7-0 FISH FLY PAST BANKS
Tom Jawarski scored three touchdowns and amassed 259 all-purpose yards in his first varsity start as the Astoria Fishermen demolished the Banks Braves 49-12 at John Warren Field Thursday night.
In the battle of touted sophomore quarterbacks, Astoria's Jordan Poyer accounted for 270 yards of total offense and three more touchdowns in the victory. The sensational young QB has now run or passed or returned for 20 touchdowns in seven Fishermen victories.
With the win, the Fishermen are one victory away from matching the longest winning streak in the history of the program.
Jawarski, starting at running back in place of the injured Andy Murray, helped Astoria answer both of the Braves' first half touchdowns. The speedy junior scored on a 16-yard run in the first period to give Astoria a 7-6 lead. Jawarski's 65-yard interception return for a score in the second quarter capped a run of 28 unanswered points for the Fishermen. After the Braves responded with a 12-play touchdown drive, the Jewell native returned the ensuing kickoff 76-yards for his third TD of the night, giving Astoria a 35-12 lead.
"He really stepped up," said Rub. "He kind of has this neat little spin move where he shifts his balance and shifts his weight and can spin out of things. Another guy with huge big-play potential. He had some huge runs. Obviously the kickoff return was a huge play.
"We've been a big-play team all year. It's a luxury when you've got a big-play guy in Andy Murray on the sidelines watching and you're still able to big-play a team."
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Poyer had an electrifying evening, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns and tossing his 11th TD pass of the season, a 1-yard pass to senior Nathan Stinnett, whom Poyer beat out in a training camp battle that continued into the second week of the season. Stinnett would see a whole quarter of action at the position, with Astoria taking a 42-12 lead on Poyer's gamebreaking 43-yard touchdown run in the third period. The sleek sophomore has added power running to his repertoire. On that run and a breathtaking 23-yard TD scamper in the second period, the 6-1, 165 pound QB showed that he is now just as likely to run over a tackler as dance around him.
"He lowered the boom a couple of times," said Rub. "On his long touchdown run, he did an outstanding job of just lowering the shoulder and fighting through guys and not stopping his feet. Most guys would have been dead to rights or not had any chance to break through three downfield defenders like that.
"Obviously, when you have a big-play threat like that, you want to maximize it. We're going to continue to do that and we're going to need him to do a little of that next weekend."
The Braves have a pretty good sophomore QB as well. Gabe Linehan went to the air 32 times, completing 19 passes for 205 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Linehan, the younger brother of Pac-10 linemen Josh and Cole, did his best to silence the large homecoming crowd on Banks' first possession. On the first play from scrimmage, Linehan took a flea flicker lateral and heaved a 43-yard pass to Alden Bayless. On the very next play, Linehan went for the bomb again, finding Josh Moore wide open on a corner route for a 32-yard touchdown.
"It was good execution on their part," said Astoria head coach Howard Rub, currently riding the longest winning streak of his 7-year tenure at Astoria. "Sometimes you just have to tip your hat when teams execute well and they did."
The Braves would get the ball right back when junior Hans Lund fumbled on Astoria's first play from scrimmage. Braves defensive end Mitch Hidalgo-Nice recovered the ball at the Astoria 45-yard line. But Banks was unable to capitalize on the early momentum, forced to punt after three plays. Astoria scored four straight touchdowns and the rest was history.
"That's where the momentum started to change," said coach Rub, "when our defense stiffened after that opening fumble. That was a big series because, obviously, you don't want to bury yourself in too big a hole no matter who you're playing. It was good to see the first unit step up and get us the ball right back."
The Fishermen will try to make history at Scappoose next Friday night, as they attempt to match the 1993 Cowapa co-champions with an 8-0 start against the Indians, who haven't lost to Astoria since 1997. Astoria's coaching staff will have the unique opportunity to scout its next league opponent in person, with Scappoose taking on Seaside tonight at Broadway Field.
"The whole staff and probably every Monday morning quarterback from Astoria will be there as well," said Rub. "We'll get all kinds of imput for the game plan after tomorrow night."
Hear next week's game live on SportsRadio 1230 ESPN with pregame coverage beginning at 6:40 p.m. Oct. 20.
BANKS 6-6-0-0-12
ASTORIA 14-21-7-7-49
1stQ-BAN: Marsh 32 pass from Linehan (kick failed)
1stQ-AST: Jawarski 16 run (Robinson kick)
1stQ-AST: Stinnett 1 pass from Poyer (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-AST: Poyer 23 run (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-AST: Jawarski 65 interception return (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-BAN: Bayless 5 pass from Linehan (run failed)
2ndQ-AST: Jawarski 76 kick return (Robinson kick)
3rdQ-AST: Poyer 43 run (Robinson kick)
4thQ-AST: Stinnett 2 run (Robinson kick)
RUSHING-BAN: 25-41 (Linehan 14-17), AST: 33-204 (Poyer 12-110-2td,)
PASSING-BAN: 21-36-2-240-2td (Linehan 19-31-1-205-2td), AST: 9-15-0-160-td (Poyer 9-14-0-160-td)
RECEIVING-BAN: Bayless 4-87-td, AST: Jawarski 2-61, Koehnke 3-28
TURNOVERS-BAN: 2, AST: 1
PENALTIES-BAN: 3-25, AST: 5-40
In the battle of touted sophomore quarterbacks, Astoria's Jordan Poyer accounted for 270 yards of total offense and three more touchdowns in the victory. The sensational young QB has now run or passed or returned for 20 touchdowns in seven Fishermen victories.
