ASTORIA, YREKA COACHES INITIATE BORDER WAR
The Astoria Fishermen put their spotless record on the line tonight in their final non-league tune-up, but it will feel a lot different that your run-of-the-mill tuneup game.
The Fishermen, who hope to have an artificial surface of their own in the near future, will hit the turf at Eugene's Autzen Stadium tonight when they face the Yreka Miners in the second game of the California-Oregon Showdown tonight.
The idea germinated with Yreka coach Orlyn Culp and Astoria head coach and A.D. Howard Rub, whose teams have both participated in Gold Beach's popular football camp the last few summers. Although Astoria did not attend Gold Beach this year, the teams roomed together at OSU football camp, when the coaches decided it might be a good idea to stage a border war event at Reser Stadium.
Astoria's original schedule had a road trip to Central High School in Independence this week, while Yreka was due to play Sutter High School of Yuba City. Instead, the teams swapped opponents and moved the game to a neutral site, Oregon's premier football facility, when the folks in Corvallis were not welcoming.
Astoria alumnus Dan Williams, an athletic assitant to the president, was instrumental in promoting the idea to the Ducks athletic department and has also generously arranged a get-together at the exclusive Stadium Club for invited Fishermen fans and family members.
The doubleheader begins at 6:00 p.m. with 2-1 Central taking on 3-1 Sutter. Then Astoria faces the 3-1 Miners, who feature one of the Northern California section's top running backs in 5-9, 160-pound senior Steven Embury, who is averaging about 160-yards per game with nine touchdowns.
The Miners return 17 total starters from a team that went 3-7 in 2005 and are expected to contend in the Northern Athletic League. Astoria comes in ranked sixth in the latest Oregon 4A football poll and will try to run the non-league table for the first time in more than a decade with their explosive, quick-strike spread option offense, featuring sophomore quarterback Jordan Poyer, who rushed and passed for over 100 yards in last week's 28-0 win at Philomath and has accounted for 630 yards of offense and 12 touchdowns in four games. Senior running back Andy Murray is averaging 7.7 yards per carry and senior wide receiver Adam Koehnke is coming off back-to-back 100-yard games in wins over Gladstone and Philomath.
Tune in to SportsRadio 1230 ESPN for all of the live action tonight, starting just before 8:00 p.m.
The Fishermen, who hope to have an artificial surface of their own in the near future, will hit the turf at Eugene's Autzen Stadium tonight when they face the Yreka Miners in the second game of the California-Oregon Showdown tonight.
The idea germinated with Yreka coach Orlyn Culp and Astoria head coach and A.D. Howard Rub, whose teams have both participated in Gold Beach's popular football camp the last few summers. Although Astoria did not attend Gold Beach this year, the teams roomed together at OSU football camp, when the coaches decided it might be a good idea to stage a border war event at Reser Stadium.
Astoria's original schedule had a road trip to Central High School in Independence this week, while Yreka was due to play Sutter High School of Yuba City. Instead, the teams swapped opponents and moved the game to a neutral site, Oregon's premier football facility, when the folks in Corvallis were not welcoming.
Astoria alumnus Dan Williams, an athletic assitant to the president, was instrumental in promoting the idea to the Ducks athletic department and has also generously arranged a get-together at the exclusive Stadium Club for invited Fishermen fans and family members.
The doubleheader begins at 6:00 p.m. with 2-1 Central taking on 3-1 Sutter. Then Astoria faces the 3-1 Miners, who feature one of the Northern California section's top running backs in 5-9, 160-pound senior Steven Embury, who is averaging about 160-yards per game with nine touchdowns.
The Miners return 17 total starters from a team that went 3-7 in 2005 and are expected to contend in the Northern Athletic League. Astoria comes in ranked sixth in the latest Oregon 4A football poll and will try to run the non-league table for the first time in more than a decade with their explosive, quick-strike spread option offense, featuring sophomore quarterback Jordan Poyer, who rushed and passed for over 100 yards in last week's 28-0 win at Philomath and has accounted for 630 yards of offense and 12 touchdowns in four games. Senior running back Andy Murray is averaging 7.7 yards per carry and senior wide receiver Adam Koehnke is coming off back-to-back 100-yard games in wins over Gladstone and Philomath.
Tune in to SportsRadio 1230 ESPN for all of the live action tonight, starting just before 8:00 p.m.
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