j _ SANOY (O r . ) POST Thurs.. Jen 22
Pioneer boys
top Centennial
in swimming
(Sec 1)
s tiff sbrts
B eavers w ere
lo n g o v e r d u e
T he
Sandy
H ig h
boys
s w im m in g te a m ro lle d to an
8i-63 w in o v e r C e n te n n ia l
T h u rs d a y , but th e P io n e e r
g ir ls w e re upset b y the
E a g le s 84-72.
Sandy won seven of the 10
boys events to w in easily a t
the C e n te n n ia l pool. C lin t
B ro w n
and
B re t
C ra ne
p ic k e d
up
tw o
v ic to rie s
apiece and the P ioneers won
the ope ning 200-y a rd m edley
by MARK FLO YD
Sports Editor
I can’t resist it any longer A few words
about the Oregon State Beavers
.As an ardent follower of the Beavers since
my freshmen days in high school, I was
overjoyed to see OSV reach its No 1 ranking
There have been a lot of ups and downs for
the Beavers since those days of Freddie
Boyd, Neal Jurgenson and Sam Whitehead,
but the disappointments always seemed to
outweigh the achievements.
In 1971. the Beavers had a chance to upset
UCLA in G ill Coliseum, but Sidney Wicks
rejected an OSU shot and Boyd dribbled the
ball off his foot in the last few seconds W icks
then sank a jum per to win it 67-65 and the
Bruins went on to win the NCAA.
In 1979 Oregon State wound up the regular
season with a 17-10 record, and earned a
berth in the N a tio n a l In v ita tio n a l
Tournament Despite playing at home, the
Beavers suffered a 62-61 loss to Nevada-Reno
in the firs t round.
Worse yet. lightning can strike twice Last
year OSU had a banner season, going 26-3 in
the regular season and had high hopes in the
NCAA tourney OSU lost its opener to Lamar
81-77 and had to watch the rest of the tourney
on television The loss took the glim m er off
OSU’s first conference championship since
1966. Worse yet, UCLA, just fourth in the
Pac-10 Conference, went on to the NCAA
finals
There have been other disappointments.
The 1976 team rolled up an 18-9 record, but
had to forfeit 15 of those wins for using big
Lonnie Shelton, ruled ineligible
And the worst blow of all came in M iller s
first year. 1971 The team had a 10-2 record
when an automobile accident claimed the
life of popular starting guard Mike Keck and
injured forward L a rry Webber The shaken
Beavers lost 12 of their last 14 games to end
the season at 12-14. M ille r's only losing
season at OSU
Suffice it to say, Oregon State, and the
Pac-10 Conference, needed success LCLA
has been so dominant, it won every
conference title from 1967 to 1979 LCLA
compiled a 130-18 record during the past 10
years; OSU was second in the Pac-10 with an
89-59 m ark.
.And now the Beavers are No. 1. Do they
deserve the ranking’ Many people think not.
A lot of coaches do. though, especially after
having played the Beavers OSL doesn t
have as much individual talent as a DePaul
or Virginia, but the Beavers play the team
game as well as anyone They may be the
best passing team in America, and their
defense is certainly no weak point OSU has
some backboard deficiencies, but their
strong points have made up for it.
The Beavers have good balance, with 6-
foot-10 Steve Johnson in the middle and the
backcourt tandem of Ray Blume and Mark
Radford Starting forwards Charlie Sitton
and Jeff Stoutt have been plagued by
inconsistency this year, but coach Ralph
M iller's ace’ in the sleeve is depth He can
insert Rob Holbrook for Sitton; Holbrook
started last year If Stoutt is cold, in comes
Lester Conner, one of the top JC players in
the countiy last year If Johnson gets into
foul trouble. Senior B ill McShane brings in
his aggressive defense and rugged
boardwork Remember. McShane led OSU to
second in the conference as a starting
freshman center
Depth has been a key for OSL’ s drive to a
second consecutive league title W’hen you
rely on team play, you can't have a weak
link In the past, the Beavers have had one;
hence the losses to the Lamars and Nevada
Renos But this season, when one of the
Beavers is off. a thoroughly capable sub is
waiting on the bench That is a luxury not
many coaches have
No 1 in the nation. It may not last, but it's
a great feeling in the meantime
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B ro w n
won
th e
100-
b re a s ts tro k e . 1 07.56. and the
1 0 0 -b u tte rfly . 1:00.87.
C ra n e , B ro w n , R ic k T o p liff
and G le n n Iz e r co m b in e d to
w in th e m edley re la y w ith a
S J O o o n o o » ’ 4C
S - » o t X ' d e - 2 ' JC
1.52.30 tim e .
Ix e r also won the 200-
m d iv id u a l m e d le y fo r the
P io n e e rs w ith a 2:16.30 tim e
T o p liff took the 100-freestyle
w ith a 53.21, a p e rso n a l best
by a f u ll second.
T h e P io n e e rs
also
got
im p o rta n t
second
place
fin is h e s fr o m M a tt f'a lg o u t.
Phot. ns M a - * Floyd
lor the Sandy High chess club, advised by Roger Ford.
