Boys Soccer
Gulls hopeful for a
shot at league title
Seaside boys could be
most improved team
By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
JOSHUA BESSEX/THE DAILY ASTORIAN
Seaside’s Colton Carter practices a free kick during soccer practice.
The record in league
play last year may not have
been impressive (one win,
three losses, four ties).
But in soccer, it was
good enough for third place
in the league standings and
a trip to the playoffs for the
Seaside boys soccer team.
$nd with ¿ve allleague
returners, the Gulls, for
one, believe they could be
on the verge of a league ti
tle. Why not them?
³We ¿nished third last
year with mainly sopho
mores and freshmen,” said
head coach John Chapman.
“So we’re a year older and
we haven’t really lost any
thing. We expect to com
pete with anybody.”
The Gulls played Hen
ley in the recent Astoria
summer tournament, and
lost to the A semi¿nalist
Hornets, .
“And (the Hornets) had
their full squad there,”
Chapman said. “We’re op
timistic, for sure. We get
to play the state champi
ons again in the preseason,
North Marion, so that’s go
ing to be a good marker for
where we’re at.”
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The lineup is pretty
much set, Chapman said.
Here’s how most of it
shakes out:
Colton Carter (So,),
Hunter Thompson (Jr.) and
Taylor Barnes (Sr.) in the
middle, with Will Garvin
(Jr.), Raidon Bowles (Sr.),
Juneau Meyer (Jr.) and
Ra¿ Sibony (So.) on the
back line and likely Jarrett
Coughlin (Sr.) in goal.
In addition, Brent Walsh
(Jr.), Henry Chapman
(So.), Irving Contreras
(Fr.) and Dylan Wallis (Jr.)
will be on the ¿eld, as well.
Barnes, Bowles, Car
ter, Garvin and Thompson
were all selected allleague
last season.
“Once we get every
body there, we’re looking
at a good squad of or
guys,” Chapman said.
“Where is our strength?
We’re pretty strong, all
SEASIDE BOYS
SOCCER
COACH: John Chapman,
3rd year
2014 SEASON: 4-7-7 (1-3-4
Cowapa)
PLAYOFFS: Lost Regional
Play-in at Phoenix
(1-3)
ALL-LEAGUE LOSS: Marshall
Ferre
ALL-LEAGUE RETURNERS: Tay-
lor Barnes, Sr.; Raiden
Bowles, Sr.; Colton
Carter, So.; William
Garvin, Jr.; Hunter
Thompson, Jr.
over. We’ve built and de
veloped more into our at
tacking play. We’re a run
ning and passing team.”
The Cowapa
“You never know what
Valley Catholic’s going
to bring aboard,” Chap
man said. “Tillamook I
think we can handle, As
toria we’re going to han
dle … but nobody is being
taken lightly. You can’t
take Scappoose lightly,
but they lost some good
players, too. They lost
their goalkeeper and three
of their main guys in the
middle of the ¿eld.”
The Cowapa itself,
meanwhile, is down to ¿ve
teams, as Banks dropped
its varsity schedule for
.
Seaside has picked up
replacement
nonleague
games with Gladstone and
Molalla.