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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017
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Knappa
wins Logger
Bowl ’17
The Daily Astorian
KNAPPA — The Knappa Log-
gers locked up a share of the North-
west League title Friday at home,
with a 40-7 win over the Vernonia
Loggers, in Logger Bowl ‘17.
Knappa (6-0 overall), takes a
break from league play next Fri-
day vs. Central Linn, and can wrap
up yet another perfect league sea-
son Oct. 27 vs. Gaston. The Log-
gers will be heavily favored against
the Greyhounds (1-5), and a win
would give Knappa its third 4-0
league record in four years, and
their fifth perfect league season
since 2009.
More importantly, the No.
2-ranked Loggers should be home
throughout the state playoffs.
Knappa opened up a 19-0 half-
time lead in Friday’s game, which
included a Kaleb Miller run for a
score, and a 65-yard touchdown
pass from Miller to Reuben Cruz.
Mason Hoover, Cruz and Luke
Goozee had second half touch-
downs, as the lead reached 40-0.
“We faced adversity and bat-
tled through it,” said Knappa coach
Aaron Barendse. “Kaleb kept the
guys together offensively with his
calm demeanor and leadership.
Reuben made some big plays for
us, which gave us some spark in
key moments.”
Defensively, “the starting D
pitched another shutout and the
young guys that got in to finish
the game did a great job of bat-
tling,” he said. “Kanai (Phillip) had
a great game. He shut down their
top receiver and had a bunch of
knocked down passes. He’s really
become our guy to cover the other
teams’ No. 1 receiver.”
Hoover “continues to do the
dirty work on D, and has been play-
ing a huge roll for us at linebacker,”
he added. “Vernonia eventually
scored but those young guys made
them earn every yard. I am very
proud of how they scrapped out
there. I’m very proud of our kids
and how they’ve been responding
to adversity, etc. They never stay
down and find a way to grind it out.
These kids are going to be great
members of whatever community
they choose to reside in as adults.
Great young men.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Scappoose at Astoria, 7
p.m.; Banks at Seaside, 7 p.m.
Cross Country — Clatskanie Invita-
tional, TBA
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Nic Pior, center wearing number 27, puts a big hit on the Rainier quarterback for the Warrenton Warriors during Friday’s game.
Rainier tops Warrenton
with long-distance scores
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — The Warrenton War-
riors were riding the “Upset Express” through
one quarter of Friday night’s football game
with the mighty Rainier Columbians.
But, Rainier is a perennial top 10 team for
a reason. And the No. 5-ranked Columbians
showed it, rallying from a 7-6 deficit after the
first quarter for a 56-7 win over the Warriors.
The game was the first in two years
between the two rivals, after Warrenton for-
feited last year’s meeting at Rainier.
With an offense that struggled out of
the gate in Friday’s game, the Columbians
derailed Warrenton’s upset hopes with a cou-
ple of special teams plays.
Rainier junior quarterback Joey Tripp —
who owned the night — opened the scoring
with a 61-yard punt return for a quick 6-0
Columbians’ lead.
The Warriors followed with their best drive
of the evening, a nine-play, 56-yard march,
capped by Jake Morrow’s 24-yard touchdown
pass to Gio Martinez. Gabe Breitmeyer made
the extra point for Warrenton’s only lead of
the night.
Logan Fischer reaches for more yards for
the Warrenton Warriors as he is tackled
by a Rainier player during Friday’s game.
UP NEXT: WARRIORS
• Warrenton Warriors (1-6) at Portland
Christian/Columbia Christian (0-6)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
Warrior senior Preston Miller intercepted
a Tripp pass moments later, but the Warriors
were unable to capitalize.
Following a couple of scoreless posses-
sions, Rainier’s Jacob Bruce put the Colum-
bians ahead to stay with a 64-yard punt return
early in the second quarter.
That would be the second of six Rainier
touchdowns that covered 45 or more yards.
After the punt return by Bruce, the Colum-
bians recovered an onside kick, and Bruce
was back in the end zone two plays later, on a
49-yard scoring run.
Tripp added TD runs of 45 and 53 yards in
the final 6:23 of the first half, for a 36-7 half-
time lead.
