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Section SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979 k T The ost Sports and Recreation Sandy wins tourney by MARK FLOYD The Sandy High wrestling team overcame a lack of sleep and a lot of celebrating to post an impressive victory in the Beaverton Invitational Wednesday. The Pioneers crowned seven in dividual championships on the way to the team title which they won with 234 points Aloha finished second, 199; Beaverton was third, 140; and West Linn fourth, 112. Sandy coach Ron Calhoun was pleased with the way his Pioneers handled the touch of adversity. “ I don’t think the kids were really mentally ready,” he said. "The night before we had beaten Sweet Home for the first time since I ’ve been here (nine years) and we were pretty excited about that. “ We didn’t get home until 12:30,” Calhoun added. “ The kids felt some extra stress (at Beaverton) but they performed very well considering those two circumstances.” The lack of sleep apparently didn’t bother many of the Pioneers. John Sandy, 115; Ray Nelson, 123; Chris Jones, 130; Tim Freeman, 157; Bill Blackford, 168; Rayth Buswell, 177 and Steve Veley, 191, won individual titles as Sandy defeated all three teams in dual meet scoring as well. The Pioneers had the toughest time with Aloha, which they defeated 33-22. Sandy also knocked off Beaverton 48-16 and West Linn 53-8. “ I was very much impressed with Aloha,” Calhoun said. “ We handled West Linn and essentially Beaverton without too much trouble, but Aloha went down to the last two matches before we knew we would w in.” Among the Sandy champions are two wrestlers who have unbeaten marks this season. Buswell, who wrestles at any weight from 168 to 191, pinned all three opponents at Beaverton to extend his record to 15-0 He has pinned every wrestler he has faced this season with the exception of Molalla’s Bob Roth. Buswell had Roth on the ropes for most “ But B ill is the type of guy that rises to the occasion,” Calhoun added “ The harder the opponent, the harder he wrestles.” B ill Blackford, who alternates bet Calhoun also has words of praise for ween 157 and 168, also has an un freshman Chris Jones, who at 18-1, blemished 15-0 record. Although he leads the Pioneers in number of vic doesn’t have as many pins to his credit, tories Other Sandy wrestlers who have Calhoun feels that the Sandy senior compiled outstanding marks to date may face a few tougher opponents than include Mike M artin, 12-3; Steve Veley, his teammates Such was the case at 11-2 and Tim Freeman, 10-1, whose only the Beaverton Invitational, Calhoun loss since moving up to varsity in the said. second match of the season was to “ B ill Blackford had the toughest Blackford in the Kahuku Tournament bracket,” the Sandy coach explained, in Hawaii. Sandy’s record improved to a lofty 13- “ mainly because people were dodging Buswell. Opposing coaches w ill leave a 1, the only loss of the season coming at wrestler at 168 when Rayth moves up to the hands of the Estacada Rangers. SO- 177 and Blackford w ill have to face him. 24 of the match until the Molalla wrestler was forced to forfeit midway through the third round. Skiers first - - again The Sandy High boys ski team took firs t place in its most important meet of the young season Saturday. The Pioneers smoked to a four-and-one-half second victory over second place Jesuit on the giant slalom course at Multor- por. Sandy’s top three finishers were timed in 82.1 while the Jesuit boys clocked 86 7. It was an important meet from the standpoint of the quality of the par ticipants, according to Sandy assistant coach Peg Hart. “ Supposedly all of the P.N.S.A. (Pacific Northwest Ski Association) skiers were there — or at least they had had an opportunity to ski,” she said. “ Theoretically, they could have all made it. “ I don’t know if they did," she added, “ but the meet was a good sign for us a nyw ay.” Scott Graham led the Pioneer boys with a 27.3 clocking, good for third place. But the amazing thing was that he was able to come up with such a fast time despite falling, Hart said. “ It’a really a miracle that he was only a second behind the winner,” Hart said. "He fell once and said he came to a complete stop, but he just cooked at the top and bottom of the course ” David Antis and E rik Pearson were right on Graham’s heels, tying for fourth place with times of 27.4. Pepi Valian placed seventh in 29.1 despite hitting a gate and bruising his leg “ I t ’s really neat having four top racers because you can always get three good times even if one of them falls,” Hart said. “ I ’m so pleased with this team — and they are definitely a team. “ Noone person stands out,” she said. If more than one of the Pioneers should happen to fall, the fifth and sixth men for Sandy aren’t too far behind. Joe Tone finished the race Saturday in a very respectable time of 33.0 while teammate Roger H ill was just behind at 35.7. The Sandy g irls also competed Saturday, finishing fourth They were led by B ritt Pearson, who swept through the course in 30.2 to claim fifth place. Maroa Antis. Felisa MacAbeo and Libby Spencer also competed for the Pioneers. M ark Floyd photo RAYTH BUSWELL has been leading the Pioneer wrestlers throughout the season and the Sandy senior has emerged