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Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
LEFT: Astoria’s Ryker Helmersen, No. 8, picks off a pass intended for Taft’s Trent Daniels, No. 24, in the final minutes of Astoria’s 26-21 win. RIGHT: Asto-
ria’s Carter Wallace, No. 21, tries to shake a tackle by a Taft player during a run in the first quarter of the football game against Taft Friday at CMH Field.
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Astoria’s Fridtjof Fremstad, No. 14, got the scoring started in
the first quarter with a diving run into the end zone. See more
photos from the game online at www.dailyastorian.com
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ASTORIA 26, TAFT 21
Taft
0 14 7 0—21
Astoria
7 0 13 6—26
First Quarter
Ast: Fridtjof Fremstad 15 run (Car-
ter Wallace kick) 9:59
Second Quarter
Taft: Alroy Zacarias 5 pass from
Rylan Fisher (Trent Daniels kick)
10:15
Taft: Daniels recovered fumble in
end zone (Daniels kick) :25
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Taft: A.Zacarias 40 pass from Ev-
erett Thomas (Daniels kick) 11:28
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lace kick) 9:38
Ast: Wallace 15 run (run failed)
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Fourth Quarter
Ast: Wallace 9 run (run failed) 4:52
Taft Statistics
Rushing:
Daniels
6-11,
A.Zacarias 3-4, Knott 1-3, R.Fisher
1-(-3), Thomas 10-(-18). Passing:
Thomas 30-60-325-4, R.Fisher 1-1-
5-0. Receiving: R.Fisher 12-126,
A.Zacarias 7-95, T.Fisher 7-75, Dan-
iels 5-34.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Wallace 28-210, Frem-
stad 8-58, Tuimato 9-31, Williams
2-2. Passing: Fremstad 9-19-85-0.
Receiving: Helmersen 4-35, Palek
2-16, Coberly 1-17, Tuimato 1-9, Ol-
son 1-8.
Team Statistics
Taft
Astoria
Total offense 327
386
Rushes-Yards 21-(-3)
47-301
Passing yards 330
85
Comp-Att-Int 31-61-4
9-19-0
First downs
18
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Penalties-yards 9-60
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Sacked-yards 3-25
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Sea: Alex Barker 3 run (Whitney
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Sea: Barker 39 run (Westerholm
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Sea: Nathanael Ward 1 run
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Seaside Statistics
Rushing: Barker 23-156, Hoek-
stre 7-26, Smith 4-13, Ward 4-10,
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Ilwaco Statistics
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67-1, Bell 0-1-0-0. Receiving: Thomp-
son 6-62, Bannister 1-5, Odneal 1-0.
North Beach Leaders
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Receiving: Gonzalez 3-38.
FRIDAY SCORES
Banks 42, North Marion 13
Cascade 47, Scappoose 34
Stayton 12, Tillamook 6
Estacada 20, Valley Catholic 12
North Bend 48, North Valley 3
Kennedy 34, Clatskanie 8
Portland Chr 24, Neah-Kah-Nie 6
Rainier 46, Willamina 15
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