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It really wasn’t
such a long trip
by MARK FLOYD
Sports Editor
To steal a phrase from the dynamic duo —
“ Rats, foiled again.”
For weeks I’ve been toiling at my desk
trying to figure out a foolproof method of doing
it, but I was thw arted at every attem pt.
No amount of conniving, pleading, stretch-
ching the truth, lying, cheating, bribing or
blackm ail would do it. I was stumped.
All that I wanted to do was go on the last
road trip of the Sandy High wrestling team.
After all, it’s a whole lot easier to write a story
when you’re actually at the event.
Now that’s not such an outlandish request
for a sports editor to make, is it?
I mean, no one balked when I went to Forest
Grove to cover the playoff football game
between the Vikings and the Pioneers. I didn’t
hear one complaint about the fact that I
journeyed to Newberg for the district gym
nastics meet. And just last week I m ade the
arduous trek over to Barlow for a basketball
game.
So what’s the big deal, anyway? One more
road trip isn’t too much to ask for. Besides,
this is the Christm as season.
Humbug. Obviously I didn’t get to go or else
I wouldn’t be sitting here taking out my frus
trations on the typewriter.
They had the nerve to tell me no. I’ve been in
the business for 23 years and they have the
nerve to tell me no. Well, excuuuuussssseeeee
mmmmm eeeee.
Sorry Steve M artin, but I feel better now.
A.
Okay, so I didn’t get to go to Hawaii for a
week with the wrestling team. I didn’t have to
pretend I was going to the Kahuku tournam ent
to take pictures when all I really had in mind
was chasing scantily clad Hawaiian girls all
over the beach.
I’m an adult, I’m not going to pout. I adm it I
was a little angry at first and ran home to pull
all the branches off my Christm as tree, but
th a t’s all over now.
The coaches said I could have gone if I had
paid my own way. T hat’s just great — on my
salary a candy bar is a m ajor investment.
Passing the trip off on my expense account
d id n ’t w ork e ith e r. I ’m allow ed two
cheeseburgers a year, and th at’s it.
I tried hiding in Rayth Buswell’s suitcase,
but I got caught when he went through the
security check. It w as em barrassing.
So here I am, suffering from an enormous
cold and feeling sorry for myself.
Nothing can make me feel better. I tried
going down to the river and picking up a
bucket of sand to spread over my living room,
but I scooped up an anthill. It took me three
rounds of mai tais before I quit feeling any
pain.
So th a t’s it. No more Mister Nice Guy, and
no more road trips.
M t. Hood Com m unity
College proved less than the
perfect host Saturday in the
finals of its own Holiday
Tournament.
The Saints, playing what
Coach Herb Booth called
their best game of the
season, came up with a big
second-half surge and routed
Yakima Valley 94-67 to
c a p tu re the tournam ent
championship.
Leading by 40-36 at the
intermission break, Hood ran
the Indians ragged in the
concluding session while
taking away Yakim a’s own
potent fast break offense.
The result was a 54-31
second-half scoring edge for
Mt. Hood as the Saints posted
their eighth victory of the
season against a single loss.
“ We felt that because of
the quickness of th eir
guards, we could not use a
full-court press,’ ’ Booth said.
“ So as soon as we took a shot
we had (Jack) Paola and
(Chip) Bentley falling back
on defense to pick up their
guards.’’
The results was, the
Indians looked to be playing
against a seven-man team.
They acted like it, too, tur
ning the ball over 21 times.
“ Our defense was so good
they thought they were
playing a zone much of the
tim e,” Booth said. “ We did a
lot of switching and sagging
back. It was our defense that
really won the game for us in
the second half.”
Defense and a fine per
formance from several key
players. Overmatched in
side, the Saints relied on
their guards to pick up the
rebounding slack and were
rewarded with eight boards
from Paola, who led a back
court effort that produced 15
of Hood’s 28 caroms as a
team.
Paul Haugen turned in one
of his finest performances in
a Mt. Hood uniform. The 6-5
sophomore came off the
bench when starter Larry
Sedig picked up three quick
fouls.
"We just told Paul to go in
and block their guys off the
boards,’’ Booth said. “ He got
five rebounds and no fouls
That just saved us. I was
really glad to see him come
on like that. It’s a real plus
for us.”
Offensively, it was Sedig
and Verme Forks again
Saturday as it was the
previous night The pair
teamed for 45 points, Sedig
g e ttin g 22 despite foul
trouble.
Paola
contributed 16
counters while dishing off
five assists. Chip Bentley
was a perfect five-for-five
from the floor for 14 points
and had seven assists and
half a dozen steals.
Hood travels to Bend
Wednesday to play in the
Central Oregon Tournament.
The
Saints
battled
Chemeketa CC in a 7 p.m.
contest with host Central
Oregon taking on Northwest
Christian College of Eugene
at 9. The winner of those two
games w ill go at it the
following e vening.
Booth hopes to have Bo
Kasch back in action in
Bend. The 6-8 post man
suffered fractures in both
feet during the Metro CC
tourney at Clark College two
weeks ago and missed both
games last weekend.
Also questionable are
guard Charles Anderson and
w ing
Reggie
Delaney
Anderson is still suffering
from back spasms while
Delaney has been having
knee problems. Both are out
indefinitely, Booth said.
