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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
STATE PLAYOFFS
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By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
A couple of coastal foot-
ball powers will go at it Fri-
day night in North Bend,
where the Bulldogs will host
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of the Class 4A football state
playoffs.
The kickoff is scheduled
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the season to North Bend,
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Bulldogs, who lost again the
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the Far West League. They
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Astoria’s undefeated junior varsity team.
and no state playoffs since
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Football — Astoria at North Bend, 6 p.m. (live stream at www.asto-
riaford.com); Ilwaco at Napavine, 7 p.m. (online at either www.kelaam.
com or www.kmnt.com.)
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in future... these refugia are
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senior biologist Jeff Lock-
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standards and ordered a new
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factors that will need to be
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