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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
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SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Volleyball — Corbett at Astoria, 5 p.m.; St. Paul at Jew-
ell, 6 p.m.; Naselle at Ocosta, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer — Corbett at Astoria (Volunteer Field), 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
SPORTS EXTRA
Athletes — and The Astorian —
ready for a normal sports season
Volleyball — Taft at Seaside, 6:30 p.m.
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
THURSDAY
Volleyball — Molalla at Astoria, 6 p.m.; Seaside at
Clatskanie, 6:30 p.m.; Yamhill-Carlton at Warrenton,
6 p.m.; Knappa at Faith Bible, 6:30 p.m.; Jewell at Per-
rydale, 6 p.m.
Boys Soccer — Milwaukie at Astoria (CMH Field),
4:30 p.m.; Seaside at Junction City, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer — St. Helens at Astoria, 6:30 p.m.; Junc-
tion City at Seaside, 6:45 p.m.
WEEKEND FOOTBALL SCORES
OREGON FOOTBALL
Astoria 45, Cottage Grove 7
Seaside 55, North Marion 0
Warrenton 45, Knappa 14
Jewell 1, Mapleton 0 (forfeit)
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL
Pe Ell 40, Ilwaco 6
Naselle 48, Neah Bay 42 (OT)
WARRENTON 45, KNAPPA 14
Warrenton
27
12
6
0—45
Knappa
0
8
6
0—14
First Quarter
W: Hordie Bodden Bodden 9 run (Bodden Bodden kick) 8:40
W: Ethan Caldwell 31 pass from Bodden Bodden (kick
blocked) 6:41
W: Joshua Earls 29 pass from Bodden Bodden (Dylon
Atwood run) 3:58
W: Caldwell 42 Int return (run fail) :00
Second Quarter
W: Atwood 3 run (run fail) 6:47
W: Mikey Ulness 3 pass from Bodden Bodden (pass fail)
K: Jacob Morey 16 pass from Tanner Jackson (Jackson
run) 1:42
Third Quarter
W: Atwood 1 run (pass fail) 8:23
K: Mark Miller 1 run (pass fail) 2:40
Knappa Statistics
Rushing: Jackson 11-70, M.Miller 11-10, Kinder 1-(-1).
Passing: Jackson 6-14-44-4. Receiving: Jenson 2-21,
Kinder 2-7, Morey 1-16, M.Miller 1-0.
Warrenton Statistics
Rushing: Bodden Bodden 8-77, Atwood 9-26, Earls
3-4, M.Smith 1-1. Passing: Bodden Bodden 12-16-210-
0. Receiving: Earls 4-62, Campbell 3-90, Caldwell 2-41,
Little 1-11, Ulness 1-3, Atwood 1-3.
Looking forward to a normal high school
sports year?
For Oregon high schools, the fall sports
schedules are out, and — barring any unfore-
seen complications or interruptions — the
Oregon School Activities Association has
plans for a full school year of sports for the
fi rst time since the 2018-19 season.
Over halfway through the 2019-20 school
year, the coronavirus brought sports to an
end, canceling the entire spring season.
The 2020-21 school year featured short-
ened seasons, with much-abbreviated sched-
ules. Fall, spring and winter sports — in that
order — took place over a fi ve-month span,
with unoffi cial state championships and tour-
naments held for selected levels and sports.
For The Astorian, high school sports cov-
erage will also be back to normal, with a few
slight changes.
After experimenting with a Sports Extra
page on Saturdays in the fall of 2019, T he
Astorian will return with a similar page
devoted to local sports on Tuesdays this fall.
Most of the action during any sports sea-
son takes place on Fridays and Saturdays.
In the fall, it’s Friday night football, fol-
lowed by cross-country meets and all-day
volleyball tournaments on Saturdays, with
the occasional weekend soccer match.
The results, highlights and important sta-
tistics can all be found online on The Astori-
an’s website and on Tuesday’s Sports page,
with game coverage of a selected Friday
night football contest each week.
The “Athletes of the Week” feature will
also make its return, once the action starts.
But the emphasis will be less on indi-
vidual game coverage and more on players,
coaches and trends.
Teams to watch
The 2021-22 academic year promises to
Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
Ashley Sisley and the Astoria High School
girls soccer team hope to return to winning
form this fall.
be an exciting year for local sports.
