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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 SPORTS 7A Loggers chop down Gaston The Daily Astorian Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Fridtjof Fremstad of Astoria collides with Seaside defenders while running the ball Friday at CMH Field. Clatsop Clash: It was Seaside’s irst oficial football visit to the Fish Bowl Naselle Comets crush Owls, 44-14 Continued from Page 1A Packed homecoming It was a packed house for Homecoming at CMH Field. The only memorable note to the game was that it was Sea- side’s irst oficial football visit to the Fish Bowl. The Gulls played at Astoria in 2014, win- ning 35-14 in the last game at John Warren Field. Astoria was the heavily favored team Friday, however. Showing all the signs of being a state championship contender, the No. 3-ranked Fishermen were coming off an impressive victory over fourth-ranked Valley Catholic. The Gulls, meanwhile, are a very young team in a rebuilding phase, and were coming off a 62-6 loss to Scappoose. Seaside trailed 41-0 after one quarter in that one, and found themselves behind 33-0 after the irst period in Fri- day’s game. Astoria’s Samboy Tuimato scored twice on short runs in the irst quarter, and later ran 54 yards for a touchdown in the second half to complete a one-play drive. Fridtjof Fremstad threw three TD passes (making that 13 touchdowns in four weeks), two to Kyle Strange and one to Ryan Palek; and Zach Patterson returned an interception 30 yards for a score. Five of Astoria’s scoring drives took place in ive plays or less. Meeting expectations “It went how we hoped it would,” said Astoria coach Howard Rub. “(The Gulls) are real young. With a irst- year coach and all the transi- tion, they’re a younger group. Their kids played hard, and did all they could to com- pete. We just had more horses tonight.” To their credit, the Gulls’ defense tightened up after the irst quarter, allowing only a ield goal in the second quarter. The Daily Astorian MATLOCK, Wash. — The Naselle Comets are in to the stretch run of the reg- ular season, and they will be heavy favorites to sweep their next three games. The Comets cruised to a 44-14 win Saturday afternoon at Mary M. Knight, as Naselle built a 30-0 halftime lead. Eric Lund rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns, and caught a 15-yard TD toss from Cole Dorman. Naselle freshman Auggie Lopez had second half scores on a 3-yard run and a 75-yard kickoff return. The Comets’ next three games are vs. Washington School for the Deaf, Taholah and Oakville — teams that the Comets outscored last year, 154-44. Naselle hosts Washington School for the Deaf at 7 p.m. Thursday. Corbett slips past Warrenton, 36-8 Garret Kiser of Seaside fumbles the ball, while Astoria’s Tyler Lyngstad makes a tackle at CMH Field. Astoria recovered the ball on the play. Astoria’s Samboy Tuimato, right, leads his team in a chant before the game starts during Astoria’s homecoming against Seaside on Friday at CMH Field in Astoria. And the ield goal happened to be a CMH Field record that could stand for a while, as Andrew Schauermann (of the soccer Schauermanns) nailed a 47-yard attempt as time expired in the irst half. The game was under a run- ning clock midway through the third quarter, but Seaside was able to score twice in the fourth, on a 1-yard run by Garret Kiser, and a 17-yard TD toss from Kiser to Duncan Thompson on the inal play of the game. Tyler Ranta led Astoria with 95 yards rushing on 10 carries (Ranta had 100 yards, before a 5-yard loss on his inal carry). Fremstad completed 12 passes for 166 yards — far below his average, but the Fishermen were working on some other things. “We really wanted to improve on our run game, especially the option stuff,” Rub said. “We haven’t run a ton of options this year. And we were able to get to the edge real well. “We wanted to see Tyler run well. He’s an explosive back, and we haven’t utilized that enough. So it was good to get that going,” he said. “Samboy ran hard and had a big night (74 yards on just six carries),” Rub said. “We have some solid wideouts, and we’ve been able to uti- lize them early in the season. Lost in the shufle is our two running backs, Tuimato and Ranta, and they both had good nights.” Seaside, 2-3 overall, plays at Valley Catholic Friday, while the Fishermen (4-1) will be heavy favorites again later this week, when they play at Tillamook. The Cheesemak- ers — ranked 37th out of 38 teams at the 4A level — are 0-5 and have been outscored 168-21 this season. Seattle ends season drained after 3-2 loss By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE — Felix Her- nandez is likely entering the most important offseason of his career. Hernandez is conident that “King Felix” can return in Seattle. But it’s going to require changes and work in the offseason. The Mariners know it, and from the sounds of it, so does Hernandez. “We certainly need him at the top of the rotation. We need him in the rotation, prefera- bly at the top, because he has history of doing that,” Seat- tle manager Scott Servais said. “But he’s kind of at that point of the career where he’s going to need to make a few adjustments to get the results that he wants.” Hernandez pitched three GASTON — After three straight losses to high- er-ranked teams in non- league play, the Knappa Log- gers opened the Northwest League season Friday night at Gaston, where Knappa cruised past the Greyhounds, 48-34. “It wasn’t the prettiest game, but we did what we set out to do,” said Knappa coach Aaron Barendse. “We