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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Seaside boys could be most improved team
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The record in league play
last year may not have been
impressive (one win, three
losses, four ties).
But in soccer, it was good
enough for third place in the
league standings and a trip to
the playoffs for the Seaside
boys soccer team.
And with five all-league
returners, the Gulls, for one,
believe they could be on the
verge of a league title. Why
not them?
“We finished third last
year with mainly sopho-
mores and freshmen,” said
head coach John Chapman.
“So we’re a year older and
we haven’t really lost any-
thing. We expect to compete
with anybody.”
The Gulls played Henley
in the recent Astoria sum-
mer tournament, and lost to
the 4A semifinalist Hornets,
2-1.
“And (the Hornets) had
their full squad there,”
Chapman said. “We’re op-
timistic, for sure. We get
to play the state champi-
ons again in the preseason,
North Marion, so that’s go-
ing to be a good marker for
where we’re at.”
THE SEAGULLS
The lineup is pretty much
set, Chapman said. Here’s
how most of it shakes out:
Colton Carter (So,),
Hunter Thompson
(Jr.) and Taylor
Barnes (Sr.) in the
middle, with Will
Garvin (Jr.), Raidon
Bowles (Sr.), Ju-
neau Meyer (Jr.) and
Rafi Sibony (So.) on
the back line and like-
ly Jarrett Coughlin
(Sr.) in goal.
In
addition,
Brent Walsh (Jr.),
Henry Chapman
(So.), Irving Contreras (Fr.)
and Dylan Wallis (Jr.) will
be on the field, as well.
Barnes, Bowles, Carter,
Garvin and Thompson were
all selected all-league last
season.
“Once we get every-
body there, we’re looking
at a good squad of 14 or
15 guys,” Chapman said.
“Where is our strength?
We’re pretty strong, all over.
We’ve built and developed
more into our attacking play.
We’re a running and passing
team.”
THE COWAPA
“You never know what
Valley Catholic’s going to
bring aboard,” Chapman
said. “Tillamook I think we
can handle, Astoria we’re
going to handle … but no-
body is being taken lightly.
You can’t take Scappoose
lightly, but they lost some
good players, too. They lost
their goalkeeper and three of
their main guys in the mid-
dle of the field.”
The Cowapa itself, mean-
while, is down to five teams,
as Banks dropped its varsity
schedule for 2015.
Seaside has picked up
replacement
nonleague
games with Gladstone and
Molalla.
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Colton Carter practices a free kick during soccer practice.
SEASIDE BOYS SOCCER
Coach: John Chapman, 3rd year
2014: 4-7-7 (1-3-4 Cowapa)
Playoffs: Lost Regional Play-in at Phoenix (1-3)
All-League Loss: Marshall Ferre
All-League Returners: Taylor Barnes, Sr.; Raiden Bowles, Sr.; Colton Carter, So.;
William Garvin, Jr.; Hunter Thompson, Jr.
Even with nine seniors, Seaside cross country
Lady Gulls rebuilding fully loaded for 2015
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Girls soccer was just one
of several sports that end-
ed with a Cowapa League
school winning a state cham-
pionship last season.
The “Conference of
Champions”
dominated
4A girls soccer, with three
teams advancing to the quar-
terfinals (Banks, Scappoose
and Valley Catholic), with
the Valiants winning the
state title.
The same three teams will
likely battle for a state title
this season, making it dif-
ficult for the rest (Astoria,
Seaside, Tillamook) to have
much success in league play.
Despite the unexpected
loss of a couple all-league
players, Seaside — which
was one penalty kick away
from making the state play-
offs a year ago — will still
be a challenger for a top
three spot in the Cowapa
League.
“We’ve got a ways to go,”
said Matt Johnson, in his
second year as coach. “We
have some big problems to
solve. We lost a lot of se-
niors, and they were good
leaders, too.”
They were young last
year, and Seaside cross
country is back with more
youth this season, as the
Gulls line up at the starting
line of the 2015 season.
The Seaside boys, at
least, have a little expe-
rience on the roster, with
eight seniors, but only
three with prior experi-
ence.
Seaside’s
top
run-
ners last year were soph-
omore Jackson Januik
(sixth place in the Cowa-
pa League Championship
meet), freshman Rafi Si-
bony (eighth) and sopho-
more Bradley Rznewnicki
(ninth).
The trio helped the
Gulls to a fourth place fin-
ish in the team standings.
All three return, along
with seniors Colin Van-
Nortwick and Jack Whittle.
“Jack Whittle will give
us everything he has,” said
Seaside coach Neil Bran-
son. “We have great lead-
ership with Jack and Colin.
“As far as the boys,
there’s some horsepower
there, with Hunter, Colin,
Rafi and Jackson.”
For the 2015 Seaside
girls: Six seniors, but none
with prior varsity experi-
ence.
Branson isn’t worried.
“Josie (Smith) and Ka-
tie Zagata will get after
THE GULLS
The Gulls currently have
nine seniors on the varsity
roster, to go with two ju-
niors, two sophomores and
four freshmen.
Seaside lost three all-
league players to gradua-
tion: Brianna Babbitt, Alli
Utti and goalkeeper Allison
Bussert.
