October 3, 1969
G-Men battle to scoreless tie;
tonight's game starts season
Last Friday the Generals
couldn’t seem to put together
any form of offense and the re­
sults turned into a 0-0 tie with
Roosevelt on their home field.
Trigsted’s varsity gridders
managed to get two first
downs the entire first half.
It seemed that tvery time
the offense would manage
to start moving the ball,
there would be a penalty to
nullify the play or a fumble
to give the Teddies the ball.
One shining point about the
game had to be the defense. They
managed to keep Roosevelt
scoreless throughout the entire
four quarters of action. The only
time Roosevelt managed to get
Boys' swim team
wins first meet;
girls suffer loss
Winning first place in every
event, the boys’ Varsity Swim
team easily took Madison by a
score of 64-12. The meet was
held at Grant on September 24.
Seniors Mark Powell and
Mike Phillips won two
events each. Powell won
the 200 yard freestyle and
the 100 yard butterfly,
Phillips took first in the
200 yard individual medley
and in the 100 yard breast­
stroke.
Darryl Pape captured a first
place in the 100 yard backstroke.
Jeff Pittman finished first in the
100 yard freestyle and Bill Wat­
ers .was the winner of the 50
yard freestyle event. Both relay
teams were victorious, also.
Despite two victories by
senior Sue Gottsch, the
Grant Girls' Swim team was
defeated by the Madison
girls’ team, 53-32.
Sue won both the 100 yard
butterfly and the 100 yard
breastroke for the team’s only
individual victories of the meet.
Alsco turning in creditable in­
dividual performances were sen­
ior Christy Chiodo, junior Siri
McCall, and freshman Debbie
Wetherford.
Thé swim team members were
pleased to see many spectators
turn out for the first swim meet
ever held in the renovated
Grant pool.
Both the boys’ and girls’ teams
will compete again next Tues­
day and Wednesday here at
Grant against Roosevelt and
Bensop, respectively.
Tomahawk
the
Indians
You Have Two Extra
Holes In Your Head?
close was in the final quarter of
action, when they missed a field
goal attempt by inches with
about a minute left to play in
the game.
Now that the pre-season
games are completed, asd
the counting games about to
begin, it is only fair to ana­
lyze the' Generals' first
counting game. Tonight the
varsity team faces a tough
Cleveland team. The In­
dians have a good record to
uphold including a 44-21
shelacking of Benson last
week. In that game Cleve­
land quarterback Jim Pen­
dergrass threw for three
touchdown passes. Their
team is also blessed with a
couple of fine receivers in
Gary Daniels and Stan Pe­
terson.
In last year’s game with Cleve­
land the Generals defeated them
by a score of 20-7 to win the
division title and put them in
the city championship game.
Even though we are playing
them the first game this year, it
is just as important to the team
as last year’s game.
Tonight’s gametime is sched­
uled for 8:00 at the Civic sta­
dium and this could prove to be
one of the turning points for the
varsity team.
by Steve Johnson
With Scott Jackson and Don
Johnson leading the way, the
Grant Varsity Cross Country
squad edged the Wilson Trojans
by a score of 27-28, in a dual
meet held at Grant on Septem­
ber 24.
The victory for the Generals
revenged their first loss in over
two years, as they had been
beaten by the same Wilson team
onl ya week earlier by a 41-42
count.
Jackson, a junior, won easily
to claim his second straight vic­
tory of the season. Johnson, who
finished second to Jackson in the
September 17 meet, captured
second place honors easily.
Greg Schukart showed con­
siderable improvement as he
took fifth place. Scott Bailey
also showed marked improve­
ment as he nipped fellow Grant ■
runner Jeff Klein for ninth po- I
sition. Klein, displaying a good
finishing kick, edged out a Wil­
son runner for tenth place, to
give the Generals their one
point victory margin.
Marshall, Washington, and
Jefferson also competed in the
meet, but none of these teams
was really a factor in the first
or second place competition, as
the first 12 finishers were either
G-men or Trojans.
The Generals will face Mar­
shall, Madison, and Lincoln next
Wednesday in a dual meet at
Marshall.
SERGEANT DEFENDER hauls down Madison player for a loss
during first big win for the team. Scene was typical as the
junior varsity gridders beat Madison 20-0.
the Sergeants were Scott Heller
and Kevin McCune. “Scott Hell­
er did a great job for us at quar­
terback, and on defense McCune
intercepted three passes,” said
Coach Johnsrud about th two
players.
