10A
FRIDAY
March 16, 2018
Winter Sports
SeasideSignal.com
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
GULLS DEFENSE STRONG IN WIN
Champs from Page 1A
role to Jackson Januik and Hunter
Thompson last year.
This year, it was Wester-
holm, Chase Januik and Duncan
Thompson carrying the load. The
trio combined for 35 points in Sat-
urday’s win. Januik led the way
with 17 points and five assists.
“It’s a new team,” Westerholm
said. “We were role players on
the team last year, now we’re the
captains, and we have to take on
bigger roles. It feels like more of
an accomplishment for us.”
JEFF TER HAR/EO MEDIA GROUP
Chase Januik, whose brother
Jackson was state Player of the The 2017-18 4A state champion Seaside boys basketball team.
Year the last two seasons, had to
fill the role left by big bro.
SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE, SEASIDE.
“Last year we were expect-
THESE ARE YOUR GLORY YEARS.
ed to win all season as the No. 1
seed,” Chase said. “This year, at
the start of the season, we didn’t night before, a game in which the
But for a team that’s ral- going to force this thing into a
even think we were that good, Braves lost Dalton Renne to an in- lied from halftime deficits this full-court game. It worked.”
And the fans got their money’s
and didn’t realize it until the end jury, when the Cowapa League’s year of 17 and 12 points, a
of league. We were surprised to Player of the Year slammed to the four-point deficit was a drop worth in the fourth quarter, which
floor following a dunk attempt in the bucket for the Gulls. featured three ties and four lead
be here.”
Seaside went 3-point crazy in the changes.
Still, Seaside was the heavi- early in Friday’s semifinal.
ly-favored team Saturday, as the
“I think Banks would have beat third quarter, with Beau Johnson,
Valley Catholic’s Andrew
No. 2 seed Gulls were playing in Valley Catholic had (Renne) been Januik, Ryan Hague and Wester- Plambeck made two free throws
their third straight state champi- there, and it would have been a holm knocking down triples. By for a 42-40 lead at the 5:00 mark,
onship contest and seeking their different challenge for us,” Januik the end of the period, the Gulls and Seaside answered with an of-
fifth consecutive win over the No. said. “But we beat (the Braves) at had doubled their first half points fensive rebound score by Wester-
holm and Januik’s jumper along
5 seed Valiants.
home, and we know what it takes and held a 38-35 lead.
Going back to last year, the to beat them. It would have been
“Their 1-3-1 zone was bother- the baseline for a 44-43 lead.
ing us, and we slowed the game
The Valiants made 2-of-4 free
Gulls had won four straight over a great game.”
their league rivals, with two wins
As it was, the Valiants still had down so much — it had to be throws to pull even at 44-44 with
(51-35 and 57-50) during this hopes of an upset in Saturday’s fi- a boring game for our fans to 1:32 remaining.
nal, as they rallied from a 17-12 watch,” coach Westerholm said
The first two games of the tour-
year’s league season.
The Valiants didn’t make it deficit with a 3-pointer by Davis of the first half. “So our adjust- nament, the Gulls were a combined
Johnson, and scores from Ben ment was to flatten the zone out 20-for-39 from the free throw line.
easy, however.
Valley Catholic was coming Robbins and Jack Grasberger for a little, push the ball up the floor But they finally passed the free
and not let them get set. We were throw test in the final 47 seconds,
off a win over No. 1 Banks the a 23-19 halftime lead.
FINAL FOUR
SEMIFINALS
Win over Mazama sent Gulls to Final Four
By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
FOREST GROVE — In the first of three
games in three days, and the Seaside boys bas-
ketball team took step one Thursday, March 8,
in Forest Grove, where they cruised to a 51-
44 win over Mazama in a Class 4A quarterfi-
nal game at Forest Grove High School.
Seaside struggled offensively for a half,
then pulled away in the third quarter and held
off a late challenge by the Vikings, as all eyes
were on the defending state champions in
Thursday’s last game.
For the third year in a row, it was on to the
Final Four for Seaside.
The Gulls split two games with Newport
in the regular season. The Cubs scored a rare
win at Seaside in the Holiday Classic, before
the Gulls got revenge with a 64-63 win at
Newport Jan. 5.
