2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
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1972 State Champion Girls Track Team
The Pirates became the sixth Marshfield team to win a state title, and the second girls squad to be crowned champion. Led by first-year coach Kay Chambers, the Pirates scored 54 points, far ahead of runners-up Bend and Churchill, which had 32. Fran Auer Sichting won the 100- and 220-yard dashes and long jump and teamed with Vickie Hunt, Diane Walker and Tina Rausch to win the 800-yard medley relay. Other state placers included Cheryl Bates, who was third in the mile and fourth in the 880; Sally McInturff, who was fifth in the javelin; and Karen Banks, who was fifth in the high jump. Other team members included Susan Rudy, Pat Poitra, Veanna Morris, Mary Sepich, Laura Pickerel, Andrea Crim, Jenifer Bates, Kathe McNutt, Marilyn Wilson and Cynthia Pratt
The Pirates became the sixth Marshfield team to win a state title, and the second girls squad to be crowned champion. Led by first-year coach Kay Chambers, the Pirates scored 54 points, far ahead of runners-up Bend and Churchill, which had 32. Fran Auer Sichting won the 100- and 220-yard dashes and long jump and teamed with Vickie Hunt, Diane Walker and Tina Rausch to win the 800-yard medley relay. Other state placers included Cheryl Bates, who was third in the mile and fourth in the 880; Sally McInturff, who was fifth in the javelin; and Karen Banks, who was fifth in the high jump. Other team members included Susan Rudy, Pat Poitra, Veanna Morris, Mary Sepich, Laura Pickerel, Andrea Crim, Jenifer Bates, Kathe McNutt, Marilyn Wilson and Cynthia Pratt
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Julie Bartelson '88
Julie Bartleson started playing golf at the age of 3. She was taught exclusively by her father, Jim Bartleson, and played her first tournament at the age of 7. She married Doug Oldfield, May 15, 2010 and is step-mom to Drew (13) & Alex (11) Oldfield.Started playing golf at the age of 3. Taught exclusively by my father, Jim Bartleson. Played first tournament at the age of 7.
1987 Oregon Team member for Girls Junior America's Cup played in Mexico City, Mexico
1987 Oregon Junior Golf Champion
1988 Oregon High School State Golf Champion (four-time state qualifier at Marshfield, and placed third as a junior, one shot behind the co-champions.)
1988 MHS Graduate
1988-1992 University of Washington Golf Team Member Full ride scholarship
1991-1992 UW Team Captain
June 1992 Turned Professional and went to work at Kapalua Golf Resort as Assistant Golf Professional
1994-1999 Worked at Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle, WA as Assistant Golf Professional/Merchandise Buyer
1999-2003 Worked at Philadelphia Country Club Gladwyne, PA as Golf Shop Manager/Asst. Golf Professional
2003 Executive Committee Member for 2003 USGA Women's Amateur
2005-2008 Worked at Cherry Hills Country Club Denver, CO as Director of Retail
2006, 2007 Golf Week Top 100 Golf Shop Winner
2008-2009 National Sales Manager Tennis Division at Imperial Headwear, Denver, CO
2010 Denver/Dallas (TX) Retail Market Leader for Crocs, Inc., Boulder, CO
Julie Bartleson started playing golf at the age of 3. She was taught exclusively by her father, Jim Bartleson, and played her first tournament at the age of 7. She married Doug Oldfield, May 15, 2010 and is step-mom to Drew (13) & Alex (11) Oldfield.Started playing golf at the age of 3. Taught exclusively by my father, Jim Bartleson. Played first tournament at the age of 7.
1987 Oregon Team member for Girls Junior America's Cup played in Mexico City, Mexico
1987 Oregon Junior Golf Champion
1988 Oregon High School State Golf Champion (four-time state qualifier at Marshfield, and placed third as a junior, one shot behind the co-champions.)
