ATHLETICS
Sports Round-Up
“Champions,” Muhammad Ali once said, “aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.” For the first time in school history, all five fall OES varsity teams took their dreams to the top levels of competition, each qualifying for the state championships in their respective sports—and three of our Middle School teams won their championships! Here’s how all the Aardvark athletic teams fared this season.
STATE HONORS, GIRLS
SOCCER 1st Team All District Joanna Cloutier ’19 Stephanie Finley ’19 Annika Lovestrand ’18 Megan Ruoff ’18
2nd Team All District Catherine Lawliss ’17 Rachel Lowell ’19
Honorable Mention All District Ruby Aaron ’18 Emily Ford ’19 Olivia Giannini ’19 Maya Lawliss ’19 Haley Rice ’18
VOLLEYBALL 1st Team All League Maxine Matheson-Lieber ’20 Paige Morrow ’20 Belle Scott ’17
Honorable Mention All League Christina Boxberger ’19 Abby McIver ’17
STATE HONORS, BOYS
SOCCER 1st Team All District Brian Garten ’18 Reed Huston ’17
2nd Team All District Aidan White ’18
Honorable Mention All District Thomas Hochman ’19 Max Park ’18
10 Oregon Episcopal School Boys’ Varsity Soccer Girls’ Varsity Soccer
SOCCER Girls’ Varsity started their season with strength, beating Scappoose’s 4A squad in pre-season play. Over the course of the next three months, the girls consistently delivered solid performances, bolstered by leadership from players like Ruby Aaron and Annika Lovestrand (both ’18). Under Coach Jessica Wolvert’s tutelage, they finished 14-3. By the second weekend in November, the stage was set for OES to meet Catlin Gabel in the state championship game. After falling behind 1-0 early in the second half, the Aardvarks equalized. Then, with five minutes remaining, Lovestrand put in the winning goal. The team’s win at state is its fifth in six years, and its seventh overall state championship title.
Boys’ Varsity, rising to the challenge of fielding a young team, went 7-5-4 this season. Easily one of the most impressive highlights involved a Friday evening matchup against Riverdale on the Aardvarks’ new home turf field. The opposing Mavericks went up 2-0, but as Athletic Director Dennis Sullivan wrote in his weekly blog, “Oliver Ulmer ’20 scored in the first 90 seconds of the second half and put in another hustle goal to tie it up, then Reed Huston ’17 scored to take the lead.” The boys finished third overall in the league. While they ultimately fell to Catlin Gabel in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament, the squad, coached by David Rosenberg, definitely has a bright future.
Girls’ JV battled some tough teams from bigger schools this year, as the JV squads regularly competed against 5A and 6A programs. Coached by Dennis Chang, the girls’ squad finished with a winning record of 6-5. “Alma Nye ’19,” noted Chang, “was once again our leading scorer, totaling a remarkable 22 goals over the past two seasons.” The girls beat rival Catlin Gabel twice during the season, once at home and once on Catlin’s home field. Other impressive wins included a 6-0 victory over McNary and a 4-0 besting of McMinnville.
With coach Skyler Stevenson at the helm, our Boys’ JV team boasted 13 different goal scorers over the course of the season! A gritty 4-3 win over 6A Grant High School was a huge victory for the team, who ultimately finished the season with a record of 5-7.
Boys’ JV2, coached by Josh Brown, faced some early obstacles like losing their starting goalkeeper to injury. Several team members stepped up to fill the void, like Kennedy Balandi ’20, who both scored goals up front and played solid defense. The team broke even with a season record of 4-4.
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