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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com VOLLEYBALL SPORTS IN BRIEF Baker edges Astoria in four games GIRLS SOCCER Philomath blanks Astoria The Daily Astorian The Daily Astorian BAKER — The 2017 season came to a close Saturday afternoon for the Astoria volleyball team in four close, hard-fought games at Baker. The No. 7-seeded Bulldogs stayed one step ahead of the No. 10-ranked Lady Fishermen, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22, in a first- round state playoff match. Baker advances to the state tournament and the final eight, which will include three Cowapa League teams (Scappoose, Tilla- mook and Valley Catholic). A year after finishing 0-10 in league play, Astoria finishes the second year under coach Jessie Todd with a 13-9 overall record, 6-4 in league matches. And Saturday’s playoff “could have gone either way,” Todd said. “(The Bulldogs) were good. They had a middle who could hit both angles, and a very good outside hit- ter who could really hit.” Meanwhile, the Lady Fish- ermen were able to spread their attack around, as Chelsea Chris- tensen led with six kills, followed by Madi Landwehr, Julia Norris and Kes Sandstrom with five kills apiece. Darian Hageman added three blocks. Astoria loses six seniors who will be tough to replace, Todd said. “This group of seniors has been fantastic,” she said. “They were a big part and a big reason why we made it so far. Their leadership, maturity and desire inspired the rest of the team. “And overall I was real happy with how we played. To have to travel so far was a new experience for them, and I thought they played great.” PHILOMATH — Philomath senior Carrie Lillis scored three goals and added two assists, help- ing the Warriors score a 6-0 win over Astoria in a 4A girls soccer Regional Play-in game Saturday afternoon. Quincy Pittman, Halle Hewitt and Braedyn McNeely added the other goals for Philomath, which will play a first-round game at Gladstone Tuesday. The season comes to a close for Astoria, which finishes 6-7-2 over- all, 4-5-1 in league play, their best season since 2013. The Cowapa League has two teams in the final 16 — Scappoose will host Baker, and Valley Cath- olic plays at Junction City, both Tuesday. Heather Perkins Trey Hageman drops back to pass for the Astoria Fishermen during Friday’s play-in game against Estacada. Late scores lift Estacada over Astoria The Daily Astorian ESTACADA — Estacada did not complete a pass the entire night — but the Rangers apparently didn’t need to, as Estacada’s ground game carried the load in a 30-14 win over Astoria, in a Class 4A Regional Play-in game at Buzz Randall Field. The season comes to close for the Fishermen (4-5 overall), while Estacada (7-2) advances to the first round of the state playoffs. Astoria’s defense was in its “bend-but-don’t- break” mode in a low-scoring first half. Estacada’s first four possessions ended with a fumble, two punts and an interception. Astoria had the only score of the half, as Niko Caruana capped a 14-play, 63-yard march with a 6-yard touchdown run, with 4:33 left in the sec- ond quarter. Karsten Johnson ran in the two-point conversion. Astoria quarterback Trey Hageman highlighted the drive with an 11-yard pass to Ephriam Tice, on a fourth-and-10 play from the Ranger 22. The 8-0 lead held up through one half, before Estacada scored a tying touchdown and two-point conversion on its first possession of the third quarter. Astoria responded quickly, driving 69 yards in just eight plays, Hageman scoring on a 23-yard run mid- way through the third period to give Astoria a 14-8 advantage. But that’s where the scoring stopped for the Fish- ermen, and the momentum turned Estacada’s way. Following a big kick return after the Astoria touch- down, the Rangers scored on the very next play from scrimmage, a 30-yard burst by junior quarterback Nick Keller. The Rangers also missed the point-af- ter kick, and the two teams went to the fourth quar- ter in a 14-14 tie. After the Fishermen turned the ball over on downs, Estacada went on a time-consuming, 67-yard drive, capped by a 7-yard run from Wyatt Riedel. And the Rangers’ ground game picked up steam from there, grinding out a short nine-play drive late in the fourth quarter, ending in a 7-yard touchdown run by Keller, who scored on his third two-point conver- sion for a 16-point lead. Astoria’s last drive in the final minute was high- lighted