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The Pac-9 Conference selects players from Newberg's water polo teams as
thee MVPs |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic Sports Editor
Email Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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Jake Kinne, a junior on the Newberg High School boys water polo team, was
selected as the Pac-9 Conference’s Most Valuable Player by conference coaches last
week.
The conference’s leading scorer, Kinne proved to be dominant in leading
the Tigers. Two other teammates joined Kinne on the First Team. Juniors Kael Schlactus and
Matt McCreith provided Newberg with a trio of players who could dominate as the boys team
finished the season 12-0. Junior goalkeeper Todd Bradley was selected to the Second Team
while sophomore Andrew Aylor was an Honorable Mention selection.
The Tigers proved to be tough in non-conference action as well. On Tuesday,
the Tigers hosted the Gresham Gophers, the No. 1-seeded team from the Mt. Hood Conference.
The Tigers led 13-5 at half and cruised to a 21-6 win. Kinne led the Tigers with seven
goals, five assists, and two earned ejections. Dan Larkin added five goals for the Tigers
while Schlactus tallied three goals, two assists, and five steals. Mitch Boysen and
McCreith added two goals as Boysen recorded seven steals. McCreith added seven assists in
the victory. Aylor and Ricki Rogers each scored a goal for the Tigers.
Newberg kicked off it’s quest for a state title Friday in Corvallis at
the Osborn Aquatic Center. The Tigers faced Beaverton in the first round and led 8-4 at
the end of the first. The Beavers cut the Newberg lead near the end of the third quarter
but the Tigers rallied back and captured a 16-9 victory.
Kinne, again, led the way for the Tigers with 10 goals while McCreith and
Schlactus scored two apiece. Rogers and Aylor added lone goals for the Tigers.
“We played really well,” said Jim McMaster, Newberg’s coach.
“We were cleaning up some of the mistakes that we’d been making and that was
really nice to see.”
The Tigers moved on Friday to face Aloha in a 5:20 p.m. matchup but results
were unavailable as of press time.
On the girls side, Keala Walter and Bethany Joyce were selected as the
co-Most Valuable Players in the conference.
Joyce, a junior, led the Tigers in scoring in virtually every game this
season. She recorded several six-goal games during the season as she dominated the
competition.
Joyce’s defensive counterpart was junior Keala Walter. The goalkeeper
proved to be a defensive wall as she stymied the Pac-9’s seven other teams’
offenses.
Senior Megan McCreith, along with Joyce and McCreith, was also voted to the
First Team while senior Jennifer Whited was named to the Second Team as the Tigers won the
Pac-9 Conference for the 17th-straight season, going 14-0.
The Tigers kicked off state tournament action Friday against Westview but
results were unavailable as of press time. McMaster said the state championship is up for
grabs.
“There’s a lot of teams that could take state,” he said.
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From Nov. 9,
2002, Newberg Graphic
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