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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, NOvEmbER 2, 2019
Photos by Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
Astoria’s Sophie Long chases Tillamook’s Solace Bergeron during the 4A-1 Cowapa League Championships at Camp Rilea on Wednesday. Long finished third in 20 minutes and 38 seconds.
Tillamook sweeps team titles,
Astoria girls qualify for state
Fishermen boys will
send two to state
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
W
ARRENTON — Large numbers,
plus good athletes plus a running
tradition is a good combination
to have in high school cross-country, as the
two Tillamook teams showed Wednesday
afternoon at Camp Rilea.
The Cheesemakers cleaned up at the
Cowapa League championship meet,
sweeping the girls’ and boys’ team and
individual titles in a strong tune-up for the
state meet, Nov. 9 in Eugene.
Astoria will also be well-represented in
Eugene.
Team-wise, the Astoria girls had four
runners among the top 10 finishers to earn
a solid second place in the team standings,
which qualifies the Lady Fishermen for
state.
“That was real exciting,” said Astoria
coach Andrew Fick. “I think it’s the first
time since 2007 that the Astoria girls have
qualified for state as a team. They’ve been
working hard all year, and they showed up
today.”
Individually, the Astoria boys will send
two runners to Eugene.
Seaside’s Luis Moreno initially took
second overall behind Tillamook junior
Marshall Bush, but Moreno was later dis-
qualified, moving Fishermen junior Niko-
lai Boisvert from fifth to fourth, and Asto-
ria freshman John Clement from sixth to a
state-qualifying fifth place.
But it was Tillamook that stole the
show.
On the boys side, the Cheesemakers
scored 20 team points with six runners
in the top 10, easily outdistancing sec-
ond place Valley Catholic (54), followed
by Astoria (62), Banks (115) and Seaside
(124).
Bush was timed in 17 minutes, 13 sec-
onds over the 5,000-meter course at Camp
Rilea. Tillamook swept the top three spots,
followed by Biosvert (18:01) and Clement
(18:05).
“Nikolai ran one of his best races of the
season,” Fick said. “And John had a good
day, as he took another step up in the com-
petition level as a freshman.”
Rounding out Astoria’s top five were
Elias Harding-Coe (15th), Tommy Laman
(16th) and John Colquhoun (22nd).
Freshman Cole Jervis was officially the
first finisher for the Gulls (13th, 19:07).
In the girls race, Tillamook had seven
runners among the top 12 finishers, for 24
team points. Astoria was second with 48,
followed by Valley Catholic (63) and Sea-
side (96).
Tillamook junior Sarah Pullen won in
20:08, ahead of Valley Catholic sopho-
more Georgia Hicken (20:20), while the
Lady Fishermen were paced by junior
Sophie Long, third in 20:38.
“She did great,” Fick said of Long, last
spring’s state champion in the 800 meters.
“She’s really starting to feel more com-
fortable with the longer distances. She and
Georgia have kind of been going back and
forth all year, so I was anxious to see how
Seaside’s Cole Jervis climbs the steepest hill at the Camp Rilea course.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Volleyball — 4A state playoff: North Marion at Astoria, 5 p.m.;
3A state playoff: Warrenton at Santiam Christian, 5 p.m.
CROSS-COUNTRY
Cowapa League Championships
Girls team: Tillamook 24, Astoria 48, Valley Catholic 63, Seaside
96; Banks, inc.
Top 10
1. Sarah Pullen, Til, 20:08
2. Georgia Hicken, VC, 20:20
3. Sophie Long, Ast, 20:38
4. Solace Bergeron, Til, 20:51
5. Whitney Averill, Til, 21:12
6. Nina Zweifel, Til, 21:40
7. Lindsay Riutta, Ast, 21:56
8. Lily Prince, Til, 22:10
9. Ella Zilli, Ast, 22:19
10. Allyson Pritchard, Ast, 22:29
Boys team: Tillamook 20, Valley Catholic 54, Astoria 62, Banks
115, Seaside 124.
Top 10
1. Marshall Bush, Til, 17:13
2. Johnathan Ginyrich, Til, 17:57
3. Devon Franske, Til, 17:59
4. Nikolai Boisvert, Ast, 18:01
5. John Clement, Ast, 18:05
6. Ernie Chacon, Til, 18:21
7. Nicklaus Leong, VC, 18:27
8. Dexter Patching, Til, 18:30
9. Riley Cloyd, Til, 18:35
10. Jonathan Nerenberg, VC, 18:41
Seaside’s Luis Moreno approaches the finish of the 4A-1 Cowapa League Championships at Camp
Rilea on Wednesday. Moreno finished second in 17 minutes, 41 seconds but was later disqualified.
that would play out.”
Three more Tillamook runners finished
before Astoria sophomore Lindsay Riutta
crossed the line in 21:56 for seventh.
One more Tillamook runner completed
the team scoring for the Mooks, and she
was followed by Astoria teammates Ella
Zilli (ninth, 22:19) and Allyson Pritchard
(10th, 22:29).
Seaside’s first runner was sophomore
Elise Seppa (14th, 23:14), followed by
Tara Lair (18th, 24:42), while Annalyse
Steele (19th, 24:54) was Astoria’s fifth
runner to complete the team scoring.
Races at the state meet begin at 10 a.m.,
Nov. 9 at Lane Community College.
Astoria’s Lindsay Riutta and Tillamook’s Nina
Zweifel speed down a small hill as the course
loops around for the final lap of the 5k race.
Seaside’s Elise Seppa collapses in coach Kimber
Parker’s arms after crossing the finish line.
Seppa was the first Seaside runner to finish.