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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1969)
March 7, 1969 THE GRANTONIAN 3 Baseball squad G-Men drop Senators 74-66 hosts Putnam March 17 marks the opening of the 1969 baseball season as the Generals prepare to meet Rex Putnam in a double-header. The following day the G-Men host their first home games in a double-header against McNary. According to Coach Roy Har- ringtonj. there will be about 40-45 boys turning out for the team. Most of the boys have al ready turned out but there are still seven retcrning lettermen out for basketball. These boys will not turn out until after spring vacation. There will be 16 returning let termen coming back from last year’s city championship team and, according to Mr. Harring ton, the team should be strong. Mr. Harrington feels that the PIL League is the toughest league in the state and among these Madison Jefferson, Cleve land, Franklin and Benson should be the toughest teams for the Generals. Cagers battle Trojans for city title Paced by Bill Flowers and Don Lincoln the varsity cagers dumped Madison in overtime last Friday and earned the right to play Wilson for the city cham pionship and a trip to the state tournament. Tonight the Generals face Red Division champion Wil son. Wilson has been the only team to defeat the G-Men this year and the Generals will be looking for revenge tonight. The Wilson team holds a 14-8 season record while the G-Men boast a 21-1 record. The winner of tonight’s game will be the PIL’s number one team in the state tour nament while the loser will play the winner of the Mad ison-Franklin game for the second place spot. In their last game with Wilson Gymnastics team claims fifth district meet set for members Members of the girls’ gymnas tics team will try for the district championship tomorrow, and the boys’ team will compete in their district meet tonight. In a city meet against Jackson, Wilson, anl Jeffer son held at Jackson, the girls’ gymnastics team cap tured second. The final scores of the meet were Jackson 58.05, Grant 50.10, Wilson 45.65, and Jefferson 9.85. Kay. Nickerson, General, took first on the uneven parallel bars with 3.95 points. Jackson’s Mar cia Campbell claimed second, and there was a tie between General Annie Moorman and Jackson’s Cathy Harris for third. Joyce Johnson placed sixth. On floor exercise, gymnast Laurie Smith took second. Debbie Chung and Jackson’s Margaret Bowman tied for third. In balance beam competi tion Debby Lawson captured third and Annie Moorman took fourth. Annie Moorman also captured third in “all-around division,” where the girls must compete in all four divisions. In boys’ competition, Dave Morgan came in third on the still ring. In the city meet, competi- tion was against Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Benson. Grant came in fifth with a score of 102.2, just under fourth' place Benson, who had a score of 102.25. The girls’ district meet will be held at Newberg, Oregon, and the boys’ district meet will be held at David Douglas. According to Coach Bill Gra ham, “Part of the reason the boys’ team did so badly was be cause many of the team were absent.” "HOME OR GRANT HIGH KEGLERS' Timber Lanes Bowling Center the G-Men were hampered by fouls and gave the Wilson squad nearly one-half of their points from these mistakes. Since that game the Generals have im proved on their defense greatly and should not give up as many points from fouls. Ron Sluyter and Tim Winde are Wilson’s top players and were the downfall of the Generals in their last out ing. The Generals were the first to hit the score board last Friday but were matched quickly by the Madison team. The battle traveled back and forth dur ing the first period but as the first period ended the Senators held a two-point edge. The second period matched the first, with the Generals gain ing a small lead only to lose it. As the second quarter ended the Generals picked up the two- point deficit and the half-time score was knotted at 29-29. The third period fared the same for the Senators as the first as they picked up three points on the G-Men and led 51-48. During the third quarter Madison’s Steve Kebbe sank 20 of the 22 points the Senators picked up during the period. During the fourth quarter the Generals poured in 14 points wheile the Senators could only manage 11 counters. This action knotted the score and sent the game into overtime. The overtime period proved fatal for the Madison cagers as the G-Men burst out with six straight points and a total of 12 for the period to win the game by eight points. Bill Flowers and Don Lincoln shared honors on the scoring end of the Generals’ game with 18 48 Air-Conditioned Lanes Free Baby-sitting Complete Junior Program TEEN-AGERS AUTO INSURANCE 4030 N.E. 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