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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Cowapa All-League girls
soccer team announced
The Cowapa All-League girls soc-
cer team is loaded with players from
Scappoose and Valley Catholic, fol-
lowing another successful year for the
league.
Coach of the Year Rebekah Kurle of
Scappoose led the Indians to their sec-
ond state championship in three years
last week. The Cowapa Player of the
Year award went to Scappoose senior
Lucy 'avidson, who was Moined on the
first team by four of her teammates.
Valley Catholic — state champions
in 2013 and 2014 — had six players
selected to the first team.
Astoria had three players named
first team all-league, including Muniors
Daniela Garcia and Jenna Rudolph,
and sophomore Lexis Law, one of two
first team all-league goalkeepers.
Senior Megan Bergeron and soph-
omore Claire Albright were selected
honorable mention.
Seaside also had three players on
SCOREBOARD
GIRLS SOCCER
Cowapa All-League
Player of the Year: Lucy Davidson, Scap-
poose
Coach of the Year: Rebekah Kurle, Scap-
poose
First Team
Lucy Davidson, Sr., Scappoose
Lizzie Barnes, Jr., Seaside
Reilly Blood, Sr., Valley Catholic
Taylor Browning, Sr., Tillamook
Daniela Garcia, Jr., Astoria
Lauren Hill, Jr., Banks
Eleanor Jones, Sr., Scappoose
Aubrey Kimmel, Sr., Banks
Kate MacNaughton, Fr., Valley C.
Taylor Menkens, So., Valley C.
Natalie Muth, Sr., Scappoose
Jenna Rudolph, Jr., Astoria
Ariel Slifka, Sr., Banks
the first team: seniors Sophie Trevino
and Whitney Westerholm, and Munior
Lizzie Barnes.
Cassie Streblow, Sr., Banks
Regan Torres, Sr., Valley C.
Sophie Trevino, Sr., Seaside
Madison Verzino, Sr., Scappoose
Whitney Westerholm, Sr., Seaside
Lauren Whisenhunt, Fr., Scappoose
Meredith Woolverton, Sr., Valley C.
GK: Lexis Law, So., Astoria
GK: Noelle Mannen, So., Valley C.
Honorable Mention
Claire Albright, So., Astoria
Bryre Babbitt, So., Seaside
Megan Bergeron, Sr., Astoria
Jessi Beyer, Sr., Valley Catholic
Mackenzie Ela, So., Scappoose
Annika Filip, Sr., Valley Catholic
Samantha Pestner, Jr., Banks
Aspen Slifka, Fr., Banks
Ragen Whisenhunt, Sr., Scappoose
Alie Zagata, Sr., Seaside
Senior Alie Zagata and sophomore
Bryre Babbitt were selected honorable
mention.
Daily Astorian/File Photo
Astoria sophomore Lexis Law was one of two Goalkeep-
ers of the Year in Cowapa League girls soccer.
Gabbert provides 49ers’ offense new look against Seahawks
By CHRIS BIDERMAN
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Ca-
lif. — Having not won in
Seattle’s CenturyLink Field
since 2011, the San Francisco
49ers are hoping a change at
quarterback can spark their
struggling offense against the
Seahawks.
It will be Blaine Gabbert
under center for San Fran-
cisco (3-6) for the second
straight game after he helped
the 49ers beat the Falcons
1-16 in his ¿rst start since
2013 with Jacksonville.
“He successfully ran the
offense,” Seattle cornerback
Richard Sherman said. “He
got them down the ¿eld, he
made some great decisions in
terms of running and passing
the football. Obviously, there
were some mistakes in there
as well. But to come off the
bench and beat the Falcons, it
was a great performance.”
Gabbert ¿nished with 1
yards on 1 of 2 comple-
tions with two touchdowns
and two interceptions. He
was effective with his legs,
running for 32 yards on eight
carries, including a designed
-yard run Must outside of two
minutes remaining for a ¿rst
down that helped seal the
win.
This week, Gabbert’s test
is drastically more dif¿cult
in a stadium considered one
of the toughest on visiting
teams.
“It’s going to be loud, we
know that,” Gabbert said.
“In these stadiums where it
is extremely loud, you real-
ly have to focus one play at
a time because if you don’t
hear a call, you don’t hear
the play, one or two guys ar-
en’t going to be on the same
page and that’s the differ-
ence between winning and
losing games.”
'espite the 4- record,
the Seahawks still boast the
league’s second-ranked de-
fense in both total yardage
and passing yards.
Since the win over Atlan-
ta, Gabbert had a bye week to
Ben Margot/AP Photo
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and quarterback Blaine Gabbert (2) warm up before an NFL football game against the Seattle
Seahawks in Santa Clara, Calif., Oct. 22.
become more acclimated to
his new role as starter after
the struggling Colin Kaeper-
nick was benched.
In Kaepernick’s last three
starts against Seattle, the
49ers were outscored 6-13
while he failed to throw a
touchdown pass, including in
a Oct. 22 loss at Levi’s Stadi-
um, 20-3.
The previous time the
49ers beat the Seahawks on
the road, their starting quar-
terback was Alex Smith, who
Kaepernick replaced midway
through 2012 before leading
his team to a Super Bowl ap-
pearance.
Kaepernick hasn’t played
up to lofty expectations this
season. Prior to his benching,
the 49ers’ offense ranked last
in both yardage and scoring
by signi¿cant margins.
Given the way the league
operates, Sherman isn’t sur-
prised he won’t be going
against Kaepernick on Sun-
day.
“Football’s
a
crazy
game,” Sherman said. “It’s
who’s playing well at the
time, at the end of the day.
Who would have thought
when they were playing
well and Alex Smith was out
there, that a year later Alex
Smith would be gone from
San Francisco and Colin
Kaepernick would be their
guy? Things like that happen
in football and you Must got
to roll with the punches.”
49ers coach Jim Tomsula
would not commit to Gabbert
as the starter beyond Sun-
day’s game, leaving open the
possibility of Kaepernick re-
turning to the lineup.
“I liked the way (Gabbert)
handled the game. I liked the
way he played the game, and
I want to move forward with
Blaine and we’ll go from
there. That’s all I have for
you going into this game,”
Tomsula said.
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