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Banks wins boys district golf title; Seaside fourth
The Astorian
The top two teams in
District 1 4A boys golf will
be the two schools that will
be dropping to the 3A level
next school year.
Banks was team cham-
pion of the district tourna-
ment with a 649 two-day
team score, ahead of sec-
ond place Valley Catholic
(674). Tillamook (728) was
the district’s third and fi nal
state team qualifi er, while
Seaside placed fourth with
a 765.
The two-day tournament
concluded last Thursday at
Quail Valley Golf Course in
Banks.
Other teams compet-
ing included Molalla (787),
Madras (792), Astoria
(814), North Marion (838)
and Estacada (985).
Individually, Seaside’s
Carson Kawasoe shot the
best round on Day 2 (72)
Jim Poetsch
Four of the fi ve state qualifi ers out of District 1 4A, from left, Aaron Brown, of Banks, Ryoma
Lane, of Valley Catholic, Carson Kawasoe, of Seaside, and medalist Elliot Lee, of Tillamook.
to fi nish with a fi nal round
148, one stroke behind
the 147 posted by Aaron
Brown of Banks and Tilla-
mook’s Elliot Lee.
In a three-hole playoff ,
Lee sank a 25-foot birdie
putt to claim the individual
title.
Valley Catholic’s Ryoma
Lane (154) fi nished fourth
and Massimo Ceregh-
ino (159) of Molalla fi fth.
Kawasoe and Ceregh-
ino qualifi ed for state as
individuals.
Judd Field led Asto-
ria with a two-day score
of 193, followed by Ian
McHone (199).
“Carson put forth a great
eff ort today,” said Seaside
coach Jim Poetsch. “He
lipped out an eagle putt on
17 that would have put him
in a playoff . He also bird-
ied the last hole,” fi nishing
with two birdies on the last
three holes for the second
day in a row.
“His main goal was a
state tournament berth,
and he took care of that,”
Poetsch said. “All fi ve
of our guys scored better
today, under much worse
conditions. I look forward
to watching these three
sophomores, along with a
few more rapidly develop-
ing players we left at home,
over the next few years.
We have the potential to be
pretty good.”
He added, “I wouldn’t
doubt that today’s fi nal
foursome ends up at the top
of the leaderboard at state.
It is as talented a foursome
as I’ve ever seen in the
Cowapa League.”
Astoria coach Peter Ros-
coe said, “I thought we had
a very successful season.
One of our guys (Field)
made all-Cowapa, and our
top three guys fi nished
19th, 20th and 21st in the
regionals. We have a young
team, and they are all very
excited for their future
and are saying all the right
things about practicing over
the summer and developing
the potential that they so
obviously possess.”
SPORTS BRIEFS
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
Jarred White, Seaside
Sports: Football (all-
league), basketball
(all-league), baseball
(outfi elder and pitcher).
Favorite sports mo-
ment: Comeback
against Philomath (Sea-
side’s 62-61 win in last
season’s basketball state
quarterfi nal round).
Favorite road trips:
Basketball playoff trip to
Marshfi eld and baseball
trip to Medford.
Favorite pregame mu-
sic: 21 Savage.
Most infl uential coach
or teacher: Bill Wester-
holm.
Hoop players
named all-state
Several local players were
named to the Oregon Basketball
Coaches Association all-state
teams for the 2021-22 season.
The association surveyed
4A, 5A and 6A girls and boys
basketball coaches across the
state in selecting the teams.
Two Seaside Gulls were
named to the 4A boys team,
as senior Ever Sibony was one
of fi ve players on the all-state
fi rst team, and senior teammate
Cash Corder was one of 13
named honorable mention.
Sibony and Corder will
play under Seaside coach Bill
Westerholm in the association’s
annual All-Star series in June.
In the girls all-state selec-
tions, Astoria’s Shelby Bruney
earned second team honors.
Seaside senior Lilli Tay-
lor was an honorable mention
selection, and will also be play-
ing in the All-Star series.
With 146 career blocks,
Taylor fi nished as the all-time
blocks leader in Seaside school
history. She was also second in
career rebounds (606), fourth in
steals (215), and fi fth in points
(928) and assists (232).
Author presents book
on ex-NBA player
Kerry Eggers presented his
book “Jerome Kersey Over-
coming the Odds” on April
30 at the Seaside Library. The
author talked about the former
Trail Blazer growing up, his
college days, his NBA days,
and how the book came about.
Fergus competes at
Quail Valley
Valley Catholic jumped to
an early lead after Day 1, then
posted another solid score
on the second day to win the
team title in the District 1
4A/3A/2A/1A girls golf match,
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held last Thursday and Friday
at Quail Valley Golf Course in
Banks, fi nishing with a fi nal
round score of 823 (408-415) to
hold off the Lady Braves, who
carded an 887 team score on
their home course. Holly Fer-
gus (248) was Seaside’s lone
golfer; Warrenton golfers were
Savannah Bigelow (241) and
Jezalynn Stergell (247).
Pickleball tourney at
recreation center
The Sunset Empire Park and
Recreation District hosts the
Slices in the Kitchen Pickle-
ball Tournament on June 10-12
at the Sunset Recreation Center.
The women’s event is June
10; mixed play on June 11; and
men’s event on June 12.
The fee is $50 per per-
son for the fi rst event and $10
per person for a second event.
Sign up by Friday, June 4, 2022
at sunsetempire.com or call
503-738-3311.