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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020
SPORTS
Swimming: ‘The girls’
effort was impressive’
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Leif Rehnert, Leif DeWinter,
Sam Heroux and Henry Garvin
had the second-best time in the
200-yard medley relay (2:03.17),
behind Valley Catholic.
Another second-place relay
fi nish came from Shawn Col-
lins, Cameron Lippert, Justin Hal-
locks and Leif Rehnert in the 200-
yard backstroke relay, in a time of
2:15.81.
The Cheese Relays “are a great
opportunity to race with some dif-
ferent kinds of events,” Spell said.
“The girls’ effort was impressive,
due to only having eight swimmers
for the day.”
Garvin “had some impressive
legs in a couple of relays, includ-
ing battling through some cramp-
ing issues towards the end,” he
said. “Westin Carter was able to
make his competitive debut after
being cleared for action after
recovering from a foot injury from
soccer.”
Gulls score wins
in three-way meet
Four days later, the Gulls had
their second home meet of the sea-
son, hosting Tillamook and Taft in
a three-way dual.
In the girls’ team results, Til-
lamook defeated Taft (80-76) and
Seaside (74-69), and Taft topped
Seaside (79-76).
For Seaside, Shay (2:31.12) and
Brooke Blankenhorn (2:31.82) fi n-
ished 1-2 in the 200 freestyle.
Liljenwall (1:06.41) and Nicole
Blankenhorn (1:06.95) were sec-
ond and third in the 100 freestyle.
In boys’ team scoring, Taft
defeated both Tillamook (118-37)
and Seaside (88-81), while the
Gulls beat Tillamook (122-27).
Garvin (25.66) and Carter
(26.40) had the top two times in
the 50 freestyle, as well as the best
times in the 100 freestyle, Garvin
winning in 57.65 to Carter’s 59.46.
Carter, Logan Dennis, Luke
Vurley and Garvin teamed up
to win the 200 freestyle relay in
1:44.85.
Spell said, “The team was
excited about racing again at
home, and responded with a lot
of quality swims. The girls’ team
scores were competitive amongst
all the teams, and it’s great for our
swimmers to see some of the faster
individual swims as we get closer
to districts.”
The distance swimmers “had
some nice time drops, and over-
all there is growing potential to
advance a good number of swim-
mers to the second day of districts.”
Willamina closes out Warrenton girls
The Astorian
Warrenton played right with
No. 3-ranked Willamina through
three quarters Tuesday night in a
Coastal Range League girls bas-
ketball game at Warrenton.
But that’s exactly when the
scoring stopped for the Warriors,
as Willamina outscored Warren-
ton 12-0 in the fourth quarter for
a 42-23 win.
The Bulldogs — who have
no seniors and just three juniors
on their roster —are still perfect
in league play at 4-0, 15-4 over-
all, while Warrenton drops to 0-4,
4-15.
Trailing 12-4 early in the sec-
ond quarter, the Warriors rallied
with a pair of 3-pointers, and Ken-
zie Ramsey’s steal and score gave
Warrenton a 16-15 lead.
Willamina closed the fi rst half
with a 4-0 run for a 19-16 halftime
advantage.
Ramsey managed to keep the
Warriors close, drilling a 3-point
shot to force a 21-21 tie.
From there, Willamina’s Kira
Rankin scored off a steal, soph-
omore Piper Shrabel hit two free
throws and another 3-pointer gave
the Bulldogs a 28-21 lead.
The Bulldogs fi nished the
game on a 21-2 run.
“We ran out of gas in the fourth,
and (the Bulldogs) really got after
it defensively to pull away,” said
Warrenton coach Jake Mullins.
Ramsey led the Warriors with
seven points.
Westerholm
scores 40 in
Knappa win
at Vernonia
Lower Columbia Wrestling
Knappa Kids Wrestling
At 41 pounds, Knappa’s Gary (“LG”)
Newberry III took fourth, advancing
to the quarterfi nals.
Brayden Cooley, 10, of the Lower
Columbia Wrestling Club, took third
place in the 117-pound weight class
in the recent state championships,
Under 12 division.
The Astorian
Vernonia High School was
the “Westerholm Zone” Mon-
day night, for a Northwest
League boys basketball game.
