Ida B Wells Athletics Weekly

While some athletes are judged on how hard they hit, cheerleaders are judged on how high they jump and how loud they yell.

Greetings Sports Fans!!

The 2023 Fall Sports Season is off and running! It is has been tremendous to see our student-athletes and coaches getting after it in practice and competing!!

Our Volleyball Programs is looking like they are poised to defend their PIL Title again this year. They have a solid nucleus of returners who look ready to take on the PIL. The Football Program is growing by leaps and bounds. We have close to 90 kids participating at the high school level and over 190 participating in the youth program. The Varsity took on Hillsboro in their season opener and battled to the end but came up short in their efforts. Men’s Soccer opened up their season with a talented Woodburn Team for a Varsity match up. The contest was close all game and we had some really good opportunities but came up just short in our efforts. Our Varsity Women’s Team kicked off the year with perennial powerhouse, Jesuit and LaSalle. Lost to Jesuit and tied with LaSalle. The team looks promising this year under first year head coach Mac Weinstock. Our Cheer Program is gearing up for their competitive season this year and doing and outstanding job of leading our crowds and supporting our student-athletes. Cross-Country has already had a meet this year down at Wilsonville. Nick Uber, Asher Danielson, and Josie Fale all finished 1st taking home the coveted Gnome Trophy. The program is over 150 strong again this year!!

Everything is shaping up to be a really exciting year! Thank you, parents, for all of your support! Be sure and read the Fall Previews from each of our head coaches below.
Great to Be A Guardian!

Be A Guardian - Courageous

Today is your opportunity to be courageous. For what?

· Your opportunity to decide enough is enough.

· Your opportunity to start a special journey or restart on something you’ve drifted from.

· Your opportunity to make the big decision you’re afraid to make but need to make.

· Your opportunity to act no matter how much fear or doubt you feel.

· Your opportunity to make your opportunity.

Today is your opportunity. But its only an opportunity. You have to grab it to be courageous!

We have a loaded week of Guardian Athletics on deck for this week. The Volleyball Program is off to Grant and Jefferson this week. The JV Volleyball Team has a tournament at Hillsboro. Varsity and JV Women’s Soccer is off to Forest Grove on Tuesday and we host Woodburn on Thursday for our home opener for the squads. JV2 Green plays Lincoln at Delta and JV2 White faces off with Lakeridge and McDaniel. Varsity and JV Men’s Soccer hosts Liberty on Tuesday and is on the road on Thursday to North Salem. The JV2 Team plays Parkrose and McDaniel this week as well. The Cross-Country travels to Lent’s Park for the PIL Preview and to Monmouth on Saturday. Finally, our Football Team travels to Century on Friday and we host their JV2 on Thursday. See the schedule below for game times and locations.
Great to Be A Guardian!

For a complete listing of the weekly athletic schedule, please visit the athletic dept. website:IBW Athletics/THIS WEEK. Links to team schedules can also be found on their team pages on the athletic website.

We will be offering a Freshmen Leadership Course again this year for all Freshmen. This year it will be presented by myself and will only be one day. We had too many interruptions last year and feel that hosting it in one day will be time well spent for our student-athletes. Once we land on a date and time, we will notify all freshmen of the course.

We are super excited to for our first meeting of the IBW Athletic Leadership Council. Emails will go out this week for our first meeting time and locations. We have over 75 student-athletes this year with some great activities planned! If you are interested in joining, please feel free to reach out!

I have had the privilege to work with Peter Weber, President of the OSAA, and other AD’s from around the state to implement a new coaching course for new coaches and current coaches, Beyond the Scoreboard. It does an outstanding job of leaning into all the important facets of coaching and leading a program. Additionally, our school has been chosen as one of five schools from around the state that will have all its coaches 3D certified using the 3D coaching platform. This is great opportunity for our school and coaches! Great to Be A Guardian!

As a reminder, all the games that are in our stadium and gym will be streamed on the NFHS Network. Please visit www.nfhsnetwork.com for more information.

