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Z Section SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY OCT. 16 1980 The Post Sports and Recreation Volleyballers’ TVL win skein halted by OC by MARK FLOYD Sandy’s stronghold on Timber Valley league volleyball may not yet be broken, but it certainly was shaken Tuesday night. Oregon City topped Sandy in straight sets, 15-12, 15-13, handing the Pioneers their first league loss since 1978. And that loss dropped Sandy from sole possession of first place into a tie with Sweet home. Both teams have 7-1 records; Oregon City is at 6-2. Sandy coach Ron Grantz was, in a word, disgusted with his team ’s effort. “ You’d better not quote m e,” he said, “ because what I ’d say would be un printable.” The Pioneers played their worst match of the season. The only thing that kept the score close was the fact that Oregon City didn’t play all that well, either. But Oregon City got the ball to their setters often enough to keep its hitting attack going, and the T V L’s newest volleyball power has a pair of fine hitters. In contrast, Sandy’s passing was horrid. It was a rare occasion when the Pioneers got off a good spike because the passers never got the ball in good position to Colene McDonald, Sandy’s all-league setter. McDonald didn’t have one of her finer games, either, and she made some uncharacteristic poor sets. Oregon City sputtered its way to a 10- 1 lead in the firs t game and most of those points came directly from Sandy errors. Those that didn’t were the result of spikes and tips from Oregon C ity’s leaping, left-handed hitter Margie Park. Sandy messed up four serve receives for points and hammered three spikes into the net. ■ * Kevin Layng (10) and B illy Groombridge (9) of Sandy struggle for the ball in front of the Glencoe goalkeeper. Layng scored a goal for the Pioneers, but Glencoe came from behind and posted a 3-1 win -w » . , W . . '. '- . « ir " ^ P h o t o by Mark Floyd over Sandy, Tuesday. The Pioneers led for most of the second half, but gave up three quick goals to Glencoe’s Tony Kind in the last few minutes. Glencoe attack wears Sandy down fo r 3-1 victory Glencoe overcame a 1-0 deficit and scored three goals in the last 12 minutes of the game to pin a tough, 3-1 loss on the Sandy soccer team Tuesday on the Pioneers' field. Sandy scored first when Kevin 1 .ayng bounced a shot that the Glenco goalkeeper failed to handle cleanly. The ball dribbled over the goal line and the Pioneers had a 1-0 lead midway through the second la lf. But Glencoe began applying waves of pressure on the Sandy defense which finally broke down. Tony Kind chipped a shot in when Pioneer goalie Earl Pierson slipped and couldn’t reach the ball. Kind scored again minutes later on a penalty kick. A short time later he headed one in to complete his hat trick and the Pioneers let a win slip out of their grasp. “ That kid was pretty good,” Sandy caoch Lon Welsh said of Kind. “ He played the back line in the firs t half, then they switched hun to the front. We couldn’t adjust to it. He was really good passer and he ha*f eood hail control.” It was a tough loss for the Pioneers, especially after an excellent firs t half. The Sandy defense tackled well and Pierson made a number of tough, heads-up saves. “ We should have had it — we definitely lost that game,” Welsh said. “ I though we played an exceptional firs t half, though. If we can keep playing like that we can stay with anyone in the league.” Part of the problem in the second half may have been fatigue. If that was the case, Welsh was ready to take the they should have no trouble with. Forest Grove has yet to win a league game. But Welsh hopes his team w ill play a little smarter against the Vikings and eliminate some of the mental errors that the Pioneers committed against Glencoe. blame. “ I probably made a little b it of a coaching e rro r,” he admitted. “ Our back line had them in the firs t half, but I didn’t give anybody any rest. Robbie Edwards just had an excellent game, but he got tired in the second half and began tackling the man instead of the ball. He had to run all over the field and he didn’t get much help. When they send three or four guys back there, he can't be everywhere at once. The Pioneers travel to Forest Grove, Friday, and face a Viking team that “ We’ve got a case of the big boom syndrome,” he explained. “ We had three or