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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Astoria
girls win
Trojan
Relays
CROSS-COUNTRY
Strong showing by
Knappa runners at
Tillamook
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
The Astoria girls cross-coun-
try team, warming up for a run
at a possible state title Nov. 9 in
Eugene, won another meet last
week by taking first place in the
annual Trojan Relays at Trojan
Park, just east of Rainier.
The Astoria boys placed third
in the team standings, behind
former Cowapa League schools
Scappoose and St. Helens.
Astoria junior Sophie Long
had the best time among the girls
varsity runners, covering the
3,100-meter course in 11 min-
utes, 56 seconds.
The Lady Fishermen swept
the top four spots, with sopho-
more Lindsay Riutta second in
12:55, followed by junior Ally-
son Pritchard and freshman Ella
Zilli (both 13:26). Annalyse
Steele ran a 15:08.
John Clement was the fast-
est Astoria male, running a 5:33
mile pace for a finishing time
of 10:45, sixth among boys
runners.
He was followed by team-
mates
Elias
Harding-Coe
(11:27),
Nikolai
Boisvert
(11:29), Jack Colquhoun (11:32),
and Tommy Laman (12:14).
“We had another excellent
day,” said Astoria coach Andrew
Fick. “We’ve been training hard
through this week, so to be able
to come out and put up such
strong marks is another encour-
aging step forward.”
The Trojan Relays “is always
a fun, team-building meet, and
it’s great to see us enjoying the
camaraderie while remaining
focused on competing and push-
ing ourselves.”
He added, “I’m pleased with
how we’re looking individually,
as well as closing up our team
spread. It’s exciting when every
runner is getting energized,
whether you’re the top few or
in the back of the pack. That is
a big factor in what will make us
successful.
“If we keep on the path we’re
on, I think we’ll be really com-
petitive for the final meets of the
season.”
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Seaside at Banks, 6:30 p.m.; Taft
at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; St. Paul at Jewell, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Astoria at Valley Catholic, 7:15
p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 7:15
p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m.
Cross Country — Bigfoot Classic, Rockaway
Beach, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Astoria at Seaside, 6:30 p.m.;
Clatskanie at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; Columbia
Christian at Knappa, 6:30 p.m.; Jewell at Falls
City, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Seaside at Banks, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Banks at Seaside, 4:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Banks 49, Astoria 7
Banks
20
15
7
7—49
Astoria
0
7
0
0—7
First Quarter
BAN: Martial Stegemeier 7 run (Jacob Slifka
kick) 8:17
BAN: Slifka 79 pass from Tanner Shook (Slifka
kick) 4:48
BAN: Stegemeier 21 run (kick failed) 1:15
Second Quarter
BAN: Jarred Evans 54 pass from Shook (Slifka
from Walker Copley) 9:32
AST: T.J. Colvin 4 pass from Ryan Stutznegger
(Tristan Boyle kick) 6:06
BAN: Stegemeier 5 run (Slifka kick) 3:08
Third Quarter
BAN: Evans 8 pass from Shook (Slifka kick)
7:02
Fourth Quarter
BAN: Slifka 13 pass from Cooper Gobel (Slifka
kick) 10:06
Banks Statistics
Rushing: Stegemeier 16-94, #31 5-24, Evans
3-13, Shook 1-5. Passing: Shook 13-19-292-
0, C.Gobel 1-1-13-0. Receiving: Evans 8-175,
Slifka 5-116, C.White 1-14.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Stutznegger 5-12, Williams 12-11,
Schauermann 2-(-10), Junes 2-(-28). Pass-
ing: Williams 17-29-206-0, Junes 1-1-67-
0, Stutznegger 1-1-4-0, Stenblom 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: Stutznegger 7-53, Junes 6-97, Col-
vin 3-38, Boyle 2-82, Dietrich 1-7.
Photos by Krissy Barendse-Goodman
From left to right, Knappa’s Devin Hoover, Kanai Phillip, Jaxson Goodman and Ryson Patterson enjoy a light
moment on the sideline late in Friday’s game.
KNAPPA CUTS
DOWN VERNONIA
IN LOGGER BOWL
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Ilwaco wins home meet
T
he Logger Bowl has been
a little one-sided the last
few years.
It was again Friday night at
Knappa, where the home Loggers
built a 36-0 halftime lead, on their
way to a 42-17 win over Verno-
nia in a Northwest League foot-
ball game.
Over the last four years,
Knappa is now 4-0 against Ver-
nonia, with wins of 50-6, 40-7,
62-30 and now 42-17.
Before a loss in the 2015
game, Knappa defeated Vernonia
64-6 and 63-0 in 2013 and ‘14,
respectively.
Vernonia outscored Knappa
17-6 in the second half of Fri-
day’s game, but the outcome had
already been decided.
“We did what we needed to
do and got the win,” said Knappa
coach Aaron Barendse. “The JV
kids played pretty much the whole
second half. It was nice to get
them a chance to play a bunch.”
Knappa improves to 2-0 in
league, and for the first time this
season moves over .500 overall
(3-2).
“The goal in these games is to
always get better and come out
healthy,” Barendse said. “We have
a lot of work to do if we want to
reach our goals.”
Knappa plays Friday at Neah-
Kah-Nie, which remains a half-
game ahead of the Loggers in the
league standings at 3-0.
“We’ll need to be a lot more
focused to accomplish a win in
that game,” Barendse said. “Hav-
ing Eli (Takalo) back on the field,
our offense is able to move the ball
well and put points on the board.”
In Friday’s win, Takalo had
two touchdown passes to Kanai
Phillip and also ran for a score.
