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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021
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SCOREBOARD
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Girls Soccer — 4A state playoff : Astoria at North Mar-
ion, 6 p.m.
WEEKEND SCORES
OREGON FOOTBALL
Astoria 7, Seaside 0
Warrenton 36, Yamhill-Carlton 22
Knappa 28, Gaston 18
ASTORIA GIRLS SOCCER
WARRENTON FOOTBALL
I
I
t was a big
week on and
off the fi eld for
the Warriors.
Warrenton
players fi nished
with a combined
3.63 grade point
average, top
among all 3A
football teams in
the state. On the
fi eld, Warrenton
is ranked fourth
in the state and
closed out the
regular season
with a 36-22 win
Friday over Yam-
hill-Carlton.
t was a
historic week
for Astoria girls
soccer, as the
Lady Fishermen
won a post-sea-
son game for the
fi rst time with a
3-1 victory over
Molalla in a state
play-in qualifi er
game. Maddie
Sisley, Karin
Jimenez and Pele
Starr-Hollow all
scored goals for
Astoria, which is
scheduled to play
Tuesday at North
Marion.
Photos by Gary Henley/The Astorian
Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler 52, Jewell 6
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL
Raymond-South Bend 54, Ilwaco 8
Naselle 54, Chief Leschi 16
ASTORIA 7, SEASIDE 0
Seaside
0
0
0
0—0
Astoria
0
7
0
0—7
Second Quarter
A: Colton McMaster 23 pass from Rocky Rub (Trey
Woodrich kick) 1:47
Seaside Statistics
Rushing: Talamantez 14-56, Kawasoe 2-33, Jackson
4-(-6), Starr 1-(-7), Kraushaar 2-(-9). Passing: Kawasoe
4-13-68-2, Kraushaar 0-1-0-0. Receiving: Talamantez
3-30, Jarred White 1-38.
Astoria Statistics
Rushing: Cummings 19-68, Rub 17-52, Golightly 3-11,
McMaster 1-3. Passing: Rub 3-7-42-1. Receiving:
McMaster 1-23, Woodrich 1-15, Cummings 1-4.
Warrenton 30, Yamhill-Carlton 8
Warrenton 0 22 8 0—30
Yamhill-C 8 0 0 0—8
First Quarter
YC: 88 run (2-point conversion)
Second Quarter
WAR: Josh Earls 24 pass from Hordie Bodden Bodden
(conversion failed)
WAR: Bodden 7 run (Earls run)
WAR: Ethan Caldwell 77 pass from Bodden (Dylon
Atwood run)
Third Quarter
WAR: Caldwell 26 pass from Bodden (Dawson Little run)
Warrenton Statistics
Rushing: Bodden Bodden 13-82, Atwood 12-49, Earls 1-(-
3). Passing: Bodden Bodden 12-18-222-0. Receiving: Cald-
well 5-158, Little 2-28, Earls 2-23, Atwood 2-0, Ulness 1-13.
CROSS-COUNTRY
BOYS DISTRICT 1 3A
Team: Oregon Episcopal 37, Westside Christian 45,
Warrenton 82, Portland Adventist 112, Yamhill-Carlton
125, Horizon Christian 155, Riverdale 161, Rainier 182.
Individual
1, Zander Moha, War, 16:25.0
2, David Dugan, WC, 16:34.3
3, Olin Gilster, OES, 17:15.3
4, Tyler Edwards, OES, 17:17.3
5, Louigi Etta, YC, 18:20.9
(Warrenton)
9, Phoenix Martin, 18:48.1
20, Erik Cooley, 19:33.8
21, William Carruthers, 19:42.3
40, Josh Baker, 21:39.2
60, Mason Devos, 23:33.7
BOYS DISTRICT 1 2A/1A
Team: St. Stephen’s 42, Knappa 48, Vernonia 64, Coun-
try Christian 87, Southwest Christian 146, Trinity Academy
162, Faith Bible 180, Columbia Christian 211, Sheridan 219.
Individual
1, Colin Friend, StS, 16:11.6
2, Isaiah Rodriguez, Kna, 16:19.0
3, Gabriel Morrow, StS, 17:26.6
4, Justus Jackson, StS, 17:37.7
5, Evan Miller, Ver, 17:52.7
(Knappa, Jewell)
6, Nicholas Nikander, Jwl, 18:17.2
7, Joshua Peterson, Kna, 18:22.6
9, Clay Keyser, Kna, 18:25.9
17, Moses Peitsch, Kna, 19:37.8
19, Finn Corcoran, Kna, 19:47.6
20, Soren Brown, Kna, 19:47.9
24, Ethan Smalley, Kna, 20:03.3
57, Brayden Payne, Jwl, 24:16.2
Astoria wins another Clatsop Clash shutout
Fishermen clinch playoff spot
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
rom Week 1 to Week 9, the 2021 fall
season has been a reversal of fortunes
for both the Astoria and Seaside foot-
ball programs.
