ve rebounds. Madelynn Weaver added six points and six rebounds. — The Astorian ‘WE HAVEN’T COMPETED FOR FOUR STRAIGHT QUARTERS THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE COMPETED FOR ALL FOUR QUARTERS.’ By GARY HENLEY The Astorian If the North Marion boys basket- ball team came into Friday’s game with the No. 1 ranking … what does that make the team that beat the Hus- kies by 30 points? Unbeatable? Unstoppable? Deﬁ - nitely awesome. Pick any of the above, and that would describe the Seaside Seagulls when they’re at their best. The point is, if the Gulls play like they did in the second half of Fri- day’s 80-50 win over North Marion … they will be unbeatable, unstop- pable and awesome. For much of the last four years, the Gulls have been the t eam to b eat in the world of Oregon 4A high school basketball. The Gulls seem to hold that title once again, following Friday’s thrashing, pounding and dismantling of North Marion. Although the Huskies put up a brief battle in the second quarter, that’s all it was. Brief. Midway through the third period, Seaside held a slim 38-35 lead. By Bill Westerholm | Seaside coach the end of the same quarter, the Gulls led 60-37. The 22-2 run was keyed by 11 points from Brayden Johnson — who also keyed the rest of the night for the Gulls, scoring a career-high 34 points, four points shy of the school record. From the 3:57 mark of the third quarter to the opening minutes of the fourth, Johnson scored 13 points, which included three 3-pointers and four points off his own steals. Ryan Hague added 19 points of his own, as the two seniors (by them- selves ) outscored the Huskies, 53-50. It was clear for all who saw it — when they’re on, these Gulls are unstoppable. “We haven’t competed for four straight quarters this year,” said Sea- side coach Bill Westerholm. “This is the ﬁ rst time we’ve competed for all four quarters. “The middle of the third quar- ter, I told them, ‘we’re up 11 right now.’ We’ve been in this position many times this year, and we end up playing even or having a letdown. We have to be smart and be solid on defense, and we ﬁ nally had a dif- ferent energy and a different focus tonight.” He added, “We’ve had four really good days of practice. We know what our RPI and ranking is right now, so we know we have to get some qual- ity wins, because we haven’t had a quality win yet. So we were looking forward to this game. We had a good game plan coming in, and this is the most focused I’ve seen this group of kids.” And the Gulls set the tone early, making every one of their ﬁ rst four shots from the ﬁ eld, which happened to be two 3-pointers from Brayden Johnson, and two triples by Beau Johnson and Hague. Not to be outdone — and show- ing a bit of their No. 1 ranking — the Huskies countered with three 3-pointers by Brady Hansen and an 11-2 run late in the ﬁ rst quarter, and led 23-22 early in the second period. That, however, was North Mari- on’s ﬁ nal lead of the night. A layup by Stephen Snyder and an offensive rebound basket from Derrick Bennett gave Seaside a 26-23 lead, and the Gulls never trailed again. The Huskies simply had no answer for Brayden Johnson and Hague, who combined for 35 second half points. “We came out on ﬁ re,” Wester- holm said. “Brayden obviously shot extremely well tonight. To him, he’s always open. And it’s OK when he makes ‘em.” Snyder ﬁ nished with 10 points. And once the Gulls made their 22-2 run, “we kind of had them where we wanted them,” Wester- holm said. “We started rebound- ing their missed shots and things started going our way. I’m proud of the kids for their effort and respond- ing, and now we’re going in the right direction.” Seaside opens the Cowapa League season Tuesday at Astoria. Warrenton posts league opening win against Taft The Astorian Vicki O’Brien Astoria senior Hailey O’Brien sets up on defense against Gladstone freshman guard Hanne Hopkins in Friday night’s win. Lady Fish tune up for league with a 61-31 win over Gladstone The Astorian G ladstone stayed with Astoria longer than most teams, trailing just 17-14 after one quarter, before the Lady Fishermen outscored the Gladiators 32-10 over the second and third periods on their way to an easy 61-32 win. Astoria closes out the nonleague sched- ule with a 13-2 record, ranked second in the latest coaches poll, with one ﬁ rst-place vote. The Fishermen held a 31-21 lead at half- time of Friday’s