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SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY, FEB 21, 1980
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The Sanely Post
Sports
and Recreation
Photo by Mark Floyd
Kecia Harris, a Sandy freshman, powers through the water on the way to a sixth place finish in the 100-yard butterfly.
Swimmers fall short of Gresham in title chase
by MARK FLOYD
Both the boys and girls swim teams of
Sandy High finished second behind
Gresham in the Wilco League District
championships Saturday at Mt. Hood
Community College.
The meet went pretty much as ex
pected. The Gophers were favored to
pull the sweep with their depth and
strong individuals and they did.
Gresham won the girls title with 215
points; Sandy was second with 180,
Oregon City third with 153 and Cen
tennial fourth with 135.
The Gophers took the boys title with
255 points, followed by Sandy with 210,
Reynolds With 194 and Barlow with 104.
District was abruptly switched to a
one-day meet after freezing rain
aborted F rid ay’s action. The double
duty on Saturday probably didn’t affect
the team standings much, but it did
hold down some individual times.
Only one record was set and that was
by Sandy sophomore Gayle Roth. Roth
sped to a 25.13 in the preliminaries of
the girls 50-yard freestyle to eclipse the
mark of Hermiston’s Kim Sherrell.
Sherrell’s record was 25.3.
Roth went on to win the 50-free,
clocking a 25.37 in the finals Saturday
evening. The Sandy speedster won by a
whopping 1.5 seconds over second place
Kris Johnson of Reynolds.
The margin of victory was similar to
the one Roth posted in the 100-freestyle.
Roth picked up her second victory in
that event with a personal best of 57.05.
Gresham’s Debi May was a distant
second at 58.29.
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Roth capped her day’s performance
by anchoring the Sandy 400-fr.eestyle
relay team. Roth, Bonita Connelley,
Jean Crane and Teresa Lamer finished
firs t in the district with a 4:02.35 time,
far ahead of second-place Gresham at
4:09.52.
Crane was the only other Pioneer
besides Roth to qualify for the state
meet in an individual event. Also just a
sophomore, Crane finished second in
the girls 500-freestyle with a 5:49.32
time. The 500 was won by Centennial’s
Julie Rognle in 5:39.38.
Sandy finished second in the girls
team race with a bundle of points from
third, fourth and fifth places. It was a
surprisingly strong performance by the
girls in the powerful Wilco League,
especially considering that Sandy had
just nine girls entered — four af them
sophomores, the rest freshmen. Sandy
coach Mark Smith was honored by his
colleagues and awarded Wilco league
girls coach of the year.
Four of those girls, Nicole DuBois,
finals, but freshman Heidi learner won
the consolation finals of the 100-yard
breaststroke. She was timed in 1:21.64.
Sandy failed to qualify any boys for
state in individual events, but the
Pioneers’ 400-freestyle relay team
earned a berth by placing second in
3:31.13. Gresham won the relay in
3:25.13. Glenn Izer, Rick Topliff, Matt
Falgout and Mark Mayfield comprised
the
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3:25. 13. Glenn Izer, Rick Topliff, Matt
Falgout and Mark Mayfield comprised
the Pioneer relay team.
The Pioneers’ 200-medley relay team
just missed a state trip with its sur
prising third place finish. Bret Crane,
David Falgout, Herb Hazelett and Hank
H azelett clocked 1:51.08 behind
Gresham’s winning time of 1:46.24.
Mayfield may be the most disap
pointed Pioneer following Saturday’s
swim. Mayfield finished third in both
the 50 and 100-freestyle and only the top
two in each event go to state. The 100
may have been the most painful,
because that important second spot was
taken by Mike Zogg of Barlow, a former
Sandy High swimmer. The 100 was won
by Gresham’s Clay Dawson in 51.04;
Zogg was second in 51.09 and Mayfield
was third in 51.36.
In the 50 Mayfield went 23.24 but
finished behind Doug Robertson and
Dawson, both of Gresham. Robertson
won in 23.03 while Dawson was second
in 23.07.
