Naselle player posts - Week 2

First Win Under the Belt! Naselle Beats Warrenton

To start this blog off, I need to say how proud I am of the guys. Everyone worked together and did their personal bests Friday to pull off a great non-league win. Logan Scrabeck (RB,CB) ran for 150 plus yards, Nick Hines (RB,LB) had two touchdowns and played well on the defensive side of the ball. But these guys have to thank their line: Manual Lopez (LT), Tommy Rose (LG), Michael Shirley(C), Nick Zimmerman (RG), and Marcus Sanchez (RT) who all stymied the Warriors attempts in the trenches Friday. The rumbling ground assualt, opened up the passing game for Austin Burkhalter (8-15 for around 85 yards) and his recieving core: Jesus Martinez at wide reciever and Gabe See at tight end. Overall the offense moved the ball well, amassing nearly 400 yards of total offense.
The defense played well too. With me being injured, we had to make some adjustments in the middle. Nate Carlson filled in at the linebacker spot and played well as did freshman Seth Scrabeck who took over the other middle LB spot. Warrenton's running back was slippery and tough as nails. It took us some time to adjust to their off tackle power play, but after a while we started to react sooner, attack blockers, and make tackles. Martinez had an some key tackles in the fourth quarter and played great. Leonel Mendoza had a good game at outside linebacker. And Burkhalter had an interception late in the fourth and could have had another if it hadn't been for a defensive holding penalty. The D-line anchored by Shirley got the job done.
This was an important game for us. It is always a relief to get the first win under the belt. Next week we travel to Ilwaco to face the Fisherman. Coach Eaton and Coach McNulty are great friends, so you can bet each of them are iching for the win. It will be a good game.
My status as of right now is still up in the air. I have an MRI scheduled for Wednesday to see what is up. It would be awesome to suit up Friday because frankly I don't know if I can handle another game on the sidelines. I belong in the middle of the craziness.

-- Alan Erickson
NHS LB

Comets Win 

The Naselle Comets got their first win last night over Warrenton 28-12. Going in at halftime 14-12 Coach Eaton gave our defense a "get tougher on D" lecture. His pep talk was effective as Warrenton was held scoreless in the second half. Logan Scrabeck had a big game with a lot of yards. Without Alan Erickson our defense had to adjust. Our guys did a good job filling his spot. I sure hope he gets to play next week though.
Crowd turnout was great as usual. Our fans are the BEST. Next week we play at Ilwaco for our last non-league game.
Austin Burkhalter, QB

Comets v2.0 

After a heart-breaking loss to waikiakum last week, we were able to rebound and beat warrenton in our home opener 28-12. We've heard all season long so far about how so many people think that we were a suprise one-year team last year. I think that if we play every game this year like we did last night we will prove to everyone that the comets are here to stay. we kicked off and held them to a 3 and out, then drove the field about 70-80 yards for the first touchdown of the night (and the season). then they got the ball back and started their "real" first drive. they scored and the scoreboard read 6-6. everyone on the side-lines knew we needed to score before half time. We needed about 60 yards in 5 minutes and 41 seconds. thats when momentum caried us to start really playing "comet football." We had a greatr passing game on that drive with two 10+ yardage passes to the running backs. we scored in under two minutes on a counter play, and got a two point conversion to put us up 14-6 with only a few minutes left in the half. we were esctatic on the sidelines and felt that if we could stop them from scoring now, go into the locker room at halftime, come back out and score on our first possesion then we'd be home free....but we didn't. they got decent field position on all the times we kicked off, and they drove the lenth of the field to score. the scoreboard read 14-12 going into halftime. We were happy with the way our offense was going- but our defensive line wasn't dominating the line of scrimmage like we needed to. Their running back, #28, was a very slippery back that turned a 1-2 yard gain into a 5-6 yard gain. We had to fix this if we expected to come out and win.
The second half was all opurs. we got the ball back and scored on our first possesion. we were up 21-12 and the fourth quarter hadn't even started yet! the defense did a better job of controling the line of scrimmage, and #28. We were playing comet football now, and we were hoping all the doubters were going to remember how we played at times during this game the next time they call us a one-year team. We're here- and we're here to stay! during the fourth quater, we had great hits from our defense that forced them to give us the ball around the 35. Then we had our "play." It was a 66 yard touchdown run to logan scrabeck that sealed the deal. we were up 28-12 and never looked backi. our only upsetting possesion worth noting was when we were deep in our own territory and austin was sacked on the first play. we ended up with a 4th and very long and punted from our own 7 yard line. that set them up to score their last touchdown. but, we still won in front of our home crowd- the best home crowd in the league- to start 1-1 on the season, and prove that we are more than a one-year team.

Ryley Queener
NHS OL/DL

Us comets knew going in to this game that the Warrenton footbll team was a good hard hiting team. There fullback #40, and tailback #28 were good runingbacks. It felt good to get our first win at our home feild and in front of our fans. The team played good and as for me and my ankle i wish i could of been able to block better. Next week we travle to Ilwaco and we hope every body can show up and support the comets.

Tommy Rose
NHS OL/DL
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