Volleyball

Junior Volleyball Players: Join a MAC Team this Fall!

Are you a junior age 10-17 interested in playing on a competitive club volleyball team? Would you like the opportunity to travel and play other volleyball teams from all over the U.S.? Or are you a beginning volleyball player that would like to expand your skill & knowledge and play on a team while doing so? If you’re looking for team comradery, friendship, competition, and a fun environment to develop into a better volleyball player at MAC, look no further. We will be holding our club team tryouts for the 2022-2023 season this November (exact dates TBA).

Club teams can range anywhere from 11U-18U, but teams will be created based on athletes that tryout in November. The club season typically runs from November to April or May (depending on the team). Junior Nationals (GJNC) are usually held in July. A team must earn a spot in the GJNC during the regular season. The MAC typically has three levels of teams in each age division. (1) Elite/National teams. These teams consist of advanced/experienced athletes looking for a high level of play. They attend more competitive traveling tournaments and consist of training two-three times per week in addition to tournaments. Travel tournaments can be anywhere in the U.S. These teams also compete in CEVA Power Leagues and Regionals, as well as some friendship tournaments in the region — great for players who want a lot of exposure to a high level of play and opportunities for college recruitment.

(2) Intermediate/Regional teams. These teams consist of athletes with one-two years of competitive team experience who are looking for a high level of play but are still developing skills and knowledge of the game. These teams are also great for athletes who are passionate about the sport but are not ready to commit to a national team travel schedule. These teams typically train two times per week and compete in local CEVA Power Leagues and Regionals, as well as other friendship tournaments in the NW region (locations range anywhere from Ridgefield, WA to Eugene, OR).

TAYLOR CANOSO

(Above) Peyton Myers, Eleanor Pigg, Chloe Calvert, Harper Buchholz, and Arista Macasa. (Left) Lauren Jones, Violet Fields, Gianna Yazzolino, Francesca Crepeaux, Nora Pittman, Giulia Oleson, Chase Zanon, and Kathryn Urquhart.

Rieli Hickey, Annabel Pettersson, Laney Urness, Ajaya Stoudamire, Coach Celena Maxwell, Charlotte Maloco, Nicole Moore, Harper Buchholz, Courtney Kleyne, Grace Slotemaker, Sydney Hett, Caroline Bell, Coach Nicholas Costello, Coach Quin Kloppenburg, Abigail Solomon, Chloe Calvert, Artisa Macasa, Marisa Huffstetler, Adele Betik, Julia Renison, and Nikki Nassib.

(3) Developmental/Local teams. These teams consist of athletes that are at a beginner level and are new to club volleyball. Ideal for athletes and families that do not want to travel and are looking for consistent practice and a mild tournament schedule. These teams typically train two times per week and compete in local CEVA Power Leagues and Regionals (locations range anywhere from Ridgefield, WA to Eugene, OR).

If you’re interested in joining a team for the upcoming season, it is recommended to get involved as soon as possible. Join MAC volleyball summer camps, sign up for personal training sessions, and participate in clinics and open gyms. There will be opportunities throughout the summer and early fall to get on the court and get involved.

You can also visit CEVA’s website to learn more general information about the club season, including important dates, age definitions (which age division an athlete is eligible for based on their age), CEVA/USA Volleyball membership requirements, and other important need-to-know items for players and parents. www.cevaregion.org

You can also email volleyball@themac.com for more information and to get involved. Go MAC!

SCOREBOARD

Honoring MAC members — representing the club in competition — for placing first, second, or third in state, regional, national, or international athletic competitions, or members who have qualified for nationals in events that qualify for championship funding.

USA Artistic Swimming Junior and Senior National Championship – April 6-10 Geneva, Ohio Senior Tech team 3rd place, Grace Huffman, Zoe Tomlinson,

Elizabeth Rocheleau, Hailey Dunst,

Presley Girard, Keely Mahaffy

USAC Division 1 Climbing Championships May 14-15 Lynnwood, Washington Female Youth A (17 and under) 2nd place, Ava Kovtunovich 2nd place, Alyssa Keanini Male Youth A (17 and under) 2nd place, Austin Oviatt Female Youth B (15 and under) 2nd place, Tejal Deenadayalu Male Youth B (15 and under) 2nd place, Reeder Smith

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Time Changes Narratives, in Tennis and Life

By Roland Haertl

“You are playing next Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at the West Hills Tennis Center.”

