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A8 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021 CONTACT US Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports SCOREBOARD WEEKEND SCORES OREGON FOOTBALL La Pine 30, Warrenton 8 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL SPORTS EXTRA Mitchell to compete at NCAA championships By NEIL BRANSON For The Astorian Naselle 64, Waterville/Mansfi eld 12 LA PINE 30, WARRENTON 8 La Pine 0 8 16 6—30 Warrenton 8 0 0 0—8 First Quarter WAR: Dylon Atwood 20 run (Josh Earls from Hordie Bodden Bodden) 10:02 Second Quarter LaP: Dawson Cook 14 run (Adrian Boysha run) 2:26 Third Quarter LaP: Haakon Hanson 20 pass from Colton Campbell (Campbell run) LaP: Dylan Hankey 6 run (Hankey from Campbell) 1:00 Fourth Quarter LaP: Cook 2 run (run failed) 5:35 La Pine Statistics Rushing: Hankey 17-112, Campbell 18-88, Cook 8-45, Boysha 7-29, Hanson 1-5. Passing: Campbell 5-6-88-0. Receiving: Hanson 3-58, Cook 1-16, Brown 1-14. Warrenton Statistics Rushing: Atwood 10-49, Bodden Bodden 6-28. Pass- ing: Bodden Bodden 12-23-129-1. Receiving: Little 4-30, Earls 3-22, Ulness 2-18, Campbell 1-40, Caldwell 1-17, Atwood 1-7. 3A Quarterfi nals Siuslaw 28, Cascade Christian 23 La Pine 30, Warrenton 8 South Umpqua 28, Santiam Christian 8 Vale 14, Rainier 6 Oregon State University redshirt sopho- more Kaylee Mitchell, a standout cross-coun- try and track athlete for Astoria High School from 2014 to 2016, will be running at the NCAA cross-country championships. Mitchell fi nished 12th at the West Regional in Sacramento on Friday. Fellow Oregon State redshirt sophomore Grace Fetherstonhaugh placed 14th, and with Mitchell the two earned All-Region honors. In team standings, Oregon State fi nished seventh with 206 points. Mitchell’s 6K time of 20:15.8 was a per- sonal best and tied Juliana Mount’s from 2018 for the highest individual fi nish at the West Regional by an Oregon State runner. Mitchell is set to compete Saturday at the NCAA championships in Tallahassee, Florida. Mitchell earned fi rst team all-conference honors with her sixth-place fi nish at the Pac- 12 cross-country championships. The meet, held Oct. 29, was hosted by the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where Mitchell led the Beavers to a sixth-place team fi nish. Starting off at a controlled pace, Mitchell came through the fi rst of three two-kilometers laps in 28th place (6:50.5), then moved up to seventh at four kilometers (13.48.9). Mitchell said the altitude of 4,226 feet was “starting to get to me,” yet she kept her focus and persevered to move up one more place to fi nish in 20 minutes, 51.7 seconds for the six-kilometer race. The time was less than 30 seconds off her personal best of the season that was run at the much lower altitude in Eugene, where she competed in the steeplechase in last summer’s Olympic t rials. Colorado placed four runners in the top fi ve to win the team title with 24 points, ahead of Utah (52). Oregon State University Former Astoria High School runner Kaylee Mitchell, competing in the Pac-12 cross- country championships in Salt Lake City. Ilwaco runner retains state title Quintana adapts strategy, kicks hard to secure win By PATRICK WEBB Chinook Observer Photos by Lydia Ely/The Astorian Players celebrate junior Dylon Atwood’s early touchdown during Warrenton’s 30-8 loss to La Pine on Saturday at CMH Field. Warrenton season ends in loss to La Pine By GARY HENLEY The Astorian arrenton’s fi rst off ensive play from scrimmage Saturday after- noon was a 20-yard touchdown run by Dylon Atwood. The next 42 plays for the Warriors? No points, and the high- lights were few and far between. Meanwhile, the fi rst two possessions for the La Pine Hawks resulted in a snap over the punter’s head and a lost fumble. After that, however, it was all La Pine in a 3A state quarterfi nal football game at CMH Field. Trailing 8-0 after one quarter, fi fth- ranked La Pine reeled off 30 unanswered points to score a 30-8 win over fourth- ranked Warrenton. The Hawks clinched a spot in the semifi nals later this week against No. 1-ranked Siuslaw, while an otherwise great season came to a close for the War- riors, who fi nish 7-3 overall. “It was a tough one for us, and give credit to La Pine,” said Warrenton coach Ian O’Brien. “They are a great football team. I’m proud of our kids and coaches