1988 MHS Graduate
1988-1992 University of Washington Golf Team Member Full ride scholarship
1991-1992 UW Team Captain
June 1992 Turned Professional and went to work at Kapalua Golf Resort as Assistant Golf Professional
1994-1999 Worked at Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle, WA as Assistant Golf Professional/Merchandise Buyer
1999-2003 Worked at Philadelphia Country Club Gladwyne, PA as Golf Shop Manager/Asst. Golf Professional
2003 Executive Committee Member for 2003 USGA Women's Amateur
2005-2008 Worked at Cherry Hills Country Club Denver, CO as Director of Retail
2006, 2007 Golf Week Top 100 Golf Shop Winner
2008-2009 National Sales Manager Tennis Division at Imperial Headwear, Denver, CO
2010 Denver/Dallas (TX) Retail Market Leader for Crocs, Inc., Boulder, CO
Nancy Girt accepting the 2010 Hall of Fame on behalf of Fred Girt.
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Fred Girt '69
The third of four sons, Fred Johnson Girt III was born July 15, 1951 to Fred and Dorothy Girt of Coos Bay, Oregon. He has spent most of his entire life living in the Bay Area, attending Market Street Elementary, Michigan Avenue Jr. High and graduating in the class of 1969 from Marshfield High School.
Fred was a three sport athlete all four of his high school years lettering in basketball, football and track. Football was Fred's greatest passion where he earned 1st Team All State Honors in 1967 and 1968 as a running back. He was also selected Team Captain, was a member of the State Finals in 1968 and was selected to participate in the State All Star Shrine Game in the summer of 1969.
Track and Field was yet another sport Fred excelled in where he long jumped, sprinted, and ran the high and low hurdles. In 1969 he was the District Champion in both hurdles. He earned honors at the State Track and Field Meet his Junior and Senior years running the high and low hurdles, placing 2nd his Junior year. Today Fred continues to hold the Coos County record in the high hurdles.
Following high school Fred earned a full ride scholarship to play football at Oregon State University for Coach Dee Andros. While playing football for four years, Fred earned degrees in Mathematics, Physical Education and Health. During the summer of 1972 he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Susick.
Upon graduating from OSU in 1974 Fred and Nancy moved back to the Bay Area to begin their teaching and coaching careers until they retired in 2009. Fred has a special gift that enables him to reach out to all levels of students and athletes truly making a difference in the lives of children. Using his quick sense of humor, compassion and dedication, he has taught and coached at every level including kindergarten through 12th grades in the Coos Bay School District. Fred has also participated on numerous Math and PE committees at the district and state level, coached the Math Counts Team and has been a volunteer coach for the Boys and Girls Club.
Fred's most valued treasures are his family. Nancy and Fred have been married for 38 years and have two children, Chelsey and Casey, both graduates of MHS. Chelsey and her husband Michael Seedborg teach and coach at Marshfield High School. Casey and his wife Amity live in Portland where Casey is a manager for Conrad Wood Forest Products and Amity is Assistant Dist. Attorney for Multnomah County. They are expecting a baby boy in Sept. and perhaps another generation of Girt running backs!
The third of four sons, Fred Johnson Girt III was born July 15, 1951 to Fred and Dorothy Girt of Coos Bay, Oregon. He has spent most of his entire life living in the Bay Area, attending Market Street Elementary, Michigan Avenue Jr. High and graduating in the class of 1969 from Marshfield High School.
Fred was a three sport athlete all four of his high school years lettering in basketball, football and track. Football was Fred's greatest passion where he earned 1st Team All State Honors in 1967 and 1968 as a running back. He was also selected Team Captain, was a member of the State Finals in 1968 and was selected to participate in the State All Star Shrine Game in the summer of 1969.
Track and Field was yet another sport Fred excelled in where he long jumped, sprinted, and ran the high and low hurdles. In 1969 he was the District Champion in both hurdles. He earned honors at the State Track and Field Meet his Junior and Senior years running the high and low hurdles, placing 2nd his Junior year. Today Fred continues to hold the Coos County record in the high hurdles.
Following high school Fred earned a full ride scholarship to play football at Oregon State University for Coach Dee Andros. While playing football for four years, Fred earned degrees in Mathematics, Physical Education and Health. During the summer of 1972 he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Susick.
