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Seaside senior Ever Sibony (4) and teammates celebrate after Sibony’s game-winning 3-pointer
in Friday’s game.
Gulls work overtime to beat Valiants
The Astorian
In the most unexpected
overtime game of the night,
Seaside held off Valley
Catholic in fi ve quarters Fri-
day night at Seaside, 58-55.
Both teams had opportu-
nities to win it earlier, but it
came down to a buzzer-beat-
ing 3-pointer from Seaside’s
Ever Sibony as time expired,
with his bank shot off the
glass going in for the lone
fi eld goal of the overtime
session.
The Valiants —winless in
league play — had to over-
come defi cits of 19-8 in the
fi rst quarter, 44-30 in the
third and 47-37 early in the
fourth before the Valiants
reeled off an 18-6 run to
send the game to overtime.
Seaside had a chance to
close it out at the free throw
line, but the Gulls made just
3-of-10 attempts in the fi nal
minute of regulation, into
overtime.
Valley Catholic’s Benja-
min Cheung scored a game-
high 21 points, and made
two free throws with 53 sec-
onds left in the extra frame
to tie the game at 55-55, set-
ting up the game-winning
shot by Sibony.
The Gulls are 5-0 in
league play, a one-game
lead over Banks and a three-
game lead over Astoria with
three games remaining.
Less than 24 hours after
Friday’s win, Seaside trav-
eled to West Linn for a non-
league game against the No.
3-ranked 5A Lions, who
defeated the Gulls 69-39.
Banks 67, Astoria 41
In the late, late game
Friday at the Brick House,
Banks led from start to fi n-
ish in a 67-41 win over Asto-
ria in Cowapa League boys
basketball action.
In their last visit to Asto-
ria as a member of the Cow-
apa League, the Braves
knocked down 10 3-point-
ers on the night, improving
to 4-1 in league play.
Colton McMaster led
Astoria with 13 points, but
Banks countered with big
nights from Ben Mayo (24
points) and Cooper Gobel
(16 points), as the Braves
built a 27-10 lead in the sec-
ond quarter, and extended it
to 45-18 early in the third.
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Astoria girls top Banks, 45-40
The Astorian
Lots of jump balls, fouls,
turnovers and players div-
ing on the fl oor, but Asto-
ria fi nally outlasted Banks
45-40 in a physical Cow-
apa League girls basketball
game Friday night at the
Brick House.
Mark it down: Feb. 4,
2022, the day the Lady Fish-
ermen pulled into a fi rst
place tie with the Braves in
the league standings. With
Banks checking out of the
Cowapa League after this
school year, Astoria could
have a permanent lock on
fi rst place in the Cowapa for
at least the next three years.
For now, the two teams
that will likely represent
the Cowapa League in this
year’s state tournament are
tied at 4-1 in league play,
with three games remaining.
The Lady Fishermen
trailed just once in Friday’s
game at 5-4, when Astoria’s
Caleigh Peterson hit a jump
Knappa boys
close in on
league title
The Astorian
shot to spark a 13-0 run.
The Braves still managed to
rally, and closed to within
three points late in the game.
Astoria made just one
fi eld goal in the fourth quar-
ter, but hit 3-of-9 free throws
over the fi nal fi ve minutes,
enough to hold off a turn-
over-plagued Banks team.
Peterson — who spent
the last two years as a starter
at Seaside — had one of her
best games in an Astoria
uniform, scoring 10 points
behind Shelby Bruney’s 12
points.
Valiants edge Gulls
in overtime
In their last three homes
games vs. the top three
teams in the Cowapa League
(Banks, Astoria and Val-
ley Catholic), the Seaside
Lady Gulls allowed just 31,
34 and 26 points to all three
teams.