four attacks that were right on the goal but instead of getting a good shot, we’d try to cannonball it in. And there were people open on the wings.” Early lapses cost Pioneers; Canby holds on for 21-0 win T IM B E R V A LLE Y FOOTBALL Oregon City Canby Estacada Silverton Sweet Home West Linn Molalla Sandy LAST W EEK'S GAMES: Canby det Sandy 210 Oregon City det West Linn 24 16 Silverton det Estacada2) 7 Sweet Home det Molalla 410 THIS W E E K 'S G A M E S : Oregon City at Sandy Canby at West Linn Sweet Home at Estacada Silverton at Molalla by MARK FLOYD Take away the first 13 minutes and it would have been a ball game. The Canby Cougars scored on their fir s t possession, on Sandy's fir s t possession and a couple more times for good measure and ran up a 214) lead a minute into the second quarter. Both teams played on equal terms for the rest of the game, but the damage was done and Canby upped its league record to a 2-1 after the 21-0 win. Sandy dropped 0-3. “ We played a pretty good game for the second half and most of the second quarter,” Sandy coach Greg O’Meara said. “ If we ever put four quarters together, we'd be in the ball game ” Canby took the opening kickoff and marched 62 yards in nine plays for the score. Most of its yards came on counter plays through the right tackle slo t. Cougar q u a rte rb a c k K eith Knutson got the score on a one-yard sneak. The Cougars missed the extra point, but th a t’s when the trouble began for Sandy Mike Russell fielded the ensuing kickoff and stepped back into the end zone thinking touchback But the of I ficial ruled that the ball’s impetus didn’t carry it in and called a safety. Sandy trailed 8-0 and had to kick the ball away again. This tim e the Pioneer defense held, but the Cougars got off a punt which they downed on the Sandy two-yard line. T erry Pierson, Sandy’s big senior fullback, bulled up the middle twice for the Pioneers for a firs t down, but the Cougars shut down the attack and John M artin was forced to punt. M a rtin ’s 30- yard kick put the ball near medfiled, but Sandy was caught with a personal foul and the Cougars started on the Pioneer 30. Two plays netted the Cougars minus 14 yards,and it looked like the Pioneers would hold them again. But Knutson hit Tim Hall on a pass up the middle on th ird and 24, and Hall streaked into the end zone un touched. The 45-yard pass play gave Canby a 15-0 lead with 2:41 remaining in the opening quarter. The Pioneers hadn't had a chance to get untracked offensively, thanks to the poor field position and the safety. Canby's kickoff went into the end zone, however, the Pioneers got the ball on the 20 with a chance to do something Pierson and John Allen made good gains, but the Pioneers’ Scott Skipper was stopped on th ird down. O’Meara made a gnmble pay off and on fourth down at their own 29. the Pioneers called M artin's number M artin came through with two yards and the first down. Sandy was moving the ball. Quar terback M itch Paola carred once and hit Russell with a short pass A penalty carried the ball past m idfield and the Pioneers were on the Cougar 45 But Paola hit Dave Paugh with a quick tight end slant pass that Paugh juggled once too often, and the Cougar defense came away with an interception. On the firs t play from scrimmage Hall carried on a counter and galloped 68 yards for a touchdown The extra point failed, but Canby had its 21 points \ Against Canby, the Pioneers gained 4 **/ Sandy led for most of the second game, but was again hampered by some poor passing. And the Pioneers were also hurt by some rather questionable officiating. Julie Coleman served an ace, New had a tip and Oregon City made several miscues to give Sandy a 6-3 lead. They upped that to 9-3 on spikes by Daugherty, Coleman and C herie. E lliott. That narrowed the gap to 11-9 and the Pioneers were upset. They let a serve fa ll between them and Grantz had to call another timeout with just a one- point lead. Sandy regrouped with a nice play that Oregon City couldn’t handle without four hits and took a 12-10 advantage. Then came eight straight sideouts. Daugherty hit a tough-angle spike to give Sandy its final point of the evening and a 13-10edge. >1 > * 'A <1 Sandy’s main receiver was I^eo K rick The senior end showed some n ifty moves and good hands, coming up with four catches against Canby. Paola and K rick have teamed up for Sandy's only score this