12A
FRIDAY
November 25, 2016
SeasideSignal.com
Fall Sports
Athletes
CROSS COUNTRY
OF THE YEAR
ONE LAST TIME
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By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
S
easide’s Neil Branson made his
last appearance at Camp Rilea
as the coach, where the Cowapa
League held its annual district
championship meet Oct. 27.
The Gull boys won that race. Branson
was hoping for a similar team results Nov.
5 in Eugene, where Seaside ﬁ nsied second
at the 4A state championship.
It was an emotional day for Branson, in
his last “home” meet as the Gulls’ coach.
Branson recently announced his resigna-
tion as Seaside’s head coach, effective at
the end of the season.
“It was fantastic,” Branson said of
his ﬁ nal meet at Camp Rilea. “I was out
setting up the course yesterday and remi-
niscing. And ﬁ nishing it up this morning,
working with Mr. (Jason) Boyd (Seaside
athletic director). He’s been such a plea-
sure to work with. He’s just a barometer of
all the support I’ve had through the years.
“So it was a little nostalgic out here set-
ting up, but warm feelings over and over.”
Branson has coached the Gulls count-
less times in meets at Camp Rilea.
“I think 1988 was our ﬁ rst (district
meet) here, and then we had four years
at the Gearhart Golf Course, then back
here,” he said. “Plus the 3-Course Chal-
lenges, and we used to have a pre-district
race here … there’s been quite a few.”
MADDI
UTTI
Volleyball
Her main sport is basketball,
but Seaside senior Maddi Utti
played a key role in helping Lady
Gull volleyball to its ﬁ rst state
playoﬀ appearance in 11 years.
Utti was easily the leader
in kills this season for Seaside,
which was one of ﬁ ve Cowapa
League teams to advance to the
state playoﬀ s. Utti had 26 kills
in a four-game win at Estacada
last month, in the Gulls’ Regional
Play-in round victory that vault-
ed Seaside into the Sweet 16 for
the ﬁ rst time since 2005.
PHOTOS BY DANNY MILLER/EO MEDIA GROUP
Seaside Cross Country Coach Neil Branson chats with his team during the Cowapa League
championship on Wednesday at Camp Rilea in Warrenton.
COLTON
CARTER
Cross Country/
Soccer
One of several Seaside ath-
letes who letter in two fall sports,
Carter goes the extra distance.
The junior has also helped
Seaside cross country to back-
to-back top two ﬁ nishes at the
state meet. Carter was 31st over-
all in last year’s state champion-
ship meet, assisting the Gulls to
a team title; and he placed 45th
in the 2016 state meet Nov. 5.
In soccer, the all-league de-
fender/midﬁ elder was a team
captain and helped the Gulls
reach the state playoﬀ s for the
second year in a row.
Runners compete in the girls varsity 5,000 -meter
race during the Cowapa League championship .
SEAGULLS VARSITY SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
BASKETBALL
VOLLEYBALL
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Oﬀ ensive Player of the Year: Fridtjof
Fremstad, Astoria
Defensive Players of the Year: Milo
Applebee, Banks; Samboy Tuimato,
Astoria; Daniel Hardy, Valley Catholic
Coaches of the Year: Howard Rub,
Astoria; Sean McNabb, Scappoose
First Team Oﬀ ense
WR: Charlie Bevins, Sr., Valley Catholic
WR: Olaf Englund, Sr., Astoria
WR: Daniel Hardy, Sr., Valley Catholic
WR: Tanner Kramer, Sr., Scappoose
WR: Ryan Palek, Sr., Astoria
WR: Gunnar Partain, Jr., Banks
WR: Nate Reiman, Sr., Scappoose
C: Ian Birrell, Sr., Valley Catholic
G: Josh Dickerson, Sr., Scappoose
G: Matthew Mather, Sr., Astoria
T: Keldon Littell, Sr., Astoria
T: Isaac Villa, Sr., Astoria
RB: Milo Applebee, Sr., Banks
