LOGGERS SWEEP RUMBLE NAILBITERS
Paul Isom's free throw with nine seconds left broke a 46-all tie as the Knappa Loggers held off a strong Warrenton challenge to defeat the Warriors 47-46 in the season opener for both teams.
Earlier in the night, Knappa's Meagan Harn hit a free throw with one second remaining to give the Lady Loggers a 50-49 victory over Warrenton.
In the girls contest, Knappa stormed to a 23-7 lead, holding Warrenton scoreless for the first six minutes of both the first and second quarters. The Lady Warriors closed out the first half with a 10-0 run to close the gap to 23-17.
Knappa led 36-30 going into the final quarter, but freshman point guard Jordyn Holt keyed a Warrenton comeback with ten of her team-high 13 points in the final period. A 3-point shot by Amber Hackwith and a Holt basket gave the Warriors their first lead of the night at 41-40. The lead changed hands six times over the final few minutes until Knappa opened up a 49-45 lead.
Forced to foul and put the Loggers on the line, Warrenton capitalized on missed free throws to score four straight points in the final minute, capped by a driving Holt layup to even the score at 49 with five seconds left. Unfortunately, the Warriors forgot to change their strategy and Hackwith fouled Harn on a reach-in in backcourt with one second left. After missing four straight free throws, the 5-2 senior calmly sank the first of two to provide the winning margin, giving her a career high 13 points on the night. Fellow senior backcourt mate Kirsty Coghill added 13 for Knappa.
The boys game also came down to a late free throw, but it was Warrenton which led much of the way.
Warrenton had the tempo in its favor in the first half and was able to crisply execute its offense, while Knappa struggled with a new offensive approach that may not carry over into the second week of the season.
"It looked absolutely horrible and we're scrapping it," said Knappa head coach Craig Cokley. "We messed with it this summer and it looked pretty good and we thought it had some real possibilities so we spent some time with it. Oh, man! Total disaster."
Warrenton got a steal off the opening tip and scored on its first two possessions on a basket by Kevin Moore and a 3-pointer from Michael Davis. The Loggers recovered to tie the game at nine at the end of one period, but trailed 28-23 at the half and watched as Warrenton scored the first six points of the third quarter to take its largest lead at 34-23.
Knappa was able to sort out its offensive woes, while putting the defensive clamps on Warrenton leading scorer Eric Gantenbein, who torched the Loggers for 14 first half points, but was held scoreless over the final two periods.
"The second half we went to more of a 5-man motion offense and were able to get some isolations in the post. We got Jesse Moreland the ball down inside a few times where he could use his length and ability to score.
"We're just gonna kind of go back to some of the offenses that we've run in the past that have been good for us because, quite frankly, our post players are better than I anticipated they would be."
Moreland, a 6-5 sophomore making his varsity debut, scored 12 points in the game and helped spur Knappa's third quarter comeback with six points in the quarter as the Loggers closed the period with a 13-4 run to close within 38-36 entering the final eight minutes.
Warrenton's Jordan Little hit both ends of a 1-and-1 at the line to tie the game at 46 with just under a minute to play after Warrenton took possession on a Knappa turnover. Ryan Isom, who scored a team-high 13 points for Knappa, was whistled for travelling as the Loggers tried to run their delay offense with a two point lead.
With just under a minute remaining, Knappa played for the final shot, with senior point guard Paul Isom drawing a 2-shot foul with nine seconds left. Isom hit the first free throw and missed the second, but junior post Gary Aho crashed the boards and secured the rebound as the Loggers scrambled to play keepaway and run out the clock with Warrenton desperately trying to foul.
On the rebound, Warrenton guard Ryan Lampi went down on the baseline with an apparent ankle injury. Play was stopped with one second on the clock, until Lampi was able to walk off the court. The Loggers successfully inbounded the ball and ran out the remaining second to seal the victory.
The Loggers converted their first six free throws before going 3-for-8 at the line in the final period. Isom finished with six points, a team high nine rebounds and three assists.
"We've gotten better, but we need to get a lot better," said Cokley of his team's free throw shooting. "We didn't get blanked when we needed to have at least one and that's an important step."
Despite the disappointing loss, it was a solid debut for Warrenton and first-year head coach Josh Jannusch, whose team shot 40-percent from the field, connected on 8-of-10 at the line and only turned the ball over ten times.
"I was real impressed with their first night's showing," said Jannusch, "especially coming back when we didn't get a jamboree.
"I was real impressed with the guys' intensity and overall understanding of what was going on. Especially with me coming in this year, we did a few wrinkles and changes and all the guys just picked right up on it and they ran it well.