I had no idea what the husband of one of my wife’s tennis friends was talking about.

“What are you telling me?” I asked him, confused.

In the summer of 1977, the social wing of my wife’s tennis group was invited to attend a cocktail party for members and spouses at my wife and my house. In 1975, my wife had decided to become sporty and she took up tennis with a group of her friends. Gradually, the spouses, all male at the time, became involved socially and occasionally engaged in mixed-doubles play. This is the story of how I took up tennis for the third time in my life to fill the fourth spot on a Saturday doubles game in the neighborhood. My experience was limited to playing with my brother and some post-college.

With my wife’s group I started to play singles again. My wife talked me into entering MAC’s singles club tournament. I entered in “B” class. At that time, “B” class contained some very weak players like me. I never was more than a “B” player, if that. I had a weak serve, a bad backhand, but a reasonably good forehand. I had played handball for the past 20 years with the usual “run, dive and hit the ball” approach, contrary to the “nice ball” approach of tennis. I also was left-handed.

Eight players entered in the “B” bracket. After two matches, I found myself in the finals. My opponent was Dan Fenker. Even now, when I run into him in the club, I am awed by his height and wingspan. In 1977, that did not bode well for the match, but after a hot and fierce struggle, I won the “B” class.

This brings us to the social wing of my wife’s tennis group and our decision to host a cocktail party at our house.

Partway through the cocktail party, three of the husbands approached me and said: “We just made a bet that any ‘B’ men’s tennis player can defeat a women’s championship player in singles. You are playing next Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at the West Hills Tennis Center.”

I said, “Thanks a lot, guys.” Sarcastically.

The following Saturday, I played a women’s “champion”-rated player at the tennis center. I did not think about getting dragged into the Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King Men are from Mars/ Women are from Venus discussions and controversies.

The game started out relaxed. I brought the handball-style of kamikaze play to the tennis court. Then my opponent hit a passing shot, which should have turned into a point for her. I retrieved it by diving diagonally backwards and returning it for my point. Psychologically the match was over. She tensed up and lost.

Forty years later, I started to write down some stories. I checked with my youngest daughter for her feedback. Her quick comment was: “You can’t write that story. It is anachronistic. Think about it.”

I did. I reviewed the changes in my views and attitudes over 70 years on matters such as religion, marriage, sex, divorce, ethnic purity, race relations, homosexuality, treatment of criminal acts and their definition, to the present accepted standards, practiced behavior, and modifications to mores and laws. Not even mentioning the birth of new issues that were not even thought about 70 years ago, such as legalization of drugs, gay marriage, and transgender issues.

I did not do a structured and systematic analysis. Just a listing in my mind of the changes in my attitudes over my life.

A few days ago, a lady of approximately my age recognized my accent as close to hers. She clearly could speak with a Viennese accent in German. I relayed a story of the 1960s, sitting around a pool in Ashland, Oregon, over morning coffee and exchanging barbs at one another’s ethnic background between the different German-speaking dialect regions of the members of the group. It was an accidental gathering of Viennese, Bavarian, Prussian Swabian, and Frisian “tribal” members. The Viennese lady said, “Times and attitudes have changed. We don’t do ethnic jokes anymore.”

We have eliminated the potential insult of that type of “jocular” event.

Roland Haertl is a serial entrepreneur, polymath, ex-handball player, ex-skier, ex-men’s volleyball B-team setter and men’s B-class MAC singles tennis champion. He attended the U of O under a Fulbright scholarship before obtaining a graduate degree in structural and civil engineering in Germany. He holds several patents. His design of the Fremont bridge in Portland, Oregon was selected from several for construction in 1966. He joined the MAC in 1962. He and his wife, Leslie Kolisch, live in Camas.

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