came home with a win.” Knappa held a 42-19 half- time lead, but the Loggers “relaxed a little in the third, and it put us in a bad situa- tion,” Barendse said. “Our kids responded when faced with adversity and inished the game strong. “Our offensive line blocked real well,” he added. “We ran well and Kaleb (Miller) threw the ball really well. He made good decisions and put us in a position to keep the low going. The big boys came off with some big sacks when they were needed from the D-line. I’m proud of our guys and how they bat- tle. Gaston is a very physical football team.” Knappa dominated the game on the ground, rushing for 395 yards on 47 carries. After a three-week absence, Knappa run- ning back Andrew Goozee returned in time for league play, as the senior rushed for 241 yards and ive touch- downs on 31 carries. Logger quarterback Kaleb Miller was 8-of-13 passing for 121 yards, and also opened the scoring with a 16-yard TD run in the irst quarter. Goozee had 186 yards rushing in the irst half, and scored on touchdown runs of 42, 19, 16, 1 and 4 yards. The Loggers look to con- tinue their march through the league competition this week, when they host a struggling Nestucca team. The Bobcats (1-4 and ranked 28th out of 29 teams) lost to Neah-Kah- Nie Friday, 32-8. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez walks in the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday in Seattle. innings on Sunday, giving up all three runs as the Oakland Ath- letics closed out the year with a 3-2 win over the Mariners. The short stint from Her- nandez (11-8) was a combina- tion of how he looked on the mound and the emotional toll from Saturday’s loss that elim- inated Seattle from playoff contention. The Mariners appeared drained after seeing their post- season hopes dashed in that extra-innings loss to the A’s. Hernandez (11-8) was lifted after the third inning and Guill- ermo Heredia’s two-run dou- ble in the ifth amounted to all of Seattle’s offense and the only real threat against Oakland starter Sean Manaea. Hernandez said he nearly left Saturday night’s loss early to get prepared for Sunday’s inale but couldn’t pull him- self away from Seattle’s come- back effort that fell short. He was the last one to leave the dugout after watching Seattle’s postseason hopes crumble for another year. He wasn’t the only one feel- ing the emotional letdown. “Last night and the run that we’ve been on took a lot out of everybody physically and emo- tionally,” Servais said. The Daily Astorian CORBETT — Warrenton snapped a two-game score- less streak, but still came up short on the scoreboard Fri- day night at Corbett. The Cardinals — who defeated the Warriors 28-6 last year — scored their sec- ond straight win over a War- renton team, 36-8. The Warriors return home for two straight home games. Warrenton hosts Blanchet Catholic Friday to close out the nonleague schedule, before the Warriors begin Lewis & Clark League play Oct. 14 vs. Portland Christian. Ilwaco opens league with 21-6 win over South Bend The Daily Astorian SOUTH BEND, Wash. — The Ilwaco Fishermen opened Paciic 2B League play with a 21-6 win at South Bend Friday. Touchdown runs by Jack Odneal and Brandon McMullen helped Ilwaco to a 14-0 halftime lead, and McMullen’s 6-yard scam- per made it 21-0 in the third quarter. McMullen inished with 99 yards rushing on 25 attempts, while Odneal was 12-of-18 passing, for 121 yards. Alex Kaino caught six passes for 48 yards for the Fishermen, who host Ray- mond Friday. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Volleyball — Seaside at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Riverdale at Warrenton, 5:30 p.m.; Faith Bible at Knappa, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer — Scappoose at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m. Boys Soccer — Astoria at Scap- poose, 4:15 p.m. FOOTBALL Astoria 50, Seaside 12 Seaside 0 0 0 12—12 Astoria 33 3 14 0—50 First Quarter Ast: Samboy Tuimato 1 run (pass failed) 9:06 Ast: Ryan Palek 6 pass from Fridtjof Fremstad (kick failed) 6:35 Ast: Tuimato 4 run (Andrew Schauermann kick) 2:39 Ast: Kyle Strange 21 pass from Fremstad (Schauermann kick) 1:28 Ast: Zach Patterson 30 int. return (Schauermann kick) :31 Second Quarter Ast: Schauermann 47 FG, :00 Third Quarter Ast: Strange 14 pass from Frems- tad (Donny Dieffenbach kick) 10:20 Ast: Tuimato 54 run (Dieffenbach kick) 7:30 Fourth Quarter Sea: Garret Kiser 1 run (run failed) 10:15 Sea: Duncan Thompson 17 pass from Kiser (no attempt) :00 Team Statistics SHS AHS Total offense 113 364 First downs 6 17 Rushes-yards 24-48 24-198 Comp-Att-Int 6-23-2 12-19-0 Passing yards 65 166 Penalties 3-29 7-80 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Seaside Statistics Rushing: Teubner 6-26, Landwehr 5-10, King 5-6, Kiser 6-2, P.Johnson 1-2, Smith 1-2. Passing: Kiser 6-23-65-2. Receiv- ing: Thompson 3-41, King 1-12, Card 1-9, Teubner 1-3. Astoria Statistics Rushing: Ranta 10-95, Tuimato 6-74, Fremstad 4-19, Long 3-8, Lyngstad 1-2. Passing: Fremstad 12-18-166-0, Johnson 0-1-0-0. Receiving: Strange 6-104, Palek 3-32, J.Olson 1-32, Ranta 1-3, Tu- imato 1-(-2). Ilwaco 21, South Bend 6 Ilwaco 0 14 7 0—21 South Bend 0 0 0 6—6 Ilw: Jack Odneal 1 run (conver- sion failed) Ilw: Brandon McMullen 2 run (Brandon Duke run) Ilw: Mc Mullen 6 run (Jorge Gal- van kick) SB: Ben Byington 5 run (run failed) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: McMullen 25-99, Duke 16-68, Odneal 9-46, Kaino 3-5. Passing: Odneal 12-18-121-1. Receiving: Kaino 6-48, Ramsey 3-43, Bannister 2-17, Sheldon 1-13.
