FISHERMEN BOYS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT

Injured goalkeeper Daniel Mathre found his way onto the field and assisted on Astoria's only goal in a shutout victory at Tillamook. Mathre sent a crossing pass to the far post where fellow junior Zack Norton finished to provide the only goal of the game. Junior Alex Reya recorded his first shutout in goal for Astoria, playing while Mathre recovers from a broken finger.


"We pretty much had the better part of play the whole game," said Astoria head coach Bill Patterson. "We outshot them probably a three to four-to-one ratio."


Despite numerous scoring opportunities and corner kicks, Astoria was not able to tally until the 60th minute of play after switching alignments from a 4-4-2 to a 3-5-2 and finally a 3-4-3 look to start the second half.


"Immediately, we had tons of shots," said Patterson. "We missed three from probably 25 to 30 yards out. We couldn't get it in the frame. Then we got in deep and got into the penalty area and Mathre put a nice cross across the face of the goal and Zack finished on the back of the play. It was a pretty goal."


Twenty to thirty loyal supporters braved the showery, cold conditions to travel south and watch the game. It didn't hurt that Tillamook is now playing on a brand new FieldTurf surface in front of the covered grandstands at Doc Adams Field.


Astoria moves to 3-0 in league play, alone in first place heading into Tuesday's matchup against Seaside.