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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, JuNE 17, 2021
SPORTS
Nestucca holds
off Knappa girls
basketball rally
The Astorian
Knappa caught a lucky break on the
scoreboard but still ended up three points
short Tuesday night at Nestucca, where
the Bobcats posted a 38-35 win over the
Loggers in a Northwest League girls bas-
ketball game.
Knappa’s first basket of the game was
a two-point jump shot by Taryn Barendse
that ended up as a 3-pointer on the score-
board. The score was never reversed, and
that gave the Loggers one final shot at
tying the game in the final seconds of the
fourth quarter.
But an open look at a 3-pointer was off
the mark as time expired and Nestucca
escaped with the win.
The game was tied 9-9 early in the
second quarter before Nestucca freshman
Chloe Love drained three 3-pointers in a
14-3 run to close the first half.
Knappa staged a second half rally
and closed to within 36-35 with 40 sec-
onds left, following two free throws from
Emily Larsen.
After a nonleague contest Wednesday
against Rainier, Knappa finishes the regu-
lar season Friday at Neah-Kah-Nie.
Rainier defeated Warrenton 45-15
in a Coastal Range League girls game
Tuesday.
OBITUARIES
Candy Pior
Warrenton’s Sam Irwin has his eyes on another individual state title for Warrenton wrestling.
Johnathon Lee
Nordquist
Warrenton wrestlers
gear up for postseason
The Astorian
The Warrenton wrestling team will be
among the favorites this week when the War-
riors travel to Clatskanie for the District 2
meet Saturday.
“We are looking to improve on our third
place from last year,” said Warrenton coach
Corey Conant. “Our district is as hard as ever
with six teams, including ourselves (ranked
seventh) out of the top 11 in state.”
The shortened season has compacted both
training and the meets.
“Everything has gone so fast,” Conant
said. “We are wrestling while we are still get-
ting in shape and down to weight, so the first
part of the season had an exhibition or tune up
feel to it. We had to wear masks while wres-
tling at our first few events, but the guidance
changed and we were able to switch back.”
Tournaments have not been allowed by
the Oregon School Activities Association, so
all meets have been duals.
“We have essentially wrestled every team
within 60 miles of us,” Conant said. “We are
rounding into form. We have a large team and
no small wrestlers. The lower three weights
are empty, but we have two or more solid
wrestlers at every other weight.”
Warrenton is led by seniors Nic Pior (145
pounds, two-time state qualifier and district
champion) and Sam Irwin (195 pounds, two-
time state qualifier, defending district and
state champion).
The Warriors also have returning state
qualifiers Josh Neihuser (182), Alex Tapia
(170) and Aricin Rodriguez (132, defending
district champion).
Astoria
Nov. 2, 1960 — June 1, 2021
Johnathon Lee Nordquist died on June
1, 2021, in Astoria.
He was born on Nov 2, 1960, in Cleve-
land, Ohio. He was the third of six chil-
dren. The family moved to Chicago in
1968.
John married in 1997; they raised six
children, and their sixth grandson is due
shortly.
John was a brilliant, inventive, artistic,
creative, charming adventurist and color-
ful person, with the biggest heart. He had
a pleasing person-
ality, was an engag-
ing conversational-
ist, and easily made
friends everywhere
he went.
Among his many
accomplishments, he
could understand and
write Russian and
Sanskrit. John fol-
Johnathon
lowed Hare Krishna
Nordquist
beliefs, loved chil-
dren, was a tremen-
dous cook and craved new challenges.
In 2012, he took his fourth trip
cross-country to visit his mother and
eldest brother in Astoria, who moved
there 12 years earlier. He immediately
fell in love with the Astoria and Seaside
area during his first visit. But this time,
he chose to stay, although he took several
trips back to the Midwest to see his then-
grown children.
John held a vast variety of jobs over
the years, from caterer to cabbie, from
residential advisor to administrator, from
printer to property manager. The most
unique may have been his position as a
deprogrammer for the Cult Awareness
Network.
However, out of all of his undertak-
ings, one might consider the oddest, was
his becoming a spokesman for the home-
less by becoming a street person himself.
There will be an informal memorial
service for John on Saturday at 2 p.m
at Shively Park in Astoria. Please bring
a lawn chair or picnic blanket. The fam-
ily requests safe distancing, vaccines or
masks, please.
Seniors Duane Falls (182) and Julien
Whitsett (126) “will also be pursuing trips
to the 3A state,” Conant said, with the state
meet scheduled for June 26 at Redmond
High school.
“The season has been compressed and is
anything but normal, but we are grateful for
the chance to wrestle and excited to make our
mark,” Conant said.
Meanwhile, seniors Marlie Annat (155)
and Divine Godwin (125) anchor the War-
renton girls team. The north regional meet
is scheduled for Friday at Tillamook High
School.
A recent girls meet at Hood River was
held outside, but was eventually rained out.
