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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1979)
'Section SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY MAY 17, 1979 I M it« I The Signify Post Nab dual meet title and Recreation Sandy girls outdistance Vikings by MAKK FLO YD T A bevy of distance runners and a ■printer made the difference Thursday as the Sandy High girls track team took the Coast Valley league dual meet championship with a 76 51 victory over Forest Grove Form charts lu«l given the Pioneers a slight edge but any hopes of a Viking upset went down the drain after the 100 yard dash Christie Elliott won the sprint in an upset over defending CVL champ Peggy Craig "We pulled Christie out of the short reluy and put tier in the 100 to break up some of their points — Forest Grove had two girls with better times than she did." Sandy sprint coach Chria Knudsen said Elliott did a pretty fair Job of breaking up the points, taking over at the 50 yard mark and coasting in ahead of Craig in I I 43 The Viking ace was second in II 56 and Sandy’s Danise Buswell pulled a minor upset by finishing third in 12 2 Forest Grove then tried to pick up the slack in the next race, the 44Oyard dush, by stacking their best runners in that event Again, Elliott came through, but not without problems. The Sandy junior burst out to an early lead but Craig and another Viking dosed fast in the final 100 yards and nearly caught her at the tape Elliott, who faded in the last few yards, still finished in a fast 50 46 for the win She was lucky even to tie racing, according to Knudsen "She look two aspirin without water and got pretty sick from it . " he said "She said that she didn't think she would I n * able to run but she did. " It shows you what kind of a com petitor she is," Knudsen added Elliott was still feeling the effects of an upset stomach when the 200 came around, but if she was ill, she gave no visual indication at it For the third consecutive race. Elliott beat Craig. She took the lead right out of the blocks and extended it on the turn to coast home in 26 24 But Elliott wasn't the only Pioneer girl to upset the form charts Knudsen und distance coach John White charted the Pioneers to get 13 points in the distances Instead, the Sandy girls came through to outscore Forest Grove 25 2 in the distances Leann Madison doubled, wlnnuqf the 1,5(M) and the 680, while teammate Darby Binder took the 3,000 The 1,500 was the race that set the tempo for the meet Madison and Binder went out early with Forest Grove's Joan Givens but after a lap and a half, Madison picked up the pace Binder kept right on her heels and finished ahead of Givens for second place The senior Madison won in 5:05 1, while Binder, just a freshman, was second in 5 09 1. Binder came hack in the 3.000 for an easy victory winning in 11:51.7. Her closest competition came from teammate Kenee Hess who crossed the finish line in 12:02 23 Madison le<1 a Sandy sweep in the 680 The Pioneer girls ran a strategic race, keeping in a pack and never allowing a Viker runner to break away Madison crossed the line first in a relatively slow time of 2:33 IS; Laura Edgren was second in 2 33 4 and Hess was third in 2 34 18. It was a good thing the Pioneers did ” *” ------- ---------------------------- Il II I II 1 'Twas the night before district ‘Twas the night before district when all through the land; Not a spiker was stirring A track meet was planned. Twelve team s were to gather at the Sandy High tra c k ; And fight for two trophies they hoped to take back. The Pioneers were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of school records danced in their heads. Coach O’Meara with his bullhorn and coach White in his cap; Had just settled down for a long night’s nap. When down at the track there arose such a c latter; That they sprang from their beds to see what was the m atter When, what to their wondering eyes should a p p e a r; But a crazed head coach, his eyes full of fear. He was arm ed with a javelin he said not to touch; And they knew in a minute it m ust be coach Hutch. More rapid than sprinters his team m em bers cam e; And he whistled, and shouted and called them by name. “ Now,Cleland! Now, Leader! now, Christie and Aaron; On,Cherie! On, Urban on, Rohde and Darin. “ Run faster, jum p higher throw , hurdle and sp in ; (expletive deleted) you guys better win! ” He was dressed all in sweats from his feet to his h e a d ; And the whistle he carried would wake up the dead. His eyes — how they glared and his mouth wore a frown; And the frightened young spikers were ready to leave town. Photo by Mark Floyd An exhausted Laura Edgren gels a consoling hug from teammate Leann Madison after placing second in the 680- so well in the distances because Forest Grove made a few dents in some other events Karen Gurske upset Sandy’s Michele Cleland in the shot with a put of 41-84. Cleland. who bad a tough day, was second with a 41-3 toss