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J— SANDY (Ore.) POST Thur» . Jan 8. tW l (Sac 3) Miff slits-------- Ram say m ove sparks Blazers Silverton edges Pioneer cagers W L E stacada ' 0 O roo onC Ity ...................t 0 Silverton .................. 1 0 Watt b> MARK FLO YD Sports Editor It is interesting to watch many of the state s newspapers in their coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers this year After the first 25 games, the Blazers were all but buried Not only in the Pacific Division, but in the media as well Suddenly. Portland is winning again and the Blazers are the darlings of Oregon once more One of the more candid view s expressed of late was by Oregonian columnist Bart Wnght. who had ripped the Trail Blazers to shreds early in the season He is the kind of writer you either love or hate and a lot of readers chose the latter But Wright had the courage to publicly admit that he made an error in stating that the Blazers didn't have a prayer to make the playoffs He also promised not to wTite any more obituaries on the Portland team this year Everyone seemed to have their own opinion on what was the problem with the early-season Blazers Luckily, few writers become coaches of an NBA franchise. After the first two weeks of the season I wTote that the Blazers needed some new blood — not so much on their roster, but in the coaching position And w’hile Jack Ramsay remains the ever-popular mentor of Portland. I still believe that it was the fresh blood that provided the Blazer turnaround Ramsay has a history of arriving at a troubled franchise, then turning it immediately into a playoff contender. But. after four years or so. things usually go stale The Blazers have been stale the past year Not only at the beginning of this season, but all last year The problem is that Ramsay has a doctorate and not many of his players are all that cerebral His system is just too complex for most NBA players. The 1977 cham pionship team was different. Bill Walton has been accused of doing some unintelligent things, but no one can deny his court saavy. Maurice Lucas, Bob Gross and Lionel Hollins were also intelligent players and had no trouble grasping the Ramsay system season was the Garden of Eden for Dr, Jack It was the pot at the end of the raifitfow The ultimate in team basketball and a style of play that the NBA hadn’t seen in a great long while. It was hard to let go of and it took Ramsay until this season to realize it. He may never have another team that had the chemistry of the Blazer squad. He may have teams with more talent, but never one that played so well together and with such intelligence. But Ramsay didn't become Dr. Jack by- being a complete idiot. After the Blazers floundered early in the year, he decided to change his system That's not an easy thing for a coach to do. Admittedly, a well- conditioned Kelvin Ransey had a lot to do with Portland's success, but so did a sim plified offensive p a ttern and the establishment of roles on the team It was such a simple solution that Ramsay probably overlooked it while drawing Xs and Os Even now. at the end of a game. Ramsay will be diagramming a crucial play and at the end of his lecture, Billy Ray Bates will simply tell his teammates to “ stick it in the basket” That's a lot easier than figuring out Xs and Os. The Blazers do. indeed, have fresh blood. It began from the head coaching position and spread throughout the team And the revitalized Blazers have recaptured the days of Blazermania A change in the head coaching position ** Not really Then again Ramsay has done as much as a turnaround as the Blazer team, and in a sense Portland did, indeed, get a new coach Prep of the Week: Sand> HigT senior Char McKxnne> hit 10 points in Sand> s recent come-from- behind 36 34 win over Silverton in the Timber Valley League opener She aisc contributed sever a. key rebounds and sank a * inning jumper from the top of the kev with 46 sec onds left m the game She is a transfer student from Putnam, ox • A CHAR MeKIWNCY PIZZA BARN I OaMwy M 1 0 0 0 0 ............ 0 ’ l 1 1 RESULTS: Silverton 47 Sandy 42 Estacada 54. Canby 49 West L in n 41. Sweet Home 55 Oregon City S7. Molalla 45 by MARK FLOYD The Sandy Pioneers found that Silverton is a rough place to play — in more ways than one The Foxes dropped Sandy 47-42 in the Tim ber Valley league boys basketball opener for both teams Tuesday The teams were tied 40-40 after Bob Nipperf sank a pair of free throws to cap a nice Pioneer ra lly. But seconds later Nippert got nailed in the chin and had to be removed from the game And Sandy coach Dennis Warren was none too happy about the turn of events. "B ob got knocked to the floor and there was no foul called,” Warren charged. ‘‘Then, while he was on the floor, he got kicked in the chin. There was s till no call and he had blood dripping from his face. Heck, he had to have stitches.” Excuse Warren if he isn't too fond of road trips to Silverton. This is the second straight year that he has come away feeling that the officials have done a shoddy job and Warren is not one to complain about the of ficia tin g Salem officials are used in Silverton's games There was no timeout for Nippert s injury and Silverton scored to go up by a pair Warren was fin a lly able to get the 6-foot-4 pivotman Plwu> b> M a rt Floyd What do I do now? Scott Quick ponders his next move against Joe McConnell of Sweet Home in the 138-pound match. Quick came up with enough moves to score a 13-o decision over the Sweet Home wrestler, hut the Huskies won the match by a 38- 28 score, H uskies overpow er grapplers A powerful Sweet Home team rolled into the Sandy gym Tuesdav and dealt the Pioneers a 38-28 setback in T im ber Valles League wrestling The Huskies have beer, a traditional powerhouse in wrestling and this year's team was no exception Still, were it not for an injury to Dan M artin, the Pioneers m ight have knocked them ad M artin suffered a shoulder injury three weeks ago and w ill be out in definitely . His absence was fe lt The Pioneers scrapped back from a 22-6 deficit and tied the m atch at 22-22 or, pins by Mike RusseL. 