this year in what we accomplished. I want to thank our players, coaches, play- ers’ families and the entire community of Warrenton for supporting these kids.” The start to Saturday’s game could not have been better for the Warriors. After a fourth down snap by the Hawks sailed over the head of punter Dylan Hankey, the Warriors cashed in on the very next play, a TD run by Atwood. The Hawks ran the ball well in the fi rst quarter. Hanging on to it, however, was the problem, as La Pine had four fumbles in the fi rst half, losing two. The Hawks overcame the odds by completing a 14-play, 97-yard drive (with two fumbles, both recovered by La Pine) near the end of the fi rst half for an 8-8 tie at halftime. W Warrenton senior Josh Earls avoids a La Pine player during Saturday’s game. On the fi rst possession of the sec- ond half, Warrenton drove to the La Pine 23-yard line, before an incomplete pass on fourth down ended the drive. From there, the Hawks’ power run game took over. La Pine put together a 12-play, 77-yard march, capped by Colton Campbell’s 20-yard scoring pass to Haa- kon Hanson. Campbell ran for the two- point conversion, and the Hawks never looked back. Two plays later, La Pine’s Kadin Yea- ger recovered a fumble at the Warrenton 6-yard line, where Hankey ran it in for the Hawks’ second touchdown in a span of 64 seconds and a 24-8 lead. La Pine had fi ve straight runs over nine yards each on a fourth quarter drive, fi nishing with a 2-yard TD run by Daw- son Cook. Warrenton’s ground game (16 carries, 77 yards) was shut down by La Pine, while Hordie Bodden Bodden managed to complete 12-of-23 passes to six diff er- ent receivers for 129 yards, in the fi nal prep game of his career for the senior quarterback. The Hawks had 279 yards rushing on 51 carries. “I’m disappointed in the result, but I’m excited about the future of War- renton football,” said O’Brien, who will have several key players return- ing next season. “Our seniors are leav- ing this program in a better place and they have left their legacy. They brought together a community and gave Warren- ton its fi rst ever playoff victory at the 3A level. I know they wanted more, but they should be very proud of what they have achieved.” PASCO, Wash. — Daniel Quintana of Ilwaco returned to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association state cross-country meet as defending 2B champion earlier this month . And 16 minutes, 30.9 seconds later, he was climbing atop the podium grin- ning broadly with the first-place medal back around his neck. “I got to defend my title!” the senior exclaimed, noting that he felt consid- erable pressure from people asking him throughout the sea- son if he was going to be able to repeat. He praised his coach, Sarah Taylor. “There are days when I am not super motivated and she makes you feel bet- Daniel ter,” he said. “I never Quintana thought I was going to accomplish all this stuff.” His preferred running style through most of his three-year cross-country career has been to stay with the front half-dozen and rely on an explosive kick to win. That pattern was abandoned at the Sun Willows Golf Course on Nov. 6 when the 112 runners settled into a slower pace. Quintana found himself in front, accompanied only by sophomore Will Halpin of Liberty Bell. They traded places for a brief period mid-race, but as they raced downhill to the finish, Quintana was six seconds ahead. The pandemic delayed the 2020 season to a curtailed schedule con- cluding with a district meet in spring 2021. There was no in-person state meet. Instead, the top runners raced on their home tracks and their coaches submitted times; Quintana’s was the fastest. At Pasco, Quintana was mobbed by media wanting interviews and runners congratulating him on his accomplish- ment as he made his way from the fin- ish line to the medal ceremony. Assistant coach Crystal Bell noted that Quintana’s off-the-cuff strategy helped secure the medal. “He kicked at the perfect moment,” she said. Another Ilwaco senior, Logan Simonson, placed 81st in 19:14.60. In the girls’ 2B race, senior Emma Brundage, whose goal was a top-20 finish, placed 17th in 21:31.0. Class- mate Sabrina Lessenden was 24th in a time of 21:46.0. The 2B girls’ team trophy was retained by Pope John Paul II High School of Lacey ; team winners for boys were Halpin’s Liberty Bell of Winthrop .