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BIG ROAD ‘W’ FOR KNAPPA
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
t was a nice start to
the league season, to
say the least, for the
Knappa Loggers.
On the road and facing
the Northwest League favor-
ite, the Loggers shocked the
Warrenton Warriors, 32-23,
Friday night in front of a
charged up Warrior crowd.
“Honestly, we knew that
whoever won this game
would be in the driver’s
seat for the league title,”
said Knappa coach Aaron
Barendse, whose team
improved to 2-2 overall,
1-0 in league. “We had lost
our last two coming in, and
this was the best team we’ve
seen on film.
“This game is always a
battle,” he said. “It’s a good
rivalry, great atmosphere …
I’m just proud of our guys,
proud of their conduct. We
did it right.”
Eli Takalo, in his first
game back as quarterback
for the Loggers, threw two
touchdown passes and ran
for two more to lead Knappa,
which takes over the league
favorite role.
The Loggers had to work
for Friday’s win, however.
Knappa’s 16-0 lead mid-
way through the first quarter
had turned into a 23-16 defi-
cit by halftime, as the War-
riors took advantage of a
96-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown by Hordie Bod-
den Bodden and a 21-yard
field goal by Kenzie Ram-
I
Krissy Barendse-Goodman
Knappa’s No. 5, Kanai Philip, catches a touchdown pass in
front of Warrenton’s No. 5, Hordie Bodden Bodden. See more
photos online at DailyAstorian.com
sey. A Knappa turnover late
in the first half led to a War-
renton go-ahead touchdown
with 29 seconds left in the
second quarter.
But
the
Warriors’
go-ahead touchdown was
also their last score of the
night.
The Knappa defense
tightened up and shut down
Warrenton over the final two
quarters, holding the War-
riors to 222 yards in total
offense — not bad, con-
sidering the numbers War-
renton had been putting up
through three weeks.
In the third quarter, a
22-yard touchdown pass
from Takalo to Kanai Philip
and a two-point conversion
run by Jaxson Goodman put
the Loggers back in front,
24-23.
Early in the fourth,
Takalo scored on a 15-yard
run, then passed to Hoover
for Knappa’s fourth success-
ful two-point conversion for
the final margin.
Takalo even finished
the night by intercepting a
Warrenton pass with 3:11
remaining.
Takalo was 11-for-17
passing for 186 yards, and
rushed 23 times for 170
yards. Philip caught six
passes for 115 yards, and
Hoover had five receptions
for 71 yards.
“Being Eli’s first game
back, he was limited,” Bar-
endse said. “We wanted
to hold him to 20 passes
or fewer, and we were
able to do that.”
On the other side of the
ball, “our defense has been
playing tremendous foot-
ball,” he said. “They’ve kept
us in games. Drew Miller
did an outstanding job at
linebacker, and Cam Miethe
did a great job defensively.”
The Knappa coaches, he
said, “put together a game
plan, and the kids bought
into it. Our offensive and
defensive lines both played
great. Isaac Goozee was
back, unfortunately he
got hurt again, and Spen-
cer Teague is back at full
strength.”
For Warrenton, quarter-
back Jake Morrow was 6-of-
15 for 48 yards, while the
Warriors gained 174 yards
rushing on 38 attempts.
After a bye week, War-
renton hopes to bounce back
Oct. 11 at winless Vernonia
Warrenton ‘conquers the hill’
The Astorian
The Warrenton girls swept
the top three individual spots
and won the team title Thurs-
day in the “Conquer the Hill”
cross-country meet at Del-
phian High School.
Warrenton
sophomore
Abigail Miller took first, cov-
ering the 5,200-meter course
in 30 minutes, 35.5 seconds.
She was followed by
teammates Kaisa Liljen-
wall (31:02) and Tori Reh-
nert (31:15), as the Warriors
finished with 24 points. Del-
phian was the only other scor-
ing team, with 32 points.
Rounding out the Warren-
ton runners were Hayleigh
Anglim (10th, 35:43) and
Anna Schenbeck (17th,
49:23).
Jewell’s Alivia Swearin-
gen was ninth in 35:42.
On the boys’ side, Molalla
was the team winner with
36 points, followed by Che-
mawa (52), Warrenton (81),
Delphian (85) and Willam-
ina (95).
Clement Afterbuffalo of
Chemawa was the individual
winner in 22:10, while senior
Kale Moss was Warrenton’s
top runner (seventh, 24:08).
Warrior senior Darren
Garnett was 14th in 26:03.
Nicholas Nikander was
Jewell’s top finisher (25th,
27:23).
Warrenton Cross-Country
Warrenton’s top three runners in the ‘Conquer the Hill’ meet,
from left to right: Tori Rehnert, Abigail Miller and Kaisa Liljenwall.
