THE ASTORIAN • SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 • C1
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SPORTS EXTRA
Big first half leads
Estacada past Astoria
FRIDAY NIGHT
SCORES
Estacada 40, Astoria 13
Gladstone 34, Seaside 0
Warrenton 63, Portland Christian 13
Taft 24, Knappa 6
Alsea vs. Jewell:
Game is 1 p.m. Saturday at Alsea
David Ball/Estacada News
Astoria running back Ryan Stutznegger pounces on a loose ball in the backfield.
Fishermen, Gulls will both
be looking for their first
win next Friday
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
E
STACADA — A “rough start” for
the Astoria football team would
be an understatement in Friday
night’s nonleague game at Estacada.
By the time the Fishermen picked
up their first first down of the night, the
Rangers held a 34-0 lead, well on their
way to a 40-13 win over Astoria.
But that’s how it goes in high school
football.
A decade ago, the Fishermen were
the dominant team. Every year from
2008 to 2011, Astoria played Estacada.
And every year, the Fishermen beat the
Rangers.
Estacada has clearly turned the tide,
with three wins in three years over Asto-
ria. The Rangers topped the Fishermen
24-22 last season, and defeated Astoria
30-14 in a 2017 play-in game.
The 2019 Rangers, now ranked sixth
and 3-0 (and having scored 40 points in
every single game), dominated the first
half Friday to defeat their third Cowapa
League team in three weeks.
David Ball/Estacada News
Astoria’s Adam Feldman turns upfield with a kickoff return in the first quarter.
Astoria’s first first down — their
only first down of the first half — was
a 30-yard pass from Bo Williams to
Dylan Junes, late in the second quarter.
But the Estacada ground game was
nearly impossible to stop, as quarter-
back Isaiah Schaffer and sophomore
running back Jake Behrman combined
for Estacada’s five first half touchdowns.
On a soft, soggy field, the Rangers
fumbled the ball four times on their first
drive, but recovered all four.
And Estacada racked up five first
downs and nearly ate up six minutes off
the clock on its first drive, capped by a
14-yard run from Schaffer.
A few minutes later, the junior quar-
terback was sprinting 34 yards for
another TD and a 12-0 lead.
The Estacada points came fast and
furious in the second quarter, as Beh-
rman scored on a 1-yard plunge; Wil-
liams was sacked in the end zone for a
safety; Schaffer ran 23 yards for a score;
and Behrman finished the first half with
a 50-yard touchdown run for a 34-0
lead.
The second half, however, belonged
to the Fishermen, who outscored
the Rangers 13-6 over the final two
quarters.
Estacada intercepted a Williams pass
on the second play from scrimmage in
the third quarter, but from there, the
Fishermen stuffed the Rangers on a
fourth-and-goal play, then drove 90
yards the other way for a touchdown.
Williams hit Tristan Boyle for a
24-yard gain, a roughing the quarter-
back penalty moved the ball into Ranger
territory, and Williams capped a nine-
play drive with a 28-yard TD toss to
Dylan Junes.
Estacada went scoreless in the third
quarter, then scored on a 10-yard run
by Behrman on the second play of the
fourth quarter.
But Astoria won the final period as
well.
Ryan Stutznegger had back-to-back
carries of 14 and 28 yards before Asto-
ria lost the ball on a fumble early in the
fourth.
But the Fishermen made up for it on
their final possession of the night, when
Ryan Stenblom had runs of 12 and 14
yards for first downs, and then capped
a 10-play drive with an easy 5-yard TD
run.
Not far away from Estacada, the
Gladstone Gladiators were beating the
Seaside Gulls, 34-0, which sets up a
Clatsop Clash between two squads look-
ing for their first win, when Astoria (0-3)
hosts the winless Gulls (0-3), Friday at
CMH Field.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
KAJSA
JACKSON
Astoria
WESTIN
CARTER
Seaside
Gary Henley/The Astorian
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
N
o. 10-ranked Astoria volleyball had one of its biggest weeks in years, as
the Lady Fish swept Rainier Sept. 12, then won the Dallas tournament
Sept. 14, with sweeps over 5A Milwaukie, 6A Centennial and 5A Dallas. Senior
middle blocker Kajsa Jackson had six kills in the win over the Columbians, then
highlighted the victory over Dallas with six kills and three blocks.
T
he Gulls’ 6-foot-1 junior midfielder single-handedly — with his foot — de-
feated Scappoose in a nonleague game Sept. 10 at Broadway Field. Carter
scored two goals and added two assists in a 5-1 win over the Class 5A Indians,
the former Cowapa League rival of the Gulls. Seaside began the season with
three straight wins, and is ranked 13th.