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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016
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Lady Gulls
win, move
on to state
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Braves beat
Gulls in Cowapa
season inale
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ESTACADA — The Sea-
side Lady Gulls showed just how
strong Cowapa League volleyball
really is Saturday afternoon.
With three Cowapa League
teams ranked in the top ive of the
latest OSAA Rating Percentage
Index (RPI) rankings, the Gulls
are ranked 16th, despite a 2-8
league record.
Seaside took its No. 16 rank-
ing to 17th-ranked Estacada, and
scored a four-game win over the
Rangers, 17-25, 25-23, 25-16,
25-22.
With the victory, Seaside
advances to the state playoffs for
the irst time since 2005, when the
Gulls defeated Cascade in a state
playoff and took part in the state
tournament, where they defeated
North Bend, followed by losses to
Henley and La Grande.
The Gulls will play a road
match Saturday, with the winner
advancing to the Class 4A state
tournament, Nov. 4-5 at Forest
Grove High School.
More details Tuesday.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — L&C League Playoff:
Warrenton at Portland Christian, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Scappoose,
4:15 p.m.; Seaside at Banks, 4:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Scappoose at Asto-
ria, 7:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Astoria 25, Scappoose 22
Astoria
3 8 7 7—25
Scappoose
0 7 15 0—22
First Quarter
Ast: Andrew Schauermann 20 FG
Second Quarter
Scp: 7 run (kick good)
Ast: Samboy Tuimato 65 pass from
Fridtjof Fremstad (Schauermann kick)
Third Quarter
Ast: Ryan Palek 17 pass from Frems-
tad (Schauermann kick)
Fourth Quarter
Scp: Nate Rieman 46 run (pass good)
Ast: Michael Gift 8 int. return (kick
good)
Ast: Olaf Englund 22 pass from Frem-
stad (Schauermann kick)
Clatskanie 53, Warrenton 0
Warrenton
0 0 0
0—0
Clatskanie
21 18 14 0—53
C: Ian Griffith 35 pass from Bryce
Puckett (Brenden Hicks kick)
C: Kees Tjaarda 44 run (Hicks kick)
C: Tjaarda 8 run (Hicks kick)
C: Tjaarda 54 run (kick failed)
C: Ian Griffith 5 run (kick failed)
C: Griffith 39 pass from Puckett (kick
failed)
C: Isaac Points 2 run (Hicks kick)
C: Justice Osborne 58 int. return
(Hicks kick)
Knappa 50, Vernonia 6
Knappa
16 6 20 8—50
Vernonia
0 0 0
0—6
(Knappa scores)
K: Andrew Goozee run (run good)
K: Kaleb Miller 32 run (run good)
K: Goozee run (run failed)
K: Timber Engblom 32 run (run failed)
K: Ethan Rubus 1 pass from Miller
(Goozee run)
K: Mitch Geisler 1 run (run failed)
K: Geisler 22 pass from Miller (run
good)
Ilwaco 54, Ocosta 6
Ocosta
0 6 0
0—6
Ilwaco
21 20 7 6—54
Ilw: Alec Bell 5 pass from Jack Odneal
(Calvin Baze from Odneal)
Ilw: Bell 6 pass from Odneal (pass
failed)
Ilw: Brandon Duke 20 run (Jorge Gal-
van kick)
O: Matthew Hart recovered fumble in
end zone (kick blocked)
Ilw: Brandon McMullen 41 run (kick
failed)
Ilw: Odneal 45 run (Galvan kick)
Ilw: McMullen 6 run (Galvan kick)
Ilw: Alex Kaino 10 pass from Odneal
(Galvan kick)
Ilw: Parker Kaech 2 run (conversion
failed)
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: McMullen 8-131, Bell
9-111, Odneal 4-65, Duke 4-28, Baze
2-18, Kemmer 1-15, Kaech 6-14, T.Cox
2-10, Tsai 1-1, Hutson 3-13, A.Cox 1-2.