Upon graduating from OSU in 1974 Fred and Nancy moved back to the Bay Area to begin their teaching and coaching careers until they retired in 2009. Fred has a special gift that enables him to reach out to all levels of students and athletes truly making a difference in the lives of children. Using his quick sense of humor, compassion and dedication, he has taught and coached at every level including kindergarten through 12th grades in the Coos Bay School District. Fred has also participated on numerous Math and PE committees at the district and state level, coached the Math Counts Team and has been a volunteer coach for the Boys and Girls Club.
Fred's most valued treasures are his family. Nancy and Fred have been married for 38 years and have two children, Chelsey and Casey, both graduates of MHS. Chelsey and her husband Michael Seedborg teach and coach at Marshfield High School. Casey and his wife Amity live in Portland where Casey is a manager for Conrad Wood Forest Products and Amity is Assistant Dist. Attorney for Multnomah County. They are expecting a baby boy in Sept. and perhaps another generation of Girt running backs!
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Norm Hill '71
Norm was born April 8, 1953 in Coos Bay. Growing up, much of his time was spent working in his parents (Leon and Norma) restaurant(s); first the North Bend and Coos Bay Dairy Queens and later Leon's drive-in located at the Y in Empire. Norm graduated from Marshfield in 1971 where he played football, basketball and ran track. Norm attended Linfield College for two years, playing football for the Wildcats. Norm then attended SWOCC for one year and completed his education from Southern Oregon State College with a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Southern Oregon State College (SOSC). Norm also played football for one year at SOSC. Norm returned to Coos Bay in 1977 where he taught business (personal finance), math and coached football and basketball at Marshfield for five years.
In 1982, Norm started a financial planning business with his mother, Norma, DBA Hill and Hill Financial Services. Norma retired after twenty one years and it is now Norm Hill Financial Services, LLC which focuses on helping clients develop a total planning process using a cross-disciplinary approach to estate, investment, retirement and business succession planning.
Norm's commitment in giving back to the community is best served as a member of the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club for twenty eight years, having served as president and still active as the Secretary/Treasurer. Norm is also a Board Member of Coos Foundation (CF). CF is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to receive and manage money and properties for civic, educational and charitable uses in Coos County. Norm has also served on the Board for the Boys and Girls Club as well as a Board Member and past president of the Marshfield Booster Club.
Norm has three daughters; Angie, Candi and Erica, all graduates from Marshfield. Angie, married to Brian Reiber, has worked for the Boys and Girls Club for 12 years as the Program Director. Brian, her husband, works for Columbia Distributing Company (formerly Thomas & Son's) the District Manager and has worked for them for the past 14 years. Candi, married to Tony Runn, works with Norm as his assistant and office manager for the past 14 years. Tony, her husband works for Knife River as a foreman and equipment operator for the past 13 years. Erica lives in Hawaii and helps her mom take care of her grandma (Kanui) and also works as the desk clerk for the Seaside Motel in Kona. We have been blessed with a granddaughter, Chloe (Candi & Tony's daughter), who is 2-1/2 years old (going on 5) and keeps everybody on their toes.
Norm enjoys playing golf, fishing, barbequing and most of all, spending time with family.
Norm was born April 8, 1953 in Coos Bay. Growing up, much of his time was spent working in his parents (Leon and Norma) restaurant(s); first the North Bend and Coos Bay Dairy Queens and later Leon's drive-in located at the Y in Empire. Norm graduated from Marshfield in 1971 where he played football, basketball and ran track. Norm attended Linfield College for two years, playing football for the Wildcats. Norm then attended SWOCC for one year and completed his education from Southern Oregon State College with a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Southern Oregon State College (SOSC). Norm also played football for one year at SOSC. Norm returned to Coos Bay in 1977 where he taught business (personal finance), math and coached football and basketball at Marshfield for five years.
In 1982, Norm started a financial planning business with his mother, Norma, DBA Hill and Hill Financial Services. Norma retired after twenty one years and it is now Norm Hill Financial Services, LLC which focuses on helping clients develop a total planning process using a cross-disciplinary approach to estate, investment, retirement and business succession planning.
Norm's commitment in giving back to the community is best served as a member of the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club for twenty eight years, having served as president and still active as the Secretary/Treasurer. Norm is also a Board Member of Coos Foundation (CF). CF is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to receive and manage money and properties for civic, educational and charitable uses in Coos County. Norm has also served on the Board for the Boys and Girls Club as well as a Board Member and past president of the Marshfield Booster Club.
