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The 2012 season marked the first time in the past six years that a Met-ro League team did not win the Class 6A state title in girls track and field.

The Jesuit C r u s a d e r s would dearly love to right that wrong in 2013.

While the state meet is yet to be de-c ided , the M e t r o L e a g u e ’ s coaches seem pretty con-vinced of Je-suit’s abilities.

“I’ve only seen Jesuit first-hand so far, but from what I saw, I’d be hard-pressed to say they wouldn’t be the fa-vorite to win it,” said Aloha coach Jay Miles, adding that “Sunset always comes prepared, though.”

It will be Jesuit “because Jesuit al-ways has very good track athletes and they are deep in all events,” said South-ridge coach Bruce Rife.

“They just have so much depth, and that wins dual meets,” Beaverton’s Bob Boyer added.

Beyond Jesuit, though, there’s more talent throughout the league, with Sun-set and Lincoln mentioned most often as Metro contenders.

“Sunset has some sprinters and you can stretch that a long way,” Jesuit coach Tom Rothenberger said. “And Lin-

coln looks like it has some big-meet points too.”

Following are previews of the six Bea-verton-area Metro League girls track and field teams.

ALOHA — Aloha is ready for a fresh start.

The Warriors roll into the 2013 season with re-made roster, a new head coach in Jay Miles, but the same old desire to

compete every week. And coming off a seventh-place finish in the Metro League and again at district, Aloha knows it will need to do just that.

“I think we’re going to have to fight for every point we get, but we’re up for it,” said Miles, a longtime Aloha assis-tant who ran collegiately at Washington State and previously coached at Benson and OES. “They’re not discouraged at all.”

This year’s team features just one re-turning district placewinner — senior Gabriela Aguilar was sixth in the Metro discus — but benefits from the return of senior distance runner Desyre Black-burn and features a number of other strong competitors. That group includes talented freshman Emma May and

sophomore Lindsey Fletcher in the sprints, Allison Martinez in the distanc-es, and sophomore Noheaililani Waiwaiole in the hurdles and jumps.

“The kids have been really receptive,” Miles said of his first season as head coach. “They’ve been eager and had no hesitation in approaching me as head coach.”

ALOHA100-200: Marissa Ward, Fr.; Lindsey

Fletcher, So.; Emma May, Fr.; Demetria Andrews, Jr.; Kenne Khiev, Fr. 400-800: Khiev; Allison Martinez, Jr. 1500-3000: Desyre Blackburn, Sr.; Martinez; Alyssa Foote, Fr.; Kathleen Neblett, Sr. Hurdles: Noheaililani Waiwaiole, So.; Jessie

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n METRO BOYS TENNIS: The Metro League’s boys tennis teams return to action next week with Monday matches including: Jesuit at Beaverton, 4:30 p.m.; Westview vs. Lincoln at Washington Park, 4:30 p.m.; and Southridge vs. Sunset at Whitford, 4:30 p.m. On Wednesday, matches include: Lincoln at Aloha, 4:30 p.m.; Southridge at Jesuit, 4:30 p.m.; and Beaverton at Westview, 4:30 p.m.n METRO GIRLS TENNIS: The Metro League’s girls tennis teams return to the courts on Monday with matches includ-ing: Beaverton at Jesuit, 4:30 p.m.; Southridge at Sunset, 4:30 p.m.; and Lincoln at Westview, 4:30 p.m. On Wednesday, matches include: Aloha vs. Lincoln at Washington Park, 4:30 p.m.; Westview at Beaverton, 4:30 p.m.; and Southridge vs. Jesuit at Whitford, 4:30 p.m.n METRO BOYS GOLF: The Metro League’s boys golfers tee up for week two of the 2013 season on Monday with a league tournament at Portland Golf Club beginning at 10 a.m.n METRO GIRLS GOLF: The Metro League’s girls golfers get back in action for week two of the 2013 season on Tuesday with a league tournament at Quail Valley Golf Course begin-ning at 12:30 p.m.n STOLLER WALK/RUN COMING UP: The inaugural Stoller Community 5K Run/Walk and Jr. Jaguar Jog will be held April 7 at Stoller Middle School. The annual 5K run/walk, free for kids up to age 10, starts at Stoller Middle School, travels on Skycrest Boulevard to Laidlaw Road, then by Bethany Village and on to THPRD’s Morgan’s Run Park Trail. Participants will continue past Pirate Park, cross over Bethany Boulevard to THPRD’s Rock Creek Trail, then finish back at Stoller. Free childcare will be offered from 8:45 to 10 a.m. for children 2 and older that are potty-trained. Proceeds from this event will go to the Stoller PTO general fund. Youth T-shirts can be pur-chased for $5 during the regis-tration process. For adults, the 5K Run/Walk costs $30 for adults, $20 for staff of the Beaverton School District, $20 for students, $20 per family, $110 for teams of 10 or more. More information is available at stoller5k.com.n BIKE TOUR RUNS ThROUGh BEAvERTON: The NW Bicycle Safety Council is hosting its Fifth Annual bike ride Beaverton, Banks, and Beyond Bicycle Tour in August. The bike ride will take place on Aug. 24 and starts at Papa’s Pizza Parlor, 15700 Blueridge Drive. The course consists of several loops, from the starting point at Papa’s Pizza Parlor to Vernonia and back. The event strives to raise awareness of bicycle safety, bring the com-munity together and raise funds for NWBSC. Event regis-tration will be online at nwbi-cyclesafetycouncil.org/events/ride-details or on-site the day of the event. The cost is $30 online and $40 at the day of the event.

