SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015 Narrow win sends Fishermen to state By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The South Umpqua and Astoria football teams bat- tled hard for 47 minutes, 48 seconds Friday night at CMH Field. And it all came down to one 32-yard field goal at- tempt by the Lancers with 12 seconds left. The result? The Fish- ermen left the field with their first playoff victory in five years, 7-6, while South 8PSTXDLVQRZLQ3OD\ in games on the North Coast over the last three years. Jaret Remington’s late field goal attempt had the distance, but it drifted wide right, and Astoria moves on to the sweet 16 for the first WLPHVLQFH “I didn’t know,” Asto- ria coach Howard Rub said Remington’s field goal at- tempt. “From my angle, it ORRNHG OLNH LW KDG D chance to sneak inside the post. The snap was a lit- WOH KLJK DQG WKH NLFN JRW pushed. His head went down right away, and that was an indicator that he missed. It was close. Really close.” Outgained by a wide mar- gin, the Fishermen spent much of the night trying to stop a tough Lancer offense. South Umpqua rolled up 356 yards in total offense DQGILUVWGRZQVWR$VWR- ULD¶V \DUGV DQG ILUVW downs. But, as so often happens, playoff football comes down to turnovers and penalties. And that’s where the Lanc- ers lost it. South Umpqua — which ORVWD5HJLRQDO3OD\LQ JDPH DW 6HDVLGH ² finished with three crucial turnovers, and the Lancers were penalized six times for \DUGV Friday’s game lasted just under two hours. Each team had only three offensive possessions in the first half, Astoria had just three first downs in the sec- ond half, to South Umpqua’s “Only three posses- sions in the first half, and Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Wyatt Dietrich celebrates after a South Umpqua missed field goal sealed the win for Astoria. on 22 carries, while Wallace finished with 119 yards on 28 attempts. “You can’t say enough about the character of the kids to win a game like this,” Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Rub said. “On both sides. Astoria players including Luke Crews, No. 58, and Trystan Smith, No. 72, celebrate after a 7-6 win against South Umpqua Friday. The South Umpqua kids played their hearts out. It not much better the second drove 53 yards in nine plays, was what you would expect half,” Rub said. “We’re dis- with Shawn Rigsby scor- from a Play-in game of some appointed that we didn’t fin- ing on a sweep from 1-yard evenly matched teams.” With starting quarterback ish some drives and execute out. The snap from center on some drives, but it was just the point-after attempt was Fridtjof Fremstad out with a that kind of night. They were dropped, and the Fishermen separated shoulder, the Fish- ermen will go with Ryker in the same boat. They can kept a 7-6 lead. be a pretty explosive offense Astoria’s best drive of Helmersen through the rest at times. the second half was its first of the playoffs. “We didn’t throw down “If you win the turnover drive, when the Fishermen battle and play solid defense, marched 29 yards to the field a lot, but Ryker did a you give yourself a chance,” Lancer 46-yard line, before great job and actually had a he said. “Between the weath- turning the ball over on couple great audibles in our er and the fact the teams downs. That was as far as the run game that made some were evenly matched in a lot Astoria offense would get in big plays,” Rub said. ³&OD\(QJOXQGDQG&DU- of different areas, just made the second half. it that type of game.” South Umpqua’s last pos- ter did a great job on both Astoria’s lone scoring session started at its own 11- sides of the ball tonight,” he drive of the night came mid- yard line, with 1:46 left and added. “Ryan Palek had a Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian nice night, Samboy Tuimato way through the first half. no timeouts. After stopping the Lanc- Astoria’s Ryker Helmersen tries to avoid a tackle by South Two Nathan Thomp- played really well, and up ers on downs, the Fisher- Umpqua’s Nathan