THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016
SPORTS
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Loggers chop
down Gaston
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.