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2013 METRO LEAGUE BOYS TRACK PREvIEWS

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By MILES VANCEThe Times

The 2012 Class 6A state meet looked a lot like the Metro League district meet.

There were Metro League athletes post-ing top finish-es in seem-ingly every event , and Metro teams fighting each o t h e r f o r spots at the top of the leaderboard, with Aloha finishing first, Sunset and Westview tying for third, and Jesuit placing sixth.

While they’d love to do it all again, they have to battle against each other first, and the league’s coaches say that Jesuit’s Crusaders will likely be the pacesetter in the 2013 dual meet season.

“You always have to give the nod to Jesuit,” said Westview coach Aaron Johnson. “Sunset says it’s in a rebuilding year, but they have two or three good guys in every event so they’ll be good too.”

Jesuit has “very good track athletes and they are deep in all events,” agreed Southridge coach Bruce Rife.

That said, the Apollos — the 2011 state champs and third-place finishers in 2012 — get a lot of respect from league coaches, as does Lincoln’s boys team.

“I think Lincoln will be a con-tender on the boys side,” said Jesuit coach Tom Rothenberg-er. “They’re the biggest chal-lenge because they’ve got speed. Sunset will be good, too, but they’ve got some holes to fill.”

Following are previews of the Metro League’s six Beaver-ton-area boys track and field teams.

ALOHA — Aloha’s boys track team just flat ran wild at state last year.

The Warriors tied for second in the Metro regular season and placed just fourth at dis-trict, but no one remembers that. At state, Aloha stepped into the spotlight and ran away with the second state champi-onship in school history.

But all the athletes who scored at state last year are gone, as is last year’s head coach Bill Volk.

Despite that, the Warriors are ready to compete again and plan on doing just that.

“My focus is not going to be on the dual meets,” said new

head coach Jay Miles, a longtime Alo-ha assistant who ran colle-g i at e ly at Washington State and pre-v i o u s l y coached at Benson and OES. “Our aim is to build up our top guys for the ability to score at the state meet.”

They’ll compete, however, without the services of senior sprinter Thomas Tyner — the fastest 100-meter runner in Or-egon history — he chose not to come out after the roller coast-er ride that marked his signing to play football next year at the University of Oregon.

Leading the team will be se-nior sprinter Nate Jackson, se-nior middle distance runner

Ethan Klein, junior 800 run-n e r J o e l K r a m e r , freshman 400 runner Bryan Rodriguez, se-nior hurdlers Paul Chung and Edward Tran, and ju-nior distance runner Devin

Sellers.“Our strength is on the

track,” Miles said. “That’s where we’ll have the best chance.”

ALOHA100-200: Nate Jackson, Sr.;

Shigeri Murseli, Jr.; Trinidad Mohammed, Jr. 400-800: Ethan Klein, Sr.; Bryan Rodriguez, Fr.; Joel Kramer, Jr.; Glapoujay Garmondeh, Jr. 1500-3000: Devin Sellers, Jr.; Glapouhbae Garmondeh, Jr.; Glapoujay

Garmondeh. Hurdles: Paul Chung, Sr.; Edward Tran, Sr. Throws: Justin Leuth, Sr.; Cal-vin Liggins, Sr.; Jared Rice, Jr. Jumps: Jaiden Lake, So.; Jake Gould, Jr.; Cole Corzine, Sr. Pole Vault: Jared Rice, Jr.; Da-vid Vaughn, Sr.

BEAVERTON — The Beaver boys track team has some weapons.

The Beavers have some speed, some jumping ability, some throwing ability and the best distance runner in the state.

Jesuit boys favored, but Sunset, Lincoln will also be tough

Getting ready to run

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WESTVIEW CHAMPION — Westview senior Alec Smith (right) helped his team close out the 2012 Class 6A state meet with a win in the 4 x 400-meter relay and would love to provide more fireworks in 2013. Smith also won the state title in the 800 meters last year.

“You always have to give the nod to Jesuit.”— Aaron Johnson,

Westview coach

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HEADED FOR HOME — Sunset junior Taylor Coon (shown here at the 2012 Class 6A state meet) hopes to help her team challenge Jesuit in the 2013 Metro League girls track and field race.

Jesuit’s girls look well-armed to win again in the Metro League race

Jesuit aims to continue Metro dominance

Aloha Warriors2012 Metro – 4-2 (2nd)Coach Jay Miles

Metro Boys TrackFavorite: Jesuit is the consensus favorite to win the 2013 Metro League race.Dark Horses: Sunset and Lincoln’s boys hope to challenge in 2013.Individuals: Westview’s Alec Smith is the league’s lone returning indi-vidual state champion after winning the Class 6A 800 meters last spring. Beaverton

Beavers2012 Metro – 2-4 (5th)Coach Bob Boyer

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High gearSunset’s boys race past Westview in season opener.

