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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022
SPORTS
OBITUARIES
Astoria sweeps Tillamook
Ron Rubino
Bruney scores 32
in girls’ win
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The Astorian
TUESDAY
Astoria started out good
and got better Wednesday
night at Tillamook, where
the Fishermen played one
of their best games of the
season in a 59-26 Cowapa
League boys basketball win.
“Our defense was out-
standing,” said Astoria
coach Kevin Goin. “Nor-
mally one (opposing) kid
has a big game on us, but as
a group we held (the Chee-
semakers) to just one two-
point and one 3-point fi eld
goal the entire second half.
“We got into some foul
trouble and Tillamook made
a bunch of free throws, but
we had some guys step up
and score for us (Thomas
Faulkner with 17 points,
Owen Williams with 12),
Girls Basketball — Seaside at Banks,
6 p.m.; Willamette Valley Christian at
Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Seaside at Banks,
7:40 p.m.; Willamette Valley Christian at
Jewell, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Girls Basketball — Oregon School for
the Deaf at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Oregon School for
the Deaf at Jewell, 7 p.m.
KNAPPA 52,
MANNAHOUSE CHRISTIAN 36
MC (36): Reaiah Hall 19, Tebeau 9, Bjorns-
gard 6, Schefter 2.
KNA (52): Hannah Dietrichs 10, Miller
9, Barendse 8, Pass 6, Piña 4, Regier 4,
Larsen 3, Brown 3, McDorman 2, Jones
2, Jeka 1, Lauderbaugh, Maher, Jack-
son, Lebo.
Mannahouse 6 5 9 16—36
Knappa 13 13 14 12—52
BOYS BASKETBALL
ASTORIA 59,
TILLAMOOK 26
GIRLS BASKETBALL
ASTORIA 57, TILLAMOOK 20
AST (57): Shelby Bruney 32, Huber 8,
Dundas 6, Peterson 5, Biederman 4, Mat-
thews, Birdeno, Holmstedt.
TIL (20): Lexie Braxling 8, Haertel 3, Viramon-
tes 2, Pesterfi eld 2, Tuiolemotu 2, Brown 2.
Astoria 17 17 15 8—57
Tillamook 0 6 3 11—20
so it was just a really good
game all around,” he said.
“Our guards, Thomas, Judd
(Field), Merrick (Benesch)
and Owen did a great job.”
The Fishermen have a
solid hold on third place in
the league standings. After
AST (59): Thomas Faulkner 17, Williams
12, McMaster 8, Benesch 7, Olson 6,
Field 4, Boudreau 3, Woodrich 2, Moore,
Wintersteen.
TIL (26): Marshall Allen 16, Seals 4, Gitch-
ell 2, Leonnig 2, Johnson 1, Torres 1.
Astoria 12 15 18 14—59
Tillamook 6 11 6 3—26
playing at Valley Catholic
Friday, Astoria hosts Seaside
to close out the regular sea-
son Thursday.
Astoria 57,
Tillamook 20
The Astoria Lady Fisher-
men are beginning to look
and play like they were in
early 2020, when a run at
a possible state title was
derailed by the coronavirus
pandemic.
Coaches around the state
have fi nally voted Astoria
into the top 10, and the Fish-
ermen are playing at a higher
level on a nightly basis, as
they cruised to another easy
victory Wednesday at Tilla-
mook, 57-20.
Freshman Shelby Bruney
poured in a career-high 32
points — all in three quar-
ters — and the Fishermen
built a 17-0 lead after one
quarter, 34-6 at halftime.
Teammate Tayla Huber
added eight points, and
Astoria held the Lady
Mooks to just nine points
through three quarters of
play. Astoria improved to
13-8 overall, 5-1 in league,
while Tillamook slipped to
0-5.
Loggers down the Lions, twice
The Astorian
The Knappa girls bas-
ketball team kept their post-
season hopes alive with a
52-36 win over Mannahouse
Christian, Wednesday night
at Knappa.
The Loggers (6-14 over-
all, 2-10 in the Northwest
League) topped the 50-point
mark for just the second time
this season, with two games
remaining, both against the
two teams they have beaten
in league (at Gaston, at
Mannahouse).
