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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021
SPORTS
Knappa grads lead Western Oregon rugby team Many Fishermen, Gulls
on all-league squad
Wolves in the
Final Four
The Astorian
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
It’s hard to say if Knappa
has ever produced any
rugby players. If they have,
there haven’t been many.
Even so, few have
advanced as far as Sean
Pomeroy and Braedon
Eltagonde.
Pomeroy is the head
coach of Western Oregon
University’s men’s rugby
team, and Eltagonde is one
of his players.
Both will be in Houston,
Texas, this weekend, when
Western Oregon competes
in the Final Four of the
National Collegiate Rugby
championship tournament.
The Wolves were sched-
uled to play Wayne State on
Friday at Aveva Stadium
in Houston. The game will
be one of two semifi nals in
the men’s small school divi-
sion. Win or lose, Western
Oregon plays again Sunday.
As
conference
and
regional champions, West-
ern Oregon qualifi ed for the
National Collegiate Rugby
championships. The Wolves
will compete with the cham-
pions from the other three
regions for the national title.
Western Oregon opened
the 2021 season with a loss,
but the Wolves have been
on a hot streak ever since.
“We had a tough loss
in a scrimmage vs. Ore-
gon State our fi rst game,”
Pomeroy said. “After that
we won against Central
Oregon Community Col-
lege (51-5),” followed by a
victory over defending con-
ference champion Oregon
Tech (36-17), an exhibition
win over Willamette (101-
9) and a 12-10 decision over
Gonzaga to end the regular
season.
“Our season went well,”
Pomeroy said. “Coming out
of COVID I was a little con-
cerned we would be able to
Western Oregon University photos
Knappa graduate Sean Pomeroy (third row, far right) is the head coach for the men’s rugby
team at Western Oregon University. One of his players is Knappa grad Braedon Eltagonde
(second row, far left).
PREP SPORTS
SCHEDULE
League
champion
Banks swept most of the
individual awards, while
the Cowapa League foot-
ball Coaches of the Year
had Astoria ties.
Banks’s Cole Linehan
— a former track coach at
Astoria — shared Coach of
the Year honors with Til-
lamook’s Kye Johnson, an
Astoria graduate.
Astoria
and
Sea-
side both had numer-
ous fi rst team and second
team selections. The fi rst
team included four of the
league’s six starting quar-
terbacks, while the Gulls
— for the third year in a
row — had every start-
ing linebacker named
all-league.
Senior Charles White of
Banks was selected as the
league’s Off ensive Player
of the Year and Defensive
Player of the Year.
Wyatt Hesselman of
MONDAY
Girls Basketball — Knappa at
Neah-Kah-Nie, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Knappa at
Neah-Kah-Nie, 7:45 p.m.
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball — Westside
Christian at Warrenton, 7:30 p.m.;
Jewell at Falls City, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball — Westside
Christian at Warrenton, 5:30 p.m.
Knappa graduate and former football player Braedon Eltagonde
now carries a rugby ball at Western Oregon University.
fi eld a team, but every day
it seemed like a new face
showed up to practice and
eventually we had a team to
play matches.”
Pomeroy has 23 play-
ers on the team, including
Eltagonde, a 2018 Knappa
graduate.
As for Pomeroy, the
Knappa graduate of 2011
tried walking on for football
and track at Western Ore-
gon, but ended up accepting
an invitation to play rugby, a
club sport at the university .
And, he said, “I found
the brotherhood I’d been
lacking since leaving home.
I played for WOU for about
fi ve years, and my last year
in school I volunteered as
an assistant coach.”
In 2018 Pomeroy was
named as head coach, and
took the team to the regional
semifi nals, where Western
Oregon lost to the eventual
national champions.
Banks was Kicker of the
Year, and Astoria’s Colton
McMaster was named
Punter of the Year.
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE
SATURDAY
Basketball — Seaside at Junc-
tion City Invitational, TBA; Jewell
at SW Christian Invitational, TBA
Girls Basketball — Astoria at
Yamhill-Carlton, 1 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Astoria at
Yamhill-Carlton, 2:45 p.m.
Swimming — Newport Invita-
tional, TBA
Wrestling — Astoria at Warren-
ton, TBA
Gary Henley/The Astorian
Astoria
senior
Rocky
Rub was one of four
quarterbacks on the fi rst
team all-league squad.
