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Banks wins
state title
rematch
with Seaside
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The Game of the Night in class
4A football was a rematch of the
2018 state championship, as
Banks hosted Seaside in a battle
of unbeaten teams in league play.
It was still a close game at
halftime, but the Braves pulled
away in the third quarter, building
a 34-0 lead on their way to a 34-6
win over the Gulls.
Banks led 14-0 at halftime,
then scored 17 unanswered points
in the third period.
Martial Stegemeier scored the
first touchdown of each half for
Banks, including a 45-yard run
to open the scoring in the third
quarter.
Seaside scored its lone touch-
down in the fourth, a 75-yard run
by Kaleb Bartel.
The No. 1-ranked Braves had
10 penalties, but the Gulls had
five turnovers, helping Banks to
its third straight win over Seaside.
Banks improves to 4-0 atop
the Cowapa League standings,
while the Gulls fall to 3-1. Sea-
side finishes the regular season
Friday at home vs. Tillamook.
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Astoria runs strong in Portland meet
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
The Astoria girls placed fifth out
of 17 scoring teams Saturday at the
Warner Pacific Classic cross-coun-
try meet held Saturday at Lents
Park in Portland.
While Tillamook won the team
title, Sophie Long was Astoria’s
top individual finisher, placing 11th
out of 131 runners in 20 minutes,
51 seconds over the 5,000 meters.
Freshman teamamte Ella Zilli,
who ran just off of Long from
the gun, placed 15th (21:07), fol-
lowed closely by Lindsay Riutta
(18th, 21:26) and Allyson Pritchard
(33rd, 22:03), with Annalyse Steele
(92nd, 25:34) rounding out the
team scoring.
On the boys’ side, Astoria fin-
ished 10th in a field of 27 com-
plete teams in the varsity bronze
division.
Stayton’s Ben Kirby was the
individual winner in 16:45, edg-
ing Knappa’s Robert Piña-Morton
(16:48). The Loggers placed 15th
in the team standings.
Freshman John Clement was
Astoria’s top individual and the
first freshman overall, placing
20th out of 183 finishers in 17:47.
Nikolai Boisvert (32nd, 18:08),
Elias Harding-Coe (69th, 18:57),
Jack Colquhoun (78th, 19:14) and
Tommy Laman (93rd, 19:28) ran
as the scoring five.
Class 6A Mountain View won
the team title.
“Today had a lot of bright spots
for us,” said Astoria coach Andrew
Fick. “We had several PRs, espe-
cially some huge ones from some
of our younger runners, as well as
quite a few season bests.”
The Fishermen “continue to
improve how we race as a team,
and you could see that learning
and growth in today’s races,” he
said. “Based on season bests, both
our boys and girls teams beat their
projected rankings, which means
we’re moving in the right direction
and stepped up against some big
school competition.”
Clement set a new personal
record, “which is a big step to run
in the 17’s,” Fick said. “Nikolai
was just off of him with a PR as
well. Ella also set a new personal
best and was a lot more asser-
tive running with Sophie from the
start.”
Astoria will join Seaside and
Warrenton for a three-team meet
Wednesday at Cullaby Lake.
Warrenton
pounds the
Pirates, 41-6
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Three games into the league
season, the Neah-Kah-Nie Pirates
were 3-0 and held down first place
in the Northwest League. But that
was before they played the two
teams from Clatsop County.
In
back-to-back
games
against Knappa and Warrenton,
the Pirates have been outscored
99-44, and are now in fourth
place in the league standings.
Following a 53-point win at
Vernonia last week, the War-
riors beat up their second straight
opponent in a 41-6 win Friday
night over Neah-Kah-Nie, hold-
ing the Pirates to just two yards in
total offense and no first downs.
Devin Jackson scored three
touchdowns for the Warriors,
who led 28-0 at halftime.
Jackson and quarterback Jake
Morrow combined for 254 yards
rushing on just 26 attempts (9.8
yards per run).
With back-to-back wins of
66-13 and 41-6, the Warriors (4-2
overall) will be looking for their
third straight blowout victory
Friday at Gaston (2-5), which
lost 54-0 at Knappa.
The Astoria volleyball team, following their win in the Marshfield tournament.
ASTORIA VOLLEYBALL WINS
MARSHFIELD TOURNAMENT
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he next tournament for the Astoria volleyball team will
likely be the state tournament, and the Lady Fishermen
warmed up for the post-season by winning their third tour-
nament of the regular season.
Astoria defeated North Bend, Marshfield and Junction City
in the championship bracket to win the Marshfield tournament
Saturday.
“It was a really great day,” said Astoria coach Jessie Todd.
“The girls played with a lot of heart and fire.”
The Fishermen swept all three opponents in the final
bracket, defeating North Bend (25-13, 25-18), Marshfield (25-
21, 25-15) and Junction City (26-24, 25-18) in the champion-
ship match.
