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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, JANuARy 23, 2020
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SEASIDE HOLDS OFF ASTORIA
IN CLATSOP CLASH BATTLE
Taft tops
Warrenton
girls, 39-36
The Astorian
The Warrenton Lady War-
riors opened the league season
Friday night at Taft, where the
Tigers trimmed the Warriors,
39-36.
Taft improved to 8-6 over-
all, while Warrenton drops to
4-12.
The Tigers jumped out to a
9-0 start, before the Warriors
rallied and led at halftime.
Ayvree Meithe scored 10 of
her 13 points in the first half,
“But ultimately we couldn’t
pull it out, as Taft hit shots
down the stretch and we
missed some we needed to
make,” said Warrenton coach
Jake Mullins.
Kenz Ramsey also had 13
points, with four 3-pointers.
Melia Kapua and Grace Fritz
finished with four points each.
McMaster scores
35 for Fishermen
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
T
he outcomes were never really in
doubt for Tuesday night’s Clatsop
Clash basketball doubleheader at
Astoria.
With the difference in records and
rankings, the No. 3-ranked Seaside
boys were heavily favored to beat Asto-
ria, while the second-ranked Lady Fish-
ermen are heavily-favored to beat just
about anybody in 4A girls basketball.
Both games turned out as predicted,
as the Gulls defeated Astoria 61-53 in
the boys game, and the Astoria girls
topped Seaside 58-26 in game two.
If anything, the boys’ game provided
some scores that no one expected to see
— not with the Gulls fresh off an 80-50
win over No. 1-ranked North Marion
just four days earlier.
Just seconds into the second quarter
of the Cowapa League opener for both
teams, Astoria held a 20-8 lead over
Seaside.
The Fishermen turned an early 3-2
advantage into a 16-2 lead, with an
offensive rebound basket by Dylan
Junes capping a 13-0 run.
After Astoria’s lead reached 20-8, the
Gulls reeled off 17 unanswered points to
take the lead for good, 25-20.
Still, the Gulls looked nothing like
they did in their win over North Marion.
Seaside was just 3-for-15 from the
field in the first quarter, and finished
24-of-58 (2-for-17 from the 3-point
line), while Brayden Johnson — who
scored 34 in the victory over the Hus-
kies — was held to just four points in
Tuesday’s win.
“I was real happy with the way we
played,” said Astoria coach Kevin Goin,
whose team is finally approaching 100%
healthy, although “Ryan Stenblom was
sick as a dog. But he played and had a
heck of a game defensively.”
The offense — or nearly all of it for
the Fishermen — came from Colton
McMaster, as the 6-foot-2 sophomore
poured in a game-high 35 points, 14 in
the fourth quarter.
“(McMaster) did a great job in the
post,” Goin said. “He’s done a great job
all season, and the guys are feeling com-
fortable in getting him the ball.”
After Seaside’s 17-0 run in the first
half, the Fishermen never allowed the
Gulls to pull away, as they did against
North Marion.
Back-to-back three-point plays by
McMaster midway through the fourth
quarter, followed by a McMaster break-
away score, had Astoria within 50-47
with just over three minutes left.
But Seaside took advantage of a few
untimely Fishermen turnovers, Ever-
est Sibony connected on the Gulls’ sec-
ond 3-pointer of the night, and Seaside
finally made some free throws in the
closing minute to lock up the win.
“Seaside did a nice job, too,” Goin
said. “They kept their composure, and
Ryan Hague had an outstanding game,”
with a team-high 26 points. Stephen
Snyder added 15, as the Johnson’s (Beau
and Brayden) were held to a combined
five points, with Beau fouling out late in
the game. Sibony had nine key points off
the bench.
For Astoria, Stenblom fouled in the
final minute.
Neither team shot well from the free
throw line, with Astoria 8-for-18 and
Seaside 11-of-24.
Astoria’s tough week continues Fri-
day against Banks (followed by four
straight games on the road), while Sea-
side hosts Valley Catholic on Friday.
Rainier sweeps
Warrenton boys in
league doubleheader
Photos by Melissa Linder-Cho
ABOVE: Astoria’s Colton McMaster goes up for a shot against Seaside’s Stephen Snyder
(1). McMaster scored 35 in the Fishermen loss. BELOW: Astoria’s Isaac Brockman (2)
works against Seaside’s Ryan Hague in Tuesday’s Clatsop Clash.
It was a Rainier sweep Tues-
day night at Warrenton where
the Columbians scored two
victories over the Warriors in a
Coastal Range League basket-
ball doubleheader.
The first-place Rainier boys
improved to 3-0 in league play
with a 46-38 win over Warren-
ton, which falls to 6-8 overall,
1-1 in league.
