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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com VOLLEYBALL Eagles sweep Warrenton in state playoff The Daily Astorian Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Bo Williams scrambles to pass for the Fishermen. Fishermen let one get away, as Baker rallies for play-in win ADAIR VILLAGE — There were no miracle come- backs in this one, as the sea- son came to a close for the Warrenton volleyball team Saturday afternoon at San- tiam Christian. Despite coming in on a hot streak, the Warriors couldn’t keep up with the No. 2-ranked Eagles, who scored a sweep, 25-18, 25-12, 25-15. Santiam Christian advances to the state tour- nament in Forest Grove (the Eagles will play Creswell in a quarterfinal match), while Warrenton finishes 14-5 overall. The Eagles built an 11-4 lead in Game 1, before the Warriors rallied and closed to within 16-15 following a kill by Fernanda Alvarez and an SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TUESDAY Boys soccer — Seaside at Stayton, 5 p.m. FOOTBALL By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian n their first three offensive posses- sions of the game, the Baker Bulldogs had no first downs, no points and 23 yards of offense. Astoria’s first three offen- sive series resulted in 11 first downs, 10 points and 202 yards in total offense. That’s why it didn’t make much sense two hours later, when the No. 20-ranked Bull- dogs stood in front of their fans at CMH Field, celebrat- ing a 17-10 upset win over No. 12-ranked Astoria in a 4A play-in football game. The Bulldogs advance to the Sweet 16 (Baker will play at Banks). The season comes to a close for the Fishermen, 4-5 overall. The final statistics cer- tainly supported Astoria, which finished with 15 first downs and 271 yards in total offense, to six first downs and 231 yards for Baker. Astoria built its 10-0 lead in the second quarter with a 21-yard field goal by Tay- lor Palmberg and an 18-yard touchdown pass from Bo Wil- liams to Josh Olson. But the Bulldogs took advantage of four Astoria turnovers, including two in the final minute of the first half to completely turn the momentum. Baker converted an inter- ception into a 30-yard field goal by Mahonri Rushton with 52 seconds left in the half, and the Fishermen fum- bled the ensuing kickoff, set- ting up the Bulldogs for a one-play drive, sophomore quarterback Gabe Gamble- ton throwing to Riley Flana- gan for a 22-yard score with 39 seconds remaining. Gambleton completed just three passes in the game, but two went for touchdowns. Flanagan caught all three passes, for 111 yards. On the very first play of the fourth quarter, Gamble- ton threw a screen pass to Fla- nagan, who broke loose and sprinted down the sideline for an 86-yard score. The next Fishermen pos- session resulted in a second interception (both by Logan Brashler), and the Bulldog defense came up with big quarterback sacks on Asto- ria’s final two offensive series. Astoria running back Niko Caruana rushed for 100 yards O Justin Villa tries to evade a tackle for Astoria. on 21 carries, while senior Ian Hunt had five receptions for 46 yards. Dylan Junes had an interception for the Fishermen. Warrenton clinches playoff spot with win CLOVERDALE — With a win Friday night at Nestucca, the 2018 Warrenton football team checked off three more season milestones. The Warriors’ easy 54-6 victory over the Bobcats was Warrenton’s first road win of the season. It was also the first win over a team with a win- ning record, and clinched a spot in the state playoffs for the first time since 2012. The Warriors accom- plished all three Friday night, as Warrenton won its first road game since Sept. 22 of last year (also at Nestucca). The win was the first in years over a team with a winning record, and now the Class 3A Warriors are hoping to make a big run in the 2A state playoffs. Warrenton will play a first-round game Friday at Sheridan. Going into the state play- offs, the favorites appear to be Monroe, Sheridan and Knappa, but No. 13-ranked Warrenton could be the lucky darkhorse, having won three of its last four games, the last two by a combined 116-12. The Warriors had Friday’s game locked up just minutes into the first quarter. Devin Jackson’s 14-yard touch- down run gave Warrenton a 14-0 lead, and Jacob Morrow added two scoring runs for a 28-0 lead after one quarter. The Warriors rolled up 422 yards in total offense (335 on the ground) against the Bobcats, who were out- scored 104-20 in consecutive games against Knappa and Warrenton. Kenz Ramsey was 7-for-7 on point-after kicks, and added a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter. Loggers roll in tune-up for state playoffs, 74-0 PORTLAND — After another Friday night blow- out victory (74-0 at Port- land