2011 Dual Match Statistics

After a great regular season, here are our stats:

• Overall Record: 14-3


• Pacific Conference Record: 11-3 (2nd place out of 8 teams)


• Non-league record: 3-0


• 2011 Grizzly Invitational Champion

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

Overall Wins

• Chris Colvin/Myles Horton - 16 wins (16-1)


• Jesse Stahl, Adam Kiff - 15 wins (15-2)


• Alex Worth, Cody Thomas - 14 wins (14-3)


• Nathan Johnson - 13 wins (13-1)


• Marshall Dittel-Payne, Reza Refaei - 11 wins (11-3, 11-5)


• Will Worth, Brendon Walters - 10 wins (10-2, 10-6)


• Jim Desmond, Casey Baker - 7 wins (7-2, 7-6)


• Bradyn Stowe - 4 wins (4-2)


• Tim Hartsock, Thomas Carter - 1 win (1-0)

Singles Wins

• Jesse, Alex - 14 wins


• Nathan - 12 wins


• Reza - 6 wins


• Casey - 5 wins


• Myles, Chris - 1 win

Doubles Wins

• Chris, Myles, Adam - 15 wins


• Cody - 14 wins


• Marshall - 11 wins


• Will, Brendon - 10 wins


• Jim - 7 wins


• Reza - 5 wins


• Bradyn - 4 wins


• Casey - 2 wins


• Jesse, Tim, Thomas - 1 win

Regular Season Wraps-Up

We wrapped up our regular, Pacific Conference Season recently with three great wins. We beat Tigard 7-1 at home, Hillsboro 8-0 on the road, and won an incredible 5-3 match under the lights at home vs. Newberg.

A special thanks to all the Worth and Kiff family for supplying BBQ for both squads, parents and coaches at that final match. Going into the final 2 matches tied at 3-3, Casey and Nathan won close 2-set matches to seal the deal for us over a very athletic, well-coached Newberg team. We finish our regular season in 2nd place for the second-consecutive season. Although many of the senior players are somewhat disappointed that we didn't win the regular season league championship, I am very proud of the way our players have competed all season and the sportsmanship they displayed in each match.

This is how the final league standings ended up:

1. Tualatin 14-0
2. McMinnville 11-3
3. Glencoe 9-5
4. Newberg 9-5
5. Hillsboro 5-9
6. Tigard 4-10
7. Forest Grove 4-10
8. Century 0-14

Like I said earlier, I am very proud of our accomplishments so far this season. As a reward to our guys, we were able to schedule another match last Thursday against Dallas. In this match I put many singles players in doubles and doubles players in singles. Some senior doubles players had never played a singles match in their 4 year high school career, so I thought it would be fun for them to play singles. The guys stepped up in their new roles, and gave a great effort as we won the match 8-0 over an athletic Dallas team. It was a lot of fun to watch for both myself and our players, their parents, and our fans.

Here are the scores:

McMinnville 8, Dallas 0

Singles
1. Alex Worth (M) def. Caleb Gillette (D) 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-2
2. Myles Horton (M) def. Cody Bibler (D) 6-0, 6-2
3. Chris Colvin (M) def. Austin Gish (D) 6-0, 6-0
4. Reza Refaei (M) def. Skyler Holstad (D) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Jesse Stahl/Cody Thomas (M) def. David Pauls/Devin Hammill (D) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
2. Adam Kiff/Nathan Johnson (M) def. Zach Foster/Matt Shafer (D) 6-0, 6-0
3. Bradyn Stowe/Casey Baker (M) def. Scottie Dunagan/Matt Knocker (D) 6-1, 6-0
4. Brendon Walters/Jim Desmond (M) def. Logan Stapleton/Bridger Cook (D) 6-0, 6-0

Game Ball - 5 Graduating Seniors (Alex, Myles, Chris, Casey, and Jim)


Thanks for all of the consumable and auditory support this season. You guys are great. I will have more information about our district tournament as the week goes on!