Thompson in the third quarter. son-to-Tristin Gross pass front in general our offen- men took over and drove 63 completions moved the ball sive line did a decent job.” After the game, Rub said \DUGVLQSOD\VFDSSHGE\ at the Astoria 18-yard line; Rub said. “They put togeth- WRWKH$VWRULDDQGDIDFH an 8-yard scoring run from and South Umpqua’s third er a pretty good drive, and it mask penalty on the Fisher- he was “99 percent sure” As- Carter Wallace with 9:19 possession of the first half was big to get the turnover men later in the drive moved toria’s next opponent would left in the second quarter. reached the Astoria 23, and turn it around. it to the Fishermen 15 with be Mazama (winners of sev- HQLQDURZEXWLQVWHDGWKH Andrew Schauermann add- before the Lancers were “The one drive we mount- 22 seconds left. ed what turned out to be the flagged for an unsportsman- ed in the first half was good. Thompson threw an in- Fishermen will travel Friday game-winning point, and like conduct, followed on We executed a play on fourth complete pass on third down, to North Bend, where Asto- $VWRULD KDG D OHDG DW the next play by an intercep- down and did a lot more pos- and Remington missed the ria defeated the defending halftime. tion from Fishermen junior itive things than negative.” fourth down field goal at- state champion Bulldogs 22- 6HSW Meanwhile, the Lancers’ Ryan Palek. After back-to-back inter- tempt. The winner will play ei- opening drive of the game “The turnover on their ceptions midway through South Umpqua’s Kyler ended with a lost fumble opening drive was huge,” the second half, the Lancers 0HUULWWUXVKHGIRU\DUGV ther North Marion or Sisters. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Carter Wallace scores a touchdown in the second quarter of the football game against South Umpqua Friday. Astoria’s Ryan Palek, No. 81, recovers a fumble in the first quarter of the football game against South Umpqua Friday. Astoria’s Carter Wallace, runs in the third quarter. See more photos from Friday’s game online at www.dailyastorian.com Vernonia wins Logger Bowl The Daily Astorian Warrenton 29, Portland Christian 0 PORTLAND — Warrenton SRVWHG D ZLQ RYHU 3RUWODQG Christian Friday night in Portland, DVWKH:DUULRUVFORVHGRXWWKH season in perfect style. Still, Warrenton’s 1-2 league re- cord came up just short of clinch- ing a spot in the sweet 16, as Rain- LHUDQG&ODWVNDQLHZLOO be the two representatives from the Lewis & Clark League in the state SOD\RIIV :DUUHQWRQ ¿QLVKHV overall. 7KH :DUULRUV UROOHG XS yards on the ground on 37 carries \DUGVSHUFDUU\7\OHU:KLWD- ker led the way with 99 yards on just nine carries. Whitaker opened the scoring on a 75-yard run, just 25 seconds into the game. Nathan Bighill and Tyler Coolidge added touchdown runs ODWHULQWKH¿UVWKDOIIRUDOHDG at the break. Coolidge scored on a 5-yard UXQLQWKH¿QDOTXDUWHU Defensively, Anthony Cochran had eight tackles, while Jesse Sal- cedo had an interception and the Warriors recovered three fumbles. KNAPPA — After suffer- ing through a combined 1-13 league record over the past three seasons, the Vernonia football program completed its amaz- ing turnaround Friday night at Knappa, where Vernonia scored a 34-22 win in the annual Logger Bowl. A Knappa win would have cre- DWHGDWKUHHZD\WLHIRU¿UVWLQWKH Northwest League, but the victory gave Vernonia the NWL title, as 7KRU :DUH¶V WHDP ¿QLVKHV LQ OHDJXHRYHUDOO Vernonia — which had scored RYHUSRLQWVIRXUWLPHVWKLV\HDU — was held in check for the most part by the tough Knappa defense. 