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I 12 - SANDY (Ore.) POST Thurs.. Dec. 2, 1976 M f. Hood basketball: Booth's youths look for 3rd division title isolates a Dec. 8 battle at Willamette University from the rest of the games, resuming once more Jan. 13. Three tournaments mark the mat team s’ December schedule, starting Dec 4, with dual meets and league contests slated for Jan. 7. by Keith Klippstein sports editor Sporting activities at Mt. Hood Community College have slipped away from the gridiron as nippier weather has forced more and more people inside for warmth. Save for the skiing season (starting in January, it w ill be previewed at a later date), the focal point of athletics on the MHCC campus w ill be the domed gymnasium where basketball (both men’s and women’s) and wrestling w ill roost. The Saint male hoop con tingent has already jumped out to its 1976-77 start with its Mt. Hood Tournament Friday and Saturday. The season continues with a Wednesday game at Concordia College and the league action holds off until Jan. 7. The women's cage slate Along with his freshmen, Booth also welcomes Mel Farris as an assistant to replace Jim Scheele, ticketed for his rookie season at Walla Walla CC. Farris is a former standout for the Saints and Oregon Institute of Technology Three of Booth's four returning lettermen from a 23-6 team are choices for starting slots, include returning starter 6-5 Keith Rice, 6-4 Jeff Persels and 6-1 Todd Cross. Rice and Persels w ill rotate in forward positions with 6-6 freshman Bill Schaefers (Churchill HS of Eugene). Freshmen 6-4 Brian Koppang (Medford HS) and 6- 4‘? Mark Smith (Marshall HS of Portland) are battling for the wing position while Cross and freshman 6-3 Brian Hagbo (Clover Park HS. Tacoma) should start as guards. The other letterman, 6-2 Stanley Washington, is coming off a broken elbow which kept him out of play last year. Basketball ’Since my business is win ning, I don’t go into a game expecting to lose,” said head basketball coach Herb Booth. Booth hasn't lost too many times in nine years at the Mt. Hood helm, running up a 194-64 record Since the NWAACC moved the Saints into the Coastal Division two years back, the Hood hoopers have responded with two straight division titles Youth (11 freshmen) marks this Saint contingent but, while the term “ building year” comes to mind, each season in the tw o-year com m unity college ranks is a building year. Looking around the Coastal D ivision roster plenty of building has been going on. enough to give other coaches confidence about taking away the division crown from the Saints. We don't w ant to m ake house calls during the Holidays * Buy a Smoke Detector • Your Fire Departm ent Booth said the strength of his that for a young team the considered to have outside inside players w ill add a new amount of togetherness they shots. dimension to the Saint game, have. They have good sp irit." Booth learned Clark probably which has operated in the past Booth's preseason meeting had the most improved team of with a three-guard type of with other division coaches has the division with four transfers fense Tough defense and a brought home the idea that from four-year schools. Lower wide-open offensive attack w ill Hood is to be knocked off. Columbia sports its quickest, remain strong spots in the Hood “ They’re always poking the biggest team while Centralia game. finger at us.” said the coach boasts its best recruiting year "Our inside guys w ill be Lower Columbia. Clark and ever. Grays Harbor has the stronger and quicker and they the Saints are favorites to snare most returning starters (four) are the best passers ever,” the division title while Cen and lettermen (nine). assessed Booth. “ I ’m pleased tralia and Grays Harbor are New coaches are installed at Freshmen dominate mat roster The youth movement at Mt. Hood Com m unity College seems to be popular. Not only has it struck the basketball team, but Gary Head’s wrestling team is just a few steps outside of the high school ring. Mt. Hood CC winter sport previews ********************** Head returns ju s t two wrestlers from his 1975-76 squad, which was 7-8-1 in dual meets and s ix th in the NWAACC finals Mike Ward, slotted in the 150- lb weight class, is a former Barlow HS grappler who was named the Saints’ most im proved wrestler last season. Head said his 150-lb candidate for a conference championship gained valuable experience in last season's toughest weight class The other returnee is 142- pounder Dennis Yanzick, another Mt. Hood wrestler who learned the ropes well enough to be expected to shine. Women's b-ball: Tallest team ever team ever Drawing from last year’s hoopers and the current and successful volleyball team (which she also coaches), Harris w ill field 5-10 Marion Anacker. 