The fall season could belong to the War-
renton Warriors, defending league cham-
pions in football, volleyball and boys
cross-country. And all three squads have
enough athletes returning to repeat as league
champs and contend for state titles .
Seaside boys soccer was senior-laden in
2020, but the Gulls reload every season, and
are always a solid pick to win the Cowapa
League. After not fi elding a varsity team last
spring, the Astoria boys soccer program will
be back up and running this fall.
In girls soccer, the Lady Fishermen made
the fi nal eight “showcase” tournament last
spring, losing 6-2 to Marist. Still, Astoria
hopes to pick up where it left off in the reg-
ular season, in which the Fishermen won six
of its last seven games.
On the gridiron, Astoria and Seaside foot-
ball will both be hot on the trail of the Banks
Braves. The Fishermen’s only league loss in
the short season came against Banks, 49-18.
Astoria will host the Braves on Oct. 1 in
what should be the Cowapa’s Game of the
Year.
At the 2A level, Knappa football sur-
vived a rebuilding season last March, as
they answered two crushing defeats with
two lopsided victories. Knappa may have
lower numbers than normal, but so does
every team in the Northwest League. The
Loggers fi nished the shortened 2021 spring
season with league titles in boys basketball
and baseball, and will return this fall as the
league favorite in football.
As promised, several local up and com-
ing cross-country teams came through with
big fi nishes last spring.
The Warreton boys placed fourth in the
fi nal “state” meet, unoffi cially the highest
fi nish ever for the Warriors. The Warrenton
harriers will look to make it offi cial this fall,
when they return all but two runners for a
team that will — literally — be in the run-
ning for a state championship.
At the 2A level, Knappa sophomore Isa-
iah Rodriguez fi nished third behind two
seniors in the fi nal meet gathering, making
him the top individual returner this fall in
boys’ 2A cross-country.
The Loggers and coach Amanda Isom
hope to have enough runners on the boys’
side to score as a team in the big meets.
On the volleyball court, the top spot in
the 3A Coastal Range League is reserved for
Warrenton, which has won the regular sea-
son league title all three years of the league’s
existence.
Astoria picked up points in the pre sea-
son coaches poll for Class 4A volleyball,
while Jewell is ranked eighth at the 1A level.
The Bluejays tied St. Paul for last season’s
Casco League title, with both teams at 6-0
in league. Jewell opened the season with 13
straight victories.
Across the river, everything appears
back to normal, as the Naselle Comets will
be chasing a league title in volleyball, and
Naselle is always among the state favorites
at the 1B level in almost every boys’ sport.
Once again, the Comets will be crushing
their league competition on the football fi eld.
Here’s to the 2021-22 school year, and —
hopefully — a full, fans-in-the-stands, un in-
terrupted sports season.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ARE
BACK ON THE NORTH COAST
SEASIDE 55, NORTH MARION 0
N.Marion
0
0
0
0—0
Seaside
35
13
0
7—55
First Quarter
S: Cooper Rogien 81 kick return (Kaleb Bartel kick)
S: Lawson Talamantez 3 run (Bartel kick)
S: Bartell 66 run (Bartel run)
S: Tanner Kraushaar 26 run (Bartel kick)
S: Brady Jackson 30 run (Bartel kick)
Second Quarter
S: Talamantez 4 run (kick fail)
S: Erik Velazquez 2 run (Bartel kick)
Fourth Quarter
S: Jake White 9 run (Bartel kick)
Seaside Statistics
Rushing: White 8-113, Bartel 2-76, Talamantez 7-61,
Jackson 3-39, Millhouse 2-31, Kraushaar 1-26, Rogien
1-17, Velazquez 2-7, McCleary 3-7, Sanchez 1-4. Pass-
ing: Kawasoe 1-1-46-0. Receiving: Rogien 1-46.
