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14A • March 20, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com Signal Sports Season comes to end for Lady Gulls By Gary Henley EO Media Group The Seaside Lady Gulls had to be feeling pretty good PLGZD\WKURXJKWKH¿UVWKDOI of the March 13 consolation VHPL¿QDOJDPHYV%DQNVLQ the Class 4A state girls bas- NHWEDOOWRXUQDPHQW Not only had the Gulls EHDWHQ WKH %UDYHV IRXU WLPHVLQIRXUJDPHVRYHUWKH last two years (including a SRLQW WKXPSLQJ MXVW RYHU DPRQWKDJR6HDVLGHKHOGD 17-6 lead early in the second TXDUWHURIWKHVWDWHSOD\RII %XW VRPHZKHUH LQ WKH dimly lit gymnasium at Cen- WXU\ +LJK 6FKRRO WKH *XOOV ORVWWKHLUVKRRWLQJWRXFKWKH OHDGDQGXOWLPDWHO\WKHJDPH as their season came to a pre- PDWXUHHQG $UXQE\%DQNVODWH LQWKH¿UVWKDOISXWWKH%UDYHV ZLWKLQ VWULNLQJ GLVWDQFH DW KDOIWLPHDQGWKH\FRPSOHWHG WKHLUFRPHEDFNLQWKHVHFRQG KDOIIRUDZLQRYHUWKH *XOOV “Four times in a row that WKH\JRWXVVRZHNQHZLWZDV JRLQJWREHWRXJK´VDLG%DQNV FRDFK%UDQGRQ%DJOH\³7KH last time we played they beat XV E\ DW WKHLU SODFH %XW we saw some things that we FRXOGEHVXFFHVVIXOZLWKDQG ZH IHOW OLNH WKH ZD\ ZH¶YH EHHQSOD\LQJODWHO\DQ\WKLQJ ZDVSRVVLEOH´ $QG ³DQ\WKLQJ´ FDPH WUXHDVWKH%UDYHVZHUH¿QDO- O\DEOHWREHDW6HDVLGH7KHLU OXFNUDQRXWKRZHYHULQ6DW- XUGD\¶V FRQVRODWLRQ ¿QDO LQ ZKLFK*ODGVWRQHEHDW%DQNV Sutherlin — riding a 55- JDPH ZLQ VWUHDN ² ZRQ the 4A state championship IRUWKHVHFRQG\HDULQDURZ ZLWKDZLQRYHU+HQOH\ 0DUFK 6HDVLGH¶V VHDVRQ HQGV DW RYHUDOO ZKLFK LQFOXG- ed losses to both Henley and 6XWKHUOLQ ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO The Banks Braves put the clamps on Seaside’s Maddi Utti and the Seagulls to overcome a first- half deficit and take control of the game in the second. ALEX PAJUNAS PHOTO From left, Seaside’s Jetta Ideue, Alie Zagata, Paige Ideue, Jesse Trott, and Allison Bussert carry their warm-ups and water bottles off the court following a 44-37 season-ending loss to the Banks Braves during consolation play in the state tournament March 13 at Century High School. 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