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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021
SPORTS
Astoria boys win Nygaard team title
Scappoose tops
Astoria, 46-34
The Astorian
The Astorian
After a year of smaller meets — or no
meets at all — the Astoria swim team hosted
the annual Andrew Nygaard Invitational on
Dec. 4 , named for the former youth swimmer
who died after a workout in 1998.
And in honoring one of their own, the
Astoria boys scored the team victory at the
Astoria Aquatic Center, scoring 62 points
to top Taft (59) and Seaside (58) in a close
race for the team championship out of eight
schools. La Salle cruised to the girls’ champi-
onship with 106 points, well ahead of second
place Valley Catholic (62).
The Astoria and Seaside girls fi nished
sixth and eighth.
On the boys side, the Astoria boys won
just one event, with the Gulls winning three.
Seaside and Astoria set the tone right from
the start, with the Gulls’ foursome of Leif
Rehnert, Sam Heroux, Logan Dennis and
Masyn McCulloch teaming up to win the
200-yard medley relay in 2 minutes, 0.38 sec-
onds ahead of Astoria in the fi rst event.
Astoria had to rely on second- and third-
place showings to compile the points.
In the lone win for the Fishermen, soph-
omore Jacob Peeler swam to victory in the
500-yard freestyle in 6:25.12, ahead of Taft
sophomore Erick Zamorano (6:42.10).
Astoria teammate Phelan Dopp took
second in the 200-yard individual medley
(2:33.06); Stephen Ero had the second-best
time out of 45 swimmers in the 50-yard free-
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball — St. Paul at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — St. Paul at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Basketball — Jewell at SW Christian Invitational, TBA
Boys Basketball — Junction City Invitational: Klamath
Union vs. Seaside, 5 p.m. Warrenton at Amity, 7:15 p.m.;
Jewell at SW Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Philomath at Astoria, 7:15 p.m.; Junc-
tion City Invitational: Klamath Union vs. Seaside, 3:30 p.m.;
Warrenton at Amity, 5:30 p.m.; Jewell at SW Christian,
6 p.m.
SATURDAY
Basketball — Seaside at Junction City Invitational, TBA;
Jewell at SW Christian Invitational, TBA
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 1 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Yamhill-Carlton, 2:45 p.m.
Swimming — Newport Invitational, TBA
Wrestling — Astoria at Warrenton, TBA
BOYS BASKETBALL
SCAPPOOSE 46, ASTORIA 34
SCA (46): Skyler Schmidt 21, Stoddard 8, Bays 7, Harrison
7, Duschka 3.
AST (34): Colton McMaster 18, Boudreau 8, Benesch 5, Wil-
liams 3, Faulkner, Woodrich, Fromwiller, Moore, Winter-
steen, Olson.
Scappoose 14
4
10
18—46
Astoria
11
6
8
9—34
Alyson O’Connor
The Astoria boys swim team celebrates a team championship at the Andrew Nygaard Invitational.
style (25.70); Dopp and Ero took second and
third for big points in the 100-yard freestyle;
and freshman Finn Bizzell teamed with Dopp,
Christian Womack and Ero for second in the
200-yard freestyle relay (1:46.89) behind
Seaside’s team of McCulloch, Rehnert, Her-
oux and Dennis, who won in 1:45.65.
Bizzell added a second place in the 100-
yard breaststroke (1:19.92), behind Heroux
(1:17.12).
On the girls’ side, Astoria sophomore
Hannah Daniels was second in the 100-yard
butterfl y, and Seaside’s Taryn Shay was sec-
ond in the 200 freestyle.
Warrenton wrestlers seventh at Estacada
The Astorian
Competing against a fi eld of mostly larger
schools, the Warrenton wrestling team fi n-
ished seventh out of 12 teams in the Ranger
Classic, held Dec. 4 in Estacada.
La Grande scored 249.5 points to walk
away with the team title, ahead of Estacada
(175.5) and Rainier (141), while the Warriors
fi nished with 108.5 points.
Warrenton fi nished with three fi nalists (two
at the same weight) and eight placers.
In the championship fi nal at 220 pounds,
Warrenton freshman Kaison Smith pinned
senior teammate Josh Smith in 1:01, as the
Smiths pinned their way to the title bout.
Josh Smith won by fall (3:28) over Waylon
Riedel of Estacada in the quarterfi nals, then
pinned Lane Roberts of LaCenter in 3:45 in
a semifi nal.
Kaison Smith had quick pins over Jami-
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son Davis of Sandy (14 seconds) and Bren-
dan Couture of Forest Grove (1:15), before his
win in the fi nals.
Warrenton’s Alex Tapia took second at 182
pounds, and Austin Atwood was third at 132.
“It was a great meet for us,” said Warrenton
coach Corey Conant. “We battled with 4A, 5A
and 6A teams and held our own. At the same
time, we got a pretty clear picture of the things
that we still need to work on.”
Warrenton had several wrestlers who won
brackets in the junior varsity meet, while
Alyssa Thoma went 3-0 and won the 120-
pound division in the girls bracket.
“We’ll keep our heads down and prep for
our home girls and boys meets (Friday and
Saturday),” Conant said. “Our girls meet is
hosting some great teams and should be one of
the better meets in the state this week,” while
the Warrenton boys are looking to win their
third straight home meet.
Scappoose and Astoria renewed an old
Cowapa League rivalry on Tuesday night
at the Brick House, where the Indians
scored a 46-34 nonleague boys basketball
win over the Fishermen.
Astoria led just twice in the fi rst half
— a 3-pointer by Merrick Benesch gave
the Fishermen a 3-2 lead, and a three-
point play by Colton McMaster had Asto-
ria in front 17-16 late in a low-scoring
second period, in which the Fishermen
outscored Scappoose 6-4.
The Indians answered McMas-
ter’s score with a 12-2 run for a 28-19
advantage.
Astoria staged a rally of its own, as a
Niko Boudreau 3-pointer sparked an 11-3
run, bringing the Fishermen to within
31-30 in the fourth quarter.
But Scappoose post Skyler Schmidt
couldn’t be contained in the fourth, as
the 6-foot-8 junior scored eight points
over the fi nal six minutes, including a
3-pointer from the corner and a reverse
layup during a 15-4 run to close the game.
“It was one of those nights where we
just couldn’t make anything,” said Asto-
ria coach Kevin Goin. “We had a lot of
open looks and we were taking decent
shots — we just didn’t hit a lot of them.”
Schmidt led all scorers with 21 points,
followed by McMaster with 18.
The Fishermen have yet to play at full
strength, as Astoria was missing Owen
Williams for the fi rst two games, and
Tuesday night the Fishermen were with-
out Judd Field.
Astoria plays Saturday at 2:45 p.m. at
Yamhill-Carlton.
In other boys basketball action Tues-
day, fourth-ranked Seaside cruised
past Estacada 78-40, and No. 2-ranked
Knappa defeated Kennedy 59-42.
Neah-Kah-Nie at Warrenton was
canceled.
In girls basketball, Seaside scored
its second win of the season, 29-21 at
Estacada; and Knappa defeated Kennedy
35-18.
Knappa 59, Kennedy 42
Tanner Jackson scored 18 points
and Logan Morrill had 17, helping No.
2-ranked Knappa defeat Kennedy 59-42
in a nonleague 2A boys basketball game
Tuesday at Knappa.
Kennedy held an early 6-0 lead, “but
we settled down and the guys really dug
in defensively,” said Knappa coach Paul
Isom. Tucker Kinder added 12 points for
Knappa.
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