ATHLETICS
MAC racquetball players, from left, Rob Hilsenteger, Scott Cohn, Bill Wainwright and Dylan Reid, enjoyed a busy season that included several events, including the return of the Tournament of Champions.
Celebrating a Wildly Successful Season T
his year’s Racquetball Club Singles Championship in May was one of our most successful ever, with more than 60 players competing. There were many exciting moments, especially during the Thursday evening championship games. In the open division there was a display of athleticism and kill shots in a matchup from years’ past between Dylan Reid and Billy Wainwright. The match proved to be entertaining, with Wainwright jumping and diving for balls, but in the end Reid’s quick reflexes, kill shots and consistent play won the match in two straight. B finalists Jim Finn and newcomer Alan Carbajal played a marathon match, with Carbajal winning 11-10 in the tie breaker. The women’s A division was also a great matchup, with Georgette Blomquist outlasting Liz Nehl in the tiebreaker. The tournament concluded with a banquet and prize presentation. Awards were presented for all of the intramurals seasons, the club championships, and the annual special awards. This year’s MVP award went to Rick Zurow who accumulated a record of 25 - 2 over the
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three intramural seasons. Most improved went to Dan Polette. Timm Locke was awarded most sportsmanlike, with an asterisk behind it of course and Marcus Breuer was given the Sandbag Award for his left handed D win. Noho’s Hawaiian Café and Thai Noon supplied good food. A special thanks to Sanjay Bedi for doing a great job chairing the tournament, Noho Marchesi and Chip Rothenberger for the great food, Base Camp Brewery, committee members Timm Locke, Andrew Enriquez, and Karen Stromme. Full Club Singles Championships results follow, with the first second, third and consolation places listed in order for each division: open division, Dylan Reid, Billy Wainwright, Scott Cohn, Rob Hilsenteger; A division, Andrew Enriquez, Jay Torgerson, Timm Locke, Henry Novak; B division, Alan Carbajal, Jamie Finn, Timm Locke, Rob Edstrom; C division, Liz Wainwright, Tony Peterson, Chip Rothenberger, Ryan Chiotti; D division, Marcus Breuer, Ryan Chiotti, Liz Nehl; women’s A division, Georgette
Bloomquist, Liz Nehl, Karen Stromme, Lauri Hausafus; women’s B division, Jennifer Briglia, Bridget Connolly, Jill Novak, Renae Lind; golden masters division, Bill Crist, Alan Resnik, Fritz Camp.
Recap of the season The Racquetball Committee was awarded Committee of the Year, and player Sam Reid was the Mel Fox Award winner. The committee ran three successful intramural seasons with up to 140 participants each season and increasing the women participants to a record high 25. The committee also hosted a 20s and 30s racquetball night, and members of all ages were introduced to the games at the Racquetball Family Friday in February. MAC hosted the Oregon High School State Championships, with more than 300 players participating, including 70 from Lincoln High School. The committee ran three club exchanges and five in-house MAC tournaments, including Kick Off, Halloween Doubles, Turkey Shoot, the Club Doubles Championship and the Club Singles Championships. A