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10A FRIDAY March 30, 2018 Spring Sports SeasideSignal.com Athletes SOFTBALL OF THE WEEK SEASIDE’S BEST START SINCE 2006 By Gary Henley Seaside Signal he magic number was ‘3’ for the Seaside softball team March 23. Hosting a nonleague game with Knappa at Broadway Field, the Lady Gulls scored three runs in the bot- tom of the sixth for a 3-1 win. Seaside’s No. 3 — pitcher Jetta Ideue — struck out 13 batters and allowed just two hits in picking up the win, helping the Gulls improve to 3-0 overall. Ideue struck out the side in the first, sec- ond and fourth innings, as Knappa batters were having trouble just making contact through five innings. Meanwhile, Knappa sophomore pitcher Madelynn Weaver, was equally strong. Weaver scattered a few hits, but she also kept the Gulls scoreless through five in- nings. All the action was in the sixth. In the top of the sixth, Seaside center fielder Alyssa Goin made a diving catch off a line drive by Weaver. Moments later, Kaitlyn Truax was hit by a pitch, and took third on a passed ball. With two outs, a grounder by Mikayla Rethati was fielded cleanly, but an errant throw to first allowed Truax to score the game’s first run. In the bottom of the sixth, Weaver walked the bases full with no outs. She retired the next two batters without giving up a run, but the Gulls finally broke through, with two runs scoring on an infield base hit by Goin. A line drive base hit by freshman Kandice Flaigg brought in one more, and Ideue was able to retire the Loggers in order in the top of the seventh. GARY HENLEY/SEASIDE SIGNAL T Gulls 19, Rangers 9 SEASIDE — Seaside scored a 19-9 win over Estacada, in a nonleague game March 20 at Broadway Field. In her first high school at-bat, Seaside freshman Kandice Flaigg belted an out-of- the-park home run. Teammate Jetta Ideue added a two-run, inside-the-park home run and Sequoia Shand had two triples. Sophomore Emma Meyer picked up her first career win as a starting pitcher. JETTA IDEUE Softball Seaside softball got off to a flying start March 15 at Ilwaco, with a 13-0 win over the Lady Fishermen. Seaside senior pitch- er Jetta Ideue threw a perfect game, striking out 14 of the 15 batters she faced. She contrib- uted an inside-the-park home run in Seaside’s second win, a 19-9 decision over Estacada ear- lier this week. In a 3-1 win over Knappa March 23, Ideue struck out 13 and gave up just two hits. GARY HENLEY/SEASIDE SIGNAL JIM POETSCH/FOR THE SEASIDE SIGNAL Above: Seaside freshman Kandice Flaigg, left, offers congratulations to freshman teammate Gracie Rhodes, who scored the go- ahead run in a win over Knappa March 23. JACKSON KUNDE Golf Right: Seaside freshman Kandice Flaigg pre- pares to get a jump on the next pitch in the March 23 win over Knappa. The senior has been Seaside’s top golfer in both of the Gulls’ two tournaments to open the 2018 season. In a March 21 meet at Valley Catholic, Kunde led the Gulls with an 82 (42-40) in a Cowapa League dual loss to the Valiants. In Seaside’s team victory at The Dalles (March 23 at The Dalles Country Club), Kunde and broth- er Curtis Kunde both shot 87, leading the Gulls to a first-place team finish. Ideue blanks Ilwaco ILWACO, Wash. — Seaside pitcher Jetta Ideue tossed a perfect game March 15, leading the Gulls to a 13-0 win at Il- waco to open the 2018 season. Offensively, Alyssa Goin led Seaside by going 4-for-4 at the plate. In the five-inning game, Ideue recorded 14 strikeouts. The 15th out was a pop fly out to Seaside’s Kandice Flaigg at third base. BASEBALL BOYS GOLF Seaside wins season opener Seaside Signal ESTACADA — Estacada scored five runs in its first at-bat, then held off Seaside the rest of the way for a 9-6 win over the Gulls, in a nonleague baseball game March 20 at Estacada. The Rangers had 10 hits off three Seaside pitchers, while Travis Fenton had doubles and four runs batted in to lead the Gulls. Payton Westerholm added a pair of singles for Seaside, which had eight hits but committed six errors. Gulls beat Cards, 5-0 SEASIDE — The Seaside baseball team lost its first two games of the annual Spring Break Tournament March 16-18 at Broadway Field, but bounced back to defeat Corbett, 5-0. A late rally came up short for the Gulls in Friday’s first round game, as Fort Vancouver escaped with a 6-5 win. McKay posted a 14-1 win over Seaside in a Saturday afternoon contest. In Friday’s loss to Fort Van- couver, Seaside scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh be- fore the final out was recorded. The Gulls out-hit the Trappers, 8-6, but Fort Vancouver’s Nick Laurenza was 3-for-3 with a dou- ble and scored twice. Teammate Tyler Runkle was 0-2, but scored four runs, while Zeke Block and Joe Endonino drove in two runs apiece for Fort Vancouver, which led 5-2 after six innings. In a three-inning exhibition against Cascade, Seaside scored four runs in the second inning for all the runs it would need. The Cougars were playing their third game of the day, af- ter games earlier vs. Ilwaco and Knappa at CMH Field. Seaside pitcher Travis Fenton gave up three hits over three in- nings, striking out four. Dylan Meyer and Payton Westerholm had multiple hits for the Gulls. Seaside wins The Dalles Invite By Gary Henley Seaside Signal THE DALLES — The Seaside boys golf team scored its first big victory of the spring March 23, as the Gulls beat all the big schools to finish first in The Dalles Invitation- al, held at The Dalles Country Club. Seaside — which was not even at full strength — knocked 40 strokes off its score from last year’s tournament to card a 359 team score. The Gulls finished ahead of the host Riverhawks (369) and third- place Pendleton (373), both 5A schools who placed in the top five in last year’s 5A state tournament. Seaside was led by brothers Jackson Kunde and Curtis Kunde, who finished tied for fifth individu- ally with a pair of 87’s. “This is always a great test of golf,” said golf coach Jim Poetsch, whose program won 4A state titles in 2014 and 2015. “This course ex- poses your weaknesses, and while we were shown ours, we had less than the other teams today. “You look at the scores and think we might not have played our best, but we scored the same as Pendle- ton did last year and they earned a trophy at the 5A level last season.” The supporting scores for Sea- side came from Connor Merrell (88) and Mason Shamion (97). Ma- son Crawford (103) was Seaside’s fifth player, as the Gulls were miss- ing two-year letterman Samson Si- bony. 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