Off ensive Player of the Year: Charles White, Banks
Defensive Player of the Year: Charles White, Banks
Kicker of the Year: Wyatt Hesselman, Banks
Punter of the Year: Colton McMaster, Astoria
Coach of the Year: Cole Linehan, Banks; Kye Johnson, Tillamook
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
LB: Tanner Kraushaar, Jr.,
Seaside
LB: Cooper Rogien, Sr., Seaside
LB: Lawson Talamantez, Sr.,
Seaside
LB: Charles White, Sr., Banks
LB: Gilbert Whitlatch, Jr., Tillamook
CB: Jack Lyda, Jr., Banks
CB: Brody Thompson, Sr.,
Milwaukie
SS: Niko Boudreau, Jr., Astoria
SS: Tyler Moncrief, Jr., Tillamook
FS: Jamar Flippen, Sr., Banks
FS: Jarred White, Sr., Seaside
P: Colton McMaster, Sr., Astoria
WR: Marshall Allen, Sr., Tillamook
WR: Aaron Brown, Sr., Banks
WR: Sean LaChapelle, Sr.,
Milwaukie
WR: Colton McMaster, Sr.,
Astoria
C: Jared Landolt, Sr., Tillamook
G: Aiden Giles, Jr., Astoria
G: Izzy Jantes, So., Seaside
T: Jake Cooper, Sr., Milwaukie
T: Aiden Johnson, Sr., Tillamook
T: Michael Vereen, Sr., Banks
TE: Charles White, Sr., Banks
FB: Lawson Talamantez, Sr.,
Seaside
RB: Luke Cummings, Jr., Astoria
RB: Jamar Flippen, Sr., Banks
QB: Trent Buchler, Sr., Tillamook
QB: Cooper Gobel, Sr., Banks
QB: Kaden Harris, Jr., Milwaukie
QB: Rocky Rub, Sr., Astoria
K: Wyatt Hesselman, So., Banks
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
WR: Tanner Hoskins, So., Tillamook
WR: Zeyon Hurliman, Jr., Tillamook
WR: Henry McCarthy, Jr., Valley
Catholic
OL: Antonio Aguilar, Fr., Milwaukie
OL: Sam Diaz, Jr., Tillamook
OL: Gus Hendrickson, Sr., Valley
Catholic
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DE: Jackson Farris, Fr., Valley
Catholic
DE: Daevon Vereen, Jr., Banks
DE: Michael Vereen, Sr., Banks
DT: Matt Evans, So., Astoria
DT: Dillon Stein, Sr., Tillamook
LB: Zane Garvey, Sr., Milwaukie
LB: Noah Holub, So., Valley Catholic
LB: Andrew Ignotov, Sr., Milwaukie
LB: Aiden Johnson, Sr., Tillamook
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL: Will Hofmann, So., Astoria
DL: Sven Johnson, Jr., Astoria
NT: Luke Bigsby, Fr., Banks
LB: Logan Kind, Jr., Banks
CB: Kaleb Bartel, Sr., Seaside
CB: Everest Sibony, Sr., Seaside
SS: Christian Lyda, Jr., Banks
FS: Gavin Smith, Jr., Milwaukie
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SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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SUNDAY
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Seattle
49 38
44 35
43 34
Cloudy with
Breezy with rain
showers
Rain
44 35
45 36
45 33
Brief showers
A thick cloud
cover
Showers
possible
44 35
Cloudy
Aberdeen
Olympia
50/38
47/38
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
46/35
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: First quarter
moon (5:36 p.m.).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 48/38
Normal high/low .................. 49/38
Record high .................. 61 in 2014
Record low .................... 16 in 2009
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.50”
Month to date ........................ 2.35”
Normal month to date ......... 3.16”
Year to date .......................... 66.68”
Normal year to date ........... 62.74”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
7:23 a.m.
7:09 p.m.
7.7 12:45 a.m. 0.9
6.5 1:34 p.m. 2.9
Cape Disappointment
7:06 a.m.
6:47 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:48 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 4:30 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 1:18 p.m.
Moonset today ............ 12:03 a.m.
First
Full
Last
New
7:13 a.m.
6:58 p.m.
Warrenton
7:18 a.m.
7:04 p.m.
Knappa
8:00 a.m.
7:46 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Dec 10 Dec 18 Dec 26 Jan 2
6:24 a.m.
6:02 p.m.
7.7 1:04 p.m.
6.4
none
3.2
8.0 12:15 a.m. 0.9
6.8 1:16 p.m. 3.1
8.1 12:29 a.m. 1.0
6.9 1:18 p.m. 3.0
8.0 1:46 a.m.
6.8 2:35 p.m.
0.8
2.5
7.8 12:32 p.m. 3.3
6.5
none
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
71/40/t
64/43/sh
41/29/r
56/35/s
48/29/pc
82/72/pc
67/42/c
63/42/s
82/71/s
64/45/sh
67/45/s
57/49/s
73/42/t
58/37/s
48/37/pc
48/37/s
63/41/s
60/32/pc
82/70/pc
64/47/pc
61/44/pc
83/71/pc
49/38/s
72/47/s
56/53/r
52/34/s
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
46/39
Hermiston
The Dalles 57/40
Enterprise
Pendleton 37/33
52/36
53/38
La Grande
39/35
52/40
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
40/31
Kennewick Walla Walla
52/37 Lewiston
60/44
50/39
Salem
Pullman
52/29
Longview
49/38 Portland
50/40
43/32
Yakima 55/36
47/35
Astoria
Spokane
45/32
Corvallis
50/38
Albany
48/40
John Day
Eugene
Bend
50/40
44/36
43/39
Ontario
40/36
Caldwell
Burns
41/32
39/38
Medford
45/38
Klamath Falls
41/28
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
37/29/sn
51/42/r
49/41/r
49/39/r
48/40/r
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
41/32/sn
47/42/sh
44/38/sh
46/39/sh
46/37/sh
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
53/41/r
51/41/r
49/39/r
50/41/r
49/42/r
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
48/41/sh
48/41/sh
44/36/sh
50/40/sh
45/39/sh