game, then pulled away with an 18-3 run in the third quarter. Astoria spread the scoring around, with Julia Norris leading all players with 13 points, followed by Sophie Long with 10. Hailey O’Brien added nine, while Kelsey Fausett and Kajsa Jackson ﬁ nished with eight apiece. The Lady Fishermen host Seaside to open the Cowapa League season Tuesday. North Marion defeats Seaside girls, 41-29 The Astorian SEASIDE — North Mar- ion never trailed in a nonleague girls basketball game Friday night at Seaside, where the Huskies defeated the Gulls 41-29. The game was tied early at 3-3 and 5-5, before back-to-back hoops from Megan Netter and Mya Ham- mack gave North Marion the lead for good. Lilli Taylor led Seaside with 10 points, but ran into foul trouble early. Taylor ﬁ nished the third quar- ter on the bench with four fouls, entered the fourth quarter with 5:24 left, and fouled out at the 5:10 mark. “We’re inching closer, but we had better ﬁ gure it out by Tues- day when we get the beast in the Brick House,” said Seaside coach Mike Hawes, referring to the Gulls’ Cowapa League opener Tuesday at Astoria. “Our effort was good, our exe- cution at times was good, but just a few too many turnovers (seven in the fourth quarter), a few too many unorganized possessions, and a few too many blunders against their full court pressure,” he said. “If we can keep whittling these things down, we have a chance, ‘cause we are not going to run and gun our way to victory.” The Warrenton boys basket- ball team opened league play Fri- day night on the road and scored a 55-39 win over the Taft Tigers. Dawson Little scored 19 points and Austin Little added 11, helping the Warriors tune up for a Tuesday night showdown with Rainier, in a possible preview of the Coastal Range League championship. “We played pretty well for the most part,” Warrenton coach Nate McBride said, following Friday’s win. “Jake Morrow played for the ﬁ rst time since Dec. 28, and it was good to have him back. We should get Devin Jackson back (this) week so it’s good to be get- ting healthy at the right time.” Warrenton was 3-for-23 from the 3-point line and 8-of-15 on free throws, but the Warriors had 16 steals and forced 20 turnovers. Hordie Bodden-Bodden had ﬁ ve steals to go with four assists, six rebounds and eight points. Morrow led the Warriors with nine rebounds with Hunter Xochipiltecatl adding eight points. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TUESDAY Boys Basketball — Seaside at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Perrydale at Jew- ell, 5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball — Seaside at Astoria, 7:45 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Perrydale at Jewell, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — Gaston at Knappa, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Gaston at Knappa, 7:45 p.m.; Jewell at Washington School for the Deaf, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Boys Basketball — Banks at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball — Banks at Astoria, 7:45 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Seaside, 7:45 p.m.; War- renton at Clatskanie, 7:45 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 61, Gladstone 32 GLA (32): Jade Rowley 11, Hopkins 8, Jedryko- wski 6, DeVeny 4, Pinner 2, Dilsaver 1. AST (61): Julia Norris 13, Long 10, O’Brien 9, Fausett 8, Jackson 8, Hankwitz 7, Rasmussen 4, Cole 2, Helmersen, Espelien, Matthews. Gladstone 14 7 3 8—32 Astoria 17 14 18 12—61 North Marion 41, Seaside 29 NM (41): Katie Ensign 12, Hammack 10, Craw- ford 7, Netter 6, Sahlin 3, Huapeo 2, Christen- son 1. SEA (29): Lilli Taylor 10, Douglas 7, Peterson 5, Doney 3, Blodgett 2, Snyder 2, McFadden, Owsley, Boyd. N.Marion 14 10 5 12—41 Seaside 9 5 9 6—29 BOYS BASKETBALL Gladstone 68, Astoria 50 GLA (68): Jeremy DeVoe 24, Ashpole 16, Wan- lass 16, Bulisco 5, Burlingame 4, DeWall 3. AST (50): Colton McMaster 16, Stenblom 11, Marincovich 10, Brockman 9, Altheide-Nielson 2, Williams 1, Matthews 1, Junes, Boudreau, Schauermann. Gladstone 20 16 18 14—68 Astoria 15 12 13 10—50 Seaside 80, North Marion 50 NM (50): Brady Hansen 17, J.Page 11, N.Wier- stra 7, Meyers 4, Jimenez 4, H.Wierstra 3, Arel- lano 2, Wilson 2. SEA (80): Brayden Johnson 34, Hague 19, Sny- der 10, Be.Johnson 8, Kawasoe 2, Sibony 2, Langmo 2, Bennett 2, Bartel 2. N.Marion 18 11 11 10—50 Seaside 19 14 27 20—80