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Tbur« . Feb 9. 1979 (Sec 3) SANDY (O re.) POST— 3 Grizzly boys upset swimmers -----Muff shuts---- Not as bad as it sounded f by MARK FLOYD Sports Editor A stranger walking into the Sandy High gym Friday night might have glanced at the scoreboard and winced. Or cast a sympathetic eye toward the Pioneer bench. After all, the final numbers indicated that the home team had just been defeated by a score of 85-43. Yet no one was moping around after the gam e pouting about how poorly they played because the Sandy Pioneers actually played a pretty decent game. I t’s just that their op ponent, the Grizzlies of McMinnville, had a few more horses McMinnville is rated number one among the states Class AAA teams. Its top player, junior Charlie Sitton, is far and away the best player in Oregon’s high school ranks. But is McMinnville as good as everyone has been saying? You bet. The Grizzlies didn’t get rattled as Sandy’s Mike Riley drove the key and pumped up a shot over Sitton to give the Pioneers a 2-0 lead. A nearly-packed house exploded — could there be an upset in the making? Twenty-two straight McMinnville points later, it was obvious that the Grizzlies would retain their top ranking after the game. Sitton is virtually unstoppable. The Pioneers would sag into the middle on defense and double or triple-team the 6-foot-8 junior every time he touched the ball. He still managed to toss in 25 points in three quarters. McMinnville coach Nick Robertson w asn’t trying to run up the score on Sandy. He played his starters for three quarters, a tactic he plans to use for the rest of the regular season. Robertson had said before the game that he needs to establish a starting unit and give them playing time before the start of the playoffs, “ if we’re lucky enough to get there.” He needn’t worry too much. ’’ bigger they come MELISSA WATERS (left) of Sandy drives a slightly taller Orient opponent in the Barlow T ra il League girls jamboree at Cottrell School Friday night. The East defeated the West In Pioneer fans had their moments at the McMinnville game. Last-second shots alw ays bring a crowd to its feet and Pioneer fans were treated to two of them. Rick Martin sank a bomb at the end of the game to give the Pioneers 43 points and cut the final margin to less than half. The Griz zlies had 85 points. Mike Gynther m ade a last-second shot at the end of the first quarter, a 25-foot jum per from the corner. Unfortunately for Sandy, it was one of only two shots the Pioneers made in the first period. Perhaps the biggest cheer of the evening cam e in the middle of the third quarter. Sitton scooped up a loose ball just outside the key and found himself alone. He went up for a two-handed stuff shot and watched in dismay as the ball bounced off the back rim, landing 10 feet from the basket. Sitton was treated to a standing ovation as he trotted downcourt, laughing to himself. Everyone’s entitled to miss one now and then. . n Bad halves halt Sandy twice Deane’s Auto Repair Dean« W«ss«link, owner . . . 32 years experience Complete Automotive Repairs: * * * .• Automatic Transmissions Exhaust Systems Brake Work General Tune-up When a team plays four good quarters of basketball, it usually wins 8 ball game and the Sandy High girls played four good quarters this week. Unfortunately, they were split over two games and the Pioneers ended up losing both of them. Sandy journeyed to Molalla to play the first- place Indians and wound up losing the Thursday night encounter 52-37. Monday evening, the Pioneers hosted Canby and fell 46-31. Sandy had two bad quarters in each game and ended up losing both by 15 points. Against M olalla, the Pioneers finally conquered their second half slump, but fell so far behind the first two quarters they couldn’t catch up. “ We played very poorly in the first half,” Sandy coach Chris Knudsen said. “ We were lethargic—we only got 10 points in the first half. “ We played much smarter basketball in the second half but we were too far behind.” he added. The Pioneers did close the gap to nine points with 3:49 remaining in the game but Molalla had the ball bounce its way a couple of times and the Indians converted the breaks into two easy baskets in the next 20 seconds Freshman Dawn New was instrumental in keeping the Pioneers in the game with her rebounding