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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016 AHS PREVIEWS Swimming Fishermen restocking the pool Rebuilding year for Astoria By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian With most of their athletes new to competitive swim- ming, the 2016-17 season will be “very much a rebuilding year” for Astoria swimming, according to coach Amy Emmett. “More than half the team is new to competitive swim- ming,” she said. The Fishermen have a number of returning swim- mers and experienced talent, but they also have an equal number of swimmers with no experience at all. Which makes for a lot of question marks as Asto- ria swimming enters a new season. A preseason roster of 34 swimmers included only three freshmen, but 17 of the 34 have no prior competitive swimming experience. The Fishermen scored well in the District 1 tourna- ment a year ago. Out of nine competing teams, the Astoria girls’ and boys’ teams both finished third in their respective team standings. Their biggest name is back for the boys, as Joshua Ship- ley returns for his sophomore season. Shipley made the biggest splash for Astoria in the dis- trict meet in February, win- ning the 100-yard breast- stroke as a freshman, ahead of Rainier junior Jin Young Kim and two swimmers from Newport. In addition to finishing third in the district 200-yard freestyle, Shipley went on to finish eighth in the breast- stroke preliminaries at the state meet. Astoria’s other high- THE SWIMMERS Girls Claire Albright, Jr. Taylor Atkins, Sr. Madison Burchfield, So. Shannon Christie, Sr. Haley Clark, Fr. Camille Cottrell, So. Kendal Gustafson, Sr. Raija Jaakola, Sr. Cody Lachica, So. Lily Long Chloe Magranahan, Jr. Gabby Marincovich-Mal- lares, Jr. Megan Postlewait, Jr. Megan Schacher, Jr. Zahava Thornton, So. Jenna Travers, So. Sadie Wooldridge, Jr. Kira Worwood, Jr. Carla Zulli, Jr. Boys Cole Beeson, Jr. Riley Cameron, Fr. Thayne Covert, Jr. Ryder Dopp, So. Jose Gonzalez, Jr. Parker Ivanoff, So. Aleks Matthews, Jr. Anthony Miller, Sr. Ben Miller, Sr. Jose Romero, So. Joshua Shipley, So. Elias Simmons, So. Ethan Sparks, So. Drew Tapio, Jr. Carter Tucker, Jr. light from the district meet included a first-place finish for the girls’ 200-yard med- ley relay. Unfortunately, three- fourths of that four- some (Olivia Paul, Ashley Schacher, Megan Sparks) has graduated, with senior Kendal Gustafson the lone returner. Junior Thayne Covert is back for the boys, after plac- ing fourth at districts in the 200-yard individual med- ley; while Shannon Christie — younger sister of school record-holder Taylor Christie — returns for her senior sea- son after a year away from Astoria. 7A Gilbert, Hageman return for Astoria wrestling team Fishermen excited about new season By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian Considering that they compete in one of the tough- est districts at the Class 4A level, a sixth-place finish (out of 11 teams) wasn’t that bad for the Astoria wrestling program. The Fishermen are set for another year in the Special District 1 4A Region, where Astoria competes with the likes of Crook County, Tilla- mook, Banks and Scappoose. Getting past the Cow- apa League powers is tough enough, while Crook County will be gunning for its fourth straight state title at the 4A level. All in all, not a bad per- formance for the Fishermen in 2015-16, as they qualified four wrestlers for the state tournament. “We’re excited about this season,” said Astoria coach Roy Sanchez. “We have two state tournament qualifiers returning — Trey Hageman and Kaden Gilbert — who wrestled at 138 and 182 last year, respectively. “Trey wrestled tough against the No. 3 seed, tak- ing him down before even- tually losing that and the fol- lowing match. He’s coming off a great season in football, and we expect him to qualify and place at state this year as a junior. Trey will wrestle at either 138 or 145 this year.” Gilbert is “returning from a successful season in which he was a match away from plac- ing at the state tournament as Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Trey Hageman, left, and Kaden Gilbert practice in November at Astoria High School. THE WRESTLERS The Astoria High School wrestling team practices in November. a freshman at 182,” Sanchez said. “His martial arts experi- ence confuses, frustrates and usually beats his wrestling opponents. More time on the mat will only help Kaden improve.” Elsewhere, “Juan Jimenez returns at 106 as a junior. After earning the No. 1 seed at the regional tournament, Juan wrestled back for the chance to win a true-fourth quali- fying spot, but was a lock- ing-hands penalty away from winning that last match.” Other returners are seniors Jared Lucore and Sofia Ward; juniors Jeff Stutznegger and