A 3-pointer by Taryn Bar-
endse had the Loggers in
front 22-6 midway through
the second quarter, and from
there, Knappa wore down
the much smaller, inexperi-
enced Lions.
With just six players on
the roster — all freshmen —
Mannahouse still managed
to keep the game reasonably
close, with a game-high 19
points from Reaiah Hall.
An off ensive rebound
basket by Knappa’s Ariana
Miller extended the Log-
ger lead to 34-13 in the third
quarter, and 46-20 in the
fourth.
Ten fourth quarter points
from Hall helped Manna-
house outscore Knappa 16-6
to fi nish the game. Hannah
Dietrichs led Knappa with
10 points. Miller added nine
points, 12 rebounds and four
steals. Alondra Piña had six
steals and Taylor Pass had
fi ve steals for the Loggers,
who pressured the Lions
into 33 turnovers.
“The girls came to play
tonight,” said Knappa coach
Tracie Nygaard Brockey.
“It was a great atmosphere
in our gym. We even got
our foreign exchange stu-
dent (Laura Jeka) in for the
last minute and she sank a
free throw. The crowd was
chanting her name.”
Loggers 61, Lions 38
Like they have all sea-
son in the Northwest League
standings, the Knappa Log-
gers led from start to fi nish
Wednesday night at home,
as the No. 1-ranked Loggers
all but locked up yet another
regular season title with a
61-38 win over Mannahouse
Christian.
Three-point shots by
Shane McMahan, Bran-
Judge restores some wolves
to endangered species list
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
A federal judge in Oak-
land, California, on Thursday
restored some wolves in the
Lower 48 to the endangered
species list, overturning a
decision by the Trump admin-
istration that was cheered by
ranchers.
U.S. District Judge Jeff rey
White embraced claims by
wolf advocates that stripping
protection was premature.
The ruling again puts
wolves in western and cen-
tral Washington, western and
central Oregon, and Califor-
nia under federal protection.
The decision does not
cover wolves in eastern
Washington, Eastern Oregon,
Idaho or Montana. Wolves in
those areas will remain off the
federally protected list of spe-
cies and will still be managed
by state offi cials.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service argued that wolves
throughout the U.S. were no
longer threatened with extinc-
tion because of robust wolf
populations in the Northern
Rocky Mountains and the
Great Lakes.
The agency said West
Coast wolves were an exten-
sion of those large and stable
populations.
White, however, said the
agency erred by declaring
West Coast wolves are recov-
ered based on the status of
wolves in Rockies and Great
Lakes.
“For the ranching com-
munity, that’s a devastat-
ing decision,” said Douglas
County rancher Veril Nelson,
the western Oregon repre-
sentative on the Oregon Cat-
tlemen’s Association wolf
committee.
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
Ron Rubino, 77, of married to Nikki Shan-
Astoria, passed away at nigan. They had a daugh-
ter, Jennifer.
home on Dec. 13, 2021.
During
the
He was born
off -season,
he
in Antioch, Cal-
was owner and
ifornia, on Feb.
proprietor
of
11, 1944, to
the café Judy’s
Jack and Esther
Kitchen in down-
Rubino, along
town Astoria.
with his twin sis-
In 1986, he
ter, Darlene.
married
Anna
The family
Walker
from
moved to Asto-
Nehalem. They
ria in 1959. He
Ron Rubino
had three chil-
attended Asto-
dren
together,
ria High School,
Alisha, Joseph
where
he
and Elizabeth.
excelled and let-
Ron had a
tered in football
true sense of
and track. After
adventure. He
high school, he
loved traveling,
enlisted in the
hunting, fi shing,
U.S.
Marine
chopping fi re-
Corps and was
wood and read-
stationed in Oki-
ing, and was
nawa, Japan.
In 1968, he met and actively involved in his
married his fi rst wife, church.
He leaves behind his
Karen. They lived in Rock-
ford, Illinois, where Ron children, Leanne, Michael,
worked for Behr Inc. as an Jennifer, Alisha, Joseph
operations manager, and and Elizabeth; brother,
Karen taught music. They Vince (Ann); sister, Con-
had two children, Leanne nie (Steve); wife, Joanne;
and numerous grandchil-
and Michael.