Norm has three daughters; Angie, Candi and Erica, all graduates from Marshfield. Angie, married to Brian Reiber, has worked for the Boys and Girls Club for 12 years as the Program Director. Brian, her husband, works for Columbia Distributing Company (formerly Thomas & Son's) the District Manager and has worked for them for the past 14 years. Candi, married to Tony Runn, works with Norm as his assistant and office manager for the past 14 years. Tony, her husband works for Knife River as a foreman and equipment operator for the past 13 years. Erica lives in Hawaii and helps her mom take care of her grandma (Kanui) and also works as the desk clerk for the Seaside Motel in Kona. We have been blessed with a granddaughter, Chloe (Candi & Tony's daughter), who is 2-1/2 years old (going on 5) and keeps everybody on their toes.
Norm enjoys playing golf, fishing, barbequing and most of all, spending time with family.
Ralph Mohr - Coach
Ralph Mohr first came to Marshfield High School in 1968 as an English teacher, hired by Eleanor Baker, famed Head of the English Department. While teaching Freshman English, he also volunteered to help with the MHS Swim Team that fall, and Mike Lafayette, the current coach, immediately made him co-coach.
Their work together produced Marshfield’s first swimming State Champion, Bill Counce, who won the 50 Free. That year, 1968, also produced the first of nine Boys’ District Championships under Ralph Mohr.
The next year Marshfield started to practice outdoors at Mingus Park Pool, which has been the home of the Pirate swim teams ever since. Marshfield is the only Oregon high school swim team to practice outdoors through the entire season and has since 1969.
The first Girls’ District Championship under Mohr’s coaching was in 1970, one of eight. 1970 was also the year when Marshfield brought home its first trophy from the Oregon State Swimming Championships, 3rd in a time when all high school swimming teams in the state competed in one meet.
The 1970 Girls’ 200 Freestyle Relay of Marilyn Wilson, Lulu Fagan, Janet Farr, and Julie Stamper were State Champions, setting a new state record in their triumph. Other prominent swimmers on that team were Sally McInturff, Karen Banks, and Linnea Wright.
Swimming at that time was a Fall sport, but it was changed to Winter for 1974. The 1974 Girls’ team was the best swimming team that Marshfield has ever had. The seniors had won District all four years. The team finished 2nd in State behind perennial power David Douglas, led by a future 1976 Olympic team member.
The 1974 Girls’ 200 Medley Relay of Vicki Matson, Jill Cummings, Michelle Menkens and Julie Stamper set a new State Record in the 200 Medley Relay and were the first and only All American relay team for Marshfield in any sport. Michelle won the 50 Free and was second in the 100 Butterfly, becoming an individual All American in both events, the first All American swimmer for Marshfield.
Vicki, Jill and Julie also placed in the top six in individual events and the 400 Free Relay was 2nd with Janet Stamper, Jennie Wade, Vicki and Julie. Other members of that 1974 Girls’ team were Ramona Warzecha and Arlene Hale in Diving.
That summer Michelle Menkens went to the first Junior National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska, the first swimmer from the Coos Bay area to attend a national championship. She set a new Junior National record in the 100 Butterfly in the prelims and finished 4th in both the 100 Fly and Free. She also qualified for and swam in the Senior Outdoor National Championships in the 100 Butterfly that year, and later went on to be a Division One National Swimming Champion in the 50 Free for the University of Oregon. She is currently a member of the UO and MHS Halls of Fame.
Ralph went on sabbatical in 1975-1976 at the University of Chicago and returned to co-coach with Bob Rubin. In that time Janet Stamper was State Champion in the 50 Free and the District Championships continued. He was also ably assisted before the sabbatical by assistant coach Carla Donaldson and after by Alice Parsons.
In 1977 Ralph took the first male swimmer from the Coos Bay area to the Junior National Championships. Harve Menkens swam the 100 Butterfly in Dallas, Texas.
