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. The Celtics are then
participating in the Titan Track
Classic at West Salem High
School on Friday, April 6.
“I’m just looking for a lot of
growth this year,” Gauntz said.
“I don’t think we’re going to be
able to compete as a team at the
conference meet but we’re go-
ing to try.”
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