year, a bomb against Silverton. The Pioneers’ newly-found passing attack nearly punched the ball in a couple of times, but Paola overthrew K rick once and Paugh failed to catch up to another bomb O 'M eara was pleased w ith the defense, except the two lapses on H all’s long runs. He was especially happy with the play of Randy Carmony, moved for the firs t time to defensive end. Carmony was in on numerous tackles in the game and was named co- captain with K rick for the Oregon City match this Friday. The Pioneers host Oregon City at 8 p m at Pop Rannow Stadium Oregon City comes into the game undefeated in league play this year and the defending Timber Valley league champs are ranked fourth in the state this year Park clobbered a spike for a point, then Sandy’s Paige Daugherty was caught for a pair of illegal hits and Oregon City had the firs t game. Then came the bit of controversy. Oregon C ity’s Barb McDonald h it two spikes that appeared long, but both were called in — one by the line judge, the other by the official. McDonald also hit a good spike, then Coleman was whistled for being in the net on another questionable call. and the Pioneers’ momentum was shot. Curiously, th a t’s when the Pioneers started to hold th e ir own. Down by 21 points, they threw caution to the wind and opened it up a little. The Cougars shut down the rushing game fa irly effectively, so Paola and Company went to the pass. Paola hit on seven of 17 passes, and a couple of those misses should have been receptions. “ They (the Cougar defense) shut us down inside then did a job outside on us.” O’ Meara said. “ But that opened up the passing. We did get the short ya r dage on the ground when we needed it, because we converted quite a few fourth downs. “ Paola looked good out there,” he added. “ He needs a little more poise and experience out there, but he showed a lot of patience and picked out his receivers well.” Grantz called his second timeout of the evening to settle the Pioneers down and Sandy began a comeback. I t wasn’t so much that the Pioneers were putting shots to the floor, but Oregon City began missing the spikes and tips it had been hitting before. Sandy got a nice block and a pair of spikes from junior Dawn New for a brief offensive spurt, then New came back w ith a pair of serving aces. The last on gave the Pioneers a 12-12 tie. But New hurried her next serve into the net and Oregon City had a sideout. It made the most of it. A. Photo by Mark Floyd Sandy's John Allen <10» gets stopped near the line of scrimmage. The versatile senior began the season at quarterback and has since seen action in the secon dary and as slothaek. 143 yards offensively, Sandy got just 47 yards on 40 carries via the ground game, and got 86 yards passing on 19 attempts. Sandy’s longest run of the night was 10 yards on a keeper by Paola Pierson picked up 34 yards on 11 carries and M artin gained 34 on 10 carries. K rick caught four balls for 55 yards SANDY 0 0 0 0 0 CANBY IS 6 0 0 31 Canby — Kuntwn 1 yd run (kick fa iled ). Canby — Sandy's Rutsall touch kneo in ond tone tar safety. Canby — Hall «S yd pass from Knutson (Knutson kick). Canby — H a ll 6S-yd run (ru n tailed) Then it was McDonald’s turn and the big redhead drilled two spikes in a row and the Oregon City crowd was pump ed. Sandy then mishandled two straight serves to make it match point and the final play was fitting for the evening. The serve fell between E llio tt and Stephanie Hagstrom, both thinking the other had it. It was a mistake-filled match by both teams. Oregon City overcame its errors with some good passing Sandy didn’t. In fact, most of Sandy’s points for the evening came on Oregon City miscues. Conspicuously missing from the list of Sandy points was the name of E lliott. The Sandy senior, who was second team, all-state last year, got hold of just three or four spikes the whole evening. The Pioneers never got their passing game going enough to feed E llio tt the spikes The loss demonstrated that the TVL is getting to be a pretty tough place to play volleyball. Oregon City beat Sandy, but lost to Sweet Home Sweet Home took Sandy to three games and Estacada was just as close to the Pioneers. Sandy's road gets no easier as the Pioneers travel to Estacada. Thursday, for a 6 p.m. match with the Rangers The P ioneers w ill host M o la lla Tuesday, then travel to Sweet Home for a big match Oct. 23