Glencoe match

Victory was ours over the past 2 days as we defeated Glencoe by a final score of 8-0. It was great to get a win against a team we lost to, to open the season. The guys played well and we won our first 4 matches yesterday before the rain hit. 6 players and their coach from Glencoe came down today to finish the match, and Casey, Nathan, Cody, Marshall, Jim and Reza hung tough to win our remaining 4 matches to give us the 8-0 shutout win. A great effort by all to give us a great win:

McMinnville 8, Glencoe 0

Singles
1. Jesse Stahl def. Kurtis Campbell 6-2, 6-4
2. Alex Worth def. Tommy Nuthman 6-3, 6-0
3. Casey Baker def. Zach Bergthold 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Nathan Johnson def. Wesley Upton 6-4, 6-0

Doubles
1. Chris Colvin/Myles Horton def. Mark Reimers/Brian Rasmussen 6-1, 6-0
2. Adam Kiff/Brendon Walters def. Matthew Bergthold/Josh Bailey 6-3, 6-1
3. Cody Thomas/Marshall Dittel-Payne def. T.J. Miller/Thomas Reed 6-3, 6-3
4. Reza Refaei/Jim Desmond def. Daniel Forbes/Zach Poole 7-6(5), 6-4

Game Ball - Casey Baker (great 3 set comeback win)

The win brings our season record to 10-3, 8-3 in Pacific Conference play. Thanks to all of the parents, siblings, and families who showed up over the past 2 days for our matches. A special thanks to Bahram and Sandi Refaei for providing the delicious meal for the guys for this match. It was absolutely delicious food!

Well, let's hope the rain holds off for us over the next few days. We are scheduled to be at home tomorrow against Tigard at 4pm. The mixed doubles bbq has been postponed until after our district tournament. Lastly, we have our Hit-A-Thon Fundraiser scheduled for this Saturday at 10am at Cowls.

Thanks for the support!

-Coach Wes

Grizzly Invitational Pictures

Thanks to Sandi Colvin, here are some pictures from our Grizzly Invitational Tournament last weekend:

Big Serving

Tongue out!!!

Coaches hanging out

Master Chef Mike Colvin

Master Chef Brian Stahl

Hanging out, watching tennis

Fire and Ice!!!!

The human backboard . . .

Chris

Team Statistics (After 12 Matches)

Overall Record: 9-3
Pacific Conference Record: 7-3 (3rd place out of 8 teams)
Non-Conference Record: 2-0
2011 Grizzly Invitational Champions
Individual Matches Won in Dual Matches: 73
Individual Matches Lost in Dual Matches: 23

Individual Records - Team Leaders

Singles Wins:

1. Jesse Stahl - 11 wins (11-1)
2. Alex Worth - 9 wins (9-3)
3. Nathan Johnson - 8 wins (8-1)
4. Reza Refaei - 4 wins (4-1)
5. Casey Baker - 3 wins (3-5)


Doubles Wins:
1. Chris Colvin/Myles Horton - 11 wins (11-1)
2. Will Worth/Adam Kiff - 10 wins (10-2)
2. Cody Thomas - 10 wins (10-2)
4. Marshall Dittel-Payne - 8 wins (8-2)
5. Brendon Walters - 5 wins (5-5)
6. Jim Desmond - 4 wins (4-1)
7. Reza Refaei - 3 wins (3-3)
8. Bradyn Stowe - 2 wins (2-1)
9. Tim Hartsock - 1 win (1-0)
9. Thomas Carter - 1 win (1-0)

Grizzly Invitational Tournament

Last Saturday (4/23) was a smashing success. We hosted the first annual Grizzly Invitational Tournament. This was a jamboree-based event with 2 non-league opponents. The participants were McMinnville, Beaverton, and Clackamas. All 3 teams played 2 total matches, and the winner of the most matches won the tournament.

This was a fun-filled day of great tennis, food (thanks to our devoted parents who ran the bbq and food tent for all players and coaches from all 3 teams all day!), and great weather. The sun was out and the temp was in the low 70s!