Thank you to the Booster Club for all the support of our teams and clubs. They are now recruiting volunteers to help with spring sports concessions. The revenue from concessions benefits ALL students of IBW High School. https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/204796288082/false#/invitation

Volleyball

Fall 2023 season is here and volleyball is ready for it. Happy to announce new coaches, Tracy Klosterman who is coaching JV2 and Bella Klosterman varsity assistant this season. Kurt still controls the JV castle this season. Both levels have a slew of new players with some returning but several new players making up the bulk. Varsity had 7 seniors this season, the most we’ve had in the program. It’s a bittersweet situation and we’re going to make the most of it with the awesome leadership and attitudes the seniors model every day.

Big home matches this season are 9/12 vs Lincoln, and 10/3 vs Grant. Please come cheer and support the team! It will also be PIL MS volleyball night, so the future Guardians can see a competitive environment. Us coaches are very excited for the depth, talent and positive attitudes we have within the program. About 70% of the program are 9th and 10th graders, so there’s lots to enjoy now and look forward too. Come have some fun at a volleyball match! - Head Coach, Mark Mendak

Cross-Country

We are excited to get the 2023 season going. We have almost 150 athletes excited for the fall season. We have a great mix of returning veteran athletes and a lot of young talent joining our team for the first time. We have a large group of seniors who have invested a great amount of time leading into their final season. We are looking forward to another competitive season. Our boys are currently ranked 3rd in 6a and our girls are currently ranked 10th. - Head Coach, Thor Esbensen

Women’s Soccer

We’ve got a fun, competitive, older team. Lots of up and coming sophomores. Natalie Jacques, Lyla Cheah, Thea Weiber the only freshman. Solid first half performance against Jesuit ending 0-0, same with JV. Another good performance against La Salle 2-2. New JV2 coach Jarryd Baxter who were very excited about. Great fit for the program, all about player experience and development. We had play fit fun come out to do a session with the JV2 team and they had a blast. I’ve got lots of pictures if you want them. - Head Coach, Mac Weinstock

Men's Soccer
Men's soccer returns 9 players from the previous campaign, including 2022 All-PIL selections Jaden Igarta and Rowen Pierce. Notable additions include senior midfielder Cole Aman, a former Portland Timbers Academy player and Cal Poly commit who will be playing his first season of high school soccer, and junior GK Jake Meuer who started in goal in the first match against Woodburn. Senior captains Evan Motsko and Jaden Igarta lead a group of 9 seniors, 6 juniors, and 5 underclassmen. The team will look to balance offensive experience with a rookie backline to improve upon their second place finish in the PIL in 2022 and their elimination in the second round of the State Playoffs. - Head Coach, Dylan Lomanto

Cheer

Guardian Cheer is off to a strong start this year! We have 12 returners, a handful of athletes joining cheer for the first time and are hoping to pick up a few more this week with second-chance signups. The squad is led by Varsity veterans; seniors Ryder Cullen-Musengo, Tupleo Wright-Dykehouse, and Junior Etta Brick.

Last winter we moved to morning practices, something we're continuing for both fall and winter seasons. While it's not always fun to wake up so early, we are consistently proud of the way our athletes show up every morning ready to work! Being that all of our football home games are front-loaded this year, we're using that extra time in October to begin preparing for our competition season, which begins in December. We were rained out from performing our first halftime routine last week and are eager to show off at our next home game!

As always it's a great day to be a Guardian! - Head Coach, Lynsey Smith

Football

This fall the football program is excited to field three teams at the high school level for the second consecutive year and boast increased participation and enrollment overall for the fourth straight year. The outlook for the program–both short and long term–has never been brighter. The coaching staff could not be more excited and optimistic about what this season and seasons to come hold for the Wells community.

This season we begin with five of our first six games at home, then conclude with back-to-back-to-back highly consequential road games to finish the regular season. Week three (9/15) we host reigning league champions Grant, followed in week four (9/21) by Homecoming night when we will match up with Cleveland. In week six we host Jefferson (10/6) in our final home game of the regular season, which will include ‘Senior Night’ festivities. In week seven (10/12) we travel to play Lincoln in the first “Battle of the Birds” game held at their new stadium, in week eight (10/20) we travel north to take on Roosevelt, and in the final game of the regular season (10/27) we are on the road at Franklin.