All-leaguers Maddi Utti
and Sydney Villegas would
have been returning juniors,
but Utti is playing volley-
ball, and Villegas is running
cross country.
“I’ll miss ’em, whether
they graduated or they’re
trying another sport,” John-
son said.
The more immediate con-
cern: “We have to solve the
keeper problem,” he said.
“When you have someone
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
With teammate Tania Martinez trailing, Seaside’s Corrie
Falleur delivers a shot during soccer practice.
SEASIDE GIRLS SOCCER
Coach: Matt Johnson, 2nd year
2014: 5-6-4 (3-4-3 Cowapa)
Playoffs: Lost Regional Play-in at North Bend, 1-2
(3-4 PK’s)
All-League Losses: Brianna Babbitt, Allison Bussert
(GK), Alli Utti; Maddi Utti, Jr. (volleyball); Sydney Ville-
gas, Jr. (cross country).
All-League Returner: Whitney Westerholm, Sr.
like Allison, it was fun to
have coaches come up to you
after a game and say ‘Wow,
what a keeper!’”
To help find and devel-
op a goalkeeper, Johnson
has brought two coaches on
staff to help, including for-
mer coach Dave Rouse and
former Seaside keeper Bec-
ca Lent. Former Gull Josh
Garhofer is also assisting
Johnson.
One definite bright spot is
senior Whitney Westerholm,
who “can play anywhere,”
Johnson said. “She’s a
hard-working kid. Bren-
da Lopez (Sr.) is vocal and
willing to take on challenges
and lead by example; Alie
Zagata (Sr.) has had a strong
camp; Sophie Trevino (Sr.)
will be a good player for us;
and Morgan Brown is a re-
turning junior.”
Elsewhere, “Lizzy Barnes
(Jr.) is experienced. She will
have to be more vocal and
get the younger kids where
they need to be.”
Sophomore Bryre Babbitt
started as a freshman, and
is “having a great camp,”
Johnson said. “We have
some freshmen who look
like they’re going to step
right in. I’m just getting to
know the names and faces.”
THE COWAPA
Johnson expects Scap-
poose and Valley Catholic
to be strong — so strong
that the rest of the Cowapa
League benefits in the RPI
rankings by playing the In-
dians and the Valiants, who
have both won state cham-
pionships over the last two
years.
“They both have a good
tradition,” he said. “The
Astoria girls have been
working hard and they look
good. They’ll have a good
team and I expect them to be
tough.”
Girls
Lizzy Barnes, Jr.
Gabby Bergman, Fr.
Brittany Carino, So.
Caydn Carr, Jr.
Clarisse Coventry, Sr.
Paige Forrest, Jr.
Kimber Hill, So.
Kara Ipson, Jr.
Sarah Jacobs, Jr.,
Faythe Koontz, So.
Caroline Kotson, Jr.
Bridgette Malone, Sr.
Morgan Matthews, Sr.
Mikayla Montez, Sr.
Claire Ogilvie, Sr.
Alison Rodriguez, Fr.
Ana Maria Rojas-Mora,
Fr.
Haley Rollins, Fr.
Myranda Schultz, So.
Anesha Smart, So.
Josie Smith, Jr.
Ryanne Sunnell, So.
Lucy Swenson, Sr.
xSam Thornton, So.
Sydney Villegas, Jr.
Ariana Watson, Jr.
Maggie Wilski, Jr.
it, and Sydney Villegas
(played soccer last season)
is a worker,” he said. “The
beauty of having Katie
there is that she will make
Josie a better runner and
competitor. Lucy Swenson
can also have an impact.”
A large turnout could
also make a difference,
come October.
“We’re gunning for 40
runners,” Branson said in
the preseason. “We’ve got
numbers, talent, and the
Katie Zagata, Fr.
Boys
Attikin Babb, Jr.
Jacob Bassett, Sr.
Matthew Carpenter, Fr.
Colton Carter, So.
Bay Cartier, Sr.
Isaiah Collins, So.
Sam Henderson, Fr.
Mizack Jantes, Fr.
Jackson Januik, Jr.
Will Kautz, So.
Brannon Kenne, Jr.
Ben Koch, Sr.
Danny Kuszmaul, Sr.
Conner Merrell, Fr.
Juneau Meyer, Jr.
Adam Morse, Jr.
Giovanni Ortega, Fr.
Scott Plampin, Jr.
Bradley Rzewnicki, Jr.
David Schwinof, So.
Rafi Sibony, So.
Josh Strozzi, Sr.
Samuel Sunnell, Sr.
Hunter Thompson, Jr.
Colin Van Nortwick, Sr.
Jack Whittle, Sr.
Dakota Young, Fr.
kids are willing to work.”
League-wise, the Valley
Catholic boys are the de-
fending state champions,
after just one year at the
4A level.
“They’re really well-
coached, and they have
that winning atmosphere,”
Branson said of the Val-
iants.”
For the girls, Scappoose
returns sophomore Linnaea
Kavulich, last year’s indi-
vidual league champion.
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Members of the Seaside cross country team cool down with some tasty donuts fol-
lowing a preseason workout in Cannon Beach.
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