“The sun breaks between showers heated
the mats significantly, so it was an experi-
ment with mixed results,” Conant said.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Knappa dominant in 77-46 win at Nestucca
The Astorian
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
The Knappa Loggers scored
another easy Northwest League
boys basketball win Tuesday
night in a 77-46 decision at
Nestucca.
The Loggers jumped out to
a quick 7-0 lead, then held first
half leads of 22-5, 30-10 and
eventually 46-16 following a
Brandon Gale 3-pointer.
Logan Morrill (18 points)
was scoring at will inside, help-
ing the Loggers improve to 5-0
in league, 8-2 overall.
Knappa’s five league wins
have come by an average of 24
points per game, as the Loggers
easily locked up the top seed in
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Seaside, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Seaside, 5 p.m.; Warrenton at Yamhill-Carlton, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball — Warrenton at Clatskanie, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Clatskanie at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie, 7:30 p.m.
the west half of the league.
Morrill led four Loggers in
double figures, followed by Gale
(17), Shane McMahan (15) and
Tanner Jackson (11).
Knappa “probably played the
best half of basketball we have
had all year in the first half,”
said Logger coach Paul Isom.
“We really came out with a lot
of energy and led to a lot of run
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
outs. Tanner particularly came
out strong (nine points in the
first quarter).”
Warrenton defeats
Rainier, 44-37
Warrenton came one step
closer to locking up a Coastal
Range League boys basketball
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
title Tuesday night at home with
a 44-37 win over Rainier.
The Warriors (5-1 in league)
are only a half-game behind
Willamina (6-1), and were
scheduled to host Willamina
on Wednesday, a team the War-
riors defeated earlier in the sea-
son on the road. Warrenton fin-
ishes the regular season Friday
at Clatskanie.
Rainier led 18-16 early in the
third quarter of Tuesday’s game
before the Warriors reeled off a
17-2 run to put the game away.
Hordie Bodden Bodden had
eight of the 17 points during
Warrenton’s big run. Dawson
Little and Ethan Green each had
3-pointers in the fourth quarter.
WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
68 53
Sunny and
pleasant
64 51
65 55
65 53
77 55
65 53
Breezy in the Sunny to partly Areas of low
Clouds and sun Not as warm
p.m.
cloudy
clouds
66 53
Rather cloudy
Aberdeen
Olympia
70/53
76/53
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
76/49
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Emerging from
the east near midnight is the
great square of Pegasus the
Flying Horse.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 65/51
Normal high/low .................. 64/50
Record high .................. 81 in 1961
Record low .................... 41 in 1959
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... Trace
Month to date ........................ 1.91”
Normal month to date ......... 1.49”
Year to date .......................... 37.27”
Normal year to date ........... 34.85”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Sunrise today .................. 5:24 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 9:10 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 12:39 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 1:33 a.m.
Full
Last
6:15 a.m.
7:50 p.m.
New
Cape Disappointment
5:55 a.m.
7:35 p.m.
6:06 a.m.
7:44 p.m.
Warrenton
6:10 a.m.
7:45 p.m.
Knappa
6:52 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
Depoe Bay
June 17 June 24 July 1
July 9
6.7 12:48 a.m. 2.9
7.0 1:08 p.m. 0.2
5:05 a.m.
6:51 p.m.
6.4 12:10 a.m. 3.4
6.9 12:28 p.m. 0.3
6.9 12:26 a.m. 3.3
7.3 12:46 p.m. 0.3
7.1 12:32 a.m. 3.0
7.4 12:52 p.m. 0.3
7.0 1:49 a.m.
7.3 2:09 p.m.
2.5
0.2
6.3 11:55 a.m. 0.0
6.9
none
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
88/68/s
78/61/s
91/70/pc
99/77/s
97/63/pc
86/75/sh
97/74/s
93/69/s
87/81/t
79/63/s
117/92/pc
81/58/s
79/61/s
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
91/71/s
80/66/s
93/67/t
95/73/s
88/63/c
87/73/s
94/76/pc
90/70/s
89/82/c
83/68/s
117/91/pc
79/57/s
85/71/s
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
89/58
Hermiston
The Dalles 91/54
Enterprise
Pendleton 82/53
87/55
92/59
La Grande
85/51
85/53
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
First
Time
79/51
Kennewick Walla Walla
87/59 Lewiston
92/57
79/51
Salem
Pullman
88/57
Longview
68/53 Portland
83/56
81/55
Yakima 91/58
77/51
Astoria
Spokane
86/59
Corvallis
83/51
Albany
84/51
John Day
Eugene
Bend
84/51
83/55
87/52
Ontario
94/61
Caldwell
Burns
90/50
92/58
Medford
91/58
Klamath Falls
91/51
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
84/47/s
70/54/s
64/55/s
84/51/s
62/50/s
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
90/52/s
73/58/s
62/54/pc
83/49/s
61/49/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
66/52/s
86/54/s
67/53/s
85/50/s
83/55/s
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
65/52/pc
86/54/s
65/50/pc
85/48/s
81/55/s