The last high light of his high school coaching career was another individual State Champion by Mark Henke in the 500 Free in 1987. Both Boys and Girls won District Championships that year for a grand total of 17 team championships from 1968-1987. He retired from coaching so he could resume the Latin program at Marshfield and continue teaching Advanced Placement English.
Before his 18-year career in Marshfield aquatics Ralph had lettered two years at the University of Oregon, setting a new school record in the 200 Butterfly. He was also All Conference at the UO in 1962. He then coached the UO Freshman Swimming Team in 1976-77, qualifying Mike Masarie for the Senior National Championships in the 200 Butterfly.
He had coached age group and senior AAU swimmers for the Grants Pass Aquatic Club (OR), Redding Swim Club (CA), and the Artesia Swim Club (NM). He was swim coach and taught English at Shasta High School in Redding (CA) and taught English and coached freshman basketball at Phoenix High School (OR) before coming to Coos Bay.
Ralph’s academic career at Marshfield was just as varied and successful. He developed a Humanities program with two other English teachers in 1969-70. In 29 years at MHS he taught every level of English at Marshfield except Honors Juniors. He taught Film Studies, Mass Media, Journalism (Ma-Hi Times) twice, Composition, Science Fiction and English Skills as electives.
In 1985 he went back to Summer School at the UO to become proficient in Latin so he could resume the program at Marshfield since the former Latin teacher had retired. Two years later he started Latin again, continuing the language that had been at MHS since 1896. While teaching Latin, he enriched students’ knowledge by taking them to the Reed Latin Forum yearly, to the West Albany HS Latin Weekend, to the Greek plays given at Reed, and once to hear Carmina Burana in Eugene. Ralph was Marshfield’s last Latin teacher when he came out of retirement in 2009 to finish a Second Year Latin class.
Ralph also taught Advanced Placement English from 1985 to 1994. He rewrote the AP English curriculum every summer to fit what he had learned the years before. Sometimes the Shakespeare play studied would be Hamlet; sometimes, Macbeth, One year it was Much Ado About Nothing when the Branagh movie came out. His students memorized sonnets and Shakespearian speeches. Other works read regularly in his AP English classes were Beowulf, Dante’s Inferno, Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Pride and Prejudice, Heart of Darkness, and much poetry. He also used A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner occasionally.
He was the first Marshfield English teacher to be invited by the College Board to become a consultant and read Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition papers. He went to San Antonio (TX) once and Daytona Beach (FL) three times, where he scored over 900 papers in a week. After retirement he was hired again by the College Board to evaluate AP English and Literature courses across the nation.
For his efforts in teaching Latin and English Ralph was awarded $1000 by the Association of Oregon Industries in 1995 because his students had achieved over the national average in both the AP English Literature Exam and in the National Latin Exam regularly and because he fit the criteria of the AOI for their “Educational Excellence Award.” US West named Ralph the runner-up for its “Teacher of the Year” award in 1988.
Ralph was nominated for merit pay three times, given it once. He received a sabbatical from Coos Bay School District in 1975, and he spent a year at the University of Chicago, studying Ptolemy at the Newberry and Huntington Libraries. He spent six weeks at the University of Notre Dame in an NEA Summer Seminar for Secondary School Teachers in 1987, studying “Cicero: Political and Ethical Writings.”
He received two scholarships from the American Classical League (ACL): the MacKinlay Latin Scholarship and the Maureen O’Donnell Teacher Training Scholarship, which helped him become the first certificated Latin teacher in Oregon in over 20 years. In addition he received a Council for Basic Education (CBE) Scholarship for Independent Study, reading “Latin Elegiac Poetry” at the UO during the summer of 1988.
Ralph retired in 1995 but was asked to stay on part-time for three years to continue the Marshfield Latin program until a new Latin teacher could be found. He was asked to write a Latin course for the Internet by the Eugene School District’s CyberSchool, and he did so in 1999-2000, using the textbook, Latin Via Ovid. He then taught the Latin course over the Internet for three years through both CyberSchool and COOLSchool. In 2006 he was asked to be the keynote speaker at the Reed Latin Forum. His talk was on “Martial: A Portrait of First Century Rome.”
