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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 SPORTS 7A Cascade defeats Scappoose 37-28 for Class 4A title 121-yard rushing perfor- mance from Braden Clark. HILLSBORO — Garrett Quarterback Robert Lohman Coffey ran for 155 yards and passed for 118 yards and two three touchdowns and Cas- touchdowns, both to Brennen FDGH RI 7XUQHU ZRQ LWV ¿UVW McNabb. state football title in 35 years The loss snapped an 11- after the Cougars defeat- game winning streak for ed Scappoose 37-28 in the Scappoose. The Indians lost OSAA Class 4A state cham- their season opener and state pionship game Saturday. title game, both to Cascade. Cascade, the No. 9 seed, Cascade coach Steve rallied from a 21-14 halftime Turner took over the Cou- GH¿FLWE\VFRULQJFRQVHF- gars’ program after leading utive points during the sec- Mountain View of Bend to a ond half. The state title is the Class 5A state championship Cougars’ second in school LQ7XUQHUEHJDQKLV history. high school coaching career Quarterback John Schirm- DW&DVFDGHLQ er passed for 232 yards, and “Look at all those peo- scored the go-ahead touch- ple over there,” said Turn- down for Cascade (12-1) on er, pointing to a crowd sur- a 1-yard run with 1:43 left in rounding his team. “I’m the third quarter. gonna say half of them are 6FDSSRRVH JRW D ex-players. Means a lot to The Associated Press of 2 and 31 yards. Cascade got its offense going in the second quar- PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE at Knappa, 8 p.m. ter, as the Cougars pulled to SATURDAY WEDNESDAY within 14-7 on Coffey’s 11- Basketball — Warrenton at Ver- Boys Basketball — Warrenton yard touchdown run. Mid- nonia Tournament, TBA at Ilwaco, 7:30 p.m. way through the quarter, FRIDAY FOOTBALL Cascade tied the game at 14 Girls Basketball — Liberty when Coffey ran 4 yards for at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Waldport at OSAA State Championships Warrenton, 3 p.m.; Clatskanie at Class 4A a touchdown. Knappa, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at North Cascade 37, Scappoose 28 Scappoose led 21-14 at Beach, 5:45 p.m. Class 3A halftime, scoring the go- Boys Basketball — Liberty at Vale 27, Santiam Christian 20 ahead touchdown with 1:24 Seaside, 7:45 p.m.; Waldport at Class 2A Warrenton, 4:45 p.m.; Clatskanie Heppner 48, Kennedy 0 left in the second quarter on a 2-yard run by Clark. our community. A lot of “Cascade has always been Cascade’s defense took those guys who busted their a very physical place, and over the game after halftime, WDLOV LQ WKH V DQG QRZ coach Turner believes in a holding Scappoose to mi- we can bring another one physical game,” Coffey said. nus-2 yards during the third home to them. I’m happy. I Scappoose started quickly, quarter. couldn’t be happier.” VFRULQJRQLWV¿UVWWZRGULYHV “We went into the locker Turner has a no-nonsense WR WDNH D OHDG QHDU WKH room, and really didn’t say approach, using an old- HQG RI WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU 0F- much. We knew that some- school offense that employs Nabb ended both drives, thing had to change,” Cof- two running backs. catching touchdown passes fey said. “We knew if we SCOREBOARD just kept playing, hopefully things would turn around, and it did.” Coffey pulled Cascade WR ZLWKLQ PLGZD\ through the third quarter with his third rushing touchdown of the game, a 5-yard run. Five minutes later, Schirmer gave the Cougars the lead for good, when he dove into the end zone from a yard out for a 27-21 lead. Hunter Thomas’ 5-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter increased Cas- cade’s lead to 34-21. Scap- SRRVHFXWWKHGH¿FLWWR when Lohman ran 1 yard for a touchdown with 9:52 remain- ing. But the Cougars put the game away with a six-minute drive that ended on a 32-yard ¿HOGJRDOE\/XFDV%MRUNOXQG with 3:21 left. 6HDWWOHOHDQVRQLWVRIIHQVHWREHDW3LWWVEXUJKLQZLQ By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE — Russell Wil- son was sick of the story line about the Seattle Seahawks LQDELOLW\WR¿QLVKJDPHVLQWKH fourth quarter. And he was just sick, needing three IVs to make it through a game Sunday against Pittsburgh after waking up feeling awful. +HIHOWMXVW¿QHE\WKHHQG of the day, after one of the best performances of his career led the Seahawks to a needed 39- YLFWRU\RYHUWKH6WHHOHUV “I thought we did a great job tonight on offense,” Wil- son said. “We hung in there, kept battling. We played re- lentless football, and that’s how we have to play.” Wilson threw a career-high ¿YHWRXFKGRZQSDVVHVDQGWKH Seahawks pulled away late to spoil a record-setting day by Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Wilson threw three touchdowns to Doug %DOGZLQWZRFRPLQJLQWKH¿- QDOLQFOXGLQJDQ\DUG FDWFKDQGUXQ 7' ZLWK left that gave the Seahawks a nine-point lead. After relying so much on its defense in the past, Seattle’s offense won this one. “Whenever his back is against the wall is when he plays his best,” Baldwin said of Wilson. “I wouldn’t count him out for anything.” 