High gearSunset’s boys race past Westview in season opener.

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Metro Girls TrackFavorite: Jesuit’s depth makes it the favorite amongst league coaches to win the 2013 Metro League race.Dark Horses: Sunset and Lincoln are both ready to chase Jesuit.Individuals: Sunset’s Taylor Coon and Beaverton’s Allie Mueller return after posting fourth-place finishes at state in 2012.

Aloha Warriors2012 Metro – 0-6 (7th)Coach Jay Miles

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By MILES VANCEThe Times

The Metro League just about had it all in girls golf last year.

Jesuit’s girls battled to sec-ond place in the Class 6A state tournament at Trysting Tree, and Beaverton freshman Gigi Stoll blew the field away to win her first individual crown by 10 strokes.

Then, after a painful round of budget cuts at the end of the 2012 spring season, it looked like the Beaverton School Dis-trict teams might have nothing at all.

In the end, thanks to a deter-mined fund-raising effort and great corporate support over the summer, the Metro League was able to reinstate golf for 2013-15 and teed off its first 2013 tournament on March 18.

“We as a league are just hap-py to be back swinging the clubs again,” said Beaverton School District Golf Committee Chair Brad Harvey — also the Beaverton boys coach — credit-ing Nike Golf and First Tech Federal Credit Union, two of the key sponsors in the fund-raising process that restored golf for the 2013-15 seasons. “Without their help, and the community’s, the Metro League would have been history. Now we are back to make (history) rather than remember it.”

As to this year’s league race, Jesuit is aiming for a 12th straight league title, but is ac-tually a slight underdog to this season’s favorite — Lincoln.

“Lincoln is the team to beat this year,” said Beaverton coach Donna Smoot. “They have great depth, talent and ex-perience.”

“Lincoln looks very strong this year,” said Jesuit coach Katy Williams. “They have a tight bunch of girls with experi-ence, and Bobbi (Breslin) is a veteran coach who has done a lot over the years.”

Beyond the Cardinals, both Jesuit and Beaverton — which took fourth at state last year — have their fair share of sup-porters too.

“Jesuit is the perennial favor-ite every year, but both Lincoln and Beaverton are very strong and will challenge for the top spot,” said Sunset coach Brent Buell.

“The race for the top spot will be a challenging one this year,” added Southridge coach Pat Buckhalter. “Beaverton, Je-suit and Lincoln are very strong and they will continue to challenge each other on a week by week basis. It is any-one’s guess who will come out of it on top, but will be fun to watch.”

Following are previews of the Metro League’s six Beaver-ton-area varsity teams.

ALOHA — There are no guarantees and certainly no days off, but the 2013 Metro season promises to be better

for Aloha.The Warriors bring back five

varsity players from a year ago and hope to use that experi-ence to their advantage this year. This year’s lineup is led by those five returners — ju-niors Tracy Brown and Rachel Lara, and seniors Christina Budeselic, Maile Kust and Makayla Stackhouse.

“Our three best players are Tracy Brown, Christina Bude-selic and Maile Kust, and I think all three of them have a chance to finish somewhere in the middle of the league,” said Aloha coach Brian Bakanec, whose roster also includes ju-nior newcomer Madilyn Hinz.

That said, the Warriors know that climbing the ladder in the ultra-competitive Metro League is a very, very big task. In 2012, the Warriors tied Southridge for sixth place in the league race.

“I see us finishing probably in last place or second-to-last place,” Bakanec said. “We have a big team, but most of our golf-ers are very inexperienced and only play golf in the spring. Our key to success is staying posi-tive and not worrying about other teams’ scores and experi-enced players.”

BEAVERTON — Beaverton’s girls made the 2012 season one for the record books.

The Beavers took second in the Metro League, made the state tournament for the first time since 1993, and posted their best finish at state (fourth) since ‘77. Oh yeah, and freshman phenom Gigi Stoll blitzed the field with a one-un-der par 143 that gave her the individual 6A title by 10 strokes and made her just the second Beaverton golfer in school his-

tory to win a state crown.Now, the Beavers want more.“Our goal as a team is to fin-

ish as well as we did last year,” said Beaverton coach Donna Smoot.

To do it, Beaverton will once again need great things from Stoll — now a sophomore — and fellow returners Brittney Paterson (a senior) and Kylie Martens (a junior).

“We will obviously look to Gigi as one of our team lead-ers,” Smoot said. “She is just coming off a great basketball season and still making the transition to golf. That said, she shot a 79 ... at (Tualatin Country Club) and a 75 to win our first Metro tournament.”

That said, Paterson and Mar-tens will also play key roles in their team’s success.

“Brittney ... is really a hard worker and has taken all the steps to become a better golfer. Each year she has lowered her scores,” Smoot said, adding that Martens “spent a lot of the offseason at the golf course working on her game. She also has really improved over the last couple of years.”

Freshmen Marlene Spalding and Madison Kirby round out this year’s team.

BEAVERTON — It’s 11 and counting at Jesuit, but no one’s counting on anything in 2013.

