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READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST LOCAL SPORTS TEAM
BEST RADIO STATION
Seaside High Gulls Football
SEASIDE
By GARY HENLEY
Runner-up: Ilwaco High
School Fishermen Wrestling
Honorable mention: Astoria
High School Fishermen
Football
T
he season ulti-
mately ended
with a loss, but
that didn’t spoil an oth-
erwise record-breaking,
record-making year for the
Seaside football program.
Right from the start,
the Gulls were one of the
favorites contending for
the 4A state title.
The 2018 campaign
began with a 55-13 win
over Henley, the team that
ended Seaside’s 2017 sea-
son. The victory was fol-
lowed by wins over Marist
and Gladstone. The 70-46
drubbing of the Gladia-
tors was the fi rst of two
wins over Gladstone, Sea-
side’s opponent in the state
semifi nals.
The Gladiators were
Gary Henley
In this August 2018 photo, Seaside’s Alexander Teubner, No. 2,
has a Hit of the Day for the Gulls, as the senior made a hard tackle
on Estacada’s Gabriel Martinez on a play near the goal line.
also the only team to
defeat Banks during the
regular season. But despite
Seaside’s two solid wins
over Gladstone, and Glad-
stone’s win over Banks …
the Braves were the only
team that had Seaside’s
number.
Banks scored a 10-7
win over Seaside in the
regular season, then
defeated the Gulls 31-20
in the state championship
game on a foggy night in
Hillsboro.
The Gulls landed six
players on the all-state
team, including superhero
running back Alex Teub-
ner and three of his per-
sonal escorts — offensive
linemen Travis Fenton,
Isaias Jantes and Paxson
VanNortwick.
Teubner was the
Cowapa League MVP
and fi nished 2018 with
2,420 yards rushing
and a remarkable 44
touchdowns.
Quarterback Pay-
ton Westerholm and line-
backer Gio Ramirez
also received all-state
recognition.
Aaron Tanabe will take
over as head coach in
2019, after Jeff Roberts —
who made it known before
the season that 2018
would be his fi nal year as
coach — stepped down
after leading the Gulls to
their magical season. CW
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s of April,
KMUN, Coast
Community Radio
will have been serving up
tunes, news and shows to
the North Coast community
for 36 years.
Changes are ahead,
however. The station
recently launched a three-
year plan to replace sta-
tion equipment, a move
that will allow program-
mers to offer more call-in
style radio shows and
solidify the station’s abil-
ity to stay on air during an
emergency.
The station also plans to
expand its coverage
into Tillamook and offer
more area-specifi c con-
tent. Coast Community
Radio has entered into a
partnership with a group
in Bay City and will pro-
vide equipment and train-
ing in an effort to better
serve listeners farther down
the coast.
“The station has had a
strong identity since it was
started,” said station man-
ager Graham Nystrom.
He believes the improve-
ments, rather than altering
that identity, will enhance
the programs and services
already available.
In the coming years,
Nystrom hopes to con-
tinue to fi nd ways to “open
these doors to community
access.” CW