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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021
SPORTS
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Jeff Ter Har
Astoria’s Avery Biederman, left, battles for a ball with
Seaside’s Dawnielle Fenton.
MADDIE
SISLEY
Astoria
Knappa High School
Knappa Loggers
KNAPPA
OFFENSIVE LINE
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T
T
he Astoria girls soccer program found itself a
scoring machine in Sisley, a junior who closed
out the shortened soccer season with six goals in
two games. After teammate Elle Espelien went down
with a season-ending knee injury March 23 at Valley
Catholic, Sisley moved up from her center-back spot
to the midfi eld, and scored three goals in a 5-0 win
over Rainier/Clatskanie, and three more this week in a
4-1 Clatsop Clash victory.
he Knappa off ensive line had a busy night at
Vernonia, where Knappa won the Logger Bowl,
40-8. Junior left tackle Carter Morrill, freshman left
guard Evan Lakey, freshman center Ash Baldwin, ju-
nior right guard Devyn McCall and junior right tackle
Logan Morrill cleared the way for seven Knappa ball
carriers, who combined for 479 yards rushing on 52
attempts (9.2 yards per carry). Knappa threw just
three passes.
Warrenton volleyball preps for tourney
The Astorian
The Warrenton volley-
ball team celebrated Senior
Night and warmed up for
Saturday’s one-day district
tournament with a sweep
over Rainier, 25-18, 25-22,
25-23, Thursday night at
Warrenton.
The Warriors trailed in
all three sets, but no defi cit
was big enough to overcome
for Warrenton, which rallied
from an early Rainier lead in
Game 1, with some pinpoint
serving from Brenna Bemus
down the stretch.
Rainier held a 9-2 lead
in the second set, before the
Warriors answered with an
10-2 run on their way to the
win.
The Columbians led
23-22 in Game 3, but Mia
McFadden served Warren-
ton into a 24-22 advantage,
and Rainier missed a serve
at match point for the fi nal
Warrior point.
Warrenton is already
assured of a spot in the
championship of Saturday’s
district tournament, with the
fi nal match to begin approx-
imately 5:30 p.m.
Knappa sweeps Neah-
Kah-Nie
Knappa prepared for
post-season
play
with
another three-game sweep
over Neah-Kah-Nie Thurs-
day night, 25-15, 25-16,
25-19.
As most leagues are
now doing, the Northwest
League will hold a district
tournament, and Knappa
will likely travel to face one
of the teams from the east
side next Tuesday.
Hannah Dietrichs led
Knappa with seven kills,
Ava Skipper was 18-of-20
serving with six aces and 17
assists and senior Victoria
Ramvick had six kills with
four aces.
Cassidy Engblom, Ash-
ley Feldscher and Megan
Hellberg were also honored
on Senior Night.
“It was a great night of
Logger volleyball,” said
Knappa coach Jeff Kaul,
“and while it is always bit-
tersweet to see the seniors
play their last game on the
hardwood, it was great to see
all of them out there playing
hard and having a good time
Warrenton football tops Yamhill, again
The Astorian
After coming up eight
points short at Warrenton
last week, Yamhill-Carl-
ton took another shot at the
Warriors Thursday night
in Yamhill. And the Tigers
didn’t even come close this
time, as Warrenton cruised
to a season-ending 46-12
romp on the Tigers’ home
field.
Warrenton’s
opening
drive — a 14-play, 70-yard
march that ended with
Hordie Bodden Bodden’s
1-yard run — took seven
minutes, 14 seconds off the
clock, and set the tone for
the night.
The Tigers took advan-
tage of a Warrenton turn-
over to tie the game, but
only briefly.
After Yamhill recovered
the ensuing onside kick,
the Tigers fumbled it right
back to Warrenton.
The Warriors scored in
six plays, a 15-yard Bod-
den Bodden throw to Ethan
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Joshua Earls intercepted
a pass on the Tigers’ next
play from scrimmage, and
Bodden Bodden hooked
up with Caldwell from
35 yards on the very next
play.
The two touchdowns
in 17 seconds sealed the
game, and Warrenton
added four more touch-
downs in the second half.
The Warriors finish the
shortened season with a
5-0 record.
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Gulls outlast Astoria
In
Cowapa
League
action, Seaside needed extra
points to score its fi rst league
play win over Astoria since
2016, with a fi ve-set victory,
25-13, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20,
17-15.
Seaside fi nishes 3-4 in
league, 3-7 overall, while
Astoria fi nishes the regular
season 2-3 in league, having
had two matches canceled.
Both teams lose six players
to graduation.
Astoria girls top
Seaside in clash
The Astorian
Clatsop Clash week
opened Wednesday night at
Broadway Field, where the
Astoria girls soccer team
posted a 4-1 win over Sea-
side in the fi nal regular sea-
son game of the shortened
season for both teams.
Astoria fi nishes 7-2,
while the Gulls (3-5-1) hon-
ored three players (Dawn-
ielle Fenton, Yaritza Marti-
nez and Emily Philbrook)
on Senior Night.
As for the game, the
Lady Fishermen had all they
would need just one minute,
19 seconds in.
Astoria junior Maddie
Sisley gained control of a
ball in the penalty area, car-
ried it left towards the end
line, and placed a shot to the
far post for the game’s fi rst
score.
Ten
minutes
later,
another shot on goal by Sis-
ley defl ected off the cross
bar, and a free kick attempt
was wide right.
A physical fi rst half saw
several players leave the
fi eld with injuries, while
Sisley was knocked down
twice, drawing a yellow
card and a red card on the
Gulls.
“The kids tend to get a
little more physical and put
more into it when it’s Sea-
side,” said Astoria coach
Tim Fastabend.
The second foul came in
the penalty box, and resulted
in a penalty kick for team-
mate Karen Jimenez, whose
goal gave Astoria a two-nil
lead with 1:57 left in the fi rst
half.
Sisley added two more
goals in the second half
(one assisted by Darby
McCleary) for her second
straight hat trick, and the
Gulls added a late goal to
avoid the shutout.
Sisley may take on an
even bigger scoring role
next fall.
“I don’t know whether to
bring her up or leave her in
the back,” Fastabend said.
“We have a strong group
of freshmen coming in,
and Maddie is doing really
well.”
The Lady Fishermen lose
six seniors, including Espe-
lien, Emma Biederman,
Haley Kelley, Erin Mullins,
Lilly Randall and keeper
Shelby Rasmussen, who
recorded fi ve shutouts in
goal in the last seven games.