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Thur».. Nov 22. 1979 (Soc 3, SANDY (O re .) POST— 3 stuff shots Hard work pays off for Pioneer volleyball team by M A R K F L O Y D Sports E ditor The progress made by the Sandy High volleyball team this season has been astounding. Sandy began the season w ith a disheart ening loss to St. M a ry ’s. It ended the season with a predictable loss to powerful Corvallis, the state champ. In between, the Pioneers did not lose a non tournam ent match. They went through league undefeated, survived the pressure of the firs t rounds of the playoffs, then “ upset” third-ranked Beaverton in the sem ifinals. As it turned out, Sandy’s only losses this season were to the state’s firs t and third-ranked teams. Many people who saw the Pioneers earlier this year would never have believed that they made it so far. The early season Pioneers were quite inconsistent, though they did show flashes of brilliance. Through the season Sandy put it together, but oh so slowly. Maybe i t ’s better that way. At the state tournam ent last weekend, the cream rose to the top. The Pioneers played some of their best volleyball of the season against some of the best teams in the state. That is the m a rk of a champion. The whole team should be congratulated, from a ll-sta rte r Michele Cleland to the second team which saw the tourney from the bench. They all made significant con tributions during the year and Sandy would never have made it that fa r without a team effort. A special congratulations should go to the Sandy coaching sta ff which has b u ilt the program into a powerhouse in four short years. Coach Ron Grantz and assistant Roger Ford have done a rem arkable job m olding the Pioneers. G ary Curtis w ith the ju n io r va rsity and Debbie Hunter w ith the freshmen have helped develop the whole program into a volleyball factory. Its dividends showed this weekend. The Pioneer volleyballers were helped along by an excellent Sandy crowd at all three matches at Lewis and Clark. A large num ber of students, fa culty and townspeople made it out to the tourney and th e ir yelling gave Sandy a good boost. I got on Sandy H igh’s “ Rowdy Rooters” e a rlie r this year for some of th e ir misguided enthusiasm, but the Rooters put on a good show at Lewis and C lark. T he ir presence helped the Pioneers a great deal. One of the unattractive features of the state tourney was the sp litting up of the two sem ifinal matches. Corvallis took on St. M a ry ’s at 11:30 a.m ., then everyone was ushered out of the gym . People were let back in at 1:30 p.m. for the Sandy-Beaverton m atch, but everyone was forced to buy a new ticket. S plitting up the consolation games from the championship bracket is one thing, but charging for each sem ifinal game is ridiculous A person wanting to watch the opening round, the two sem ifinals and the finals would have to pay a total of $10.50 to watch just four matches. L e t’s hope the Oregon School A ctivities Association puts the money to a good use. N e w Balance " la n Kastle Young vets key Sandy swim hopes Swimming w ill be slightly different around Sandy this year. The Pioneers w ill compete in District 3 this season and have two fewer dual meets than last year. Another new situation is the necessity of meeting qualifying times (or places) for the district meet. But one thing that should remain the same is Sandy’s swimming power. The Pioneer girls are the defending d istrict champs and return a half dozen swimmers from last year’s district team. The boys were runnerup to M cMinnville last year but the Grizzlies are competing in a different district this season. McMinnville w ill be in Sandy for a non-league meet Dec. 13, however. The girls team should also be strong with some top people coming back this season. Smith sees Oregon City and Gresham as the teams that w ill challenge Sandy in its defense of the district title. The Pioneer girls w ill be led by sophomore Gayle Roth. Roth won the 50-freestyle and 100-backstroke at district last year as a freshman, then went on to take fourth in the state in the 50-free. With many returners, the boys look to be strong once again. Their main competition, and perhaps the team to beat in the Wilco League, w ill be Reynolds. Sandy coach M ark Smith also feels that Gresham w ill be a tough team to contend with this season. leading the Sandy boys w ill be Mike Zogg. A junior, Zogg is the defending district champ in the 100-meter breaststroke. He also placed fourth in the 200-individual medley. The Pioneers have a whole handful of district placers back this year. Glenn Izer placed in the mid-distance freestyles, as did Rick Topliff; Bret Crane placed in both the backstroke and 100-free; Dave Falgout was third in the 100-fly and fifth in the 200-individual medley and Hank Hazelett was sixth in the 100-breaststroke. Despite the solid nucleus of returning veterans, Smith is concerned with the overall depth of his boys team. “ We need strength in the backstroke, the breaststroke and the individual medley,” Smith said. “ I ’m talking about depth there. We’ve got people like Bret Crane who are good in the backstroke, but we need some backup swimmers. Jean Crane was also a double district winner for the Pioneers, taking the 500- free and 200-individual medley. Other Pioneers returning fic m that district championship team are Bonita Con- nelley, who was second in the 200 free; Teresa Lam er in the free style distances; Diane Rathke in the 200- individual medley and Cindy Zogg in the fly and backstroke. A strong crew of freshmen should also help the Pioneer girls. Heidi learner and Lisa Izer are fam iliar names from the Blue M arlin Aquatic Club and Donna Nelson, Kecia Harris, Dorie Dodson and Kim Haney have all shown potential. “ I have no idea where those girls might be swimming,” Smith said. “ I hope that all six w ill fit in. We’re a young team but with a lot of potential. We have good depth, as far as strokes go, with seniors and sophomores. “ With the freshmen, we’ll just review the strokes