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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021
SPORTS
ATHLETES
OF THE WEEK
LILY
MEADOWS
Astoria
T.J.
COLVIN
Astoria
Gary Henley/The Astorian
A
freshman, Meadows is the top-ranked female shot
putter in the Cowapa League, and ranks third in
the discus. Last Saturday in a three-way meet in Astoria,
she had personal best marks to win both events. Her
winning shot put traveled 33 feet, 11 inches, and she
had a throw of 85-9 in the discus. She was second in
the javelin (56-11). Meadows ranks eighth in the state
in the shot put, the only freshman in the top 10.
Seaside girls golf
qualifi es for state
Gary Henley/The Astorian
I
n Astoria’s three-way track meet last Saturday, the
senior sprinter had a career day, winning the 100-
and 200-meter races in personal best times (11.55
and 23.84 seconds), and ran legs on Astoria’s winning
400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. His times in the
100 and 200 rank fi rst in the Cowapa League.
The Astorian
Cowapa League girls golf fi n-
ished up its short season with the
Astoria Invitational, held Mon-
day at the Astoria Golf & Coun-
try Club.
Using a Stableford scoring
system all season, Valley Cath-
olic took fi rst in the team stand-
ings, averaging 25 points per
tournament.
Seaside placed second (18) to
qualify as a team for the state tour-
nament, followed by Tillamook
(12), Astoria (11) and Banks (9).
The 4A state tournament will
be held this week at Trysting Tree
Golf Club in Corvallis.
Individually, Valley Catho-
lic’s Challin Kim and Megan Bir-
rell fi nished fi rst and second, with
average scores of 63.0 and 57.0.
Seaside’s Tristyn McFad-
den was third at 53.7, followed
by Natalie Gitchell of Tillamook
(51.0) and Valley Catholic’s Keeli
Satterfi eld (47.0) to round out the
Cowapa’s fi rst team all-league.
The second team included Til-
lamook’s Callie Fry (41.3), Joce-
lyn Janecek of Banks (41.0), Lexie
Braxling of Tillamook (38.3), and
Astoria golfers Constance Rouda
(36.0) and Annalyse Steele (35.3).
The Valiants won Monday’s
Astoria invite with 195 team
points, with Kim earning medalist
honors with a 65 score.
McFadden was second at 56,
with Birrell (55) third. In her
senior year, McFadden shot a per-
sonal best 89.
Other Seaside scorers: Emma
Arden (36), Caleigh Peterson (30),
Kaylee Snyder (30) and Emily
Philbrook (13). Astoria scores:
Rouda (35), Steele (35), Ava Davis
(34), Xochitl Perez (18), Lily Reed
(14) and Emma Roe (10).
Seaside boys golf comes up short at Banks
Banks beats Seaside in softball showdown
The Astorian
After a 30-minute pre-
game ceremony, it only
took the Banks Braves
about 12 minutes to score
six runs in the top of the
second inning Thursday,
all they would need for a
10-3 win over Seaside in
a Cowapa League soft-
ball game at Broadway
Field.
Before the game, the
Gulls offi cially dedi-
cated the Herche Fam-
ily indoor training facil-
ity, and honored seniors
from both teams for
Senior Day.
The Braves then
posted a quick 2-0 lead
in the fi rst inning, and
followed with six in the
second, highlighted by a
two-run single from Syd-
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Baseball — Seaside at Asto-
ria (Tapiola Park), Noon
Softball — Seaside at Banks,
1 p.m.
MONDAY
Boys Basketball — Willam-
ina at Warrenton, 7 p.m.
ney Maller, a two-run
ground rule double by
Hayden Rockwell and a
two-run homer from Jes-
sica Stewart for an 8-0
lead.
Tara Lair and Erin
Owsley both had singles
and scored for Seaside
in the fourth inning, and
Lair had a double and
scored in the sixth, as the
Gulls outscored Banks
3-2 over the fi nal four
innings.
Pitchers Brooke Van-
dehey and Alex Saunders
combined on a two-hit-
ter for the Braves. Banks
clinched the league title
with an 11-0 record
(13-0 overall), while the
Gulls slip to 9-4. The two
teams are scheduled to
play Saturday at Banks,
followed by an eight-
team state tournament.
Banks baseball
tops Seaside, 15-5
Seaside opened the
scoring with two runs in
the top of the fi rst, but it
was all Banks after that,
as the Braves had four
runs in the bottom of the
fi rst and scored in every
inning after that, for a
15-5 win Thursday after-
noon in Cowapa League
baseball action at Banks.
The Braves tacked on
two runs in the second,
six in the third and three
in the fourth.
The Hesselman broth-
ers combined fi ve hits
and eight runs scored
while three Seaside
pitchers allowed 12 hits
and the Gulls committed
seven errors in the fi eld.
Wyatt
Hesselman
was 2-for-3 with a dou-
ble and four runs scored
while Colton Hesselman
fi nished 3-for-3 with a
home run, fi ve RBIs and
four runs scored.
Lawson Talamantez
had three of Seaside’s
fi ve hits and also drove
in three runs.
Seaside plays Satur-
day at Astoria.
DEL’S O.K. TIRE
Del Thompson, former owner of
OK Rubber Welders.
The Astorian
For the fi rst time in school his-
tory, the Seaside boys golf team
lost to Banks — and it could not
have come at a more inopportune
time.
In a Cowapa League dual
match Tuesday at Quail Valley
Golf Course, the Gulls and Braves
were playing for the league’s sec-
ond spot at next week’s state tour-
nament. With a 358 to 378 victory,
the Braves move on to state and
the Gulls’ season comes to an end.
Seaside senior Curtis Kunde
birdied three of the fi rst four holes
on the back nine to shoot 75, the
low score of the day, and gave the
Seagulls a six-stroke lead with
Banks’ Arron Brown shooting 81.
Seaside junior Carson Kawasoe
then came in with an 83 to Jake
Walters’ 94 to extend the Gulls’
lead to 17. When Seaside’s Ever-
est Sibony came in with a 109 and
Ben Cost of Banks shot 96, it was
back down to four strokes.
Then John Cost came in with
a 90 to 125 for Seaside’s Conner
Langmo, and Banks suddenly led
by 31 strokes. Owen Higdon came
in with a 111 to knock 14 strokes
off Seaside’s score, but Bo Worm-
ington knocked three off of Banks’
total with a 93 for the fi nal tally,
358-378.
“Golf tournaments are won by
the three through fi ve guys, and
today their three though fi ve were
much better than ours,” said Sea-
side coach Jim Poetsch. “But I
think the two kids that put in the
eff ort in the off -season, Kunde and
Kawasoe, should both earn a trip
to state.
“Kunde will for sure, as he won
every league match we played,
and Carson is on the bubble, but I
think he will get in,” Poetsch said.
“Once again, we had four JV kids
beat varsity kids. It still wouldn’t
have been enough if they had
played varsity today, but it does
bode well for the future. We now
have 371 days to get ready for next
year’s state tournament.”
The 4A state tournament will
be held May 18 at Trysting Tree
Golf Club in Corvallis.
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