Christian), the Knappa Loggers can finally focus on their next goal: Winning a state championship. As the No. 4-ranked team in the state, the Loggers will be one of the main candidates on a short list of teams look- ing to win the 2A state title. The Loggers will host a first-round game Friday (7 p.m., CMH Field) vs. Glide, which has lost three in a row. Knappa was scoring at will against another North- west League opponent Friday. The Loggers’ six league vic- tories have come by an aver- age score of 58 to 15. Eli Takalo had a pair of 39-yard touchdown runs in the first quarter, a 54-yarder in the second period for a 52-0 halftime lead, and his final scoring run in the third quarter gave Knappa a 66-0 lead. The Royals had six turn- overs, while the Loggers fin- ished with 18 first downs to Portland Christian’s three. Willapa defeats Ilwaco, 42-0 MENLO, Wash. — Wil- lapa Valley’s Max Smith returned the opening kick- off 60 yards for a touch- down, setting the tone for a 42-0 Viking win Friday over visiting Ilwaco, in a Pacific 2B League regular season finale. The Fishermen finish third in the league standings at 4-2 in league, 5-3 overall. Ilwaco plays a crossover game Fri- day. Willapa Valley clinched the league title with a 6-0 league record, 7-2 overall. Ilwaco’s Alex Kaino caught five passes for 65 yards. ace serve from Ruby Dyer, but Santiam Christian coun- tered with a 9-3 run. Santiam Christian outside hitters Kassie Staton (5-foot- 10) and Emily Bourne (six- foot) were the hot hitters in Game 2, helping the Eagles to leads of 8-1, 12-4 and 22-10. The Warriors were down 6-1 in Game 3 — the per- fect spot for a Warrenton comeback. And the War- riors did just that, with a kill from Avyree Miethe tying the game at 8-8. But just like that, the comeback was off, as San- tiam Christian answered with five straight points, then did just enough to hold off the Warriors, using cross-court kills by Staton and another spike down the line from Josie Risinger to close out the match. Baker 17, Astoria 10 Baker 0 10 0 7—17 Astoria 0 10 0 0—10 Second Quarter Ast: Taylor Palmberg 21 FG 9:01 Ast: Josh Olson 18 pass from Bo Williams (Palmberg kick) 3:32 Bak: Mahonri Rushton 30 FG :52 Bak: Riley Flanagan 86 pass from Gabe Gambleton (Rushton kick) :39 Fourth Quarter Bak: Flanagan 86 pass from Gambleton (Rushton kick) 11:44 Team Statistics Baker Astoria First downs 6 15 Rushes-yards 26-120 44-138 Passing yards 111 133 Total offense 231 271 Comp-Att-Int 3-9-1 14-23-2 Turnovers 2 4 Penalties 2-30 6-42 Baker Statistics Rushing: Gambleton 16-102, Bloomer 5-13, Shirtcliff 1-3, Hammans 4-2. Passing: Gam- bleton 3-9-111-1. Receiving: Fla- nagan 3-111. Astoria Statistics Rushing: Caruana 21-100, Stutznegger 14-53, Villa 1-(-2), Williams 8-(-13). Passing: Wil- liams 14-23-133-2. Receiving: Hunt 5-46, Villa 4-49, Long 2-24, Olson 2-16. Knappa 74, Portland Chris- tian 0 Knappa 30 22 14 8—74 Portland Chr. 0 0 0 0—0 First Quarter Kna: 58 run (conversion failed) Kna: Eli Takalo 39 run (Takalo run) Kna: Takalo 39 run (2-point conversion) Kna: Takalo 1 run (Takalo run) Second Quarter Kna: Devin Hoover 55 pass from Takalo (2-point conversion) Kna: Takalo 54 run (conversion failed) Kna: Cameron Miethe 31 fum- ble return (2-point conversion) Third Quarter Kna: Kanai Phillip 80 int. return (conversion failed) Kna: Takalo 2 run (conversion good) Fourth Quarter Kna: 22 pass (Miethe run) Knappa Statistics Rushing: Takalo 9-169, Miethe 9-50. Passing: Takalo 6-14- 107-1. Receiving: Miethe 2-27, Hoover 1-55, Stuhr 1-17, Phillip 1-11. Warrenton 54, Nestucca 6 Warrenton 28 10 16 0—54 Nestucca 0 6 0 0—6 First Quarter War: Hordie Bodden Bodden 14 run (Kenz Ramsey kick) War: Devin Jackson 14 run (Ramsey kick) War: Jacob Morrow 11 run (Ramsey kick) War: Morrow 3 run (Ramsey kick) Second Quarter Nes: Mitch Richwine 29 run (conversion failed) War: Morrow (14 run (Ramsey kick) War: Ramsey 23 FG Third Quarter War: Jackson 29 pass from Morrow (Ramsey kick) War: Safety, Nestucca tackled in end zone War: Ethan Green 15 run (Ramsey kick) Warrenton Statistics Rushing: Morrow 20-131, Jackson 10-81, Green 6-47, Mar- tinez 7-32. Passing: Morrow 3-5- 87-1. Receiving: Jackson 2-57, Little 1-30. Willapa Valley 42, Ilwaco 0 Ilwaco 0 0 0 0—0 Willapa Valley 14 16 6 6—42 First Quarter WV: Max Smith 60 kick return (kick failed) WV: Wyatt Bush 11 pass from Logan Walker (Smith run) Second Quarter WV: Safety, Ilwaco punt snap out of end zone WV: Smith 3 run (Smith run) WV: Carson Cox 15 pass from Logan Walker (run failed) Third Quarter WV: Cox 8 run (kick failed) Fourth Quarter WV: Smith 2 run (kick failed) Ilwaco Statistics Rushing: Hutson 6-25, Per- sonius 5-19, Kaech 2-21, Kaino 2-7, Sheldon 7-2, Simonson 2-0. Passing: Personius 7-16-33-1, Kaech 1-1-45-0. Receiving: Ka- ino 5-65, Kaech 2-11, Sheldon 1-2.