As for Thursday’s win, the Gulls picked up
where they left off following last week’s 43-
32 win over Gladstone, involving themselves
in a low-scoring, defensive battle. An offen-
sive rebound basket by Colton Carter gave
Seaside an early 9-2 lead, and Chase Januik’s
3-pointer to end the first quarter had Seaside
in front, 12-6. Even fewer points in the second
period ended with the Gulls leading at half-
time, 20-10.
Carter added another score and Januik’s
drive to the hoop in the closing seconds gave
Seaside the 10-point lead.
The offense ran a little smoother for the
Gulls in the second half. A jump shot by Ryan
Hague, a 3-pointer from Beau Johnson and a
Januik jumper gave Seaside a 27-16 lead mid-
way through the third quarter.
A triple from Brayden Johnson and a
three-point play the hard way by Payton
Westerholm at the 2:00 mark basically put the
game away, at 35-20. Mazama made a late run
in the fourth quarter, but never threatened the
Seaside lead.
SEAGULLS VARSITY SCOREBOARD
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 48, Valley Catholic 44
Valley Catholic 7 16 12 9—44
Seaside
10
9 19 10—48
Valley Catholic (44): Jack Grasberger 16, An-
drew Plambeck 13, Daniel Pruitt 8, Ben Robbins
4, Davis Johnson 3, Trey Eberhart, Peter Boileau,
Jack Tetzloff.
Seaside (48): Chase Januik 17, Payton
Westerholm 10, Duncan Thompson 8, Brayden
Johnson 5, Ryan Hague 5, Beau Johnson 3,
Colton Carter.
Field goals: Valley 16-39; Seaside 17-32.
3-point FG: Valley 2-14 (Johnson, Plambeck);
Seaside 7-17 (Januik 2, Westerholm 2, Hague,
Be.Johnson, Br.Johnson). Free throws: Valley
10-15; Seaside 7-13. Fouls: Valley 15, Seaside 16.
Fouled out: none. Turnovers: Valley 7, Seaside
8. Rebounds: Valley 26 (Grasberger 7); Seaside
20 (Hague 5).
Players of the Game: Valley C.-Jack Grasberger;
Seaside-Chase Januik.
Newport
Seaside
Seaside 56, Newport 52
11 22 9 10—52
15 12 14 15—56
as Hague and Westerholm each
went 2-for-2 from the line to secure
the victory.
Trailing by two, Valley Catho-
lic missed a 3-point attempt before
fouling Westerholm with five sec-
onds left, leading to Westerholm’s
two clinching points.
Seaside did not set any scoring
records this postseason, but their
defense came to the rescue, allow-
ing an average of just 43 points in
four playoff games.
“At the start of the year, I
thought we were more of an of-
fensive team,” Januik said. “But
towards the end and the start of the
playoffs, it felt like we turned into
the best defensive team in the state.
Everyone just stepped up their
game, and as a defense, we just be-
came unstoppable.”
With four of their five starters
returning next season, the Gulls
will be heavily favored to win it
all next year as well. Only time
will tell how many more state titles
this group will win. Keep in mind
that Seaside has one of the stron-
gest youth programs in the state, so
there’s more talent on the way.
“We’ve built the program from
the ground up, the kids know how
to win, and we’re going to be good
for a while,” coach Westerholm
said.
Januik delivered a strong mes-
sage to rest of the 4A world after
the game: “We’re going to be bet-
ter than ever next year. We’ll be
looking for a three-peat.”
For now, sit back and enjoy the
ride, Seaside. These are your Glory
Years.
Newport (52): Kye Blaser 16, Jose Ponciano 16,
Justin Plechaty 9, Jack Fisher 5, Bryan Tapia 3,
Matt Beaudry 3, Carson Martinson, Drew Sain.
Seaside (56): Ryan Hague 23, Payton
Westerholm 9, Beau Johnson 9, Chase Januik
6, Duncan Thompson 6, Brayden Johnson 2,
Colton Carter 1, Rafi Sibony.
Field goals: Newport 19-41; Seaside 21-54.
3-point FG: Newport 9-22 (Ponciano 5, Plechaty
2, Fisher, Tapia); Seaside 5-25 (Hague 2, Be.