Tripp rushed for 147 yards and four touch-
downs on just five carries (29.4 yards per run),
and completed 8-of-14 passes for 159 yards
and two TD passes, as he accounted for six
touchdowns.
Logan Fischer gained 93 yards rushing on
29 carries for the Warriors, while Morrow was
5-of-16 passing for 70 yards, which included
a diving, 30-completion by Preston Miller late
in the game.
Miller
and
Morrow
intercepted
passes for the Warriors, while Peyton Reed
and Dawson Carr picked off passes for
Rainier.
FOOTBALL
Rainier 56, Warrenton 7
Rainier
6 30 20 0—56
Warrenton
7 0 0
0—7
First Quarter
Rai: Joey Tripp 61 punt return (kick
failed) 9:49
War: Gio Martinez 24 pass from Jake
Morrow (Gabe Breitmeyer kick) 5:34
Second Quarter
Rai: Jacob Bruce 64 punt return (Tripp
run) 10:03
Rai: J.Bruce 49 run (Tripp run) 9:06
Rai: Tripp 45 run (Cris Becerra kick)
6:23
Rai: Tripp 53 run (C.Becerra kick) 2:14
Third Quarter
Rai: Tripp 11 run (kick failed) 11:03
Rai: Caymon Rea 67 pass from Tripp
(C.Becerra kick) 8:13
Rai: Dawson Carr 10 pass from Tripp
(C.Becerra kick) 4:57
Rainier Statistics
Rushing: Tripp 5-147, J.Bruce 6-50,
D.Carr 5-30, Isaacson 2-27, Gladfelder
2-12, Guerr 2-7, Howell 1-1. Passing:
Tripp 8-14-159-2. Receiving: D.Carr
5-63, J.Bruce 2-29, Rea 1-67.
Warrenton Statistics
Rushing: Fischer 29-93, P.Miller 4-17,
Jackson 3-0, Morrow 4-(-1). Passing:
Morrow 5-16-70-2, G.Martinez 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: Jackson 3-16, P.Miller 1-30,
G.Martinez 1-24.
Willapa Valley 38, Ilwaco 20
Willapa V.
14 0 8 16—38
Ilwaco
6 6 8 0—20
First Quarter
WV: Max Smith 8 run (kick blocked)
Ilw: Brandon McMullen 10 run (kick
failed)
WV: Matt Pearson 1 run (Peter Ham-
ilton run)
Second Quarter
Ilw: McMullen 3 run (run failed)
Third Quarter
WV: Tyson Nissell 5 run (Nissell run)
Ilw: McMullen 20 pass from Ethan Per-
sonius (McMullen from Personius)
Fourth Quarter
WV: Smith 10 run (Nissell run)
WV: Smith 6 run (Nissell run)
Ilwaco Statistics
Rushing: McMullen 36-148, Duke
6-39, Cox 3-17, Personius 4-(-11). Pass-
ing: Personius 5-6-52-0, Mc Mullen 0-1-
0-0. Receiving: McMullen 3-30, Kaino
1-23, Duke 1-0.
MLB PLAYOFFS
Astros, Yanks try to get
bats going in New York
Associated Press
A look at what’s happening all
around the majors today:
GOING BATTY: The two high-
est-scoring teams in the majors this
season have combined for all of six
runs in the first two games of the
AL Championship Series. Houston,
which totaled 896 runs to 858 for
the Yankees this year, won a pair of
nail-biters back home by identical
2-1 scores behind ace pitchers Dallas
Keuchel and Justin Verlander. Two
wins from the franchise’s second trip
to the World Series, the Astros send
14-game winner Charlie Morton to
the mound in Game 3 at Yankee Sta-
dium (5:08 p.m. PDT).
HOLE IN THE MIDDLE: If
the Yankees are going to rally in
this ALCS, they’re probably going
to need more production from their
top hitters. Aaron Judge, Gary San-
chez and Didi Gregorius combined
to go 2 for 22 in the first two games
of the series, while Astros stars Jose
Altuve and Carlos Correa went 8 for
15. Not to mention, Yankees desig-
nated hitters are 0 for 27 in the post-
season, with Chase Headley, Jacoby
Ellsbury and Matt Holliday all com-
ing up empty. Maybe being back at
Yankee Stadium will help.
