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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Lady Fish battle wind,
rain and Columbians
Astoria kickers
score first win
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — It was
an early September game, with
a touch of November Thurs-
day afternoon at Volunteer Field
in Warrenton, where Astoria
hosted Rainier in a nonleague
girls soccer contest.
The Lady Fishermen battled
the elements and the Columbi-
ans, and beat both, as a goal by
Astoria directly off a corner kick
in the second half held up for a
1-0 win.
It was Astoria’s first victory
outside the Cowapa League
since 2013.
“It’s a good win for the
girls,” said Astoria coach Tim
Fastabend. “We certainly didn’t
dominate. Rainier had some
chances — probably too many
— in the first half.
“We moved the ball well at
times, and at times we had a few
mental lapses,” he said. “We’re
still adjusting to everything, but
we’re happy with the win.”
The Columbians had six shot
attempts in the first half, but
only one on frame.
After Astoria keeper Lexi
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Astoria’s Jenna Rudolph, No. 5, and Valley Catholic’s So-
phia Cowles, No. 19, fight for possession during a soccer
match last fall.
Law came out of the goal to chal-
lenge a play, a shot by Rainier’s
Abby Rosian towards an open
net ended up hitting her team-
mate. Another shot was deflected
away by an Astoria defender.
The Fishermen — playing
with the wind in the first half —
had just one opportunity in the
first 40 minutes.
A crossing pass from Rachel
Simmons to Sarah Lertora
was knocked down by Rainier
keeper Maria Alberto.
The winds calmed in the
second half, and so did the
Lady Fishermen, who had
seven shots on goal in the final
40 minutes.
The first — just seconds into
the half — was a breakaway
for Hannah McCauley that was
stopped by Alberto.
Ten minutes into the half (the
50th minute), the Lady Fish got
their goal.
Alberto had covered a ball
in front of the net, but two Asto-
ria players teamed up to take it
away, and the Fishermen ended
up with a corner kick.
And that’s all Jenna Rudolph
needed, as the senior launched
a kick from the right corner, the
ball deflected off a Columbian
defender and into the net for the
game’s lone goal.
Rainier had six corner kick
opportunities in the second half,
but managed just one shot on
goal, a one-on-one for Rosian
that was halted by Law in the
75th minute.
Astoria takes a week off
before heading to St. Hel-
ens for a nonleague game next
Thursday.
In other nonleague action
Thursday, Seaside and North
Marion tied 2-2 in Aurora.
Astoria scores big victory at the net
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SEASIDE — Astoria out-
lasted Rainier in a volleyball
marathon match Thursday, as
the Lady Fishermen topped
one of the top 3A programs in
the state in five games, 23-25,
25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 15-5.
“Every game was close,
except the last one,” said Asto-
ria coach Jessie Todd, fol-
lowing her second win in two
matches.
“I was real pleased with
how the girls persevered and
didn’t get down,” she said.
“It’s a good win, because Mike
(Edwards, the Rainier coach)
always has a good program.”
The Columbians’ Bre-
ana Edwards — a “very big,
very good player,” Todd said
— was held in check by the
Fishermen.
“Jacqueline (Jarrett) stuffed
her, and Darian (Hageman)
also had some nice blocks,”
Astoria’s Au-
rora Grafton,
No. 3, tries
to spike the
ball while
defended by
Tillamook’s
Jordan Zweif-
el, No. 8,
during a vol-
leyball match
last fall in
Astoria.
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Astorian
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Todd said. “All the girls played
well. I was pleased with my set-
ters (Aurora Grafton and Madi
Landwehr). They did a nice job
of placing their sets. And we
talked about moving our block
back and forth, and we did a
nice job of executing that.”
Astoria takes part in the
annual Southridge Tournament
Saturday, where the Lady Fish-
ermen will face Southridge,
McMinnville and Estacada in
pool play.
Astoria soccer tops Corbett, 3-2
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CORBETT — Two days
after a 7-1 loss at Catlin Gabel,
the Astoria boys soccer team
hit the road again Thursday,
and returned with a win.
Astoria’s Jorge Herrejon
scored two goals, and a score
by teammate Aldo Cruz with
six minutes left broke a 2-2
tie to give the Fishermen a 3-2
victory at Corbett.
“It was a very physical
game,” said Astoria’s Lee
Cain, who picked up his first
official win as the Fishermen
coach. “Both teams battled,
probably a little too hard at
times.