Steve Casey and Mike
Jones have played sparingly
in the past two outings
because ot ankle injuries but
Booth anticipates them to be
at full strength for Wed
nesday’s encounter.
Y A K IM A V A L L E Y *7 — Jerry
H am lin 16, G rant 12, M arshall 10,
Farley 10, M cC arty 9, R Ingold 8,
M e yer 2, Davis, E rdahl, Davis,
Hartshorne.
M T . HOOD 94 — Venne Forks
23, Sedig 22, Paola 16, Bentley 14,
Evensen
12
Barraclough 4,
Jones 2, Casey 1, Haugen,
Brown, Dalco, Joy.
Y. V alley ................. 36 31 —47
M t. H o o d .................. 40 54 —94
Portland boat show set
New designs, ideas and
styles in boats and boating
w ill be displayed by more
than 90 exhibitors in the
Portland Boat Show Jan. 13-
21 in Portland’s Memorial
Coliseum.
The nine-day show is
sponsored by the Oregon
Marine Trades Association,
made up of dealers in boats
and boating accessories and
services.
Approximately 500 boats
w ill be displayed including
many which w ill be shown to
the public for the first time.
Among them w ill be the 1979
Sea Ray 36-foot Express
Cruiser in its only showing in
the Pacific Northwest in the
1979 show season.
Other large boats shown
for the first time w ill include
a 37-foot trawler imported
from Taiwan, and an all new
24-foot Campion offshore
craft.
Many exhibitors w ill also
be showing new items in
fish in g boats, w hitew ater
craft, family boats and high
performance speedsters.
New electronic equipment
— video sonar device, depth
finders
and
other
sophisticated gear — w ill be
shown and demonstrated by
several exhibitors. A special
section of the show, dubbed
Boater’s Gear Locker, w ill
be devoted to marine ac
cessories, com forts and
hardware.
BARB GRIFFIN (20) caught a St. Helens opponent in a footrace downcourt to block her
shot. Despite the fine defensive play, the Sandy girls junior varsity lost a close one to the
Lions in the St. Helens gvm. After leading by four points, the Pioneers finally succumbed to
St. Helens. 23-19.
Dungeness, Japanese crabs source o f food and recreation
C om m ercial
crabbing
season opened the first of
December, much to the
enjoyment of consumers who
appreciate the surge of fresh
Dungeness crab on the
market.
But there are those who
would rather catch their own
and this is one of the best
tim es
of
ye ar
for
recreational crabbers.
The period from late
summer through fall, when
many crabs are in the soft-
shelled stage, is past and the
m ajority of crabs now w ill be
hard-shelled and full of firm ,
high-quality meat.
There are periods during
the winter when heavy rains
or melting snow w ill cause a
surge of fresh water into the
bays, lowering their salinity.
When this happens, crabs are
forced to move lower in the
bays or to bury themselves
on the bottom where salt
levels remain higher.
Except during these times,
crabbing is usually good and
even then the crabber may
do well by shifting his efforts
closer to the bay entrance.
Crabbers in the bays are
essentially dealing with two
species and there seems to be
a fa ir amount of confusion
and myth about them. The
m ost
popular
is
the
Dungeness crab, but crab
bers also may find them
selves
catching
large
OREGON
By Ken
Durbin
Fish & W ild life
numbers of red-rock
Japanese crabs.
Fish and W ildlife Depart
ment’s marine region. “ The
red-rock is a native species
and is a close relative of the
Dungeness
“ If you set your pots or
ring nets and seem to be
catching mostly red-rock
crab, you would be well-
advised to move to another
location. You probably are
fishing in a rocky area which
is the preferred habitat of the
red-rock crab. Dungeness
crab prefer and seek out a
sand or sand-mud bottom.”
The beginning crabber
should pick up a copy of the
angling regulations which
contain all regulations for
taking crabs. The bag lim it
for Dungeness is 12 male
crabs a day and minimum
size allowed measures 5.75
inches in a straight line from
the edge of the shell just in
front of the points.
The males are easily
separated from females by
their long narrow flap on the
belly. Females, identified by
R egulations
are
more
generous for the less sought
red-rock crab. There is no
bag lim it and either sex may
be kept. Up to three sets of
rings or traps may be used
per crabber and under some
conditions crabs can be
found and picked up by hand
at low tide.
Usually, a recreational
crab be r is badly han
dicapped without a boat and
motor Rings, which are open
at the top, must be pulled
quickly or the larger crabs
may scuttle out before the
net reaches the surface This
means you need a fa irly
stable base to pull from.
Marinas at most of the
larger bays rent crab nets
and sell frozen bait. Some
also rent boats and motors
Almost any fresh fish or
meat makes effective crab
bait.
or
The latter are usually
smaller and darker in color
than the Dungeness and can
seemingly reach you with a
claw no matter where you
pick them up. Handle them
fast or wear gloves and there
should be no problem.
The red-rock crab has less
meat than the Dungeness
and it is harder to extract
due to the harder shell, but
the meat is excellent.
“ Contrary to what some
people believe, the red-rock
is not a predator on the
Dungeness,” said Dale Snow,
assistant supervisor of the
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Well, maybe if the track team schedules a
meet in Tahiti...
MT. HOOD ATHLETIC
their broad flaps, must be
released unharmed
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