The regular season portion was capped
Friday night at CMH Field, where the Fish-
ermen scored a 7-0 win over the Gulls, their
second Clatsop Clash victory of the year.
Astoria senior Colton McMaster caught a
23-yard pass from Rocky Rub late in the sec-
ond quarter for the fi rst and only score. The
touchdown held up, and the Fishermen move
on to the post-season, where Astoria will play
at No. 2 seed Cascade on Friday at 6 p.m.
“I’m sure we’ll feel good when we show
up to school on Monday and realize we’re
still playing,” said Astoria coach Howard
Rub, who moved his career Clatsop Clash
record to 14 wins, eight losses.
In an up and down year for both teams,
Seaside began the season with three wins in
its fi rst four games, by scores of 55-0, 48-0
and 69-0.
But injuries gradually kicked in, and the
Gulls fi nished the year on a three-game los-
ing skid, being outscored 73-3 in losses to
Banks, Tillamook and Astoria.
Meanwhile, the Fishermen started 0-3 in
league play, but eventually got healthy and
posted wins over Valley Catholic and the
Gulls. Astoria needed to defeat Seaside by at
least two points in Friday’s game, in order to
break a three-way tie in the league standings
with Milwaukie and Seaside, all at 2-3.
Friday’s 7-0 fi nal score was also the third
straight shutout in the Clatsop Clash, follow-
ing Seaside’s 8-0 win in 2019 and Astoria’s
8-0 victory last spring.
“I guess you can’t expect a lot of fi re-
works when we play each other,” Rub said
of the Clash. “A lot of it has to do with how
familiar we are with each other’s programs.”
And Friday’s game “became a real con-
servative game with the play-calling.”
Astoria’s Luke Cummings was the lead-
ing rusher (68 yards), but averaged just 3.5
per carry. Late in the game, Rub called Cum-
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PREP ROUNDUP
Lydia Ely/The Astorian
Astoria players and friends celebrate their 7-0 win over Seaside on Friday at CMH Field.
mings’ number in consecutive direct-snap
plays to the junior running back.
“I thought going with Luke was our best
option, and we were able to control the
time,” he said. “That (Wildcat formation)
was really the best formation we had that
gave us a chance to control the ball, and play
three yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust football. It
got very conservative, but it worked.”
In fact, the Fishermen had just three posses-
sions the entire second half, to Seaside’s two.
Astoria had a 13-play drive midway
through the second half that resulted in a punt.
Doing the punting was McMaster, whose
Senior Night introduction included the
announcement that he would attend Dart-
mouth College in New Hampshire.
McMaster had two 42-yard punts and a
46-yarder, pinning the Gulls at their own 15-
and eight-yard lines.
The other big Astoria plays came on
defense. Cummings intercepted a pass late in
the fi rst half at the Fishermen 5-yard line. In
the second half, Seaside’s best drive started
at its own eight, and ended 11 plays later at
the Astoria 6, an interception by Jase Junes.
Another big defensive play came on
a second-and-long for Seaside late in the
fourth quarter, when Astoria lineman Will
Hofmann tackled a ball carrier for a sev-
en-yard loss, essentially ending the drive.
Lawson Talamantez had 56 yards rushing
for the Gulls, but three of their fi ve ball carri-
ers fi nished with minus-yards rushing.
Warriors, Loggers head to playoff s
BOYS SOCCER
Hidden Valley tops Seaside, 3-0
The Astorian
Hidden Valley scored for an early lead,
then tacked on two second half goals for a
3-0 win Saturday afternoon over Seaside in a
4A boys soccer state qualifi er play-in game.
The Gulls fi nish 5-7-1 overall, while the
No. 8-ranked Mustangs (10-4) advance to the
round of 16, where they will play at Marshfi eld.
Hidden Valley had three goals wiped out
by off sides penalties, but dominated both
time of possession and shots on goal, as Sea-
side fi nished with just one shot attempt for
the game.
Leading 1-0 at halftime, the Mustangs
increased their lead to 2-nil in the 12th min-
ute of the second half, as sophomore Mason
Klipfel scored from close range in front of
the net, off passes from Roman Hodge and
Theo Bergman.
Seaside goalkeeper Riley Wunderlich
had several big saves in goal to keep the
Gulls within striking distance, but Hidden
Valley’s Joaquin Martinez made it 3-0 with
just 2:45 left, scoring at the left post off a
crossing pass from Conner Wright.
