THE ASTORIAN • OCTOBER 5, 2019 • C1
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SPORTS EXTRA
NO. 1 BANKS SCORES
49-7 WIN OVER ASTORIA
FRIDAY NIGHT
SCORES
BANKS 49, ASTORIA 7
SEASIDE 24, VALLEY CATHOLIC 6
KNAPPA 42, VERNONIA 17
TRIANGLE LAKE 58, JEWELL 7
Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
Astoria’s T.J. Colvin holds tight to the ball in the end zone after catching a pass from quarterback Bo Williams and scoring a touchdown.
Impressive second half
for Fishermen against
defending champs
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Y
ep. The Banks Braves are the
No. 1 team in the state. If there
was any doubt coming into
Friday’s game at CMH Field, there
shouldn’t be now.
The Braves looked downright good
in rolling up a 49-7 Cowapa League win
over Astoria, pushing Banks to its fi fth
straight win to open the 2019 season.
Coming into the contest, the Braves
were ranked No. 1 in both the OSAA and
the 4A coaches’ polls, while the Fisher-
men, coming off an 8-0 loss to Seaside,
were ranked 28th out of 31 teams.
But the two longtime rivals looked a
lot closer than their rankings indicated
in the second half.
Yes, the Braves ended up with a
42-point win, but the victory looked
anything but routine over the fi nal
two quarters, as the Fishermen played
undoubtedly their best half of the
season.
Defensively, Astoria held Banks to
seven fi rst downs in the second half,
after the Braves had rolled up 11 fi rst
downs and 288 yards in total offense in
the fi rst half.
Astoria’s Adam Feldman tackles Banks’
Jarred Evans as he receives a pass.
Astoria defender Tristan Boyle, right, leaps to try to stop Banks’ Martial Stegemeier as
he crosses into the end zone.
The Fishermen, meanwhile, saw
their junior quarterback take a major
step forward against the No. 1-ranked
team in the state.
At halftime, Bo Williams was 6-of-
14 for 63 yards.
But when the night was over, the
6-foot-2, 155-pound Williams was
17-for-29 passing, for 206 yards and no
interceptions.
Included in his second half statistics
was a string of 10 straight completions.
Ryan Stutznegger was on the receiv-
ing end of seven passes for 53 yards,
while the big target for big plays was
Dylan Junes.
The 6-foot-3 junior receiver caught
six passes for 97 yards, an average of
16.1 yards per catch for No. 16.
While the Fishermen were moving
the ball with ease between the 20-yard
lines, several Astoria drives bogged
down in the red zone, resulting in a
scoreless second half.
The big playmaker for the Braves
was receiver Jarred Evans, who latched
on to eight passes for 175 yards, includ-
ing a couple of circus grabs from quar-
terback Tanner Shook, who fi nished
13-of-19 for 292 yards passing.
Evans caught two touchdown passes,
including a 54-yard effort early in the
second quarter.
Running back Martial Stegemeier
carried the ball 16 times for 94 yards
and three fi rst-half touchdowns.
Astoria’s lone score of the night was
a 4-yard pass from Stutznegger to T.J.
Colvin with 6:06 left in the fi rst half.
Tristan Boyle caught a 67-yard
option pass to key the drive.
The Fishermen return to action next
Friday at Tillamook, while the unbeaten
Braves travel to Valley Catholic.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
SOPHIE
LONG
ELI
TAKALO
Astoria
Knappa
Gary Henley/The Astorian
C
ompeting against top-notch competition, Long ran in the Nike Portland
XC meet Sept. 28 at Blue Lake Park in Gresham. In the Division 3 catego-
ry, Long fi nished eighth out of 142 runners, leading the Lady Fishermen to a
fourth place fi nish out of 20 teams, behind Class 6A schools McKay and West
Salem, and 4A Stayton, and ahead of many large schools from Oregon and
Washington, along with Cowapa League favorite Valley Catholic. The 20:29 was
not her personal best, but it was her season best for 5,000 meters.
Krissy Barendse-Goodman
M
aking his fi rst start at quarterback since a baseball injury last spring,
Takalo led the Loggers to a 32-23 win Sept. 27 at Warrenton. The senior
QB threw touchdown passes to Devin Hoover and Kanai Philip, and also ran for
two TD’s (10 and 15 yards). He also threw a pair of 2-point conversion passes to
Hoover, and ran for another successful 2-point conversion, accounting for 30
points. Takalo fi nished with 170 yards rushing (23 carries) and 186 passing, on
11-of-17. He also had a game-clinching interception with 3:11 remaining.