Overall, our guys played a fantastic set of matches, as we beat 2 quality opponents by decisive scores. As a result, we won our tournament! I told the guys that they played fantastic matches. They played with great energy, confidence, and skill today and beat 2 very good teams. If the guys continue to play at this level and show improvement with each match, we will do very well as a team during the rest of our league season, and we will have a great shot at repeating as district tournament champions. Overall, I couldn't be prouder of the way the guys competed this weekend!

Below are the final statistics for the tournament:

Scores:
McMinnville 7, Beaverton 1
Clackamas 5, Beaverton 3
McMinnville 7, Clackamas 1

Grizzly Invitational Final Standings:
1. McMinnville 2-0
2. Clackamas 1-1
3. Beaverton 0-2


I hope to post some pictures of the event very soon!!!!

League Standings

With 10 of 14 League matches completed, here are the current standings for our conference:





2011 Pacific Conference Standings - Boys Tennis


1. Tualatin 10-0
2. Glencoe 8-2
3. McMinnville 7-3
4. Newberg 6-4
5. Hillsboro 4-6
6. Tigard 3-7
7. Forest Grove 2-8
8. Century 0-10

More Matches

With all of the weather and cancellations of matches I haven't been very good about posting match summaries and results this year. Since the last blog post we have had six more completed matches.

We finished out the first rotation of our league schedule by defeating Newberg 6-2 on their home courts. Their coach Dave Brown is a good friend of mine and we always enjoy getting together to coach against each other. As always he had a very athletic team who competed hard. We were able to show dominance in singles at the 1, 2, and 4 position, and win good close matches at 1, 2, and 3 doubles. Nathan's win at 4 singles gave us the 5 matches we needed to take the dual match. The guys were pumped with our win against our geographic rivals and we finished the 1st half of the league season in 2nd place in the Pacific Conference:

2011 Pacific Conference Standings (1/2 way point)

1. Tualatin 7-0
2. McMinnville 5-2
2. Newberg 5-2
2. Glencoe 5-2
5. Hillsboro 3-4
6. Forest Grove 2-5
7. Tigard 1-6
8. Century 0-7

We were in great shape heading into the 2nd half of our league season.


The 2nd Half of the league season started well with us winning 2 matches in efficient fashion. We downed Forest Grove on the road 7-1 despite a slight setback with a one hour rain delay. The next day we were at home against Century, a match we won 8-0. That night, we took advantage of the nice weather and had a night practice in preparation for our match the next day at Tualatin.

With much of our regular season left, we looked at the Tualatin match as a chance to contend for the Pacific Conference Regular Season title. In my two years running this program we have only lost to 2 schools in our conference during the regular season - Glencoe and Tualatin . . . and in this match we set out to earn our 1st win against Tualatin in the last 2 seasons.

Tualatin is a well-coached and very experienced team. All 12 of their starting players started for their team last season as they went 10-0 in league play. I knew this would be a tough test, but our guys were ready for the challenge.

Our 4 singles players came out firing, battled hard, and in singles we were able to win 2 of 4 matches. Jesse dispatched his opponent 6-2, 6-1 while Nathan won at No. 4 singles 6-3, 6-2. His win was a revenge win as his opponent beat him in 3 close sets the first time we played Tualatin this season. In doubles, Chris and Myles led the way by winning in 3 close sets and by playing a great match. All 4 players in that match played with energy, determination, skill and class. Chris and Myles avenged their only loss of the season and won a key match. It was great to not only see the boys compete hard and with good sportsmanship, but to see the friendship between our guys and their team was something special for me as a coach. The Tualatin parents were great and commended our players on a great effort as well - they even brought the guys 2-dozen glazed treats!

Unfortunately in our No. 2-4 doubles matches we didn't quite play with the energy level we could have, and lost to 3 very talented doubles teams from Tualatin. We ended up losing the match 5-3 to a very solid Tualatin team. Overall, I'm proud of the way the guys competed and the sportsmanship they displayed during the match.

