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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
SPORTS
A Clatsop Clash split at Seaside
Wins for Astoria
girls, Seaside boys
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Clatsop Clash basketball
has become a little one-sided
in recent years, on both sides.
While the Seaside boys
won their 13th in a row over
Astoria, the Lady Fishermen
scored their 11th straight vic-
tory over Seaside, 34-16,
in a Cowapa League dou-
bleheader Tuesday night at
Seaside.
And the Astoria girls had
to work for it against one of
the Cowapa League’s tough-
est defenses.
Especially tough in their
home on the hill, the Gulls
— who lost a 31-26 game
to Banks last Friday — lim-
ited Astoria’s high-powered
off ense to just 13 points in the
fi rst half.
Unfortunately for the
Gulls, Seaside had just seven
points of its own at the break.
Astoria held an insur-
mountable 20-10 lead after
three quarters, and the game
settled into a free-throw shoot-
ing contest from there.
The Lady Fishermen fi n-
ished 12-for-23 at the line, to
Seaside’s 8-of-22.
It was the lowest-scoring
Clatsop Clash since Feb. 2,
2007, when Seaside won a
30-24 decision.
Astoria freshman Shelby
Bruney had most of her points
at the line and fi nished with
a game-high 11 in Tuesday’s
win, while fellow freshman
Tayla Huber had 10. Lilli Tay-
lor scored 10 points for the
Gulls.
Astoria can pull into a fi rst
place tie in the Cowapa with a
win Friday over Banks, while
the Gulls fall to 5-11 overall.
Seaside’s last win in the Clat-
sop Clash was Feb. 8, 2017
(63-35).
Boys
Seaside 64, Astoria 50
The night started with the
boys’ game, where the Gulls
won lucky No. 13 in a row
over Astoria, going back six
years. Astoria’s last win over
Seaside was Jan. 29, 2016 .
Cash Corder was money in
the bank for the Gulls in Tues-
day’s game, scoring 27 points
in a 64-50 win.
The Gulls never trailed,
but they also couldn’t shake
Astoria until the fi nal minutes.
Back-to-back 3-pointers
from Corder gave Seaside an
early 10-2 lead, but the Fish-
ermen rallied to within 18-17
midway through the second
quarter.
A 3-pointer by Seaside’s
Ever Sibony in the fi nal sec-
onds of the fi rst half gave the
Gulls a 26-19 halftime lead.
Seaside threatened to pull
away in the third following a
trey from Jared White, a steal
and score by Sibony and a
reverse dunk from Corder for
a 38-25 lead.
Astoria answered with
3-pointers from Thomas
Faulkner, Merrick Benesch
and Owen Williams, bring-
Local wrestlers score wins on the road
The Astorian
The Warrenton wrestling
team had just one individual
champion last Saturday, but
the Warriors showed that they
are stocked to win another
district title Feb. 19, by win-
ning the 14-team Monroe
Invitational.
The Warrenton boys
scored 199 team points to
edge Harrisburg (195), with
Pleasant Hill (152) a distant
third.
“We won the thing,” stated
Warrenton coach Corey
Conant, who added that “fel-
low 3A schools Harrisburg,
Pleasant Hill, Santiam Chris-
tian and Scio were also there,
giving us a chance to wrestle
some state tournament rele-
vant teams.”
The fi nal team result
wasn’t locked in until War-
renton’s Parker Greenawald
pinned his opponent in the
fi nals at 145 pounds.
“Our entire scoring lineup
scored team points, and we
wouldn’t have won it without
the contributions of each of
them,” Conant said. “We have
a pretty solid second lineup
as well, and they weren’t able
to score team points, but they
kept other teams from scoring
when they won.”
With 14 placers, the War-
riors had fi ve fi nalists, and an
additional fi ve wrestlers fi n-
ishing third.
“It is tough to come back
and take third, but our guys
showed some guts and fi n-
ished strong, giving us a good
lead going into the fi nals,”
Conant said. “It ended up
being essential because Har-
risburg won three of the fi rst
four fi nals by fall and nearly
passing us in the standings.”
Greenawald out-worked
Gavin Hoellrich of Pleas-
ant Hill and earned a second
period fall, clinching Warren-
ton’s team victory.
