10A
FRIDAY
Jan. 5, 2018
Winter Sports
SeasideSignal.com
SWIMMING
NORTH COAST SPORTS IN 2017
SEASIDE CAGERS TOOK
FIRST STATE TITLE
Boys, girls both starred
at tourney
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M
oments of glory arrived thick
and fast for the North Coast’s
high school sports teams.
The Seaside boys basket-
ball team made school history in March, win-
ning its first-ever state championship. Follow-
ing a Feb. 10 loss at Valley Catholic, the Gulls
caught fire and won seven in a row, including
a 71-63 victory over Valley Catholic in the
Class 4A state title game. The Gulls captured
the hearts of Seaside, winning a champion-
ship for Bill Westerholm in his 19th year as
the coach.
Small in stature, big in heart.
And pretty good in quickness, defense,
passing, ball-handling, speed, shooting abili-
ty, etc.
Add it all up, and it equaled an unbeatable
combination for the Seaside High School
boys basketball program, over the course of
the 2016-17 season. And ultimately, it gave
the Gulls’ their first-ever state championship.
With their 71-63 win over Valley Catho-
lic at Forest Grove High School late Saturday
night, the Gulls indeed made school history,
as they returned home with the town’s first
state championship in boys basketball.
Was there ever a doubt?
The Gulls were ranked No. 1 at the Class
4A level almost from Day 1 of the season.
With the returning state Player of the Year
and a host of quick and talented (but not very
tall) athletes, the Seaside boys showed early
on that they would be nearly impossible to
beat.
They lost just once, to Valley Catholic, Feb.
10. After that, the Gulls closed out the regular
season with two must-wins. And with their
colors of Red, White and Columbia Blue, they
flew past the competition in the playoffs and
the state tournament, winning five in a row —
including two victories over the Valiants.
They played Valley Catholic four times —
twice in the regular season and two times in
the post-season. And no match-up between
the Valiants and Gulls was ever bigger than
the championship battle.
Seaside’s senior guard tandem of Jack-
son Januik and Hunter Thompson — one of
the most talented backcourt duos in Clatsop
County since Astoria’s Bobby Anet and Wally
JEFF TER HAR/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
Seagull Jackson Januik soars in for another shot against Newport last spring, an 83-67 win
for Seaside.
Johansen — went out as state champions.
Lady Gulls
Maddi Utti led the Gulls to a 20-5 (9-1
league) record in 2016-17 under second-year
coach Mike Hawes Utti graduated from
Seaside as the all-time team leader in career
points (1,794), assists (504) and steals (503),
and season record-holder in all three.
The Lady Gulls finished third place at
state, defeating Cascade and Marshfield be-
fore a loss to Sutherlin.
The Seaside girls highlighted their season
with an 11-game win streak after losing a non-
league game at Marshfield Dec. 21.
Seaside tied with Banks for the Cowapa
League co-championship, then won three
straight playoff games before a loss in the Fi-
nal Four to eventual state champion Sutherlin.
The Gulls avenged their loss to Marshfield
with a 53-40 win over the Pirates in the third-
place game.
Knappa wins baseball crown
In an epic come-from-behind win, Knappa
won its second 2A/1A baseball crown in three
years, defeating Reedsport 10-9 in the state ti-
tle game in June. Trailing Reedsport 9-1 after
Seaside
competes
at Newport
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NEWPORT — The Seaside
swim team took part in the Holi-
day Invitational meet Saturday in
Newport.
The Cubs hosted four other
schools to close out 2017 in one of
the first meets at the new pool, part
of the Newport Recreation Center.
It was Seaside’s first time at the
new pool, said Seaside coach Shane
Spell. “It’s a great facility, with some
great teams we don’t normally get to
see until district and state.”
As for the Gulls, Spell said his team
was depleted “due to vacation travels,
illness and other conflicts. But those
that made it had some great swims.
It was nice to have a meet during the
break to keep us focused.”
The Seaside girls finished third
in the team standings behind Sweet
Home and Newport, while the Seaside
boys took fourth behind Newport,
Sweet Home and Taft.
Highlights for Seaside included
Kendy Lin winning the girls’ 100-yard
backstroke in 1 minute, 9.87 seconds;
Emily Philbrook dropped almost 12
seconds in her 100 backstroke, taking
sixth in 1:31.66; and Isaiah Collins
dropped 14 seconds in his 200-yard
freestyle, finishing sixth in 2:21.10.