141. and Chris Jones. 148 Sandy then took the lead when Cal MeKinms. an inexperienced junior, upset Sweet Home s Charlie Ford 8-6 at 157. But things went downhill from there F reshman Loren Bate man. making is first varsity start, looked impressive at 168 as he rolled a 6-2 lead over Jim Maynard of Sweet Home But Bateman made a freshman mistake and it cost him as Maynard threw him on his back and pinned him That turned the tide in favor of the Huskies. Sandy had won four matches in a row. but w ith the pin. Sweet Home regained the lead and never lost it. Jerry H arris scored a four- point decision over Sandy s Scott Skipper at 178.154. The match was delayed when the official was knocked out by an accidental buck to the face. Sweet Home clinched the match at 191 when Bill Ensley pinned Randy Car- mony at 1.23 fo r the firs t round Sandy got its final points in the heavyweight match as junior T im Svtsma rolled to another victory' w ith a hard- fought 3-3 decision over Dave Corliss. The Huskies won the match in the lighter weights They won four erf the first five matches and three of those victories came by falls, worth six points apiece. Sandy's only breakthrough early came from sophomore Larry Topliff. who nailed Jerry Mathews after just 33 seconds, the fastest pin of the night T o p liff s win was in the opening match. 98 pounds But the Huskies went on a ro ll after th a t Scott Weld pinned B ill Mathews in the 106-pound match at 4 40 That set the stage fo r U riel caler Jar______________ SA N D Y H IG H SCHEDULE BOYS BASKETBALL j* r pm ja r pm J a r 9 Oregon City a ’ Sanov « p.m Jan 13 M o la lla at Sandy 6 p.m BOYS FROSH BASKETBALL 9 O e q o r City a* Sanby 7 .45 13 M o ia iia a ’ S arp y 7 45 G IR L S BASKETBALL Jar • Sana» a’ V » « ’ Lm n 7 45 p.m ja r 12 Sandy a ’ M o ia iia 7 45 p.m j a r ISC anoy a* Sanoy7 45p m W R E S T L IN G ja r 9 Sandy at B a rlo w •nvrta’ onai 3 p m j a r 15 Sandy a ‘ Oregon C ity 7 p m Jar a Sandy ” B at D a rid Douglas 5 3 0p .m j a r a Sandy " A " a* Silverton S 30p m Jan 12 Moss "A * a* Sandy 5 X) p.m J a r ,S Ogden "A a» Sandy 4 p m Jan & Sandy a’ Wes’ L in n « p m J a r 12 Sandy a* M o la lla « p.m Jan 15 Canby a- Sandy « p .m G IR L S FROSH BASKETBALL C E D A R R ID G E SCHEDULE BOYS j a r a Sandy a t West lkt «p.m j a r 15 Canby a* S a r a , « p rr S W IM M IN G S A N D Y REC LEAOUE " A ‘ League b o ys jv ja r a Reliable Realty us Santana. Sweet Home's marvelous 113-pounder Santana won a state championship last year and looks like a solid bet to do it again He swarmed all over Sandy's Mike Rohweder, never letting him breathe and fin a lly scored a pin at 3:33. Rohweder lasted longer than most of Santana's op ponents. however Rich Cooley. 123, pinned Sandy s Robert Paul at 5.35 and the Huskies' Rod Andrews decisioned Paul Gagner 9-0 in the 130-pound match to put Sweet Home up 22-6. Scott Quick started the momentum in Sandy's direction with a 13-5 win over Joe McConnell at 136 Then Russell stopped Mike Shaw at 2 43 and Jones pinned Scott Knight at 4 43 But it wasn't quite enough. Warren put i t “We s till have weak areas,” he said. "B u t our zone defense was a lot better than it has been. We still gave up the baseline two or three times fo r laytns and that should never happen That's a cardinal sin in our basketball philosopy “We got the shots we wanted, but we didn't take enough,” Warren added "B u t I was pleased w ith the very way the kids played It was a seesaw battle the whole way and they hung in there. We just didn’t get the breaks at the end when we needed them ." Deane’s Auto Repair D e a n « W e s s e lin k , o w n e r . . . 3 3 years e x p e rie n c e A u to m o tive Repairs: ' * * * A u to m a tic Transm ission: E xhaust Systems B ra k e W o rk G e n e ra l Tun e-u p CALL 6 6 8 *4 5 6 3 Open Mon - Frl., 8 - 5 p.m. 1 ’/» m l. east of Sandy 4 2 0 0 7 S.E. H w y. 26 We service moton products Dodge. Rlymoutti, Oiryslei For Y o u r C ord In This DIRECTORY — P hono « 6 8 -5 5 4 8 A U T O REPAIR TELEVISION SERVICE SANDY AUTO BODY INC. 38630 Pionee Wvú Sandy. 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This free lift ticket is available by reservation ot Corlson Chevrolet We wont to be your Chevy deoier fl Sandy sank 16 of 36 field goals, which isn't had shooting, but Warren feels that the Pioneers have to get at least 30 shots off a game to have a chance at winning Sandy was also a cool 10 of 18 from the free throw line, * another nemesis” as Classified Business, Professional Directory ora tha homa-Oab vary a a p a rtti " 661-4179 3739« Rubar Lana Sandy PU M P 6 6 8 -4 1 0 1 The Pioneers outrebound- ed the Foxes 30-18, and with that margin, you'd think Sandy would have run away w ith the game. 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