Unfortunately for the
Gulls, Seaside scored 26,
16 and 24 in the same three
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Girls Basketball — Taft at Warren-
ton, 6 p.m.; Vernonia at Knappa, 7 p.m.;
Crosshill Christian at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Taft at Warren-
ton, 7:30 p.m.; Crosshill Christian at Jew-
ell, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Tilla-
mook, 6 p.m.; Mannahouse Christian
at Knappa, 6 p.m.; St. Stephen’s at Jew-
ell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Tilla-
mook, 7:45 p.m.; Mannahouse Christian
at Knappa, 7:45 p.m.; St. Stephen’s at
Jewell, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball — Astoria at Valley
Catholic, 6 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside,
6 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 6 p.m.;
Knappa at Gaston, 6 p.m.; Jewell at C.S.
Lewis, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at Valley
Catholic, 7:45 p.m.; Tillamook at Sea-
side, 7:45 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier,
7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Gaston, 7:45 p.m.;
Jewell at CS Lewis, 7 p.m.
Swimming — District 1, at Astoria
Aquatic Center, TBA
BAN (40): Hailey Evans 16, Saunders 9,
Bigsby 4, Johnson 3, Walker 3, Rose 2,
Grossnickle 2, King 1.
AST (45): Shelby Bruney 12, Peterson 10,
Matthews 7, Biederman 7, Huber 4, Hol-
mstedt 2, Birdeno 2, Dundas 1.
Banks
8
12
9
11—40
Astoria
17
9
12
7—45
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VALLEY CATHOLIC 26, SEA-
SIDE 24
VC (26): Ella Trecker 8, McKeen 5, J.Rose-
brook 5, Kinder 4, Kojima 2, M.Rose-
brook 1.
SEA (24): Lilli Taylor 10, Abby Nofi eld
10, Betts 4.
Valley C.
3 5 7 7 4—26
Seaside
10 2 6 4
2—24
BOYS BASKETBALL
BANKS 67, ASTORIA 41
BAN (67): Ben Mayo 24, Gobel 16, Vid-
mantas 9, Petersen 5, Vereen 4, Selleck 3,
Voss 2, White 2, Bodine 2.
AST (41): Colton McMaster 13, Wil-
liams 7, Benesch 5, Boudreau 5, Faulk-
ner 4, Field 4, Woodrich 3, Olson, Moore,
Wintersteen.
Banks
17
15
26
9—67
Astoria
10
8
11
12—41
SEASIDE 58,
VALLEY CATHOLIC 55
VC (55): Benjamin Cheung 21, Holub 14,
Heyworth 6, Tortorelli 5, Han 5, Lane 2,
Merz 2.
SEA (58): Cash Corder 19, Sibony
14, Langmo 14, White 5, Kawasoe 4,
Kraushaar 2.
Valley C. 9 15 11 18 2—55
Seaside 19 18 10
6 5—58
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February 11th, 2022
SCOREBOARD
WEDNESDAY
Three games in three
days was no problem for
the No. 2-ranked Knappa
boys basketball team last
week, as the Loggers
went 3-0 in league play
to take over fi rst place in
the Northwest League.
After a forfeit win
over Gaston on Wednes-
day, Knappa followed
with
easy
victories
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday over Portland
Christian (85-29), Ver-
nonia (57-39) and Faith
Bible (70-52).
The Knappa girls lost
three straight, falling to
the Royals (48-46), Ver-
nonia (47-23) and Faith
Bible (58-20).
games, the latest a 26-24
overtime loss to the Valiants,
Friday night at Seaside.
A layup by Seaside’s
Alissa Betts gave the Gulls
a 12-5 lead late in the sec-
ond quarter, before the Val-
iants’ Maggie McKeen hit
a 3-pointer to pull Valley
Catholic to within 12-8 at
halftime.
Seaside still had an 18-15
lead after three quarters, but
a 3-pointer from Valley Cath-
olic freshman Julia Rose-
brook helped the Valiants
rally to tie the game, 22-22
at the end of regulation.
Valley Catholic built a
big four-point lead in over-
time before a score from
Seaside’s Abby Nofi eld
brought the Gulls to within
two points with 31 seconds
left. A fi nal possession for
the Gulls came up empty.
Seaside has a home game
Friday vs. Tillamook before
fi nishing the regular season
with road games at Banks
and Astoria.
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