Seaside Hoop
Shoot winners
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The Seaside team claims their third place
trophy after Seaside faces off against
Marshfield on March 11 in Forest Grove.
Seaside defeated Marshfield 53-40 claim-
ing third place.
five innings and 9-3 heading into the bottom
of the seventh, the Loggers scored seven runs
to secure the win. With most of its team re-
turning, Knappa will be the favorite to win its
third championship in four years next June.
And the Astoria High School girls track
and field team continued its dynasty, winning
its third consecutive 4A state championship in
May.
Winners of the annual Seaside Elks
Local Hoop Contest were announced
following the Dec. 16 competition.
First place finishers included:
Age 8-9: Jordyn Ellis (girls); Hayden
Halsen (boys). Age 10-11: Mallo-
ry Dundas (girls); Haydn Edwards
(boys). Age 12-13: Caleigh Peterson
(girls); James Roehr (boys).
Second place finishers were Bran-
don Spalding, Jaya Honan, Madden
Wunderlich, Julia Kueser and Brady
Jackson.
The first place shooters will ad-
vance to the District Hoop Shoot Con-
test in Tillamook, Feb. 2. Over 550 stu-
dents participated at the local schools,
with 70 at the final local contest.
WRESTLING
SEAGULLS VARSITY SCOREBOARD
Warrenton, Knappa battle in Clatskanie
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CLATSKANIE — Local
wrestling teams, including
Warrenton and Knappa,
tuned up for this week’s
Pac Rim Invitational by
competing in the Clatskanie
Winter Classic, where nine
schools met Saturday for a
full day of wrestling.
Rainier won the team
title with 221.5 points, fol-
lowed by St. Helens, Verno-
nia, Ilwaco and Warrenton.
“We were missing a few
wrestlers, but we were super
proud of the way other wres-
tlers picked up the slack,”
GIRLS BASKETBALL
St. Helens 34, Seaside 25
Seaside
7 8 4 6—25
St. Helens
13 6 9 6—34
SEA (25): Bryre Babbitt 7, Ideue 5, Smart 4, Angulo-Joli 3, Garhofer 2, Davis 2,
Hoekstre 2.
BOYS BASKETBALL
St. Helens 67, Seaside 60
Seaside
7 13 21 19—60
St. Helens
15 22 13 17—67
SEA (60): Chase Januik 18, Westerholm 11, Br.Johnson 9, Be.Johnson 9, Thomp-
son 7, Landwehr 4, Meyer 2, Sibony.
STH (67): Chris Beatty 15, Falk 12, Minich 11, Dow 11, Wolfe 10, Rea 5, Knoke 3.
said Warriors’ coach Corey
Conant.
At 145 pounds, Warren-
ton’s Giovanni Martinez was
5-0 to win his bracket.
“Gio was on the receiving
end of a tournament error,
and he had to wrestle an ex-
tra match,” Conant said. “He
didn’t let it slow him down
and wrestled the max number
of matches allowed in a day.
This was a great win for him.”
Elsewhere, first-year wres-
tler Sam Irwin stepped into
the 220-pound spot and deliv-
ered for the Warriors, battling
his way into the finals, then
pinning his opponent to take
first place.
Warrenton’s Beau Reyn-
olds also made the finals at
heavyweight, and finished
second.
Knappa finished last in
the team standings, but the
Loggers had one wrestler
take first, as Luke Goozee
was 3-0 at 132 pounds.
“Luke Goozee wrestled
really good,” said Knappa
coach Dan Owings. “Kaleb
Roe is greatly improving, but
hurt his arm in the last match.
Jade Somoza (tied for third
at 113 pounds) had an excit-
ing match with the senior girl
from Vernonia who eventual-
ly got first. She was ahead by
two points until the last few
seconds of the last round.”
The tournament was
tough, Owings said, “espe-
cially with most of the schools
being larger schools. Vernonia
and Knappa were the only two
schools from the 2A division.”
Team results: Rainier
221.5, St. Helens 198.5,
Vernonia 194, Ilwaco 186,
Warrenton 149, Clatskanie
142, Jefferson 138, Scap-
poose 117.5, Knappa 81.
The Pac Rim Invitation-
al takes place Friday and
Saturday at Seaside High
School.
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