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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Tillamook High School

Cheesemakers seek to keep improving on the gridiron

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The Cheesemakers may be young and small in number.

But football coach Kye Johnson says the teams is improving every week.

They’ll need that improvement as the Mooks prepare for the Cowapa League season.

Cowapa rival Valley Catholic is the top-ranked 4A football team in the state, according to the Oregon School Activities Association football poll.

The undefeated Valiants jumped on Douglas in the season opener for a 41-28 victory, then followed that with a runaway 53-7 win over YamhillCarlton.

Valley Catholic is one of two league teams in the top 10. Scappoose is ranked ninth as of Sept. 15.

Scappoose, with its 1-1 overall record made the cut after logging a 40-24 victory in the season home opener against New Westminister (British Columbia).

They followed that with a 41-27 loss to 5A St. Helens.

Banks, like Valley Catholic, got off to a 2-0 start with wins over Gladstone (35-14) and Stayton (62-16), but they are only ranked 17th in 4A poll.

Astoria is off to a 1-1 start with a 3121 loss to fourth-ranked North Bend in the team’s season opener.

The Fishermen picked up their first win with a narrow 49-42 victory over Gladstone.

The Gulls also got off to a 1-1 start, losing the opener to North Marion (50-6) before knocking off 3A Clats-

kanie for Seaside’s first win (19-14).

The Gulls are ranked 36th, just one place ahead of Tillamook.

Tillamook is the only Cowapa team to get off to an 0-2 start, and is ranked 37th.

Still, the Cheesemakers are hoping to get into playoff contention.

“Our team has been there working hard at it every day and we’ll keep getting better.

“It’s been a good team attitude all off-season and into camp. It feels like a good trajectory right now and we’ll have to work at keeping it high,” coach Johnson said as the season began.

“We have some real potential there with guys like Rory Coon and Jaxsen and Mitchell Johnson along the defensive line.

“It’s just a matter of continued reps and playing good assignment football with intensity. Which our guys are fully capable of doing,” the coach added.

SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 23 7pm at Banks Friday, Sept. 30 7pm at Scappoose Friday, Oct. 7 7pm vs. Astoria Friday, Oct. 14 7pm at Seaside Friday, Oct, 21 7pm vs. Valley Catholic

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Tillamook High School

One of the best faces big test

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Sept. 22 vs. Seaside Sept. 24 Sisters tourn.

Sept. 27 at Valley Catholic Sept. 29 at Banks Oct. 1 at North Marion tourn.

Oct. 4 at Scappoose Thurs., Oct. 6 6:45pm vs. Astoria Wed., Oct. 12 6:45pm at Seaside Sat., Oct. 15 at Marshfield (Marshfield Tournament) Tues., Oct. 18 6:45pm vs. Valley Catholic

Tillamook has jumped into one of the best volleyball teams in the state as its Cowapa League season begins.

After sweeping its league opener with Banks, the Lady Cheesemakers were moved into second place on the 4A volleyball poll put out by the Oregon School Activities Association, behind only perpetual power Crook County.

They are doing that on a team with just two seniors – co-captains Lexi Zuercher and Jordan Zweifel.

Coach Meagan Moroney has five juniors and five sophomores on the squad.

Two of the sophomores are the team’s tallest players, six-footers Makinley Johnson and Isabel Hurliman. One of the team’s biggest offensive threats, Makayla Hopke, is a junior.

That may big problem for the other teams in the Cowapa League in coming years.

The team already made a big impression on Cowapa rival Banks in the league opener.

Tillamook swept the team in three games.

That is something that coach Moroney says she doesn’t remember happening before. Banks has one of the strongest programs in the league, she added.

So far this season, only Sisters has found a way to beat the Lady Cheesemakers on the court.

If that stays true and the Mooks survive the Cowapa gauntlet unscathed, they would earn not only a firstround bye when the

state playoffs start, but a home game to win a spot in the Elite Eight going to the state tournament.

But first, Moroney and her team are focusing on their league rivals.

Scappoose was ninth in the same poll where Tillamook took over the number two slot, while Valley Catholic was sixth.

Banks even climbed from 14 to 12 on the list after the loss to Tillamook in the season

opener.

One advantage the Cheesemakers have with the lopsided scores is the coach is able to send in players from the bench to develop more experience.

The coach said she has a team that can hit offensively from almost anywhere on the court. That makes it hard for the opponents to defend against the Cheesemakers.

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Tillamook High School

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His Tillamook harriers only had two seniors running in the recent varsity 1A-4A races at the Ultimook cross country invitational hosted by Tillamook.

Seth Martin and Arlo Bannon are the only seniors among the boys and girls varsity in those races.

Yet, the girls varsity won the team crown with 58 points, beating Estacada (76) and Washougal (Wash.)

(102).

Tillamook had no seniors in that race and still placed three runners among the top six finishers, led by Kara Putman, a junior, who finished second, behind the girl who has dominated the Cowapa League for years. Phoebe Brown, a junior, was fifth and freshman Whitney Averill came in sixth.

Sophomores Allison Wilkes, Itzel Vasquez and Grace Blanchard, along with freshman Ruby Thompson.

In the boys varsity race, the Cheesemakers placed second as a team with 131 points and also were the first among Oregon teams. A team from Washougal in Washington won the race with a total of 86 team points.

Junior Gabe Lachenmeier was the top Mook finisher, taking sixth, while Martin was tenth and sophomore Carter Kunert one place behind. Bannon, sophomore Josh Richards along with juniors Brendin Walker

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and Logan Dorland rounded out the rest of the team.

When it comes time for the state meet, Tillamook will need to be one of two top teams to make the entrance requirement from the district/Cowapa League level.

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Tillamook High School

Mooks kicking their way to top of Cowapa League Tillamook has a strong core of 12 seniors on the boys soccer team.

