10A
FRIDAY
April 13, 2018
Spring Sports
SeasideSignal.com
Athletes
BOYS GOLF
OF THE WEEK
BIG SEASON CONTINUES
FOR SEASIDE BOYS GOLF
By Gary Henley
Seaside Signal
R
EDMOND — There’s a long way to
go, but the race for the state cham-
pionship in 4A boys golf will likely
come down to one of three schools
from the Cowapa League.
The battle on the golf course between
Scappoose, Seaside and Valley Catholic will
be a fun one to watch, as it was at the “Ra-
ven Rumble,” April 6 at Eagle Crest Ridge
Course in Redmond.
Summit — the defending 5A state cham-
pions — won the event with a 309 team
score, ahead of Valley Catholic (321).
Class 5A Bend (334) took third, while
Scappoose and Seaside tied for fourth at
349. Seaside’s fifth golfer, Curtis Kunde,
had a better score (93) than the fifth golfer
from Scappoose (Jack Eggers, 96), to break
the tie.
Ridgeview’s Isaac Berger, playing on his
home course, and Summit’s William Fleck
tied for medalist honors at 73. Seaside’s
Jackson Kunde finished a stroke away from
a top 10 finish with an 80. He was followed
by teammates Connor Merrell and Mason
Shamion (each with an 89) and Samson Si-
bony (91).
“We came here to see where we stand
among the best teams, and we fared pretty
well,” said Seaside coach Jim Poetsch. “Val-
ley Catholic looked pretty good today, but we
were able to beat the rest of the 4A schools,
including the defending state champions.
“We still have some work to do, but I can
see us being quite a bit better by season’s
end,” he said. “We only had two birdies
today. Mason (Shamion) and Samson (Si-
bony) both birdied the fourth hole, and we
still competed well. If we can limit our big
scores — we still had too many today — and
throw in a few more birdies, we could be re-
ally good.”
SEASIDE HIGH SCHOOL PHOTO
TRIPLE PLAY
Baseball
On March 30 at Madras, Sea-
side held a 6-4 lead going into
the bottom of the fifth, when
Madras had runners at first and
second with no outs and the
heart of their order at the plate.
A bunt was attempted off Sea-
side pitcher Payton Westerholm,
who made a diving catch near
the first base line. Westerholm
fired the ball to Ashton Boyd
at first for the second out, and
Boyd delivered to Gage McFad-
den at second to complete the
1-3-6 triple play. The three play-
ers also combined for three hits
and four runs scored in the 7-4
win. In his 21st year as the Sea-
side coach, it was the first triple
play by the Gulls that Joel Dier-
ickx has witnessed.
GARY HENLEY/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Jackson Kunde has been leading the Gulls in every match so far in the 2018 season.
Gulls defeat Astoria
He nearly followed it up with another ea-
gle as his second shot on the third hole hit the
pin. Kunde also had birdies on the eighth and
12th holes. Shamion also had birdies on No.
2 and No. 15. Curtis Kunde added the only
other birdie for the Gulls, on the sixth hole.
“It was great seeing all five guys shoot in
the 80s or lower today,” said Seaside coach
Jim Poetsch. “The last time we did that was
in the 2015 state tournament. We did a better
job today of limiting our ‘blow-up’ holes.
“For some reason we struggled on No. 9
today, shooting two triples and two double
bogeys, but otherwise we did a pretty good
job of limiting damage.”
He added, “I think we had one other tri-
ple and maybe a handful of doubles from the
other 85 holes we played. Other than Jack-
son’s eagle, nobody did anything spectacu-
lar. We just played solid golf.”
WARRENTON — It was a Clatsop Clash
on the Course April 3, as Astoria hosted Sea-
side in a Cowapa League dual golf match at
the Astoria Golf & Country Club.
The Gulls scored a season-low score and
improved to 1-1 in Cowapa League play with
a 333-375 victory.
Seaside’s Jackson Kunde was medalist
with a 78. Teammate Connor Merrell fin-
ished second with an 84, followed by Sea-
side’s Curtis Kunde (third, 85), Samson Si-
bony (fourth, 86) and Mason Shamion (fifth,
89)
Taylor Palmberg had Astoria’s top score
with a 92.
Jackson Kunde provided the highlight of
the day for the Gulls, driving the green on
the par four second hole and making his putt
for an eagle.
EO MEDIA GROUP
BOYS GOLF
Raven Rumble
at Eagle Crest Ridge
Team: Summit 309, Valley
Catholic 321, Bend 334, Seaside
349, Scappoose 349, Ridgeview
353, Roseburg 361, Marshfield
369, Canby 379, Hermiston 395,
Redmond 396, Crook County
415, La Pine 425.
