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THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, FEbRuARy 11, 2020
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A CLATSOP CLASH FAREWELL
TO SEASIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Wins for Astoria girls,
Seaside boys teams
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
EASIDE — The final Clatsop
Clash basketball games of 2019-20
went out with a bang Friday night.
No major upsets, but the four teams
at least put on a show for the last Clatsop
Clash to be played alongside U.S. High-
way 101.
Barring any state playoff meetings
between the two schools, the last basket-
ball games between the Fishermen and
Gulls at Seaside High School (before it
moves to its new campus) played out as
expected.
In game one of Friday’s doubleheader,
the No. 2-ranked Astoria girls took advan-
tage of one bad quarter for the Lady Gulls
in a 49-38 win over Seaside.
And the No. 2-ranked Seaside boys
capped the Clash with a non-memorable
finish, in a 65-37 victory over Astoria.
The Lady Fishermen and the Seaside
boys both have plans on playing for state
championships March 14 in Forest Grove,
but neither team was at its best Friday
night.
The Astoria girls trailed 8-1, missed
their first eight shots from the field and
committed 22 turnovers; and the Seaside
boys missed 20 shots from the 3-point
line.
For the most part, Friday’s games will
be mostly forgotten by the time the next
Clatsop Clash league meeting in Seaside
takes place.
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Girls
Astoria 49, Seaside 38
Winners of two games straight and
fresh off a win at Banks, Seaside was hop-
ing to pull off an upset against Astoria in
the girls’ game.
But after jumping out to an 8-1 lead,
the Lady Gulls were outscored 24-9 the
remainder of the first half, then commit-
ted 15 turnovers in the third quarter and
trailed 40-25 going into the fourth.
Astoria had 15 turnovers of its own in
the second half, and missed 31 shots from
the field.
Still, the Lady Fish improved to 5-0 in
league play, and can officially lock up the
Cowapa title with a win Tuesday at Banks.
Julia Norris and Brooklynn Hankwitz
scored 17 points apiece for Astoria, with
Norris scoring 11 in the second quarter.
Ellisa Blodgett had 13 points and Ruby
Douglas added 10 for Seaside, which
plays Tuesday at Valley Catholic, while
the Fishermen travel to Banks.
“We had to avoid any sustained
stretches of turnovers,” said Seaside coach
Mike Hawes. “The third quarter it looked
like we forgot everything we already had
done. We thought we could throw the ball
over (Kelsey) Fausett, when clearly we
couldn’t.”
But, he said, “we were better through
most of the night, as I thought we would.
Nice to have Elly (Blodgett) help with
some scoring. I think we can beat a lot
of teams with that effort, just not Asto-
ria. You can’t have any bad stretches, plus
(against a team) that has a lot of offensive-
ly-skilled kids.”
Melissa Linder-Cho
Ryan Stenblom’s steal and dunk for Astoria was the highlight of the night in the boys’ Clatsop Clash game.
Boys
Seaside 65, Astoria 37
In their previous meeting in January,
Astoria held first half leads of 16-2 and
20-8 over Seaside, and Fisherman sopho-
more Colton McMaster scored 35 points.
The Gulls made sure that neither hap-
pened in the rematch.
Seaside trailed 8-4 early in Friday’s
game, but less than five minutes later, the
Gulls led 34-15.
Three-pointers by Brayden Johnson
and Everest Sibony sparked a 27-5 run,
and the Gulls were never threatened after
that.
Meanwhile, McMaster was held to six
points, while Astoria struggled from the
free throw line (7-for-20) and had eight of
Melissa Linder-Cho
Astoria’s Colton McMaster tries to go up
against Ryan Hague, right, and Seaside’s
strong wall of defense in Friday’s game.
Vicki O’Brien
their 16 turnovers in the second quarter.
Johnson — the high-flying Seagull for-
ward — finished with just five points, all
in the first quarter. To pick up the slack,
Ryan Hague led the Gulls with 16 points,
followed by Beau Johnson with 11 and
Sibony with 10 points off the bench.
Defensively, Seaside blocked 10 Asto-
Astoria’s Halle Helmersen (2) sets up on defense against Seaside’s Tristyn McFadden.
ria shots.
Despite their 28-point loss, the Fisher-
men owned the highlight of the night, a
steal and breakaway dunk by Ryan Sten-
blom to open the second half.
McMaster and Xander Marincovich
Warrenton, Rainier split doubleheader
The Astorian
Once invincible, Rainier has
fallen to a 1-6 league record this
season, following Warrenton’s
40-30 win over the Columbians in
a Coastal Range League girls bas-
ketball game Friday at Rainier.
The Lady Warriors remain
tied for third in the league stand-
ings at 2-4, and finish the league
season against the top two teams
in the league this week on Tues-
day vs. Clatskanie and Friday at
Willamina.
Boys
Columbians 53,
Warriors 43
The last team with a chance
at catching first place Rainier in
the Coastal Range League stand-
ings came up short Friday night
in Rainier, where the Columbi-
ans held on for a 53-43 win over
Warrenton.
Rainier remains unbeaten in
league play at 7-0, while the sec-
ond-place Warriors fall to 3-3.
Warrenton finishes the regular
season this week at home Tuesday
against Clatskanie, followed by a
game Friday at Willamina.
added 3-pointers in a 9-2 run by Astoria to
start the third quarter, and drew the Fish-
ermen to within 40-26.
Both teams are on the road Tuesday
with Astoria at Banks and Seaside at Val-
ley Catholic.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Banks, 6 p.m.; Sea-
side at Valley Catholic, 6 p.m.; Clatskanie at War-
renton, 6 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Banks, 7:30 p.m.;
Seaside at Valley Catholic, 7:30 p.m.; Clatskanie at
Warrenton, 7:30 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Girls Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Nestucca at Knappa, 7:45
p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 49, Seaside 38
AST (49): Julia Norris 17, Brooklynn Hankwitz 17,
Helmersen 6, O’Brien 6, Fausett 3, Long, Jackson.
SEA (38): Ellisa Blodgett 13, Douglas 10, Taylor 6,
Doney 5, McFadden 2, Peterson 2.
Astoria
9
16
15
9—49
Seaside
8
9
8
13—38
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 65, Astoria 37
AST (37): Ryan Stenblom 10, McMaster 6, Moore
6, Marincovich 5, Williams 4, Brockman 2, Junes 2,
Boudreau 1, Matthews 1, Altheide-Nielson.
SEA (65): Ryan Hague 16, Be.Johnson 11, Sibony
10, Snyder 8, Langmo 6, Br.Johnson 5, Bennett 4,
Rich 3, Corder 2.
Astoria
10
7
11
9—37
Seaside
17
21
11
16—65