Passing: Odneal 7-11-92-0, Kaech 0-1-
0-0. Receiving: Bell 5-72, Kaino 1-10,
Te.Ramsey 1-10.
Naselle 56, Oakville 14
Oakville
0 6 0 8—14
Naselle
22 18 16 0—56
(Naselle scores)
N: Donny Edwards 59 run (DJ Wirkka-
la from Cole Dorman)
N: Brian Smith 21 fumble return (Smith
from Dorman)
N: Erik Lund 70 run (pass failed)
N: Lund 18 run (pass failed)
N: Wirkkala 12 pass from Dorman
(Lund from Dorman)
N: Parker Dalton 52 kick return (Lund
run)
N: Edwards 35 int. return (Cameron
Burch run)
N: Fa’aoso Tutu’u 48 pass from Dor-
man (pass failed)
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Submitted Photo
The post-game celebration was big in the Astoria locker room, following Saturday’s win at Scappoose.
FISHERMEN REEL
IN A LEAGUE TITLE
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
CAPPOOSE — That ol’
swagger is back with the
Astoria football program.
Presented with a chance
to win their irst outright Cowapa
League title since 2009, the Fisher-
men said they were going to win it,
and even the coach stated, “We’d like
to get that No. 1 seed, and we’d like
to have it by ourselves.”
And that’s exactly what they’ve
got, with a big side order of drama in
a 25-22 win at Scappoose.
Indeed, the Fishermen reeled in a
whopper Saturday night.
In the end, Astoria’s “Scandina-
vian Connection,” — Fridtjof to Olaf
— will be a play that goes down in
Astoria history as “The Catch.” The
biggest catch.
Running the high school equiv-
alent of the two-minute drill, Tom
Brady and Peyton Manning never
did it better than Astoria quarterback
Fridtjof Fremstad, who took the Fish-
ermen on an 84-yard scoring drive to
win a league title.
And — like Tom Brady might
have — Fremstad left the Indians
feeling delated, and the Fishermen
elated.
The Fishermen inish 5-0 in league
play, while the Indians — who may
or may not even be in the Cowapa
League next season — inish 3-2.
Astoria will bypass the Regional
Play-in round, and will likely have
home ield advantage all the way to
their destination, the Nov. 26 state
championship game.
Fremstad’s 22-yard touchdown
pass to Olaf Englund with 11 sec-
onds left was the game-winner, and
capped two road trips down Highway
30, and two crazy days of football in
Scappoose.
S
Originally scheduled Friday, the
game at Scappoose was moved to
Saturday, when an accident resulted
in a power outage during the irst
quarter of Friday’s game.
The Fishermen were outplaying
the Indians that night, and they picked
up right where they left off for Satur-
day’s replay.
It took just six plays for the Fisher-
men to score in Part II, a 20-yard ield
goal by Andrew Schauermann.
After a big sack by the Indians and
a partially blocked punt, Scappoose
answered with a four-play drive and
a touchdown for a 7-3 lead.
But Astoria responded. Facing
a third-and-10 from their own 35,
Fremstad found Samboy Tuimato
on a sideline route, and “Sammy”
did the rest, taking it 65 yards for the
go-ahead score. The two-point con-
version gave Astoria an 11-7 lead.
Pouring it on
The Fishermen started to pour it
on in the third quarter, marching 80
yards in seven plays on their second
possession.
Sparked by completions of 12
yards and 35 yards to Ryan Palek,
Fremstad ran for 17 yards, then
capped the drive with a 17-yard strike
to Palek for an 11-point lead.
But until the late score, that was it
for the Fishermen, who watched help-
lessly as Scappoose rallied from the
18-7 deicit.
Scappoose senior Nate Rieman
broke about 10 tackles on a 46-yard
TD run with 7:50 left in the fourth
quarter, and the two-point conversion
brought the Indians to within 22-15.
