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A8 FRIDAY February 7, 2020 Spring Sports SeasideSignal.com Snyder’s big night lifts Seaside over Tillamook Jeff Ter Har Jeff Ter Har Tillamook’s Trask Veek-Petersen challenges the long arm of Seaside’s Ryan Hague (4). Seaside’s Ryan Hague launches a jump shot in a 65-47 win over the Cheesemakers. Seaside Signal he Seaside boys basketball team trailed by as much as 12 points in the fi rst half, but … no worries. The Gulls have been there before. Tillamook held an 18-6 lead late in the fi rst quarter, but the Cheesemakers never realistically had a chance in the Jan. 31 game T at Seaside, as the Gulls came roaring back for an easy 65-47 win. Trailing 31-27 late in the fi rst half, Seaside went on a 17-0 run, as Beau Johnson capped the rally with a 3-pointer that gave the Gulls a 44-31 lead midway through the third quarter. Seaside outscored the visitors 36-16 in the second half, helping the Gulls back into a fi rst-place tie with Banks at 3-0 in the league standings. Brayden Johnson scored 19 points to lead four Seaside play- ers in double fi gures. Stephen Snyder added 15 points (12 in the second half), while Ryan Hague and Beau Johnson fi nished with 12 points each. Tillamook freshman Trask Veek-Petersen led all scorers with 23 points. Jeff Ter Har Stephen Snyder led Seaside with 15 points in the win over Tillamook. SWIMMING Gulls have big day in the pool Seaside Signal Jeff Ter Har Ellisa Blodgett makes her way to the hoop in Seaside’s win over Tillamook. Seaside’s 26-0 run sparks win over Mooks Seaside Signal One team was going to pick up its fi rst league win of the season Jan. 31 at Seaside, where the Lady Gulls were hosting Tilla- mook in a Cowapa League girls basketball game. The victory went to Sea- side, which never trailed in an easy 48-23 win over the Mooks. Seaside jumped out to an 11-2 lead, before Til- lamook rallied to tie the score at 18-18. That’s where the night ended for the Cheesemak- ers, as the Gulls scored the next 26 points for a 44-18 lead. Tillamook was out- scored 23-0 in the third quarter, and Lilli Taylor opened the fourth with a three-point play to cap the 26-0 run. Seaside fi nished with 19 steals and 32 rebounds (16 defensive and 16 offen- sive). The Gulls were 1-for-15 from the 3-point line and 9-of-21 from the free throw line. Taylor led all scor- ers with 23 points to equal Tillamook’s total for the night, while Ellisa Blodgett had 11 points and Ruby Douglas fi nished with eight points and 11 rebounds. Tristyn McFad- den added six steals and Caleigh Peterson had four assists. SCOREBOARD Prep Sports Schedule FRIDAY Girls Basketball — Astoria at Seaside, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball — Astoria at Seaside, 7:45 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Seaside 48, Tillamook 23 TIL (23): Lexie Braxling 8, Valencia 5, Crabtree 4, Perez 2, Tuiolemotu 2, Ste- vens 2. SEA (48): Lilli Taylor 23, Blodgett 11, Douglas 8, McFadden 4, Peterson 2, Snyder, LaPlante, Doney, Owsley, Klemp, Nofi eld. Tillamook 10 8 0 5—23 Seaside 14 8 19 7—48 BOYS BASKETBALL Seaside 65, Tillamook 47 TIL (47): Trask Veek-Petersen 23, Allen 14, Shelley 5, Miller 4, Boomer 1. SEA (65): Brayden Johnson 19, Snyder 15, Hague 12, Be.Johnson 12, Pugh 5, Sibony 2, Langmo 2, Bennett. Tillamook 18 13 6 10—47 Seaside 10 19 18 18—65 Astoria, Seaside and Gladstone met for a three- way swim meet Jan. 30 at the Astoria Aquatic Center. Seaside swimmers won 11 of the 22 events, and Asto- ria had nine victories, as the two teams begin preparations for the post-season meets. The three-way dual meet scores included wins for the Seaside boys (117-33 over Gladstone, and 102-61 vs. Astoria); the Astoria boys topped Gladstone (107-38); the Astoria girls won by scores of 81-64 vs. Seaside and 90-57 over Gladstone; and the Lady Gulls defeated Gladstone 81-60. The Seaside boys were the big winners, with victo- ries in