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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1968)
December 13, 1968 Generals capture tournament; wrestlers ready for Corvallis MIKE HARRIS attempts jump shot during game with the Lake Oswego Lakers. The Generals dumped the number two ranked Lakers 69-41 last Friday. G-Men ramble past Lake Oswego, search for victory in South Salem by Steve Johnson The varsity basketball squad will travel down the valley to night, in search of a victory, as they play the tough South Salem Saxons. Then, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Generals will play their first pre-season home game against a young Washington Colonial team. Varsity Coach Ed Rooney feels that the Generals will have their hands full with the Saxons. In their pre-sea son debut, the Salem squad rolled up 89 points while beating South Eugene, who, as Coach Rooney says, “are always rated among the top teams in the state.” The Washington Colonials, on the other hand, are young and inexperienced, as most of their eagers played junior varsity ball last year. This seems to be a building year for them. The Generals will be seeking revenge against the Colonials, because of the two straight whippings last year’s team gave the G-Men. Mr. Rooney plans to continue using the two-platoon system of substitutions, at least through the six-game pre-season sched ule, that he has made familiar to General fans. The G-Men also will con tinue to use a two post men and three guard setup on offense. Mr. .Rooney also cited Bill Flowers and Mike Naylor as especially dedicated about keep- ing in shape, because both boys ran for the cross country team this fall. Mike, in his first year of cross country competition at Grant, participated in the state varsity meet. Bill, also running for the first time, went to State as the alternate. In action last Friday the G-Men bounced away from the Lake Oswego Lakers 69-41. The Generals never fell be hind and gained a commanding lead throughout the first half. The team held the lead during the second half. The team was led by Bill Flowers who dropped in nine baskets which gained him 18 points. The Generals were helped by the fact that two of the Lake Oswego starting five fouled out during the second half. by Tom Heinrich The Grant wrestling fans cheered the varsity A team to victory at the Invitational held at Grant last Saturday. The G-Men captured the tournament with a substan tial total of 92 points with Marshall and Gresham ty ing for second with 79 points each and Wy-East following with 30 points. The Generals placed top in six of the 13 weight classifica tions, ranging from 98 pounds to heavyweight. The Grantonians winning in their divisions were Jesus Lopez, 115; Gene Kerns, 1^3; Bill Curry, 136; Dave Gray, 141; Mike Reinecker, 148; and Ward Bruner, 191. The teams rotated each round. First it was Grant vs. Marshall and Wy-East vs. Gresham. The second round pitted the two top scoring teams, Grant and Gresham, while Wy-East battled Marshall. The third round brought Grant against Wy-East and Gresham against Marshall. In the B varsity competition the Generals took second behind Marshall. Trailing the two lead ers were Gresham and Wy-East respectively. The Grant wres tlers that were top of their weight classes were Barry Has son, Bill Lott, Bob Lott, Craig Johnson and Dan Baisley. The first round of the A var sity found Gresham leading with 47 points with the Generals in second with 33, followed by Mar shall 16 and Wy-East 8. The sec ond round brought Grant closer to victory with a total of 60% points, but still leading was Gresham with 66 points, fol lowed by Marshall 54% and Wy- East 21. In the last round the Generals picked up six pins and two forfeits to capture the lead and the tournament. This Saturday the wrestling team, led by Coach Robert Shew- bert, will go to Corvallis Invita tional, starting at 11 a.m. Volleyball games commence play in girls intramurals by Roy Greene For the past week girls have been practicing volleyball for games that will be played in the future. The coach of the girls’ intramurals is Miss Carolyn Fitzwater, who will also coach them in basketball and badmin ton. The girls’ volleyball team is broken into three squads. There is the freshman team, sopho more-junior team, and the jun ior-senior team. The names of the teams are as in order, Wee gees, Peewees, and the Porcius Maximae. Along with our three teams there are seven other teams which will be in competi tion with each other. There will be three games played by each team every time they meet. In the middle of January the girls will start a new unit in basketball and they will be broken into two teams. There will be a freshman team and a junior-senior team. Sophomores may also play on the junior-sen ior team if they are good enough. THE GRANTONIAN Gymnastics group assembles team; first meet date set by Roy Greene For the first year we are go ing to have a gymnastics team, which will be one of seven teams competing in the city. Mr. Gra ham, the gymnastics coach, has been practicing with-the boys so they will be ready for their first meet on January 9. In the years* past Grant hasn’t had a gymnastic team, but a club. This means that they haven’t been in a real meet be fore. They only practiced when ever they felt like it. Although it is their first year as a team, Mr. Graham feels that it’s going to be a good team, as proven when he said, “There is a lot of talent.” After the,first meet in Janu ary there will be a meet every week on Thursday. Towards the end of February comes the city championship, then a week later comes the district meet, and the following week comes the state finals. 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