RIGHT MAN ON THE
MOUND: CC Sabathia pitches for
the Yankees as they try to stop a sev-
en-game ALCS losing streak that
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Los Angeles Dodgers right field-
er Yasiel Puig, right, catches a fly
ball over the top of centerfielder
Chris Taylor during the first inning
of Game 2 of baseball’s National
League Championship Series.
dates to 2010 against Texas. The
37-year-old lefty went 14-5 with a
3.69 ERA during the regular season.
But he was at his best when New
York needed to rebound, going 9-0
with a 1.71 ERA in 10 starts follow-
ing Yankees defeats.
CHILL OUT: The Dodgers and
Cubs will trade sunglasses for long
sleeves as their NL Championship
Series shifts from Los Angeles to
Chicago. Dodger Stadium was 92
degrees for first pitch of Game 2 on
Sunday night, and Los Angeles right
fielder Yasiel Puig had to battle a dif-
ficult setting sun to track a fly ball in
the first inning.
Temperatures are projected to dip
into the low-50s for Game 3 on Tues-
day night at Wrigley Field.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
VOLLEYBALL
Knappa outlasts
City Christian
PORTLAND — The Knappa vol-
leyball team will be in the Northwest
League playoffs, thanks to a five-game
win Saturday at City Christian, 25-22,
15-25, 9-25, 25-17, 15-13.
After dropping two of the first three
games, Knappa trailed for much of
Game 4, before some power kills by
Kaitlyn Truax gave the Loggers a 13-8
lead.
Truax also had a string of six
straight serves for points, and the Log-
gers forced a fifth game.
City Christian held a 9-8 lead in
Game 5, before Kourtney Tischer
served Knappa into an 11-9 advan-
tage. The Lions answered with a rally
of their own for a 12-11 lead, but Mack
Strain served Knappa into a 14-12
advantage, and Paris Vanderburg set
Truax for a kill at match point for the
winner.
Vanderburg had 14 assists to go
with 10 digs and 10 kills; Strain fin-
ished with eight blocks; and Jaden
Miethe had 35 digs. Truax added nine
kills and four aces.
SOCCER
Seaside boys close
in on league title
BEAVERTON — The Seaside
boys soccer team all but wrapped up
the Cowapa League title Friday night
at Valley Catholic, where the Gulls
posted a 1-0 victory over the Valiants.
Colton Carter scored the lone goal
for Seaside, which improved to 7-0-1
in league (9-1-1 overall), while sec-
ond-place Valley Catholic dropped to
5-2-1. The Gulls can make it official
Wednesday night at home vs. Tilla-
mook (2-5) or Oct. 24 vs. Banks (0-7).
In other action Friday, Astoria
topped Tillamook, 2-0, as the Fisher-
men took one step closer to locking up
a regional play-in spot.
In Cowapa League girls’ soc-
cer games Friday, Astoria scored a
1-0 win over Tillamook, and Valley
Catholic defeated Seaside, 8-0. The
20th-ranked Lady Fishermen have a
solid hold on third place in the league
standings, at 4-3-1.
FOOTBALL
Willapa Valley
defeats Ilwaco
ILWACO, Wash. — Willapa Val-
ley escaped with a wild 38-20 win Fri-
day night in Pacific 2B Coastal foot-
ball action at Ilwaco, Wash.
The Vikings took a 22-20 lead into
the fourth quarter, when two touch-
down runs by Willapa’s Max Smith
helped the Vikings pull away for the
win. Willapa Valley remains unbeaten
in league play (3-0), while Ilwaco
drops to 1-2, 3-4 overall.
Brandon McMullen scored all three
touchdowns for the Fishermen, which
included a 20-yard TD toss from Ethan
Personius late in the third quarter that
brought Ilwaco to within two points.
McMullen rushed for 148 yards on
36 carries, and also caught three passes
for 30 yards.
— The Daily Astorian