In full retirement Ralph travels with his wife, Claire, takes care of his four 10 and under grandchildren, and helps his two daughters, Sarah and Mary, who have moved back to Coos Bay. He swims regularly in Oregon Masters Swimming meets, reads, wrote book review columns for the Coos Bay World for six years, and now writes for the Coos County Democratic Party’s newspaper, the Advocate.
Ralph Mohr first came to Marshfield High School in 1968 as an English teacher, hired by Eleanor Baker, famed Head of the English Department. While teaching Freshman English, he also volunteered to help with the MHS Swim Team that fall, and Mike Lafayette, the current coach, immediately made him co-coach.
Their work together produced Marshfield’s first swimming State Champion, Bill Counce, who won the 50 Free. That year, 1968, also produced the first of nine Boys’ District Championships under Ralph Mohr.
The next year Marshfield started to practice outdoors at Mingus Park Pool, which has been the home of the Pirate swim teams ever since. Marshfield is the only Oregon high school swim team to practice outdoors through the entire season and has since 1969.
The first Girls’ District Championship under Mohr’s coaching was in 1970, one of eight. 1970 was also the year when Marshfield brought home its first trophy from the Oregon State Swimming Championships, 3rd in a time when all high school swimming teams in the state competed in one meet.
The 1970 Girls’ 200 Freestyle Relay of Marilyn Wilson, Lulu Fagan, Janet Farr, and Julie Stamper were State Champions, setting a new state record in their triumph. Other prominent swimmers on that team were Sally McInturff, Karen Banks, and Linnea Wright.
Swimming at that time was a Fall sport, but it was changed to Winter for 1974. The 1974 Girls’ team was the best swimming team that Marshfield has ever had. The seniors had won District all four years. The team finished 2nd in State behind perennial power David Douglas, led by a future 1976 Olympic team member.
The 1974 Girls’ 200 Medley Relay of Vicki Matson, Jill Cummings, Michelle Menkens and Julie Stamper set a new State Record in the 200 Medley Relay and were the first and only All American relay team for Marshfield in any sport. Michelle won the 50 Free and was second in the 100 Butterfly, becoming an individual All American in both events, the first All American swimmer for Marshfield.
Vicki, Jill and Julie also placed in the top six in individual events and the 400 Free Relay was 2nd with Janet Stamper, Jennie Wade, Vicki and Julie. Other members of that 1974 Girls’ team were Ramona Warzecha and Arlene Hale in Diving.
That summer Michelle Menkens went to the first Junior National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska, the first swimmer from the Coos Bay area to attend a national championship. She set a new Junior National record in the 100 Butterfly in the prelims and finished 4th in both the 100 Fly and Free. She also qualified for and swam in the Senior Outdoor National Championships in the 100 Butterfly that year, and later went on to be a Division One National Swimming Champion in the 50 Free for the University of Oregon. She is currently a member of the UO and MHS Halls of Fame.
Ralph went on sabbatical in 1975-1976 at the University of Chicago and returned to co-coach with Bob Rubin. In that time Janet Stamper was State Champion in the 50 Free and the District Championships continued. He was also ably assisted before the sabbatical by assistant coach Carla Donaldson and after by Alice Parsons.
In 1977 Ralph took the first male swimmer from the Coos Bay area to the Junior National Championships. Harve Menkens swam the 100 Butterfly in Dallas, Texas.
The last high light of his high school coaching career was another individual State Champion by Mark Henke in the 500 Free in 1987. Both Boys and Girls won District Championships that year for a grand total of 17 team championships from 1968-1987. He retired from coaching so he could resume the Latin program at Marshfield and continue teaching Advanced Placement English.
Before his 18-year career in Marshfield aquatics Ralph had lettered two years at the University of Oregon, setting a new school record in the 200 Butterfly. He was also All Conference at the UO in 1962. He then coached the UO Freshman Swimming Team in 1976-77, qualifying Mike Masarie for the Senior National Championships in the 200 Butterfly.
He had coached age group and senior AAU swimmers for the Grants Pass Aquatic Club (OR), Redding Swim Club (CA), and the Artesia Swim Club (NM). He was swim coach and taught English at Shasta High School in Redding (CA) and taught English and coached freshman basketball at Phoenix High School (OR) before coming to Coos Bay.
