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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 7A SPORTS ROUNDUP The Daily Astorian FOOTBALL North Bend Bulldogs spoil Astoria’s opening night The Astoria Fishermen opened the 2016 season Friday night against the same team that ended their 2015 season. And the results, unfortunately for the Fishermen, were pretty much the same. The North Bend Bulldogs — who scored a 37-12 win over Astoria in the irst round of last year’s state playoffs — jumped out to a 24-0 lead in the irst half on its way to a 31-21 win over the Fishermen in a nonleague season opener at CMH Field. A ield goal by Isaac Reyna and a touchdown run by Dan- iel Ferenczi gave the Bulldogs a quick 10-0 lead. Ferenczi added another score, and North Bend’s Brody Lucero tossed touchdown passes to Caleb Buck and Roger Iparraguirre for a 31-7 advantage. Astoria plays at Gladstone Friday. Ilwaco defeats Nestucca, 33-22 Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Knappa players celebrate after a touchdown by Knappa Loggers’ Andrew Goozee as the Warrenton Warriors faced off against the Knappa Loggers on Friday in Warrenton. Goozee runs wild in Logger win Knappa wins in 54-0 rout By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Both teams had some fun and cel- ebrated a few history-making moments Friday night at War- renton High School. Unfortunately for the home- town Warriors, most of their fun ended shortly after the opening kickoff. The rest of the night, plain and simple, belonged to the Knappa Loggers. The visitors turned this Clat- sop Clash into a Clatsop Crush, as Knappa rolled to an easy win in the long-standing rivalry, 54-0. The only Northwest League team to win Friday, the Loggers will be piling up points against a lot of teams this season, but it’s their defense that could be deciding the outcomes. Knappa held the Warriors to just one yard — that’s one as in ‘1’ — yard of total offense on the night. Warrenton had 41 rushing attempts for minus-30 yards, while the Warriors inished with 31 yards passing. A halfback pass from Raymond Alcoben- das to Logan Fischer in the third quarter accounted for 27 yards. Knappa’s Andrew Goozee is off to an all-state start, as the senior rushed for 209 yards and scored ive touchdowns. He had scoring runs of 45, 40 and 47 yards, and ran 36 yards with a fake punt late in the game. Timber Engblom capped the night with a 65-yard punt return. Mattila honored Meanwhile, Warrenton’s history-making moment came in the pregame, in a ceremony honoring former coach John Mattila. The scoreboard already has his name on it, and now the ield does, too. Mattila accepted a plaque at midield prior to kick- off, as the former Warrenton coach, teacher and mentor was recognized for his years of ser- vice to the town, the community, the high school, and most of all, Warrior football. “It was a great honor,” said Mattila, who won 252 games in his 38 years at Warrenton. “I’m very, very thankful for it. I’m glad the school board consid- Knappa Loggers’ Timber Engblom stiff-arms Warrenton Warriors’ Preston Miller on a kick return. Knappa Loggers Mason Hoover makes a run. ered me. Warrenton gave me the opportunity to be called ‘coach,’ and that’s all I ever wanted to be called. ‘Dad’ and ‘husband’ aren’t bad either.” He added, “It’s the biggest honor next to Maryann (Matti- la’s wife) saying ‘yes.’” Knappa coach Aaron Bar- endse — who has both coached and played against Matti- la-coached teams, said, “I have a lot of respect for what he’s done for his community and the kids. There’s always going to be naysayers in everything you do in life, but one thing you can never take away is the time and the effort he’s put into the community.” And you can’t coach football for 40-plus years without mak- ing a few contacts. The most ironic connection Friday was with Knappa’s start- ing quarterback, junior Kaleb Miller, a transfer from Pleasant Hill. “I coached his dad, Kirk,” Mattila said of Kirk Miller, now an assistant coach with Knappa. “He played for me, and I had a combination of people there who either coached with me or played for me, or both.” The Warriors had a number of former players on the ield and in the stands Friday, includ- ing Dusty McGrorty. Largest margin In a series that dates back to the early 1920s, Friday’s 54-0 blowout was the largest mar- gin of victory for either team. Knappa still trails the all-time series with the Warriors, but the rivalry is deinitely getting a lit- tle lopsided, in favor of the team in blue and gold. Mattila’s Warriors knocked off Knappa 34-0 in 2006, but since then the Loggers have won eight of the last 10 meetings, by scores such as 55-8, 46-6, 46-0, 