Andy McIntyre

It is a great honor to be nominated and inducted into the PIL Hall of Fame amongst so many accomplished athletes. As a third-generation attendee of Cleveland High School, with an older sibling and older cousins that attended CHS, growing up I always looked forward to competing in the PIL against the best of the city.

There are so many people to thank that helped me in my athletic career and in shaping me into the person who I am today. My mother, Laurie, and father, Stan, who were always supportive of me and spent a lot of time and resources to get me to where I needed to be for practice or games. My older brother, Sam, who was an accomplished athlete that I looked up to and tried to follow in his footsteps. Getting to play alongside him on two city championship teams in football and baseball my sophomore year was an amazing experience.

Thanks to my friends and teammates that shared the long hours in practice and the weight room and the ups and downs of team competition. Thank you to my coaches at Cleveland - Todd Pasche, Ray Baker, Gary Sletmoe, Casey Dyer, and numerous other assistants that dedicated so much of their time to helping our programs.

Competing in the PIL was a tremendous source of pride for me and still is to this day. Getting to represent our section of Southeast Portland against high schools from all over Portland was something I will always remember fondly. Rivalries against other PIL athletes in basketball, football, and baseball developed, but later in life we began to cross paths and make friends with former rivals. Most of us that grew up in Portland had more similarities than differences, and everybody has pride in being a part of the PIL, which is what makes the league so special.

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