BOYS SOCCER
Gulls’ soccer ready to bounce back
The Cowapa
By Gary Henley
Seaside Signal
The 2016 season was loaded with promise
for the Seaside boys soccer program.
The defending league champion Gulls had
only lost three players to graduation, with six
all-league returning players and the Cowapa’s
Coach of the Year.
And following a 3-0 win over Cottage
Grove in the regional play-in round, Seaside
was set to make a huge run in the state play-
offs.
But it all came crashing down in a first-
round contest at La Grande, where the Tigers
scored two second-half goals in a 3-1 win, and
the season came to a premature end for the
Gulls.
Seaside has regrouped, they’ve still got the
league’s best player, and coach John Chapman
is talking league championship once again, as
the Gulls hope to steal the league crown from
Tillamook.
“It’s not rebuild, it’s reload,” said the al-
ways-optimistic coach Chapman. “We lost
some good guys, but we’re going to be OK.”
SEASIDE BOYS SOCCER
Too many ties cost the Gulls last year. While
the Cheesemakers coasted to the league title
with a 7-0-1 mark, Seaside finished at 4-1-3,
with ties against Scappoose and Valley Cath-
olic, and a 1-1 deadlock with Tillamook in
the league finale — the only league game the
Cheesemakers did not win.
Chapman said, “With Tillamook, it comes
down to, do they get another handful of inter-
national exchange students who know how to
play the game? They had five exchange stu-
dents — guys from Germany and Italy, and
they could all play.”
The Gulls
Gone are Januik, Thompson, Wallis, Walsh
… among others. Seaside graduated nine se-
niors off last year’s team.
The Gulls will miss their future Hall of Fam-
ers, but the shelves are still stocked with talent.
After all, Seaside still has the league’s two-
time Player of the Year, senior Colton Carter.
“And we’ve got his little brother (freshman
Westin Carter), who plays at a high club ball
level,” Chapman said. “We’re going to be OK.
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COACH: John Chapman, 5th year
2016: 8-3-4 (4-1-3 Cowapa)
PLAYOFFS: Lost state playoff at La
Grande, 1-3
ALL-LEAGUE LOSSES: Jackson Januik,
Hunter Thompson, Dylan Wallis, Brent
Walsh
ALL-LEAGUE RETURNERS: Colton Car-
ter, Sr., Irving Peon, Jr., Rafi Sibony, Sr.
I’m optimistically confident.”
Starting goalkeeper Jesus Perez has also
graduated, but again, the Gulls have replace-
ments ready.
“We’ve got four guys who are pushing for
goalkeeper roles,” Chapman said, including se-
nior Ashton Boyd, and juniors James Petie and
Mason Shamion. “I’m feeling a lot more confi-
dent with the keeper side.”
GARY HENLEY/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Other varsity returners include seniors
Henry Chapman and Rafi Sibony; and juniors Seaside senior Colton Carter is the Cowapa
Parker Conrad, Wes Corliss, Bryce DeWinter, League’s two-time Player of the Year, as he enters
Chase Januik and Irving Peon.
his final season with the Gulls.
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