MOLALLA TORCHES GULLS
The Molalla Indians seemingly couldn't miss Thursday night at Seaside on the way to a 71-47 rout of the Seagulls.
The Tribe shot 63-percent from the field and hit 7-of-9 from behind the arc in building a 24-15 first quarter lead. Whenever the Gulls threatened to get close, the Indians streaked ahead again, finally blowing the game open with a big run to close the third quarter to take a 57-38 lead into the final period.
Even with their JV swing players on the floor, the shots just kept falling.
"They got a lot of backdoor plays for layins," said assistant coach Jim Poetsch. "The kids that actually shot real well were a lot of JV kids that swung. Their best player is [Onisefor] Kutsev and he only hit a couple of shots, both layins."
Ed Kauffunger had his strongest offensive game of the season, connecting on seven of his first eight shots on the way to a 16 point night. The 6-6 junior also added six rebounds.
"Offensively, he's the only one that really did much for us," said Poetsch, "which is good because early in this season he didn't score a lot of points."
The Seagulls are still without guard Damian Olivar, one of their better defenders, who is sitting out two weeks for an athletic code violation.
"We've struggled offensively with Damian out," said Seagulls head coach Bill Westerholm. We've had Chris Senick at the point, and he's one of our better wing shooters. That leaves us weaker offensively at the wing with guys who aren't as good at scoring."
The Seagulls' next opponent, Western Mennonite, is probably the smallest school they will play this year, but possibly their toughest matchup.
"They could probably contend for the state title at our level," said Poetsch.
The 5-2 Gulls take on the 2A Pioneers from the Salem-area Tri-River conference at a tournament at Seattle Christian High School next Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Mennonite (9-1) has been ranked second behind top-ranked Portland Christian in the 2A Coaches' Poll all season.
MOLALLA 24 16 17 14—71
Glynn 16, Moore 14, Haqq 13, Smith 8, V. Kutsev 7, O. Kutsev 6, Schaefer 3, Heppler 2, Kemp 2, Anderson, Roses, Borowczak.
SEASIDE 15 11 12 9—47
Kauffunger 16, Senick 7, Carlson 6, DeGandi 5, Watts 4, Strite 4, Walker 2, Olstedt 2, Peinhardt 1, Carow, Truax.
FIELD GOALS-MOL: 22-35, SEA: 13-41
3-PT FG’S-MOL: 7-9, SEA: 1-6
FREE THROWS-MOL: 9-13, SEA: 12-27
REBOUNDS-MOL: 17, SEA: 16
TURNOVERS-MOL: 7, SEA: 12
The Tribe shot 63-percent from the field and hit 7-of-9 from behind the arc in building a 24-15 first quarter lead. Whenever the Gulls threatened to get close, the Indians streaked ahead again, finally blowing the game open with a big run to close the third quarter to take a 57-38 lead into the final period.
Even with their JV swing players on the floor, the shots just kept falling.
"They got a lot of backdoor plays for layins," said assistant coach Jim Poetsch. "The kids that actually shot real well were a lot of JV kids that swung. Their best player is [Onisefor] Kutsev and he only hit a couple of shots, both layins."
Ed Kauffunger had his strongest offensive game of the season, connecting on seven of his first eight shots on the way to a 16 point night. The 6-6 junior also added six rebounds.
"Offensively, he's the only one that really did much for us," said Poetsch, "which is good because early in this season he didn't score a lot of points."
The Seagulls are still without guard Damian Olivar, one of their better defenders, who is sitting out two weeks for an athletic code violation.
"We've struggled offensively with Damian out," said Seagulls head coach Bill Westerholm. We've had Chris Senick at the point, and he's one of our better wing shooters. That leaves us weaker offensively at the wing with guys who aren't as good at scoring."
The Seagulls' next opponent, Western Mennonite, is probably the smallest school they will play this year, but possibly their toughest matchup.
"They could probably contend for the state title at our level," said Poetsch.
The 5-2 Gulls take on the 2A Pioneers from the Salem-area Tri-River conference at a tournament at Seattle Christian High School next Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Mennonite (9-1) has been ranked second behind top-ranked Portland Christian in the 2A Coaches' Poll all season.
MOLALLA 24 16 17 14—71
Glynn 16, Moore 14, Haqq 13, Smith 8, V. Kutsev 7, O. Kutsev 6, Schaefer 3, Heppler 2, Kemp 2, Anderson, Roses, Borowczak.
SEASIDE 15 11 12 9—47
Kauffunger 16, Senick 7, Carlson 6, DeGandi 5, Watts 4, Strite 4, Walker 2, Olstedt 2, Peinhardt 1, Carow, Truax.
FIELD GOALS-MOL: 22-35, SEA: 13-41
3-PT FG’S-MOL: 7-9, SEA: 1-6
FREE THROWS-MOL: 9-13, SEA: 12-27
REBOUNDS-MOL: 17, SEA: 16
TURNOVERS-MOL: 7, SEA: 12
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