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FRIDAY
June 25, 2021
Spring Sports
SeasideSignal.com
SWIMMING
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Astoria, Seaside athletes qualify for state
Seaside ends season
The Astorian
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Astoria was the lucky
school to serve as the host
team for the District 1 swim
championships, held last
Thursday at the Astoria
Aquatic Center.
And the home water
advantage definitely served
its purpose for the Fish, who
qualified a host of athletes
for this week’s season-end-
ing “showcase” meet, which
will serve as the unofficial
state championships.
Seaside won the boys’
team championship, while
Astoria qualified multi-
ple swimmers for the state
meet, set one school record,
and sent seniors out on a
winning note.
The season-ending “cul-
minating meet” will serve
as the unofficial state meet,
a one-day event which will
held Saturday at the Warren
H. Daugherty Aquatic Cen-
Seaside High School swimmers.
ter in Cottage Grove.
The Seaside boys quali-
fied all three of their relays
for state, and stacked up
points with numerous sec-
ond-place showings to
compile 295 points, ahead
of Taft (259) and Astoria
(173).
Seaside’s only win came
from the 200-yard free-
style relay squad of Masyn
McCulloch, Leif Rehnert,
Logan Dennis and Henry
Garvin, the only senior.
Their winning time of
1 minute, 42.01 seconds
beat second-place Asto-
ria (Phelan Dopp, Trevor
Newman, Christian Wom-
ack, Steven Ero) which will
head to state with a 1:50.03.
Garvin also qualified for
state in the 50- and 100-
yard freestyles; Dennis in
the 100-yard butterfly and
McCulloch in the 200- and
500-yard freestyles.
On the girls’ side, New-
port cruised to the team
title with 334 points, ahead
of Astoria (216) and Sea-
side (144). Taft, Tillamook,
Toledo and Valley Catho-
lic were the other schools
competing.
Astoria’s 200 medley
relay (Tori Smith, Grace
Peeler, Hannah Daniels,
Brooke O’Connor) took
second in 2:10.57, as did
the 200 freestyle relay
(Constance Rouda, Smith,
Daniels and Peeler).
In her final meet at the
Aquatic Center, Peeler
highlighted her meet with
a school record 1:15.47 to
win the 100-yard breast-
stroke, well ahead of
teammate Marlee Both
(1:30.62), who will join
Peeler at state.
Rachel
Gascoigne’s
previous school record of
1:15.48 had stood for 15
years.
Astoria’s 400 freestyle
relay (Rouda, Lily Reed,
Both and Peeler) also qual-
ified for state, finishing sec-
ond out of three teams.
Also a senior, Smith
took second in the 200-yard
individual medley.
Despite three losses
in league play, the Asto-
ria girls basketball team
showed that they’re still
one of the best 4A teams
in the state last Thursday
night, with a 43-27 win
at Seaside to close out the
regular season.
Meanwhile, the Gulls
showed that it’s tough to
play at Banks one night,
and against Astoria the
next.
Seaside trailed 9-0 just
minutes into the game, and
Astoria pushed the lead to
33-7 early in the third quar-
ter, on its way to the win.
Halle Helmersen led
a balanced Astoria attack
with 11 points, while Sea-
side senior Tristyn McFad-
den closed her prep career
in fine fashion, scoring
nine of her game-high 15
in the fourth quarter.
It was the final regular
season game for Astoria’s
highly-decorated
senior
group of Kelsey Fausett,
Sophie Long, Shelby Ras-
mussen and Helmersen,
with Raina Jagger round-
ing out Astoria’s five
seniors.
Last Wednesday, a 20-4
run in the third quarter was
all Banks needed to defeat
Seaside, 50-30, at Banks.
Despite a 19-19 tie at
halftime, the Gulls thor-
oughly outplayed the
Braves in the first half.
Banks was just 1-for-14
from the 3-point line in the
first half, while the Gulls
made their first three, and
finished 3-of-5.
McFadden had two
treys and Caleigh Peterson
added one, while Lilli Tay-
lor scored all eight of her
points in the second half.
Seaside held a 23-21
lead early in the third quar-
ter, when Banks’ Hailey
Evans, Camila Narvaez
and Maggie Streblow made
three straight 3-pointers,
sparking an 18-0 run.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside wins the Clash, 59-33, against Astoria
By GARY HENLEY
Seaside Signal
The Astoria and Sea-
side boys basketball teams
played either the last game
of the winter sports season,
or the first game of sum-
mer league last Thursday
night at Seaside, where the
Gulls posted a 59-33 win
over the Fishermen.
Both teams have fin-
ished regular season play.
In last Thursday’s win,
Seaside was 7-for-21 from
the 3-point line, as Cash
Corder deposited three
3-pointers on his way to a
game-high 22 points.
Additional
3-point-
ers from Ruger Thomp-
son and Ever Sibony gave
the Gulls a 17-8 lead after
one quarter, which they
extended to 43-21 mid-
way through a low scoring
third period.
Colton
McMaster
had 11 points to lead the
Fishermen.
Earlier this month, the
Banks Braves were suc-
cessful in their first trip to
Seaside’s new home on the
hill, as they posted a 47-43
win to secure the Cowapa
League boys basketball
title.
The first half fea-
tured five ties and 10 lead
changes, with neither team
leading by more than three
points.
Seaside
grabbed
a
25-20 lead on a 3-pointer
by Corder in the open-
ing seconds of the third
quarter.
But the Braves got
hot from there, as Cade
Buchanan scored on a layup
to spark a 15-6 run, high-
lighted by 3-point shots
from Joseph Buliga and two
from Tyler Exline. Thomp-
son banked in a 3-pointer
to close the quarter, with
Banks leading 35-34.
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