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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021
Knappa boys basketball
edges Warrenton, 48-45
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
The Warrenton and Knappa
boys basketball teams put on
an old-fashioned Warrior-Log-
ger battle Thursday night, with
the Loggers prevailing 48-45
in a down-to-the-wire thriller.
A missed 3-pointer by the
Warriors at the buzzer was the
only thing that separated the
two teams — that, and Knap-
pa’s front line of 6-foot-8, 6-7
and 6-4.
Very few teams at the 2A
level will be able to challenge
the Loggers this season — or
next — as Knappa dominated
the inside with easy scores,
blocked shots and off ensive
rebounds.
Doing most of the damage
was 6-8 junior Logan Morrill,
who blocked a shot by War-
renton’s Dawson Little with
30 seconds remaining, with
the Loggers leading 46-45.
Morrill’s 6-7 brother, Car-
ter Morrill, scored at the other
end to put Knappa in front,
48-45.
Meanwhile, the Warriors
put up a good challenge, and
led for the better part of the
fi rst half.
Three-point baskets by
Hordie Bodden Bodden, Lit-
tle, Josh Earls and Hunter
Xochipiltecatl had Warren-
ton in front 25-19 midway
through the second quarter.
Knappa countered with a
layup from Logan Morrill, a
3-pointer by Shane McMahan
and steal and score by Tanner
Jackson for a 37-34 lead after
three quarters.
The fi rst part of the fourth
quarter was a scoring battle
between Bodden Bodden and
Knappa’s Brandon Gale, as
both scored six points apiece
in a fi ve-minute span.
Little hit a 3-pointer to give
the Warriors a brief 45-44 lead
with 2:10 remaining, before
Logan Morrill scored from
close range at the 1:25 mark to
give the Loggers the lead for
good.
The Loggers “got some
good minutes and energy off
SPORTS
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
the bench from Tanner Jack-
son and Drew Miller, and
Logan Morrill controlled the
paint for most of the night,”
said Knappa coach Paul
Isom. “Hats off to Warrenton.
Bodden and Little gave our
defense fi ts all game.”
On the other end, he added,
the Warriors “were outsized
down low and just battled all
night and made everything dif-
fi cult. A lot of that is a refl ec-
tion of their coach. Nate
(McBride) does a heck of a
job getting everything out of
his guys.”
Knappa has three oppo-
nents in upcoming league
play (Gaston, Neah-Kah-
Nie and Nestucca), and won
their recent battle of Clatsop
County teams, defeating Asto-
ria and Warrenton, with a loss
to Seaside.
Seaside 55, Pioneers 39
All fi ve Cowapa League
boys basketball teams were in
action Thursday.
With fi ve straight road
games on the horizon, Sea-
side warmed up with an easy
55-39 nonleague win at West-
ern Christian.
Banks defeated Valley
Catholic, 62-44, and Tilla-
mook scored a 52-47 win over
visiting Astoria.
COLTON
McMASTER
Astoria
GRETCHEN
HOEKSTRE
Brigham Young
University
Brigham Young University Track
I
n her freshman year at Brigham Young, Hoekstre is already
No. 2 on the all-time school list for best marks (outdoor) in
the shot put. In the school’s recent invitational, Hoekstre, from
Seaside, fi nished fi rst with a personal best 53-4½. In doing so,
she qualifi ed for the NCAA West prelims in Texas (the Cougars
have qualifi ed 29 entries, most in NCAA Division I). The former
Gull is seeded 28th in the shot put, 38th in the discus. Hoek-
stre is a sophomore, academically, after the 2020 season was
canceled.
T
he junior capped his track season with a pair of state
titles. McMaster won the discus and shot put in the 4A
fi nal meet at Siuslaw High School. His mark in the discus (166
feet, 7 inches) was well below his best of 192-10, but still
nearly 30 feet further than the second place mark. On the
second day of the meet, McMaster had a personal best toss in
the shot put, 58-9¾, as he inches his way toward the Astoria
school record (Jason Thiel, 58-10). He scored a team-high 19
points in a basketball win Wednesday over Ilwaco.
Dietrichs paces Knappa girls hoops in win over Warriors
The Astorian
Astoria 51, Ilwaco 44
Astoria was coming off a
51-44 victory Wednesday over
Ilwaco, with Astoria in the
middle of a fi ve games-in-fi ve
days stretch.
The game had several big
lead swings, from Ilwaco’s
early 11-2 lead, to Astoria
(21-16), Ilwaco (27-21), and
fi nally Astoria (36-29).
Ilwaco closed to within
42-39 in the opening minute of
the fourth quarter before Asto-
ria clinched the win with inside
scores from Colton McMaster
and Xander Marincovich.
McMaster scored 19 points
and Marincovich had 18 for
Astoria while Jaden Turner
had 18 for Ilwaco.
Junior varsity: Astoria 54,
Ilwaco 32
Gary Henley/The Astorian
A big 20-5 run midway
through the fi rst half was
all the Knappa Lady Log-
gers needed Thursday night
at home as they cruised to a
44-31 nonleague girls bas-
ketball win over visiting
Warrenton.
Knappa turned an early
7-4 advantage into a 27-9
lead late in the second quar-
ter with a run highlighted
by a pair of 3-pointers from
Hannah Dietrichs. Synnove
Brown, Vicki Ramvick and
Gabriella Morrill also scored
during Knappa’s hot streak.
The Warriors had scores
from Jamie Annat and
Emma Smith during a 14-8
run in the fourth quarter as
Warrenton fi nished with a
season-high in points.
“Strong play from lots of
girls tonight,” said Knappa
coach Tracie Brockey.
“Hannah Dietrichs had 15
points and Gabriella Mor-
rill had 11 points to go with
a strong rebounding night.”
Astoria 44,
Tillamook 24
The Astoria girls bas-
ketball team bounced back
from a Tuesday loss at
Banks with an easy 44-24
win Thursday at home
against Tillamook.
The Lady Fishermen
stayed out of foul trouble,
and jumped out to a 16-1
lead after one quarter, and
had things locked up by
halftime, 25-7. Halle Helm-
ersen led Astoria with 14
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball — Astoria at
Valley Catholic, 6 p.m.; Tillamook
at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Clatskanie at
Warrenton, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Valley Cath-
olic at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Seaside at
Tillamook, 6 p.m.; Warrenton at
Clatskanie, 7 p.m.
points.
Astoria has home games
next week against Valley
Catholic and Banks and can
take over fi rst place in the
league standings with wins
over the Valiants and Braves.
Western Christian 49,
Seaside 30
Western Christian built a
32-9 halftime lead on its way
to a 49-30 nonleague win
Wednesday night at Seaside.
Sydney Fahndrich had 18
points and teammate Mak-
ennan Hopper added 16 for
the Pioneers, who outscored
Seaside 26-3 in the second
quarter.
Tristyn McFadden led the
Lady Gulls with 10 points.
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