THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015
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Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Warrenton quarterback Giovanni Martinez is tackled by Knappa’s Luke Goozee. View more photos from Friday’s game online at www.dailyastorian.com
Loggers, Warriors get defensive
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — Sometimes the game
doesn’t quite live up to the hype.
That was the case Friday night at
Knappa, where the Loggers beat War-
renton 24-8 in Clatsop County’s other
“Clash.”
A Warriors vs. Loggers football
game usually gets the reputation as be-
ing a “close, hard-fought classic.”
Friday night’s nonleague game may
have been hard-fought, but it wasn’t
close, and it certainly wasn’t a classic.
The game had a combined nine turn-
overs, including back-to-back fumbles
in the opening minute.
Entering the annual showdown with
the Loggers, the Warriors had outscored
their last three opponents (Willamina,
Neah-Kah-Nie, Nestucca) by a com-
bined 98-2.
The difference Friday? The War-
riors weren’t playing Willamina, Neah-
Kah-Nie or Nestucca.
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passes, recovered a fumble, and limit-
ed Warrenton to just 150 yards in total
offense.
The Warriors brought a tough de-
fense of their own. In Knappa’s 34-14
win over Waldport the week before,
Andrew Goozee rushed for 315 yards
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Goozee reached the end zone just
once against the Warriors, who forced
three turnovers and allowed only 11
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Two of Friday’s four touchdowns
came from the defense. Knappa’s
Mitch Geisler returned an interception
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and Warrenton’s Raymund Alcobendas
stepped in front of a Logger pass and
returned it 60 yards for a touchdown
with 4:15 left in the game.
Knappa freshman Tyler Green had
two interceptions, with additional picks
by Geisler, Dakota Severson and Ma-
son Hoover.
Prior to the game, Green changed
his uniform number from 88 to 15, to
honor his grandfather Kenneth Green,
who died Friday.
“Kenny was a huge part of our
community and many kids’ lives,” said
Knappa coach Aaron Barendse. “I’m so
proud of Tyler for stepping up on such
an emotional day and making a memo-
ry he will never forget. An unbelievably
special day.”
The Loggers (2-3 overall) begin
league play this week with a home
game against Gaston (1-4).
Warrenton, the only team in the
Lewis & Clark League with a winning
record (3-2), hosts Corbett Friday.
Fishermen 28, Valiants 2
BEAVERTON — Astoria bounced
back from last week’s loss to Scap-
poose with a more enjoyable 28-2 win
at Valley Catholic Friday night.
The Fishermen ended their two-
game losing skid by building a 20-0
halftime lead, then rushing by the Val-
iants in the second half.
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getting an interception.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Tillamook at Astoria, 7 p.m.;
Seaside at Banks, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Riverdale at Warrenton, 6:30
p.m.; Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at
Willapa Valley, TBA
Girls Soccer — Tillamook at Astoria, 7:15
p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 4:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Astoria at Tillamook, 7:15
p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m.
Cross Country — Neah-Kah-Nie Bigfoot
Classic, TBA
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Scappoose, 5:45
p.m.; Seaside at Valley Catholic, 7 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Warrenton’s Giovanni Martinez throws the ball away while being tack-
led by Knappa’s Jacob Ford in the fourth quarter.
rushing on 52 carries.
Astoria was just 3-of-18 on third
down conversions, but 4-for-7 on fourth
down conversions.
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Astoria quarterback Fridtjof Frems-
tad scrambled to his left and launched a
desperation pass to the end zone, where
Kyle Strange made a diving catch as
time expired for a 20-0 lead.
Earlier in the half, Carter Wallace
scored on a 1-yard run, and also caught
a short pass from Fremstad and turned
it into a 19-yard TD play with 9:41 left
in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, the Fishermen
recovered a Valiant fumble at the 1-yard
line, and Wallace scored from there for
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for Cade O’Brien and Strange, one for
Jacob Olson.
Astoria’s defense held Valley Cath-
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in total offense.
Gulls since 2011. The Gulls had won the
last three meetings, 37-7, 55-0 and 45-20.
Tillamook senior Kaler Moore ran
for 166 yards on 18 carries, with touch-
down runs of 69 and two yards. Team-
mate Tilor Hurliman completed 6-of-13
passes for 108 yards and a score, a 37-
yard strike to Jaxsen Smith.
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Johnson.
“It went pretty well,” Johnson said.
“Seaside came in kind of beat up —
their quarterback (Otto Hoekstre) got
hurt the week before and was out. We
played pretty good. We’re starting to
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working hard and putting in a lot of
time, so it was nice to see us get a win.”