After getting off to a 3-0 start, the Cheesemakers stumbled, dropping two road contests to the top two ranked 4A teams – Newport and La Grande.

After coming home, they rediscovered winning and climbed back into the top 10 of the 4A OSAA soccer poll.

That puts the team on par with Cowapa League

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powerhouses Seaside and Astoria this year.

Seth Rumage and Cristian Hernandez are the team’s two senior captains.

The other seniors on the team are Lorenzo Mazzolari, Ryland Pampush, Pedro Santos, Pedro Flores, Max Weigardt, Anthony Michaca, Cameron Reeves and Paul Donant.

Sophomores Alejandro Herrera and Ricky Acosta are the goalkeepers.

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Tillamook High School

Girls soccer mixes youth, determination on the pitch

SCHEDULE

Thurs., Sept. 22 7:30pm vs. Scappoose Tues., Sept. 27 6pm at Astoria Thurs., Sept. 29 7:30pm vs. Seaside Tues., Oct. 4 7:30pm at Valley Catholic

better,” he added.

Lopes said he is very grateful that he has a lot of returnees from the 2015 squad which finished winless. “The incoming freshmen bring a good skill set with them because they have played together for a long time. With that, we have a good mix of returning talent and new talent. We can attack better than we did last year.

“We are just waiting for that to come together and mature,” Lopes said.

The team has just three seniors on the squad – Godinez, Nancy Morales and Zayra Contreras.

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Tillamook senior Lidia Godinez scored the first goal of the season for the Lady Mooks, putting the shot in the net against Junction City with just under 22 minutes left in the game.

That was a rarity last season for Tillamook’s girls soccer team.

But this season, the Lady Mooks were able to score twice in the first four games of the season.

According to Tillamook coach Chad Lopes, the girls squad has been working hard to build their skills for a run at their Cowapa League foes.

“We got to work on passing more.

We got to spread out a little more. We got to communicate with each other

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Neah-Kah-Nie High School

SCHEDULE

Sept. 23 at Clatskanie Sept. 30 at Nestucca Oct. 7 Monroe at NKN Oct. 14 at Knappa Oct. 21 at Gaston Oct. 28 Vernonia at NKN

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the Pirates had played against the 3A Royals.

“You did great. The kids did great.

I loved the hard count,” one of Friday fans told Bennett.

After he had a chance to review the game video, Bennett found out just how special the game was.

In the first game of the season, senior Max Halverson had run for 330

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He had watched a freshman fill in at quarterback and run the offense.

He’d watched his defense come up with several big plays to stop the bigger team cold.

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It was in the books as a loss, but new coach Chris Bennett looked at the scoreboard with a smile.

He had just had watched his team lose a narrow 26-19 decision to visiting Portland Christian as time ran out.

He also was walking towards the locker room through a gauntlet of well-wishers who were praising the effort, the stubborness and the way

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Neah-Kah-Nie High School

Pirates rebuilding on-the-court Hit hard by graduation, the Lady Pirates are trying to rebuild and reload at the same time in Rockaway Beach.

Volleyball coach Jenna Archibald has five seniors but they have limited amount of varsity playing time.

That means the whole team will go through a learning curve, gaining experience and honing skills.

The seniors on the Pirate squad are Cheyenne Spliethof, Kindness Hyde, Sam Noregaard, Sari Booth and Madi Chesnut.

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Neah-Kah-Nie High School

Pirates’ harriers on the run for state meet berth Neah-Kah-Nie only has a few seniors, but they are focusing on making a run for the state meet later this year. It will be their last chance.

Seniors Colby Hixson and Roan Childress led their teams to the finish line.

Dylan Mitchell, Brady Haylett, Tyler Ernst and Willie Davidson rounded out the rest of the five boys that helped the Pirates place 16th as a team in the recent Ultimook invitational.

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Nestucca High School SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 16 at Monroe, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23 at Warrenton, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 30 vs. Neah-Kah-Nie, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 7 at Knappa, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 14 vs. Vernonia, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 28 vs. Gaston, 7 p.m.

New coach has Nestucca aiming to return to playoffs After getting off to an 0-2 start, the Bobcats have a big obstacle.

Four of the team’s first five games are on the road.

Neah-Kah-Nie will be coming to Cloverdale Sept. 30, then the Bobcats will host the final two regular season games between Vernonia (Oct. 14) and Gaston (Oct. 28).

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Tim Foster has taken over the reins for Jeff Schiewe.

The team has seven seniors, four juniors, two sophomores and eight freshman.

Cole Strober has been handling the quarterback duties, with seniors Chase Cook and Bryce McKillip anchoring the offensive and defensive lines for the Bobcats.

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Nestucca High School

State meet target for Bobcat runners The Bobcats have four seniors on their varsity squads – two on each team.

Sophomores Jesse Gard and Rachel Whittkes were the team’s top finishers when they competed in the recent Ultimook Invitational meet.

The Lady Cats came in sixth and the boys squad took 16th in the 1A-4A team competition.

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Nestucca High School

Lady Cats hoping to scratch way into Northwest League title chase These Bobcats are young – at least to varsity experience.

But they are learning.

And volleyball coach Amy Elder is hoping that can come quickly enough to have an impact on the title race in the Northwest League this fall.

The Lady cats have four senior captains, Isabelle Bruce, Tea Chatelain, Morgan Kirkpatrick and Tiarra Thompson.

They have two juniors (Carissa Albin and Becca Menefee), along with sophomores Lauren Siler, Danny Johnson, Scarlet Harrison

and Morgan North.

Olivia Leslie is the lone freshman on the squad.

Although the team got off to a 0-6 start, they are still close in the rankings to three Northwest League teams – Vernonia, City Christian and Neah-Kah-Nie.

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