Our goal is to finish the season strong, and to defend our Pacific Conference District Tournament Title in a few weeks!

Thanks for the support from parents, families, etc. You guys are fantastic.

I'm hoping for some great weather in the weeks to come. Also, if you have any pictures from matches I would love to post them for all to enjoy on this blog, so please send them to me if you'd like to see them posted!

Til next time.

-Coach Wes

Matches, Matches, Matches

It has been a busy few weeks so I apologize for the late post. After our Glencoe match we have been able to have 5 more matches. This brings our season total to 6 matches played and we've had 6 official practices. Despite only having 6 official practices the guys have done a fantastic job competing in each match. Since our first match at Glencoe here are our match results:

1. Won vs. Forest Grove 7-1


2. Won @ Tigard 7-1


3. Lost vs. Tualatin 6-2


4. Won vs. Hillsboro 7-1


5. Won @ Century 8-0

The Tualatin match was a tough one but the guys competed very hard. We have quite a few new guys on our varsity squad who are playing varsity matches for the first time and they competed very well against a talented and deep Tualatin team who returned all 12 starters from their 10-0 League championship team last year. Jesse and Alex did a great job of winning tough singles matches, while Nathan (4 singles), Marshall/Cody (3 doubles), and Reza/Brendon (4 doubles) all lost close matches in 3 sets. Marshall and Cody played especially well against a team that played 2 doubles for Tualatin last season and went 10-0 on the season. A great overall effort from the guys. It's difficult to lose a close match to a rival team but the guys have come back strong the last 2 matches with big wins over Hillsboro 7-1, and at Century yesterday 8-0.

Currently we are 4-2 on the season, all of those matches coming in Pacific Conference play. Today we travel to Newberg to complete the first half of our regular season of conference play. They are well coached, have good athletes, and always compete hard so it should be a good, fun match. We would love to see you make it out there for our match. It should be some good tennis and the Newberg parents will be hosting a BBQ for our players and parents. Should be a fun time. I hope to see you out there at 4!

Thanks for the great parental support you have been showing at all of our matches. The guys appreciate it and play well as a result. Take care and let's go get the Tigers today!

-Coach Wes

First Match - Glencoe

It finally happened! We got our first match in! The rain left Oregon temporarily and we got our first match in, which happened to be a Conference match today at Glencoe. We were missing a few guys from our line-up but our guys stepped up and played a tough match on the road. Unfortunately we lost all 4 of our singles matches, but fortunately won all 4 doubles matches. If a dual match is tied 4-4 we then use a tiebreaker system to determine who wins the overall match. The first tiebreaker is total sets won and unfortunately Glencoe beat us 9-8 on total sets won. If the set total would have been tied, then we count total games won to determine a winner. Glencoe beat us 75-67 on total games. The JV Squad played a great match and won 6-2. It was a tough match that came right down to the wire. Our guys gave a good effort today and will continue to improve as the season progresses. The guys and I agree that we need to improve our intensity and focus during matches in order to win close matches like today's match, in the future. Overall it was a fine effort, and the guys are ready to play tomorrow at home against Forest Grove. Match starts at 4pm. Here are today's scores: GLENCOE 4, MCMINNVILLE 4 (Glencoe wins 9-8 on sets) Singles

1. 1. Stuart Tierney def. Jesse Stahl 6-1, 6-2


2. 2. Kurtis Campbell def. Alex Worth 6-2, 6-3


3. 3. Tommy Nuthman def. Reza Refaei 6-2, 6-0


4. 4. Zach Bregthold def. Brendon Walters 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

1. 1. Chris Colvin/Myles Horton def. Wesley Upton/Mark Reimers 6-3, 7-5


2. 2. Will Worth/Adam Kiff def. Thomas Reed/T.J. Miller 6-1, 6-2


3. 3. Cody Thomas/Bradyn Stowe def. Daniel Forbes/Brian Rasmusen 4-6, 6-2, 6-0


4. 4. Tim Hartsock/Jim Desmond def. Josh Bailey/Zack Furrow 6-4, 6-4

Game Ball - Will Worth/Adam Kiff for a great, efficient doubles victory. Thanks to those who drove up to support the guys today. Also thanks to Kathy Stahl for providing snacks for the guys. See you out on the courts tomorrow!

