THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
SPORTS
7A
Fishermen grounded by penalties, North Bend defense
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
NORTH BEND — For
a few brief moments in the
third quarter, the Astoria
Fishermen had visions of an-
other big second half come-
back against the North Bend
Bulldogs.
But that comeback was
quickl\ squashed — ¿rst b\
Senalt\ Àags and then b\
the Bulldogs, who scored a
measure of revenge Friday
night with a 37-12 win over
the Fishermen in a ¿rst round
game of the Class 4A state
playoffs at Vic Adams Field.
In Week 2 of the regular
season, the Fishermen ral-
lied from a 10-point, fourth
quarter deficit to beat the
Bulldogs 22-20 on their
home field.
In Friday’s playoff, how-
ever, Astoria was Àagged a
whopping 19 times for 161
yards in penalties, and a
tough Bulldog defense never
let the Fishermen offense get
off the ground.
Astoria was held to just 40
yards rushing on 22 attempts.
Meanwhile, two North
Bend players who missed the
previous game combined to
score all ¿ve touchdowns for
the Bulldogs.
Running back Trey Woods
had two rushing touchdowns
and was on the receiving end
of a third; and running back
Luke Lucero caught a pair of
touchdown tosses from cous-
in Brody Lucero.
Ian Bream kicked a 36-
yard ¿eld goal to round out
the scoring for North Bend,
which advances to the quar-
ter¿nals and will host the No.
15 seed North Marion Hus-
kies, who upset unbeaten Sis-
ters, 21-14.
The Bulldogs played a ball
control offense in Friday’s
win, racking up 29 ¿rst downs
19 in the ¿rst half to Asto-
ria’s nine total ¿rst downs.
Woods capped North
Bend’s second possession of
the game with the ¿rst of his
1-yard TD runs, but the Fish-
ermen struck back quickly, as
quarterback Ryker Helmers-
en found Clay Englund in the
secondary, and Englund took
it 64 yards for a score to com-
plete a three-play drive.
Photos by Lou Sennick/The World
Trey Woods gets upended on the reception Friday night by Brendan Coberly of Astoria during their 4A playoff game.
North Bend’s Dakota
Moore blocked the point-af-
ter, the first of two blocked
kicks by the Bulldog senior.
That’s as close as Asto-
ria would get the rest of the
night.
North Bend answered
with a 70-yard drive, capped
by another 1-yard run from
Woods; and Brody Luce-
ro had big completions to
Woods and Drae Stark on the
Bulldogs’ next drive, which
ended with a Brody Luce-
ro-to-Luke Lucero 23-yard
touchdown.
Woods caught a 16-yard
TD toss from Brody Lucero
with 2:05 left in the second
quarter, and the Bulldogs
held a 27-6 halftime lead.
The Fishermen came out
with high energy and a little
trickery to start the second
half.
Jacob Olson took a hand-
off from Carter Wallace and
ran 22 yards out of the Wild-
cat formation on the ¿rst play
from scrimmage; Helmersen
connected with Chris Wil-
liams for a 44-yard pass play;
and Englund ¿nished the
drive on the next play with a
1-yard TD run.
After forcing a North
Bend punt, Astoria drove to
the Bulldog 35, before Helm-
ersen was sacked on fourth
down.
Bream’s ¿eld goal made it
30-12 late in the third quar-
ter, and the Lucero-to-Lucero
cousin connection hooked up
for another touchdown in the
fourth.
Wallace was Astoria’s
leading rusher 10 for 37,
while Helmersen complet-
ed 13-of-20 passes for 231
yards.
With a trio of Bulldogs in pursuit, Astoria’s Kyle Strange brings down the pass and gets
to the one-yard line before being pushed out of bounds. The play led to the Fishermen
scoring their second touchdown of the 4A playoff game Friday night in North Bend.
Napavine scores football Naselle wins District IV
playoff win over Ilwaco trophy, will play at state
By PATRICK WEBB
For EO Media Group
NAPAVINE, Wash. — Il-
waco gave it their best shot.
Napavine ended the Fish-
ermen’s season Friday night
with a power performance in
the ¿rst round of the WIAA
state playoffs.
