Faces In The Club

FACES IN THE CLUB

Tucker Scroggins - MAC Alpine Ski Team

Central Catholic’s Men’s Ski Team just claimed its first Overall Combined Team Championship since 1952, and senior captain Tucker Scroggins played a big role in that. Also a member of MAC’s Alpine Ski Team, Scroggins started his high school ski career as a team of one, eventually drawing in an additional four participants for a legitimate team of five this past season. He walks away from Central Catholic’s Ski Team with a mountain of accomplishments: three-time Oregon State High School Men’s Individual Slalom and Overall Champion, two-time Individual Giant Slalom Champion, 2019 SkierX Champion, and 12 High School State Champion titles. Scroggins also is a multi-year letterman in football and baseball. He has been accepted to Montana State University, but will defer his freshman year to travel to Aspen and take his ski-racing skills to the next level. Scroggins also has his sights set on making the U.S. Olympic team. MAC’s ski community wishes him luck in his future pursuits, frosty and otherwise.

Maria Teresa Pietrok

Looking for a good book? Check out Maria Teresa Pietrok’s Piercing the Iron Curtain, now available at the Mporium. According to its subtitle, the book tells “The True Story of an American Business Woman’s Challenge to Travel and Open Markets Behind the Iron Curtain.” In the 1980s, Pietrok changed careers and became the international representative for a dental equipment manufacturer. At that same time, small cracks were appearing in the Communist regime controlling the Soviet Union, and these two unrelated events result in a compelling yarn. A true woman of the world, Pietrok was born and raised in Mexico City before moving to San Diego as a teenager. She speaks multiple languages, including Portuguese and German, and has been bringing her unique perspective to MAC, along with her husband, since 1984. Their daughter and grandchildren also are members.

Fifth Grade Boys Basketball

Over the past two years, one of MAC’s hoops squads has been making serious waves in its competitive club league. The Fifth Grade Boys Basketball team has amassed a record of 55 wins and 7 losses, going 28-5 this past season. They’ve also won 11 tournaments in that time, including MAC’s own, and tourneys at Jesuit, Seaside and HoopSource. Coach Vicente Harrison has led the team into battle against traveling and all-star teams from around the country, making these stats even more substantial. Team members include Matt Watson, Cormack McStay, Vicente ‘’Penny’’ Harrison Jr., Peyton Harrison, Sam Johnson, Max Holzman, Cole Koopman, Nick Zervis, Zachary Davenport and Viggo Anderson, who sums up the team’s accomplishments succinctly. “Our record reflects that we worked really hard toward our goal, and we always redeem ourselves after we taste defeat.”

LeslieAnn Butler

Speaking of globe-trotting MAC members, local artist LeslieAnn Butler was recently honored to have one of her paintings chosen by Matt Matthews, the new Ambassador to Brunei, to be displayed in a three-year-long exhibition at the U.S. Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan. Four of her paintings are currently being featured on the sets of the new series The Perfectionists, a spinoff of Pretty Little Liars, which began March 20 and runs for 10 weeks on the CW. Previously, several of Butler’s paintings could be seen on the walls in various episodes of Portlandia. Her work has appeared in private, public and corporate collections throughout the country and in Europe, including that of former president and first lady George H.W. and Barbara Bush. She sets aside a percentage of her art income to benefit charities.