September 26, 1969
THE GRANTONIAN_______ 3
JV, Frosh cross country teams triumph
Cogiti Commente
Varsity runners drop third meet in 8 seasons
by Steve Johnson
The Varsity Cross Country
team suffered its third loss in
the past eight seasons of PIL
dual meet competition on Wed­
nesday, September. 17.
11.9 seconds. Don Johnson, a
senior, took second place, after
a fine finish, with a clocking of
13:35.9.
Placing third for Grant
and eighth in the race, be­
hind a cluster of Wilson run­
ners, was senior Greg Schu-
The G-men were clipped
by the Wilson team which
totaled 41 points. The Gen­
erals tallied 42 points and
were followed by Madison
and Jackson, who scored 65
and 74 points, respectively,
in the season-opening four
team meet.
kart. General Jeff Klein, a
senior, finished the race in
13th position. Junior Scott
Bailey and senior John
White placed 18th and 19th,
respectively, Sophomore
Courtney Huff was a pleas­
ant surprise, as he placed
The loss for Grant overshad­
owed two excellent perform­
ances by General runners. Jun­
ior Scott Jackson easily won the
race, with a time of 13 minutes,
seventh for Grant and 22nd
in the race.
Varsity Coach Mark Cotton
stated, “We were not in shape
physically and we were not men­
tally alert, where Wilson was.”
In summing up the meet,
Mr. Cotton said, “We were
1969
REVISED GRANT
SWIMMING SCHEDULE
September 24—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. MADISON
September 29—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. MARSHALL
October 2—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. JACKSON
October 7—4:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. ROOSEVELT
October 8—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. BENSON
October Î3—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. CLEVELAND
October 15—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. ADAMS
October 20—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. JEFFERSON
October 22—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. WASHINGTON
October 23—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. FRANKLIN
October 27—4:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. WILSON
October 29—3:45—Grant Pool—
GRANT VS. LINCOLN
November 3—3:45—Wilson Pool—
PRELIMINARIES
November 7 or 8—Multnomah Athletic
Club—CITY MEET
November 14-15—University of Oregon,
Eugene—STATE MEET
beaten by a team that did
what a cross country team
should do; by that, I mean
that they grouped their run-
ers together.”
It was a different story for
Grant, in the JV competition,
however, as the G-men won by
six points over second place
Wilson. Grant sophomore Don
Levine, running in his first cross
third in the race. Sophomore
Greg Boeh, also running in his
first cross country race, placed
sixth. Steve Twedt and Mark
Johnson, both sophomores, fin­
ties.” He also added that there
Were only two plays in a row
where there were no penalties
called.
Even though there were a lot
of penalties in the game, the
offense managed to score four
touchdowns. “The bad thing
about it was that two of them
were called back because of pen­
alties.”
THE BEST thing about the
team had to be the defense. They
fought a tough Benson line and
held them to only two touch­
downs. Coach Johnsrud cited
Steve Yanzick, Steve Campbell,
Jim Condon, and Steve Geiger
as doing “outstanding jobs for
the defense team.”
Coach Johnsrud feels
that this year they have a very
hard-hitting team, with a lot of
depth. In fact, his team could be
summed up in his very own
words, “We were tough and we
hit hard.”
When you talk about school
spirit around the city, many peo­
points, the Privates just missed ple may feel prejudice, about
in their attempt to open the sea­ their own school. But when it
son with a perfect score of 15 comes right down to the facts
points. They show promise of about who cheers the loudest,
great things to come.
and who has the better attend­
ance at the football games, Grant
holds the biggest edge.
DURING the first week of
school, on a Thursday, the an­
nual PIL Jamboree was held at
Civic stadium. A crowd of about
5,800 attended the game and
cheered loudly for their school.
It was obviously apparent who
had the greatest number of fans.
Section six was filled all the
way to the top of the stadium,
far more than any other school.
From the team’s point of view,
it was awe-inspiring to see such
a crowd for the game. In fact, to
them it was one of their greatest
feelings ever.
ONE OF THE most contrib­
uting factors had to be the rally.
They led the cheers and showed
as much spirit as anyone. Their
efforts were returned as Grant
High School won the cheering
contest and brought home a fine
trophy.
Whether the crowd realizes it
or not, their spirit that showed
up in the Jamboree was reflect­
ed throughout the city. Anybody
who was there knows that Grant
showed the greatest spirit and
was deserving of the trophy that
was awarded.
QUARTERBACK Dan Percich is hauled down by Benson de­
fenders after a substantial gain in victory at Civic Stadium.
country race, took first place in
the race.
Jeff Osborn, a junior, took
Sergeants tie in football game;
penalties hamper offensive play
“It was a fantastic effort by
the defense,” stated Coach Johns-
rud about the JV football game
between Benson that was played
at Grant last week. The Ser­
geants battled the “big Benson
team” to a 12-12 tie.
ONE OF COACH Johnsrud’s
arguments about the game
seemed to be “too many penal­
ties.” “We made a lot of mis­
takes,” he said. “The team to­
taled about 230 yards in penal-
ished in tenth and 19th place,
respectively.
The Freshmen team overpow­
ered their opponents, in their
first taste of cross country com­
petition. With a score of 17
by Gary Cogill
Gridders come from behind
down Benson at Stadium
Last Saturday the Grant foot­
ball team survived a twelve
point deficit and outscored a big
Benson team 25-18, to win their
first football game of the year
at Civic stadium.
According to Coach Trigstad
it was a very big game to the
Generals. The game was rid­
dled with fifteen fumbles and
each team lost four of them.
Benson jumped into the lead
with a 68-yard run in the first
quarter. They then came back
in the second quarter to score
again on the same play, but this
time it was good for 80 yards.
It was then Grant’s turn to
take over, and they sure did.
Robert Bates scored the first
touchdown for the Generals on
a five-yard run. The first touch­
down was set up when Benson
fumbled on their own 41-yard
line. Grant scored again before
the half was over when Dan
Percich made a spectacular catch
of one of June Jones’ passes.
That play covered 57 yards.
Halftime was over and the score
stood at a 12-12 standstill.
The second half of play proved
to be a different story for both
teams as the Generals scored 13
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points in the fourth quarter. Rob­
ert Bates came through again on
a 15-yard run to put the Gener­
als ahead 18-12. Dan Percich
romped 15 yards on a broken
pass play to ice the win for the
team. Benson managed to score
with less than two minutes to
play on a one yard run.
Tonight’s game puts the Gen­
erals oh the line with Roosevelt
at the Teddies’ home field.
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