The highest-ranked team in
the Coastal Range League at
No. 20, the Columbians are the
only team in the league with an
overall winning record (9-7).
In the girls’ game, Rainier
picked up its first league win
of the season with a 47-29 vic-
tory over the Warriors.
The Warrenton teams return
to action Friday for a double-
header at Clatskanie.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
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.;
Warrenton at Clatskanie, 7:45 p.m.
BASKETBALL
Astoria girls cruise to Clash win
The Astorian
In game two of the Clatsop Clash
doubleheader, Astoria had nearly all
the points it would need after just
one quarter, in a 58-26 win over Sea-
side in a girls basketball Cowapa
League opener.
Julia Norris (15 points) and
Brooklynn Hankwitz (11 points)
equaled Seaside’s total offensive
output, while six Fishermen players
hit 3-pointers and 10 players made
the scoring column for Astoria.
One important team statistic for
the Lady Fishermen is always their
opponent’s ratio of points-to-turn-
overs. And it wasn’t good for the
Gulls, who had 26 points with 32
turnovers.
Jadah Doney led Seaside with a
team-high six points, while Lilli Tay-
lor was held to five. The Gulls were
able to get off just 29 shots from the
field to Astoria’s 62 shot attempts
(22 made).
Utti is conference player of the week, again
Coaches Polls
(First place votes in parentheses)
4A Girls
1. Philomath (9) 126
2. Astoria (2) 108
3. Hidden Valley (2) 101
4. Baker 90
5. La Grande 64
6. Madras 57
7. North Marion 42
8. Molalla 36
9. Cottage Grove 34
10. Stayton 25
Others receiving votes: Mazama 13.
4A Boys
1. Marist Catholic (9) 116
2. Philomath (2) 104
3. Seaside 84
4. Cascade 80
5. North Marion (1) 75
6. Banks 55
7. Woodburn 51
8. Stayton 20
9. Henley 18
9. Klamath Union 18
Others receiving votes: Gladstone 17, Sweet
Home 13.
2A Boys
1. Western Christian (9) 99
2. Toledo (1) 87
3. Knappa 70
4. Columbia Christian 59
5. Santiam 55
6. Coquille 50
7. Oakland 44
8. Kennedy 22
9. Jefferson 10
10. Bandon 10
Others receiving votes: Butte Falls/Cra-
ter Lake 8.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Third time in
her college career
The Astorian
For the second consecutive
week, Fresno State junior and Sea-
side graduate Maddi Utti was named
Mountain West women’s basketball
Player of the Week, the conference
announced Monday morning. The
honor is the third of Utti’s career.
Last week, Utti recorded back-
to-back double-doubles to help
the Bulldogs to a pair of wins and
remain perfect in Mountain West
play at 7-0. They were her third and
fourth in a row, a run that goes back
to Jan. 4.
The Seaside native also became
the first player in the league this
season to post rebounding totals of
15 or more in consecutive games
during the same week (17 and 16).
During her double-double streak,
Utti recorded no less than 15
rebounds in a game.
In Fresno State’s five-point win
at San Diego State, Utti tied her
career-high on the glass with 17
rebounds while scoring 11 points.
With the Bulldogs holding a two-
point lead with 4:18 left in the
game, Utti scored the last points of
the contest with a three-point play to
push Fresno State’s lead to five.
Three days later, Utti collected 16
rebounds to go with 11 points in 25
minutes in an 89-59 win over Wyo-
ming. Her final point of the game
was the 1,000th of her career as she
became the 25th Bulldog to reach
the milestone. The junior recorded
six offensive rebounds in the game,
which led to nine points. She also
tied a career-high in assists with six,
which resulted in 16 points.
Seaside 61, Astoria 53
SEA (61): Ryan Hague 26, Snyder 15, Sibony
9, Langmo 6, Br.Johnson 4, Be.Johnson 1,
Bennett.
AST (53): Colton McMaster 35, Brock-
man 11, Williams 4, Junes 2, Stenblom 1,
Altheide-Nielson, Marincovich.
Seaside
8
23
12
18—61
Astoria
18
5
12
18—53
JV: Seaside 53, Astoria 37
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Fresno State University
Maddi Utti, Fresno State.
Astoria 58, Seaside 26
SEA (26): Jadah Doney 6, Taylor 5, Douglas 4,
McFadden 3, LaPlante 3, Owsley 3, Blodgett
2, Peterson.
AST (58): Julia Norris 15, Hankwitz 11, Helm-
ersen 8, O’Brien 6, Long 5, Fausett 4, Mat-
thews 3, Cole 2, Jackson 2, Espelien 2.
Seaside
7
5
5
9—26
Astoria
20
16
7
15—58