OSAA VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS
Class 4A
1. Sisters Outlaws
2. Sweet Home Huskies
3. Marshfi eld Pirates
4. Cascade Cougars
5. Valley Catholic Valiants
6. Mazama Vikings
7. Cottage Grove Lions
8. Astoria Fishermen
9. La Grande Tigers
10. Baker Bulldogs
Class 3A
1. Warrenton Warriors
2. Santiam Christian Eagles
3. Burns Hilanders
4. Creswell Bulldogs
5. OES Aardvarks
6. Cascade Christian Challengers
7. Amity Warriors
8. Willamina Bulldogs
9. La Pine Hawks
10. Clatskanie Tigers
Class 2A
1. Gaston Greyhounds
2. Grant Union Prospectors
3. Vernonia Loggers
4. Western Christian Pioneers
5. Sheridan Spartans
6. Jeff erson Lions
7. Reedsport Braves
8. Lowell Red Devils
9. Nestucca Bobcats
10. Stanfi eld Tigers
11. Knappa Loggers
Class 1A
1. North Clackamas Christian
2. Willamette Valley Christian
3. Glenwood Eagles
4. St. Paul Buckaroos
5. Days Creek Wolves
6. Jewell Bluejays
7. Central Christian
7. Trinity Lutheran
7. Umpqua Valley Christian
10. Adrian Antelopes
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
T
he future of Class 3A football in
Oregon was on full display Friday
night at Warrenton. The present is
pretty good, too.
In fact, don’t be shocked or surprised to
see the Warrenton Warriors in the running for
a state championship in a couple of months.
Yes, it’s a long road to get there, but the
Warriors have a rebuilt line, arguably the
best player at the 3A level, and a swarming
defense.
Add it all up, and Warrenton — even
with 14 freshmen on the roster — put on a
show-and-a-half in the 2021 season opener,
a 45-14 win over Knappa.
Meanwhile, every game Friday night in
Clatsop County resulted in a mercy-rule fi n-
ish, in which games go to a running clock
with a lead of 35 points or more in the sec-
ond half.
Astoria pounded Cottage Grove 45-7, and
Seaside crushed North Marion 55-0. Jewell
scored a forfeit victory over Mapleton.
Among locals, the Warriors show the
most promise.
Senior quarterback Hordie Bodden Bod-
den made an early case for 3A state Player
of the Year, as he rushed eight times for
77 yards and a touchdown, and completed
12-of-16 passes for 210 yards (17.5 yards
per completion), with three TD passes to
three diff erent receivers.
Bodden Bodden connected on eight of his
fi rst nine throws for 180 yards in the fi rst half.
His fi rst two completions were touchdowns.
Defensively, the Warriors intercepted
passes on all four Knappa possessions in the
fi rst quarter. Ethan Caldwell had the fourth
interception, and returned it 42 yards for a
touchdown on the fi nal play of the quarter.
Dylon Atwood scored on two short runs for
the Warriors.
Warrenton’s
Hordie
Bodden
Bodden
with one of
four Warrior
interceptions
in the fi rst
quarter.
Gary Henley/
The Astorian
Joshua Earls, Bodden Bodden and Max
Smith had the other interceptions for War-
renton, which limited the Loggers to 123
yards in total off ense. Knappa quarterback
Tanner Jackson had nearly half that on a
60-yard carry in the second half.
“I was happy with how we started the
game,” said Warrenton coach Ian O’Brien,
whose team was ranked eighth in a pre sea-
son coaches poll. “Defense played hard.
Off ense did some good things. Lots of new
faces playing, so it was good to see them get
in there, step up and compete.”
Mark Miller and Jacob Morey scored the
touchdowns for the Loggers, who will still
be contenders at the 2A level, and plenty
good enough to win the Northwest League.
The Loggers were ranked eighth in the 2A
pre season coaches poll.
The Loggers and Warriors played every
season from 1968 to 2019. The coronavirus
pandemic wiped out their meeting in 2020,
and the two did not play in last spring’s
abbreviated season.
The gap in the rivalry made Friday’s
meeting a little extra special, especially for
the Warriors, who scored their fi rst win over
Knappa since 2014.
Warrenton spent three years at the 2A
level (2017 to 2019), with the Loggers
defeating the Warriors all three years. War-
renton’s last league win over Knappa was in
2005.
In other local nonleague action Friday,
Seaside led 35-0 after one quarter, and the
Gulls fi nished the game with 427 yards
in total off ense, to just 11 yards for North
Marion.
Astoria hosted Cottage Grove at CMH
Field, where the Fishermen held a 39-0 lead
at halftime.
This week, Astoria plays at Gladstone,
Seaside hosts Newport, Toledo visits Knappa
and Warrenton plays Saturday at Heppner.