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SANDY OREGON, THURSDAY AUG 23, 1979
The Sandy Post
Sports
and Pecreatiou
West Linn, O. City
join Sandy’s league
When H m - Oregon St bool Activities
Association
OSAA
approved the
realignment of the , lass AAA di ti ic s
in the state, Sandy High was one of the
schools to be affected And m<r t of the
effects have been positive
Pioneer teams w ill comp ’ e in th«-
new Timber Valley League made ipo!
teams from the MSt
V alley League and th< V. ilco I
im -
A couple of new names w ill be on the
Sandy schedules thi sea on
few old fam iliar ones w ill
gone
teams are among the toughest in the
state.
Oregon < ity is one year away from
its Ix-st football team ever.” Kostrba
note«l
It also has a strong wrestling
te .m and a good girls program.
<- p. < .illy basketball and track ”
( ntt Os between Sandy and Oregon
< ity might tend to he a bit contusing at
time
both teams are nicknamed the
Pioneers.
The new league w ill include
Estacada. Molalla. Sandy Silverton
Canby. Sweet Home and new-orders
Oregon City and West Linn Gone at-
the teams from the west mo < of the
league m« h id in g
’
boys basketball team in the state, and
Forest (»rove, one of tb« t< > b " t l
teams
But the newcomers w on't he
pushovers in very many
ports,
according to Sandy High athletic
director Mike Kostrba
‘ They’ll have a positive ir.tlu nee on
the league.” Kostrba said “ B« th o rne
from the Wilco League, w hich I think i
the strongest overall in the state I hink
that was a m ajor reason for the
redistricting
the Wilco had 15 teams
and only two could advance to state
playoffs Now they only have 10 team
“ West Linn w ill he a contender in
every sport i t ’s in,' he added And
their »boys) basketball and baseball
Photo by Mark Flovd
San.lV llixh gymnastics coach Teresa lljeresen spots for Brenda Ttnjum on the parallel bars.
Coach takes on double duty
Motherhood takes a tumble
ty MXRK FIX,VI»
The first day of practice always
neans
sore
muscles,
hesitant
novement and racking one s brain to
tgure out all the right moves But it s
isually the athlete who has the worries,
lot the coach
With Teresa IIjet-sen. however, the
ihoe is on the other foot lljeresen has
taken over as head gymnastic» coach at
Sandy High SctxMil this season arxl it
her nund has lieen on other things
lately, it’s understandable
Hjeresen greeted a dozen or so
athletes Monday, which was the Inst
day of practice It was also just two
week» after she had given birth to a
t»aby boy, Carl Lee Normally a mother
would take a little more time for R & R.
but p ra ctice already had been
scheduled for Aug 20
“ I, was really better for me
anyway,” Hjeresen said "1 had no time
for the post partum blues Daryl »her
husband* is looking after the haby
during the day and my mother w ill help
out a lot. too
“ I've got weekend», vacations and
summers,” she added “ That » why
I ’ m challenging a career and
motherhood at the same time
The new coach and mother taught for
five years at a junior high school in
Bend That's also where she got her
coaching start Then she and Daryl
lived in Boise. Idaho, before coining to
Oregon Hjeresen said she tried a few
other things, but realized that
"teaching was my thing and I wanted to
ge, hack in tu it.”
Teaching at the high school level w ill
be a different experience for her so
w ill coaching gymnastics At Bend.
Hjeresen had between 5« and 60
gymnasts on the team Slightly more
than a dozen showed up at Monday s
practice
“ There'» only 13 out so far hut there
should be a few more come in from
vacation.” Hjeresen said ” 1 really
enjoy working with a smaller group
You can give the girls a lot more
individual attention
“ I see a lot of talent here and some
good attitudes.” she added ” 1 learned
(hat we lost a lew girls to other sports
but I see some go«l young talent
corning in and the returning girls have
shown some quality skills
But I can’t really judge the team
yet,” she laughed “ Monday was my
fust day and I'm still kind of a space
cadet.”
Hjeresen has until Sept 13 to judge
tfw team that’» when Sandy opens its
season at home against McMinnville
With a little more than three weeks to
practice, she already has the girls
working on the equipment.
Ordinarily 1 would like to spend
about three weeks on tumbling and
conditioning.” Hjeresen said, but the
girls have to get their hands worked in
with the bars and get the feel of the
equipment
We ll work up gradually to the point
where the girls are putting the more
difficult moves in their routines,” she
said.
Philosophies differ in gymnastics, as
in any sport Hjeresen hopes to have the
Pioneer girls work out in all four event»
whether they w ill tw competing in them
or not
“ I like to have everyone working on
all the apparatus," she said “ It gets
the team together; makes them closer.