Tyler Ranta; and sophomores Matthew Hubbert, Sadie Ward and Ian Johnson. Crook County will likely be the favorite again, once Riley Ashton, Fr. Dylan Dietrich, Fr. Will Eddy, Fr. Kaden Gilbert, So. Trey Hageman, Jr. Matthew Hubbert, So. Juan Jimenez, Jr. Ian Johnson, So. Cannon Kraft, Fr. Jared Lucore, Sr. Tyler Ranta, Jr. Marcus Rasmussen, Fr. Skyler Smith, Fr. Dalton Somers, Fr. Jeff Stutznegger, Jr. Juan Tinico, Fr. Sadie Ward, So. Sofia Ward, Sr. Coach: Roy Sanchez regional action begins. The Cowboys won last year’s District 1 title with 477 points, followed by Til- lamook (248), Banks (217.5), Scappoose (183.5), Estacada (115.5) and Astoria (106). Columbians net 18 starters on all-league team Alma Bolanos of Warrenton, right, scores a takedown against Knappa’s Meranda Godwin in one of Wednes- day’s matches. The Daily Astorian League champion Rain- ier swept most of the awards on the Lewis & Clark All- League football team released Thursday. Rainier senior Steele Ware was named Offensive Player of the Year; senior Job Kar- ber was selected Defensive Player of the Year; and Rain- ier’s Mike King was Coach of the Year. The Columbians had nine starters on offense named all- league, and nine more starters on defense. Warrenton freshman Gabe Breitmeyer was selected as the first-team punter. Kathy Morgan For the Daily Astorian Knappa Loggers host ‘mix-and-match’ meet The Daily Astorian KNAPPA — The Knappa gym was filled with wres- tlers Wednesday night as the Loggers hosted an eight- team “mix-and-match” meet to open the season. No team scores were kept for the meet, which included 97 wrestlers and 87 matches. In addition to the Log- gers, teams included Asto- ria, Clatskanie, Corbett, Ilwaco, Nestucca, Seaside and Warrenton. FOOTBALL Lewis & Clark All-League Offensive Player of the Year: Steele Ware, Rainier Defensive Player of the Year: Job Karber, Rainier Coach of the Year: Mike King, Rainier First Team Offense QB: Steele Ware, Sr., Rainier RB: Kees Tjaarda, So., Clatskanie RB: Chauney Reddix, So., PC RB: Joey Tripp, So., Rainier WR: Dawson Carr, Jr., Rainier WR: Gunnar Brooks, Sr., Rainier TE: Levi Dalzell, Sr., PC OL: Caleb Warren, Sr., Clatskanie OL: Cody Nelson, Sr., Rainier OL: Easton Crape, Fr., Rainier OL: Chris James, Jr., Rainier K: Branden Kicks, Sr., Clatskanie First Team Defense DL: Tony Simmons, Sr., Clatskanie DL: Cody Nelson, Sr., Rainier DL: Job Karber, Sr., Rainier DL: Easton Crape, Fr., Rainier LB: Dawson Howard, Sr., Clats- kanie LB: Ryan Schmunk, Sr., Rainier Highlighting the night for the host team was Knap- pa’s David Patterson, who was 3-0 at 220 pounds. Three other Loggers — Luke Goozee, Spencer Ful- ton and Andrew Goozee — were all 2-0. Astoria’s Tyler Ranta had a win over Seaside’s Gio Ramirez, while Warren- ton’s Alma Bolanos scored a victory over Knappa’s Mer- anda Godwin. Patterson had a pin over Seaside freshman Luke Nel- son for one of his wins. SCOREBOARD Daily Astorian file photo Warrenton running back Devon Bowser, No. 38, was selected as a second team offensive lineman on the Lewis & Clark All-League football team. LB: Joey Tripp, So., Rainier LB: Austin Eversole, Sr., Rainier DB: Travis Puckett, Sr., Clatskanie DB: Gunnar Brooks, Sr., Rainier DB: Dawson Carr, Jr., Rainier P: Gabe Breitmeyer, Fr., Warren- ton Second Team Offense QB: Hunter Endersen, Sr., PC WR: Chad Clark, Sr., PC WR: Robert Wagner, Sr., PC WR: Ian Griffith, Sr., Clatskanie GIVE ‘EM YOUR BEST TEAMS! TE: Ryan Schmunk, Sr., Rainier OL: Brenden Hicks, Sr., Clats- kanie OL: Devon Bowser, Sr., Warrenton OL: Kaleb Osbourne, Jr., PC Second Team Defense DL: Isaac Points, Sr., Clatskanie DL: Devon Bowser, Sr., Warrenton DL: Kaleb Osbourne, Jr., PC DL: Levi Dalzell, Sr., PC LB: James Helman, Fr., Clatskanie LB: Logan Fischer, Jr., Warrenton LB: Johnny Weber, Jr., PC LB: Aidan Perry, Jr., PC DB: Steele Ware, Sr., Rainier DB: Chad Clark, Sr., PC DB: Giovanni Martinez, So., War- renton Honorable Mention Offense WR: Ray Alcobendas, Sr., War- renton Honorable Mention Defense DB: Ray Alcobendas, Sr., Warren- ton TODAY Girls Basketball — Seaside at Gladstone, 7 p.m.; Waldport at Warrenton, 6 p.m.; St. Stephen’s Academy at Jewell, 6 p.m.; Ocosta 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. Knappa Tip-Off Classic Friday’s Schedule (Times are approximate) 4 p.m.: Clatskanie vs Astoria (Girls) 5:30: Clatskanie vs Astoria (Boys) 7:00: Toledo vs Knappa (Girls) 8:30: Toledo vs Knappa (Boys) Saturday’s Schedule 10 a.m.: Ilwaco vs Knappa (Girls JV) 11:30: Astoria vs Knappa (Boys JV2) 1 p.m.: Clatskanie vs Knappa (Boys JV) Varsity Games 2:30: Clatskanie vs Toledo (Boys) 4:00: Clatskanie vs Toledo (Girls) 5:30: Astoria vs Knappa (Girls) 7:00: Astoria vs Knappa (Boys) ASTORIA YOUTH L IFE HAPPEN S... 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