The Sandy junior was also upset in the discus by her own teammate. Vickie Baucom. Baucom uncorked a personal best of 110-74 for the win. she also had a put of 38-04 in the shot for third place Cleland did come back in the javelin to easily win with a throw of 131-11 yard run. Madison finished first and Renee Hess (right) third as the Sandy Pioneers swept the race from Forest Grove. Second went to Gurske with a 106-0 effort The long jump was another event that Sandy lost a few points in Cherie Elliott scratched on all three attempts, Gayle Roth had trouble with her steps and Sandy's best effort came from Debbie Tunn who took third with a 15-2 jump Elliott made up for her scratches with a second place high jump of 5-0 That event was won by the Vikings Jennifer Bridges at 5-2 The versatile Bridges also smoked to a 15 42 win in the 110-yard high hurdles ahead of Danise Buswell, 16.57, and Sara Shreeve, 17.0 But Buswell came back in the intermediates to upset the Viking star and win in a time of 30 0. “We knew it was going to be a close meet,’’ Knudsen said "The Forest Grove coach felt the only way they could win was to stack the 100 and 440 but Christie pulled through for us again. "And when Danise Buswell and Gayle Roth came through with third places, the meet was over for all practical purposes," he added "Their coach just tore up the score sheet.” But he spoke not a word and he shook all their hands; Then he lined up the hurdles and swept out the stands Then he jum ped in his Z gave his team a last whistle; And away he flew Like the down of a thistle. But they all heard him yell as he drove down the s tre e t; “ good luck to all * and to all a good m eet!” MARK FLO Y D Sandy netter state-bound Giving teams a lot of Flach by MARK FLOYD For Coleen Flach it was a case of living up to advance billing For Shirley Kramer and Shannon Dwenn it was a matter of being a day late and a dollar short. And for the rest of the Sandy High girls tennis team it's "wait *til next year " J All cliches aside, the Pioneers did better than anyone had a right to expect last week. When the final scores of the Coast Valley league district meet were tabulated at the desk of meet director Bob Perkins, the Pioneers had tallied 12 points - good enough for fourth place And it was the senior Flach who ac counted for most of them Flach was seeded third going into the meet and that’s exactly where she ended up As a result, she gets an ex tension on her season, as she and the best of the rest in the district will play in the state tournament this weekend at ML Hood "Coleen played some good, strong early rounds," Sandy coach Cheryl Proett said "She was hitting strong, deep ground strokes and deep lobs with good spin." Flach had little trouble in those early rounds In her first match she disposed of Estacada's top player, Becky Henry. 6-1, 6-0 and in the quarter finals she topped McMinnville's number two girl Rita Brandon, 6-4, 6-0 Her victory over Brandon clinched the Pioneer netter a berth in the state tournament But the excitement didn't stop there Flach came up against her old rival in the semifinals, Pat Philpot of Molalla Philpot and Flach are as close in talent as any two players in the league and F rid ay’s match didn't do anything to dispute that claim. Philpot used her lightning serve and overhead lob while Flach countered with quick returns and short dinks over the net Both players avoided going to the net like the plague in the early going, waiting for the other to make a mistake. And toward the end of their match, they were both too tired to charge Flach took the lead over the second seeded Philpot after breaking her serve and held on to win the first set 6-4 The set was highlighted by a marathon volley in the ninth game which lasted for several minutes Philpot came back to go up 3-1 in the second set but Flach fought back and broke Philpot's service once more She then won three games in a row, and. leading 4-3 had the serve But this time Philpot broke through and came back to win three games in a row for a 6-4 win. The final set was pretty much all Philpots. The Molalla ace broke Flach's service in the early goii^ and she never really got back in the match The final score was 6-4 in favor of Philpot “ Coloen's match with Philpot was a battle of strength," Proett said. "She might have come to the net a little more but a lot of their points would have challenged the proa " Flach's final match was almost anticlimatic. She topped McMinn ville's number one player. Tracy Barton, 6-3,7-5, to nab third place Philpot lost in the finals to Sweet Home's Patty Basham 6-0. 6 4 Owens and Kramer came one match from joining Flach at the state tour (Continued on page 2) Ptxrtn b\ Mark Floyd Coleen Flach concentrates on returning the serve of Eatacada'a Becky Henry In the first round of the Coast- Valley League district meet. Flach, a senior at Sandy High. I placed third in the singles to earn a berth at the stale tour- nament.