by a hook-and-ladder play (Hageman to John- son to Tice) for a 51-yard gain — but the Fishermen went backwards from there and turned the ball over on downs. Estacada’s only pass attempt of the night was intercepted by Astoria’s Ebin Hillard. SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL Estacada 30, Astoria 14 Astoria 0 8 6 0—14 Estacada 0 0 14 16—30 Second Quarter Ast: Niko Caruana 6 run (Karsten John- son run) 4:33 Third Quarter Est: Wyatt Riedel 33 run (Nick Keller run) 8:32 Ast: Trey Hageman 23 run (kick failed) 5:25 Est: Keller 30 run (kick failed) 5:06 Fourth Quarter Est: Riedel 7 run (Keller run) 7:05 Est: Keller 7 run (Keller run) 1:36 Clatskanie 35, Warrenton 20 Clatskanie 7 12 8 8—35 Warrenton 6 7 0 7—20 First Quarter War: Logan Fischer 24 pass from Ja- cob Morrow (kick failed) Cla: Kees Tjaarda 2 run (kick good) Second Quarter Cla: J’Kari Combs 15 pass from Cooper Blodgett (kick failed) Cla: Combs 3 pass from Blodgett (con- version failed) War: Fischer 15 pass from Morrow (Gabe Breitmeyer kick) Third Quarter Cla: Blodgett 35 run (Tjaarda run) Fourth Quarter Cla: Blodgett 1 run (Blodgett run) War: Fischer 4 run (Breitmeyer kick) Clatskanie Statistics Rushing: Tjaarda 23-171, Blodgett 11- 74. Passing: Blodgett 9-14-150-2. Re- ceiving: Combs 5-86, Shockley 2-41, Tjaarda 1-14, Osborn 1-9. Warrenton Statistics Rushing: Fischer 24-115, Jackson 2-8, Morrow 8-(-21). Passing: Morrow 11-22- 148-1. Receiving: Miller 6-68, Fischer 2-39, Jackson 2-27, Martinez 1-14. Ilwaco 52, North Beach 18 North Beach 0 0 6 12—18 Ilwaco 25 14 13 0—52 First Quarter Ilw: Trenton Cox 75 kick return (pass failed) Ilw: Alex Kaino 5 run (kick failed) Ilw: Allen Chetwood 43 run (kick failed) Ilw: Tenyson Ramsey 38 pass from Brandon McMullen (Jorge Galvan kick) Second Quarter Ilw: McMullen 20 run (Galvan kick) Ilw: Kaino 38 pass from Ethan Person- ius (Galvan kick) Third Quarter NB: Brandon Chaney 33 run (run failed) Ilw: Chetwood 35 run (conversion failed) Ilw: Brandon Duke 5 run (Galvan kick) Fourth Quarter NB: Keenan Miller 35 pass from Chaney (conversion failed) NB: Miller 13 pass from Chaney (con- version failed) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: McMullen 15-163, Chetwood 2-78, Duke 4-66, Kaino 6-39, Wilkin 2-4, Cox 1-4, Personius 1-5, Simonson 2-6, Thompson 3-7, Team (-20). Passing: Personius 5-5-68-0, McMullen 1-2-25-0. Receiving: McMullen 3-21, Kaino 2-13. Ramsey 1-38. Astoria advances with win over Gladstone By WALT POSTLEWAIT For The Daily Astorian GLADSTONE — One goal was all it took to send the Astoria boys soccer team to the first round of the state playoffs for the first time since 2013. In a very tight match in which the Fishermen were out-shot by the Glad- stone Gladiators 2 to 1, Astoria junior Christian Medina-Perez drew Gladia- tor keeper Andrew Prom off his line in the 37th minute, then Medina-Pe- rez’s crossing pass was deflected by Prom to the waiting senior Trevor Byrd, who headed home the only goal of the afternoon for a 1-0 Asto- ria victory. Both teams had additional chances, which kept Astoria goalkeeper Jake Hurd busy, but Hurd was able to pick up his third shutout in the last four games. The Fishermen are on a four- game win streak, having outscored the competition 11-1. The momentum of Saturday’s match ebbed and flowed throughout the entire 80 minutes. The Gladiator supporters erupted in cheers when Gladstone found the back of the net on a corner kick play in the 67th minute, only to see the flag up on the far side of the field signal- ing offside, the result of a disciplined Astoria team that held a strong defen- sive line as the ball was in play in front of the goal. The Fishermen responded well to the Gladstone attack, with the Gladia- tors playing a strong defensive mind- set, dropping eight and clogging the Walt Postlewait/For The Daily Astorian Astoria goalkeeper Jake Hurd goes high to make a stop in Sat- urday’s playoff victory. middle when defending. During the final 10 minutes, Glad- stone played at a frantic pace, forcing the ball forward, finding the Fisher- men defenders swarming about get- ting a clear. Hurd came up big in the 74th and again in the 76th minute with saves that secured the Fishermen a clean sheet, and a date against Stay- ton Wednesday. Stayton is the No. 2-ranked team at the 4A level, and the only team to beat No. 1 Seaside. It was not Astoria’s prettiest of matches, but it was a complete match that saw solid play from all