Ralph’s academic career at Marshfield was just as varied and successful. He developed a Humanities program with two other English teachers in 1969-70. In 29 years at MHS he taught every level of English at Marshfield except Honors Juniors. He taught Film Studies, Mass Media, Journalism (Ma-Hi Times) twice, Composition, Science Fiction and English Skills as electives.
In 1985 he went back to Summer School at the UO to become proficient in Latin so he could resume the program at Marshfield since the former Latin teacher had retired. Two years later he started Latin again, continuing the language that had been at MHS since 1896. While teaching Latin, he enriched students’ knowledge by taking them to the Reed Latin Forum yearly, to the West Albany HS Latin Weekend, to the Greek plays given at Reed, and once to hear Carmina Burana in Eugene. Ralph was Marshfield’s last Latin teacher when he came out of retirement in 2009 to finish a Second Year Latin class.
Ralph also taught Advanced Placement English from 1985 to 1994. He rewrote the AP English curriculum every summer to fit what he had learned the years before. Sometimes the Shakespeare play studied would be Hamlet; sometimes, Macbeth, One year it was Much Ado About Nothing when the Branagh movie came out. His students memorized sonnets and Shakespearian speeches. Other works read regularly in his AP English classes were Beowulf, Dante’s Inferno, Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Pride and Prejudice, Heart of Darkness, and much poetry. He also used A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner occasionally.
He was the first Marshfield English teacher to be invited by the College Board to become a consultant and read Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition papers. He went to San Antonio (TX) once and Daytona Beach (FL) three times, where he scored over 900 papers in a week. After retirement he was hired again by the College Board to evaluate AP English and Literature courses across the nation.
For his efforts in teaching Latin and English Ralph was awarded $1000 by the Association of Oregon Industries in 1995 because his students had achieved over the national average in both the AP English Literature Exam and in the National Latin Exam regularly and because he fit the criteria of the AOI for their “Educational Excellence Award.” US West named Ralph the runner-up for its “Teacher of the Year” award in 1988.
Ralph was nominated for merit pay three times, given it once. He received a sabbatical from Coos Bay School District in 1975, and he spent a year at the University of Chicago, studying Ptolemy at the Newberry and Huntington Libraries. He spent six weeks at the University of Notre Dame in an NEA Summer Seminar for Secondary School Teachers in 1987, studying “Cicero: Political and Ethical Writings.”
He received two scholarships from the American Classical League (ACL): the MacKinlay Latin Scholarship and the Maureen O’Donnell Teacher Training Scholarship, which helped him become the first certificated Latin teacher in Oregon in over 20 years. In addition he received a Council for Basic Education (CBE) Scholarship for Independent Study, reading “Latin Elegiac Poetry” at the UO during the summer of 1988.
Ralph retired in 1995 but was asked to stay on part-time for three years to continue the Marshfield Latin program until a new Latin teacher could be found. He was asked to write a Latin course for the Internet by the Eugene School District’s CyberSchool, and he did so in 1999-2000, using the textbook, Latin Via Ovid. He then taught the Latin course over the Internet for three years through both CyberSchool and COOLSchool. In 2006 he was asked to be the keynote speaker at the Reed Latin Forum. His talk was on “Martial: A Portrait of First Century Rome.”
In full retirement Ralph travels with his wife, Claire, takes care of his four 10 and under grandchildren, and helps his two daughters, Sarah and Mary, who have moved back to Coos Bay. He swims regularly in Oregon Masters Swimming meets, reads, wrote book review columns for the Coos Bay World for six years, and now writes for the Coos County Democratic Party’s newspaper, the Advocate.
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Bryan Trendell '83
Bryan Trendell was born in Coos Bay, July 12 1963. He grew up in Coos Bay attending Blossom Gulch Elementary, Marshfield Junior High, and graduated from Marshfield High School in 1981.
Bryan participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track during his early years. He enjoyed all of the sports, but basketball was his real passion. Many hours were spent in the back yard working on skills and playing games. There were numerous game winning shots made in those years in the back yard with nobody around.