Johnson 2, Westerholm). Free throws: Newport
5-10; Seaside 9-17. Fouls: Newport 16, Seaside
13. Fouled out: none. Turnovers: Newport 23,
Seaside 9. Rebounds: Newport 36 (Blaser 16);
Seaside 29 (Westerholm 7).
Players of the Game: Newport-Kye Blaser;
Seaside-Ryan Hague.
Seaside 51, Mazama 44
Mazama
6
4 15 19—44
Seaside
12
8 17 14—51
Mazama (44): Andrew Reynolds 18, Mario
Segura 10, Trey Lopez 6, Aidan Schram 5, Javon
Hall 4, Steven Luna 1, Christian Kasper.
Seaside (51): Ryan Hague 13, Payton Wester-
holm 12, Chase Januik 11, Beau Johnson 6,
Colton Carter 4, Brayden Johnson 3, Duncan
Thompson 2, Rafi Sibony.
Field goals: Mazama 16-58; Seaside 18-50.
3-point FG: Mazama 2-17 (Lopez, Reynolds);
Seaside 4-23 (Januik, Westerholm, Be.John-
son, Br.Johnson). Free throws: Mazama 10-16;
Seaside 11-22. Fouls: Mazama 17, Seaside
16. Fouled out: none. Turnovers: Mazama 14,
Seaside 9. Rebounds: Mazama 47 (Reynolds 11,
Segura 11); Seaside 37 (Hague 10).
Players of the Game: Mazama-Andrew Reyn-
olds; Seaside-Ryan Hague.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
First Team
Grant Webster, Jr., Marshfield
Kye Blaser, Sr., Newport
Ryan Hague, So., Seaside
Blake Gobel, Jr., Banks
Daniel Pruitt, So., Valley Catholic
Second Team
Andrew Plambeck, Sr., Valley Catholic
Nojah Chamberlain, Sr., La Grande
Chase Januik, Jr., Seaside
Ty Horner, Sr., Sisters
Dalton Renne, Sr., Banks
Sportsmanship: Newport
4A STATE TOURNAMENT
4A Boys
Championship
Seaside 48, Valley Catholic 44
Third/Fifth place
Newport 68, Banks 51
Fourth/Sixth place
Marshfield 69, La Grande 64
4A Girls
Championship
Marshfield 48, Cascade 41
Third/Fifth place
North Marion 65, Banks 57
Fourth/Sixth place
Valley Catholic 37, Stayton 35
Seaside state champions
(Since 2000)
2001 Seaside boys track (3A)
2014 Seaside boys golf
2015 Seaside boys golf
2015 Seaside boys cross country
2017 Seaside boys basketball
2018 Seaside boys basketball
Gulls rallied to
defeat Newport
in semifinal
By Gary Henley
EO Media Group
FOREST GROVE — Seaside secured its spot
in the Class 4A boys basketball state champion-
ship game with a 56-52 win over Newport, late
Friday night.
In Friday’s semifinal, the Gulls had to ral-
ly from a 33-27 halftime deficit, and did so by
outscoring Newport 14-9 in the third quarter, fol-
lowed by a 9-1 run to start the fourth.
Payton Westerholm scored his first points of
the night early in the fourth period to give Sea-
side a 43-42 lead. Moments later, Chase Januik
scored his first basket of the game for a 45-42
advantage, and the Gulls never trailed again.
Westerholm added a 3-pointer, and Seaside
turned a 39-36 third quarter deficit into 52-43
lead midway through the fourth, following a 16-4
run.
The Cubs made a late rally and pulled to with-
in 53-52 on a short jumper by Kye Blaser with
27 seconds left, but Januik drained a pair of free
throws with 17 seconds remaining, and teammate
Beau Johnson made 1-of-2 for the final point.
Seaside’s Ryan Hague scored 11 points in the
first quarter, on his way to a 23-point night.
After they were both held scoreless through
three quarters, Januik and Westerholm combined
for 15 points in the fourth.
Newport outshot Seaside (46 percent to 39
percent) and the Cubs outrebounded the Gulls
36-29, but Newport had 23 turnovers to Seaside’s
nine.
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