Tbur« . Feb 9. 1979 (Sec 3) SANDY (O re.) POST— 3
Grizzly boys
upset swimmers
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Not as bad
as it sounded
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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.
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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.
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Bad halves halt Sandy twice
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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,”
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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.
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“ 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.”
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Girls basketball
by MARK FLOYD
The Grizzlies have been under a lot of
pressure trying to m aintain their ranking, a
fact witnessed Friday night. A cam era crew
from KATU-Channel 2 in Portland was on
hand to film highlights of the game and in
terview Sitton and 6-8 team m ate Dave Mer
ced.
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
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