Besides, it adds some variety It
doesn't mean that everyone w ill be
competing all-around
“ I ’m really big on goal-setting.
Hjeresen added ” 1 know that some of
the girls have a negative attitude
toward a lot of the apparatus or
particular moves We're going to work
on getting wd of those negative
attitudes and concentrate on the
positive aspects
Her goals aren't all set yet —
naturally, Hjeresen can't make any
predictions for the team until she has a
chance to gauge its talent But she does
have goals
“ I want everybody to feel success,
Hjeresen said. “ That would be a goal,
but success might mean something
different to each person '
For the girls, it might be conquering
the fears of the parallel bars. For
Hjeresen. just being out on the mat is a
pretty good start.
Although some good teams have left
the district, the new alignment has a
positive effect on Sandy's league play
No longer w ill Sandy teams lx* forced to
travel to Astoria and Dallas for road
gam«« Sweet Home w ill be the longest
trip a Sandy team w ill make for a
league game in a major sport.
Another positive factor of the new
league w ill be the playoff situation Of
the 12 Coast-Valley League teams, two
made the playoffs Two teams from the
Timber Valley I «eague also w ill make
the playoffs, but there are only eight
teams in the league to choose from
The new league won't have an effect
on some of Sandy's other sports Soccer
is in a different district and skiing is not
an OSAA recognized sport.
For the first time. Sandy w ill have a
girls softball team this spring. It w ill be
in a special district which w ill include
teams from Adrian. Barlow. Cascade
Locks. Columbia. Corbett. Centennial.
Gresham. Hood River, Reynolds and
The Dalles
Grable 12th in fly
at San Jose swimfest
Steve Grable was the only membet of
the Blue Marlin Aquatic Club to make
the trip to the Far Western swimming
championships in Son JosA ( .lit . but it
apparently didn't bother him too much
to be without teammates
Grable swam in four events at the
prestigious meet, his best finish coming
in the ll-12-year-old boys 50-meter
butterfly. The young M arlin nabbed a
personal best of 32 47 en route to a 12th
place finish He had been rated 17th.
“ I barely missed the finals, Grable
said “ It was only by about nine-tenths
of a second They took the top nine to 11
swimmers depending on times
Although he failed to make the finals
in anv of the four events. Grable did
pick up another impressive finish in the
ltx> meter butterfly where be placed
24tix w ith a time of 1:13 55.
“ I like the fly better,” Grable said “ 1
do belter and it's my favorite stroke.“
In the 100-meter freestyle. Grable
was timed in 1:07.93. Officials did not
have his exact place but he said that it
w as “ somewhere in the fifties.’
In the 50-meter freestyle. Grable
sprinted to a 30 70 clocking, good for
38th place More impressive was the
fact that he was ranked only 76th going
into the race.
“ It was a new experience for me,
Grable said of the meet. I've never
been that far for one before but it was
fun.”
spcits calerJai
The Sandy High football team w ill
participate in a controlled scrimmage
Aug 31 beginning at 8 p in A rules
clinic w ill t»e conducted by the officials
for the benefit of the fans The clinic
w ill begin at 7 :30p m
Freshmen football equipment w ill be
issued Aug 27 at Sandy High
Freshmen players should me« at the
football field at 6 p m Practice w ill
begin the following day
Practice for Sandy Pi h'-» cross
country teams w ill begin Aug 27 at 4 30
p m. Participants should meet in Gym
C.
Soccer practice w ill start for the
Sandy High team Aug 27. All players
should meet at 5:30 in the boys locker
room.