“We had two yellow cards,
and there was a little scuf-
fle at the end,” he said, which
resulted in double red cards,
with a player from each team
ejected.
The Cardinals held leads of
1-0 and 2-1, but the Fishermen
responded with goals follow-
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Astoria’s Jorge Herrejon,
No. 9, fights for posses-
sion with Seaside’s Taylor
Barnes, No. 11, in the sec-
ond half of a soccer match
last year.
ing each Corbett score.
Trailing 1-0, Herrejon
scored his first goal off a cross-
ing pass from his brother Luis
with four minutes left in the
first half, and the teams headed
to halftime tied 1-1.
Corbett scored first in the
second half, before Herrejon
tallied his second goal, drib-
bling into the box and scor-
ing unassisted from close
range.
With six minutes remain-
ing, off “a medley of passes,”
Cruz scored the final,
game-winning goal, also from
close range.
“We had a lot of players
step up and play well,” Cain
said. “The twins (Luis and
Jorge Herrejon) did a great
job, as did Aldo and Gustavo
(Velasquez).
“Kyle (Birge) had an excel-
lent game in goal, with six or
seven stops, even though Cor-
bett only had three or four
shots on goal,” he said. “Jose
Cruz also had a solid perfor-
mance, and Christian Medi-
na-Perez had a nice game out
on the wing.”
The Columbians had to
play two matches Thursday,
back-to-back.
Before facing Astoria,
Rainier defeated Seaside in
three games, 25-20, 27-25,
25-12.
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Knappa’s Mack Strain, No. 7, goes up for an attack
against the Clatskanie block Thursday night, in a non-
league volleyball match.
Tigers top Lady
Loggers in four
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KNAPPA — Knappa got
off to a great start Thursday
night at home, but the finish
belonged to Clatskanie.
After losing Game 1, the
Tigers bounced back and
won the next three to win the
nonleague match at Knappa,
20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-19.
The Loggers “were very
competitive in each and every
game,” said Knappa coach
Jeff Kaul, holding early leads
in each one, but the Loggers
were unable to put the Tigers
away.
Knappa’s
Kaitlyn
Landwehr had seven assists
and five ace serves to go with
her three kills; Alisha Murphy
had six digs and four aces;
and Paris Vanderburg was
15-for-16 serving, with five
kills and four assists.
Jaden Miethe sparked
the defensive effort with 22
digs, while Kourtney Tischer
added five digs, and Kaitlyn
Truax finished with four kills.
Overall, Kaul called it “a
good effort tonight. It is good
to play these bigger 3A teams
(the Loggers lost the night
before to Warrenton). Each
time we play — whether we
win or lose — we need to
learn from both our mistakes
and our victories, learn from
each team that we face, find
out what works for us, make
adjustments on the things that
don’t and get ready for the
next challenge.”
Knappa returns to the
court Saturday for an all-day
tournament at Neah-Kah-Nie.
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Kaitlyn Landwehr of Knappa puts up her best block
against the Clatskanie Tigers Thursday.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Football — North Bend at Astoria, 7 p.m.; North Marion at Seaside, 7
p.m.; Knappa at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Nestucca, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Southridge Tournament, 9 a.m.; Knappa at
NKN Tournament, 7 a.m.
Cross Country — Ultimook Invitational, 8:15 a.m.
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Huskies, Gulls tie at Broadway
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SEASIDE — Neither
team shot the lights out —
although the lights did go out
— Thursday night at Seaside,
in a nonleague boys soccer
game between North Marion
and Seaside.
Despite a 1-1 tie, it was a
step in the right direction for
the Gulls, who lost to North
Marion last year (8-0), and
dropped a 10-1 decision to
the Huskies in 2014.
The Broadway Field lights
went out in the first half,
causing a 15 to 20-minute
delay, before action resumed.
After a 0-0 first half, North
Marion scored early in the
second half on a direct free
kick (ball was passed back
by a Seaside player to keeper
Jesus Perez, who picked up
the ball).
The Gulls were able to tie
the game midway through
the second half, as Henry
Chapman sent a free kick
towards the net, where it was
headed in by Hunter Thomp-
son for Seaside’s lone goal.
“It was a very physi-
cal, scrappy game between
two tough teams,” said Sea-
side coach John Chapman,
whose team hosts Stayton
Tuesday.
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