We are excited to show off players this season who have shown tremendous improvement in the offseason and are ready for their moment in the varsity spotlight like Marselis Griffiths, Michael Kuehnel, Griffin Scott, Spencer Litwin, Mac McCarter, Shankara Carson, Colden Carson, and many, many others. At the sub-varsity levels players like Imran Birya, Zorina Johnson, Noah De Los Santos, and Ben Rupley will make our JV Green and JV Grey teams some of the best in the PIL.
-Head Coach, Keith Bennett

"Gratitude practice is about finding simplicity in the moments we often miss. It's an antidote to the rush, a sanctuary of stillness."

"We live in a culture that only wants to talk about what's going well. Anything that's not going well is positioned as a detour from the main road. The truth is that pain is not a detour from the main road. Pain is part of the road we walk as human beings."- Susan Cain

I. Leaning Into Joy

Joy is deeply vulnerable.

· We're afraid to lean into joy because something might rip it away and we'll get sucker punched by disappointment or pain.

But there's a way to stay in joy:

· When we feel that quiver of vulnerability, instead of dress-rehearsing tragedy and waiting for the other shoe to drop, let that shudder be a reminder to practice gratitude.

-Brene Brown

II. Conquer the Day

Daily reminders for us:

· Overthinking —> Write

· Uninspired —> Read

· Scared —> Take one risk

· Stuck —> Walk

· Tired —> Sleep

· Confused —> Ask

· Frustrated —> Move

· Burned out —> Day off

· Impatient —> Review progress

· Unmotivated —> Remember your "why"

-Greg Isenberg

III. Embrace the Uncharted Territories

Every day that I commit to growing and becoming better, I commit to being wrong about what I thought I knew and being willing to find peace in a new direction.

· Growth requires shedding and grieving.

· Growth requires discomfort and self-trust.

· Growth requires love and rest.

· Growth makes space for healing to happen.

· Growth makes space for forgiveness.

· Growth makes space for bravery.

· Growth makes space for new beginnings.

-Alex Elle

IV. Question

What do you think this period and season in your life is trying to tell/teach you?

V. This Week, I Will

1. Prioritize peace.

2. Prioritize discipline.

3. Prioritize patience.

4. Prioritize consistency.

5. Prioritize my mental health.

“As we enter a new month, let us remember that journaling is not just about the words we write but the intention we infuse into them. It's about the meaning of each word, the whisper of thanks we get when the days feel dark or lonely. Grateful living is a testament to our resilience, our ability to find inner calm amidst external chaos, and our commitment to living wholeheartedly.”

Hello, my name is Coach Olsen and I'm one of the assistant coaches for the Ida B Wells Cross Country program. I want to extend an invitation for you to come out and simply try cross country.

I think you'll be surprised! The cross country team is a great place to be with tons of athletes of varied ability levels. The cross country team is a FAMILY and we feel strongly that every student would benefit from joining the team.

Step 1 - YOU MUST BE CLEARED TO PRACTICE!

You will need an updated sports physical from your doctor. Below is the link to Family ID registration forms. https://www.ibwathletics.com/page/show/3737816-registration

Practices

Teammates should make every effort to be at every practice. Starting today our practices will be Monday-Friday from 3:45-5:45 and will meet in Coach Olsen's room by the cafeteria.

Go Guardians!

The item for the required PIL Fall Pay-to-Play Fee is now open in SchoolPay. You will find it in a multi-item link called Athletics. Be sure you are paying the required fee and not a donation to a specific program. If you qualify for the Free/Reduced Lunch program there is also a reduced fee for athletics. Please contact our bookkeeper, Ana Curtis, for the link to pay the reduced fee. acurtis@pps.net. Now that we are fully underway with Fall sports, please pay this fee ASAP if you have not done so.

Interested in trying out for the Men's Basketball Program this Winter?
Come to an information meeting:
Wednesday, September 6
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Meet at the weight room.
****Bring your shoes to run outdoors.
***If you are playing a fall sport for school, no need to attend. Just check in with me when you have a chance.
- Men's Basketball Head Coach, Jonny Canalin, jcanalin@pps.net

Website:www.ibwathletics.com

Phone: 503-916-5280, ext 75318
Athletic Director, Mike Nolan,mnolan@pps.net
Athletic Assistant, Leanne Van Horn,lvanhorn@pps.net
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