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)
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