as one of the top grapplers in the state. Buswell is shown lifting Bob Roth of Silverton off the ground on the way to a take down, Hoopers drop two more games by MARK FLOYD The Sandy High boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Silverton Friday night, 46-44 and then got buried Tuesday by some long-range Canby shooting as the Pioneers succumbed to the Cougars 87-65 Sandy has now lost five games in a row, but the Pioneers have played some fa irly good basketball the last two outings, especially against Silverton. The Pioneers jumped out to an early 14-9 lead against the Silver Foxes as Sandy coachDennis Warren made a few lineup changes Warren had to replace Kevin Peterson who quit the team last week and is concentrating on the up coming track season. Tom Curtis, a 6-foot-3 junior, started Friday and hit two early baskets to give Sandy a 6-5 lead. Paul Daugherty and Mike Gynther added a couple of long shots and Sandy had doubled Silverton, 10-5 “ I was pleased with our effort against Silverton,” Warren said. “ The kids came back from three tough games and played hard against some pretty tough teams •‘ I was especially pleased w itji Gynther,” he added “ He has been playing some pretty tough basketball and he's working hard at it.” Sandy opened the second quarter by grabbing its biggest lead of the game, 16-9, when Mike Riley bombed In a 20- foot jump shot from the corner But S ilverton scram bled back, displaying a patient offense that rarely took a poor outside shot. The Silver Foxes worked the ball inside to 6-5 Jake Atsma and 6-6 Dan Briley and slowly closed the margin Silverton tied the game 16-16 midway through the second period when the Pioneers were assessed a technical for having six players on the floor, and Jeff Roth converted the free throw. The Foxes then took their first lead since the opening minute when Atsma hit a 10-foot turnaround jump shot with 4:05 showing on the clock. Gynther and Alan Lowe kept the Pioneers in the game as Silverton would take a two-point lead and then Sandy would tie it up Gynther hit a pair of howitzers from the 20-foot range and Lowe split the Silverton zone with two jump shots from the top of the circle. The last shot tied the score for the last tim e in the game, 24-24. Silverton went into the half leading 25-24 after Greg Allen hit a free throw just before the buzzer. Sandy could get no closer than three points in the third period as the Pioneer defense sagged to stop Atsma and Briley and left Roth and Tim Jones open from the wing position Lee Godfrey and Scott Weninger came off the bench to lead Sandy in the third quarter and cut a six-point deficit to three. Godfrey mixed it up inside and Weninger led a haw king Pioneer defense, picking off a pair of passes and converting on the fast break Weninger opened the fourth quarter with a jumper from the top of the key to cut the Silverton lead to 37-36 But every time Sandy crept to within one, a Silver Fox made a crucial shot to extend the lead back to three Gynther picked up two baskets on the offensive boards, the last one cutting the Silverton lead to 41-40 But Roth, jacked the lead back to three by hitting an 16-foot jumper Lowe then missed a jumper and Curtis picked up a steal but stepped out of bounds and Sandy wound up with no points lur the two efforts Weninger came through with a steal and a layin with 40 seconds on the clock to narrow the gap to 43-41 but George Koster hit two crucial free throws to put the game out of reach. Sandy’s performance against Canby was something less than flawless, however The Cougars used some uncanny outside shooting to take an early 6-0 lead with most of the damage done by 6-2 Jeff Peters. The Pioneers fell behind 17-7 at the end of the first quarter as Canby ran off eight straight points, including a 25-foot bomb at the buzzer by Dan Hansen. “ We were disappointed in our per formance last night," Warren said. “ In some of our games we've been getting buried in the early going and we have to fight and scratch to come back “ We just don’t have the firepower to do that,” he added "We’ve been playing hard the last couple of games — maybe the kids are trying too hard. “ We’ve been plagued by hot outside shooting from other clubs all year and Canby was no exception,” Warren added With Peters bombing 20-foot jumpers from the wing position, the Pioneers were farced to move their defense out a bit and 6-6 center Jay Bailer had a field day inside. Bailer cleaned up on the offensive boards and hit a variety of short jump shots and hooks to keep Canby com fortably in front. The Pioneers couldn t seem to cut the margin to less than 10 points although they made a good run at the Cougars near the end of the second quarter, Trailing 32-13, Mike Riley returned to action after a brief rest and went to work. He hit a free throw with 2:20 showing on the clock and then bombed in a 20-footer from the wing Dan Domey fouled him on the shot and Riley converted fo r a three-point play. Moments later, he picked off a rebound (Conllnved on pogo 1) M a rt F lovd photo MIKE RILEY (center) battles with two Canby player« In Tuesday nights 17-65 Con gar victory in the Sandy High gym. Jay Bailer (right) grabbed this rebound as well as several others daring the evening and led the Canby players with 22 points
