SPORTS
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
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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)