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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 SPORTS 7A Tide is turning in Clatsop Clash soccer By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian S(ASID( ² Clatsop Clash boys soccer is beginning to look a lot like the old days, when the winner of the season series usually ended up as the Cowapa League champion And the Seaside Gulls are halfway there, following Thurs day night’s big win over Astoria at Broadway )ield A laser beam shot off the foot of Jackson Januik snapped a tie with three minutes, seconds left, and the Gulls are now the Cowapa’s only unbeat en team at (keeping in mind that it’s only an eightgame league season, with Banks not ¿elding a varsity team) There’s still work to do, but with the main challengers all with either one or two loss es, Seaside now has the inside track to a league title “That puts us in the driver’s seat, but we have to see Astoria again :e know how they’re going to come out, especially at their house,” said Seaside coach John Chapman “But we can say ‘advantage Seaside’ at the moment” The Fishermen jumped on the scoreboard ¿rst in the th minute, when Luis Herrejon centered a pass from the end line to Cole Beeson in front of the net, and Beeson scored from close range The Seaside players were not rattled, however “No ² with the possession that we had, I thought we could come back and strike it,” Chap man said “2ur team networked the ball very well :e were very patient and controlling with the ball :e were putting a lot of pressure on them with our free kicks, and I thought it was basically a question of time before we got the right touch on the ball to put it in” A few Seaside free kick op portunities were saved by As toria keeper Kyle Birge, before the Gulls utilized their team speed to tie the game On a pass down the center of the ¿eld, Seaside’s Juneau Meyer outraced an Astoria de fender, got a foot on the ball and managed to avoid a colli sion with Birge to score in the st minute Meyer was assessed a yel low card after the score, but the goal stood “I was disappointed that (Meyer) got a yellow card, because he followed the ball and the referee said he was showboating,” Chapman said “Overall, the referee did a good job He called it extremely tight, because he knew it was a local derby, and we had to coach around that :e said at halftime, ‘he’s already given out four cards, so we’re going to have to be very cautious of our second half activities’” Seaside ¿nished the ¿rst half with a advantage in shots on goal The Seaside defense limited Astoria to just one shot in the second half, while the Gulls’ defense continued to pressure the Fishermen “I thought (the Fishermen) played well, but I don’t think they had many opportunities,” Chapman said “They basical ly capitalized on a goalkeeper mistake, and their shots were never really threatening” Januik’s gamewinning goal came off a pass from Colton Carter, as Januik set his sights on the net and delivered from nearly yards out “Jackson Januik has just Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Juneau Meyer, No. 14, scores a goal past Astoria goalkeeper Kyle Birge, No. 00, during the first half of the match at Broadway Field Thursday. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Football — Scappoose at Asto- ria, 7 p.m.; Valley Catholic at Sea- side, 7 p.m.; Warrenton at Nestuc- ca, 7 p.m.; Knappa at Waldport, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Chief Leschi, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Warrenton at Cat- lin Gabel, 2:30 p.m.; Ilwaco at Raymond Tournament, TBA Cross Country — Nike Pre-Na- tionals, Portland, 10 a.m.; Knappa Logger Elk Run, Teevin Ranch, 11 a.m. Seaside’s Will Garvin, No. 13, pushes the ball up the field in the second half of the soccer match against Astoria at Broadway Field Thursday. Seagull Audrey Kunde, No. 2, fights for possession with Astoria’s Sariah Deiffenbach, No. 6, during their soccer match. been massive,” Chapman said “Our whole defensive line of Raiden (Bowles), Brent (:alsh) and Ra¿ (Sibony) did a great job :e didn’t do any sub stituting on the back line “:e dominated possession on the ¿eld and our defense was stronger than theirs,” he added And now, the tide could be turning in the Clatsop Clash ri valry It was Seaside’s ¿rst win over Astoria since a victory on Oct , “The Astoria rivalry is al ways huge, especially when you haven’t won in ¿ve years, so you don’t take anything for granted,” Chapman said Junior Varsity