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Shane McMahan of Knappa, left, drives the ball up court against Seaside’s Ever Sibony.
Knappa tops Seaside
in Clatsop Clash
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
The road to the 2A boys
basketball state champion-
ship ends in Pendleton. But
at some point, the challeng-
ers will likely have to go
through the Knappa Loggers
to get the blue trophy.
That’s because the Log-
gers took a big step over
the weekend toward mak-
ing themselves the offi cial
“Team to Beat” in 2A bas-
ketball, with a 58-52 win
over the Seaside, the No.
5-ranked team at the 4A
level.
The ultimate Saturday
afternoon Clatsop Clash at
Knappa featured two teams
that could very easily be
playing for a state champi-
onship in March. Just not
against each other.
The Loggers — who
could probably make a good
run at the 3A and 4A state
titles if they had to — had
to overcome an eight-point
defi cit midway through
the third quarter to clip the
Gulls for the fi rst time in the
recent rivalry, which, until
Saturday, was owned by
Seaside.
The Gulls won the pre-
vious three meetings by
large margins in 2017 (78-
54), 2019 (79-49) and 2021
(62-25).
Saturday’s game wasn’t
perfect: the contest included
a combined 30 missed
3-point attempts, plus a mul-
titude of fouls and turnovers.
Logan Morrill’s layup
with 43 seconds left in the
game was Knappa’s only
fi eld goal in the fi nal 10 min-
utes of action, as the Log-
gers picked up most of their
points at the free throw line,
where they fi nished 19-for-
25, to Seaside’s 4-of-7.
The “free throw line was
big,” Knappa coach Paul
Isom said. “That discrep-
ancy was obviously huge.
But our guys do a really nice
job of defending without
fouling. It’s an emphasis,
and the guys did a great job
executing that today.”
A hot fi rst half from
Seaside’s Ever Sibony
and Carson Kawasoe car-
ried into the third quarter,
where Kawasoe hit a pair
of 3-pointers in the open-
ing minutes. An off ensive
rebound basket by Cash
Corder and a steal and layup
for Sibony had the Gulls in
front 35-27 early in the sec-
ond half.
But Knappa’s Brandon
Gale canned a 3-pointer to
spark a 12-2 Logger run,
highlighted by a steal and
score from Shane McMa-
han, and a trey from Nico-
lai Ogier that gave Knappa a
41-39 lead at the 2:40 mark
of the third quarter.
Corder answered with
a 3-pointer to give Seaside
what turned out to be its last
lead at 42-41. A short jump
shot by Morrill put the Log-
gers back in front, their only
fi eld goal over the next 10
minutes.
A basket from Kawasoe
with 4:07 left tied the game
at 49-49, but the Gulls went
cold — from inside and out-
side — after that, with Sea-
side’s only made fi eld goal
of the fi nal four minutes
being a layup by Conner
Langmo with 59 seconds
left.
Knappa scored 13 of its
fi nal 15 points from the free
throw line, which included
a 6-for-6 eff ort from
McMahan.
The game included a
few defensive highlights
as well. In one exchange,
Sibony blocked a shot by
the 6-foot-9 Morrill, and at
the other end, Morrill swat-
ted a shot by Seaside’s Izzy
Jantes.
After a scoreless fi rst
quarter, Morrill led Knappa
with 15 points, followed by
Jackson and McMahan with
12 apiece. Seaside also had
three players in double fi g-
ures: Sibony with 15 (13 in
the fi rst half), Kawasoe (14)
and Corder (13).
It was “just a very high
level game that we were
lucky enough to come out
on top of,” Isom said. “Sea-
side is one heck of a team
and will challenge for the
4A title. It was a good state-
ment win for the guys, but
still a lot of work to do.”
The last time two Clat-
sop County basketball teams
won state titles in the same
season was 1997-98, when
Mike Goin’s Astoria team
won the 3A championship,
and Craig Cokley’s Loggers
took the fi rst of two straight
2A titles.
Astoria boys score
fi rst league win, 77-48
The Astorian
It was a season-high in
points, the fi rst league win
of the season, and a great
way to start a three-game
home stand for the Astoria
boys basketball team, Friday
night at the Brick House.
A layup by Judd Field and
a 3-pointer from Thomas
Faulkner gave the Fisher-
men a 5-0 lead in the fi rst
minute, and Astoria led from
start to fi nish in a dominant
77-48 win over Tillamook.
It was the third time this
season Astoria has topped
70 points, as the Fishermen
drained fi ve 3-pointers in the
fi rst half (two from Merrick
Benesch) on their way to a
31-23 halftime lead.
The fi rst two points of
the second half went to the
Cheesemakers, but Asto-
ria scored 14 of the next 16
points, which included a pair
of treys from Owen Wil-
liams and a third by Colton
McMaster for a 45-27 lead.
The Fishermen went on
to score 46 points in the
second half, with the lead
reaching 30 points on two
occasions.
Lady Fishermen pound Tillamook, 60-15
The Astorian
Tillamook held an early 4-3
lead, but all it took was a little
defensive pressure by Astoria
that led to a 25-0 run, and the
Fishermen easily closed out
another win under a running
clock Friday night, 60-15 over
the Cheesemakers in Cowapa
League girls basketball.
The Lady Fish fi nished the
fi rst half with a 33-2 run, and
outscored Tillamook 15-4 in
the third quarter as the lead
reached 53-10. Astoria’s
relentless defense forced 33
Tillamook turnovers.
Since 2012-13, the Lady
Fishermen have won 20 in a
row vs. Tillamook.
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TUESDAY
BOYS BASKETBALL
Boys Basketball — Valley Catholic at
Astoria, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook,
6 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Falls
City at Jewell, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Valley Catholic
at Astoria, 7:45 p.m.; Seaside at Tilla-
mook, 7:45 p.m.; Rainier at Warrenton,
7:45 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Swimming — Valley Catholic at Asto-
ria, 4 p.m.
Astoria 77, Tillamook 48
Knappa 58, Seaside 52
Warrenton 52, Taft 41
St. Paul 51, Jewell 31
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Astoria 60, Tillamook 15
Taft 45, Warrenton 32
St. Paul 55, Jewell 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Astoria 77, Tillamook 48
TIL (48): Marshall Allen 16, Seals 9, John-
son 8, Torres 5, Gitchell 5, Hoskins 3,
Motsinger 2.
AST (77): Colton McMaster 20, Field
17, Williams 9, Boudreau 9, Benesch 8,
Woodrich 6, Faulkner 5, Olson 3, Moore,
Wintersteen.
Tillamook
7 16 14 11—48
Astoria
17 14 22 24—77
Knappa 58, Seaside 52
SEA (52): Ever Sibony 15, Kawasoe 14,
Corder 13, Langmo 8, White 2.
KNA (58): Logan Morrill 15, Jackson 12,
McMahan 12, Gale 7, Miller 5, Ogier 5,
C.Morrill 2.
Seaside
15
14
15
8—52
Knappa
12
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21 12—58
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