In 1978, he moved back dren, nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death
to Astoria to begin com-
mercial fi shing in both the by his parents, Jack and
Columbia River and Bris- Esther Rubino; brothers,
tol Bay, Alaska, with his Jack Jr. and Audie; and sis-
father and brothers. While ters, Darlene, Barbara and
in Alaska, he met and was Shirley.
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“The diff erence in being
in a federally listed situation
is that we can’t get rid of the
wolves,” he said. “Until we’re
ready to do that, we’re hung
out to dry.”
The ruling undermined one
of the more successful endan-
gered species recoveries ever,
said Kaitlynn Glover, exec-
utive director of the Public
Lands Council, who’s also
director of natural resources
for the National Cattlemen’s
Beef Association.
“Today’s decision con-
fl icts with the intended pur-
pose of the act,” she said in a
statement.
“It’s disappointing that
environmental activism car-
ried more weight than science
in this case,” she said. “This is
just another attempt by activ-
ist groups to ignore the facts
and rewrite the history of gray
wolf recovery in the U.S.”
TUESDAY
don Gale and Tanner Jack-
son led to a 17-10 lead after
one quarter, and the Loggers
cruised from there, outscor-
ing the Lions 44-28 over the
fi nal three quarters.
Astoria
Feb. 11, 1944 — Dec. 13, 2021
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THURSDAY
FRIDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
58 37
56 42
Mostly sunny
Clearing
49 38
51 40
Showers
Cloudy with a
around; cooler
shower
50 39
51 42
53 39
Cloudy
A shower
possible
Showers
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
57/37
54/35
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
54/30
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: The Big Dipper
appears above the northeast
horizon after sunset. Before sun-
rise, it is nearly overhead.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 52/35
Normal high/low .................. 51/37
Record high .................. 68 in 1963
Record low .................... 14 in 1933
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.49”
Normal month to date ......... 2.73”
Year to date .......................... 13.97”
Normal year to date ........... 13.32”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Sunrise today .................. 7:23 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 5:37 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 1:29 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 5:20 a.m.
Last
New
9:43 a.m. 7.8 3:54 a.m.
11:43 p.m. 6.7 5:17 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
9:28 a.m. 7.8 3:25 a.m.
11:44 p.m. 6.4 4:36 p.m.
First
9:35 a.m. 7.9 3:38 a.m.
11:44 p.m. 6.6 4:50 p.m.
Warrenton
9:38 a.m. 8.2 3:38 a.m.
11:38 p.m. 7.1 5:01 p.m.
Knappa
10:20 a.m. 8.0 4:55 a.m.
none
6:18 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Feb 16 Feb 23 Mar 2 Mar 10
8:43 a.m. 8.0 2:50 a.m.
10:59 p.m. 6.6 4:06 p.m.
4.3
0.5
4.6
0.8
4.4
0.4
4.4
0.6
3.7
0.5
4.9
0.7
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
65/36/s
55/29/c
22/12/pc
48/31/pc
44/25/pc
81/67/s
55/33/sh
87/58/s
81/68/sh
58/30/pc
82/53/pc
72/51/s
61/36/pc
47/30/s
30/19/sn
23/15/c
66/37/s
55/28/s
81/65/s
62/37/s
87/56/s
74/57/sh
34/18/sn
81/51/s
70/48/pc
38/26/sn
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
52/31
Hermiston
The Dalles 51/28
Enterprise
Pendleton 44/23
49/29
57/36
La Grande
43/28
59/33
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Full
Time
46/28
Kennewick Walla Walla
46/30 Lewiston
48/27
55/32
Salem
Pullman
48/25
Longview
58/37 Portland
56/37
42/24
Yakima 41/22
52/30
Astoria
Spokane
39/25
Corvallis
55/31
Albany
55/28
John Day
Eugene
Bend
56/34
59/28
55/26
Ontario
44/27
Caldwell
Burns
49/22
47/26
Medford
69/35
Klamath Falls
63/24
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
39/15/s
63/47/s
57/40/s
57/31/s
59/43/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
39/22/s
59/46/pc
52/42/c
59/43/pc
55/43/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
62/42/s
64/39/pc
60/39/s
58/34/s
55/35/s
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
58/44/pc
66/43/pc
56/43/c
64/42/pc
56/45/pc