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