Jesuit’s girls have won 11 straight Metro League champi-onships — every one since 2002 to be exact — but know that their margin for error might be slimmer than ever in 2013 thanks to challenges from both Lincoln and Beaverton. The Crusaders’ situation is made even more interesting due to the graduation of three all-leaguers from last year’s state

runner-up — they were second for a third straight year — and the fact that the Jesuit lineup doesn’t include a single senior.

“This year should be inter-esting,” said Jesuit coach Katy Williams. “This is the youngest team we’ve ever had. We have some returning players that will serve as good leaders, and our key to success will be using all of our team and its hard work to achieve our goals.”

There’s talent, though, led by junior team captain Helen Da-vis (a first-team all-leaguer who placed ninth at state) and junior Sarah Craven (a second-teamer who finished 49th at state). Joining that pair in the varsity lineup will be junior Monica Regan, and sopho-mores Riley Pendergast, Mi-chelle Tennant, Annelise Cush-

ing and Natalie Kinsel.“Helen Davis is our captain

and has the most experience on our very young team,” Wil-liams said, adding that “the en-tire Metro League (is) improv-ing, which is great see, despite the budget woes in the Beaver-ton School district.”

BEAVERTON — The Sky-hawks are going to work.

The Southridge girls golf team, which tied for sixth in Metro play a year ago, will be very young in 2013 and knows that its best days likely lay

ahead of it, but the Hawks are ready to start the process of improving right now. South-ridge most recently won a berth in the Class 6A state tournament back in 2008.

“We are young and we will not figure in the (Metro League) race, but I have a group of outstanding young la-dies who are committed to get-ting better and having fun with the sport,” said Southridge coach Pat Buckhalter.

This year’s Southridge team will be led by captains Nicole Nosler (a senior) and Elizabeth Mann (a junior), as well as by sophomore Kelly McClean. To-gether, that trio will set the pace for 2013, and — Buckhal-ter and the Skyhawks hope — plant the seeds for better things ahead in the future.

“Right now Elizabeth and Kelly are our strongest play-ers,” Buckhalter said. “We are building to improve on a week-by-week basis. I am very happy with the group we have this year and I see a lot of drive in them.”

Joining that trio in the var-sity lineup will be sophomores Marissa King, Megan Ellert-son, Krysta Hamilton, Terah Hamilton and Kyra Anbe.

Metro Girls GolfFavorite: Lincoln is the odds-on favorite to win the 2013 race.Challengers: Jesuit and Beaverton — last year’s state qualifiers — both believe they can battle Lincoln in 2013.Individuals: Beaverton’s Gigi Stoll, Jesuit’s Helen Davis and Westview’s Jennifer Ko return after winning first-team all-Metro honors in 2012, while Jesuit’s Sarah Craven is back after earning second-team honors.

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WHACK — Beaverton sophomore Gigi Stoll (shown here at the 2012 Class 6A state tournament) is back to lead the Beavers after winning the 6A individual title last season.

“Lincoln is the team to beat this year. They have great depth, talent and experience.”

— Donna Smoot, Beaverton coach

Southridge Skyhawks2012 Metro – 24 pts. (6th)Coach Pat Buckhalter

Jesuit Crusaders2012 Metro – 98 pts. (1st)Coach Katy Williams

Aloha Warriors2012 Metro – 24 pts. (6th)Coach Brian Bakanec

Beaverton Beavers2012 Metro – 76 pts. (2nd)Coach Donna Smoot

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Will that be enough to help the Beavers climb the Metro League standings or finish bet-ter at the district meet? Only time will tell, though the Bea-vers themselves are optimistic.

“We should be competitive, and with hard work, could have a chance of making some noise in some areas on the track and in the field come district-meet time,” said long-time throws coach Bob Boyer, who takes over as head coach to replace the departed Shane Kessler, now head coach at Tigard.

This year’s Beaver crew will follow the lead of senior Dan Oekerman in 2013. Oekerman is the reigning Metro and state champion in the 3000, and also took second in the 2012 district 1500 and fifth at state.

Joining him at the point of the Beavers’ attack will be sprinters Matt Kim, Ross Hoff-man and Ezra Duilio, Brian Christensen in the pole vault, Max Bettendorf in the triple jump and javelin, and Michael Vahrenwald in the throws.

“Dan Oekerman should be a major point-getter for us, as well as Matt Kim, Ross Hoff-man and Ezra Duilio in the sprints, Brian Christensen in the vault and Michael Vahren-wald in the throws,” Boyer said. They “should have good years for us.”

BEAVERTON100-200: Matt Kim, Sr.; Ross

Hoffman, Jr.; Ezra Duilio, Sr. 400-800: Brian Christensen, Sr.; Carson Brom, Jr.; Daniel Lara-bee, Fr. 1500-3000: Dan Oeker-man, Sr.; Drew Larabee, Jr. Hurdles: Greg Marshall, Sr.; Alan Urquijo Ramirez, Sr. Throws: Michael Vahrenwald, Sr.; Max Bettendorf, Sr. Jumps: Joel Belsterling, So.; Max Bet-tendorf, Sr. Pole Vault: Chris-tensen.