5-9 Diane Harmon and 5-7 Mary Delaney (a for mer Gresham High athlete), plus 5-2 playmaker Linda Chase (also from Gresham High). All were starters last year The coach rated the first three as excellent ball handlers as well as capable rebounders Last year Chase was respon sible fo r operating the freewheeling Saint multiple option offense CLOUDTREE & SUN Despite the indication of last “ This is an enthusiastic, year's record. Head lost a lot to postive-thinking and eager-to- graduation. Chris Humphries, get-at-it team and we’re way at 177 lbs , was a two-time ahead of where I want us to be NWAACC cham pion, the in the knowledge of wrestling.'' conference’s must outstanding Head added “ Were also a wrestler and is the holder of 28 little b it ahead in con out of 45 Mt. Hood mat records ditioning.” Mike Retzlaff was a league- New personnel includes a runner-up and Marc DiFran- pair of transfers. Ken Roy from cisco finished third in league. Portland State University and But Head isn’t worried about Pete Heath from Multnomah the apparent lack of a shining School of the Bible matman. Togetherness is the Otherwise, freshmen fill in thing. the rest of the slots Four from “ We don’t have any super stars, but we area team of solid the football team include Dave (a tw o-tim e wrestlers,” said Head “We B artkow ski have more overall toughness Washington A A champion), and. tournam ent-w ise, we Scott Baird (Lake Oswego HS), should fare well We should also C liff Gam brel and Don have five to six conference Strickling. champions if we continue to A state fourth-placer in 167 develop and barring injuries pounder J e ff Lancaster and bad attitude (Barlow HS) and two fifth- V fo r the ch ild re n : d e lig h tfu l stocking stuffers, super mice, musical dolls, fuzzy fe lts, w ooden tra in s, block puzzles. 666 8495 crepe pans, crystal, p o tp o u rri, brass candlesticks, cannisters, > p o tte ry lamps, soup tureens, aprons. Preparatory classes for Clinic II are set for Jan. 13 and 20 with field trips on Jan. 16 and 23. Lars Amlie, who has con ducted past YWCA cross country ski clinics, w ill show participants the basic skills of the sport . Participants w ill attend all four sessions in each clinic and learn the skiing skills to enable themselves to enjoy the beauty of the winter forests Equipment rental is not in cluded in the fee Carpools may be arranged for the Saturday field trips Anyone w anting fu rth e r information should contact the Downtown YWCA. MT. I1(M)D CC wrestling coach Gary Head demonstrates moves to his team with the help of sophomore and former Barlow HS athlete Mike Ward. Head and the young NEW AT THE SIZZLER Volleyballers at Mt. Hood Clark 15-7, 15-1. On Saturday C om m unity College are the Saints opened and lost to bouncing from one key Blue Mountain 6-15, 17-15, 4-15, weekend tournam ent to falling into the loser’s bracket another in coming to the close and then stopping Shoreline 15- of the 1976 season 8,15-8, After placing second last In championship bid once weekend at the qualifying more, Mt Hood again battled tournam ent to the AIAW Blue Mountain and won 15-9,15- community college nationals, 6, forcing a second match. But Mt. Hood (29-6) w ill enter this Blue Mountain came on and weekend’s NCWSA community dumped the Saints 6-15,8-15. college finals at Columbia "Overall, I had to say their Basin CC in Pasco, Wash., which are scheduled to open (Blue Mountain’s) play was a bit more consistent and better Thursday at 5:30 p m. The same six teams that than ours.” said Saint coach H a rris. “ T he y’re were at the qualifying tourney, D orian beatable but maybe not on a held at Yakima, w ill be back to regular basis. clout it out again—Clackamas, “ I think in four matches we Shoreline, Clark, Edmonds, Mt. Hood and national qualifier may have run out of gas, but I Blue Mountain. Another strong thought we played tremen contender out of the other six dously. Gail Wetherbee was joining the field w ill be Spokane still playing hurt and opposing teams keyed on her, but she Falls In other busy endeavors handled it well. Mary Delaney during the week, the Saints did a super job. dropped Warner Pacific 15-3, “ I t ’ll be important for us to 15-3 Tuesday and then faced get keyed up again for this Portland State’s JV squad in a to urna m en t,” H a rris con Wednesday match wilh results tinued “ We’ve had a lot of not available due to press pressure on us in the last deadline. several weeks. Blue Mountain A t the q u a lify in g to u r has an interesting problem to nament, Mt. Hood had a first do well this week and then to go round bye and then scratched again at nationals next week.” PRIME RIB ! ■ ■ 5 ' for the gentlemen > Saints have the tough Grays Harbor Open Tournament scheduled as a season opener this Saturday in Olympia. (Post photo) Saint v-bailers set for one last tourney Try a