Rain, Rain, Rain . . .

Well, the tennis season is off to a rainy start. After a solid week of try-outs our first and only week of practice as respective teams before matches begin was very good. It rained on us for the first two days of the week but we were able to get full practices in on Wednesday-Friday of that week. With our first match being on Monday, I was glad we were able to get in three full practices during the week. This gave the guys time to hit some tennis balls, increase their consistancy, and become familiar with their respective doubles partners. I had planned to hold practice Saturday morning of that week, but alas, Oregon weather came out in full force and it rained. Luckily I was able to use my connections as a Linfield Alumni to get us access into the Linfield Rutschman Fieldhouse (Indoor tennis courts) for part of the day on Saturday and Sunday afternoon and night. The guys relished the opportunity to hit more balls and really impressed me with their work ethic, level of focus, and intensity over these two days of practice. Unfortunately. all 3 of our matches scheduled for the week before spring break were cancelled due to poor weather conditions. In addition to those 3 days of cancelled matches, the remaining 2 days of make-up matches were cancelled. I know the guys are itching to get out there and compete, and I am anxious and excited to see them take part in their first match. However, we will just have to wait for the weather to improve before we can get out there and compete! I hope all of you had a wonderful, relaxing spring break. I know the guys are ready to get out there and take on some league opponents this week. Our tentative schedule for the upcoming week (3/28-4/1) looks like this:

• Monday - Practice 3:45-5:45 @ Patton (slight chance of a make-up match @ home vs. Forest Grove)


• Tuesday - Match vs. Tualatin @4pm


• Wednesday - Match vs. Westview @ 4pm


• Thursday - Match @ Glencoe @ 4pm


• Friday - Practice 3:45-5:45 @ Patton


• Saturday - Practice TBA

Let's hope for some great weather this week!

Week 1 Complete!

Week 1 is complete! We were able to get out on the courts for 1 and a half practices this week. Oregon weather was in full force this week and prevented us from having many practices on the Cowls courts. Monday was spent running and conditioning on the Baker Field Track. On Tuesday we were able to use the Red gym and the guys completed fitness circuits, worked on their volleys, and competed in some relay races which tested their speed, endurance, and racket skills. Wednesday we were able to get out on the Cowls Courts. We had 2 try-out sessions and the guys hustled and gave a great effort out there. On Thursday we split the guys into groups of 4 where they played match tiebreakers against each member of their group. As a result of these two days of tennis action, we made our final evaluations and divided the guys up into two teams.

Here are the 2011 McMinnville High School Boys Tennis Teams:

Varsity:
Jesse Stahl
Alex Worth
Casey Baker
Nathan Johnson
Will Worth
Chris Colvin
Myles Horton
Adam Kiff
Brendon Walters
Reza Refaei
Cody Thomas
Marshall Dittel-Payne
Jim Desmond
Bradyn Stowe

Junior Varsity:
Thomas Carter
Austin Wiley
Cody Green
Nick Domenichini
Wyatt Waterbury
Tryston Thayer
Andrew McQuary
Samuel Romasco

Congratulations to all for a great 4 days of try-outs!

I can't wait for the dry weather to roll in in the coming weeks so we can start putting in some hard work on the courts.

-Coach Gabrielsen

Try-Outs

Dear McMinnville Tennis Followers,

The season has finally arrived! Despite the poor weather slated for us this week try-outs will proceed. If raining we will have conditioning workouts, and hopefully the weather will cooperate with us sooner than later so we can get out on the courts and prepare for our first match! I am excited to begin another season working with the guys and I hope to continue to have the success we had last season!

-Coach Gabrielsen