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Warrenton Wrestling
The Warrenton girls wrestling team, following their fourth place finish in the Jefferson Open in Portland.
Busy weekend for Knappa, Warrenton grapplers
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
T
he Knappa and Warrenton wrestling
teams took part in the Clatskanie Win-
ter Classic, held Saturday at Clats-
kanie High School.
Warrenton placed fifth and Knappa was
sixth in the nine-team invitational.
Rainier won the team title with 178
points, well ahead of Vernonia (137.5),
St. Helens (135), Ilwaco (125), Warrenton
(78) and Knappa (75.5).
“We didn’t finish very far out from the
top teams, and were missing a few wres-
tlers, but this was a great chance to keep
getting better,” said Warrenton coach
Corey Conant, “and a bunch of our wres-
tlers took that opportunity.”
For the second tournament in a row,
Warrenton’s Armin Rodriguez and
Giovanni Martinez made the finals.
Rodriguez came up short in the title
match at 126 pounds, and Martinez settled
for second at 152.
“Armin has made some quality adjust-
ments to his style lately, and it has been
paying off,” Conant said. “He beat a very
good wrestler to make it to the finals and
wrestled well in his finals match, but came
up short. I know Armin is not satisfied
with second place, so we will get back to
work.”
Martinez “also won some tough
matches by being aggressive when he
needed to, and wrestling smart,” Conant
said. “He won a close match, then capi-
talized in the semifinal and pinned a good
wrestler to make it to the final.”
Also scoring points for the Warriors
were Austin Atwood (third at 120), Tyler
Barefoot (fourth, 106) and Josh Niehuser
(fourth, 145).
The Loggers had one individual cham-
pion in the girls’ bracket, as Shadia
Somoza went 5-0 and won the title at 120
pounds. Teammate Lakota Schaeffer was
second at 110, and Jade Somoza was 4-1
for third at 115.
The Knappa boys had two second-place
wrestlers, both from the same family.
Luke Goozee went 1-1 to take second at
138, and Isaac Goozee was also 1-1 to fin-
ish second at 220.
Placing fourth for the Loggers were
Jacob Morey (120), Robert Piña (126) and
Nathan Hoikka (160).
“Shadia had a good tournament, pin-
ning all five of her opponents,” said
Knappa coach Dan Owings. “Jade lost one
match and pinned her other four matches
in the first round.”
Luke Goozee “had a thrilling match
in the finals, losing by a decision in the
final round,” he said. “He lost to a wres-
tler that beat him earlier in the year from
Ilwaco. He was leading going into the last
round, but didn’t hold on,” losing a 12-11
decision.
Isaac Goozee lost in the finals to an
opponent from Rainier.
The Warriors and Loggers compete Jan.
11-12 in Seaside’s Pac Rim Invitational.
Team scores: Rainier 178, Vernonia
137.5, St. Helens 135, Ilwaco 125, War-
renton 78, Knappa 75.5, Corbett 63, Clats-
kanie 36, Wahkiakum 18.
Warriors in Portland
Meanwhile, Warrenton had other wres-
tlers competing Friday in Portland, where
the Lady Warriors took part in the Jeffer-
son Open and placed fourth out of 14 scor-
ing teams.
Warrenton junior Jade Freniere won the
235-pound bracket with two falls.
Junior Brianna Quaschnick was 4-1 to
place third at 155, and senior Libby Ren-
hert took third at 190. Madison Kadera
placed fourth at 115.
“Brianna wrestled the max number of
matches and really had to work,” Conant
said. “She is learning more and more
each week and we were proud of her this
weekend.
“We took some knocks and wrestled
some top competition, but our team is
getting tougher all the time. They have
responded really well to some challenging
matchups and situations.”
AP Photo/Tony Avelar
Oregon Ducks quarterback Justin Herbert (10) throws a pass during the first half of the
Redbox Bowl NCAA college football game Monday in Santa Clara, Calif.
Herbert sparks Oregon past
Michigan State 7-6 in Redbox Bowl
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Justin Her-
bert did just enough to keep his streak intact
for consecutive games with a touchdown
pass. Make it an impressive 28 and counting
for Oregon’s quarterback, the longest active
streak in the nation among FBS schools.
That it turned out to be the Ducks lone
score in their 7-6 win on Monday over
Michigan State in the Redbox Bowl only
emphasized why coach Mario Cristobal was
smiling after Herbert’s decision earlier this
month to bypass the NFL draft.
Herbert shook off a sluggish day and
threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Dillon
Mitchell in the fourth quarter, and Oregon
held on after Michigan State botched a field
goal attempt.
“We felt like it was going to be that kind
of game just watching them on defense,”
Cristobal said. “We kept battling and bat-
tling. You take a victory whether it be one
point, two points or 50 points. These guys
found a way to get it done.”
Herbert passed for 166 yards and
extended his streak on a day when the
Ducks’ offense mostly sputtered.
“We kind of just shot ourselves in the foot
the first few drives, and guys kind of settled
down and making plays,” Herbert said.
Oregon (9-4) crossed midfield only three
times and couldn’t get into the end zone
until Herbert found Mitchell in the right
front of the end zone for the deciding score.
The Ducks’ defense held up from there but
got some help from Michigan State’s spe-
cial teams.
The Spartans were lined up for a 50-yard
field goal attempt when quarterback Brian
Lewerke, who doubles as the holder, bob-
bled the snap, then attempted to run before
hurriedly throwing an incompletion near the
sideline.
“It’s one that I have to come up with,”
Lewerke said. “The ball kind of hit my hand
on top of the ball. I tried to make something
happen. That’s what happens.”
After Michigan State’s defense forced
a three-and-out on the following posses-
sion, the Spartans took over at their own
42, but Lewerke’s long pass on 4th-and-12
was knocked down by Oregon cornerback
Thomas Graham.
Lewerke completed 22 of 40 passes for
172 yards with one interception. It’s the
third time in four games that Michigan State
(7-6) has failed to score a touchdown.
Running back LJ Scott ran for 84 yards
on 24 carries, ending his injury-riddled sea-
son with the Spartans on a high note after
being limited to five games. The senior
running back declined to redshirt this year
and declared for the NFL draft in early
December.
Matt Goghlin kicked a pair of 34-yard
field goals but he also missed one from 50.
“We never got that bust-out play,” Mich-
igan State coach Mark Dantonio said.
“You’re not going to win many games scor-
ing six points.”
It was Oregon’s first bowl victory since
beating Florida State in the 2015 Rose Bowl.
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