North boys reach finals in singles, doubles

April 18, 2009
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BEAVERTON — The North Medford boys tennis team made a statement at the prestigious Jesuit Invitational at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center Friday.

The Black Tornado advanced its top singles player and No. 1 doubles team into today's finals of the annual tournament that gathers the top competition in the state.

North senior Colt Hoeptner had little difficulty getting past Elliott Chong of Lincoln High in the quarterfinals and Oregon Episcopal's Varun Lyengar in the semifinals. Hoeptner defeated Chong, 6-2, 6-1, and Lyengar, 6-4, 6-3. Hoeptner will play Natie Biggi of Jesuit in today's championship match.

"(Hoeptner) has been moving his opponents around the court, and he's been capitalizing on their weaker shots," said North Medford coach Hal Borg. "He's playing smart tennis this year with less unforced errors and a higher percentage of winners."

The Black Tornado top doubles team of Tanner Borg and Austin Schoenlein breezed into finals with an impressive quarterfinal win over Lincoln's Brennen Hoffman and John Stevens, 6-0, 6-0, then defeated Brendan Gibbons and Gram Leahy of Jesuit, 6-3, 6-2. The North pair will face Oregon Episcopal's Jason Stack and Ryan Nedrow — the returning Class 4A state champions — for the title.

Borg, a defending two-time Class 6A doubles champion, is playing with a new partner, Schoenlein, this season. Borg's former doubles mate, David Longmire, graduated last year. Schoenlein reached the singles quarterfinals at state in 2008.

Girls Tennis

NORTH MEDFORD 5, ST. MARY'S ACADEMY 3 — The North Medford No. 4 doubles team of Liz Perry and Cathy Khoshabeh rallied for the decisive win against the Portland school at District Courts.

Perry and Khoshabeh defeated Claire Chaptuis and Kait Hafenbeck, 4-6, 6-3 and 11-9 in a third-set tiebreaker in the final match of the contest.

In singles, the Black Tornado (5-0-3) had to move everyone up one spot because top player Sierra Severson had to sit out the match with a shoulder injury.

Hannah Gilder, a part-time player for North, moved into the No. 4 spot and registered the lone win in singles for the Black Tornado.

North's No. 1 doubles team of Jaclyn Abeloe and Carissa Arnesen started slow but came back to win a three-set victory against Hannah Burek and Michelle Wasner, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. Abeloe and Arnesen improved to 6-1 on the season.

SINGLES — Katy Krauel, SM, d. Kendra Ribeiro, 6-0, 6-0; Erin Loheary, SM, d. Mary Von Strahl, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Justine Kovate, SM, d. Camille Kimball, 6-3, 6-4; Hannah Gilder, NM, d. Mercedes Arentson, 6-1, 6-3.

DOUBLES — Jaclyn Abeloe-Carissa Arnesen, NM, d. Hannah Burek-Michelle Wasner, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Kami Goodson-Lydia Kimball, NM, d. Isa Arentson-Leah Siegel, 6-2, 6-2; Kate Folsom-Jessica Reid, NM, d. Whitney Stevens-Gina Kelly, 6-1, 6-4; Liz Perry-Cathy Khoshabeh, NM, d. Claire Chaptuis-Kait Hafenbeck, 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 (tiebreaker).

SWC Softball

GRANTS PASS 3-14, NORTH MEDFORD 0-4 — Defending state champion Grants Pass played like its ready to make a run at another title with the doubleheader victory at North Medford.

In Game 1, Morgan Barnes pitched a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts. North Medford's only hits came on a double by Amanda Wolfe in the second inning and a sixth-inning single by Amanda Freitas.

Grants Pass (9-3, 3-0 SWC) got two runs in the second on a single by Lindy Sippola and two-out back-to-back triples from Cami Bennett and Shawna McFarland.

Sippola opened the fourth with a home run to account for the Cavers' other run.

Sippola had two hits in the opener along with Karleigh Prestianni and Emily Woolf.

In the five-inning second game, Grants Pass erupted for eight runs in the opening frame. The Cavers strung together eight hits and a walk in the outburst. Prestianni's two-run homer and a two-run single by Tara Glover highlighted the rally.

The Black Tornado (8-3, 1-2 SWC) tallied all its runs in the second inning. North scored its first two runs on two throwing errors on one play. Then a single by Freitas, Jenna Stevens' RBI double and an RBI single from Taylor Schmidt brought home the final runs.

Barnes had three hits for the Cavers, while Glover, Sippola, Woolf and Bennett contributed two hits each.

FIRST GAME

Grants Pass 020 100 0 — 3 9 0

North Medford 000 000 0 — 0 2 0

Barnes and Woolf; Schmidt and Wolfe. W — Barnes. L — Schmidt. 2B — NM: Wolfe. 3B — GP: Bennett, McFarland. HR — GP: Sippola.

SECOND GAME

Grants Pass 830 03 — 14 15 2

North Medford 040 00 — 4 6 2

Barnes and Woolf, Misfelt (3); Schmidt, Bartley (2) and Wolfe. W — Barnes (9-3). L — Schmidt (8-3). 2B — GP: Barnes, Jantzer; NM: Stevens. 3B — GP: Bennett. HR — GP: Prestianni.

Track and Field

BONANZA TWILIGHT — At Bonanza, the St. Mary's girls won and the Crusader boys were runner-up in the meet.

St. Mary's tallied 172 points to win the girls team title. Host Bonanza was second with 136.

In boys, Triad Christian scored 131 points to edge the Crusaders by seven points.

Freshman Sarah Bennion tallied two individual victories and ran a leg on a winning relay to pace the Crusader girls. Bennion won the pole vault with a personal best effort of 8-feet, 9-inches and was first in the 100 hurdles (17.62).

Bennion ran the opening leg on the winning 4x400 relay (4:31.12). Other members of the team were Alexi Provost, Rachel Rostel and Sarah Seus.

MacKenzie Krieser had a productive day for the Crusaders. The junior won the long jump with a personal-best mark of 15-101/2 and teammate Seus finished second (15-5). Krieser also placed second in the 100 and ran a leg on the Crusaders second-place 4x100 relay team.

Other winners for the St. Mary's girls were Mary Bennion in the 3,000 (11:57.98) and Morgan Martin in the 400 (59.88).

The Crusader girls received second-place performances from Kira Heycke in the 1,500 (5:52.52), Rostel in the 300 hurdles (52.97), Rebecca Tribelhorn in the 400 (1:03.87) and Abby Steinsiek in the 200 (27.48).

The St. Mary's boys got winning efforts from Sean Igelman in the pole vault (12-0), Zach Tomlinson in the discus (128-9, Joe Delgado in the 400 (53.5) and the 4x400 relay (3:47.2). Other team members were Harrison Leep, Loren Westland, and Noah Kotler.

Senior Bay Gross finished second in the 800 and Julio Silva and Scott Whispell placed second and third respectively in the 3,000.

Butte Falls junior Chase Ellis was second in the 200 (23.54), third in the 400 (55.59) and fourth in the 100 (11.63).

BOYS TEAM SCORES — Triad 131, St. Mary's 124, Bonanza 115, Chiloquin 721/2, Lost River 651/2, Lakeview 48, Tulelake 40, Butte Falls 19, Suprise Valley 1.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES — St. Mary's 172, Bonanza 136, Lost River 82, Chiloquin 51, Triad 441/2, Tulelake 44, Lakeview 231/2