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PAGE B4, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 30, 2018 Snorkeling with the manta rays into you, that’s OK. And this happened to Jo and several others. Now, all we have to do is look down and wait for the action. It comes quickly and continuously. Showtime. Bright lights at- tract plankton. Lights attract rays to eat plankton. Of course, other tropical fi sh come to feed also. Tropi- cal fi sh are always fascinating to watch, but here, the main attraction is the manta. The captain tells us there are usu- ally fi ve to seven rays. This evening we are lucky by G.I. Wilson Try to visualize this: You are comfortably dressed in wetsuit and snorkel. You and 12 others are face down, hold- ing onto PVC pipe attached to a rectangular, fl oating plat- form. Powerful lights illumi- nate the waters below. The water is teeming with activity. A fi sh, the shape of a Stealth Bomber, a wing span of 14 feet, comes swooping out of the shadows, a wide-open mouth – that could easily in- hale a basketball – is coming straight at you. If you haven’t sucked wa- ter into the breathing tube by now, you have nerves of steel. Big Bertha turns and glides past. Her underbelly is literally inches from your face. You can look directly into her gills. FAITH, continued from Page B1 She celebrated with family, coaches and a dozen young players she coaches on a 12-and-under team at South- side. “I wanted all of my girls here,” Jauregui said. Hans Schneider, who leads the sand volleyball program at Keizer Rapids Park, fi rst met Jauregui as a fi fth grader at the Boys and Girls Club. Jauregui You have just experienced what National Geographic calls, “A once in a lifetime, must see experience.” My wife Jo and I recently had this experience in Kona, Hawaii, on the Big Island of Hawaii. Donald and Tracy Koskela, of Silverton, joined us for the vacation. We have chosen to go for our adventure with SeaQuest. At the marina we are greeted by a staff that is energetic and effi cient. After fi tting us with wet suits and masks, we board a 20-foot zodiac boat for a short ride out in the bay, to our viewing destination. It is always a different sen- sation on the water at night. Lights from all directions seem has also played sand volleyball in the summers. “She stuck with it,” Schnei- der said. “She went through the rough times and came out on the other end a better per- son and a better player. She’s intense. She wants the ball hit to her. She wants to be in there when the game in on the line.” Jauregui plans to major in nursing at College of the Redwoods and after two years transfer to Portland State to fi nish her education. McNary men’s golf kicks off with March Madness Submitted Columnist G.I. Wilson recently took a scuba diving trip with manta rays off the coast of Hawaii. to dance across the surface of the water, creating ominous shaped shadows that chase us as we ease across the bay. We are not alone on the bay. We learn there are 26 boats viewing mantas. We arrive at the viewing platform and staff assists us in a short swim, where we take positions around the platform. TRACK, continued from Page B1 We grasp the PVC pipe with both hands. Staff makes sure we have a fl otation device securely un- der our ankles to prevent our feet from sinking. They want to make sure we do not touch the rays. The reason being, we could dam- age the rays natural protective covering. If the ray brushes “I think that’s a very doable goal for me this year as long as I keep pushing myself and get- ting through these workouts,” Toavs said. “With it being my senior year, I’m going to leave it all out on the track and have fun with it. I’m expecting it to be a fun year, not just for me, but for everyone on the team.” Lucas Garvey is another se- nior but this season will be only his second in track. He fi nished sixth in the 400 and high jump at the GVC Championships last season. “Your second year is just to- tally different than your fi rst so we’re hoping for good things out of him,” McNary head track coach Frank Gauntz said. The same could be said of Jose Solorio, who had the fastest time in the 100 during McNary’s inter-squad meet on March 20, crossing the line in 11.79. Garvey fi nished sec- ond in 11.81 and Dyami Rios placed third in 11.92. Rios, who along with Ethan Martin, Gabriel Martinez and Emanuel Figueroa won the 4x100 relay middle school state championship for Claggett Creek last spring, leads a tal- ented group of freshmen. Of the 130 students on the track team, 60 are freshmen. ATHLETE of the Week presented by Joel Dutcher McNary High School McNary sophomore Joel Dutcher shot 80 in his fi rst league match of the season on Tues- day, March 20 at Michelbook Country Club McNary Men’s Golf Club held their season opening event, the March Madness, on Saturday March 24. Nine four-man teams, as selected by the Tournament Commit- tee, competed in a scramble event. Despite chilly, wet, and sometimes muddy condi- tions some good scores were posted. Winning the low gross competition with a nine un- der par 62 were: Darin Hum- phreys, James Martin, Bart Heath, and Robert Tesch. There was a tie for second low gross between the team of: Terry Jacques, Bill Link, Ken Nivens, and Jay Ireland; and, the team of: Jeff Jones, Jeff McDonnell, Mark Heppner, and Andy Anderson. Low net honors with a score of 47.75 went to: Mark Morris, Robin Brockmuel- ler, Chris Morrison, and Mi- chael Hampton. Second low net was: Perry Sinasone, Kent Hollingsworth, Jon Brammei- er, and Dave Smedema. Third place low net was: Jim McK- enna, Greg Pedersen, Mark Piercy, and John Elliott. Winners of the KP awards (closest to the pin) for the fi ve par 3s were: Bob Olson, Greg Pedersen, Brad Krater, Mark Piercy, and Jim McKenna. Bob Olson re- corded the closest tee shot at 4-feet-1-inch on hole 4. The next event for the Men’s Club is the 3-Man ABC/2 Best Balls on Satur- day, April 21. to see 11 rays of various sizes. Viewing time is 50 min- utes. My arms are tired after 35- 40 minutes. I alert staff and they assist me to the boat. Two husky guys lift me onto the steps and on board. I en- joy a cup of hot chocolate and cookies while the others fi nish our 50 minutes. This is only one of two places where this phenom- enon is available. Keahou Bay is the super bowl of manta watching. Truly a once in a lifetime, don’t miss experience. in McMinnville. Dutcher’s round included four birdies on the front nine. “It’s just a matter of seeing where they are at when they compete,” Gauntz said. “You don’t really see many fresh- man guys come on the scene and just fl at out dominate. You see more of the girls. We have a good core of freshmen kids that are going to get faster and that are fast for freshmen.” McNary has just 35 girls on the track team. Freshman Leah Doutt ran the fastest time in both the 100 and 300, fi nishing in 13.59 and 45.38. She just beat another freshman, Isabella Walker, who took second in 45.65. Freshmen Kennedy Buss and Ella Repp had the second and third fastest times in the girls 800, crossing the line in 2:32.66 and 2:38.33, respectively. Caitlyn Kiefi uk Yates, who fi nished sixth at the GVC Championships in the 100 hurdles in 16.87 as a freshman last season, returns and could also help McNary in the triple jump. McNary’s fi rst track meet is Wednesday, April 4 at For- est Grove. 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