ONE OF THE highlights of
the game was that the team
didn’t have a penalty the entire
first half.
The Sergeants’ next game is
this coming. Thursday against
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VARSITY RUNNERS Scott Jackson and Don Johnson lead the
way in Cross Country meet held at Grant last week. Both Scott
and Don finished one and two in the 2.5 mile course.
Lincoln is led by senior Dave
Wienecke, who should give Jack-
son a tough race. Scott Kelley
has also run well for the Cardi­
nals.
The Madison team is headed
by senior Paul Wilkinson.
The Junior Varsity Cross
Country team bowed to Wilson
in action on September 24, by a
score- of 29-33. Marshall took
third place in the meet with 73
joints.
Sergeants Don Levine and
Jeff Osborn finished in second
and third place, respectively.
Finishing the 1.75 mile course in
seventh place, was Greg Boeh.
Steve Twedt took tenth place, as
he outlasted teammate Rick Ro­
senbloom, who placed seventh.
The powerful Grant Privates
flexed their muscles again, as
they crushed their nearest oppo­
nent in the Frosh meet by 32
points. Chris Barrett won the
race for the Privates. Corkey
Elder and Paul Wolfe took third
and fourth places, respectively.
Steve O’Rourke finished in sixth
place and was followed by team­
mate Gary Harris.
The Sergeants and Privates
are slated to run again nex|
Wednesday at Marshall in ia
four team meet.
Sergeants defeat Madison gridders
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CC runners gain revenge
JV runners beaten;
frosh smother foes
“We stuck it to them,” were
Coach Johnsrud’s words after
his junior varsity football team
handed Madison a 20-0 loss last
week at Madison’s home field.
THIS YEAR’S junior varsity
team seems to be one of the best
that Grant has ever produced,
according to the coaches. “They
are a great bunch of kids,” com­
mented Coach Johnsrud.
Drawing special praise for
playing an outstanding game for
THE GRANTONIAN
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Wilson here at Grant. Last year
the team was unable to play
Wilson because on the JV level
the schedule calls for only six
games and the Trojans weren’t
on that schedule. But this year
is a different season and the
schedule has been changed.
ACCORDING to Coach Johns­
rud, if the team is going to con­
tinue to win football games, then
the offensive line is going to
have to get tougher. On the jun­
ior varsity level there is a tra­
dition that should be upheld, and
that is the tradition of winning.
In the last three years of compe­
tition the JV have lost only one
game.
Wilson’s team this year is sup­
posed to a good one. They have
talented backs and a strong line
to go with it. The game starts at
4:00 and the team will be shoot­
ing for another big win.
Codili Commentò
by Gary Cogill
Every year thousands of peo­
ple attend varsity athletic events
and every year the number of
fans increase. Grant high school
has just about the best attend­
ance of any high school in the
state of Oregon for their games.
But, has anyone ever given any
thought to the freshmen and jun­
ior varsity athletes to whether
they deserve the crowds the var­
sity sporting events get.
It is obviously apparent that
they do deserve just as much in
attendance at their games as the
varsity, but do they ever get it?
No, they don’t. Many people feel
that the non-varsity athletes
don’t offer the same kind of ex­
citement that the varsity does.
But did you ever consider what
it would be like if more than a
thousand people showed up for
a frosh or JV game? The excite­
ment would be the same and it
would give the players one of
their biggest thrills.
One argument that could be
pitted against going to frosh and
JV events is the idea of no place
to sit. Especially at Grant. The
Grant Bowl offers no form of
organized seating whatsoever,
and all that is provided is a
grassy slope formed into a quar­
ter mile circle. It would seem to
be a pretty poor excuse not to
attend a game, when a lot of
people can go out there every
day and eat their lunch. Also,
what happens when it rains?
Where do you sit? This question
can be answered in the very
common phrase, “What’s a foot­
ball game without a little mud.”
It’s about time that people
recognized the frosh and JV ath­
letes for what they are doing.
Al lof them started somewhere
and the freshman program is
that somewhere. If a large crowd
would show up for one of their
games, they would benefit great­
ly. This would give them the ex­
perience of playing in front of a
large crowd and could very well
improve our varsity teams in the
long run.
That’s just about all that can
be said about the Frosh and JV
athletes and the next thing
would be to attend their sport­
ing events and give them the
support that they well deserve.
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