eight events. Henry Garvin won the 50-yard freestyle (25.49 sec- onds) and 100-yard free- style (57.69), and swam legs on two winning relays: the 200-yard medley with Leif Rehnert, Leif DeWinter and Logan Dennis (2:00.44), and the 200-yard freestyle, with Westin Carter, Dennis and Sean Olea (1:46.57). Elsewhere, Dennis won the 100-yard butterfl y (1:05.97), Rehnert was fi rst in the 100-yard backstroke (1:08.64), DeWinter cap- tured the 100-yard breast- stroke (1:16.94), and Sea- side fi nished with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (4:10.86). On the girls’ side, Asto- ria had seven wins, with a big meet from Tori Smith, winner of the 200 individ- ual medley (2:35.55), and the 100 butterfl y (1:14.37). Grace Peeler added vic- WRESTLING Young grapplers score big at state championships The Astorian The future of wrestling in Clat- sop County is in good hands, as a few youngsters showed last weekend in the Oregon Kids State Championships. The youth wrestling event was held Jan. 18-19 at the Oregon State Fair & Expo Center, where some young mem- bers of the Knappa Kids and Lower Columbia youth clubs posted some big results. Lower Columbia had two partici- pants, and both placed. Competing in the Under 12 (U12) novice category, Brayden Cooley of Seaside took third place in the 117- pound division. Cooley lost his opener in the cham- pionship bracket, then bounced back in consolation with four straight wins. He pinned Damian Rael of the Silver- ton Mat Club in 1:57, then followed with a major decision against Low- ell’s Aayden Dillon (10-2), then back- to-back pins over Rocco Caranna of Deschutes (1:50) and Mattaeo Cal- deron of the Rock of Redmond club (1:52). In the second place match, Hills- boro’s Isiah Conner pinned Cooley in 16 seconds. Lower Columbia’s Kaison Smith added team points with a fi fth place fi nish at 170 pounds, in the U16 Cadet division. Knappa Kids Wrestling/Daily Astorian LEFT TO RIGHT With some of his fans behind him, Carl Isom scored a third-place fi nish in the 38-pound class. Knappa’s Jameson “The Destroyer” Landwehr took sixth at 45 pounds, highlighted by a 26-second pin in the quarterfi nals. At 41 pounds, Knappa’s Gary (“LG”) Newberry III took fourth, advancing to the quarterfi nals. The Knappa Kids had six wrestlers competing, with three placing in the U6 Peewee division. Carl Isom highlighted Knappa’s tournament with a third-place fi nish in the 38-pound class. Isom opened with a fall over Ore- gon City’s Juniper Ramirez, won a 15-10 decision against Vince Leanos of the North Eugene club, then pinned Alec Edgar-Storbeck of Team Bucs in 2:50. In the championship match, Mauri- cio Reyes of the Ontario Tigers scored a 15-0 technical fall over Isom, who also lost in the second-place match to Adriel Flores of Madras. At 41 pounds, Gary (“LG”) New- berry III took fourth, advancing to the quarterfi nals, and after a loss New- berry won three straight in consolation before falling in the third-place match. Jameson “The Destroyer” Landwehr took sixth at 45 pounds, highlighted by a 26-second pin in the quarterfi nals. Other Knappa wrestlers who made the trip to state were Easton Bartlett (U8 Bantam), Cutter Barendse (U10 Intermediate) and Zion Ausmus (U12 Novice). The 6U wrestlers “have had a great season,” said Gary Newberry, a Knappa coach. “They have been putting in a lot of work, and it all paid off.” PROUD SUPPORTERS OF SEASIDE HIGH SCHOOL. SEASIDE • WARRENTON tories in the 100 freestyle (1:04.24) and 100 breast- stroke (1:22.94), Emelia Cameron captured the 200 freestyle (2:23.22) and Con- stance Rouda won the 100 backstroke (1:21.13). Seaside fi nished fi rst in three events: the 50 freestyle (Nicole Blankenhorn, 29.03); the 200 freestyle relay (Kaisa Liljenwall, Brooke Blankenhorn, Emily Phil- brook, Nicole Blankenhorn, 1:58.24), and the 400 free- style relay (Liljenwall, Phil- brook, Ashlee Fraser, Brooke Blankenhorn, 4:54.57). GO GULLS!