SEASIDE – Astoria High School may be faced with a serious problem following the 2006 spring sports season.

Where in the world are they gonna put all that hardware?

The Fighting Fishermen won a baseball title last week, and added a pair of track team championships Friday afternoon in Seaside.

They’ll look to add more later this week in state playoff competition, with a good majority of the track team heading off for the state meet which begins Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene.

The Astoria boys track team squeaked out a narrow win over Scappoose in the team standings (167.5-163), while the Fishermen girls put together a dominating performance to help Astoria sweep the team titles – a first in school history.

Coming in with a projected 184 points, the Astoria girls racked up a whopping 200 to win over second-place Seaside (141).

And how ’bout those Gulls? The Seaside track team won more events (14) than the five other schools over the two-day meet and qualified their own bus-load of athletes to state.

When the district meet was over, it wasn’t too difficult to see where the balance of power is located in Cowapa League track and field.

Combined, Astoria and Seaside athletes won 24 of the 34 events, and had state qualifiers (top two finishes) in all but three events.

Get used to it Cowapa League – the Fishermen and Gulls scored the majority of their points with freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

“That was exciting,” said Astoria coach Lynn Jackson. “It’s the first time Astoria’s ever doubled like that. A lot of the young kids stepped up and performed.”

Astoria freshman Charlene Harber was the high-point scorer on the girls’ side, as she set a meet record in the long jump Thursday (18-03?4 feet), then added second-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meters Friday. She also ran a leg on the second-place long relay.

Harber will be the No. 1-seeded long jumper at the state meet.

Fellow freshman Laura Bobek won the shot put on Day 1, and captured the discus with a toss of 133-0 Friday.

Bobek is the second-seeded discus thrower at state, and the No. 3 seed in the shot.

More youthful wins from North Coast athletes:

Seaside freshman Ashley Mayfield qualified for state in two events, winning the 1,500 meters (4 minutes, 51.98 seconds) and taking second in the 800;

Astoria sophomore Hilary O’Bryan cleared a personal-best 5-1 to win the high jump;

Seaside sophomore Marla Olstedt won the triple jump and placed second in the high jump;

Gulls’ sophomore Cela Sibley edged Astoria junior Janae Poe in the high hurdles;

And Astoria freshman Maddy Adee took third in the 400, but qualified for the state meet when Tillamook’s Melissa Waud (second place) decided she will not run the 400 at state.

North Coast seniors had their share of the spotlight Friday, as Seaside’s Melissa Owens doubled by winning the 400- and 800-meter races, setting a new meet record of 2:17.80 in the 800 (old record 2:19.64, Mary Wollenbacker, Astoria, 1988).

The girls’ performer of the meet, Owens won the 400 without breaking a sweat.

“I wasn’t really looking for a time, because I still have to run the 800 in about 10 minutes,” Owens said between races. “So I was just looking to place. It was nice and relaxed.”

Seaside senior Brian Crago won the boys’ 100 in 11.17, over Tillamook’s Blaise Bennett (11.19). The two sprinters will be seeded first and second, respectively, at the state meet.

Astoria’s Ian MacDougall added big points for the Fishermen with victories in the 800 and 1,500. MacDougall and teammate Josimar Macareno overtook Scappoose runner Jesse Cronin midway through the 1,500 for a 1-2 finish.

Seaside junior Dennis Olstedt was the boys’ performer of the meet, as he won the 110 hurdles (15.32, No. 3 seed at state) and 300 hurdles (39.73, No. 2 seed), then concluded the meet with a great effort in the 1,600-meter relay, won by the Gulls.

Elsewhere, Astoria’s Nathan Stinnett uncorked a throw of 170-7 to win the javelin and teammate Kyle McMullen won the triple jump (41-9).

“On the boys’ side, I had us scoring about 158, and we scored 167,” Jackson said. “All we needed to do in the final relay was hang on to the baton or get fourth or fifth.

“The leadership Cyrus Heick displayed in all of his races (the 200 and 400) and having the leadership that he showed in the 4-by-4, I was real proud of him. We’re truly fortunate to have him on our squad for the last four years.”

Jackson knows the Fish are well-stocked as they head to state.

“I can’t even step up and talk about all the fine performances, because we had so many,” he said. “Kyle McMullen in the triple jump; Nathan Stinnett having an excellent throw in the javelin; Josimar kicking around the corner against Cronin in the 1,500, Ian doubling … those two team trophies are an example of everybody coming together and doing what they needed to do.”

Astoria junior Rachel Gascoigne cleared a personal best 9-0 to take second in the pole vault, while Seaside’s Megan Macomb made it a Gulls’ sweep in the hurdles, running 49.80 to edge Astoria’s Katrina Sentgeorge in the 300 hurdles.

The Gulls nearly made it a clean sweep in the relays, winning the boys’ 400 and 1,600-meter races, while the girls won the long relay.