"We just have to look at a few places and improve in little areas, which is a lot better than improving on a lot of big areas."
Senior post Michael O'Casey came off the bench to score ten points and grab nine reboudns for the Warriors, who host Naselle Friday night, while the Warrenton girls travel to play the Comets at Patterson gymnasium.
Knappa's boys are off until Tuesday night's OSAA Endowment doubleheader at Astoria, starting with the girls game at 6:30 p.m. KAST 1370 AM will broadcast the games, beginning with pregame coverage at 6:15 p.m. The Knappa girls have rescheduled Monday's snowed out game with Ilwaco for Saturday night, with the J.V. game starting at 6:00 p.m.
GIRLS
WARRENTON (0-1) 5 12 13 19--49
Ju. Marxer 2, Ogren 6, Jo. Marxer 4, Holt 13, A. Dove, Hayward 8, Neahring 9, Wilkins 2, Hackwith 5.
KNAPPA (1-0) 10 13 13 14--50
Harn 13, Nichols 6, Coghill 13, Barendse, Schuyler 7, Kaul 7, Dugan 2, Cameron 2, Cokley, Oja, West, Van Gundy.
FIELD GOALS-WAR: 20-50-40%, KNA: 20-55-36%
FREE THROWS-WAR: 8-30-27%, KNA: 6-29-35%
3-PT FG'S-WAR: 1-6-17%, KNA: 1-10-10%
REBOUNDS-WAR: 41 (Hayward, Dove 8), KNA: 31 (Schuyler 8)
TURNOVERS-WAR: 36, KNA: 28
BOYS
WARRENTON (0-1) 9 19 10 8--46
Davis 5, Gantenbein 14, Garcia, Moore 4, Little 8, O'Casey 10, Lampi 5, Aira.
KNAPPA (1-0) 9 14 12 12--47
R. Isom 13, P. Isom 6, Aho 6, Bokor 2, Riffe 8, Moreland 12, Fry.
FIELD GOALS-WAR: 17-43-40%, KNA: 17-46-37%
FREE THROWS-WAR: 8-10-80%, KNA: 9-14-64%
3-PT FG'S-WAR: 4-10-40%, KNA: 4-20-20%
REBOUNDS-WAR: 23 (O'Casey 9), KNA: 25 (P. Isom 9)
TURNOVERS-WAR: 10, KNA: 10
Earlier in the night, Knappa's Meagan Harn hit a free throw with one second remaining to give the Lady Loggers a 50-49 victory over Warrenton.
In the girls contest, Knappa stormed to a 23-7 lead, holding Warrenton scoreless for the first six minutes of both the first and second quarters. The Lady Warriors closed out the first half with a 10-0 run to close the gap to 23-17.
Knappa led 36-30 going into the final quarter, but freshman point guard Jordyn Holt keyed a Warrenton comeback with ten of her team-high 13 points in the final period. A 3-point shot by Amber Hackwith and a Holt basket gave the Warriors their first lead of the night at 41-40. The lead changed hands six times over the final few minutes until Knappa opened up a 49-45 lead.
Forced to foul and put the Loggers on the line, Warrenton capitalized on missed free throws to score four straight points in the final minute, capped by a driving Holt layup to even the score at 49 with five seconds left. Unfortunately, the Warriors forgot to change their strategy and Hackwith fouled Harn on a reach-in in backcourt with one second left. After missing four straight free throws, the 5-2 senior calmly sank the first of two to provide the winning margin, giving her a career high 13 points on the night. Fellow senior backcourt mate Kirsty Coghill added 13 for Knappa.
The boys game also came down to a late free throw, but it was Warrenton which led much of the way.
Warrenton had the tempo in its favor in the first half and was able to crisply execute its offense, while Knappa struggled with a new offensive approach that may not carry over into the second week of the season.
"It looked absolutely horrible and we're scrapping it," said Knappa head coach Craig Cokley. "We messed with it this summer and it looked pretty good and we thought it had some real possibilities so we spent some time with it. Oh, man! Total disaster."
Warrenton got a steal off the opening tip and scored on its first two possessions on a basket by Kevin Moore and a 3-pointer from Michael Davis. The Loggers recovered to tie the game at nine at the end of one period, but trailed 28-23 at the half and watched as Warrenton scored the first six points of the third quarter to take its largest lead at 34-23.
Knappa was able to sort out its offensive woes, while putting the defensive clamps on Warrenton leading scorer Eric Gantenbein, who torched the Loggers for 14 first half points, but was held scoreless over the final two periods.
