KNAPPA SUMMER LEAGUE TIPS OFF 2ND SEASON
After a successful inaugural season in 2006, the Knappa Summer Basketball League initiated its second season Monday night with a trio of games at Hilda Lahti Elementary School.
The brainchild of Knappa High School head coach Craig Cokley, the league features a number of local legends and recent standout high school players in something between a full-fledged recreational league and a playground pickup game.
There is no entry fee, but the number of players has been restricted to only the most serious competitors. The shirts and skins games are self-officiated until the final four minutes if the trailing team is within ten points. Complete statistics and records are kept. The season encompasses four weeks with three games a week for each of six teams, with the playoffs and championship during the second week of August.
Arkansas Rimrockers forward Brian Jackson is the marquee player in the league, which also includes Ilwaco's Paul Jarrett, a former Division I and semipro player, Warrenton all-time leading scorer Nate McBride and former Cowapa League Player of the Year and Lower Columbia Red Devil Kyle Jackson. Several current Knappa High School players and two Warrenton High players are also involved.
Brian Jackson was the first night's leading scorer with a 44 point effort, but Jackson's The Logger fell to Ed's Septic 85-70 with former Tillamook guard Andrew Nieman leading the way with 34 points.
Jackson's former Knappa and OSU teammate Mike Cokley rolled up 41 points on nine made 3-pointers as Nygaard/Hunt defeated Teevin Brothers 98-88. Teevin Brothers features recent Astoria graduates Andy Murray (22 points) and Nick Alfonse (12) and was led by Kyle Jackson's 32 points.
Cokley's younger brother Tex, who played collegiately at Cascade College and Lower Columbia, scorched the nets with seven threes on the way to a 35 point effort and McBride chipped in 21 to lead Danger Den to an 89-74 victory over Link's Outdoor. Jarrett scored 33 points and Astoria's Josh Ray had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds for the losers.
Games on Monday nights will be at Hilda Lahti, while Tuesday and Thurdsay night games will be played at Knappa High School. The games are at 6, 7:10 and 8:20 p.m. and are open to public viewing.
The brainchild of Knappa High School head coach Craig Cokley, the league features a number of local legends and recent standout high school players in something between a full-fledged recreational league and a playground pickup game.
There is no entry fee, but the number of players has been restricted to only the most serious competitors. The shirts and skins games are self-officiated until the final four minutes if the trailing team is within ten points. Complete statistics and records are kept. The season encompasses four weeks with three games a week for each of six teams, with the playoffs and championship during the second week of August.
Arkansas Rimrockers forward Brian Jackson is the marquee player in the league, which also includes Ilwaco's Paul Jarrett, a former Division I and semipro player, Warrenton all-time leading scorer Nate McBride and former Cowapa League Player of the Year and Lower Columbia Red Devil Kyle Jackson. Several current Knappa High School players and two Warrenton High players are also involved.
Brian Jackson was the first night's leading scorer with a 44 point effort, but Jackson's The Logger fell to Ed's Septic 85-70 with former Tillamook guard Andrew Nieman leading the way with 34 points.
Jackson's former Knappa and OSU teammate Mike Cokley rolled up 41 points on nine made 3-pointers as Nygaard/Hunt defeated Teevin Brothers 98-88. Teevin Brothers features recent Astoria graduates Andy Murray (22 points) and Nick Alfonse (12) and was led by Kyle Jackson's 32 points.
Cokley's younger brother Tex, who played collegiately at Cascade College and Lower Columbia, scorched the nets with seven threes on the way to a 35 point effort and McBride chipped in 21 to lead Danger Den to an 89-74 victory over Link's Outdoor. Jarrett scored 33 points and Astoria's Josh Ray had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds for the losers.
Games on Monday nights will be at Hilda Lahti, while Tuesday and Thurdsay night games will be played at Knappa High School. The games are at 6, 7:10 and 8:20 p.m. and are open to public viewing.
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