Sandy placed three boys into the
finals of the 200-free. Glenn Izer had the
best finish, taking third in 1:56.23. Rick
Topliff was fifth in 1:59.84 and Shawn
Burns was sixth in 2:01.29. The 200 was
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With win over Sweet Home
Blazers fine,
official tells
Sandy chamber
Cagers boost playoff chances
T IM BER VALLEY LEAGUE
Boys Basketball Standings
Personnel problems and poor play
hopefully behind them, the Portland
Trailblazers look forward to a backdoor
playoff spot.
At least that’s the diagnosis of Blazer
Promotions Director Wally Scales who
addressed the Sandy Chamber of
Commerce here Tuesday.
Scales also forecast no Blazer pay
back to the Clippers as adjustment to
the B ill Walton compensation.
Throw in club efforts toward a better
fan plan’, and the Blazer picture looks
brighter than the 28-33 season record.
"The way San Diego’s playing,’’
reasoned Scales, "we expect to make it
to the playoffs anyway.” Portland is
just half a game behind the Walton-led
Clippers in a race for the sixth and final
playoff spot in the west.
"How can anyone say the com
pensation (for Walton) was not just and
equitable when we’re both ( Blazers and
Clippers) fighting for that last spot,”
Scales said.
He said he didn’t expect the Blazers
to lose anything to the Clippers as
adjustm ent to the Walton com
pensation.
Despite the team’s record, Scales
expects more fans w ill be enjoying
Blazer games in the future, due to club
efforts to develop more closed-circuit
theater outlets and cable television
deals — possibly nationwide.
"W e’re working slow on this,’’ Scales
said of cable television possibilities,
"and have been for five years now. One
reason is because we want to keep it in
house.”
Cable now reaches some 2,700 homes
in Salem plus various homes on the
Oregon coast.
"We’re talking to cable companies
now,” Scales said, adding that Blazer
Broadcasts — the club’s own network
— would handle cable arrangements.
The team has all but discarded plans
to expand Memorial Coliseum by 2200
more seats at the top of the building,
since the Blazers as building tenants
have been asked to pay half of the 111
m illion price tag.
But to improve the team itself, Scales
said, the Blazers must look for a take-
charge guard and a versatile center in
the draft.
Scales expressed concern for injured
Iairry Steele's future as a Blazer, too.
"We see no significant improvement
in I^arry Steele. I t ’s a day-to-day
situation," Scales said of his medical
condition.
Heidi Lamer, Kecia Harris and Kim
Haney combined in the 200-medley
relay team to finish fifth in 2:22.48. The
race was won by Gresham in 2:00.93.
Harris made the finals of the 100-
butterfly and finished sixth. Her time
was 1:19.07.
Connelley made the finals of the 100
and 200-freestyles. The Sandy soph was
fourth in the 100 behind Roth with a
58.96 time and fourth in the 200 with
2:09.42. The 200 was won by Putnam’s
Leslie Wallace in 2:02.09.
Teresa Lamer finished fifth in the 200
for Sandy with a time of 2:15.10. She
was also fourth behind Crane and
Rognle in the 500-free with a tdne of
6:00.37’
Crane was also in the finals of the 200-
mdividual medley where she place fifth
in 2:32.56.
No other Pioneer girls made the
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by MARK FLOYD
The Sandy High boys basketball team
took a giant step toward making the
T im b e r V alley League p la yoffs
Tuesday, but the Pioneers w ill probably
have to win one of their two remaining
games to gain a berth.
Sandy survived some poor shot
selection in the fourth quarter and held
on to down Sweet Home 64-55 in the
Pioneer gym. The win raised the
Pioneers’ league mark to 7-5 and put
Sandy in a four-way tie for second place
with Oregon City, Canby and Estacada.
West Linn is alone in first at 12-0.
The Pioneers now face a tough road
game at West Linn Friday and wind up
the regular season at Canby Tuesday
night. If Sandy is unable to upset the
Lions, and no league team has done that
this year, the season may boil down to
the final game of league play. The
Pioneers topped Canby earlier in the
year, but that game was in Sandy and
the Cougars have improved since that
tim e. N ext Tuesday’s game is
scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. in the
Canby gym.
Taking the baseline, Sandy's Paul Daugherty (40i goes past Tony Gaeh and
over Pat Kiggins of Estacada on a move to the hoop. Sandy won 17-52 In the
Ranger gym.
