ASTORIA GIRLS NAB FIRST LEAGUE WIN
Last season, the Astoria High School girls basketball team had to wait too long for their first Cowapa League win. And it was their only victory of the League season. This year, the wait did not last long.
The Lady Fishermen (10-8, 1-2) defended the home court against over-matched Yamhill Carlton (2-13, 0-3), pushing their way to a 45-25 victory Friday night.
Astoria's vaunted defense was on display once again, as the Fishermen held the visiting Tiger to just 2 points in the 1st Quarter, 11 for the entire first half, on their way to doubling the entire win total overall from last year's squad that finished in the cellar of the Cowapa League. Yamhill-Carlton never scored in double figures in any period during the game.
Yamhill scored first, but Astoria went on a 12-0 run to grab ahold of a lead that they would never relinquish. Coach Gordon Thompson said his girls came out with the intensity he was after off the heels of two blowout losses to league leaders Scappoose and Tillamook.
"It was important for us to come out with some urgency," Thompson remarked after the game. "I was proud of how our team stayed focused...although we still have some work to do."
The "work" is centered on the offense, which showed some spurts of revitalization, as Astoria scored in double digits in the second and fourth quarters and exceeded their season per game average by 13 points in the win. No Astoria player scored in double figures, but the balanced attack kept the Tigers guessing all evening and caused match-up problems for a team that has 6 players that are either Freshmen or Sophomores.
"They're (Yamhill-Carlton) very young, but you can see that they have some talent," said Thompson. "But we just focus on what we need to do. Our girls stuck with the game plan."
Jamie Coggins paced the Fishermen with 11 and KJ Carr added 7 points. Yamhill was led by Danni Dunham with 7 points along with Bree Larson who chipped in 7 before fouling out late in the game.
Astoria is next in action as they hit the road against Banks on Tuesday night.
YAMHILL-CARLTON 2 9 5 9 - 25
Bellwood 2, Larson 7, Findley 1, Dunham 7, Anderson 1, Braden 2, Findley 1, Webb 4, Rogers, Hancox, Davis
ASTORIA 6 16 9 14 - 45
Coggins 11, Carr 7, Cullen 2, Wilson 4, Stephens 6, O'Bryan 1, Saulsbury 3, Hillard 4, E. Coggins 3, Schaurman, Lilley 3
The Lady Fishermen (10-8, 1-2) defended the home court against over-matched Yamhill Carlton (2-13, 0-3), pushing their way to a 45-25 victory Friday night.
Astoria's vaunted defense was on display once again, as the Fishermen held the visiting Tiger to just 2 points in the 1st Quarter, 11 for the entire first half, on their way to doubling the entire win total overall from last year's squad that finished in the cellar of the Cowapa League. Yamhill-Carlton never scored in double figures in any period during the game.
Yamhill scored first, but Astoria went on a 12-0 run to grab ahold of a lead that they would never relinquish. Coach Gordon Thompson said his girls came out with the intensity he was after off the heels of two blowout losses to league leaders Scappoose and Tillamook.
"It was important for us to come out with some urgency," Thompson remarked after the game. "I was proud of how our team stayed focused...although we still have some work to do."
The "work" is centered on the offense, which showed some spurts of revitalization, as Astoria scored in double digits in the second and fourth quarters and exceeded their season per game average by 13 points in the win. No Astoria player scored in double figures, but the balanced attack kept the Tigers guessing all evening and caused match-up problems for a team that has 6 players that are either Freshmen or Sophomores.
"They're (Yamhill-Carlton) very young, but you can see that they have some talent," said Thompson. "But we just focus on what we need to do. Our girls stuck with the game plan."
Jamie Coggins paced the Fishermen with 11 and KJ Carr added 7 points. Yamhill was led by Danni Dunham with 7 points along with Bree Larson who chipped in 7 before fouling out late in the game.
Astoria is next in action as they hit the road against Banks on Tuesday night.
YAMHILL-CARLTON 2 9 5 9 - 25
Bellwood 2, Larson 7, Findley 1, Dunham 7, Anderson 1, Braden 2, Findley 1, Webb 4, Rogers, Hancox, Davis
ASTORIA 6 16 9 14 - 45
Coggins 11, Carr 7, Cullen 2, Wilson 4, Stephens 6, O'Bryan 1, Saulsbury 3, Hillard 4, E. Coggins 3, Schaurman, Lilley 3
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