Warrenton tuned up for a possible state
championship run with a 36-22 win on
Thursday at Yamhill-Carlton, in a Coastal
Range League regular season fi nale.
The Tigers led 8-0 after one quarter,
before the Warriors put the game away by
halftime with a 22-0 second quarter.
Warrenton will host Philomath in a fi rst
round contest on Friday at 7 p.m.
The path to at least the semifi nals goes
through Warrenton. If they defeat Phi-
lomath, the Warriors would also host in
the quarterfi nals. Only Siuslaw (No. 1) is
ranked higher in Warrenton’s half of the
bracket.
Warrenton quarterback Hordie Bodden
Bodden had three touchdown passes, two
to Ethan Caldwell (77 and 26 yards) and a
24-yard toss to Josh Earls. Bodden Bodden
also rushed for a touchdown and 82 yards
on 13 carries.
VOLLEYBALL
Warrenton season ends
at Horizon Christian
Warrenton kept it close in all three sets,
but Horizon Christian scored the sweep
“The two interceptions were huge plays,”
Rub said. “(The Gulls) felt compelled to
throw the ball at the end of the fi rst half, and
Luke made a great play to keep his feet in
bounds. And Jase’s interception was big,
when Seaside had a fi rst-and-goal inside our
10. We made a big push up front and made
Carson (Kawasoe) threw a ball he might not
normally have thrown. And Jase came off the
receiver real well to make the interception.”
Rub added, “we benefi tted from having
Tucker Golightly back in the lineup on both
sides of the ball. Up front, we controlled the
line of scrimmage, and that was big. Both of
our sophomores played well — Matt Evans
and Will Hofmann.”
Because of injuries to the Gulls, “Sea-
side obviously did not have the same off en-
sive line they had back in August,” Rub said.
“They were decimated by some injuries and
down some starters.”
And “the rest of our linemen played well.
Aiden Giles, Sven Johnson (both juniors)
and Wes Ellison all had great games.”
McMaster’s touchdown “was the off en-
sive play of the night,” he said. “And his
punts backing Seaside up in their own end
was big, because we knew that special teams
were going to play a big part.
“It was a great crowd,” Rub said. “It’s
always fun to see the youth football kids play
at halftime. The student section was great …
other than me wearing a mask, it felt like
everything was back to normal.”
Scott Stoddard/Grants Pass Daily Courier
Seaside’s Anthony Peon, left, and Hidden
Valley’s Ronan Hodge battle for the ball in
Saturday’s play-in game.
Saturday afternoon in a 3A volleyball fi rst
round state playoff match in Tualatin.
With no seniors on their roster, the No.
6-ranked Hawks (15-5 overall) advanced to
the state tournament with a 25-20, 25-20,
25-22 win over the 11th-ranked Warriors,
who fi nish 16-9 overall.
Coastal Range League champion Wil-
lamina, ranked seventh, advanced to the
state tournament with a win over Harris-
burg. The fi nal eight tournament takes
place Friday and Saturday at Corvallis
High School.
— The Astorian
Knappa cruises past Gaston
With another undefeated league record
and Northwest League football champion-
ship under their belt, the Knappa Loggers
can once again start focusing on that elu-
sive 2A state championship.
Knappa capped the regular season Fri-
day with a 28-18 win over Gaston, locking
up the league title.
Having not won a state championship
since 2008, the Loggers are once again
among the favorites as they open the state
playoff s this week, as No. 5-ranked Knappa
hosts Jeff erson Friday at 7 p.m.
In the win over Gaston, Knappa quar-
terback Tanner Jackson threw one touch-
down pass and rushed for 177 yards and
two more scores, and also had two inter-
ceptions on defense. Trevor Ogier had two
receptions for 59 yards and a touchdown.
“Our boys came out explosive,” said
Knappa coach Chris Jackson. “Our off ense
had a chance to score right away, followed
up by Trevor Ogier catching Mark Miller’s
kickoff to give us back-to-back possessions
early in the game.”
He added, “We made our fair share of
mistakes that helped keep the game a lit-
tle closer than we were comfortable with,
but our boys stayed focused and fi nished
strong.”
Gaston’s fi nal drive ended with back-
to-back sacks by Knappa’s Logan Morrill
and Jacob Morey, and an interception by
Jackson.
Coach Jackson said, “We have been
plagued with injuries the last couple of
weeks. We came into this game down three
starting lineman, a running back who has
been battling a sore hip and we managed to
reach our goal. We’ve talked a lot over the
season about being league champions, and
the boys Friday night refused to settle for
anything less.”