Sandy’s win over the Huskies
Tuesday night was a crucial one. It was
also pretty sloppy. The Pioneers had
more than one chance to bury the
visitors but some questionable shot
selection and some less-than-perfect
ball handling kept the game in doubt
until the final 30 seconds.
The Pioneers blew a 10-point halftime
lead and allowed the Huskies to creep
back into the game with 1:37 left when
Sweet Home’s Russ Burger sank both
ends of a one-and-one. That cut Sandy’s
lead to two, 56-54.
The Huskies then pressured Sandy
and Tucker Seiber folded the Pioneers’
I>?e Godfrey. Godfrey made one of two
to give the Pioneers a little breathing
room then teammate Rick M artin came
up with a big steal with 56 seconds left
and the Huskies were forced to foul
again.
This time Tom Curtis made one of
two to put the margin at four. Burger
missed the front end of a one-and-one
for Sweet Home, Paul Daugherty
rebounded and hit Curtis with a length-
of-the-court pass for a layin. From that
point on, it was a question of how many
free throws the Pioneers would convert
and Sandy went four-for-four the rest of
the way.
Curtis picked a good time to cut loose.
The 6-foot-4 wing had been hampered
by injuries early in the season and his
playing time had been somewhat
limited of late. But Curtis dominated
the boards Tuesday against the shorter
Huskies. The Sandy senior had a game
high 17 rebounds and added 11 points as
well.
The Pioneers needed every one of
those rebounds because the 3-9 Huskies
put up a game battle. They cut Sandy’s
seven point lead in the second quarter
to one on a Burger free throw. But
Sandy put on a 14-5 spurt the rest of the
Grapplers ei
way and went into the intermission with
a 35-25 lead.
Daugherty hit a pair of howitzers
from outside and scored on a shovel
shot at the buzzer to spark the rally.
The Pioneers also got some good guard
play from Alan Ixiwe off the bench.
The Huskies slapped on a full court
press to open the third quarter and the
Pioneers burned them twice with long
passes. But Sweet Home also picked up
a couple of steals along the way and
crept back into the game. The Huskies
were helped by the fouling of the
Pioneers. Godfrey and Daugherty
picked up three fouls apiece by the third
quarter and Kent Reick had four.
Daugherty ended up with 16 points for
the game and added 10 rebounds. Reick
had 13 points and Rick M artin, who led
the Pioneer fast break all night, had 11.
Curtis also had 11 and Godfrey added
nine in the well-balanced Pioneer
scoring attack.
district
The seeding meeting that went on
Tuesday night for the Timber Valley
league district wrestling meet may
have been more competitive than any
of the matches w ill be. And when it was
over, Sandy coach Ron Calhoun felt
that his team came out pretty well.
“ It should be an interesting meet,”
Calhoun added. "The coaches were
really buzzing — we’re not giving
anyone the nod; there are a lot of teams
that could take it. If we do well, we
could be in the top three.”
The Pioneers have two top seeds.
Chris Jones is seeded first at 136 but is
battling with a bad knee at the moment.
The Sandy sophomore has a 7-0 league
record and is 18-1 overall. Tim
Freeman is also seeded first at 157 with
a 7-0 record. He is just above teammate
Mike M artin who is seeded second at
157 with a 6-1 mark.
Freshman Mike Rohweder is seeded
third at 98 pounds and senior Frank
Kim is seeded second at 148. The
Pioneers’ best draw may have been at
123 where senior Ray Nelson was
seeded second. Nelson lost twice and
the two wrestlers that beat him are in
the other bracket.
Mike Russell, with a 2-1 record at 130,
didn’t have enough matches under his
belt to be seeded, but he drew into the
best position possible, Calhoun said.
The Pioneers w ill enter 18 wrestlers
at district and Calhoun feels that the
Senior Ray Nelson
sm all num ber may h u rt Sandy
somewhat.
"They key to the meet may be who
has the most depth,” he said. "A lot of
teams have 26 kids entered and even if
nine of them pick up a point and go out,
they’re that much ahead.
"We have the meat and potatoes kids
that are going to pick up points,”
Calhoun added. " I ’m just afraid
everyone else is going to throw a lot of
sauerkraut at us.”
The district meet w ill be held at
Oregon City High School this Friday
and Saturday.