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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022
SPORTS
Astoria gymnasts score big in meet
PREP ROUNDUP
BOYS BASKETBALL
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Big second half leads
Banks past Astoria
SCOREBOARD
Astoria’s Infi nity Gymnastics team sent
a number of athletes to Gresham Jan. 7 and
Jan. 8, as Infi nity’s Xcel Bronze, Silver, Gold
and Platinum squads all competed in the
Winter Wonderland Invitational, held at the
Northwest Gymnastics training center.
And the Infi nity gymnasts scored well.
Some very well, as Infi nity’s Sloane Oman
(Silver, child division) took fi rst in combined
scoring in the Session 2 all-around, with a
36.400.
She did it by placing second on the vault
(9.2), bars (9.3) and beam (9.2) and third in
the fl oor exercise (8.7). She was fi rst in all
events in her division, and in all sessions
combined, Oman had the second-best all-
around score.
Teammate Clara Moore was fi rst in all her
events in her division (Silver, senior), and
was second in the combined scoring for Ses-
sion 2 with a 35.900 all-around, just behind
Oman. Moore was fi rst in combined scoring
on the vault (9.250).
In team scoring, Infi nity’s Bronze team
fi nished second in the combined all-around
team score, just behind Umpqua Valley
Gymnastics.
The Infi nity Gold and Silver teams fi n-
ished fi rst in the all-around in their division,
and third overall in combined team scoring.
In Session 1, Infi nity’s Gia Davis (Bronze,
senior division), fi nished tied for third in
combined scoring with a 36.100 all-around,
fi rst in her division.
Davis took fi rst in combined vault with
a 9.800, and teammate Irene Nemlowill
(Bronze, senior division) was second in com-
bined scoring on the vault (9.6), behind Davis.
Also in Session 1, teammate Ila Stunkard
(Bronze, junior division) was second in com-
bined scoring on the bars (9.500), and third in
combined scoring (8.900) on the fl oor exer-
cise. She was fi rst in her division in the all-
around (35.85).
Elsewhere, Summer Starley (Bronze,
child division) took fi rst place across the
board in her division, with scores of 9.2
(vault), 9.25 (bars), 8.7 (beam), fl oor (8.2)
and 35.35 in the all-around.
Finn Vaughn Hume had a similar accom-
plishment, taking fi rst in all her events in
the Silver junior division, with a 34.55 all-
around score.
Maisie DeSart (Silver, child division) was
third on the vault (9.1), combined scoring;
Kalista Giles was fi rst in the all-around in her
division (Gold, junior), and Julia Dornblueth
was fi rst in the Platinum, senior division in
the vault, beam and all-around.
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Trailing by just seven points at halftime,
Astoria had hopes of a big upset Wednesday
night at Banks, before the Braves pulled away
in the third quarter for an eventual 66-40 win
over the Fishermen in a Cowapa League boys
basketball opener.
Banks held a 33-26 lead at halftime, before
the Braves went on a big second half scoring
run.
Leading 41-31 midway through the third
quarter, Cooper Gobel of Banks converted
a three-point play, and teammate Ben Mayo
scored off a pair of turnovers to help give the
Braves a 51-31 advantage early in the fourth.
“It was a real physical game, and we got
into some foul trouble early,” said Astoria
coach Kevin Goin. “Thomas (Faulkner) got
hurt, and Connelly (Fromwiller) may miss the
rest of the season, which makes it tough for us
defensively.
“And we struggled to stay with Gobel
— we just didn’t have anybody who could
guard him,” he said, as Gobel fi nished with 27
points. Colton McMaster led Astoria with 21.
MONDAY
Boys Basketball — Knappa at Columbia Christian,
7:30 p.m.; Jewell at Livingstone Adventist, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Jewell at Livingstone Adven-
tist, 5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
6 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 6 p.m.; Rainier at War-
renton, 6 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Valley Catholic at Astoria,
7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:45 p.m.; Rain-
ier at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell,
5:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
BANKS 66, ASTORIA 40
Photos by Nancy Taylor
AST (40): Colton McMaster 21, Field 6, Williams 6,
Boudreau 5, Woodrich 2.
BAN (66): Cooper Gobel 27, Vereen 10, White 9,
Mayo 6, Selleck 5, Carlson 5, Vidmantas 2, Bodine
2.
Astoria
7
19
5
9—40
Banks
10
23
13
20—66
Members of Infi nity Gymnastics’ Silver and
Gold teams.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
BANKS 60, ASTORIA 47
AST (47): Avery Biederman 12, Peterson 11, Mat-
thews 7, Bruney 5, Dundas 4, Birdeno 4, Meadows
2, Holmstedt 2.
