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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016
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Astoria Baseball: Ready for another big season
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
ASTORIA BASEBALL
The Astoria Fishermen
beat Scappoose two out of
three games in the regular
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with a 13-2 league record.
Astoria also earned the Cow-
apa League’s No. 1 seed,
with the tie-breaker over the
Indians.
Yes — the same Scap-
poose Indians who went on
to win the Class 4A state
championship.
Such is life in the “Con-
ference of Champions.”
The 2016 season promises
to be another standout year
in Cowapa baseball, with the
familiar Purple & Gold lead-
ing the way.
And will the third sport be
the charm for the Cowapa?
Scappoose lost the state title
game to Cascade in football,
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
and Seaside lost the boys Junior Fridtjof Fremstad is one pitcher the Fishermen will rely on this year.
basketball state champion-
ship to Philomath. It could
be Astoria’s turn at the plate,
literally.
Coach: Dave Gasser, 9th year
2015: 21-6 (13-2 Cowapa)
State Playoffs: Defeated Estacada, 11-2; Lost at Hidden Valley, 10-12
All-League Losses: Kai Brown, Nick Scott
All-League Returners: Carter Wallace, Sr. (MVP), Fridtjof Fremstad,
Jr.; Ryker Helmersen, Jr.; Kyle Strange, Jr.
Senior Carter Wallace is a returning Cowapa League Play-
er of the Year.
also solve a lot of problems,
said the coach.
“The beauty of getting
Ole back, and him having the
ability to play both shortstop
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and second, settles us down a
The Fishermen are back
lot when Fritz pitches.”
in their usual spot as league
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put Arnsdorf or Palek, with
ter and a little deeper on the
Englund and Fremstad in
mound than last season.
the middle, and junior Kyle
Astoria will still face chal-
Strange at third base.
lenges from the usual sus-
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pects. And right away.
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games are ‘Poose twice and
ing second base when Fritz
Valley twice,” said coach
pitches, and Olaf swing to
Dave Gasser. “Valley’s got
short,” Gasser said).
most of their guys com-
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ing back, and they’ve got a
Cade O’Brien is a solid
nice shortstop/right-handed
defensive player and a clutch
pitcher. They’re not bad. And
hitter at the plate; and Lyngs-
Banks is good.”
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Astoria’s only two league Astoria’s Cade O’Brien slides back to first during a game against Scappoose.
“We have experienced
losses last year were to the
“We didn’t lose a whole enough to be a playoff team.” (Jr.), a 6-4 lefty; and Ryan people at every spot in the
Indians and the Braves.
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and experienced as it’s been playoff at Hidden Valley),” lace (Cowapa League Player sively.” Sophomore Tyler perspective, that should be a
in years. Infield, outfield, Gasser said. “There’s no con- of the Year) and junior Fridt- Lyngstad has already made strength, no question about
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Jared Lucore.
Astoria baseball had a rare
late start, with the boys bas-
ketball team advancing to
and playing all three days in
the state tournament.
“It’s a pretty quick turn-
around,” Gasser said. “We’re
as ready as we can be.
“I have a bunch of guys
who don’t like to lose, and I
just hate it. But despite that,
I want to put ourselves in a
position in the preseason to
give the kids a good idea of
what we need to work on.
“The teams we’re play-
ing out of the shoot, we’ll be
very fortunate to be 2-3 after
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we’ll be better off from them
making that deep run in the
state tournament.”
Prediction:
“Tradition
Never Graduates” is the
motto for Astoria sports. And
Fishermen Baseball tradition
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titles. The tradition continues
… League Champions.
Chloee in the Hunt for Astoria girls golf
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One of two returners on
head coach Chris Hunt’s roster
also happens to be his daughter,
senior Chloee Hunt.
The
volleyball/basket-
ball standout (headed to Ever-
green College to play volley-
ball) was all-league last season,
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ers in the Regional tournament.
Hunt was fourth in the Cowapa
League championships, seven
strokes behind medalist Syrina
Revis of Scappoose.
Astoria’s other varsity
Astoria boys golf is rebuild-
ing in every sense of the word,
as the Fishermen enter a new
era.
Former Astoria golfers
Kevin Goin and Steven Davis
will share the coaching duties,
for a team that has 12 golfers
on the current roster — but only
two returners.
Goin and Davis are replac-
ing Dan Foss, who stepped
down following last season.
Astoria’s young 2015
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teams in the Cowapa League
championships, then placed
sixth out of 11 in the Regional
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Arthur Clark III is a returning junior on the golf team. tournament.
In addition to his accom-
plishments in two years as
returner is sophomore Sadie
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Wooldridge.
Scappoose lost its top three the Astoria boys basketball
“Sadie made big improve- golfers to graduation and will coach, Goin also has a suc-
ments over last season and will have a new coach, “but they cessful record as a golf coach
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Miles Branden.
a great attitude for golf,” coach talent every year,” Hunt said.
Goin ran a successful girls’
Hunt said.
“I see Valley Catholic as the
Rounding out the roster will team to beat in league — they golf program at West Salem,
be junior Kristen Travers, and have the most returnees, and which produced several Divi-
freshmen Samantha Hems- one of the regional contend- sion I golfers, including Ash-
ley and Jenna Travers. Hems- ers. Seaside, Scappoose and lee Pickerell, currently at Ore-
ley has Junior Golf experience, us will be very similar. We all gon State.
Davis also golfed for Bran-
while the Travers sisters are have some experienced golfers
den, and was part of Astoria’s
beginners.
to combine with newcomers.”
“Samantha is a great athlete
Individually, “Chloee will second-place squad at state in
who will do really well as she be one of the top golfers in the 1990, fourth place in 1988 and
gains experience in competi- league, along with Caroline ‘89.
Astoria’s current roster
tive golf,” Hunt said. “Kristen Kotson from Seaside (placed
and Jenna are just learning the 13th at Regionals) and Matti includes two junior returners —
game, but show great coach- Thurman from Valley Catholic Arthur Clark III and Kirk Fau-
sett Jr.
ability and attitudes.”
(11th at Regionals),” he said.
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Astoria’s Chloee Hunt is hoping (and hopping) for a big
senior season on the golf course.
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55 golfers in the Regional tour-
nament with a two-round score
of 199, while Fausett tied for
22nd in the league champion-
ship tourney.
The Fishermen have two
seniors, Cole Keyser and Kyle
Meisner. In addition to Clark
and Fausett, the junior class
includes Sergei Davis, Andy
Justo, Ron Schumacher, Hunter
West and Brian Wilder; and
freshmen Conner Long, Taylor
Palmberg and Joe Scott round
out the lineup.
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Like a handful of other
sports, Cowapa League boys
golf includes yet another
defending state champion, as
Seaside seeks a third straight
state title.
The Gulls lost several key
seniors, however, and the race
for the league title is up for
grabs.
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nament-eligible team is half the
battle.
The Astoria girls have
apparently won that battle, as
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golfers on the roster as they
head into the 2016 season.
Most are young, but at least
they’re there.
Astoria has a senior who will
be one of the top individuals in
the league, along with four other
golfers with varying degrees of
experience on the course.
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2015 sixth out of 13 teams in
the Regional tournament, won
by Crook County. Astoria was
third in the district meet the
week before, behind Scappoose
and Valley Catholic.
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