9HUQRQLD¶V %ODGH :DUH UDQ WLPHVIRU\DUGVZLWK¿YHUXQV RYHU\DUGV Knappa saw the return of quar- terback Dale Takalo and receiver 5HXEHQ&UX]ZKRKDGD\DUG run. Andrew Goozee scored all three touchdowns for Knappa, which trailed 12-6 at halftime, even after losing three of six fum- EOHVLQWKH¿UVWKDOI Vernonia recovered an onside kick to start the game, and never Ilwaco 22, South Bend 7 trailed. SOUTH BEND, Wash. — Il- Knappa had beaten Vernonia waco’s Alec Bell and Jack Kaino the last three years, 44-6, 64-6 and ERWK EURNH WKH \DUG EDUULHU on the ground, and the Fishermen UDOOLHG IURP D KDOIWLPH GH¿- cit for a 22-7 win at South Bend 7KXUVGD\LQD3DFL¿F%/HDJXH contest. ,OZDFRRYHUDOO¿QLVKHVDV the league’s No. 4 seed, and will travel to Napavine for a crossover game Friday. Bell rushed for 131 yards and all three Ilwaco touchdowns, while .DLQRUDQIRU\DUGV Naselle 72, Twin Valley 0 NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle closed out the regular season with DZLQRYHUZLQOHVV7ZLQ9DO- ley Friday. Donny Edwards had an 82-yard kickoff return for a score, and re- turned a punt 62 yards and an in- terception 35 yards for additional touchdowns. Boys Soccer Ontario 5, Astoria 1 ONTARIO — Ontario’s Hec- tor Aguado scored three goals in a 5-1 win over Astoria Saturday, in a 4A boys soccer Regional Play-in game. Tiger teammates Saul Guar- dado and Enrique Sanchez added goals in the victory, which sends 2QWDULRWRWKH¿QDORIWKHVWDWH playoffs. Ontario will play at Molalla Tuesday, while the season comes to a close for the Fishermen, who ¿QLVKRYHUDOO SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Boys Soccer — Junction City at Seaside, 7 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY OSAA State Championships at Lane Community College Girls Team: Siuslaw 81, Sisters 105, Molalla 112, South Umpqua 136, Phoenix 151, Scap- poose 152, Philomath 154, Tillamook 166, Hidden Valley 183, Cascade 234, Junction City 257, Es- tacada 299, Ontario 304, McLoughlin 376. Individual (Top 10) 1, Celie Mans, Siuslaw, 18:45 2, Lexi Healy, Henley, 19:06 3, Perrin Xthona, Yamhill-Carlton, 19:09 4, Linnaea Kavulich, Scappoose, 19:24 5, Zaruba Anderson, Hidden Valley, 19:30 6, Heather Keniry, La Grande, 19:33 7, Amanda Clarizio, Molalla, 19:34 8, Danielle Jantzer, Phoenix, 19:37 9, Jazmin Chavez, Marshfield, 19:40 10, Emma Amundsen, Phoenix, 19:47 Boys Team: Seaside 49, Phoenix 65, Tillamook 78, Newport 134, La Grande 160, Crook County 169, Sisters 208, Brookings-Harbor 220, Siuslaw 226, Elmira 240, Ontario 265, Hidden Valley 280, Molalla 297, Philomath 319. Individual (Top 10) 1, Bradley Rzewnicki, Seaside, 16:13 2, Tony Hooks, Sisters, 16:18 3, Michael Brown, North Bend, 16:20 4, Eulises Cruz-Vieyra, Tillamook, 16:21 5, Hunter Thompson, Seaside, 16:34 6, Ayrton Ledesma, Tillamook, 16:34 7, Robert Vos, Phoenix, 16:35 8, Sawyer Heckard, Marshfield, 16:37 9, Jackson Januik, Seaside, 16:40 10, Murray Bingham, Siuslaw, 16:41 FOOTBALL Astoria 7, South Umpqua 6 S.Umpqua 0 0 0 6—6 Astoria 0 7 0 0—7 Second Quarter AST: Carter Wallce 8 run (Andrew Schauer- mann kick) 9:19 Fourth Quarter SU: Shawn Rigsby 1 run (no attempt) 11:24 Team Statistics SU AST First Downs 20 11 Total Offense 356 206 Rushing yards 199 163 Passing 157 40 Comp-Att-Int 13-23-2 4-7-1 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-0 Turnovers 3 1 Penalties-yards 6-60 4-35 South Umpqua Statistics Rushing: Merritt 22-110, Thompson 9-62, Rigs- by 5-22, Gross 1-3, Yates 1-2. Passing: Thomp- son 13-23-157-2. Receiving: Kelly 6-58, Gross 3-73, Rigsby 3-23, Merritt 1-3. Astoria Statistics Rushing: Wallace 28-119, Englund 7-37, Wil- liams 3-10, Helmersen 1-(-3). Passing: Helmers- en 4-7-40-1. Receiving: Strange 2-24, Wallace 1-14, Ranta 1-2. Warrenton 29, Portland C. 0 Warrenton 13 8 0 8—29 P.Christian 0 0 0 0—0 WAR: Tyler Whitaker 75 run (David Foster kick) WAR: Nathan Bighill 3 run (run failed) WAR: Tyler Coolidge 8 run (Bighill run) WAR: Collidge 5 run (Bighill run) Warrenton Statistics Rushing: Whitaker 9-99, Bighill 12-48, McFad- den 3-36, Coolidge 7-29, Martinez 6-(-13). Pass- ing: Martinez 7-18-68-0, McFadden 0-1-0-0. Re- ceiving: McFadden 2-38, Wilson 1-15, Coolidge 1-5, Salcedo 1-4, Little 1-3, Bighill 1-3. Ilwaco 22, South Bend 7 Ilwaco 6 0 8 8—22 South Bend 7 0 0 0—7 ILW: Alec Bell 1 run (kick failed) SB: Boyington 1 run (Mora kick) ILW: Bell 15 run (Bell run) ILW: Bell 1 run (Jack Kaino run) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: Bell 19-131, Kaino 13-106, Odneal 7-23, R.Thompson 1-8. Passing: Odneal 8-10- 93-0. Receiving: Bell 5-27, R.Thompson 2-58, Sparks 1-8.