With the win, the Fishermen are one victory away from matching the longest winning streak in the history of the program.
Jawarski, starting at running back in place of the injured Andy Murray, helped Astoria answer both of the Braves' first half touchdowns. The speedy junior scored on a 16-yard run in the first period to give Astoria a 7-6 lead. Jawarski's 65-yard interception return for a score in the second quarter capped a run of 28 unanswered points for the Fishermen. After the Braves responded with a 12-play touchdown drive, the Jewell native returned the ensuing kickoff 76-yards for his third TD of the night, giving Astoria a 35-12 lead.
"He really stepped up," said Rub. "He kind of has this neat little spin move where he shifts his balance and shifts his weight and can spin out of things. Another guy with huge big-play potential. He had some huge runs. Obviously the kickoff return was a huge play.
"We've been a big-play team all year. It's a luxury when you've got a big-play guy in Andy Murray on the sidelines watching and you're still able to big-play a team."
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Poyer had an electrifying evening, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns and tossing his 11th TD pass of the season, a 1-yard pass to senior Nathan Stinnett, whom Poyer beat out in a training camp battle that continued into the second week of the season. Stinnett would see a whole quarter of action at the position, with Astoria taking a 42-12 lead on Poyer's gamebreaking 43-yard touchdown run in the third period. The sleek sophomore has added power running to his repertoire. On that run and a breathtaking 23-yard TD scamper in the second period, the 6-1, 165 pound QB showed that he is now just as likely to run over a tackler as dance around him.
"He lowered the boom a couple of times," said Rub. "On his long touchdown run, he did an outstanding job of just lowering the shoulder and fighting through guys and not stopping his feet. Most guys would have been dead to rights or not had any chance to break through three downfield defenders like that.
"Obviously, when you have a big-play threat like that, you want to maximize it. We're going to continue to do that and we're going to need him to do a little of that next weekend."
The Braves have a pretty good sophomore QB as well. Gabe Linehan went to the air 32 times, completing 19 passes for 205 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Linehan, the younger brother of Pac-10 linemen Josh and Cole, did his best to silence the large homecoming crowd on Banks' first possession. On the first play from scrimmage, Linehan took a flea flicker lateral and heaved a 43-yard pass to Alden Bayless. On the very next play, Linehan went for the bomb again, finding Josh Moore wide open on a corner route for a 32-yard touchdown.
"It was good execution on their part," said Astoria head coach Howard Rub, currently riding the longest winning streak of his 7-year tenure at Astoria. "Sometimes you just have to tip your hat when teams execute well and they did."
The Braves would get the ball right back when junior Hans Lund fumbled on Astoria's first play from scrimmage. Braves defensive end Mitch Hidalgo-Nice recovered the ball at the Astoria 45-yard line. But Banks was unable to capitalize on the early momentum, forced to punt after three plays. Astoria scored four straight touchdowns and the rest was history.
"That's where the momentum started to change," said coach Rub, "when our defense stiffened after that opening fumble. That was a big series because, obviously, you don't want to bury yourself in too big a hole no matter who you're playing. It was good to see the first unit step up and get us the ball right back."
The Fishermen will try to make history at Scappoose next Friday night, as they attempt to match the 1993 Cowapa co-champions with an 8-0 start against the Indians, who haven't lost to Astoria since 1997. Astoria's coaching staff will have the unique opportunity to scout its next league opponent in person, with Scappoose taking on Seaside tonight at Broadway Field.
"The whole staff and probably every Monday morning quarterback from Astoria will be there as well," said Rub. "We'll get all kinds of imput for the game plan after tomorrow night."
Hear next week's game live on SportsRadio 1230 ESPN with pregame coverage beginning at 6:40 p.m. Oct. 20.
BANKS 6-6-0-0-12
ASTORIA 14-21-7-7-49
1stQ-BAN: Marsh 32 pass from Linehan (kick failed)
1stQ-AST: Jawarski 16 run (Robinson kick)
1stQ-AST: Stinnett 1 pass from Poyer (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-AST: Poyer 23 run (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-AST: Jawarski 65 interception return (Robinson kick)
2ndQ-BAN: Bayless 5 pass from Linehan (run failed)
2ndQ-AST: Jawarski 76 kick return (Robinson kick)
3rdQ-AST: Poyer 43 run (Robinson kick)
4thQ-AST: Stinnett 2 run (Robinson kick)
RUSHING-BAN: 25-41 (Linehan 14-17), AST: 33-204 (Poyer 12-110-2td,)
PASSING-BAN: 21-36-2-240-2td (Linehan 19-31-1-205-2td), AST: 9-15-0-160-td (Poyer 9-14-0-160-td)
RECEIVING-BAN: Bayless 4-87-td, AST: Jawarski 2-61, Koehnke 3-28
TURNOVERS-BAN: 2, AST: 1
PENALTIES-BAN: 3-25, AST: 5-40
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