RB: Jimmy Jones, Jr., Scappoose
QB: Fridtjof Fremstad, Sr., Astoria
QB: Jerad Toman, Jr., Scappoose
K: Andrew Schauermann, Jr., Astoria
First Team Defense
DL: Ian Birrell, Sr., Valley Catholic
DL: Jack Grasberger, Jr., Valley Catholic
DL: Alex Hansen, Jr., Scappoose
DL: Jaxsen Johnson, Sr., Tillamook
DL: Keldon Littell, Sr., Astoria
DL: Chase Massey, Sr., Banks
DL: Clay Pena, Sr., Banks
LB: Milo Applebee, Sr., Banks
LB: Colin Haggerty, Sr., Valley Catholic
LB: Daniel Hardy, Sr., Valley Catholic
LB: Blain Herb, Jr., Banks
LB: Tyler Lyngstad, Sr., Astoria
LB: Gunnar Partain, Jr., Banks
LB: Gio Ramirez, So., Seaside
LB: Zach Rice, Sr., Scappoose
LB: Trevor Thiessen, Sr., Banks
LB: Samboy Tuimato, Sr., Astoria
LB: Mark Weir, Sr., Tillamook
DB: Fridtjof Fremstad, Sr., Astoria
DB: Michael Gift, Sr., Scappoose
DB: Jack Margheim, Sr., Scappoose
DB: Ryan Palek, Sr., Astoria
DB: Alexander Teubner, So., Seaside
DB: Austin Weeks, Jr., Tillamook
DB: Aiden Welsh, Sr., Valley Catholic
P: Joey Buchler, Sr., Tillamook
Honorable Mention Oﬀ ense
OL: Isaac Flemmer, So., Valley Catholic
C: Jared Lucore, Sr., Astoria
RB: Kevin Eckrosh, Sr., Valley Catholic
RB: Cameron King, Jr., Seaside
WR: Trevor Thiessen, Sr., Banks
WR: Tevin Jeannis, Jr., Scappoose
WR: Duncan Thompson, So., Seaside
WR: Kyle Strange, Sr., Astoria
QB: Jake Evans, Sr., Banks
Honorable Mention Defense
DL: Rory Coon, Sr., Tillamook
LB: Ross Parsons, Jr., Scappoose
DB: Christopher Silveira, So., Tillamook
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
Players of the Year: Lizzy Osborn,
Valley Catholic; Mary Schorn, Banks
Coach of the Year: Becky Kemper,
Valley Catholic
First Team
Lizzy Osborn, Jr. Valley Catholic
Mary Schorn, Sr., Banks
Grace Buchanan, Sr., Banks
Regan Dean, Sr., Valley Catholic
Alyssia Gonzalez, Jr., Seaside
Sarah Gram, Sr., Valley Catholic
Abby Groh, Sr., Valley Catholic
Madi Landwehr, Jr., Astoria
Kayla Robbins, So., Valley Catholic
Alyssa Spang, Sr., Scappoose
Maddy Standley, Sr., Banks
Maddi Utti, Sr., Seaside
Lexie Zuercher, Sr., Tillamook
Jordan Zweifel, Sr., Tillamook
Honorable Mention
Bella Albert, So., Banks
Lindsey Beck, Fr., Banks
Hannah Galey, Jr., Scappoose
Darian Hageman, Jr., Astoria
Makayla Hopkes, Jr., Tillamook
Anna Huddleston, So., Seaside
Jetta Ideue, Jr., Seaside
Jacqueline Jarrett, Sr., Astoria
Kaylie Kopra, Sr., Scappoose
Allie Merz, Fr., Valley Catholic
Anna Oldenkamp, Jr., Tillamook
Daria Wonderlick, Sr., Valley Catholic
Utti takes her game
to Fresno State
By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
The multi-talented Maddi Utti
will be a “Bulldog” next year, as
the senior athlete at Seaside High
School will take her game to Fres-
no State University.
Utti signed a letter-of-intent
Wednesday morning to play bas-
ketball at Fresno State, with a fair-
ly good-sized gathering on hand to
witness the ofﬁ cially signing cere-
mony in the Seaside High School
library.
“It was good. There was a lot
of people that showed up, and I
wasn’t expecting that,” Utti said.
“It was nice to see all the support
of the community and my family.”
After visits to several schools,
Utti had narrowed her choice of
schools down to Fresno State and
the University of Idaho.
“I just really liked the campus
and the coaches,” at Fresno State,
she said. “That was pretty much
the deciding factor. And I really
love California.”
Utti also made visits to Idaho
and Cal-Poly.
The Bulldogs are coached by
Jaime White, and graduated three
of their starting ﬁ ve from the 2015-
16 season. White is in her 11th
year.
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