28-0, and now 54-0. In Friday’s rout, Goozee scored his irst touchdown with 5:28 left in the irst period, and Knappa held a 6-0 lead after one quarter. But in a span of two minutes and 10 seconds early in the sec- ond, the Warriors were buried under an avalanche of Knappa points. • Goozee scored on his sec- ond 3-yard TD run at the 11:01 mark; • On the fourth play of War- renton’s ensuing possession, Knappa’s Mitch Geisler (whose father, Chris, was coached by Mattila in a Shrine Game) picked off a Gio Martinez pass and returned it 55 yards for a score; • And after the Warriors lost a fumble on their next drive, Goozee romped 45 yards for a touchdown on the next play for a 28-0 lead. Three scores in 2:10, game over. The Loggers will look to continue their roll this week against Kennedy, which comes to Knappa Friday. “Our linemen, David Patter- son, Reece Hunt, Cody Stuhr, Jacob Ford and Jaxson Good- man — played very well,” Bar- endse said. “We had a good rota- tion going with them on defense. They really stepped up to the challenge. They played young last year as sophomores, and Jaxson played great as a fresh- man. He’s a big boy.” Offensively, the line opened holes for Goozee, and kept the pressure off Miller. “Kaleb Miller played real well for his irst game in a Log- ger outit,” Barendse said. “We dropped some key passes, but he’s very calm and he’s a good general out there for us. “We had some hiccups,” he said. “We’re running an offense similar to what we had in the past, with Justin (Dragoo) and Kyle Kelly and the no-huddle. Once we got rolling, it went well. “Andrew ran the ball well, the line gave him some nice holes, and he made some great reads and cuts. And defensively, that was probably the most com- plete game I’ve seen him play in his high school career.” The Warriors host Vernonia at John Mattila Field. ‘It’s really an honor’ “It’s really an honor,” to have a ield named after you, Mattila said. “I never thought that that would happen. “It’s a good place to work, with good people,” he said of Warrenton High School. “And I thought the presentation was really well done. It was all Len- nie’s idea (Warrior baseball coach Lennie Wolfe), and he put a bunch of time into it. I appreci- ate what he did, and all the peo- ple from the school district who made it possible.” “I had lots of nice compli- ments. It really does make you feel humble.” CLOVERDALE, Wash. — The Ilwaco Fishermen kicked off the 2016 season with an easy 33-22 win at Nestucca Fri- day in a nonleague football game at Cloverdale. Ilwaco rolled up 448 yards in total offense, including 258 on the ground. Alec Bell rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns (on just 11 carries), while Brandon McMullen added two scores and Jack Odneal tossed a pair of touch- down passes. The Fishermen built a 33-7 lead before the Bobcats scored a pair of late touchdowns. Mules kick the Comets, 48-6 CATHLAMET, Wash. — Wahkiakum posted a 48-6 win over Naselle Friday night in a nonleague season opener. Eric Lund’s 9-yard scoring run in the third quarter was the only score of the game for the Comets, who trailed 29-0 at halftime. North Marion rallies past Seaside SEASIDE — The irst six points were scored by Seaside, but the next 50 belonged to North Marion, as the Huskies cruised to a 50-6 win over the Gulls Friday night at Broadway Field in a nonleague football season opener. Seaside’s Cameron King was on the receiving end of a 57-yard touchdown pass, which gave the Gulls a 6-0 lead after one quarter. North Marion’s Tanner Scanlan kicked a 30-yard ield in the second quarter, then caught a pair of scoring passes from quarterback Hunter Martin to give the Huskies a 17-0 half- time lead. North Marion pulled away in the third, scoring ive touch- downs in the period, including interception returns by Johnny Page (37 yards) and Boston Snyder (35 yards). North Marion intercepted four passes on the night. Seaside hosts Clatskanie Friday. VOLLEYBALL Loggers win consolation bracket ROCKAWAY BEACH — The Knappa Lady Log- gers played a full day of volleyball Saturday in Rockaway Beach, where Neah-Kah-Nie hosted its annual preseason tournament. Knappa had mixed results in pool play, then went 2-0 in the consolation bracket. The Loggers defeated Neah-Kah-Nie in their irst conso- lation match, 25-13, 25-17. Kaitlyn Landwehr was 14-for-16 serving with ive aces and four assists, and teammate Jaden Miethe had ive digs for the Loggers. Knappa followed with a sweep over Santiam, 25-19, 26-24. Kaitlyn Truax pounded out six kills, Landwehr dished out four assists, and Paris Vanderburg inished with six assists, four digs and four kills. Miethe and Kourtney Tischer combined for 11 digs. CROSS COUNTRY