The Wednesday Morning Blast

This Day – Scores from around The Blast Zone; plus R.A. Long vs Kelso football (1970)

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High School Boys Basketball

Centralia’s Joseph Aguilar looks to pass the basketball while being hounded by Woodland defender Jackson Gabbard during a season-opening game against the Beavers, Tuesday, Nov. 25, on Ron Brown Court at Centralia High School. / Photo by Ridley Hudson — The Chronicle

• Woodland 76, Centralia 50

College Men’s Basketball

• Lower Columbia 77, Chemeketa 64

College Women’s Basketball

• Clackamas 84, Lower Columbia 77

• Centralia 87, Portland 84

High School Bowling

R.A. Long 2061, Kelso 1916 (Tuesday)

Kelso 2038, Skyview 1937 (Monday)

Conveniently located in downtown Winlock.

This Day In History

• Nov. 26, 1970: R.A. Long — entering Thanksgiving at 1-5-1 on the season — throws its record out the window entering R.A. Long Stadium and proceeds to dominate 5-2 Kelso 14-0 to close out the fall. The Jacks forced three fumbles in what quickly became a mudbath, recovered two of them, and turned both of those takeaways into points. In the second quarter, Jim Chapman completed three passes to get a drive that started near midfield into the red zone, and Jim Karnofski powered his way for the final 5 yards over the goal line. Then in the third quarter, Jim Mawae fell on a loose ball at Kelso’s 11-yard line, and Chapman hit Dick Abrams for a touchdown on the next play.

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