Football
Gulls to make another run at league title
By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
Banks and Scappoose. If
the Seaside Gulls could take
those two schools off the foot-
ball schedule, they would be
8-1 over the last three seasons.
Unfortunately, the Braves
and the Indians are still on
Seaside’s schedule (although
Scappoose could make the
move to Class 5A in another
year or two).
Losses to the two powers
of the Cowapa League have
resulted in back-to-back 3-2
seasons for the Gulls, who
seem to have no problem in
beating everybody else.
The Gulls are back to take
another shot at Banks, Scap-
poose, and whoever else is
standing in their way of an
elusive league championship.
Like it has every year since
2010, Seaside’s season invari-
ably comes down to a three-
game stretch: Banks (Oct. 8),
Astoria (Oct. 16) and Scap-
poose (Oct. 23).
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all-league offensive players,
including quarterback Kevin
LaCoste and running back
Calvin Pollard.
“There’s no doubt there,”
said Seaside coach Jeff Rob-
erts. “Everybody is keenly
aware of that. LaCoste and
Pollard are gone, in addition
to Josh Chesnut and Daemon
Fassler — those guys were
huge contributors. But you
know those days are going to
come, and you hope that you
prepare appropriately.”
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Seaside’s Otto Hoekstre, No. 12, breaks a tackle by Warren-
ton’s Nathan Bighill No. 44, during the Football Jamboree.
On the bright side, “Alex
Barker (Sr.) was all-league
last year and tied Pollard for
tackles,” Roberts said. “He
will take over the bulk of the
carries at fullback.
“We have a little more
depth at running back.
Everybody knew that we
were going to hand it to
Pollard 25 times a game.
Why wouldn’t you? Now,
we have a more balanced
attack.”
Jaxson Smith (Sr.) will play
a wingback/halfback spot,
while Nathaniel Ward (Sr.,)
has returned. Astor Landwehr
(So.) is another running back,
and senior Sam Beaudoin will
play both guard and fullback.
“In our offense, our best
athletes are the two guards
and our fullback,” Roberts
said. “Sammy has worked
hard in the weight room.”
At quarterback, the Gulls
had a preseason battle be-
tween Otto Hoekstre and
Smith.
“Otto is the front-runner
right now, but both are work-
ing really hard,” Roberts said.
“As long as they pivot the
right way and hand it to the
right person, we’re in pretty
good shape. We’re not going
to sling the ball all over the
place. We never have, and I
don’t anticipate that chang-
ing. We’ve had success and
scored a lot points in the last
few years doing what we do.”
Elsewhere, the Gulls have
all-league tackle Austin Ea-
gon (Sr.) returning, along
with all-league tight end Zach
Marston (Sr.). Both are two-
year starters at defensive end.
Saoul Cazarez (Sr.) returns at
guard.
Senior Taylor Barnes is
“one of the best kickers in the
league, if not 4A football,”
Roberts said. “He will be a
weapon for us.”
Summing it up, Roberts
said, “I like us a lot, one deep.
We don’t have the depth that
I hoped that we would have.
We will try to keep guys
healthy and practice smarter.”
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