BEAVERTON — Jesuit got back on top in 2012.

After finishing just third in the 2011 Metro race, the Cru-saders went unbeaten in 2012 and won both the league’s dual

meet and district meet titles.In 2013, Jesuit looks well-

heeled to be just as good if not better.

“We’ll just try to cover all the events rather than have a cou-ple kids win three or four events between them,” said Je-suit coach Tom Rothenberger.

This year’s Jesuit team fea-tures 13 athletes who placed in individual events at the 2012 district meet, that group led by junior Henry Mondeaux (the reigning district champ in the shot put) and senior Tarek Wirfs (the district champ in the javelin).

The rest of that group in-cludes sprinter Xavier Cole-man, distance runners Michael Godbout, Sam Remington, Hunter McGuirk, Josh Sealand and Brian McDevitt, hurdler Max Dordevic, and throwers Dominic Baldocchi and Braden Nelson.

JESUIT100-200: Xavier Coleman, Sr.;

Chase Morrison, So.; Carlos Coleman, Jr.; Joey Alfieri, Jr.; Max Dordevic, Jr. 400-800: Mor-rison; Julian Body, Fr.; Sahil

Doshi, Jr.; Michael Godbout, Jr.; Sam Remington, Jr.; Hunter McGuirk, Sr. 1500-3000: God-bout; Josh Sealand, Sr.; Brian McDavitt, Sr.; Remington; Alex Joseph, Sr.; Connor McWeeney, Sr. Patrick Doherty, Sr. Hur-dles: Dordevic; Body; George Kingsley, Jr. Throws: Henry Mondeaux, Jr.; Max Baldocchi, Sr.; Max Rich, Sr.; Doug Brenner, Sr.; Andrew Kirkland, Sr.; Braden Nelson, Sr.; Tarek Wirfs, Sr. Jumps: Matthew Fer-guson, Fr.; C. Coleman; Marcus Yoo, Sr.; Eric Meyers, So.; X. Coleman; Sam Ruef, Sr.; Kasin Pendergrass Anderson, Fr. Pole Vault: Alex Bolton, Jr.; Matt Zweber, Jr.

BEAVERTON — The 2012 season was, to be honest, a tough one for the Southridge boys track team.

The Skyhawks tied for sixth in the regular season and were sixth again at district. But there’s reason to be optimistic that 2013 might just be better for the team.

I think we can finish “third or fourth” this year, said South-ridge coach Bruce Rife. The “key to our success is staying injury-free and getting better each week.”

Foremost to the Skyhawks’ 2013 hopes is the health — and success — of senior hurdler/jumper Royal Black (he was sec-ond in the Metro high hurdles and long jump [and third at state in the long jump] and sixth in the intermediate hurdles), of senior hurdler/pole vaulter Ad-am Garske (second in the dis-trict vault and seventh at state) and junior jumper Jordan Mor-gan (third in the Metro long jump and fifth at state).

Black and Garske “are two of our best athletes. Royal is ... a great team leader and is well respected by our team,” Rife said, adding that Garske “is an exceptional athlete. He has been a tremendous leader this season.”

Morgan and junior sprinter/jumper Devin Martinez are al-so expected to play important roles in the Skyhawks’ success this year.

SOUTHRIDGE100-200: Jordan Morgan, Jr.;

Devin Martinez, Jr; Nikko Thomas, So.; Jeffrey Kan, Jr. 400-800: Alex Castillo, Sr.; Kan; Michael Bergstrom, Jr. 1500-3000: Vince Palladino, Sr. Hur-dles: Royal Black, Sr.; Adam Garske, Sr. Throws: TBA.

Jumps: Black; Morgan; Thom-as; Martinez. Pole Vault: Gar-ske.

CEDAR MILL — The Sunset boys track team has got it going on.

The Apollos, who won the state championship in 2011 and took third at state last year, are back and talented and ready to take on the Metro’s best again in 2013.

Sunset coach Kevin Landon is calling this season a “rebuild-ing year,” but nonetheless, the Apollos will once again be very, very good.

“It will be a bit of a rebuilding year, but we think we can finish in the top three in the league,” Landon said.

At the forefront of that re-building effort will be senior hurdler/400 runner Eric Zech-enelly (he’s the Metro champ and state runner-up in the in-termediate hurdles, and Metro runner-up and fifth-place state finisher in the 400), fellow hur-dler AJ Smith and thrower Josh Brown.

“AJ Smith, Eric Zechenelly Josh Brown will be guys that should be able to score in mul-tiple events for us,” Landon said.

Also due for prominent roles are hurdler Drew Wilson, thrower Mark Swigart, pole vaulter Kyle Coleman

SUNSET100-200: Will Darmhohray,

Jr.; Bruce Jones, Sr. 400-800: Eric Zechenelly, Sr.; Colin Pe-titt, Sr. 1500-3000: Mikey Fey, Jr.; Petitt; Mark Sussman, So. Hur-dles: Zechenelly; Drew Wilson, Sr.; AJ Smith, Jr. Throws: Mark Swigart, Sr.; Jacob Harvey, Sr.; Josh Brown, Jr. Jumps: Ryan Hendry, Sr.; Jones; Joe Riedl, So.; Justin Swoboda, Sr.; Evin Gooch, Sr. Pole Vault: Kyle Coleman, Jr.