Cameron Miethe also had two
first half TD runs.
“Getting Devin (Hoover) back
to receiver and having Kanai out
there obviously makes us a lot
The Knappa and Seaside
cross-country teams took part in
the Fred Berkey cross-country
Invitational held Friday at Camp
Magruder in Tillamook.
The Logger boys took third in
the team scoring, behind Class
6A Tigard and 4A Tillamook,
and ahead of teams including
Molalla, Centennial, Gladstone
and Marshfield. Seaside was
ninth.
Robert Piña-Morton paced
the Knappa boys, taking sec-
ond in the boys’ race. He fin-
ished in 17 minutes, 54 seconds,
just behind Tillamook’s Marshall
Bush (17:49).
Freshman Isaiah Rodri-
guez took seventh for the Log-
gers in 19:07, followed by fresh-
man Clay Keyser (28th, 20:40),
sophomore Shane McMahan
(30th, 20:43) and freshman Finn
Corcoran (33rd, 20:51).
Freshman Cole Jervis was
Seaside’s top finisher (31st,
20:46).
Tillamook won the girls’
team title, while Seaside placed
seventh.
Elise Seppa led the Lady
Gulls (19th, 22:08), while fresh-
man Emily Larson led Knappa
(31st, 23:33).
ABOVE: Vernonia’s Dustin Carreon (56) gives chase to Knappa’s
Cameron Miethe, with Knappa lineman Dylan Anderson looking on.
BELOW: Knappa running back Mark Miller looks to pick up yards in
Friday’s win over Vernonia.
The host team from Ilwaco
swept all the top awards in the
J.W. Black Lake cross-coun-
try race, held last Thursday at
Black Lake Trail in Ilwaco,
Washington.
Ilwaco won both team titles,
while Fishermen sophomore
Daniel Quintana won the boys’
5,000-meter race in 18 minutes,
30 seconds, and Ilwaco’s Estella
Sheldon won the girls’ race in
24:39, helping the Lady Fisher-
men to the team win.
The Warrenton girls were sec-
ond out of three scoring teams,
led by sophomore Abigail Miller
(fifth, 25:37), followed by Kaisa
Liljenwall (10th, 26:20) and Tori
Rehnert (11th, 26:57).
The Warrenton boys took
third behind Ilwaco and Ocosta,
with Forrest Cooley (seventh,
20:19) and Kale Moss (eighth,
20:20) leading the Warriors.
VOLLEYBALL
Knappa sweeps Knights
harder to defend,” said the coach.
“Eli’s leadership carries our team.
“As for our line, defensively
they’re a handful for teams,” he
said. “Jaxson (Goodman) and
Ryson (Patterson) are two of the
best D-ends out there, and Kaleb
Roe is a solid D-tackle.”
In addition, Knappa’s offen-
sive line “has a ton of potential,
and once we tighten a few things
up we’ll be where we need to be,”
he said.
Knappa’s only second half
score came from freshman run-
ning back Josh Bangs, who “got
his first ever varsity touchdown,”
Barendse said. “Seeing his excite-
ment is why we all coach. The line
gave him a hole and he made the
right cut. That’s what it’s all about,
seeing those smiles.”
The Knappa volleyball team
scored a much-needed North-
west League win Saturday after-
noon, with a sweep at Columbia
Christian, 25-19, 25-19, 26-24.
Playing without front row
weapon Hannah Dietrichs, the
Loggers tried a new rotation, and
finished off the Knights in three
sets.
Sophia Carlson led the
Knappa attack with 10 kills (and
was 14-for-14 from the service
line), while Ava Skipper had 12
assists and Aiko Miller served up
five aces. Megan Hellberg added
eight blocks.
Vicki Ramvick had six kills,
nine digs and nine blocks and
Carlie Casper added nine digs
for the Loggers, who host Man-
nahouse Christian on Monday,
then host Columbia Christian for
a rematch Thursday.
— The Astorian
Seaside takes down Valiants, 24-6
The Astorian
The race for the 2019 Cowapa
League football title has turned into
a replay of the battle for the 2018
championship.
And the same two teams that
played for the state championship in
’18 may just end up playing for the
title this year.
While the Banks Braves fell to
No. 2 in the rankings, the Seaside
Gulls are 13th and rising rapidly up
the ranks, following a 24-6 win Fri-
day night over Valley Catholic at
Broadway Field.
Seaside improves to 2-0 in league
play, and the Gulls will likely be 3-0
when they play at Banks Oct. 18.
Seaside ran all over the Valiants,
literally, in Friday’s contest.
After rushing for 102 the previous
week in a shutout win over Astoria
(99 in the first half), Seaside running
back Andrew Teubner ran 23 times
for 202 yards and two touchdowns
against Valley Catholic.
Aedyn Cook added 61 yards on
seven carries, and Jake Black gained
50 yards and scored a touchdown on
15 attempts.
Kaleb Bartel kicked a 20-yard
field goal for Seaside’s other three
points.
The Gulls had Friday’s game
wrapped up by halftime, leading
17-0, and Seaside tacked on seven in
the fourth quarter.
The Seaside offense controlled
the contest, running 57 plays (to Val-
ley Catholic’s 39), and racking up
320 yards in total offense, 307 on the
ground. The Gulls also had 17 first
downs, and were 8-of-12 on third
down conversions. The Valiants were
just 3-of-9 on third downs.
Seaside plays Friday at Molalla
(1-4).
Jeff Ter Har
Seaside running back Andrew
Teubner, who rushed for 202 yards
and two touchdowns, heads for the
end zone for one of his two scores.