Astoria, rated No. 3 in the latest OSAA state rankings, fin-
ishes the regular season Tuesday against No. 1-ranked Valley
Catholic, in a possible preview of the state championship.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 6:30
p.m.; Seaside at Tillamook, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Tillamook at Astoria, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Astoria at Tillamook, 7:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Cross-Country — Seaside vs. Astoria, Cullaby
Lake, TBA
FOOTBALL
Molalla 21, Astoria 12
Molalla
0
0
0
21—21
Astoria
0
6
0
6—12
Second Quarter
AST: Dylan Junes 45 pass from Bo Williams
(kick failed) 6:33
Fourth Quarter
MOL: Jacob Nix 87 pass from Damian Pingo
(Francisco Ignacio kick) 10:02
MOL: Isaac Thomas-Klementis 61 run (Igna-
cio kick) 8:24
AST: Michael Moore 31 pass from Williams (run
failed) 4:49
MOL: Thomas-Klementis 40 run (Ignacio kick)
1:51
Molalla Statistics
Rushing: Thomas-Klementis 15-115, Kutsev
4-30, Pingo 12-22, Tate 2-2, Wynn 2-(-2). Pass-
ing: Pingo 1-1-87-0, Thomas-Klementis 1-6-14-
1. Receiving: Nix 1-87, Wynn 1-14.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Stutznegger 19-72, Stenblom 2-21,
Junes 1-11, Moore 3-2, Williams 6-(-7). Pass-
ing: Williams 16-29-175-2, Stenblom 2-2-5-0.
Receiving: Boyle 5-71, Moore 5-43, Stutzneg-
ger 4-20, Junes 2-46, Stenblom 2-0.
Warrenton 41, Neah-Kah-Nie 6
Neah-Kah-Nie
0
0
0
6—6
Warrenton
7
21
13
0—41
First Quarter
WAR: Devin Jackson 5 run (Kenzie Ramsey
kick)
Second Quarter
WAR: Jacob Morrow 18 run (Ramsey kick)
WAR: Ethan Green 15 run (Ramsey kick)
WAR: Jackson 5 run (Ramsey kick)
Third Quarter
WAR: Jackson 27 run (kick failed)
WAR: Morrow 60 run (Ramsey kick)
Fourth Quarter
NKN: TD run (failed conversion)
Warrenton Statistics
Rushing: Morrow 12-151, Jackson 14-103, Miller
2-37, Bodden Bodden 5-24, Green 4-23, Earls
1-7, Breitmeyer 1-4, Smith 1-3, Moha 1-(-4).
Passing: Morrow 2-5-49-0. Receiving: Bodden
Bodden 1-28, Earls 1-19.
Wilson, Seahawks falter after weeks of magic Knappa blanks
Gaston, 54-0
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Expecting Rus-
sell Wilson to remain perfect for
an entire season, let alone another
week, was unrealistic. At some
point there was going to be a
mistake.
With how well Wilson had been
playing through the first six weeks
of the season, a deflected pass or
some kind of fluky play would make
sense as the reason behind the mis-
take. What was not expected was
Wilson’s first interception coming
on a throw that looked like disas-
ter the second it left his hand. That
pick was a turning point in Seattle’s
30-16 loss to Baltimore on Sunday.
Wilson was late with his deci-
sion. He threw into a risky area.
And he failed to see Marcus Peters
waiting to break on the ball. What
was a 10-6 lead for the Seahawks
— and likely about to increase —
suddenly became a 67-yard inter-
ception return touchdown, a lead
for the Ravens and a massive
momentum shift.
Seattle never led again and suf-
fered its second home loss in four
games.
“You’ve got to move on and
keep your head down and some-
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
John Froschauer/AP Photo
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf (14) fumbles as he is hit by
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Brandon Carr (39) during the second half of
the game in Seattle on Sunday.
UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS
• Seattle Seahawks (5-2)
at Atlanta Falcons (1-6)
• Sunday, 10 a.m. TV: FOX
times you just focus on the next
play and expecting a lot of great
things to happen after that,” Wil-
son said.
Except those great things Wil-
son hoped for never materialized.
The Seahawks never found the
end zone in the final 2½ quarters.
They managed just 61 total yards
and five first downs before their
final drive of the game when fac-
ing a 17-point deficit. Wilson was
sacked once, but hit eight times
with seven of them coming in the
second half as Baltimore brought a
series of pressures Seattle struggled
to block.
On a wet and rainy night in
Knappa, the Loggers overcame
the field conditions better than
Gaston did, as they pounded the
Greyhounds 54-0 in a Northwest
League football game.
The Loggers led just 6-0 after
one quarter, but — after a delay
for lightning — held a 28-0
advantage at halftime.
It was a “very sloppy game,
as far as weather and the field,”
said Knappa coach Aaron Bar-
endse. “The boys battled through
it, worked hard and did a great
job of finishing drives.
“We started slow but picked
it up in the second quarter,” he
said. “Our line played great
again and our defense was
outstanding.”
Knappa improves to 4-0
in league, and plays Friday at
Nestucca, 3-1.
“We’re looking forward to
improving more this week and
heading down to Nestucca,
which will be a very physical
game,” Barendse said. “Should
be a good one.”