The Tigers won 55-77, ad-
vancing to play North Beach
this week.
“Our kids played as well
as we could play,” said Ilwa-
co football Head Coach Kevin
McNulty. “But they are a bet-
ter football team than we are.
Bigger, faster, stronger.”
Napavine had 16 play-
ers on its 34-man roster who
were 6-0 tall or more; Ilwa-
co had six. The Tigers made
that size count with 465 yards
of offense and eight touch-
downs.
The home team put two on
the board in the ¿rst quarter
and had another in the second
before Ilwaco scored. Junior
quarterback Jack Odneal Àoat-
ed a pass into the end zone to
¿nd senior Brandon Sparks.
Jorge Galvan added the extra
point, the ¿rst of the sopho-
more’s three successful kicks.
With the score at 35-7, time
was running out in the ¿rst
half when Odneal passed to
James Schenk. The senior run-
ning back weighs 165 pounds
and he used every ounce to
power his way across the goal
line despite being smothered
by defenders.
The pace of the points
slowed in the second half, but
Napavine added three more
touchdowns. Fishermen se-
nior Jack Kaino ran in from
short range to reduce the de¿-
cit and Odeal kept the ball and
ran into pay dirt as time was
expiring to reduce the margin,
although the 2-point attempt
failed.
“Our kids played very hard
and kept in the entire game.
I’m very proud of them,” said
McNulty, his league’s coach
of the year. “They did every-
thing that we as a coaching
staff asked of them.”
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
NORTH BEND 37, ASTORIA 12
Astoria
6 0 6 0—12
N.Bend
7 20 3 7—37
First Quarter
NB: Trey Woods 1 run (Ian Bream
kick) 4:29
AST: Clay Englund 64 pass from
Ryker Helmersen (kick blocked)
3:27
Second Quarter
NB: Woods 1 run (Bream kick)
11:23
NB: Luke Lucero 23 pass from
Brody Lucero (Bream kick) 7:20
NB: Woods 16 pass from B.Luce-
ro (kick failed) 2:05
Third Quarter
AST: Englund 1 run (kick
blocked) 10:52
NB: Bream 36 FG, 2:14
Fourth Quarter
NB: L.Lucero 13 pass from
B.Lucero (Gabby Hobson kick)
5:01
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Wallace 10-37, Ol-
son 1-22, Englund 5-8, Williams
1-1, Helmersen 5-(-28). Passing:
Helmersen 13-20-231-1. Receiv-
ing: Englund 4-89, Strange 4-71,
Palek 4-58, Olson 1-13.
NAPAVINE 55, ILWACO 27
Ilwaco
0 14 7 6—27
Napavine
14 21 14 6—55
First Quarter
NAP: Cole Van Wyck 2 run (Aus-
tin Filley kick) 6:20
NAP: Sam Fagerness 10 run (Fil-
ley kick) 3:27
Second Quarter
NAP: Wyatt Stanley 10 run (Filley
kick) 10:50
ILW: Brandon Sparks 14 pass
from Jack Odneal (Galvan kick)
6:00
NAP: Mac Fagerness 56 pass
from Stanley (Filley kick) 5:47
NAP: M.Fagerness 25 pass from
Stanley (Filley kick) 1:30
ILW: James Schenk 10 pass from
Odneal (Galvan kick) :18
Third Quarter
NAP: Van Wyck 20 run (Filley
kick) 10:28
ILW: J.Kaino 4 run (Galvan kick) 4:03
NAP: S.Fagerness 1 run (Filley
kick) 2:58
Fourth Quarter
NAP: Van Wyck 20 run (kick
failed) 11:06
ILW: Odneal 5 run (pass failed) 1:23
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: Odneal 10-57, J.Ka-
ino 22-49, Bell 11-42, Schenk
2-5, A.Kaino 1-(-1). Passing:
Odneal 15-23-134-0. Receiving:
R.Thompson 6-74, Schenk 5-42,
Bell 1-10, Sparks 1-10, J.Kaino 1-3.
