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A8 FRIDAY February 18, 2022 Winter Sports SeasideSignal.com Seaside, Astoria wrestlers qualify for state meet lamook’s Lucas Robert- son in a semifi nal (1:15), before Tillamook’s David Weathers won by fall (2:09) over Kenenounis in the championship. Elsewhere, Seaside senior Lawson Talamantez qualifi ed for state, taking fourth at 220. Talamantez lost a semi- fi nal match to Tillamook’s Jackson Contre- ras, then bounced back with a con- solation pin over Woodburn’s Axel Avendano (2:39), before losing by injury default in the third place match, then winning the fourth place match by no contest over Avendano. Competing at 285 pounds, Asto- ria sophomore Will Hofmann placed second with wins in the quarterfi nals over Sea- side’s Logan McCaully (by fall, 54 seconds) and Luke Bigsby (by fall, 1:45) in the semi’s, before Estaca- da’s Devin Gotchall pinned Hoff man in the fi nal in 1:48. Hofman accounted for 22 of Astoria’s 35 points, and will be the only Fisher- men competing at state. The Astorian Jeff TerHar Gulls boys at the holiday tournament in Seaside. Braves top Seaside boys Seaside Signal The Banks boys basketball team held Seaside to its few- est points in a game in over seven years Tuesday night, as the Braves limited the Gulls’ high-powered off ense to just 11 points in the fi rst half, on their way to a 47-32 win over Seaside. The No. 9-ranked Braves pulled into a tie atop the league standings with the No. 4-ranked Gulls, now both 6-1. Seaside was set to play at Asto- ria on Thursday. An early 3-pointer by Car- son Kawasoe gave the Gulls their only lead of the night at 3-2, as Banks reeled off the next nine points for an 11-3 advantage. Seaside fought back to within 11-9, but baskets by Cooper Gobel and Ben Mayo helped the Braves on an 18-2 run. Kawasoe made three 3-pointers for a team-high nine points, while Charlie White led Banks with 13. Seaside girls fall to Banks, 43-18 The Astorian In their last meeting as members of the same league, Banks turned an 8-6 defi cit into a 28-10 halftime lead, and the Braves cruised to a 43-18 win over the Gulls in a Cowapa League girls basketball game Tues- day night. The Braves — who will drop to the 3A level next school year — found them- selves trailing by two points early in the second quarter, following a score by Sea- side’s Lilli Taylor. From there, Banks junior Madyson Bigsby drained a 3-pointer to spark a 22-2 run. Jocelyn Janecek, Maggie Streblow and Nya Johnson added additional 3-point- ers for an 18-point halftime lead. Taylor scored seven points to lead the Gulls, who close out the regular season Thursday at Astoria. By GARY HENLEY The Astorian There were no team championships for the locals, but the Astoria and Seaside swim teams will both be sending a bus- load of athletes to the state meet, Friday and Saturday at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Cen- ter in Beaverton. Newport collected both team championship trophies Saturday, on the fi nal day of the District 1/4A swim meet, held at the Astoria Aquatic Center. The Cubs won the girls’ title with 267 points, well ahead of Valley Catholic (175) and Astoria (154); while the Newport boys racked up 233 points to edge Taft (227), with Sea- side (222) placing third, fol- lowed by Astoria (206). The Astoria Fish qual- ifi ed 15 swimmers for the state meet, including all three boys relay teams and two girls, while Seaside will also send all three boys relay teams, with three boys com- peting in individual events. This year’s state meet will be a fi nals-only event, with no preliminaries, which means fewer quali- fying swimmers from dis- trict meets. Only fi rst-place swimmers and qualifying times advance to state. “Even though we didn’t have any automatic quali- fi ers, it was a great meet,” THE SEASIDE BOYS WILL SEND ALL THREE RELAY SQUADS TO STATE, WHILE OTHER WILD CARD QUALIFIERS INCLUDED DENNIS (100 BUTTERFLY, 1:01.72), HEROUX (100 BREASTSTROKE, 1:12.88) AND REHNERT, A STUDENT AT WARRENTON HIGH SCHOOL (100 BACKSTROKE, 1:04.24). said Seaside coach Shane Spell, whose boys team fi n- ished third at state last sea- son, but had to settle for a third-place team showing at district this year. “The kids really rose up to the occasion.” Astoria had two fi rst place swims Saturday, as junior Emelia Cameron won the 100-yard freestyle in 1 minute, .98 seconds; and the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay foursome of Finn Biz- zell, Dylan Farrell, Phelan Dopp and Stephen Ero took fi rst in 1:42, ahead of sec- ond-place Seaside (1:45.63). The rest of the Astoria and Seaside state qualifi ers took the wild-card route to state. Sophomore Hannah Dan- iels was third in the 500- yard freestyle in 5:54.79, a state-qualifying mark. Cameron and Daniels will also compete at state along with Brooke O’Con- nor and Sydney Ferrero on Astoria’s 400-yard freestyle relay team, which took third in 4:34.75. In the boys 200-yard medley relay, Newport won in 1:48.62, while Seaside (Leif Rehnert, Sam Heroux, Logan Dennis, Liam Mat- lock) took third in 1:57.01, and Astoria (Dopp, Biz- zell, Trevor Newman, Ero) was fourth in 1:58.06. Both times were good enough to advance to state. And in a very fast 400- yard freestyle relay, won by Newport in 3:32.15, Seaside (Dennis, Matlock, Reh- nert, Sean Olea) was third in 3:53.33, and Astoria (Newman, Farrell, Chris- tian Womack, Jacob Peeler) was fi fth out of six teams, but still qualifi ed for state. The Seaside boys will send all three relay squads to state, while other wild card qualifi ers included Dennis (100 butterfl y, 1:01.72), Heroux (100 breaststroke, 1:12.88) and Rehnert, a student at War- renton High School (100 backstroke, 1:04.24). For the Lady Gulls, “Gabriela Tapia placed really well in the 200 IM and 100 fl y, a tough com- bination without a lot of rest between,” Spell said. “Emma Arden dropped three seconds in her 100 free and had some great relay anchors. Just a won- derful way for her to wrap up her swim career.” Seaside also had “some big time drops by some of our outgoing seniors,” Spell said, citing Morgan Houston, Justin Hallock, Aiden Ousley and Elliot Ousley. “Ty Olea had a great meet and got fourth in the 100 back,” he said. “And Sean Olea had a great swim in the 100 breaststroke to help Seaside go two-three.” Spell added, “It’s been a great season. The team has really battled through some challenges with illness, injury and missed pool time. I’m excited for one more chance for some of the guys to go fast at state. Last year’s state fi nish was great, but this one is a notch up. It’s just diff erent. Quali- fying against the traditional competition and without ever having a meet where our full squad was available, is just a great indicator of their perseverance and belief in each other to rise up when needed.” DINING on the NORTH COAST Great Restaurants in: GEARHART • SEASIDE CANNON BEACH WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE LOCALS GO? • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Junior Menu RESTAURANT & LOUNGE • Lighter appetite menu E RIL Y’ S Multiple state qualifi ers for Fishermen, Gulls swimmers Three Seaside wrestlers and one from Astoria will compete in the upcoming 4A state meet, Feb. 25-26 at Cascade High School. As usual, Tillamook was the big winner in the Dis- trict 1/4A state qualifi er meet, as the Cheesemak- ers racked up 401.5 points, ahead of second place Banks (280). Seaside was sixth and Astoria eighth out of the eight teams. 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