classified ad! G e t ra re s a tis fa c tio n . C a rve d fro m h o t ro a s t p rim e rib s o f b e ef. This a m a z in g s te a k h o u s e buy in clu d e s b a k e d p o ta to o r French frie s , p lu s cru n c h y Sizzler to a s t! 2 S |-------------------- CLIP THIS C O U P O N --------------------------- 4 It's a young team, perhaps the voungest of the NWAACC. but Head promised, “ W e'll be in there " Whatever the case, Harris didn't care much for a 9-7 record and onlv a seventh place finish in the NCWSA cham pionship last season. Things a re bound to change. V for the ladies Hour* Daily 10 - 9 Sat. IO - 6 Sunday 12 - 5 A challenge for the top of the NWAACC heap looks tough as defending champion Columbia Basin returns the most championship piacewinners of any league squad and Grays Harbor has strong returnees From there, Head predicts, it'll be a dogfight. A good handful of newcomers dot the Mt Hood roster Harris said 5-10 Diane Jones of Newberg High “ could be tough" while 5-9 Janice Gilbert of Warm Springs “ has fine in d iv id u a l s k ills which hopefully can be used ” Another pair of hopefuls include 5-6 Donna Yamashita (Barlow High) and 5-10 Tracy Castro (Franklin High of Portland). ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■B" M onty's gold, m oostle- toe fro m A laska, beer mugs, ham m ocks, pepper grinders, woks, k n ife holders, ice buckets. placers in 150-158 pounder Pat Stivers (Gresham HS) and 158- pounder Mark Tuttle (Sandy HS) top the rookie list. Steve Brugg (Reynolds) at 158 and Richard Dyal (Sandy HS) at 167 or 177 are other potential contributors “ We need more lightweights, but we look forward to being a fine dual team,” said Head. YWCA offers CC ski clinics Increasing interest in cross country skiing has made proper in stru ctio n im p o rta n t fo r safety, as well as fun Portland YWCA is offering cross country ski c lin ics starting Dec. 9 that combine preparatory classes at the Downtown YWCA with field trips to Mt . Hood. Two separate four-session cross country ski clinics have been scheduled by the YWCA Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department during Holiday Term, The fir s t c lin ic has preparatory classes on Dec 9 and 16 from 7 to 9 p m. and all day field trips on Dec. 12 and 19. CHRISTMAS IDEAS 55 N. Roberta after us. “ I, puts more pressure on us but that’s fine if they want to get us because we have a good program. That’s why I’m here.” In evidence of Booth’s previous record in five years within the tough NWACC ranks (104 29), success has been a trademark and prospects look good for such success to con tinue. Mt. Hood wrestling: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For Dorian Harris, anything would have been better than a 9-7 record, according to her moamngs Most teams wouldn't scream about an above- 500 season, but Harris is one of those coaches whose tenure as a basketball coach has seen success As Mt Hood Community College's women's basketball skipper since 1971, Harris can count on a past of 56-31. She promises her 1976-77 contingent to be an “ aggressive, fastbreaking, hard pressing” group, terms that usually point toward a super team Harris also said the Saints would be her tallest Clark, Highline and Peninsula. “ New coaches are always super eager and full of fire ," said Booth “ Scouting w ill be more difficult because we can’t pull out old films to watch and the other teams w ill be more enthusiastic. In fact since we’re d ivision champs for two straight years (with a com bined 25-3 record) and twice NWAACC champions, the other teams w ill be itching to get ; i S i s! ■ ■ SPECIAL FOR KIDS UNDER 12 • QUARTER POURD BUR6ER • FRERCH FRIES • s o n DRINK A ll D ay W co Enjoy a good d in n e r & Treat the Kids ONLY ONE C O U P O N NEEDED PER FAM ILY Offer V a lid th ru D at. 15th , 19 76 g o I I 1 ■ ’New' Roundtable set Dec. 2 1 " ------------------------------------- —-------------------- 1 a S?,?un • • • • • • • • 5025 SE 28th Av«., Portland 14601 SE Division St., Portland 306 W. Burnside St., Gresham 3737 SE 82nd Ave., Portland 92 1 5 SW Canyon Rd.. West Slope 80 1 7 Highw ay 99, H azeldell, Vancouver 9 3 6 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview, Wash. 91 3 N.E. 3rd. Bend Offer V a lid th ru Dec. 1, 1 9 76 ■ ■ : ■ ■ The second edition of Mt. Hood Community College’s Winter Roundtable, set for Thursday at noon at the Sizzler Steak House, Gresham, w ill feature MHCC wrestling coach Gary Head and a special guest. The weekly luncheons will feature the coaches and players Shop Sandy! from high schools within the Mt. Hood CC district, including Sandy, Cascade Locks, Corbett, Barlow, Gresham, Centennial, Reynolds, Parkrose and David Douglas, plus the Saints of Mt. Hood. All interested persons are invited to attend the luncheons. Support your local merchants