Seaside , Astoria Girls Soccer Seaside 1, Astoria 0 S(ASID( ² Two teams desperately seeking a win met Thursday night at Broadway Field, in the ¿rst Clatsop Clash girls soccer meeting of the sea son Astoria and Seaside were both coming off big losses Tuesday (the Fishermen lost at Scappoose, the Gulls were beaten by Valley Cath olic, ), so both clubs were looking to score some goals and avoid league starts Seaside won Thursday’s showdown, , as :hitney :esterholm’s free kick ear ly in the second half was just over the outstretched arms of Astoria keeper Lexis Law, for the game’s only goal “Astoria always seems to play well against us, so we knew we were going to have to ¿ght for minutes,” said Sea side coach Matt Johnson The Gulls had the only two shots on goal of the ¿rst half, both from :esterholm, and both saved by Law Sea side also had three corner kick opportunities, while the Fish ermen almost scored when a stray ball nearly went in the net in the th minute “:e tried attacking from the outside, and then we tried some through balls, but we didn’t crack the defense un til the second half,” Johnson said And it took just over two minutes into the second half for the Gulls to ¿nd the net After an Astoria foul, :esterholm set up for a free kick from yards out, and placed it just over Law into the upper portion of the net “That was a beautifully placed shot, absolutely per fect,” Johnson said of :ester holm’s goal “Lexi had been smothering everything, and that shot was just barely out of reach, so we got a little lucky “I have to give a lot of credit to the defensive back four, the effort of the mid Seaside players celebrate after a goal by Whitney Wester- holm, center, during their soccer match against Astoria at Broadway Field Thursday. ¿elders, the physical play of the forwards, and the shut out by our keeper (Jesse Rae Trott),” he said “:e were a little banged up and mentally stretched, but the girls played hard tonight” Seaside’s Sophia Trevino had additional shots on goal, but Law made several big time saves Trott knocked down attempts by Astoria’s Jasmin Mabry and Megan Bergeron “I think both teams played well tonight,” said Astoria coach Sarah von Colditz “All it takes is one shot and one goal to change the game Seaside capitalized on their chance “Unfortunately we did not take enough shots to really challenge their keeper,” she added “Our defensive line did an amazing job Sariah Dieffenbach, Angela Cuellar, Claire Albright, Hailey Ranta and Lexi Law were on their game tonight” Junior Varsity Seaside Astoria Gulls score Clatsop Clash victory The Daily Astorian The Seaside volleyball team completed Clatsop Clash 1iJht Zith a ¿veJame win over Astoria at the Brick +oXse ,t was Seaside¶s ¿rst win over Astoria in league play since 2ct “Tonight was a great bat tle,” said Seaside coach Angie +untsman “:e are a young team and we¶re still ¿guring out how to compete consis tently, so to ¿nish strong to night was a big step Ior us” Seaside’s Annaka Garhofer led a strong serving night for the Gulls, along with Nikki Mercado, Jetta Ideue and Anna +uddleston Maddi Utti sparked the offensive attack with kills and a hitting percentage Garhofer added assists and +uddleston had Defensively, Ideue led Sea side with digs, while Tori Tomlin and Utti each had four blocks Warrenton def. South Bend S2UT+ B(ND, :ash ² The :arrenton volleyball team scored an easy threegame sweep at South Bend, :ash, Thursday night, , , /ibby Biel had kills in the nonleague victory, while /e[ie /undberg added ¿ve ace serves and eight assists Ally Bentley delivered four aces with eight kills, Katy Blodgett sparked the back row with ¿ve digs, and Claire Bussert had assists Knappa def. Nestucca KNA33A ² After an start in league play, the Knap pa Loggers are now the North west League’s hottest team The Loggers scored their third straight threegame sweep Thursday night, , , over visiting Nestucca Knappa combined to hit of serves, and played excellent defense with some strong plays at the net to key the win “Kaitlyn Landwehr led the charge tonight with some ex cellent work up front, but she was given a lot of help from some great plays from both Paris (Vanderburg) and Bailey Corder,” said Knappa coach Jeff Kaul Landwehr was for serving with eight digs, six kills and six assists Corder ¿nished of at the service line, Ashly Silva was for, and Jaden Mi ethe added digs Jeff Ter Har/For the Daily Astorian Seaside’s Maddi Utti goes high for a kill in Thursday night’s Clatsop Clash win for the Gulls.