Scores
Class 4A State Playoffs
Philomath 7, Junction City 0
Cascade 42, La Grande 27
Mazama 44, Crook County 7
Banks 34, Baker 0
Scappoose 35, Gladstone 14
Marshfield 13, Molalla 7
North Bend 37, Astoria 12
North Marion 21, Sisters 14
Class 3A State Playoffs
Scio 46, Nyssa 20
Salem Academy 35, Rainier 6
Cascade Christian 77, Colton 12
Vale 54, Lakeview 7
Blanchet C. 24, Clatskanie 12
Coquille 48, Taft 25
Harrisburg 37, Dayton 34
Santiam Chr. 46, Pleasant Hill 0
Class 2A State Playoffs
Central Linn 42, Nestucca 14
Stanfield 56, Vernonia 26
Burns 63, Toledo 21
Kennedy 53, Irrigon 12
Regis 49, Myrtle Point 6
Imbler 60, Lost River 35
Reedsport 14, Weston-McEwen 0
Heppner 55, Monroe 14
Volleyball
team surges
to Yakima
By PATRICK WEBB
For EO Media Group
TUMWATER, Wash. —
Naselle High School’s vol-
leyball team is heading to the
state championship.
The Comets will return to
the Yakima Sun Dome Friday
after winning the District IV
trophy.
They defeated Three
Rivers Christian School of
Longview, Wash., 25-16,
25-16, 17-25, 25-13 after
winning a semi-¿nal game
against Columbia Adventist
25-13, 25-15, 27-25.
Last year, NHS quali¿ed
for state but was defeated in
two three-set games. One op-
ponent, Almira Coulee Har-
tline, was runner up to 1B
champions Pomeroy.
At Black Hills High
School Saturday night,
Naselle coaches and players
were motivated to win the
¿rst matchup to advance to
state and the second to take
the District honors, which
have eluded the Comets for
years.
The celebrations were
muted somewhat because
junior Tayler Ford, one of
Naselle’s six starters, injured
her ankle and required a hos-
pital visit.
Coach Kim Eaton covered
Ford’s duties with senior
Emma Fauver, junior Raja
Estes and freshman Taylor
Gudmundsen. “They each
did a great job when it was
needed.”
Patrick Webb/EO Media Group
Naselle volleyball is No. 1. The Comets celebrate with the
District IV trophy Saturday. Front row, left to right, are Ky-
ryn Jacot, Taylor Gudmundsen, Amelia Tutu’u, Raja Es-
tes, Ashley Muessig, Taylor Eaton, Kendra Leeland, Ellie
Chapman and Haley Footh. At back are, left to right, Kelly
Langston, Emma Fauver, Lily Harman and Hailey Weston.
The coach commended ju-
nior Kyryn Jacot for her serv-
ing, defense and serve-re-
ceive, which translated into
¿ve digs, three kills and ¿ve
aces in the second win.
“Haley Footh did a great
job on defense in the second
game and Hailey Weston did
a great job coming in off the
bench to serve,” Coach Eaton
added.
Footh, a senior, had 10
digs in the second game, with
three kills, adding to her cou-
ple of aces in the ¿rst; junior
Amelia Tutu’u made ¿ve
kills in the ¿rst win and six in
the second.
The coach commended
co-captain Kendra Leeland
after the ¿rst victory for her
individual play and leader-
ship, directing the action. In
the ¿rst game, she made 12
kills and served four aces.
In the championship game,
she was in similar form with
12 kills, eight digs and three
aces.
Co-captain Taylor Eaton
had 28 assists in the cham-
pionship game, making three
kills, nine digs and serving
two aces. She made 20 as-
sists in the first contest.
The coach said Leeland,
Taylor Eaton and Ellie Chap-
man have raised the bar for
Naselle volleyball.
“It’s a team effort, but
these three have worked their
butts off. They are leaving
their legacy for the younger
ones to see what it takes to be
successful.”
Chapman made 11 kills
and four digs in the cham-
pionship game to add to the
seven kills and three aces she
made against the Adventist
team. She is excited about
the return to Yakima. “We are
going to be a lot more ready,”
the junior said. “Last year, we
didn’t know what to expect.”