Fremstad threw an interception
on the next Astoria drive, and tossed
another costly one on the drive after
that — a short pass over the middle
that was intercepted by Scappoose
senior Michael Gift, who returned it
eight yards for a touchdown.
That set the stage for Astoria’s
Drive of the Century.
Sparked by a personal foul pen-
alty on the Indians on irst down, the
Fishermen quickly found themselves
at the Scappoose 49, following a big
completion to Tuimato.
A sack by Scappoose and a hold-
ing penalty on Astoria had the Fish-
ermen backed up in a third-and-long
situation, but a big pass interference
call on the Indians put Astoria at the
Scappoose 27.
A pass to Palek had the Fishermen
had the 13, but Fremstad was sacked
at the 22, with 19 seconds left.
On the next play, Fremstad rolled
left, and found Englund near the goal
line, near the left sideline.
Englund made the catch and pow-
ered his way to pylon, crossing the
goal line with 11 seconds left.
“After the costly interception, I
looked at the scoreboard and saw we
had about three minutes left (3:02),”
Fremstad said. “Coach Rub just
reminded me of our ‘Fishermen never
give up’ attitude. In practice, we
always end with our two-minute drill.
And we ran our two-minute offense
the best we’ve ever run it.
“Every play added up,” he said.
“We had a holding call, they had a P.I.
(pass interference) call … I have to
credit to coach (Fa’aleao) Poyer and
coach Rub for drawing up the last
play. We hadn’t run that play in over
a year.
“I was reading the free safety on
the left, and Ole was my primary
read. I got it to him at about the 5, he
saw a guy coming at him, and Olaf
has never wanted a touchdown more
than he wanted that one.”
A desperation pass by the Indians
from midield fell incomplete as time
expired, sparking a league title cele-
bration, Astoria Style.
Knappa back on top of league
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VERNONIA — After missing the
playoffs in 2015, the Knappa Loggers
are back to their 2014 form.
The Loggers completed another
unbeaten league season Friday at Ver-
nonia, where Knappa pounded last
year’s league champion, 50-6.
Knappa inishes 4-0 in league
play, and after one more nonleague
game, it’s on to the state playoffs
for the Loggers, who will host a irst
round game Nov. 4 or 5.
And with the best running back in
the state at the 2A level, and a team
that’s averaging 54 points per game
over the last four weeks, the Loggers
will be a tough team to beat in the
upcoming post-season.
Still, “We played a little sloppy
in the irst half,” said Knappa coach
Aaron Barendse, whose team had a
short week after playing Monday.
“The boys responded really well in
the second half and put a stamp on the
league title. I couldn’t be more proud
of this group of young men and our
staff. Great team win.”
Knappa’s Andrew Goozee rushed
for 139 yards and two touchdowns
(plus one receiving), as he inished
the league season with 17 touch-
downs and 984 yards rushing, all in
just four games.
“We had a few good defensive
stands to keep (Vernonia) out of the
end zone,” Barendse said. “Our line
did a great job grinding in the mud.
Goozee had to earn every yard he got.
They deinitely had an all-in plan for
him.”
To pick up the slack, Knappa
quarterback Kaleb Miller completed
14-of-24 passes for 187 yards, with
touchdown passes to Goozee, Ethan
Rubus and Mitch Geisler.
“Kaleb did a great job taking
advantage of them stacking the box,”
Barendse said. “He made good deci-
sions, threw well and our receiv-
ers made some great plays. Mitch,
Rubus, (Andrew) Alder, Timber
(Engblom), Braeden (Eltagonde),
Mason (Hoover), and Kanai (Phillip)
all played exceptionally well. They
blocked, ran good routes and com-
peted for every ball thrown.”
Knappa plays a nonleague game
Friday at Central Linn.
BANKS — A slippery football
and muddy conditions led to some
early turnovers by Seaside, which
led to a big lead for Banks Friday
night, in a Cowapa League regular
season inale.
