Monday, January 15, 2007

COWAPA TOURNAMENT FINALS TODAY

The Astoria Fishermen boys, riding a 10-game winning streak, take on 11-1 Yamhill-Carlton tonight at Linfield University in the championship game of the first annual Cowapa League "Valley-Coast" Preseason Tournament.

Split into divisions separated by the Coast Range, Yamhill-Carlton earned the top seed in the "Valley" by defeating Banks 67-60 last Tuesday, followed by a 65-48 victory over Scappoose on Saturday. The Tigers only loss came to Philomath just prior to the tournament.

Astoria hammered Seaside 70-43 on Tuesday, but did not play a scheduled game at Tillamook Friday night. The Fishermen earned the "Coast" top seed by virtue of a more definitive win over the Gulls as Tillamook defeated Seaside 60-48 on Jan. 5.

Tillamook and Scappoose will play at 4:00 p.m. and Seaside and Banks square off at noon in the other boys games today at Linfield.

The Tillamook girls dominated the Coast side, defeating Seaside 80-36 on Jan. 4, followed by a 52-18 victory over Astoria on Wednesday. The Cheesemakers will meet Scappoose in the girls championship game at 6:00 p.m. Astoria, a 39-36 winner over Seaside last Monday, will play Banks at 2:00 p.m. today, while Seaside opens the final day of the tournament against Yamhill-Carlton at 10:00 a.m.

None of the tournament games count in the league standings. Cowapa League play begins this week with girls games on Thursday and boys games on Friday.

Both Fishermen games will be broadcast today, with the girls game aired on tape delay at 6:00 p.m. tonight and the boys game following live on KAST-AM 1370.

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