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Seaside boys second at state meet
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EUGENE — The Seaside boys’
cross country team came up short in
their bid for a second-straight state
championship — but the Gulls fin-
ished a strong second, and the day
still belonged to the Cowapa League
Saturday, at the OSAA state meet in
Eugene.
The Tillamook girls and the Val-
ley Catholic boys were the team
champions in the Class 4A portion
of the meet, held at Lane Community
College.
And after finishing second to Sea-
side in the Cowapa League district
meet the previous week, the Valley
Catholic boys managed to slip past
the Gulls in the team standings at
state.
The Valiants’ top five runners fin-
ished in the top 26 overall, enough for
Valley Catholic to finish with 58 team
points, to Seaside’s 79.
Phoenix was a distant third, with
121.
Individually, senior Michael
Brown of North Bend took first place,
covering the 5,000-meter course in 16
minutes, 13 seconds. Seaside senior
Bradley Rzewnicki — the defending
individual champion — placed fourth
in 16:22.
Seaside teammate Jackson Januik
was 14th (16:57), followed by Hunter
Thompson (15th, 17:08). Rafi Sibony
was 31st (17:26) and Colton Car-
ter was Seaside’s fifth runner (45th,
17:53).
After placing fourth in the district
meet, Astoria’s lone entrant — senior
Lucas Caruana — finished fifth over-
all in 16:41.
Caruana got out to a quick start
with the lead pack, which included
John Kavulich from Scappoose and
Rzewnicki.
He held on to fifth position after
the first mile, pushed the middle mile
and attacked the hills, breaking away
from the second pack and running
alone for most of the third mile.
Caruana finished with a 5,000 per-
sonal best by 19 seconds, while the
Cowapa League had four runners
among the top 10 finishers.
Celie Mans of Siuslaw was the
girls’ individual champion (18:55),
while Tillamook’s top five runners
finished in the top 36, as the Lady
Mooks finished with 71 points, ahead
of La Grande (76).
Matt Rawlings/For the Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Bradley Rzewnicki, center, runs with athletes in the lead
pack Saturday, including Robby Vos of Phoenix, left, and John Kavu-
lich of Scappoose. All three would finish in the top five, with Astoria’s
Lucas Caruana (not pictured), at the 4A state cross country meet.
FISHERMEN UNSTOPPABLE
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Fridtjof Fremstad runs down the field as the Fishermen faced off against Gladstone in the first round of playoffs on Friday at CMH
Field in Astoria. Astoria won 48-14 and hosts Cottage Grove Friday in a state quarterfinal at CMH Field.
Astoria cruises to
state quarterfinals
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
From 1-4 league seasons in 2013 and ’14,
to the state quarterfinals in 2016 … Astoria
football has indeed come a long way in a short
period of time. And now the Fighting Fisher-
men on the verge of something much bigger.
Astoria kicked off the 2016 post-season
Friday night with an impressive 48-14 win
over Gladstone at CMH Field, in a first-round
game of the Class 4A state playoffs.
And now the No. 3-seed Fishermen —
predicted by some around the state to win
their first state title since 2008 — are just
three wins away from their magic goal.
With Cascade’s 40-21 win over Mazama
Friday, the Fishermen are now the high-
est-seeded team in their half of the bracket.
Astoria will host Cottage Grove Friday in a
state quarterfinal at CMH Field.
Astoria racked up 476 yards in total offense
against Gladstone, and with the exception of a
big play by the Gladiators and a late turnover
on special teams, the Fishermen defense was
a force, allowing just nine first downs.
Meanwhile, Astoria had 307 yards offense
in the first half alone, and finished with 22
first downs.
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St. Paul wins wild one over Knappa
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The Knappa Loggers came up 7
seconds, 8 points and 9 yards short
Saturday afternoon, in a Class 2A
state playoff.
A late defensive stand by St.
Paul helped the Buckaroos hold on
for a 32-24 win over the No. 8 seed
Loggers.
It was the closest game — by far
— in the first round of the Class 2A
football playoffs.
Knappa finishes the season 5-5
overall, while St. Paul (6-3) will play
at Regis later this week.
Saturday’s contest was played
at CMH Field in Astoria, where the
Loggers were undefeated and look-
ing to recapture some of the momen-
tum they had in 2014, when Knappa
advanced to the state semifinals.
The Loggers won back-to-back
playoff games at CMH that year,
defeating Culver and Oakland. And
Knappa looked right at home to start
Saturday’s game.
Knappa took the opening kick-
off and drove 85 yards in just seven
plays, with Andrew Goozee high-
lighting the drive with a 45-yard run,
then capping the march with a 2-yard
touchdown run.
The next two scores belonged to
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Knappa Loggers’ Kaleb Miller attempts avoiding a tackle as Knappa
faces off against St. Paul on Saturday at CMH Field in Astoria.
St. Paul, which found the end zone on
a pair of long runs (32 yards by Jus-
tin Herberger, and a 49-yard sprint by
Fernando Dela Cerda).
Knappa quarterback Kaleb Miller
tossed a 27-yard strike to Braeden
Eltagonde for the tying touchdown
with 5:28 left in the first half, but a
late turnover led to a Buckaroo touch-
down just before halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter,
St. Paul extended the lead to 32-16,
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when Holden Smith tossed a 10-yard
TD pass to Campbell Smith with 7:45
left in the fourth, capping a 13-play,
79-yard drive.
The Loggers answered with a
72-yard march of their own.
