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This Day – Scores from around The Blast Zone; plus Kelso vs Astoria basketball (1982)

Blast Zone Media

Dec 17, 2025

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High School Boys Basketball

Kalama’s Benji Brightbill plays keep-away from the Stevenson defense during a 93-61 win over the Bulldogs, Tuesday, Dec. 16, at Stevenson High School. / Photo by Candy Durgeloh for Blast Zone Media

Kalama 93, Stevenson 61
Kelso 70, Union 65 (OT)
La Center 71, Castle Rock 39
Wahkiakum 69, Oakville 44
Clatskanie 47, Rainier 36

High School Girls Basketball

Kalama’s Sienna DiCristina contests a shot in the corner during a 59-13 win over the Bulldogs, Tuesday, Dec. 16, at Stevenson High School. / Photo by Candy Durgeloh for Blast Zone Media

Kalama 59, Stevenson 13
Camas 74, Kelso 36
Mark Morris 67, Ridgefield 59
Columbia River 70, R.A. Long 16
Toutle Lake 70, Raymond-South Bend 50
Toledo 63, Centralia 28
Wahkiakum 43, Oakville 38

High School Girls Wrestling

Union 52, Castle Rock 15

High School Boys Wrestling

Castle Rock 58, Union 22

High School Bowling

R.A. Long 2142, Fort Vancouver 1613

This Day In History

Dec. 17, 1982 — The Kelso boys basketball team doesn’t take its first lead of the night until the final two minutes, but gets a pair of clutch buckets from Darren Spjut and Jack Haldorson down the stretch to squeak out a 60-57 non-league win over Astoria (Ore.).

“When you’re behind, you’ve got to play tough defense,” Kelso coach Wayne Lovingfoss said. “We finally played Kelso basketball. We went out there and fought and scrapped.”

Monte Chellis* led the Hilanders — who trailed by 14 late in the third quarter — with 22 points, while Spjut added 15.

*Chellis was a five-year Hilander after being granted an extra season of competition due to a tough case of mononucleosis.

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