The Braves took advantage of
Seaside miscues to build a 21-0
halftime lead, on their way to a
34-6 win over the Gulls.
Banks senior Milo Applebee
had a pair of touchdown runs in
the irst half, the second with 34
seconds left in the second quarter.
Seaside’s Cameron King kept
the Gulls competitive with a few
big runs and pass receptions on
offense, as well as some big tack-
les on defense that ended drives
for the Braves.
Banks answered with two
scores in the third quarter, a touch-
down pass from Jake Evans to
Gunnar Partain, and a 34-yard run
by Hayden Vandehey.
The Gulls scored their irst
points with 11:51 left in the fourth
quarter on a long run by Alex
Teubner.
Tigers defeat
Warrenton, 53-0
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CLATSKANIE — A solid
defensive effort by Clatskanie
helped the Tigers score a 53-0 win
over visiting Warrenton Friday
night, in a Lewis & Clark football
game.
Clatskanie held the Warriors
to minus-9 yards in total offense,
while the Tigers racked up 399
yards in offense.
Clatskanie’s Kees Tjaarda ran
just seven times, but gained 133
yards and scored three touch-
downs. Teammate Ian Grifith
also scored three touchdowns in
the irst half, which ended with the
Tigers ahead, 39-0.
Ilwaco crushes
Ocosta, 54-6
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ILWACO, Wash. — The
Ilwaco Fishermen were unstop-
pable on offense Friday night, in a
54-6 romp over Ocosta in a Paciic
2B League football game.
Ilwaco rolled up 510 yards
in total offense on 54 plays (9.4
yards per play), while the Fisher-
men defense held Ocosta to just 49
yards offense on 21 plays.
Ilwaco’s Brandon McMullen
rushed for 131 yards on just eight
carries, while Alec Bell carried
nine times for 111 yards.
Comets crush
Acorns, 56-14
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NASELLE, Wash. — The
Naselle Comets continue to
go through their league season
unchallenged, as they demolished
Oakville Friday, 56-14.
Donny Edwards and Erik Lund
scored two touchdowns apiece for
the Comets (3-0 in league), who
are gearing up to make another run
at the 1B state title.
Naselle plays a makeup game
at Taholah at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Knappa volleyball inishes fourth in league tourney
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VERNONIA — The Knappa vol-
leyball team rode the Playoff Bus as
far it would go over the weekend.
Unfortunately for the Loggers, the
inal stop ended one win short of the
state playoffs.
Delphian’s three-game sweep over
Knappa (25-16, 25-14, 25-16) Satur-
day gave the Northwest League’s No.
3 seed to the Dragons, with the Log-
gers placing fourth in the league’s
annual tournament Friday and Satur-
day at Vernonia High School.
“The Dragons had just a few more
hitters than we did,” said Knappa
coach Jeff Kaul. “We will all miss
(Knappa’s two seniors, Kaitlyn
Landwehr and Alisha Murphy) and
what they both brought to the team
this year. It has been a fun season and
these girls have all been a joy to work
with.”
Landwehr had six digs, ive kills,
ive assists and three blocks, while
Murphy was 7-for-7 serving with
two aces. Paris Vanderburg added
ive assists and four kills.
The match against Delphian was
Knappa’s third in two days at the
tournament.
Knappa opened Friday with a
ive-game win over Faith Bible (15-
25, 25-17, 25-14, 22-25, 15-9), fol-
lowed by a three-game loss to Gas-
ton, as the No. 1 seed Greyhounds
defeated the Loggers, 25-13, 25-12,
25-21.
Friday’s combined stats included
15 kills for Vanderburg, with eight
service aces and eight assists.
Landwehr was 23-for-24 serv-
ing, with 11 kills, 10 assists and four
blocks. Jaden Miethe added 18 digs,
Kaitlyn Truax had six kills and three
blocks, and Murphy inished with 11
digs.