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SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY MAY 17, 1979
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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
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'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.
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placed third in the singles to earn a berth at the stale tour-
nament.