and as the season progresses, they’ll kind of separate themselves,” he added. George 22nd in state all-around Kathie George of Sandy placed 22nd in the girls Class AAA Gymnastics meet at Portland State University last weekend. She was competing in the all-around. George’s total was 30.65 for the competition. She was one of the few freshmen to qualify for the state meet. George qualified by placing third at the Timber Valley- Willamette Valley district meet in the all-around. In her individual events, the Pioneer freshman had a 7.65 on the uneven parallel bars; a 7.55 on the balance beam; a 7.80 in the vault and a 7.65 in the floor exercise. “ K a thie missed her handstand on the beam, but other than that it was pretty good,” SUHS coach Teresa Hjeresen noted. “ She had two really clean vaults and a clean bar routine but the mat wasn’t quite under her in her dismount and she landed with one foot on and one foot off. “ The floor exercise was her first event and she was a little tig ht,” Hjereson added. “ Kathie’s shins were hurting her and she wasn’t getting as high as she could of on some of her tumbling moves.” George’s performance was a strong one for a freshman, but she has been working out with clubs for a long time. Many of her ex-teammates from club days were at the meet, Hjeresen said. “ It was fun for her to see her old friends and how much they had im p ro ve d ,” Hjeresen said. “ The meet really opened Kathie’s eyes. There were a lot of good people and now she knows what she has to strive for next year. We’re already setting goals and gettiing ideas for next year — adding some superior moves and building K a th ie ’s con fidence.” D olom it? THE NEWEST SKI FASHIONS ARE HERE! •IN N SB RU CK • OBERMEYER • M O U N T A IN G O A T • SKYR • EDELWEISS • PACIFIC TRAIL • ANB A • BLACK BEAR • CHILLIES • MOTHER LODE We’ve Got Over 50 Years Experience Kn»issl • WOOLRICH we help keep America moving Kostingec Tj Athletics OPEN DAILY 10 9 SATURDAY 10-6 SUNDAY 12-5 Look 2506 E. BURNSIDE ST. GRESHAM VILLAGE 66 7-13 90 Lang» The Pioneers w ill open Dec. 7 at the league Relays in Gresham, beginning at 7 p.m. In the meantime, the Sandy swimmers w ill be working on stamina and different strokes. One disad vantage of the new district qualifying is that swimmers w ill have to qualify e a rly fo r th e ir event and ex perimentation w ill be limited. “ That w ill hurt us to the extent that we won’t have people swimming in as many different events as we have in the past,” Smith said. “ I don’t think it w ill hurt too much though. The qualifying times should be slower than our people have swum in the past couple of years, but the thing is to get people qualified in the right events. “ We need to make sure that we have the depth for the district meet,” he added. “ As far as how we’ll do there, we have two or three hurdles to go over before we can figure out where we stand.” Those hurdles appear to be Gresham, Reynolds and Oregon City. By mid- January, the Pioneers should know just how strong they w ill be this season. Hood eyes net title M t. Hood C om m unity College’s volleyball team w ill be trading in the cold, blustery weather of East County for some Florida sunshine next week. The Saints w ill head south for the National Junior College Athletic Association championships, which begin next Thursday. Hood gained the bid by winning the Region 18 championship last weekend. The Saints, who carry a 34- 7-1 record and have been ranked in the top 20 nationally for much of the season, dumped Judson Baptist 15-3, 15-6 in the semifinals, then took Ricks College in the finals 15-17,15- S a n d lM . “ Ricks gave us the most trouble,” said Saint head coach Dorian Harris. “ But it was a really good tour nament.” Hood was keyed by the play of Cindy Haines and Shawna Delaney, both of whom made the tournament all-star team. teams w ill be divided into four groups of five. The top three teams in each group w ill advance to elimination play with the winners of each pool receiving a bye in first- round action. Hood opens with St. Izmis (Mo.) Junior College. The Saints are in the same pool w»th the fourth- and fifth- ranked teams in the natior but Harris feels that doesn make much difference. “I don’t put muc credibility in national polls, she said. In other words, th Saints may enter th tournament a dark horse, bu have a good chance c coming out with a differen color. “ Honor Prep” of the Week Plenty of practice paid off recently for SUHS freshman Kathie George, only Sandy girl to qualify for state competition in 'gymnastics. She won her state berth with an impressive third place in all-around competition at a large district meet of 15 teams from Timber Valley League and W illa m e tte Valley League. The Saints w ill leave for the Sunshine state Monday and begin pool play Thurs day in the 20-team affair. The OZ - v’ KATHIE GEORGE **■» -À PIZZA BARN TODAY IN CLASSIFIED 21 BEAUTIFUL STYLES - A LARGE SELECTION Dynostor “ In most events, we re all right with our number one swimmer, but we need to develop numbers two and three,” Smith added. The Pioneers should be able to overcome that handicap. In addition to the district meet retirners, Sandy has an able freestyle sprinter in Mark Mayfield. Mike and David Ward are both seniors who should add flexibility and junior Matt Falgout w ill help in the backstroke, the fly and the individual medley. by MARK FLOYD AUTO ___ TRUCK PARTS Store Hours: 7 :3 0 to 6 :0 0 AAon. th ru Sat [ sandy GRESHAM ESTACADA Ty rolla 668 4444 : 39565 Proctor Bird 6658118 255 NE Hogan Rd 630 6614 2135 SE Mam Christmas morning will be special when you use the Gift Spotter for your shopping needs The Gift Spotter is packed with all sorts of gifts to make any child (1 to 91) happy come Christmas morning. It’s so easy and saves time, energy and money for you! It’s the perfect answer for everyone on your Christmas list, just turn to the Classified section and shop in the wonderful fairyland of toys and gifts in the Gift Spotter. 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