ATHLETICS
Handball Celebrates Victories, Including National Title
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ixteen MAC handball players gathered Feb. 6, divided into eight teams of two, and pummeled each other for about two hours in courts 1-4 to determine this year’s Super Bowl winners. This was the 20th anniversary of a
tremendous MAC handball event that sports a long waiting list of illustrious participants. As the game rules state, “If you have to be out of town for that weekend or are injured, your name goes to the end of the waiting list for next year’s event.” No team wins all seven of its matches, so it comes down to the last few games for the hundreds of spectators to sort out the contenders, the pretenders and the eventual winners. Bob Evenson was the 2011 tournament commissioner, and Ed “Murderball” Grossenbacher was the fifth- place sponsor.
First place went to TJ Llewellyn and Ron “Radar” Shoquist; second place, in a tie breaker, went to Greg Howell and Jay Maxwell. Fifth place went to CJ Conrad and Frank Romanaggi. Third and fourth place went home full of beer and pizza. The MAC kitchen provided some awesome pizza, Caesar salad, and pitchers of favorite local craft beers. Then everyone went home and watched the other Super Bowl game.
Trull earns first national title
The USHA national masters invita- tional handball tournament was held the weekend of Feb. 11-13 at the South End Rowing Club and Olympic Club in San Francisco.
The doubles team of David Steinberg ad Craig Trull were able to outlast 19 other teams from across the country and won first place. This a first national win for Trull and one of many for Steinberg. Also participating were Bill Flowers, Ed Grossenbacher and Jay Maxwell, who played well and made it deep into the tour- nament before being upset.
Oregon state singles
The Oregon state singles were held at the Timberhill Athletic Club in Corvallis
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MAC handball players David Steinberg (second from right) and Craig Trull (far right) outlasted numerous competitors to secure the first-place victory at the USHA national masters invitational handball tournament. This was Trull’s first national win.
Feb. 18-20. MAC players claimed many first-place titles. Congratulations to MAC’s own handball champs.
Results
1st, men’s open – Matt Steele 2nd, men’s A – Jarred Krueger 1st, men’s 40-plus – Troy Peterson 2nd, men’s 40-plus – Steve Sharpe 1st, men’s 60-plus – Steve Grow 1st, women’s open – Jennifer Hinman 2nd, women’s open – Heather Murbach
MAC handball offers a new format for Saturday open
play. Head to the courts from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. for a match.
Saturday open play: new format
There is a new format for Saturday open play to encourage more participation. The new time is 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with a first-Saturday-of-the-month mini tourna-
ment. The Handball Committee sponsors this event, and there is no charge to partic- ipate.
Beginning April 2, the Handball Committee provides coffee, sweet rolls and Gatorade for all mini-tournament partici- pants. Handball coaches and committee members are on hand to arrange matches. Players sign up when they arrive, and fun competition begins 10 a.m. Members can choose to not play the tournament but simply enjoy a regular game. Players are able to sign up in advance of these first Saturday events by calling the Tennis Office at 503-517-7592 or emailing Robin Franklin at rfranklin@
themac.com. Only the first Saturday of each month features the mini tournament. Each remaining Saturday is regular challenge on courts 1-4. There is no Saturday event July 2 or Sept. 3 due to national holidays. For more information on MAC hand- ball, call 503-517-7592.
–Bob Evenson and Wally Palmberg WM
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