ROCK CREEK — The West-view boys track team went out with a bang in 2012.

The Wildcats went just 1-5 and tied for sixth place in the Metro League regular season, then finished just fifth at the district meet.

But that mattered little com-pared to what came next — the Wildcats closed out the spring season with a flourish, racing to third place in the Class 6A state meet.

The Wildcats would love to see more of the latter in 2013.

“I feel like we have two or three guys in every event who can score points,” said first-year head coach Aaron John-son, a 2000 Westview graduate who takes over after five years as an assistant. “If we can do that, we’ll have a chance to win.”

This year’s Cat crew will be led by senior Alec Smith, the reigning Metro and 6A state champion in the 800, by distance runner RJ Morgan (he was fifth in the Metro 1500 and seventh in the 3000), hurdler/jumper Dan-iel Abdie (he was fourth in the district high hurdles and sixth in the high jump) and sprinter/jumper Julian Ford (he was sev-enth in the triple jump).

Also due for important roles are distance runner Matthew Kingzett, hurdler Mohamed Adem, throwers Daniel Osburn and Ian Meyers.

“A lot of those guys were dis-trict finalists an now we’re look-ing at them as leaders,” John-son said. “Now we want them to make that jump to state.”

WESTVIEW100-200: Julian Ford, Sr.; Karl

Ficken, Sr.; Matt Allee, Jr. 400-800: Asa Crimin, So.; Alec Smith, Sr.; Ficken. 1500-3000: Smith; RJ Morgan, Sr.; Matthew Kingzett, Sr. Hurdles: Daniel Abdie, Sr.; Mohamed Adem, Sr. Throws: Daniel Osborn, Sr.; Ian Meyers, So.; Keltan Carroll, Sr.; Tristan Carroll, So. Jumps: Ford; Abdie; Jovanni Roland, Jr.; Jacob Pogoreic, So. Pole Vault: Austin Kwong, Jr.; Benja-min Moore, Sr.; Kiernan Gar-rett, Jr.

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RUNNING STRONG — Beaverton senior Dan Oekerman (center) is back to lead his team in 2013 after winning the Class 6A state championship in the 3000 meters last spring.

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Jesuit Crusaders2012 Metro – 6-0 (1st)Coach Tom Rothenberger

Sunset Apollos2012 Metro – 4-2 (2nd)Coach Kevin Landon

Westview Wildcats2012 Metro – 1-5 (6th)Coach Aaron Johnson

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Price, Jr. Throws: Gabriela Aguilar, Sr.; Ciara Lambert, Fr. Jumps: Waiwaiole; May; Lam-bert. Pole Vault: Tabitha Viel-mette, Sr.

BEAVERTON — Beaverton can run.

The 2013 Beavers bring back four athletes (Molly Mutz-Mc-Cay, Allie Mueller, Erin Gre-goire and Hailey Brocker) who placed in seven individual events at district last year and should be even better in 2013.

That said, the Beavers must deal with the loss of its field-event leaders and Lexus Miller-Moylan, the 2012 Metro champ in the 400, who moved to La Grande. Further, they welcome long-time throws coach Bob Boyer as head coach to replace the departed Shane Kessler, now head coach at Tigard.

“We should be competitive and with hard work, we could have a chance of making some noise in some areas on the track ... come district meet time,” Boyer said.

Mutz-McCay is back after placing in the district 100 and 200, Mueller scored in the dis-trict 800 and 3,000, Gregoire in

the 1,500 and 3,000, and Brocker in the 400. Boyer said he also expects big contributions from senior Morgan Nobach in the jumps.

Gregoire and Mueller “should be consistent points-getters for us,” Boyer said, add-ing the Mutz-McCay and Nobach “should be exciting to watch.”

BEAVERTON100-200: Molly Mutz-McCay,

Jr.; Kamryn Smith, Fr. 400-800: Allie Mueller, So.; Hailey Brock-er, Sr.; Erin Gregoire, So. 1500-3000 : Gregoire; Mueller; Corinne Murray, Sr. Hurdles: Morgan Nobach, Sr.; Shayna Barnett, So. Throws: Nila Ka-mis, Jr.; Annalise Beshears, Sr. Jumps: Nobach; Robyn Sch-mutzer, Jr.; Selena Phand-ouangsy, So.; Anna-Liisa Sepp, Fr. Pole Vault: Barnett.

BEAVERTON — Jesuit is ready to drop the hammer.

And for the Crusader girls team, that hammer is depth. Race-by-race, event-by-event and step-by-step, Jesuit can fill out a lineup like nobody’s busi-ness and will likely use that depth to great effect again in 2013.

“We’ll be right in the mix,” said Jesuit coach Tom Rothen-berger. “It depends on what

other teams bring in ... but I think things will sort them-selves out.”

The Crusaders enter 2013 as winners of three of the past five state crowns (they were sixth in

2012), not to mention 46 straight Metro dual meets (including their season opener against Aloha) and eight straight league titles.

