AHS PREVIEWS
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015
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Large turnout will help Astoria swim team
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
The numbers keep gradu-
ally increasing for the Astoria
swim program.
The Fishermen may have
lost some quality, but they’re
gaining in quantity, as Amy
Emmett’s team enters the
pool with more swimmers
than they’ve had in a few
years.
Astoria had 34 swim-
mers on the preseason roster,
which always helps in the
dual meets.
On the downside, Astoria
had Must two state quali¿ers
a year ago, and only one re-
turns.
Megan Sparks is back for
her senior season, while the
Fishermen will be without
Bryce Nurding, who qual-
i¿ed for state last year as a
junior.
Team-wise, the Lady
Fishermen ¿nished ¿fth out
of nine teams in the District
1/4A meet, while the boys
placed sixth.
Sparks won the only indi-
vidual district championship
for the Astoria girls, ¿nishing
the 100-yard breaststroke in
one minute, 11.79 seconds.
She ¿nished with the
10th-best time (1:09.95) in
the preliminaries at state.
Nurding was the district
champion in the 500-yard
freestyle (5:36.58), but did
not qualify for the ¿nals at
state.
Still, the Fish return some
talent.
The Astoria girls’ 200-
yard medley relay squad
of a year ago ² which ¿n-
ished second behind Valley
Catholic in the district meet
— returns three-fourths of
its team, with Sparks, senior
Ashley Schacher and sopho-
more Megan Schacher.
Ashley Schacher was third
in the butterÀy in the district
meet, and is one of nine se-
niors on the girls’ side, along
with Sparks, Laura Axelsen,
Daisy Gayral, Victoria Kee,
Shoshanna McCleary, Olivia
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Jacob Hulti will return to the pool for Astoria this season.
THE SWIMMERS
Girls
Taylor Atkins, Jr.
Laura Axelsen, Sr.
Kat Bell, So.
Madison Burchfield, Fr.
Camille Cottrell, Fr.
Daisy Gayral, Sr.
Kendal Gustafson, Jr.
Victoria Kee, Sr.
Shoshanna McCleary, Sr.
Olivia Paul, Sr.
Megan Postlewait, So.
Morgan Postlewait, Sr.
Jenna Rudolph, Jr.
Ashley Schacher, Sr.
Megan Schacher, So.
Minji Song, Sr.
Lidija Sovulj, Jr.
Paul, Morgan Postlewait and
Minji Song.
Senior Jacob Hulti and
Megan Sparks, Sr.
Meghan Welsh, Jr.
Moira Welsh, So.
Kira Worwood, So.
Boys
Roman Cimkovich, Jr.
Thayne Covert, So.
Isaac Gray, So.
Jacob Hulti, Sr.
Parker Ivanoff, Fr.
David Keeling, Sr.
Jan Kreibich, Sr.
Aleks Matthews, So.
Anthony Miller, Jr.
Ryan Russel, Sr.
Joshua Shipley, Fr.
Elias Simmons, Fr.
Michael Zavala, Sr.
sophomore Thayne Covert
are two of the top returners
for the Astoria boys.
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Megan Sparks competes in the girls 100-yard backstroke. Sparks won the event.
More wrestlers on
the mat for Astoria
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
THE WRESTLERS
The Joshes are gone, but the
turnout was good for the Astoria
wrestling program.
At this time a year ago, the
Fishermen had 17 wrestlers on
the roster — heading into this
season, they’ve got 29 on the
mat.
Which can only help, as the
team will have to overcome
some key graduations last sea-
son.
An unfortunate knee inju-
ry late in the year ended Josh
Long’s quest for a state title,
while Josh 5aichl took ¿fth at
district, followed by a ¿fth-place
¿nish at state in the 220-pound
class.
Head coach Roy Sanchez
returns for his second year with
the Fishermen, who had two
coaches in two years (Jeff Mab-
ry and Ron Alley) prior to his
arrival last season.
Sanchez does have some ex-
perienced wrestlers on the ros-
ter, as Brendan Coberly, Mateo
DeVargas and Bronson Holthu-
sen are on board for their senior
seasons, while other wrestlers
to watch include junior Jared
Lucore and sophomores Trey
Hageman and Tyler Ranta.
Quinten Allen
Michael Bussard
John Cadonau
Itzel Camacho
Brendan Coberly
Sam Colson
Mateo DeVargas
Donny Dieffenbach
Sariah Dieffenbach
Jose Espinoza
Chance Fitzgerald
Kaden Gilbert
Trey Hageman
Caleb Hale
Bronson Holthusen
Matthew Hubbert
Juan Jimenez
Kortney Johnson
Calvin Kaul
Jared Lucore
Jake Lunsford
Christian Medina
Devon Nikkila
Kadin Osborne
Tristen Osborne
Andrew Poplin
Tyler Ranta
Alex Tallman
Sofi Ward
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Brendan Coberly is one of three seniors on the Astoria wrestling team.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
BOYS BASKETBALL
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball — Liberty at
Seaside, 7:30 p.m.; Waldport vs.
Warrenton (at Vernonia HS), 3
p.m.; Clatskanie at Knappa, 6 p.m.;
Ilwaco at North Beach, 5:45 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Liberty at
Seaside, 7:30 p.m.; Waldport vs.
Warrenton (at Vernonia HS), 4:45
p.m.; Clatskanie at Knappa, 7:45
p.m.; Ilwaco at North Beach, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Basketball — Warrenton at
Vernonia Tournament, TBA
Boys Basketball — Naselle at
Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Tillamook Invita-
tional, 10 a.m.
Wrestling — Astoria, Warrenton
at Estacada Tournament, 10 a.m.;
Knappa at Ocosta Tournament, TBA
Ilwaco 48, Warrenton 47
WAR (47): Christian Holt 17,
Whitaker 11, Wilson 8, Cochran
5, Little 4, Fischer 2, Alcoben-
das.
ILW (48): Alex Kaino 16, Tapio 7,
Bannister 7, Tynkila 6, Lazaro 5,
Mendoza 3, Aguayo 1, Schenk.
Warrenton 11 13 14 9—47
Ilwaco
21 9 9 10—48
Wahkiakum 54, Naselle 40
NAS (40): Travis Pine 17, Gud-
mundsen 7, Edwards 4, Scrabeck
4, Dorman 3, Estes 2, Wirkkala 2,
Lund 1.
WAH (54): Zach Brown 16,
Quigley 13, Moore 10, Ferguson
10, Terpsma 3, Wilson 2.
Naselle
6 7 10 17—40
Wahkiakum 15 11 14 14—54
Mateo DeVargas, left, is one of three seniors on the Astoria wrestling team.
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