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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
VOLLEYBALL
Knappa Loggers
fall to Columbia
Christian
KNAPPA — Facing Colum-
bia Christian for the second time
in five days, the visiting Knights
scored another three-game sweep
over the Knappa Lady Loggers
Saturday, 26-24, 25-19, 25-18, in
a Northwest League volleyball
match.
Kaitlyn Truax served up six
aces for Knappa, to go with nine
digs and seven kills.
Mack Strain, Paris Vanderburg
and Aiko Miller combined to go
28-for-28 from the service line,
with Vanderburg adding 13 digs
and eight assists. Jaden Miethe
collected 16 digs and Ressa Inman
had four blocks for Knappa, which
plays at Neah-Kah-Nie Tuesday.
FOOTBALL
Ilwaco defeats
Raymond, 25-7
RAYMOND, Wash. — Ilwaco
bounced back from an upset loss
to South Bend the previous week
with a 25-7 win at Raymond Fri-
day, in Pacific 2B Coastal action.
Touchdown runs by Brandon
McMullen in the first quarter helped
Ilwaco to a 19-0 halftime lead.
The Fishermen had 265 yards
in total offense, 250 yards on the
ground. McMullen ran 32 times
for 173 yards, while the Ilwaco
defense held Raymond to just 156
yards in total offense.
— The Daily Astorian
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Volleyball — Warrenton at Portland
Christian, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Knappa at Neah-Kah-
Nie, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Seaside at Astoria,
7:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Seaside at Astoria,
5:30 p.m.
Cross Country — Bigfoot (NKN) Invi-
tational, 4 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Astoria 7, Tillamook 0
Tillamook
0 0 0
0—0
Astoria
0 7 0
0—7
Second Quarter
Ast: Trey Hageman 1 run (Andrew
Schauermann kick) 6:22
Tillamook Statistics
Rushing: McRae 15-88, Weeks 13-
62, McColly 3-16, C.Silveira 2-12, M.Sil-
veira 3-3, Ch.Werner 1-(-8). Passing:
Ch.Werner 6-15-69-1, M.Silveira 3-6-
33-0. Receiving: Ca.Werner 5-59, Mc-
Colly 2-28, C.Silveira 1-10, McRae 1-5.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Hageman 19-90, Ranta 16-
56, Caruana 3-17. Passing: Hageman
1-4-3-0. Receiving: Long 1-3.
Seaside 62, Valley Catholic 0
Valley C.
0 0 0
0—0
Seaside
21 28 7 6—62
First Quarter
Sea: Alex Teubner 9 run (Gio Ramirez
kick)
S: Brayden Johnson 28 pass from
Payton Westerholm (Ramirez kick)
S: Dawson Blanchard 33 pass from
Westerholm (Ramirez kick)
Second Quarter
S: Ramirez 18 run (Ramirez kick)
S: Duncan Thompson 7 run (Astor
Landwehr run)
S: Cameron King 21 pass from
Westerholm (Ramirez kick)
S: Blanchard 7 pass from Westerholm
(Ramirez kick)
Third Quarter
S: Landwehr 7 run (Ramirez kick)
Fourth Quarter
S: Ledger Pugh 13 run (two-point con-
version failed)
Seaside Statistics
Rushing: Teubner 15-126, Ramirez
6-60, Thompson 6-51, Black 6-28,
Landwehr 3-17, Cook 3-16, Pugh 1-13.
Passing: Westerholm 6-8-119-0. Re-
ceiving: Blanchard 2-40, Johnson 2-36,
Teubner 1-22, King 1-21.
Ilwaco 25, Raymond 7
Ilwaco
13 6 6 0—25
Raymond
0 0 0
7—7
First Quarter
Ilw: Brandon McMullen 2 run (Jorge
Galvan kick)
Ilw: McMullen 3 run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
Ilw: Alex Kaino 7 pass from Ethan Per-
sonius (run failed)
Third Quarter
Ilw: Personius 13 run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
Ray: Brandt Rockwell 59 pass from
Jack Jordan (Reese Garcia kick)
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: McMullen 32-173, Duke
9-39, Personius 7-31, Cox 2-7. Passing:
Personius 3-5-15-0. Receiving: Kaino
1-7, McMullen 1-6, Sheldon 1-2.
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Astoria Fishermen quarterback Trey Hageman is brought down by a Tillamook player, but not before moving the ball into their territory.
Defense is name of the
game in Astoria’s win
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
When you’re coming off a 40-0 loss to your
rivals the week before, you’ll take any win,
any way you can get it.
And that’s pretty much how the Astoria
Fishermen squeaked out a 7-0 victory Friday
night over Tillamook, in Cowapa League foot-
ball action at CMH Field.
The Fishermen were outgained by more
than 100 yards (283 to 166), and Astoria had
just nine first downs for the game — but for
the second time this season, Astoria won a
game with a single score, a 1-yard run by Trey
Hageman on a fourth-down play in the second
quarter.
