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 11-33. 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 0Singles1.
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
Doubles1.
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!
