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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1968)
November 8, 1968 Doug Gibson plays British hockey Playing hockey since he was 11, senior Doug Gibson has be come the first American boy to ever play Junior A British Hock DOUG GIBSON races down ice after puck while playing hock ey. Doug plays for the Victoria Cougars, a semi-pro club in British Columbia. The team is a member of the Junior A Brit ish Hockey league. Cross-country finishes season with Generals capturing eighth Competing against 26 schools for the team title, and individ uals from six other schools, the Varsity Cross Country team cap tured eighth place in the State meet last Saturday at Willam ette University. “The competition was really rough,” stated Coach Mark Cot ton. “To show just how rough it was, Scott Jackson, Grant’s first runner to finish claimed four teenth place. His time of 12:36.4 was the same time Ron Byers had when he won the race in 1964,” he added. Greg Schukart was the next Grant runner to finish. He claimed 42nd place. Steve Ger rard was next at 58th while John Admovics, Jeff Klein, Don Johnson, and Mike Naylor claimed 66th, 79th, 81st, and 90th. This is not bad, seeing as how there were 188 boys rep resenting the 32 schools in the meet. The meet was captured by South Eugene who had a score of only 136 points. Second place went to Cottage Grove. Holding true to predictions was pre-race favorite Steve Pre fontaine of Marshfield, who was timed in at 11:39. Mark Hiefield of Milwaukie was second while Mike Hann of Benson claimed third. “The boys could not have had Chuck's Barber Shop /5?\ COMPLETE BARBER SERVICES qr~T~W Charlie Brown • Razor Cutting 281-5284 2302 N.E. BROAD WAX a better season,” stated Mr. Cot ton, “I’m really proud of them,” he finished. The team finished the season' with 14 wins, 0 losses in dual meet competiteion; first place in the district meet and an eighth place finishing in the state. MAC hosts meet; swimmers compete Nine members of the boys’ varsity swim team will try for the city championship at a meet tonight at the Multnomah Ath- letic Club. Doug tried out for the teeam this summer and be cause of his skill in hockey was accepted. The boys on the team are recruited from all over Canada and must show exceptional skill be fore they are accepted. Doug’s team is stationed in Victoria, British Columbia and is named the Victoria Cougars. The team is semi-pro but be cause he does not get paid he is still able to compete in amateur athletics. While playing hockey in Canada, Doug is going to school at the University of Victoria. He is taking classes there that will be good for high school credit when he returns to Grant to gradu ate. His team’s season will last un til the first of March when he will return. The season schedule consists of 40 games which will be played against other Junior A Hockey teams from all over British Columbia. Doug is playing the same position that he played last year on his Portland team, which is center. The tea mwas designed for boys who show an interest in hockey and think that they might like to follow it into pro fessional hockey. Doug can play on the team for three more years until he is 20 years old. Because he is the only Ameri can boy on the team, Doug has earned the nickname of Yank by his fellow teammates. Qualifying second for the swim team at the city meet are John Evans in the back stroke, Mark Powell in the butterfly, and Daryl Pape in the freestyle event. THE GRANTONIAN 6-men clobber Indians; await city title hassle Division .championship and boosted their season record to “Revenge” were the words 7-0. and thoughts of the varsity foot Grant, now Green Division ball players as they entered Civ champs, meet Franklin tomor ic Stadium last Friday, and “Re row for the city championship venge” is what the Generals and a berth in the state play gave the Indians as Grant beat offs. Cleveland 20-7 in a game of de Franklin, who lost to Grant fense and just plain getting the 6-0 in a preseason game earlier breaks. this year, are 6-1 for an overall Last year Cleveland ru record and are ranked 14 in the ined an undefeated division state. title for the G-Men by beat The Quakers have a unique ing them 7-6. knack of scoring touchdowns be Walt Renolds, who is second cause their defense have picked in scoring in the P.I.L. only to up fumbles and intercepted Bates, didn’t connect one touch passes to score a high percentage down pass out of the 40 he of their touchdowns. threw. He has thrown 12 touch The game time tomorrow is down passes this year. Renolds 1:30 at Civic Stadium and was an all city quarterback as a should prove to be a battle like junior last year. all city championship games are. Grant’s first touchdown came on a 68 yard drive in eight plays with Robin Sin clair scoring from 25 yards out. Gary Horton then kicked the first of two extra points. Bates made it 13-0 on a 20 yard run in the second quarter. His 10 touchdowns this year make him the league’s leading I scorer. The second half proved to be more of an even battle as Cleveland scored in the third quarter on a 3 yard run by Walt Renolds. In the final quarter Grant wrapped it up when Dan Mayo intercepted a Renolds pass and on the next play jEŒIEŒm Dan Percich threw to Stan 2834 N. E. Broadway (at 28th) Marlow for the T.D. Hilfwiy between Lloyd’s and Hollywood Friday night’s victory gave the Generals a clear-cut Green PARK FREE by Gary Cogill * Party Favors* Decorations Cambridge Capturing the sixth best qual ifying time in the city for the 200 yard freestyle is Richard Koch, with Jim Messerschmidt qualifying fourth for the 50 yard freestyle. classics the styling Third place qualifying times were captured by John Evans in the 100 yard backstroke, and Bill Prows in the 100 yard free style. is traditional * the colors Rich Mills qualified second in the 100 yard butterfly; and first place in the 100 yard breast stroke was taken by Mike Phil lips. and fabrics aro The 100 yard freestyle was taken by Jeff Pittman with Daryl Pape claiming fifth in the 100 yard breastroke. happening! 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