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October 23, 2020
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10U Riptide wins four out of fi ve at tourney
The Seaside 10U Riptide
softball team hosted the 2020
“Hobbit Tournament,” Oct. 3
and Oct. 4 at Broadway Field.
Coached
by
Nicole
Sturgell and assisted by Mar-
cus Brown, Erika Marshall
and Adam Israel, the Rip-
tide won four of fi ve games
over the weekend against the
Banks Braves, Canby Rebels
and Astoria Fish.
They secured the champi-
onship with a 10-7 win Sun-
day over Banks.
Riptide players include
Baylee Bishop, Maisyn
Brown, Keeli Card, McK-
enzie Haag, Kamryn Israel,
Jahzara Marshall, Lily
Morris, Lolly Rahl, Olive
Stock, Berkely Sturgell
and Lila Thornburg.
The tournament fi nale
with the Braves was head-
to-head through four
innings.
Seaside Riptide Softball
In the top of the fourth
inning, Riptide catcher Seaside’s 10U Riptide softball tournament placed fi rst in their
McKenzie Haag threw a tournament, Oct. 3-4 at Broadway Field.
Banks runner out at third,
where Thornburg applied
the inning.
bottom of the fourth, Haag
the tag for the third out of
Tied 7-7 going into the singled and Marshall fol-
Fall Fun Fest
in Seaside
side coach Nicole Sturgell.
“Stock, Rahl, Bishop, Israel,
Marshall and Thornburg all
stepped up and hit the ball.
Brown and Card ran the bases
well. It was an all around
team effort.”
She
added,
“Every
player on this team contrib-
uted. These girls’ bats really
came alive. The growth and
improvement in each player,
every week, has also been
really awesome to see. These
girls worked hard, they dis-
played great sportsmanship,
and they really deserved this
win.”
Gearhart pickleballers seek more courts
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Seaside Signal
The Sunset Park and Recre-
ation District Fall Fun Fest takes
place Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m. at
the Seaside Civic and Convention
Center.
Activities include a cake walk,
games, a costume contest and a
pumpkin decorating contest. Sev-
eral community organizations will
also be represented, including the
Seaside Public Library, Wildlife
Center of the North Coast and Hay-
stack Rock Awareness Program.
The cost is $2 per child with a
$10 maximum for families. Par-
ticipants are encouraged to register
early, as admission may be limited.
To register, Call 503-738-3311.
To volunteer or sponsor the
event, contact Melissa Ousley at
mousley@sunsetempire.com.
lowed with a walk.
And Berkely Sturgell
provided the game’s big
blast, belting an inside-
the park home run for
the game-winning runs.
Jahzara
Marshall
and Berkely Sturgell
both pitched in all fi ve
games, with a com-
bined 36 strikeouts over
18 innings. Haag and
Thornburg both caught
all fi ve games, helping
to secure the champion-
ship win.
“Morris had a great
tournament,” said Sea-
Pickleball is so pop-
ular in Gearhart that
enthusiasts hope to dou-
ble the amount of courts
and to add even more
courts to the city’s parks
master plan .
“The old adage of if
you build them they will
come has been borne
out!” Gearhart’s Wally
Hamer wrote in a letter
to the City Council that
was read at an October
meeting.
“The pickleball courts
have been so popular
that he is asking us if we
want to make some more
lines on the other court,”
Mayor Matt Brown said .
Pickleball, similar to
tennis, is an 11-point
game and described as a
cross between ping-pong
and tennis.
The sport first came
before the City Coun-
cil when Hamer, Alice
Lane, of the U.S. Pick-
leball Association, and
others approached the
council in May, propos-
ing alterations to Gear-
hart’s two existing
tennis courts to facili-
tate pickleball play.
The council unani-
mously voted to mod-
ify the tennis courts,
keeping both tennis
while adding lines for
two pickleball courts
to the east court. Two
rollaway
pickleball
nets create a multiuse
court.
Some days, as
many as 25 pickleball
players wait to play on
the two courts, Hamer
said.
He asked the city to
consider two courts on
the west side tennis
court, using portable
nets and lines for both
pickleball and tennis.
“This allows tennis
to continue to play on
both courts as well hav-
ing two more pickle-
ball courts would help us
with the days we have an
overflow crowd,” Hamer
said.
Hamer also requested
discussions with the
parks master plan com-
mittee to add more courts,
some of which could be
funded by donations.
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