and eight points. She also helped ths flow of the Sandy offense in the second half. “ We ran our offense very well in the second half,” Knudsen said. “ We were working the ball insides as well as we’ve done all year. “ It would go in to Dawn or Sue Hartke and they would pivot around and shoot the ball,” he added “ Dawn hit the boards well and Flach (Coleen) had a good of fensive game with 18 points and six of seven from the line. “ Elaine Gedde played a much better defensive game than she has been playing,” Knudsen added. Flach’s 18 points led the Pioneers. Lori Bates with 18 and Pat Philpot with 14 led Molalla. A frigid firs t quarter and a defensive lapse in the third led to Sandy’s downfall against Canby. The Cougars outscored Sandy 13-2 in the first period, shutting the Pioneers out in the final 8:30. Jeanne Tobey hit three outside jumpers and Julie Iverson connected on a pair to lead the first quarter Cougar attack. New hit an eight-foot turn-around for the only Sandy points “ We came out and tried to make dazzling full court passes against their press and ended up throwing it away time and time again,” “ Honor Prep” of the Week ' Nina Stanhewit»cb w o t respon sible tor putting together the eligibility litts and ballot« for W inter Court balloting She ba« arrived at »cbool at 7 a m ond «toy» a« lata a« two hour» altar •cbool to help prepare for tbi» annual event She no« attended ting and planning every meeti «•««ion and d donated endle»« hour« and effort tow ard mohing tbi« event a »ucce«» Congratulations ,r#m ! Knudsen said, “ and they would always convert them into baskets. “ In the second quarter we finally got our offense and did real w ell,” he added The Pioneers scored seven straight points to start the second period as Flach hit a jumper from the free throw line, Tammy Tallard scored a layin off a jump ball and Sue Hartke tossed in a 10- footer and a free throw. Sue Maloney also got untracked in the second period, tossing in five points in the last five minutes and the Pioneers narrowed the gap to 21-14 at halftime. But once again, things got ragged for Sandy in the third quarter. Laurie Sowles led the Canby attack as the Cougars began to fast break the Pioneers to death. The Canby guard scored a solo early in the period and picked up a pair of wide-open shots from the wing with less than three minutes remaining. Karla Keller tossed in a rebound shot at the buzzer and Canby had stretched its lead back to a comfortable 16 points. 35-19. The Pioneers played their opponents even in the fourth quarter, but by then it was too late. “ We had the same trouble as we’ve had all year,” Knudsen said. “ We play two good quarters and two bad quarters—we can’t seem to put together 32 good minutes of basketball like we are capable of doing. "A major portion of our lack of offense was at the free throw line where we were five of 22,” he added. “ If we would have hit 61 percent like we did at Molalla we would have been right in there. “ Sue Maloney had a very good game offensively and she played a lot better on defense,” Knudsen said. “ Hartke did a good job on the boards with 11 rebounds and Tammy Tallard had 10. “ All we needed to do was play tough in the second half and we would have got them,” Knudsen sighed. SANDY—37 Coleen Flach 18, New 8, Pursel, Maloney 3, Hartke 6, Tallard 2, Gedde. Lemen MOLALLA—52 Lori Bates 18, Philpot 14, Bring 1, Marr, Geddes, Hawke 5, Pike 8, Rasmussen, Runyon, Bitz6 SANDY—31 Sue Maloney 9, New 4, Pursel 2, Flach 7, Hartke 5, Tallard 4, Gedde. Lemen CANBY—«6 Laurie Sowles 13, Iverson 11, Tobey 6, Tilton 4, Staehely 2, Hagens 2, Clauder 2, Keller 6, Brown, Kroepun. SANDY 2 12 5 12—31 CANBY 13 8 14 11—4« The only other win for the Pioneer boys was by Glenn Ize in the 500-yard freestyle He finished first ahead of teammate Rick Topliff with a time of 5:30.7. The Pioneer girls came back after losing the opening 200-yard medley relay to blitz the Grizzlies Sandy won nine of the events—it was M cMinnville’s depth that kept the score respectable. Barbie King got things off on the right track for the Pioneers by leading a Sandy sweep in the 200-yard freestyle; she was timed in 2:16 8 King also won the 100- yard butterfly in 1:12.6 Bonita Connelley also won two events for the Sandy girls She blazed through the 100-yard backstroke in 1:14.33, a personal best, and won the 50-yard