Knappa
senior
Mason
Westerholm scored 40 points
to lead the Loggers to another
easy league win, 93-46, over
the other Loggers. Knappa
improved to 17-1 overall, 9-1
in league.
Since losing at Nestucca
Jan. 17, the Loggers have won
their last two games by a com-
bined 77 points.
And of their nine league
wins, Knappa’s average margin
of victory is 27.9 points.
That trend should continue
for at least another week, with
upcoming games against Port-
land Christian, Neah-Kah-Nie,
Faith Bible and Mannahouse
Christian.
“It was a great group effort,
but the story was Mason
Westerholm,” Knappa coach
Paul Isom said of Monday’s
win at Vernonia.
Westerholm connected on
11 3-pointers, which broke the
previous school record of 10,
held by Isom’s brother, Ryan
Isom.
“It was a very impressive
accomplishment, and couldn’t
happen to a better kid,” Paul
Isom said of Westerholm, who
joined Knappa’s “40-point
Club.”
Only fi ve other players have
scored 40 or more in a single
game in Logger history. The
single game scoring mark is
still 54 by Bob “Pudgy” Hunt
(in 1956 vs. Rainier), while
others on the list are Brian
Jackson, Steve Gertulla, Ron
McClintock and Tyson Bur-
nard. Jackson’s career high was
43.
As for Monday’s game,
Knappa held an early 7-5 lead,
then built a 51-31 halftime lead
to lock up the victory.
Young grapplers score big
The Astorian
The future of wrestling in Clat-
sop County is in good hands, as a
few youngsters showed last week-
end in the Oregon Kids State
Championships.
The youth wrestling event was
held Saturday and Sunday at the
Oregon State Fair & Expo Center,
where some young members of the
Knappa Kids and Lower Columbia
youth clubs posted some big results.
Lower Columbia had two partic-
ipants, and both placed.
Competing in the Under 12
(U12) novice category, Brayden
Cooley, 10, of Seaside took third
place in the 117-pound division.
Cooley lost his opener in
the championship bracket, then
bounced back in consolation with
four straight wins. He pinned
Damian Rael of the Silverton Mat
Club in 1:57, then followed with
a major decision against Lowell’s
Aayden Dillon (10-2), then back-
to-back pins over Rocco Caranna
of Deschutes (1:50) and Mattaeo
Calderon of the Rock of Redmond
club (1:52).
In the second place match, Hills-
boro’s Isiah Conner pinned Cooley
in 16 seconds.
Lower Columbia’s Kaison
Smith added team points with a
fi fth place fi nish at 170 pounds, in
the U16 Cadet division.
The Knappa Kids had six wres-
tlers competing, with three placing
in the U6 Peewee division.
Carl Isom highlighted Knappa’s
tournament with a third-place fi nish
in the 38-pound class.
Isom opened with a fall over
Oregon City’s Juniper Ramirez,
won a 15-10 decision against Vince
Leanos of the North Eugene club,
then pinned Alec Edgar-Storbeck of
Team Bucs in 2:50.
In the championship match,
Mauricio Reyes of the Ontario
Tigers scored a 15-0 technical fall
over Isom, who also lost in the sec-
ond-place match to Adriel Flores of
Madras.
At 41 pounds, Gary (“LG”)
Newberry III took fourth, advanc-
ing to the quarterfi nals, and after a
loss Newberry won three straight
in consolation before falling in the
third-place match.
Jameson “The Destroyer”
Landwehr took sixth at 45 pounds,
highlighted by a 26-second pin in
the quarterfi nals.
Other Knappa wrestlers who
made the trip to state were Easton
Bartlett (U8 Bantam), Cutter Bar-
endse (U10 Intermediate) and Zion
Ausmus (U12 Novice).
The 6U wrestlers “have had a
great season,” said Gary Newberry,
a Knappa coach. “They have been
putting in a lot of work, and it all
paid off.”
Astoria girls cruise past Tillamook
The Astorian
Astoria outscored Tillamook 24-0
in the second quarter Tuesday night,
highlighting an easy 76-24 win for
the Lady Fishermen in a Cowapa
League girls basketball game.
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Performing Scandinavian
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Four players scored in double
fi gures for Astoria, led by Hailey
O’Brien’s 20.
The Fishermen drop to No. 4 in
the OSAA rankings, but improve
to 3-0 in league, 16-2 overall. Tilla-
mook falls to 0-2 in league.
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