Jesuit brings back athletes who placed 17 times in individu-al events at district a year ago, that group led by defending Metro high jump champion Claire Alexander, jumper/hur-dler Mariah Gibbs, sprinter Al-exa Dixon, Megan Mullaney and Lindsey Sheaffer in the middle distances, Abby Wachter in the hurdles, and Rachel Shaw in the pole vault.

JESUIT100-200: Alexa Dixon, So.;

Katherine Clark, Fr.; Kathrina Slater, Jr.; Abby Wachter, Jr.; Chloe Smith, So. 400-800: Smith; Wachter; Lindsay Sheaffer, sr.; Ashley Arenz, Fr.; Megan Mul-laney, Sr.; Ellie Kallgren, So.; Hadley Wilhoite, Fr. 1500-3000: Mullaney; Dylan Hite, So.; Kall-gren; Zani Moore, So.; Taylor Moscoe, Jr. Hurdles: Mariah Gibbs, Sr., Wachter; Wilhoite. Throws: JoJo Ananouka, So.; Jasmine Leewong, Sr.; Tarea Green, So.; Claire McCarthy, Jr.; Connie Parker, Jr. Jumps: Claire Alexander, Sr.; Mariel Klein, Sr.; Karen Link, Jr.; Wil-hoite; Gibbs; Leewong. Pole Vault: Rachel Shaw, Sr.; Franny Rogers, Sr.; Slater.

BEAVERTON — The South-ridge girls track and field team may not have the numbers to battle the league’s biggest teams this year.

But the Skyhawks know they’ve got some quality per-formers and know they want to compete. If they do, there’s a chance to make 2013 a pretty darned good year.

I think we could finish “ t h i r d o r fourth,” said S o u t h r i d g e coach Bruce Rife, whose team placed sixth in both the 2012 regu-lar season and again at the Met-ro district meet. “The key to success is staying injury free and getting better each week.”

This year’s Skyhawk crew will be led by senior sprinter/jumper Jordyn Searle (she was second in the Metro long jump last year and fourth in the 100), senior hurdler/jumper Madison Smukalla, senior thrower Ma-rissa Hamilton (second in the Metro shot put), junior distance runner Rachel Niesen (she was eighth in both the Metro 1500 and 3000), junior sprinter/jump-er Natalie Leckey, and senior

middle distance runner Heath-er LaPlante.

“Our leading point scorers will be Madison Smukalla, Ra-chel Niesen, Heather LaPlant, Marissa Hamilton, Natalie Leckey and Jordyn Searle,” Rife said. “If these girls stay injury free, they will do very well in league.”

SOUTHRIDGE100-200: Jordyn Searle, Sr.;

Natalie Leckey, Jr. 400-800: JJ Osborn, Fr.; Heather LaPlante, Sr.; Hayley DeBois, Jr. 1500-3000: Rachel Niesen, Jr. Hur-dles: Madison Smukalla, Sr.; Molly Martin, Sr.; Leckey. Throws: Marissa Hamilton, Sr.; Megan Baker, Sr. Jumps: Smu-kalla; Searle. Pole Vault: Victo-ria Holton, So.

CEDAR MILL — Sunset was right there last year.

The Apollos were one of the Metro League’s best, battling to a second-place tie in the regular season and then to solid finish-es at both district and state.

And they may be even better this year.

The Apollos bring back eight district placewinners from a year ago, several of whom may have chances at winning Metro titles in 2013. The key to the regular season, though, is whether Sunset will have enough depth.

“On the girls side, we are cau-tiously optimistic about con-tending for the league title,” said Sunset coach Kevin Land-on. “We know we have a very good big-meet team, but time will tell if we can develop enough depth to be a top dual-meet team.”

This year’s team will be led by junior sprinter/jumper Tay-lor Coon (she was second in both the district 100 and 200 in 2012, and third in the long jump), junior sprinter Maddie Thom, junior distance runner Charlotte Corless, senior dis-tance runner Sarah Fahmy (fourth in the Metro 800), and sophomore thrower Savannah Sharp (second in the discus, sixth in the shot).

I think they “all have the po-tential to compete for league ti-tles in their events,” Landon said.

SUNSET100-200: Taylor Coon, Jr.;

Maddie Thom, Jr.; Mary Grace Roselli, Sr. 400-800: Thom; Mar-lee Leonard, So.; Kendall Butz, So.; Nicole Griffiths, Fr.; Sarah Fahmy, Sr. 1500-3000: Griffiths; Fahmy; Karen Qu, Sr.; Charlotte Corless, Jr. Hurdles: Hayley Gooding, Sr.; Butz; Sarah Haed-rich, So. Throws: Savannah Sharp, So.; Maddie O’Leary, Sr.; Joely Yaptangco, So. Jumps: Amy Wang, Sr.; Danielle Sterba,

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HIGH FLYER — Southridge senior Jordyn Searle is aiming for another trip to the Class 6A state track meet in 2013.

