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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 JHS PREVIEWS 9A Jewell boys aim to be ‘faster, stronger’ By DON ANDERSON For The Daily Astorian Former Astoria High School basketball star Mark Fick has coached the Jewell boys and girls basketball teams for over a decade now. Fick, the former athletic director at Jewell, brings deep experience both as a player and a coach to two teams that are surprisingly deep for such a small school. “We are about half experi- enced and half new and hav- en’t played much basket- ball,” said junior Ben Stahly. “Myself, (senior) Sean Hin- son, (junior) Nathan Kane and (junior) Thomas Meehan pro- vide the experience, while the team also has one sophomore and four freshman.” “It just really hit me. It doesn’t feel like it could be my senior year,” said Sean Hin- son when asked about his final year of high school basketball. “Hopefully we will at least go to district this year, but we still have that state goal though.” Stahly interrupted him. “Of course we are going to state!” he said. “I’m going to make sure that we are going to state.” “Pushing other guys around and playing defense is my favorite part of the game,” said junior Thomas Meehan. Jewell, not known for its height or strength, has a lot of diversity on its team this year, with four players over six feet and one player over 200 pounds. Corey Lyon at 6-foot-4 and 260 will be a formidable force in the paint, while Stahly and the rest of the starting squad are adept at outside shooting. “Our teamwork is pretty good, it is a lot better than last year,” said Hinson, but team- mate Nathan Kane added, “We still need to work on communication.” “We’re going be faster, stronger and outrebound the other teams,” said Meehan. Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian One of just two seniors on the varsity squad, Alysica Littlepage is known for her shooting and leadership, skills she hopes to use in postseason play this year. Jewell girls continue to gel on the court By DON ANDERSON For The Daily Astorian Photos by Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Jewell senior Sean Hinson will lead the Blue Jays this year as the only senior on the varsity basketball squad. BELOW: Blue Jay’s Ben Stahly and former senior Nico Cha- vera-Munk listen as Jewell head coach Mark Fick outlines a play during practice in 2015. The Blue Jay varsity girls sport two seniors, three juniors, sophomores and freshmen on their team. Alysica Littlepage and Heidi Hollenbach provide the experience on the team with junior Gabi Morales giving the team speed out- side shooting ability. Jewell School has a his- tory of athletic and compet- itive girls’ basketball teams, and this year shouldn’t be any different, provided the team can continue to gel on the court. All the players have their eyes on postseason play, but they must get past some formidable opponents in the Casco League first. “We shouldn’t have any problem getting to district this year, if we focus on teamwork and out-hustling our opponents,” said junior JEWELL GIRLS BASKETBALL Coach: Mark Fick 2015-16: 6-16 (3-13 Casco) Key Losses: (No seniors) Key Returners: Emma Guillen, Alyscia Littlepage, Gabi Morales Emma Guillen. “I hope we make it to state. We need determination and focus. We have to all play and want to win,” she said. Last year Jewell made it to districts, but couldn’t go beyond. “This year I’m excited to have freshman Haven Shaw on our team because she is tall and has speed, and she is good at posting up,” Guillen said. “We don’t have a lot of height and can use it,” she added. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball — Jewell at Portland Waldorf, 4 p.m. Boys Basketball — Jewell at C.S. Lewis, 6 p.m.; Ilwaco at South Bend, 7 p.m. Wrestling — Knappa Mix ‘n’ Match, 5 p.m. THURSDAY Girls Basketball — South Bend at Ilwaco, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Seaside at Gladstone, 7 p.m.; Waldport at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; St. Stephen’s Academy at Jewell, 6 p.m.; Ocos- JEWELL BOYS BASKETBALL Coach: Mark Fick 2015-16: 4-19 (0-16 Casco) Key Losses: Rylan Murray, Dallas Ritchie, Trystan Silva Key Returners: Sean Hinson, Thomas Meehan, Ben Stahly ta at Ilwaco, 5:45 p.m. Boys Basketball — Gladstone at Seaside, 7:30 p.m.; Waldport at Warrenton, 8 p.m.; St. Stephen’s Academy at Jewell, 7:45 p.m.; Ocosta at Ilwaco, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Girls Basketball — Warrenton at Junction City, 5 p.m.; SW Chris- tian at Jewell, 2 p.m. Boys Basketball — Ilwaco at Warrenton, 7:30 p.m.; Open Door Academy at Jewell, 4 p.m. Swimming — Tillamook Invita- tional, 10:15 a.m. Wrestling — Knappa at Ocosta, TBA Astoria, Seaside seniors earn all-league honors The Daily Astorian Cowapa League girls soccer is good, young … and it will be even better next year. The league that has had one team in the state champion- ship game in each of the last four years, also sports one of the youngest all-league teams across the state at the 4A level. Of the 21 players on the first team, only four are seniors. Two of the seniors belong to Astoria — midfielders Jenna Rudolph and Rachel Simmons; and the other two seniors are from Seaside — midfielder Elizabeth Barnes and defender Morgan Brown. Valley Catholic, which lost the 4A state championship game to North Valley, swept the top awards, as the Valiants placed seven players (two juniors, four GIRLS SOCCER Cowapa All-League Daily Astorian/File Photo Astoria’s Jenna Rudolph, left, and Seaside’s Lizzy Barnes both capped their senior seasons with selections to the Cowapa All-League girls soccer team. sophomores, one freshman) on the first team. Valley Catholic junior Taylor Menkens was named Player of the Year, while junior teammate Noelle Mannen was selected as the Goalkeeper of the Year. The Valiants’ Kayla Gas- pardis was named Coach of the Year. Samantha Pester, Jr., Banks Player of the Year: Taylor Menkens, Valley Catholic Shayna Redpath, So., Scappoose Goalkeeper of the Year: Noelle Mannen, Valley Catholic Parisa Sabet, Fr., Valley Catholic Coach of the Year: Kayla Gaspardis, Valley Catholic Aspen Slifka, So., Banks Jenna Rudolph, Sr., Astoria Rachel Simmons, Sr., Astoria First Team Katelyn Snook, So., Valley C. Taylor Menkens, Jr., Valley C. Celeste Stout, So., Tillamook Elizabeth Barnes, Sr., Seaside Lauren Whisenhunt, So., Scappoose Morgan Brown, Sr., Seaside GK: Noelle Mannen, Jr., Valley C. Marissa Dodsen, So., Banks GK: Alyssa Bakkensen, Jr., Scappoose Mackenzie Ela, Jr., Scappoose Honorable Mention Emma Jones, Fr., Scappoose Ashley Baughman, So., Scappoose Sarah Jones, So., Valley Catholic Chloe Brock, So., Valley Catholic Kim Jordan, Jr., Banks Jerusha Brown, Fr., Tillamook Callie Kawaguchi, So., Valley C. 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