6HDWWOH¿QDOO\JRWWKH better of a top quarterback af- ter losing to Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Carson Palm- er and Andy Dalton earlier in the season. They didn’t let a fourth-quarter lead slip away DVWKH\KDYHLQDOO¿YHRIWKHLU ORVVHV $QG WKH 6HDKDZNV ¿- nally got on the top side of WKHPDUNIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH all season, putting them in position for a late charge at a SOD\RIIVSRWRYHUWKH¿QDO¿YH weeks. They got there barely be- cause of an amazing day by Roethlisberger, who threw IRU \DUGV WKH PRVW HYHU against the Seahawks. It was the third highest total of Ro- ethlisberger’s career but came along with two interceptions that both led to touchdowns for the Seahawks. Roethlisberger was also RQ WKH VLGHOLQH IRU WKH ¿QDO minutes getting examined for a possible concussion, leaving Landry Jones to try and pull off a late rally that never ma- terialized. “We felt like the opportu- nities were there today in the pass game and they were,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. “Just not enough largely, collectively to win.” Here’s what else to know DERXW 6HDWWOH¶V ¿UVW ZLQ RYHU 3LWWVEXUJKVLQFH STILL STREAKING: Lost in the performance by :LOVRQ ZDV DQRWKHU \DUG day on the ground by the Se- ahawks, extending their streak to 22 straight games of rushing IRUDWOHDVW\DUGVDVDWHDP Barely. 6HDWWOH ¿QLVKHG ZLWK H[- DFWO\ \DUGV UXVKLQJ OHG by Thomas Rawls’ 81 yards on 21 carries with one touch- down. Usual starter Mar- shawn Lynch underwent sur- gery earlier this week to repair a lower abdominal injury and Ted S. Warren/AP Photo Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson throws against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, in Seattle. John Froschauer/AP Photo Seattle Seahawks’ Thomas Rawls, left, rushes past Pitts- burgh Steelers’ Vince Williams in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, in Seattle. is expected to be out until late in the season. Rawls averaged \DUGVSHUFDUU\LQWKH¿UVW half, but Pittsburgh’s run de- fense was far better in the sec- ond half. FORGOTTEN ABOUT: Tomlin insisted that Pittsburgh can still run, but the ground game was an afterthought. The Steelers attempted just 14 UXVKHV ¿YH RI WKRVH FRPLQJ from Roethlisberger. DeAn- gelo Williams had just eight carries, although he was sig- QL¿FDQWLQWKHSDVVJDPHZLWK seven catches for 88 yards. The 14 rushes were the fewest by Pittsburgh since at- WHPSWLQJMXVWUXQVLQD loss to Baltimore. FAILED FAKE: Pitts- burgh’s attempt at catching Se- attle unprepared instead pro- vided the Seahawks a spark. 2QWKH¿UVWSOD\RIWKHVHF- ond quarter, the Steelers lined XSIRU¿HOGJRDODWWHPSWIURP Chris Boswell. But after get- ting into formation, Landry Jones stood up, took the snap and attempted a pass down the sideline for tackle-eli- gible Alejandro Villanueva. Seattle’s Jeremy Lane wasn’t fooled, intercepting the pass and returning it 54 yards to set XS :LOVRQ¶V ¿UVW WRXFKGRZQ pass. “Al’s the second option on that whole deal. I just tried to put one up and that guy made a great play on the ball,” Jones said. PLAYOFFS? PLAY- OFFS??: Seattle helped itself in its attempt to get back to the postseason moving into a tie — in terms of record — with Atlanta for the second wild card spot in the NFC. Pitts- burgh’s loss leaves it three games behind Cincinnati in the AFC North, but the Steel- ers are still in the middle of the wild card race. Pittsburgh has the same record as Kansas City, Houston, Indianapolis and the New York Jets in the wild card chase. AP NFL website: www. pro32.ap.org/ dailyastorian John Froschauer/AP Photo Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, center, cheers as Doug Baldwin, left, races past for a touchdown, followed by Pittsburgh Steelers’ Antwon Blake late in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, in Seattle. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo Seattle Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls (34) scores a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, in Seattle.