Keyed by a 24-yard scramble by
Miller on a fourth down play, Miller
hit Ethan Rubus from 12 yards out for
a touchdown with 4:24 remaining.
Knappa’s defense forced a three-
and-out for St. Paul, and the Loggers
set up for one final drive, starting at
their own 20 with 3:03 left.
Miller — Knappa’s senior transfer
from Pleasant Hill — was 7-for-7 on
the drive, which included a 28-yard
pass to Mitch Geisler on a first-
and-27, following a holding penalty.
But on a pass from Miller to Goo-
zee to the 9-yard line, Miller was hit
after the throw and forced from the
game with a leg injury.
Freshman Eli Takalo took over,
and the St. Paul defense managed to
force three straight incompletions in
the final 29 seconds, and the Loggers
turned the ball over on downs with
seven seconds left.
Miller completed his last nine
passes, and finished 18-of-30 for 196
yards, with completions to eight dif-
ferent receivers.
Timber Engblom caught five for
44 yards, and Mason Hoover had
four catches on the final drive, for 38
yards.
Goozee rushed for 131 yards on
26 carries, while Dela Cerda finished
with 181 yards on 24 attempts for St.
Paul.
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
Astoria 48, Gladstone 14
Gladstone
0 7 0 7—14
Astoria
7 21 13 7—48
First Quarter
Ast: Fridtjof Fremstad 35 run (Andrew
Schauermann kick) 1:30
Second Quarter
Ast: Fremstad 7 run (Schauermann
kick) 9:10
Ast: Ryan Palek 72 pass from Frems-
tad (Schauermann kick) 6:54
Gla: Briggs Tatum 60 pass from Hud-
son Meyer (Josiah Wachlin kick) 6:39
Ast: Fremstad 9 run (Schauermann
kick) :40
Third Quarter
Ast: Olaf Englund 58 pass from Frem-
stad (Schauermann kick) 9:51
Ast: Fremstad 8 run (kick blocked)
2:26
Fourth Quarter
Ast: Fremstad 14 run (Schauermann
kick) 9:01
Gla: Quinn Carl 1 run (Wachlin kick)
5:12
Team Statistics
GHS
AHS
Total offense
194
476
First downs
9
22
Rushes-yards 39-117
31-134
Comp-Att-Int
5-11-0
16-21-1
Passing yards
77
342
Penalties
4-40
7-60
Fumbles-lost
3-1
3-1
Gladstone Statistics
Rushing: Carl 17-79, Boyd 7-24, Farris
10-17, Meyer 4-(-3), Alvarado 1-0. Pass-
ing: Meyer 5-11-77-0. Receiving: Tatom
2-66, Conner 1-8, Boyd 1-8, Hill 1-0.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Fremstad 10-104, Ranta
12-54, Tuimato 4-9, Lyngstad 2-5, Wal-
lace 2-(-10), Matteuci 1-(-28). Passing:
Fremstad 16-20-342-1, Wallace 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: Englund 8-190, Palek 4-109,
O’Brien 2-12, Tuimato 1-17, J.Olson 1-14.
St. Paul 32, Knappa 24
St. Paul
8 16 0 8—32
Knappa
8 8 0 8—24
First Quarter
Kna: Andrew Goozee 6 run (A.Goozee
run) 9:28
SP: Justin Herberger 32 run (Adal Iz-
quierdo from Holden Smith) 3:22
Second Quarter
SP: Fernando Dela Cerda 49 run (Iz-
quierdo run) 8:03
Kna: Braeden Eltagonde 27 pass from
Kaleb Miller (Miller run) 5:28
SP: Dela Cerda 1 run (Herberger run)
:53
Fourth Quarter
SP: Campbell Smith 10 pass from
H.Smith (Herberger run) 7:45
Kna: Ethan Rubus 12 pass from Miller
(A.Goozee run) 4:24
Team Statistics
SP
KHS
Total offense
303
363
First downs
15
20
Rushes-yards
41-260
40-167
Comp-Att-Int
4-9-1
18-30-1
Passing yards
43
196
Penalties
2-10
5-40
Fumbles-lost
1-0
0-0
St. Paul Statistics
Rushing: Dela Cerda 24-181, Her-
berger 11-59, Vargas 1-17, Izquierdo
4-11, C.Smith 1-(-8). Passing: H.Smith
4-9-43-1. Receiving: Vargas 1-15,
C.Smith 1-10, Izquierdo 1-9, Herberger
1-9.
Knappa Statistics
Rushing: A.Goozee 26-131, Miller
9-27, Engblom 1-7, Geisler 4-2. Passing:
Miller 18-30-196-1, Takalo 0-3-0-0. Re-
ceiving: Engblom 5-44, Hoover 5-38,
Geisler 2-36, Eltagonde 2-35, A.Goozee
2-12, Green 1-19, Rubus 1-12.
Class 4A Playoffs
North Bend 69, La Grande 13
Banks 27, Marshfield 20
Estacada 26, Sisters 6
Ontario 42, Scappoose 21
Astoria 48, Gladstone 14
Cottage Grove 35, North Valley 17
South Umpqua 28, Baker 0
Cascade 40, Mazama 21
Class 2A Playoffs
Regis 42, Monroe 20
St. Paul 32, Knappa 24
Grant Union 30, Reedsport 12
Heppner 55, Gold Beach 20
Kennedy 61, Gaston 14
Toledo 54, Union 14
Santiam 35, Lost River 20
Stanfield 49, Central Linn 14