freestyle in 28 8 Gayle Roth was another double winner The Sandy freshman won the 100-yard freestyle in 59.5 and picked up a first in the diving, totaling 120 85 points Jean Crane took first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:34 2 while teammate Teresa Lamer easily won the 500-yard freestyle in 6:26 5. The Pioneer 400-yard freestyle team closed out the meet with an easy victory, defeating McMinnville by more than a minute. The Pioneers were timed in 4:12.9. Sandy also had a tough match Thursday at Sweet Home, but both Pioneers squads came home vic torious The girls defeated the Huskies 97-74 while the boys came out on top against the host team, 91-73. The Pioneers were paced by a handful of swimmers who recorded personal bests against the Huskies. Glenn Izer had a 2:01.3 in the 200- yard freestyle; Mike Zogg won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:109 and David Ward was clocked in 2:15.9 in the 200-yard freestyle. Teresa Lamer set personal bests in the 200-yard freestyle, 2:23.2 and the 500- yard freestyle, 6:21.4; Elsie Neufeld had her best time in the 200-yard freestyle, 2:33.6 and Gayle Roth had a 1:19.0 in the 100-yard backstroke The Pioneers close out th e ir dual meet season Thursday at Tillamook The district meet is scheduled for Feb 16-17 at P ortland Community College. The Pioneer boys are favored to battle it out for the district title with McMinn ville while the girls w ill face a stern challenge from St. Helens and Sweet Home. 5 “ The McMinnville meet was a good one for the girls—and for the boys, too,” Sandy coach Mark Smith said. “ I think we were ready for them but apparently M c M in n v ille was more prepared than we were. “ I think we ll come back at district, though,” he added "Everyone is aiming at an unprecedented first place for both the boys and girls in the same year.” WOMEN! HELP ESTABLISH THE NEW TRADITION! This is big news. Hundreds of Army skills are open for women. Only a few’ specialties remain available to “men only.” Move fast while the opportunities last. Call your local Army representative now. Join the Army and be the future. 659-1525 Collect 13750 SE McLoughlin Blvd. M ilw aukie Z-IINER from Truckstell gives complete cargo box protection for import aod domestic pickups. reed Lipped on all 3 sides to protect rail tops. 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One of the crew said that they didn’t necessarily follow Sitton and the Grizzlies around the state, although they had filmed them before. “ We’re just hoping for an upset or som ething,” he said. ’ ’■"'oyd photo McMinnville used an upset win in the 200-yeard in dividual medley and its depth in some other events to deal the Sandy High boys swimming team its first loss of the season. The Grizzlies clinched the meet in the last event, w inning the 400-yard freestyle relay by 14 seconds to defeat the Pioneers 90-81. The Sandy girls fared better against McMinnville as they won all but two events and triumphed 96-67 It was the first loss for the boys to a Coast-Valley League team in a dual meet in eight years And the meet went right down to the wire In the end it was M cMinnville’s superior relay teams that put the cement overcoat on the Sandy swimmers The Grizzly relay squads opened and closed the meet with wins to help sink Sandy's hopes of an un defeated season. The Grizzly 200-yard in dividual medley team beat Sandy by three seconds to give McMinnville an early 10-4 lead. Huie Hazelett won the 200- ya rd freestyle over McMinnville’s Gary Squires with a time of 1:53 to help cut the margin, but Grizzlies placed second and third. It was McMinnville’s depth in several of the events that enabled the Grizzlies to pull off an upset Jason Hefner upset Mike Zogg of Sandy in the 200- individual medley, winning in 2:11.42 and moments later another Jason, Jason Yurgel of McMinnville, smoked to a 22.72. victory in the 50-yard freestyle. Zogg came back in fine form in the 100-yard breaststroke, however. The Sandy swimmer churned through the water in 1:04 8 to break his own pool, school and district record of 1:05 he set in January. Bob Rathke easily won the the diving com petition, amassing 204.35 points but Hank Hazelett finished only fourth, just getting edged out by Teddy Keller and Dave Taylor of McMinnville On Hwy. H . 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