Individual (top 10)
Isaac Buerger, Ridgeview, 73
William Fleck, Summit, 73
Cole Schmidlin, Valley Catholic,
76
Jackson Murphy, Summit, 77
Andrew Plambeck, VC, 77
Parker Krovisky, Bend, 77
Cole Heinsen, VC, 78
Hayden Klein, Summit, 79
Chase Elliott, Scappoose, 79
Hunter Endicott, Roseburg, 79
Seaside (349)
Jackson Kunde, 41-39—80
Connor Merrell, 42-47—89
Mason Shamion, 42-47—89
Samson Sibony, 44-47—91
Curtis Kunde, 47-46—93
at Astoria G&CC
Seaside 333, Astoria 375
Seaside (333)
Jackson Kunde, 39-39—78
Connor Merrell, 42-42—84
Curtis Kunde, 41-44—85
Samson Sibony, 44-42—86
Mason Shamion, 43-46—89
Astoria (375)
Taylor Palmberg, 45-47—92
Josh Olson, 47-46—93
Connor Long, 50-45—95
Daniel Paswarck, 49-46—95
Dylan Altheide-Nielsen, 54-
49—103
Junior Varsity
Seaside (453)
John Whittle, 100
GRETCHEN
HOEKSTRE
Track
BASEBALL
SEAGULLS VARSITY
SCOREBOARD
Valiants defeat Seaside, 4-3
Mason Crawford, 106
Chris Bodner, 119
Nick Mace, 128
Leif DeWinter, 135
Astoria (493)
Tryon Matlock, 107
Jake Ficken, 112
Aaron Rickenbach, 129
Marcus Soderstrom, 145
Seaside Signal
BEAVERTON — Meeting for the first time
since their championship game on the basket-
ball court, Valley Catholic gained a slight mea-
sure of revenge on the baseball diamond April
3.
Seaside out-hit the Valiants, but Valley Cath-
olic outscored the Gulls, 4-3, in the Cowapa
League season opener in Beaverton.
All seven runs were scored in the first three
GIRLS GOLF
Valley Catholic Invitational
at Meriwether Golf Course
Team: Valley Catholic 145,
Scappoose 124, Astoria 121,
Seaside 60, Tillamook (inc.)
Top 5 individuals
Caroline Hobson, VC, 51
Samantha Hemsley, Ast, 50
Morgan Hall, Sca, 48
Jenna Travers, Ast, 42
Kaitlyn Bakkensen, Sca, 42
Seaside (60)
Tristyn McFadden, 20
Caitlin Hillman, 20
Sydney Rapp, 17
Madi Grimm, 3
SOFTBALL
TRACK
Seaside softball off to
hot start in league play
BASEBALL
Seaside Signal
Valley Catholic 4, Seaside 3
Seaside 201 000 0—3 6 1
Valley C. 202 000 x—4 4 0
Thompson, Westerholm (3) and
Landwehr; Schultheis, Agnew
(4) and Weber. W: Schultheis.
L: Westerholm. S: Agnew. RBI:
Sea, Thompson 3; VC, Baglai.
2B: Sea, Thompson; VC, Agnew
2. HBP: Sea, Jantes, Fenton; VC,
Pruitt. LOB: Seaside 7, Valley
Catholic 5. DP: Seaside, Valley
Catholic.
In a three-way dual with
Scappoose and Tillamook April
5, Hoekstre scored the only wins
for the Seaside girls, winning
the shot put and discus compe-
titions. She had a season-best
mark of 40-8 in the shot put, and
109-9 in the discus. Hoekstre
is the No. 1-ranked thrower in
the state at the 4A level in both
events. She placed third in the
long jump in the same meet.
innings, which included a 2-2 tie after the first.
Valley Catholic starter William Schultheis
got the win, but it was Valiant reliever Porter
Agnew who held the Gulls scoreless over the
final four innings to earn the save.
Leadoff batter Gage McFadden had three of
Seaside’s six hits, while Duncan Thompson had
a double and drove in three runs.
On the mound, Thompson and Payton
Westerholm held the Valiants to just four hits,
which included a pair of doubles for Agnew.
BEAVERTON — Sea-
side softball is off to a 1-0
start in league play, follow-
ing a 7-5 win April 3 at Val-
ley Catholic.
Senior pitcher Jetta Ideue
struck out 12 batters, and the
Gulls had plenty of offense.
Freshman
Kandice
Flaigg had two singles,
drew a walk and reached on
an illegal pitch. Teammate
Sequoia Shand walked and
tripled, and scored Seaside’s
final run.
Sidney Owsley was
2-for-3 offensively and
threw a runner out from
behind the plate. Gracie
Rhodes had a single and a
double for Seaside, now 6-1
overall.
Seaside track hosts
three-way dual meet
Seaside Signal
The Seaside track team was in
action April 5, as the Gulls host-
ed a three-way dual with Scap-
poose and Tillamook.
Gretchen Hoekstre had the
big day for Seaside, scoring wins
in the discus (109 feet, 9 inches)
and the shot put (40-8). She did
not compete in the javelin, but
took third in the long jump.
On the boys’ side, Seaside’s
Levi Card was second in the
800 meters (2:07.65). Teammate
David Schwinof took second
in the 1,500 meters (4:59.32),
and Parker Conrad had the sec-
ond-best throw in the javelin
(151-5).
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