BAN (60): Madison Walker 21, Saunders 12, Jan-
ecek 8, Streblow 6, Evans 6, Bigsby 3, Johnson 2,
Rose 2.
Astoria
11
9
13
14—47
Banks
16
14
13
17—60
KNAPPA 61, GASTON 24
GST (24): Lexi Fern 12, Derby 6, Smith 4, Bellar 2.
KNA (61): Arianna Miller 18, Dietrichs 14, Jones
2, Larsen 2, Barendse 7, McDorman, Pass 2, Jack-
son 6, Lebo 2, Regier 2, Brown 4, Piña 2, Lauder-
baugh, Maher.
Gaston
2
3
9
10—24
Knappa
19
16
22
4—61
Gulls 78, Valiants 47
Valley Catholic had the toughest assign-
ment in Cowapa League boys basketball
Wednesday night, as the Valiants hosted the
Cowapa’s top team in a league opener in
Beaverton.
With a 78-47 win, the No. 6-ranked Sea-
side Gulls made it look easy, building a big
lead right from the start against the Valiants,
who fall to 3-10 overall.
Seaside has bounced back from a 10-point
loss to Marshfi eld last week with consec-
utive wins over North Marion and Valley
Catholic.
Loggers 76, Pirates 42
In one of the Northwest League’s most one-
sided rivalries, the Knappa Loggers defeated
the Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates for the 32nd straight
meeting — and last time as league rivals — by
a 76-42 score Thursday night at Knappa.
Going back to 2004, the Loggers have a
32-0 record against the Pirates, whose last win
against Knappa came in the 2002-03 season.
Twenty-one of the 32 wins have come by
20 or more points.
Neah-Kah-Nie will not have to face
Knappa in league for at least the next four
years, as the Pirates are moving up to the 3A
level in the 2022-23 season.
With their second victory (both by 34
points) over the Pirates in four days, the
Loggers are the only unbeaten team (5-0) in
league play in the Northwest League. At 11-1
overall, Knappa is ranked second in the latest
2A boys basketball coaches poll, with fi ve fi rst
place votes.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Banks wins showdown
with Astoria, 60-47
After three ties and three lead changes in
the fi rst quarter, the Banks Braves used an 8-0
run in the second period, and never trailed
after that on their way to a 60-47 win over
Astoria in a Cowapa League girls basketball
opener Wednesday night.
In their last league game at Banks, the
Lady Fishermen found themselves in fi rst half
foul trouble and could never make up a 30-20
halftime defi cit.
Astoria trailed by six points with just over
four minutes remaining in regulation, but the
Braves outscored the Lady Fish 12-5 from
The Xcel Bronze
Gymnastics.
team
for
Infi nity
there. The two teams shot a combined 22 free
throws in the fi nal eight minutes (Banks 9-of-
12, Astoria 8-for-10).
Astoria’s Shelby Bruney fouled out in the
fourth quarter, and teammate Mollie Mat-
thews picked up her fourth early in the third
quarter and missed much of the second half.
Banks junior Madison Walker scored 14 of
her game-high 21 points in the fi rst half, while
Avery Biederman led Astoria with 12 points,
followed by Caleigh Peterson with 11.
In a key third quarter stretch, sophomore
Jocelyn Janecek hit back-to-back 3-pointers
for the Braves, giving Banks a 37-26 lead.
The Braves, who have won three straight
over the Fishermen going back to the 2021
spring season, will move down to the 3A level
in the 2022-23 season.
Elsewhere in Cowapa League play
Wednesday, Seaside’s game at Valley Catho-
lic was postponed to Jan. 29 due to coronavi-
rus precautions.
Lady Loggers win one, lose one
Ila Stunkard competes on the uneven bars.
Two teams looking for their fi rst league win
of the season met Tuesday night at Knappa,
where the home Loggers scored a 61-24 win
over the Gaston Greyhounds.
Knappa came up short Thursday night at
home, as Neah-Kah-Nie posted a 44-38 win
over the Loggers.
Against Gaston, Knappa sophomore Ari-
anna Miller scored 18 points and teammate
Hannah Dietrichs added 14, as the Loggers
led 19-2 after one quarter, 35-5 at halftime.
“Throughout the JV and varsity games,
there was high energy on and off the court, and
it was great to see,” said Knappa coach Tra-
cie Brockey. “Girls were enthusiastic on the
bench, diving for loose balls, communicat-
ing on defense and sprinting the lanes for fast
breaks — doing all the little things that matter
and lead to success.”
Eleven players fi nished in the scoring col-
umn for the Lady Loggers, while only four
players scored for Gaston.
“If we bring that same energy to all our
games and continue to play as a team, we
can compete with any team in this league,”
Brockey said. “I was really proud of them.”
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