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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.”
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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.
Seaside senior
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Rollins
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pounds, where he
scored
decisions
over two Tillamook
wrestlers.
After byes in the
fi rst round and the quarterfi -
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Gilbert Whitlatch with a
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fi nal.
Seaside senior Johnathon
Kenenounis was second at
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Thompson of Banks (1:21)
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