“We wrestled very well as
a group, made some mistakes
here and there but we are
getting better every week,”
Conant said, as the Warriors
hope to be one of the top scor-
ing teams at the state meet,
tentatively Feb. 26 at La Pine.
Warrenton added big
points with second-place fi n-
ishes from Raul Molina (138
pounds), Max Smith (160),
ing the Fishermen to within
40-34.
Three more 3-pointers had
Astoria trailing by just four
points early in the fourth,
before the Gulls were able to
fi nish the game on an 11-2
run.
Sibony had 15 points, and
Colton McMaster had 16 for
Astoria.
“We played well — Sea-
side was just a little better than
we were tonight,” said Astoria
coach Kevin Goin. “They’re
a tough team and it’s a tough
place to play, and we missed
some shots that we really
needed.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Girls Basketball — Portland Chris-
tian at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Ore-
gon School for the Deaf JV, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Portland Chris-
tian at Knappa, 7:30 p.m.; Jewell at
Oregon School for the Deaf, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball — Banks at Asto-
ria, 6 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Sea-
side, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Vernonia,
5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Banks at Asto-
ria, 7:30 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Sea-
side, 7:30 p.m.; Knappa at Verno-
nia, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Cowapa Champion-
ships, at Astoria AC, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Faith Bible at
Knappa, 2 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Faith Bible at
Knappa, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
ASTORIA 34, SEASIDE 16
AST (34): Shelby Bruney 11, Huber
10, Holmstedt 8, Biederman 2, Bird-
eno 2, Matthews 1, Peterson, Dun-
das, Walter.
SEA (16): Lilli Taylor 10, Klumper 2,
A.Taylor 2, Olson 1, Betts 1, Angu-
lo-Joli, Martinez, Nofi eld, Bowles,
Betts.
Astoria
6 7 7 14—34
Seaside 3 4 3
6—16
BOYS BASKETBALL
SEASIDE 64, ASTORIA 50
Corey Conant
Warrenton Wrestling
The Warrenton wrestling team celebrated another tournament fi rst-place fi nish last Saturday
at Monroe.
James Mickelson (170) and
Josh Smith (220).
The Warriors’ fi ve third-
place fi nishers included Aus-
tin Atwood (126), Jorge Lopez
(132), Ryder Sturgell (152),
Brandon Runolfson (160) and
Kaison Smith (195).
Warrenton girls compete
at Hood River
The Warrenton girls took
part in the 24-team Hood
River Classic, placing 22nd in
team scoring.
La Grande took the team
title with 104 points, in a close
race with La Pine (103), For-
est Grove and St. Helens (102
each).
Little Knappa wrestlers
win big
At the youth level, Knappa
Kids Wrestling took nine ath-
letes to the Oregon Kids State
Championship last Satur-
day and Sunday at Deschutes
County Fairgrounds.
The little Loggers had fi ve
placers, including “Cradle
Carl” Isom at 43 pounds (8U
division), Gary “The Slam-
mer” Newberry (45 pounds,
8U) and Marvin Isom (56-
plus pounds, 6U).
Third-place
fi nishers
included Easton Bartlett (77
pounds, 10U) and Ralph Bun-
ney (45 pounds, 6U).
“As a team we overcome a
lot this season, after having to
take a year off ,” said Knappa
coach Gary Newberry. “We
won some huge matches
(Sunday). Great way to end
our season.”
Elsewhere,
Chance
Sturgell of Lower Columbia
wrestling placed fourth at 53
pounds (6U).
As a team, the Knappa
Kids had 16 pins, 28th out of
108 teams in the tournament.
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Warrenton’s
Parker
Greenawald stands atop the
podium, following his victory
at 145 pounds last Saturday
in the Monroe Invitational.
AST (50): Colton McMaster 16, Wil-
liams 11, Benesch 8, Boudreau 6,
Faulkner 5, Field 4, Woodrich.
SEA (64): Cash Corder 27, Sibony
15, White 12, Kawasoe 7, Jantes 3,
Langmo, Thompson.
Astoria 10
9 20 11—50
Seaside 15 11 20 18—64
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