And even that was tough, as the Cheese-
makers had stopped two previous runs from
the 1-yard line.
But, a win’s a win. Astoria was playing
without two key starters, and the defending
Cowapa League champions still managed to
keep their league title and playoff hopes alive,
with a big showdown Thursday at Banks.
The Braves will be coming off a 51-49 loss to
Scappoose.
“It was a good bounce back win,” Astoria
coach Howard Rub said of Friday’s effort. “It
gave us the feeling that we can compete each
week. And that’s big, with every league game
being so important. It’s a five-game season,
and hopefully we’ve still got enough left to
The Astoria Fishermen defense trips up a
Tillamook player.
UP NEXT: FISHERMEN
• Astoria Fishermen (4-2)
at Banks Braves (5-1)
• Thursday, 7 p.m.
where we can get ourselves qualified (for the
postseason).”
The Fishermen played their “bend-but-
don’t-break” defense, giving up a couple long
runs, but ultimately keeping the Cheesemak-
ers out of the end zone. Tillamook also missed
a 30-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
Astoria had just three offensive possessions
in the first half, with no first downs on its first
and third series.
But on Astoria’s second possession, the
Fishermen took over at their own 20, and
sparked by 12-yard runs from Tyler Ranta and
Hageman, a 28-yard scamper by Ranta and a
face mask penalty on Tillamook, Astoria had a
first-and-goal at the 8-yard line.
Hageman — who started at quarterback in
place of Tristin Wallace — scored on a 1-yard
keeper with 6:22 left in the first half. Astoria
was also missing starting receiver/defensive
back Justin Villa.
Villa is expected back this week, while
Wallace is done for the season, with a torn
ACL.
Tillamook drove to the Astoria 25 on its
final drive of the first half, before two holding
penalties pushed the ball back to the 50.
The Cheesemakers stopped Astoria on a
fourth down play on the first series of the third
quarter, and forced the Fishermen to punt on
their final four possessions.
Tillamook took over at the Astoria 46 with
1:52 left in the game, but there were no miracle
Hail Marys for the Cheesemakers, as the final
pass from sophomore Chad Werner (in for
starter Matt Silveira, who left the game with an
injury in the second quarter) was intercepted
by Astoria’s Ian Hunt in the closing seconds.
Astoria’s nine first downs were “nine more
than we had the week before,” Rub said, add-
ing. “I feel pretty good with how our defense
has played all year. Good defense is a key to
keeping your offense on the field.”
The Fishermen are in a three-way tie with
Banks and Seaside for second place in the
Cowapa standings.
Loggers defeat Neah-Kah-Nie,
close in on Northwest League title
Seaside senior
Garret Kiser, left,
turns upfield for
another big play
in the Gulls’ 62-0
win Friday.
The Daily Astorian
ROCKAWAY BEACH — The
Knappa Loggers topped Neah-Kah-
Nie 36-20 in a Northwest League
football game Friday night in Rock-
away Beach.
With just four seniors and six
freshmen on the varsity roster, the
Pirates have come a long way since
2015, when Neah-Kah-Nie could not
even field a team for the complete
season.
Still, Knappa came in as the heavy
favorite. And despite some early prob-
lems, the Loggers scored the eventual
win to improve to 5-0 overall.
The No. 3-ranked Loggers are
now just one of two unbeaten teams
at the 2A level, but still had to over-
come a 14-0 deficit early in Friday’s
game — which they did, all in the
first half — outscoring the Pirates
36-6 the remainder of the game.
It was Knappa’s 13th straight win
over the Pirates. who have not beaten
the Loggers since 2002.
Jeff Ter Har
For The Daily Astorian
Seaside Gulls pound
Valley Catholic, 62-0
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Brad Mosher/Tillamook Headlight Herald
Knappa lineman Jaxson Good-
man, No. 66, blocks for quarter-
back Kaleb Miller in Friday night’s
game at Neah-Kah-Nie.
Knappa can lock up at least a
share of the league title next Friday
vs. Vernonia.
SEASIDE — The Seaside Gulls
are on a roll, as they scored another
easy, lopsided win Friday, 62-0,
over Valley Catholic at Broadway
Field.
Having outscored their last two
opponents 102-0, the No. 9-ranked
Gulls will be heavily favored Thurs-
day at Tillamook, before a regu-
lar season finale vs. Banks Oct. 20
at Seaside, with a possible Cowapa
League title on the line.
Seaside racked up 441 yards in
total offense in Friday’s win, and
limited the Valiants to just 91.
The Gulls gained most of it on
the ground (322), with Alex Teub-
ner rushing for 126 yards on just
15 attempts. Payton Westerholm
completed just six passes, four for
touchdowns. Seaside led 49-0 at
halftime.