BASEBALL
Gulls could be the league’s most improved squad
By Gary Henley
Seaside Signal
FILE PHOTO
Duncan Thompson is one of several talented pitcher/infielders on the Seaside baseball roster.
It’s the price you pay
when you have a great bas-
ketball team.
While other baseball
teams are out practicing,
many of your players are
still shooting 3-pointers
and winning champion-
ships.
So it is with Seaside. Af-
ter most teams began prac-
tices Feb. 26, the Gulls had
exactly four days between
their last basketball game
and the first baseball con-
test.
In his 21st year as the
Seaside coach, Joel Dier-
ickx was pleased with a 2-2
start after four games.
“It’s a good measuring
stick of where we’re at and
what we need to work on,”
Dierickx said. “There’s a lot
of areas that need work. (The
basketball players) had only
three practices, for the most
part. We’ll figure it out.”
The Cowapa
“I think Banks is head
and shoulders above every-
body else,” Dierickx said.
“They’re a real solid team, in
all facets. From athleticism
to speed, good pitching and
contact hitting. They’re just
super solid.
“And Astoria’s always
going to be there,” he said.
“They will always be tough.
Tillamook is a much-im-
proved team. Scappoose has
quality. It’s like any other
sport — the Cowapa League
is going to very, very strong.”
Seaside finished 4-11 in
league play last year, which
included three wins over Til-
lamook and a season-ending
victory over Scappoose.
The Gulls
Most area coaches see the
Gulls as possibly the most-im-
proved team.
“We’re hoping,” Dierickx
said. “We have a lot of expe-
rience coming back, and some
athleticism. Combined with
some baseball knowledge and
doing things the right way,
maybe we can win some of
the closer games we’ve had.”
Call it “young experience,”
because the Gulls only have
four seniors. Several juniors
have been starting since their
freshman season.
The Gulls had six pitch-
ers listed on their preseason
roster, but “we’ll see how
that pans out,” Dierickx said.
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