the Fishermen. “The boys have come a long way from the summer and worked out a lot of bugs,” said Astoria coach Lee Cain. “We have some technically very tal- ented players, and they’re trying hard and have responded well towards the tactical direction that we’ve wanted to go in. “We had two limping players not at full potential and one player inel- igible. So the game wasn’t our pret- tiest, and Gladstone played some determined ball, but luckily for us had some wide shots that might have tested Jake even more.” But, “the win has to go to a team effort, with standout defensive per- formances from senior captain Jose Gonzalez and stalwart goalkeep- ing by Jake. They’ve gotten us to the playoffs and now we are going to get ready for what promises to be a very challenging game at Stayton, and the boys are excited. I think we will be ready for it and will play to our full potential as long as we are a healthy and complete team.” Since 2014, the Fishermen were 0-2 in Regional Play-in contests, which included a 3-2 loss to Glad- stone in 2014. Astoria’s last appearance in the state playoffs was 2013 (a 3-2 loss to North Bend); their last win in the state playoffs is 2008 (2-1 over La Grande). The No. 1-seed Seaside Gulls will host Philomath Wednesday. The Gulls topped Hillsboro (the No. 3-ranked 5A team), 4-1 in a nonleague match Saturday at Broadway Field. FOOTBALL Clatskanie holds off Warrenton The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The War- renton football team missed out on the playoffs, but the Warriors managed to finish the 2017 sea- son on a positive note Friday, in a 35-20 loss to No. 7-ranked Clatskanie at John Mattila Field. Once again, the Warriors held an early lead on Jacob Mor- row’s 24-yard touchdown toss to Logan Fischer, and Fischer’s 15-yard touchdown grab from Morrow had Warrenton trailing just 19-13 at halftime. But the next two scores belonged to the Tigers, on touch- down runs of 35 yards and one yard by Clatskanie quarterback Cooper Blodgett. Fischer added a late, four-yard scoring run for the Warriors, as the senior running back rushed for 115 yards on 24 carries in his prep finale. Defensively, Preston Miller intercepted two passes for War- renton, which finishes 1-8 over- all, 0-3 in league play. Ilwaco defeats North Beach The Daily Astorian ILWACO, Wash. — The Ilwaco Fishermen had all the points they would need by the end of the first quarter last Thursday, in a 52-18 win over North Beach in Pacific 2B League football action. Touchdowns by Trenton Cox (75-yard kick return on the opening kickoff), Alex Kaino, Allen Chetwood and Tenyson Ramsey had the Fisher- men leading 25-0 after the open- ing quarter. Ilwaco’s lead reached 52-6 after three quarters. The Fish- ermen had 438 yards in total offense, led by Brandon McMul- len’s 163 yards rushing on just 15 carries. Ilwaco gained 353 yards on the ground. Chetwood carried the ball just twice, for touchdown runs of 43 and 35 yards. Knappa Loggers close out Gaston, get ready for playoffs The Daily Astorian KNAPPA — Knappa put the fin- ishing touches on yet another perfect league season Friday, with an easy 50-0 win over Gaston in a Northwest League football finale. The Loggers (8-0 overall) will host Bandon (4-5) in a first round state playoff, 1 p.m. Saturday at CMH Field. For the second year in a row, Knappa went through league play unchallenged, winning its four league games by scores of 52-7, 36-20, 40-7 and 50-0. For the Loggers, the “kids came out and did their jobs from the opening kickoff,” said Log- ger coach Aaron Bar- endse. “Our senior group played their final regu- lar season game at home, and they were impressive from the start. Completely focused.” The Loggers were not even distracted, “being Senior Night, Home- coming and out- right league title on the line,” he added. “But our kids really were tuned in. Those seniors really have the rest of the team follow- ing their lead.” A Gaston player was injured late, which put a damper on the game. “The game ended early and our thoughts and prayers are with the kid injured,” Barendse said. “You never want to see anyone injured and unable to walk off the field. It’s just a game and things like that put things into perspective fast. We look forward to our next challenge and I know our kids will give everything they have.” The Loggers have given up just 53 points in eight games, the least among all 2A teams. The next fewest is 91 points allowed by Grant Union.
