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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
SPORTS
Valiants
outlast
Seaside
girls
hoops,
59-46
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The Astorian
Valley Catholic senior
Josie Napoli scored
28 points but the Val-
iants needed help off the
bench to hold off a big
second half rally by Sea-
side in a Cowapa League
girls game on the Gulls’
home fl oor.
The Valiants ulti-
mately won, 59-46, in a
game much closer than
the score.
Trailing 32-16 at half-
time, the Gulls played
their best quarter of the
season in the third, as
they outscored Valley
Catholic 11-1 to start the
period to close within
33-27.
A 3-pointer by Tris-
tyn McFadden, coupled
with baskets by Lilli
Taylor
and
Landri
Mickle sparked Seaside,
which continued the
comeback in the fourth
quarter.
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball — Warren-
ton at Taft, 6 p.m.; Gaston at
Knappa, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Taft at
Warrenton, 6 p.m. (at Clatsop
Community College)
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball — Seaside
at Astoria, 5 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Seaside
at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.; Knappa
at Gaston, 6 p.m.
Free
throws
by
Caleigh
Peterson
trimmed the Valiant
lead to 44-39 with
over
fi ve
minutes
remaining.
That’s as close as
the Gulls would get,
as
Valley
Catholic
answered with a three-
point play by Napoli
and a score by Mariella
Gunther.
The Valiants closed
with an 8-3 run, but Sea-
side coach Marla Olstedt
was proud of her team,
2-2 over their last four
games, following a 1-3
start.
“These girls are play-
ing so hard,” she said.
“We talked at half-
time about chipping
away, and they did just
that. With our half-
time adjustments, we
were able to slow (the
Valiants’) scoring and
push the ball to get some
easy scores. We con-
trolled the momentum
and things were going
our way.”
The Gulls “played
one of their best quarters
of the season,” she said.
“Now if we can put four
of those great quarters
together, I’d say watch
out.
“For such a short sea-
son, these girls have
really stepped into their
positions well,” she
added. “From our post
play, primarily being
Lilli (18 points) and
Caleigh (15 points) to
our guard play, we’re
playing well together.
I told them I was
proud of their ability
to learn what we often
do in a fi ve-month sea-
son. These girls are
relentless and resil-
ient. I’m proud of their
eff ort.”
The Gulls were play-
ing without Abby Nof-
ield and Erin Owsley,
and Aubrie Taylor went
down with an injury, but
should return Friday at
Astoria.
Warrenton Warriors Livestream
Knappa’s Carter Morrill, left, sets up defensively against
Warrenton’s Hunter Xochipiltecatl in Tuesday night’s
nonleague contest.
Knappa boys rally
beats Warrenton
basketball, 48-36
The Astorian
A solid start by Warrenton
turned into an eventual win
for Knappa in a nonleague
boys basketball Clatsop Clash
Tuesday night at Warrenton.
Trailing 18-10 midway
through the second quarter,
the Loggers rallied, got hot
from the fi eld in the second
half, and won it going away,
48-36.
Warrenton — which
missed 19 3-pointers in a Sat-
urday loss to Seaside — was
8-of-31 from the 3-point line
in Tuesday’s loss.
Ethan Green made four
treys on his way to 16 points,
with Dawson Little adding 10
points for the Warriors.
Knappa junior Nicolai
Ogier made three 3-pointers,
all in the second half, to lead
the Knappa comeback.
But the key was Logan
Morrill, the Loggers’ 6-foot-8
post player, who was unstop-
pable around the basket, fi n-
ishing with 23 points, follow-
ing a 24-point performance
one night earlier in a 53-25
win over Neah-Kah-Nie.
Morrill had 15 of his 23
points in the second half of
Tuesday’s win.
Knappa “overcame a slow
start, and a big night from
Green (16 points),” to beat the
Warriors, said Logger coach
Paul Isom.
“Warrenton, per usual,
came out and played hard
and jumped on us early for
the second straight game,” he
said. “We were able to settle
in in the second, and Tanner
Jackson and Logan Morrill
had six apiece in the quarter.”
The Loggers still trailed
20-19 at halftime, but “came
out and had a big third quar-
ter, led by two Nicolai Ogier
3s,” Isom said.
Ogier had two triples in
the third quarter, his second
at the buzzer, then opened the
fourth quarter with his third
3-pointer.
Jackson scored 10 points
and Ogier fi nished with nine
for Knappa, which hosts Gas-
ton on Thursday, and fi nishes
the regular season with three
straight road games.
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Banks girls top Astoria
basketball, 58-46
The Astorian
Astoria lost three players
to fouls and another to injury,
and it was Banks’ night at the
Brick House Monday, as the
Braves won a free throw fest
for a 58-46 Cowapa League
girls basketball victory.
Banks swept the season
series with the Lady Fish
and pulled into a fi rst place
tie in the league standings
with Valley Catholic, both at
4-1. Astoria drops to 2-2 in
league, and has three of its
next four games on the road.
The teams were a com-
bined 32-for-51 at the free
throw line (Banks 16-of-
30, Astoria 16-of-21). The
Braves made 8-of-17 in the
fourth quarter, to Astoria’s
8-for-9.
The Fishermen led 13-9
after one quarter, before
the Braves went on a 13-5
run for a 22-18 halftime
advantage.
And Banks continued to
build the lead in the third
quarter, highlighted by a pair
of scores from Kate Hailey
off two Astoria backcourt
turnovers.
A three-point play from
Alex Saunders in the fourth
quarter gave the Braves their
largest lead at 54-34.
Eight players scored for
Astoria, with Halle Helm-
ersen leading the way with
17. Sophie Long and Shelby
Rasmussen added seven
apiece.
Banks also had eight play-
ers in the scoring column,
led by Saunders with 13, and
Camila Narvaez with 11.
Astoria’s Kelsey Fausett,
Helmersen and Mollie Mat-
thews fouled out, while Ras-
mussen suff ered an ankle
injury in the fourth quarter.
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Braves boys defeat Astoria
basketball, 66-38
The Astorian
The Astoria boys basket-
ball team trimmed a 19-8
defi cit to just 19-14 late
in the second quarter, but
Banks pulled away from
there for an eventual 66-38
win Monday night.
The defending state
champion Braves closed
the fi rst half with an 8-0 run
then used a 13-2 run to start
the second half to build a
40-16 lead.
Colton McMaster scored
14 points and Xander Marin-
covich added 13 for the Fish-
ermen, who have upcoming
home games against Tilla-
mook, Seaside and Valley
Catholic.
Banks had four players in
double fi gures, led by Coo-
per Gobel with 15 points, to
go with 14 apiece for Joseph
Buliga and Tyler Exline, and
Ben Mayo’s 11 points.
Seaside 58, Valiants 48
Seaside won for the fi fth
time in six games with a
58-48 victory Monday at
Valley Catholic.
The Gulls are in the midst
of fi ve straight road games,
which continues Friday at
Astoria.
Seaside is hoping to catch
Banks, which holds fi rst
place in the Cowapa League
standings at 5-0. The Gulls
(3-1 in league, 6-2 overall),
close out the regular season
with games at Tillamook on
June 14 and home games vs.
Banks on June 16 and Asto-
ria on June 17.
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