Beaverton Beavers2012 Metro – 4-2 (2nd)Coach Bob Boyer

Jesuit Crusaders2012 Metro – 6-0 (1st)Coach Tom Rothenberger

Southridge Skyhawks2012 Metro – 1-5 (6th)Coach Bruce Rife

Sunset Apollos2012 Metro – 4-2 (2nd)Coach Kevin Landon

“The key to success is staying injury free and getting better each week.”

— Bruce Rife, Southridge coach

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CEDAR MILL — The Metro League may be younger than ever before in 2013, but Sun-set’s girls are, without ques-tion, this year’s pacesetters on that front.

The 2013 Apollos’ varsity ros-ter features three freshmen and two sophomores — that means no juniors or seniors — but is still hoping to be com-petitive in the powerful Metro League. Sunset last reached the state tournament as a team back in 2004.

“We are extremely young ... so the key is how quickly our young players can get acclimat-ed to playing in competitive matches against very good competition,” said Sunset coach Brent Buell.

Sunset freshman Ellen Secor and sophomore Miranda Bass

will be the team’s top two play-ers this year, and each should

be ready to battle the league’s best players.

“Ellen Secor is our most ded-icated golfer in terms of off-

season practice and playing in both summer and winter tour-naments. She has a natural swing and just needs experi-ence to take that next step,” Buell said, adding that Bass “is our only golfer with a full sea-son of Metro League tourna-ments under her belt so we’ll look to her for leadership throughout the season.”

Also due for varsity time this year at Sunset are freshman Lauren Kim, sophomore Kait-lyn Stewart and freshman Em-ily Kim.

ROCK CREEK — Westview was in the mix last year.

The Wildcats were young, talented and right there in the running with the Metro League’s top teams, eventually finishing a solid fourth in the 2012 season.

To repeat that success in

2013, however, will take an in-credible effort.

This year’s Westview team will be led by junior Jennifer Ko — she was a first-team all-leaguer in 2012 and later fin-ished eighth at state — but must deal with the loss of Ana Woo, who decided to graduate early this year, and Jenny Jeong, who decided not to play in 2013.

“I feel we should do quite well and finish in the middle of the league,” said Westview coach Bobby Fernandez.

Joining Ko in the Wildcats’ lineup will be senior Bridget Eby, junior Alex Pax and sopho-mores Rika Nakajima and Viv-ian Kim.

Ko, Fernandez said, said Ko should be “one of top players again this year,” adding that Eby “has improved after taking up the game last year,” while Nakajima “will be playing No. 2” this year.

“This is a rebuilding year for us (but) I have a very good feel-ing about Jennifer doing well this year,” Fernandez said. “Her game has improved over the summer.”

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FOCUSED — Jesuit junior Sarah Craven is back to lead her team in search of another Metro League title and state tournament berth after earning second-team all-league honors a year ago.

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Sunset Apollos2012 Metro – 36 pts. (5th)Coach Brent Buell

Westview Wildcats2012 Metro – 58 pts. (4th)Coach Bobby Fernandez

So.; Gooding; Hannah Dodge, Jr. Pole Vault: Gooding.

ROCK CREEK — Westview kept its head above water in 2012 — the Wildcats finished 3-3 and tied for fourth place in the seven-team Metro League — and would love to do that again this year.

But the Cats know it won’t be easy in a league stacked with tal-ented, experienced state and dis-trict placewinners on almost ev-ery one of its seven teams.

That said, this year’s West-

view team has a few returners of its own that should fare very well indeed in the 2013 Metro season. That group will be led by junior hurdler/jumper Hannah Lautenbach (she was fourth in the Metro triple jump last year, and seventh in both the high hurdles and intermediates), sophomore sprinter/jumper Reed Richardson (she was fourth in the ‘12 long jump), se-nior hurdler Sarah Curl (eighth in the high hurdles), and junior middle distance/long distance runner Sarah Medved (seventh in the 1500).

“We don’t have the depth at every position like we’ve had sometimes, but with the jump-ers and hurdlers we have re-turning, we should be pretty solid,” said first-year head coach Aaron Johnson, a 2000 Westview graduate who takes over after five years as an assistant.

The Wildcats will also look to freshman sprinter Riley Hack-ley, sophomore middle distance runner Aiyana Bankston, junior distance runner Lilliana Consi-dine, and sophomore jumper Madeline Leavitt.

WESTVIEW100-200: Riley Hackley, Fr.;

Reed Richardson, So; Paige Laflamme, Sr.; Lauren Gastin-eau, So. 400-800: Aiyana Bankston, So.; Rachel Gore, Fr.; Gastineau; Sarah Medved, Jr.; Rebecca Scheer, Jr. 1500-3000: Medved; Scheer; Lilliana Consi-dine, Jr. Hurdles: Hannah Laut-enbach, Jr.; Sarah Curl, Sr. Throws: Julia Schobben, Sr.; Bridgette Hickey, Jr.; Abigail Sef-ton, So.; Christina Spires, Fr. Jumps: Lautenbach; Richard-son; Madeline Leavitt, So. Pole Vault: Emily McGaffey, Sr., Alli-son Messenger, Sr.; Heather Shinsel, Sr.

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Westview Wildcats2012 Metro – 3-3 (4th)Coach Aaron Johnson