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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979
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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