Andrew Fick
The Astoria girls cross-country team with their latest team
trophy.
Astoria girls finish
fourth at Nike meet
The Astorian
The entire Astoria
cross-country team set
season bestsand the Lady
Fishermen finished fourth
in the team standings at
the Nike Portland XC meet
Saturday in Gresham.
Astoria continues to
move up the state and
league rankings following
another strong showing.
All 20 Astoria runners had
season-best marks for their
races, including 11 per-
sonal records on the soggy
grass and gravel courses at
Blue Lake Park.
The Astoria girls fin-
ished fourth out of 20
teams, which included
schools from Oregon and
Washington as well as
Cowapa League rival Val-
ley Catholic.
Sophie Long led the
way for Astoria, running
with the lead pack for
much of the race and plac-
ing eighth out of 142 run-
ners in a time of 20 min-
utes, 29 seconds.
She was followed by
freshman teammate Ella
Zilli (16th, 21:18), junior
Allyson Pritchard (40th,
22:08) and sophomore
Lindsay Riutta (50th,
22:21). Annalyse Steele
rounded out Astoria’s scor-
ing five (25:04).
The Astoria boys were
missing one of their top
runners, Nikolai Boisvert,
but stepped up to fill the
gap with five of their six
running all-time bests for a
5,000 meter race.
John Clement was Asto-
ria’s top finisher (45th,
18:02), followed by Elias
Harding-Coe
(18:53),
Jack Colquhoun (18:59),
Tommy Laman (19:04),
Jacob Matlock (19:41)
and Cole Hudnall (20:21).
Astoria boys finished 12th
out of 20 teams.
In the 5,000-meter
small school race, Knap-
pa’s Robert Piña-Morton
took fourth in 16:48, out of
136 runners.
“I was really happy to
see so many season bests
and PRs for the day,” said
Astoria coach Andrew
Fick. “More and more
we’re running as a team.
Today was a great stepping
stone and a confidence
builder towards what I
know we’re capable of.
“I know for some of our
younger runners these big
meets can provide a lot of
valuable experience in race
tactics, and it’s great to see
them approach each race
as a learning opportunity
and a way to continue to
improve.”
Astoria races at the Tro-
jan Relays Thursday.
“Seeing them step up
and run aggressively is
a good sign of positive
things to come,” Fick said.
“We have a good mindset,
we keep improving, and
the combination of what
we’re doing in our work-
outs and our races is set-
ting up for a solid second
half of the season.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Tillamook at Astoria,
6:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 6 p.m.;
Knappa at Mannahouse Christian, 6:30
p.m.; Jewell at Willamette Valley Chris-
tian, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Banks at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.;
Valley Catholic at Seaside, 7:15 p.m.
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Valley Catholic,
6:30 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 6:30 p.m.;
Warrenton at Banks, 6:30 p.m.; Knappa at
Vernonia, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Tillamook at Astoria, 7:15 p.m.
Cross-Country — Trojan Relays, St. Hel-
ens, 4 p.m.; Black Lake XC Race, TBA
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FOOTBALL
Seaside 8, Astoria 0
Seaside
6
2
0
0—8
Astoria
0
0
0
0—0
First Quarter
SEA: Brayden Johnson 3 run (kick
blocked) 7:05
Second Quarter
SEA: Safety, ball snapped out of end
zone 7:53
Seaside Statistics
Rushing: Teubner 11-102, Black 17-101,
Cook 14-65, Br.Johnson 4-7, Pugh 4-6.
Passing: Pugh 0-1-0-0.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Stutznegger 16-12, Williams 4-9,
Colvin 1-(-5). Passing: Williams 6-18-70-
1. Receiving: Junes 2-31, Boyle 2-26, Feld-
man 1-12, Stutznegger 1-1.
Team Statistics
Seaside Astoria
Total offense 281 86
First downs 15 10
Rushes-yards 50-281 21-16
Passing yards 0 70
Penalties-yards 12-120 3-30
Turnovers 1 1
Fumbles-lost 4-1 3-0
Knappa 32, Warrenton 23
Knappa
16
0
8
8—32
Warrenton
6
17
0
0—23
First Quarter
KNA: Eli Takalo 10 run (Devin Hoover
from Takalo)
KNA: Hoover pass from Takalo (Takalo
run)
WAR: Hordie Bodden Bodden 96 kick
return (kick failed)
Second Quarter
WAR: Kenzie Ramsey 21 FG
WAR: Bodden Bodden run (Ramsey kick)
WAR: Warrenton touchdown (Ram-
sey kick)
Third Quarter
KNA: Kanai Philip 22 pass from Takalo
(Goodman run)
Fourth Quarter
KNA: Takalo 15 run (Hoover from Takalo)
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