AMITY, Ore. — Clatskanie lost all-league lineman Brad White to a broken collarbone on the second play of the game, and second-ranked Amity rode a 21-point barrage in the final four minutes of the first half to a 45-7 victory over the Tigers in the quarterfinals of the Oregon Class 3A state football playoffs.

The upstart Tigers, who began the season 0-5, finished with a 5-7 record. The Warriors (12-0) advanced to next weekend’s semifinals against the winner of Sautrday’s Grant Union at Cascade Christian contest.

Clatskanie fell behind 6-0 after the first quarter and hung tough in the second, trailing just 12-0 with four minutes left before halftime. That’s when the hosts took control.

The Tigers fumbled inside their own 20-yard line and Amity scored on the next play. After receiving the kickoff, Clatskanie fumbled again on its first play, and an Amity player scooped it up and galloped in for another touchdown.

Finally, the Tigers coughed it up for a third time on their next series and the Warriors scored again to take a 33-0 lead into the locker room.

“That pretty much broke our backs,” Clatskanie coach Tim Strong said. “Don’t get me wrong, they (the Warriors) are a good team. But we didn’t help our cause.”

Clatskanie’s lone touchdown came in the third quarter when senior Jaron Cruz capped a 38-yard drive with a 4-yard run. Cruz ran for 60 tough yards against a solid Amity defense.

Despite the setback, Strong was proud of the way his team hung together after dropping its first five games.

“I’ve never coached a group of kids that didn’t quit like these guys didn’t quit,” he said. “We had a really ugly start to our season, but they bought in and kept working. I’ve coached teams with more talent on paper, teams that when faced with a little adversity, they’d fold their tent. But these guys never did that. We had good seniors — young men that will do well in life.”

Strong said the loss of White on the second play “was huge.”

“It kind of hurt us early, especially with morale,” he said. “You have one of your big studs go down like that, it’s tough to rebound from.”