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Valiants win Astoria invite
Jeff TerHar
Carson Kawasoe and Elliott Lee shake after a dramatic performance.
Kawasoe wins golf title
with sudden death birdie
By GARY HENLEY
Seaside Signal
Seaside senior Carson
Kawasoe birdied the first
hole of sudden death to win
the Cowapa League individ-
ual title over defending state
co-champion Elliot Lee of
Tillamook on Monday after-
noon at the Astoria Golf &
Country Club.
In their last season in the
Cowapa League, Banks won
the team title with a 324
score, ahead of second-place
Valley Catholic (329). Both
schools will be dropping to
the 3A level next fall.
Tillamook was third
(360), followed by Seaside
(384) and Astoria (395). All
teams were set to compete
Wednesday and Thursday
in the District 1 region state
qualifier.
“It was a back-and-
forth battle all day between
Kawasoe and Lee,” said
Seaside coach Jim Poetsch.
Both golfers birdied the
12th, and Kawasoe tied the
match with a birdie on the
16th. Both players missed
birdie opportunities on the
18th hole to send the match
into a sudden death playoff
hole, won by Kawasoe.
Kawasoe and Lee were
joined on the all-league
team by Aaron Brown of
Banks (74), Valley Catho-
lic’s Ryoma Lane (77) and
D.J. Ramano (78), a trio of
Banks players (Ben Cost,
82; Jake Walters, 83; and
Bo Wormington, 85), Val-
ley Catholic’s Lucas Howell
(86) and Aiden Liu (88), and
Astoria’s Judd Field (90).
“It was great to see Car-
son join an elite group of
Seaside golfers as Cow-
apa League champions,”
Poetsch said, as Kawasoe
finished second to teammate
Curtis Kunde as a freshman
in 2019, the last time the
tournament was played.
Preview match
Defending 3A state
champion Oregon Episco-
pal won a boys golf state
preview match, held last
Wednesday at Quail Valley
Golf Course.
The Aardvarks posted a
four-over par team score of
292, ahead of Banks, the
top 4A school with a 323.
Defending 4A champion
Marist was third (326) fol-
lowed by Valley Catholic
(329).
Individually,
Aaron
Brown of Banks tore up his
home course with a five-un-
der par 67 to earn medalist
honors. Alex Tseng of Ore-
gon Episcopal was a stroke
back at 68, ahead of his
brother Ethan at 70.
Seaside was led by Car-
son Kawasoe’s 78, for ninth
place. Also scoring for the
Gulls were Carter Perrigo
(105), Carson Bates (114),
Ever Sibony and Merrick
Habecker (each at 115) and
Madden Wunderlich (111).
“Carson
(Kawasoe)
played much better than his
score showed,” said Seaside
coach Jim Poetsch. “He hit
one in the water on nine and
missed a slick downhill putt
on six that led to doubles.
Otherwise, he was pretty
solid.
“As far as the state tour-
nament, it looks like Banks,
Valley and Marist will battle
it out,” he said. “And if Cow-
apa League history holds,
Tillamook could be right in
the mix for a trophy.”
Some of the top individuals in Oregon 4A
girls golf are from the Cowapa League, so it
was a strong field for the annual Astoria Invi-
tational, held last Thursday at the Astoria Golf
& Country Club.
Valley Catholic won the team title with 228
points under a modified Stableford scoring
format, paced by medalist and defending state
champion Challin Kim with 75 points.
With 61 points from Jocelyn Janecek,
Banks was second with 178, edging Astoria
(177), which had all five of its varsity golfers
scoring a season-best in points.
Caleigh Peterson led the way with 54, fol-
lowed by Ava Davis (46), Marlee Both (41),
Katie Jo Strimple-Fields (36) and Mia Rochon
(26).
Seaside, Tillamook, Warrenton and Catlin
Gabel all had incomplete teams scores. Com-
peting for the Gulls were Holly Fergus (49
points) and Alyssa Bergman (34).
Girls golf regionals were scheduled for
Thursday and Friday at Quail Valley Golf
Course.
Seaside Invitational
Banks compiled 167 team points to win the
Seaside Invitational girls golf tournament, held
last Monday at the Gearhart Golf Links.
In a modified Stableford scoring format,
medalist Jocelyn Janecek had 55 points to pace
the Braves, just ahead of Valley Catholic’s
Challin Kim (54). The Valiants finished sec-
ond in team scoring with 153 points, followed
by Astoria (127) and Seaside (104), with War-
renton incomplete.
Astoria’s Ava Davis shot a personal best
in stroke play (98) for 45 points to lead the
Lady Fishermen, with Caleigh Peterson (38),
Lily Reed and Mia Rochon (22 points apiece),
Katie Jo Strimple-Fields (21) and Marlee Both
(19) rounding out the scores.
Kaylee Snyder had 31 points as Seaside’s
top scorer, followed by Alyssa Bergman (27)
and Holly Fergus (26).
SOFTBALL
Garcia’s walk-off grand slam
gives Seaside softball win
A walk-off grand slam propelled Seaside
High School varsity softball to a decisive, dra-
matic victory over Valley Catholic, 9-6, last
Thursday. Seaside trailed 6-5 in the bottom
of the seventh inning when Jazel Garcia hom-
ered on a 1-2 count, scoring four runs.
Both offenses were strong at the plate as
Seaside collected 16 hits and Valley Catholic
six in the high-scoring affair.
Seaside opened up scoring in the first
inning when Erin Owsley grounded out, scor-
ing one run.
In the top of the fourth inning, Valley Cath-
olic tied things up at five.
Lydia Klumper was credited with the vic-
tory for the Gulls. The pitcher surrendered six
runs on six hits over seven innings, striking
out two.
Garcia launch the game-winning shot in
the seventh inning.
Seaside saw the ball well, racking up 16
hits in the game. Klumper and Lair each man-
aged three hits to lead Seaside. Tara Lair,
Klumper, Garcia, Emma Arden, Ila Bowles
and Abby Nofield each managed multiple hits
for Seaside.
Valley Catholic over Seaside
Valley Catholic’s MaryLou Lux was
4-for-4 at the plate with two home runs, as
she led the Valiants to a 12-4 win over visiting
Seaside in a Cowapa League softball game
last Monday.
Valley Catholic also had five doubles on the
day.
Valiants 9, Gulls 7
Five days after the Seaside softball
team scored a walk-off victory over Val-
ley Catholic at Broadway Field, the Val-
iants bounced back with a 9-7 win over the
Gulls, Tuesday in Beaverton.
The Valiants led 2-0 through four
innings, before Seaside scored seven in
the top of the fifth for a seemingly safe 7-2
lead.
But Valley Catholic rallied with two
runs in the bottom of the fifth, then tacked
on five more in the sixth. Seaside had 11
hits to Valley Catholic’s six.
Second annual
100K Relay on the Prom
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation Dis-
trict celebrates life at the beach with their sec-
ond annual 100K Relay on the Prom.
Teams will run all night along Seaside’s
historic Promenade to complete the race, cul-
minating with breakfast and prizes the next
morning. The race begins on Friday, May 27
at 8 p.m. at 12th and Prom. Check in starts at
7 p.m.
More
information
about
the
relay can be found at sunsetempire.
com/100k-relay-on-the-prom.
Cost is $50 per participant and a break-
fast voucher to Pig ‘N Pancake and a T-shirt
are included while supplies last. Call the Sun-
set Empire Park & Recreation District at 503-
738-3311 to register.
This event is sponsored by Runkle Con-
sulting Group and the Kathryn Riverfront
Inn.