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SHS PREVIEW THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015 13A Seaside’s senior class ready for big year By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian It’s the “last lap” around the track, so to speak, for a very talented senior class of athletes at Seaside. The Gulls enter the 2015 track season with a good mix of youth and experience, as the “new era” athletes prepare to replace the old guard. %XW WKH VHQLRUV DUHQ¶W ¿QLVKHG yet. Several senior athletes have high KRSHVDQGDUHVHWWR¿QLVKWKHLUSUHS careers in Eugene, May 22 and 23. “Danielle, Kelly, Allison, Char- ORWWH $PEHU 1R¿HOG ² WKDW JURXS is very strong,” said Seaside coach Jeff Kilday, referring to Danielle and Kelly Willyard, Allison Kilday and Charlotte Blakesley. Those athletes were already winning events in the early season meets. “Behind that, we have Josie Smith, Lizzy Barnes, and junior Bridgette Malone was third in the hurdles last year,” coach Kilday said. “We should have good relays, and we’ll compete. The girls have a very strong senior class, with a couple real good juniors and a VRSKRPRUH²LWVKRXOGEHDJUHDW team.” Overall, he said, “our numbers are down a little. Not very many freshmen this year. We have 63 al- together, a little bit lower than we normally have, but I think they’re all great athletes.” For the Seaside boys, “We lost a couple great distance runners, but we have a sophomore and junior class that’s working its way up,” Kilday said. “They’re a lot stronger. The boys should compete this year; with JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Allison Kilday clears a hurdle during the 100-meter hurdles event at the Seaside track meet March 19. Kilday placed first among girls in the event. the girls it’s about numbers.” Valley Catholic has joined the Cowapa League, and the Valiant boys “will make a huge difference,” Kilday said. “They have a great team ²WKH\ZRQWKH$VWDWHPHHWODVW year.” %XWPDNHQRPLVWDNH²WKH*XOOV will be scoring lots of points in the big meets. “We have some new blood in WKHUHIRUWKHGLVWDQFHWHDP²DORWRI PHWHUUXQQHUV²VR,WKLQNRXU 4x4 team will be good,” Kilday said. ³7D\ORU %DUQHV -XQHDX 0H\ HU PD\EH 5D¿ 6LERQ\ 0DUVKDO )HUUH«VRPHJUHDWUXQQHUV-DFN VRQ-DQXLNDQG+XQWHU7KRPSVRQ will also be there. From the 400 on, we look very strong.” New coaches take over Seaside softball By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian The ups and downs of Sea- side softball. Unfortunately for the Gulls, it’s been mostly down for the last decade. After 0-15 league seasons in 2007, 2009 and 2012, Sea- side softball appeared to be on its way back up following a 4-11 record in 2013. But last year, it was back to 0-15. The Lady Gulls have changed coaches, as Jon +RWFKNLVV DQG %LOO :HVWHU holm take over. Even with a couple of freshmen pitchers, the new- look Lady Gulls believe they can compete in the new-look Cowapa. “I think we’ll be compet- itive this year,” Westerholm said. “In the past, it just seemed like they were one player short, or one position short. We have 11 or 12 girls ZKR FDQ ¿OO D SRVLWLRQ DQG push each other to get better. THE LADY GULLS 7KHFRDFKHVDUHVWLOO¿JXU ing out who will play where, but the Gulls should have a good starting nine when the lineup is complete. The list already includes four all-league returners: Se- nior catcher Allison Bussert; MXQLRU FHQWHU ¿HOGHU 3DLJH ,GHXH MXQLRU LQ¿HOGHU %ULW tany West and sophomore Emma Dutcher. And the Gulls have tal- HQWHG ZHOOTXDOL¿HG SOD\HUV elsewhere, including senior LQ¿HOGHUV %ULDQQD %DEELWW and Shelby Miller; and junior shortstop Whitney Wester- holm. The sophomores include /XF\ %RGQHU 0LFD 3DUQHOO and Sydney Villegas, with freshmen pitchers Jetta Ideue and Sequoia Shand, along ZLWK IUHVKPDQ LQ¿HOGHURXW ¿HOGHU%U\UH%DEELWW ³-HWWD ,GHXH KDV VHHQ D JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Jetta Ideue, No. 3, pitches against Ilwaco during their softball game at Broadway Field March 24. SEASIDE SOFTBALL Coaches: Jon Hotchkiss, Bill Westerholm, 1st year 2014: 5-20 (0-15 Cowapa) All-League Losses: None All-League Returners: Allison Bussert, Sr., Emma Dutcher, So., Paige Ideue, Jr., Brittany West, Jr. lot of time on the mound,” coach Westerholm said. “She’s played a lot with this group, and she throws the ball well. The main thing will be to throw strikes and let your fielders do the work. And Bussert can be one of the better catchers in the league.” THE COWAPA When your league record over the last eight years is just eight wins and 111 loss- es, the concern isn’t with the top teams in the league. “We’ll just worry about ourselves,” said coach Westerholm. “Banks is going to be strong because they’ve • 2 LOCATIONS • Easy & Convenient CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF MAKING SWEET MEMORIES! Downtown Cannon Beach 256 N. Hemlock & Seaside Seeaside Outle Outlet et Mall got pitching, and they had a lot of youth players last year who saw time. Yamhill’s out of the league, so that helps; the Scappoose softball pro- gram has been strong for the ODVW IRXU RU ¿YH \HDUV DQG they’ve got good pitching.” With that being said, Westerholm said, “I think ZH FRXOG ¿JKW IRU WKDW WKLUG spot.” It’s a change in the league lineup should provide some immediate relief for the Gulls, as Valley Catholic joins the Cowapa. 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