While at Marshfield, basketball became the focal point of his life. He earned Honorable Mention All-Midwestern League in 1979, First team All Midwestern League in 1980, and Midwestern League MVP in 1981. In 1981 he was named First team All-State, First team All-State Tournament, and State Tournament MVP. He was also selected as an Honorable Mention Converse All-American and a McDonald's All-America Nominee. His high school career ended being selected MHS Athlete Citizen of the Year.
After graduating, Bryan received a full-ride scholarship and played basketball at the University of Oregon for three seasons. He finished up his eligibility at Northwest Christian College in Eugene. That season, the Beacons were National Champions and he was voted to the First team All National Tournament. Bryan then spent 2 years playing professionally in Germany.
In 1990 he returned to the United States and married his high school sweetheart and one true love Jean Fleck. Bryan finished his teaching credentials at WOU in Monmouth while coaching Freshman and JV basketball at Dallas High School. In 1993 he began teaching full time and was Head boys basketball coach at Dallas. In the summer of 1997 Bryan and Jean moved their family back to Coos Bay. Bryan taught 7th grade Science at Sunset Middle School for 8 years before moving into the office as Assistant Principal for 2 years. He then became Principal of Millicoma Intermediate School for two years and last year became the new Athletic Director at Marshfield High School. During this time he coached Middle School basketball, football, volleyball, and track. He also spent 5 seasons as an assistant coach for Mike George and the Pirate Basketball program.
Bryan and Jean have 3 great kids. Elyse is 14 years old and headed to Marshfield High School for her freshman year. Rylee is 13 and headed to Sunset Middle School as a 7th grader, and Sydney is 8 going into her 2nd grade year at Blossom Gulch Elementary. Family has replaced basketball as his passion and he loves to spend as much time as possible camping, vacationing, or just hanging out at home with them. He loves his new job as Pirate AD and feels at home back on campus. Once a Pirate Always a Pirate.
Bryan Trendell was born in Coos Bay, July 12 1963. He grew up in Coos Bay attending Blossom Gulch Elementary, Marshfield Junior High, and graduated from Marshfield High School in 1981.
Bryan participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track during his early years. He enjoyed all of the sports, but basketball was his real passion. Many hours were spent in the back yard working on skills and playing games. There were numerous game winning shots made in those years in the back yard with nobody around.
While at Marshfield, basketball became the focal point of his life. He earned Honorable Mention All-Midwestern League in 1979, First team All Midwestern League in 1980, and Midwestern League MVP in 1981. In 1981 he was named First team All-State, First team All-State Tournament, and State Tournament MVP. He was also selected as an Honorable Mention Converse All-American and a McDonald's All-America Nominee. His high school career ended being selected MHS Athlete Citizen of the Year.
After graduating, Bryan received a full-ride scholarship and played basketball at the University of Oregon for three seasons. He finished up his eligibility at Northwest Christian College in Eugene. That season, the Beacons were National Champions and he was voted to the First team All National Tournament. Bryan then spent 2 years playing professionally in Germany.
In 1990 he returned to the United States and married his high school sweetheart and one true love Jean Fleck. Bryan finished his teaching credentials at WOU in Monmouth while coaching Freshman and JV basketball at Dallas High School. In 1993 he began teaching full time and was Head boys basketball coach at Dallas. In the summer of 1997 Bryan and Jean moved their family back to Coos Bay. Bryan taught 7th grade Science at Sunset Middle School for 8 years before moving into the office as Assistant Principal for 2 years. He then became Principal of Millicoma Intermediate School for two years and last year became the new Athletic Director at Marshfield High School. During this time he coached Middle School basketball, football, volleyball, and track. He also spent 5 seasons as an assistant coach for Mike George and the Pirate Basketball program.
Bryan and Jean have 3 great kids. Elyse is 14 years old and headed to Marshfield High School for her freshman year. Rylee is 13 and headed to Sunset Middle School as a 7th grader, and Sydney is 8 going into her 2nd grade year at Blossom Gulch Elementary. Family has replaced basketball as his passion and he loves to spend as much time as possible camping, vacationing, or just hanging out at home with them. He loves his new job as Pirate AD and feels at home back on campus. Once a Pirate Always a Pirate.