Caruana takes fifth at Ultimook Invite TILLAMOOK — Astoria senior Lucas Caruana inished ifth out of 206 runners Saturday in the 5,000-meter varsity (1A-4A) race of the Nike Ultimook Invitational. The annual meet is held at the Hydrangea Ranch in Tillamook. Caruana covered the course in 18 minutes, 6 seconds. Sea- side also had selected runners competing, with Juneau Meyer placing 17th in 19:07. Astoria had a fourth place team inish (out of nine schools) in the 3,000-meter Novice 1A-4A race, won by Riv- erdale. Ilwaco freshman Daniel Whiting took second overall in 12:11, while David Sharp was Astoria’s top runner (10th, 13:51). On the girls’ side, Astoria junior McKenzie Burnett in- ished 15th out of 153 runners in the 5,000-meter Varsity 1A-4A race, crossing the line in 23:49. Warrenton freshman Kaisa Liljenwall took sixth in the 5,000-meter Junior Varsity 1A-4A race, running a 27:05. Teammate Alma Bolanos was 16th in 28:46. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Volleyball — Seaside at Gladstone, 7 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer — Seaside at Stayton, 6 p.m. Boys Soccer — Stayton at Seaside, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Volleyball — Cascade at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia Christian, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer — Astoria at St. Helens, 7 p.m.; Corbett at Seaside, 7 p.m. Boys Soccer — St. Helens at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Seaside at Corbett, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Astoria at Gladstone, 7 p.m.; Clatskanie at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Vernonia at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Kennedy at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Toledo, 7 p.m. Volleyball — Warrenton at De La Salle, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Seaside at Cascade Tour- nament, TBA Cross Country — Seaside at Tualatin, 9:15 a.m. FOOTBALL Knappa 54, Warrenton 0 Knappa 6 28 14 6—54 Warrenton 0 0 0 0—0 First Quarter K: Andrew Goozee 3 run (run fail) 5:28 Second Quarter K: A.Goozee 3 run (run fail) 11:01 K: Mitch Geisler 55 int. return (Timber Engblom run) 9:57 K: A.Goozee 45 run (Braeden Eltagonde run) 8:51 K: A.Goozee 40 run (run fail) 4:33 Third Quarter K: A.Goozee 47 run (A.Goozee run) 10:18 K: Eltagonde 19 pass from Mason Hoover (run fail) :27 Fourth Quarter K: Engblom 65 punt return (run fail) 7:15 Knappa Statistics Rushing: A.Goozee 15-209, Miller 8-56, Eltagonde 2-28, Engblom 1-9, Takalo 1-0, L.Goozee 6-(-2). Passing: Miller 3-9-43-0, Hoover 1-1-19-0. Receiving: Hoover 2-46, Eltagonde 1-19, Rubus 1-(-3). Warrenton Statistics Rushing: Alcobendas 5-0, Secord 6-(- 1), Miller 1-(-1), Kapua 1-(-2), Fischer 1-(-2), Breitmeyer 1-(-3), Bowser 11-(-4), Martinez 15-(-17). Passing: Alcobendas 1-1-27-0, Martinez 3-13-4-1. Receiving: Secord 2-2, Fischer 1-27, Miller 1-2. North Marion 50, Seaside 6 N.Marion 0 17 33 0—50 Seaside 6 0 0 0—6 Sea: Cameron King 57 pass (conversion failed) NM: Tanner Scanlan 30 FG NM: Scanlan 5 pass from Hunter Martin (Scanlan kick) NM: Scanlan 7 pass from Martin (Scan- lan kick) NM: Ammon Suchanski 15 run (conver- sion failed) NM: Johnny Page 37 int. return (kick failed) NM: Suchanski 1 run (Scanlan kick) NM: Ramon Organiz 7 run (Scanlan kick) NM: Boston Snyder 35 int. return (Daniel Aguilar kick) North Marion Leaders Rushing: Suchanski 14-125. Passing: Martin 10-24-131-0. Receiving: Scanlan 7-92. Seaside Statistics Rushing: King 6-17, Johnson 2-9, Hoek- stre 1-5. Passing: Johnson 4-13-58-3, Hoekstre 0-2-0-1. Receiving: King 1-57, Johnson 1-26. Ilwaco 33, Nestucca 22 Ilwaco 6 12 8 7—33 Nestucca 0 6 0 16—22 Ilw: Brandon McMullen 5 run (pass fail) Ilw: Alec Bell 4 run (pass fail) Ilw: Alex Kaino 45 pass from Jack Odneal (run fail) Nes: Kyle Zeller 87 int. return (run fail) Ilw: Bell 5 pass from Odneal (McMullen run) Ilw: McMullen 21 run (Galvan kick) Nes: Wyatt Link 22 pass from Cole Strober (Zeller from Strober) Nes: Noah Geil 5 pass from Strober (Strober run) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: Bell 11-165, McMullen 18- 92, Odneal 4-14, Duke 2-15, Baze 1-0, Kaino 1-(-7), Schenk 1-(-4). Passing: Odneal 14-25-190-1. Receiving: Kaino 7-102, Bell 3-33, Bannister 1-20, Shel- don 1-14, McMullen 1-6, Tenyson Ram- sey 1-5. Wahkiakum 48, Naselle 6 Naselle 0 0 6 0—6 Wahkiakum 14 15 13 6—48 W: Lucas Brown 3 run (kick failed) W: Hank Ferguson 1 run (Zach Brown run) W: Evan Quigley 21 pass from Luke Brown (Z.Brown run) W: James Anderson 65 run (KC Beery from Z.Brown) Nas: Eric Lund 9 run (kick failed) W: Anderson 45 run (L.Brown kick) W: Terris Record 30 run (kick failed) W: Z.Brown 23 run (kick failed)
