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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017
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VOLLEYBALL
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Baker edges
Astoria in
four games
GIRLS SOCCER
Philomath
blanks Astoria
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.