Photo Gallery - Lady Fishermen easily fly past Stevenson, stay perfect in league

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Photo Gallery - Naselle girls come just short of dramatic comeback

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Ilwaco unleashes 65-24 torrent on Lady Bulldogs

ILWACO - The Lady Fishermen unleashed a 39-9 second-half tidal wave of points and ran away from Stevenson 65-24 in a Trico League game at Carl Aase Gymnasium Friday. Ilwaco led 26-15 at the half and then to open the third period scored the next 13 consecutive points to bury the Lady Bulldogs 39-15 and the game never got any closer.

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Fishermen defense muzzles league-leading Bulldogs 55-35

ILWACO - From the opening tip to the final buzzer Ilwaco totally dominated previously unbeaten league leading Stevenson 55-35 in a Trico League game here Friday. The Fishermen jumped to a 14-3 lead during the first period and increased their advantage to 25-12 at intermission. When Ross Kary dumped in two field goals to open the second half Ilwaco went up 29-12 and the route was on.

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Lady Fishermen rally falls one point shy of Astoria 48-47

ILWACO - The Lady Fishermen, as they have done all season, made a furious fourth period charge, but came up one point short as Astoria won a 48-47 non-league basketball game at Carl Aase Gymnasium Wednesday. Ilwaco trailed 47-38 with 2:36 remaining in the contest when they scored nine of the final ten points. Unfortunately that one Astoria free throw was enough to offset Ilwaco's rally and hand the Lady Fishermen a 48-47 defeat.

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Ilwaco zones out Astoria 53-39

ILWACO - In a game where tempo-the ability to perform at one's preferred pace--was critical, Ilwaco had it, lost it and got the tempo back to pull out a 53-39 non-league boy's basketball game with Astoria here Wednesday. The first half neither team had tempo, momentum or the lead for very long.

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Fishermen bake Bruins in 76-64 with huge OT win

WHITE SALMON - Karl Oman coolly swished two free throws with 30 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime and then he and his mates baked the COlumbia Bruins 19-7 in the four minutes of "free basketball," propelling Ilwaco a crucial 76-64 Trico League victory in the Columbia River Gorge Monday.

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Crowston's buzzer beater biffs Lady Bruins 42-40

WHITE SALMON - Vallori Crowston's 12-foot jump shot in the lane went in with three seconds to go giving Ilwaco a come-from-behind 42-40 Trico League victory in White Salmon Monday. Crowston had missed her last 11 shots, but the feisty sophomore point guard went right at the Lady Bruins 6-foot-1 center Lacey Kruse and shot the winning basket over her to keep Ilwaco undefeated in league play at 5-0.

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Photo Gallery - IHS wrestling @ Raymond

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Photo Gallery - IHS boys vs. Knappa & 1958-59 championship reunion night

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Ilwaco scratches out 48-43 Trico win over Wildcats

ILWACO - It wasn't pretty, but Ilwaco hung on to eke out their first Trico League victory of the season over LaCenter 48-43 at home Thursday. The Fishermen trailed after one period 10-8, but then exploded for 17 straight points to lead 25-10 at the 2:45 mark of the second period as they looked for all the world like they would win by a blowout.

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Ilwaco takes double header from Naselle

Lady Fishermen sink Comets with clutch foul shooting 45-34
NASELLE - The Lady Fishermen sank eight of nine foul shots in the final 3:15 to notch a 45-34 win over Naselle in non-league play at Lyle Patterson Gymnasium Monday. The Comets Coach Bobby Torppa said, "We played probably our best game since the first of the season, we rebounded well, took care of the basketball, and defended well, but we just didn't put the ball in the basket."

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Fishermen near perfect from line in 67-64 comeback win at Naselle
NASELLE - Ilwaco made their first 16 free throws in a row and 18 of 19 from the charity stripe on their way to a 67-64 come-from-behind victory over the Comets at Naselle Monday in fast and furious non-league basketball action. The Comets led 54-53 entering the final period and Nate Sultemeier hit a pair of three's and a driving layup, but the Fishermen answered with a three-point play by Cody Bliss and baskets by Justin Short, Jack Whealdon and Ross Kary to knot the contest at 62-62 with 5:34 remaining.

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Photo Gallery - NHS boys beat Raymond

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Sultemeier's 26 not enough as North Beach downs Comets 73-58

OCEAN SHORES - "North Beach is a very good team. They outplayed us in every aspect of the game," Naselle Coach Brian Macy said. "We didn't play well, didn't shoot well; in fact we didn't do much of anything well tonight."

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Rockets explode in fourth period to beat Fishermen

CASTLE ROCK - The Rockets exploded to a 26-12 fourth period advantage to pull away from Ilwaco for a 64-48 Trico League win at Castle Rock Thursday. The Fishermen defense had held through three periods as Ilwaco was up 9-4 after one period, tied at 25-25 at halftime and only trailed the Rockets 38-36 going into the final eight minutes of the fray.

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Late surge lifts Ilwaco over Lady Rockets 48-40

ILWACO - The Lady Fishermen scored the first basket of the game and then didn't lead again until the 4:04 mark of the final period, but their 12-4 finishing outburst was more than enough to ground Castle Rock 48-40 and take a share of the Trico League lead with the win at home Friday.

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Photo Gallery - IHS girls beat Castle Rock for fifth straight win

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Fishermen flatten Chinooks 42-36 for first mat win in seven years

KALAMA - In 2002 Harry Potter was still a book, the Homeland Security and No Child Left Behind Acts became law, the euro was put into circulation and the Patriots won their first Super Bowl. Until Thursday evening that was also the year of Ilwaco's last dual wrestling victory.

January 23, 2002 Ilwaco defeated the Mules at a dual meet at Cathlamet and Thursday the Fishermen broke the nearly seven-year draught by knocking off Kalama 42-36 in the first half of a double-dual Trico League match and then losing to LaCenter 56-30. Ilwaco's Rudy Alvarez (103 pounds), Dyllan Poe (135), and Taylor Odneal (152) all picked up important victories. Coach Kevin McNulty said, "Dyllan's win was huge, not only in winning points for our team, but the way he battled back. He was behind early, but ended up getting a fall in the third period."

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Lady Fishermen reel in Chinooks 55-38 with team effort

ILWACO - The Lady Fishermen won every quarter as they reeled in Kalama 55-38 in a Trico League contest at Carl Aase Gymnasium Tuesday. Carley Kitzman came off the Ilwaco bench to record a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Ashley Tapio and Alexa Wirkkala nearly turned the trick as well. Tapio netted 15 points, all in the second half, while nabbing nine boards and Wirkkala scored 13 with eight caroms.

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Chinooks' big three sink Fishermen 69-56

KALAMA - "When you have a good point guard like Brandon Walker, a kid like Robby Sanders who can penetrate and shoot and a quality post player like Matt Pollock, you can be hard to deal with at the 1A level," Ilwaco coach Kip Meinhardt said of Kalama as the Chinooks defeated Ilwaco 69-56 there Tuesday. "We matched up fairly well against their guards, but simply did not have an answer for (6-foot-5) Pollock's inside game."

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Lady Hyaks outlast Naselle 44-41 after swift start

NASELLE - In Chinook Jargon the word "hyak" means to hurry or move swiftly and that's precisely what the North Beach Lady Hyaks did Tuesday evening in Naselle. They hyaked (hurried swiftly) to a 12-4 advantage at the end of the first quarter and made that lead stand up as they defeated Naselle in a Pacific 2B League game 44-41 at Lyle Patterson Gym.

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Photo Gallery - NHS girls @ South Bend

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Photo Gallery - Bear River Battle 1/3/08

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