Alex Barker had a 4-yard run in the
second quarter for Seaside’s only score.
Johnson, a graduate of Astoria High
School, will bring the Cheesemakers to
his hometown later this week, when the
Fishermen host Tillamook on home-
coming night at CMH Field.
“It will be nice to be back up there,”
Johnson said. “It helps having played
in the jamboree there (in August). And
we’ve been remarkably healthy, knock
on wood. We haven’t had any injuries.”
Tillamook 26, Seaside 6
TILLAMOOK — The Cowapa
League’s surprise winner of the night
was Tillamook, as the Cheesemakers
celebrated homecoming with a 26-6
Ilwaco 41, St. Mary’s 14
win over a banged up Seaside squad.
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KNAPPA 24, WARRENTON 8
Warrenton
0 0 0
8—8
Knappa
16 0 8 0—24
First Quarter
KNA: Andrew Goozee 3 run (A.Goozee
run) 10:35
KNA: Mitch Geisler 45 int. return (Dakota
Severson from Mason Hoover) 2:14
Third Quarter
KNA: Severson 24 pass from Hoover (A.
Goozee run) 1:55
Fourth Quarter
WAR: Raymund Alcobendas 60 int. return
(Giovanni Martinez run) 4:15
Team Statistics
WAR KNA
First Downs
10
11
Total Offense
150 230
Rushes-Yards 35-71 38-174
Passing
79
56
Comp-Att-Int
8-21-5 4-10-1
Fumbles-lost
3-1
3-2
Turnovers
6
3
Sacked-yards 3-21 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-25 7-60
Warrenton Statistics
Rushing: Watson 19-57, Bighill 1-12, Foster
1-10, Alcobendas 1-1, Martinez 13-(-9). Pass-
ing: Martinez 8-20-79-5, McFadden 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: McFadden 4-26, Little 3-24, Wil-
son 1-29.
and scored an easy 41-14 win over St.
Mary’s, a 3A Oregon team.
The Fishermen scored on the sec-
ond play of the game (a 67-yard pass
from Jack Odneal to Riki Thompson)
and rolled up 545 yards in total of-
fense.
Alex Bell and Jack Kaino each
rushed for 227 yards, while Bell scored
three touchdowns and Kaino had a pair
of TD runs in the second half.
Knappa Statistics
Rushing: A.Goozee 26-154, Severson
8-15, Hoover 3-4, Eltagonde 1-1. Passing:
Hoover 4-10-56-1. Receiving: Eltagonde
3-32, Severson 1-24.
ASTORIA 28,
VALLEY CATHOLIC 2
Astoria
6 14 8 0—28
V.Catholic
0 0 0
2—2
First Quarter
AST: Carter Wallace 1 run (kick failed) 5:46
Second Quarter
AST: Wallace 19 pass from Fridtjof Frems-
tad (Fremstad run) 9:41
AST: Kyle Strange 41 pass from Fremstad
(kick failed) :00
Third Quarter
AST: Wallace 1 run (Fremstad run) 6:33
Fourth Quarter
VC: Safety, intentional grounding in end
zone, 7:52
ILWACO 41, ST. MARY’S 14
St. Mary’s
0 7 7 0—14
Ilwaco
20 7 8 6—41
ILW: Riki Thompson 67 pass from Jack
Odneal (run failed)
ILW: Alec Bell 5 run (pass failed)
ILW: Bell 4 run (Bell run)
SM: Bryce Bramscher 32 pass from Thys
Kuitert (Nick Van Valkenberg kick)
ILW: Bell 23 run (Jorge Galvan kick)
SM: Tanner Smith 10 run (Van Valkenberg
kick)
ILW: Jack Kaino 18 run (Bell pass from
Odneal)
ILW: Kaino 57 run (run failed)
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: Bell 20-227, Kaino 14-227,
Thompson 2-7, Odneal 1-0. Passing:
Odneal 3-8-84-0. Receiving: Thompson
3-84.
Friday’s Scores
Scappoose 30, Banks 14
Corbett 28, Clatskanie 21
Riverside 34, Portland Chr. 14
Scio 52, Rainier 6
Nestucca 40, Gaston 21
Vernonia 60, Monroe 44
Naselle 46, Taholah 20
NASELLE, Wash. — Naselle’s Ja-
cob Scrabeck ran for four touchdowns
and 243 yards on just 26 carries Friday
night, leading the Comets to a 46-20
win over Taholah.
Naselle racked up 374 yards on the
ground, while Scrabeck and Donnie
Edwards each had 11 tackles to lead the
defense. D.J. Wirkkala intercepted two
passes.