XV»ter polo practice begins Aug. 31 at
4 p m Players on boys and girls varsity
and junior varsity should meet at the
Sa ndy pool
A Rose bv any other name just isn’< uete
• /
THE n i t s I 11 Ml I EAI It saw Pete Rose, he threw
a Nit,m g helmet on tlx* dugout floor arxl proceeded to
teach me how to make th«* head first slide It was not
high on my list ot things to learn, ranking well below
»crewing in a light bulb. or finding the horn on a new
car But Pete didn't wan, anyone to go thrixigh life not
know ing how to hit se* and base w ith his nose
The next thing Pete laugh, me was how to run ou,
has«« on halls Pete took ,1 m * walk out of walks The
idea never caught on. most batters preferring to stand
there for a moment, throw their helmet and ba, hack
toward the dugout. scratch themselves and otherwise
prepare themselves sartorially for a stand on firs,
base, before sauntering d<»wn there
One «lay, Mickey Mantle spotted Pete Hose in a
spring exhibition game tearing down to first after hall
four “ Who's that C harlie Hustle ?” demanded Mantle
— and a legend was born
M M E I HXXE 11X1» VE RY tew occasion» to sink*
head firs, into anything, or to get any kind ot a base on
halls I have fallen somewhat short in life of Pete s
financial accomplishments But. ,n general I thtxigh,
the day would come when Pete w.xild star, sliding into
second fee, first like everybody else, and be forced by
a rth ritic hips to lim p down to firs, base on a base on
balls lik«- everybody else ton The dav would come
when ,1 m - little boy in Pete would blink »«it. le a vin g a
slower, sadder, and wiser middle aged player who
sneaked his bifocals off before he entered the dressing
rtxtm
Pete you see, was no, exactly »routed, he was
recruited into bas«*bull directly off the cover o, th«
Saturday Evening Post Ihere are th<we who believe
that in«» previous incarnation, Pete Rose spent most of
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was a Mickey Mouse suit
Pete is the eternal sooty faced kid who manages to
convey the impression In* came to the ballpark on his
tricycle You get the feeling he still writes letters to
Santa Claus That he still collects bubble gum cants
Pete belongs at a knothole, not first base You feel be
just sneaked in through a hole in the fence, ami is
waiting for someone to buy him some l rack«-» Jack
You want to frisk him for frogs in his pocket, a
slingshot, a bag of marbles, a baby lizard, a Hershcv
bar and a forget! note to the teacher It must I •
wonderful to be 14 years old all your life, to have il.
outlook on life of a puppy dog with a yard full of bur.ed
bones
his time chasing - u - biting tires and treeing cats
When h«-«aim- home a, nigh, the family gave him a
hall ol yarn and a little rubber mouse to play with Pete
had the outhxik on life ot the spotted puppy dog who
was being taken fishing by Huckleberry Finn.
O I IIE .lt
X S s XXX B XSEB XI I. as a job a Ato 5
bore Pete always felt as if he were wearing a mouse
hai and xp«»ndkng his life in Disneyland
I don't think I ever saw Pete when he w asn, in
motion I don't think anyone ever saw him asleep He
oom like a guy busting up a
speakeasy He hut m il everywhere Hecoukfci t wait to
take his clothes ot, anti pu, his uniform on Pete never
felt comfortable « mi ,side of a baseball suit Unless it
R l’T T1IE'. MEMORIES P IX Y PR It KS. I mean, I get
old. you get old. why shouldn’t Pete Rose ’ Is he still
stalking Joe DiMaggio» %-consecutive-game» hitting
streak or is be just stalking Joe’s gray hair, and stiff
legged walk and sprained back ’ Is every day still
Christmas morning for Pete — or are the Rolls-Royces,
mortgages, plumbing, kids report cards, and
curveball» are! fas,halls finally emptying his fountain
of youth” Doesn’t Pete need glasses and dentures and
hair transplants, like the res, of us l> the aging
process somehow permanently stalled If you think
like a 14 year old. do you always remain oik I s
enthusiasm the secret of perpetual youth” Does Pete
Rose reach 40. arxl then start backwards Wi
SHOO 000 a year make him an old man when he t ea»l
first slides never could”
ROSE
NOT
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A BASEBALL
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NOT
X BASEBALL
UNIFORM is an
offense against n.iture. like a lion without a mane, a
tic,cr without stripes, John Wayne without a horse He
¿ > s through the locker room like a w h irly gust of
w odpecke-s. peeling off articles of clothing as he
goes. Iiurl.ng ribald insults here, a word of advice to a
card player there His eyes dart around like a kid at a
bakery window.
Hui’, a . p enthusiasm, a refusal to grow old. and a
joy .if plaving the game a» if it were one long Ferris
w he I ri le have conspired to send Pete Rose — head
into the Hall of Fame Stan Musial
first naturally
was «1 tx-ttcr pure hitter. Willie Mays had more speed
and p >wer. Honus Wagner had more strength and
nolity txi Pete Rose w ill pass all of them. You see.
hoy 11 rew up 1 hen. of course, they all grew old
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a mistake Rose is likely to make He w ill
never du >f advanced old age, advanced infancy,
perhaps. tr prolonged boyhood But querulous
■ is I.my as there is a
curve to hit. a base to dive into, a microphone to talk
into a nice little changeup to bunt, a hitting streak to
develop
pete wanted to teach me how to bat 300 the other
night, but I •'hook my head “ I got too old. I told him.
XX mndi H ou do that” "Pete asked “ About age 20. 1
told him Pete Imkcd at me for a while, and almost
nodded Pete could understand that To him, 20 is an
«ci 1979. lax» Angeles Times