"The second half we went to more of a 5-man motion offense and were able to get some isolations in the post. We got Jesse Moreland the ball down inside a few times where he could use his length and ability to score.
"We're just gonna kind of go back to some of the offenses that we've run in the past that have been good for us because, quite frankly, our post players are better than I anticipated they would be."
Moreland, a 6-5 sophomore making his varsity debut, scored 12 points in the game and helped spur Knappa's third quarter comeback with six points in the quarter as the Loggers closed the period with a 13-4 run to close within 38-36 entering the final eight minutes.
Warrenton's Jordan Little hit both ends of a 1-and-1 at the line to tie the game at 46 with just under a minute to play after Warrenton took possession on a Knappa turnover. Ryan Isom, who scored a team-high 13 points for Knappa, was whistled for travelling as the Loggers tried to run their delay offense with a two point lead.
With just under a minute remaining, Knappa played for the final shot, with senior point guard Paul Isom drawing a 2-shot foul with nine seconds left. Isom hit the first free throw and missed the second, but junior post Gary Aho crashed the boards and secured the rebound as the Loggers scrambled to play keepaway and run out the clock with Warrenton desperately trying to foul.
On the rebound, Warrenton guard Ryan Lampi went down on the baseline with an apparent ankle injury. Play was stopped with one second on the clock, until Lampi was able to walk off the court. The Loggers successfully inbounded the ball and ran out the remaining second to seal the victory.
The Loggers converted their first six free throws before going 3-for-8 at the line in the final period. Isom finished with six points, a team high nine rebounds and three assists.
"We've gotten better, but we need to get a lot better," said Cokley of his team's free throw shooting. "We didn't get blanked when we needed to have at least one and that's an important step."
Despite the disappointing loss, it was a solid debut for Warrenton and first-year head coach Josh Jannusch, whose team shot 40-percent from the field, connected on 8-of-10 at the line and only turned the ball over ten times.
"I was real impressed with their first night's showing," said Jannusch, "especially coming back when we didn't get a jamboree.
"I was real impressed with the guys' intensity and overall understanding of what was going on. Especially with me coming in this year, we did a few wrinkles and changes and all the guys just picked right up on it and they ran it well.
"We just have to look at a few places and improve in little areas, which is a lot better than improving on a lot of big areas."
Senior post Michael O'Casey came off the bench to score ten points and grab nine reboudns for the Warriors, who host Naselle Friday night, while the Warrenton girls travel to play the Comets at Patterson gymnasium.
Knappa's boys are off until Tuesday night's OSAA Endowment doubleheader at Astoria, starting with the girls game at 6:30 p.m. KAST 1370 AM will broadcast the games, beginning with pregame coverage at 6:15 p.m. The Knappa girls have rescheduled Monday's snowed out game with Ilwaco for Saturday night, with the J.V. game starting at 6:00 p.m.
GIRLS
WARRENTON (0-1) 5 12 13 19--49
Ju. Marxer 2, Ogren 6, Jo. Marxer 4, Holt 13, A. Dove, Hayward 8, Neahring 9, Wilkins 2, Hackwith 5.
KNAPPA (1-0) 10 13 13 14--50
Harn 13, Nichols 6, Coghill 13, Barendse, Schuyler 7, Kaul 7, Dugan 2, Cameron 2, Cokley, Oja, West, Van Gundy.
FIELD GOALS-WAR: 20-50-40%, KNA: 20-55-36%
FREE THROWS-WAR: 8-30-27%, KNA: 6-29-35%
3-PT FG'S-WAR: 1-6-17%, KNA: 1-10-10%
REBOUNDS-WAR: 41 (Hayward, Dove 8), KNA: 31 (Schuyler 8)
TURNOVERS-WAR: 36, KNA: 28
BOYS
WARRENTON (0-1) 9 19 10 8--46
Davis 5, Gantenbein 14, Garcia, Moore 4, Little 8, O'Casey 10, Lampi 5, Aira.
KNAPPA (1-0) 9 14 12 12--47
R. Isom 13, P. Isom 6, Aho 6, Bokor 2, Riffe 8, Moreland 12, Fry.
FIELD GOALS-WAR: 17-43-40%, KNA: 17-46-37%
FREE THROWS-WAR: 8-10-80%, KNA: 9-14-64%
3-PT FG'S-WAR: 4-10-40%, KNA: 4-20-20%
REBOUNDS-WAR: 23 (O'Casey 9), KNA: 25 (P. Isom 9)
TURNOVERS-WAR: 10, KNA: 10
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