A S tud\ in com e n tra tio n . T im Z im m e rm a n co n te m p la te « h is n e xt m ove in a
re c e n t chess m a tc h a g a i» t C la cka m a s T h is is the second y e a r r f e x iste n ce
H e rb
in e x p e r ie n c e
by M A R K FLO YD
T h e re a re no ch e e rle a d e rs fo r th is
gam e N o o v a tio n fo r a g re a t p la y In
f a c t th e re a re ra re ly any sp e cta to rs
at a ll
T he g am e is chess T he p a r
tic ip a n ts a re in te llig e n t, m o tiv a te d
and fie rc e ly a g g re ssive — a th le te s
of th e m in d , if you w ill
Chess has been a ro u n d f o r cen
tu rie s . b u t it is ju s t re c e n tly g e ttin g
its s ta r t a t Sandy H ig h School A
c lu b w as fo rm e d la st y e a r w ith
R o g e r F o r d as the fa c u lty a d v is o r
The clu b s tru g g le d in its in itia l
o u tin gs and wound up w ith ju s t a 1-6
re c o rd la st ye a r
T h in g s a re lo o kin g up th is season
As a te a m . Sandy is 4-2-1, and the
P io n e e r chessm en have beaten the
o th e r th re e p a rtic ip a tin g T im b e r
V a lle y
L e ague schools fo r the
u n o ffic ia l league d u a l m e e t c h a m p
io n sh ip
In te re s tin g ly
enough.
Sandy
has
n ever
wor.
the
f ir s t b o a rd m a tc h in the c lu b 's tw o-
y e a r existe n ce
•‘W e d o n 't have a r e a lly d o m in a n t
p la y e r,” F o r d s a id None th a t have
p la ye d to u rn a m e n t chess. We re ly
on co m in g up w ith a schem e d u rin g
the gam e ra th e r th a n re a d in g books
O th e r schools have kids w ho rea d
books and a tte n d P a c ific N o rth w e s t
chess to u rn a m e n ts
T h e re in lies one
of
the
Sandy
w e a k nesses
The
p la y e rs
d o n 't
reco g n ize som e o f the e s ta b lis h e d
p a tte rn s of th e g a m e and a re u n able
to
u tiliz e
tr a d itio n a l
d e fen sive
s tra te g ie s . On the o th er hand, op
posing p la y e rs a re often confused by
S a n d y 's ta c tic s W h a t m a y a p p e a r to
be a book
m o ve
is a c tu a lly
fre e la n c e S till, Sandy 's la c k of book
tr a in in g has led to som e d is a d
va n ta g e s in its m a tch e s
“ A g e n e ra l te a m weakness is th a t
we d o n 't h ave as m u c h book
kn o w le d g e in openings as o th e r
te a m s .” F o rd noted. “ So we often
get b e hind e a rly T he n the c re a tiv e
a b ility of o u r stu d en ts com es o u t and
we com e ba ck "
Sandy 's top m a n d u rin g th e past
tw o y e a rs has been S tu a rt B ily e u . a
s e n io r and p re s id e n t of the club.
B ily e u has the honor, a nd m is fo r
tu n e . of p la y in g f ir s t b o a rd m o s t of
the tim e , w h ic h m eans ta c k lin g the
best p la y e r fr o m the o th e r te a m
M o re ofte n th a n not, it is a p la y e r
w ith to u rn a m e n t e xp e rie n ce and
b»x)k kn o w ledge
A t second bo a rd th is y e a r is C h ris
Botcheos. w ho owns a 6-1 re c o rd thus
fa r, best on th e Sandy te a m T im
Z im m e rm a n is a t t h ir d b o a rd ;
R o m a n Scott on fo u rth and Pete
W a tkin s, fifth . S cott was the m ost
v a lu a b le p la y e r la st y e a r as a fre s h
m a n . p o stin g the m ost w in s on the
te a m
T he p o sitio n s a re not p e rm a n e n t
C h a lle n g e m a tch e s and a ra tin g
b o a rd g iv e the p la y e rs a chance to
m ove up. or down, d u rin g the week
and those p o sitions c a rry o ve r to th e
m atch e s. Sandy p ra c tic e s tw ic e a
w eek and u s u a lly has a m a tc h u i
between.
M a tc h e s a re ofte n tense P la y e rs
have 80 m in u te s to m a k e 40 m oves
and if a p la y e r touches a piece, he
m u s t m o ve i t F o rd sa id th a t the
good gam es u su a lly ta k e q u ite a
w h ile , but th a t fif t h bo a rd gam es
m a v be o v e r in m in u te s because
•they play fa s te r and don’t see a ll
the c o m b in a tio n s and s u b tle ta c
t ic s ’’
Sandy goes o ve r the gam es d u rin g
its n e x t p ra c tic e , and F o rd , h im s e lf
an a v id p la y e r, p o in ts out m is ta k e s
“ I enjoy being an a d v is o r," F o rd
sa id
Chess is m y hobby . I have 21
p o stal gam es going r ig h t now and
have p la y e d c o m p e titiv e ly .”
F o rd feels th e a v e ra g e chess
p la y e r has h ig h e r th a n a v e ra g e
in te llig e n c e a nd usu a lly does w e ll in
m a th . H e is also o p tim is tic a b o u t the
fu tu re of the club. B ily e u is the only
senior, the re st should be back n e xt
y e a r Sandy has gone fro m a 1-6
re c o rd last y e a r, to its c u rre n t m a rk
of 4-2-1. A n d the P io n e e rs have a shot
a t the d is tr ic t c h a m p io n s h ip
T he ro u n d ro b in d is tr ic t m e e t w ill
be held F eb. 14 in the Sandy H ig h
season
T he te n s io n « a lw a y s g re e t in a
chess m a tc h , should be doubly
heavy a t d is t r ic t F o rd s a id p la y e rs
w ill ofte n get up and w a lk a ro u n d
d u rin g a m a tc h fo r one reason —
nerves.
“ T h e re is a lo t of te n sio n in
chess,” he said. “ Y o u can see it in
d iffe re n t w ays. Y o u can see it in the
way som e people s ta re , or ta p th e ir
fin g e rs o r s it on the edge of th e ir
seat. O u r to p p la y e r lik e s to eat, he's
a lw a y s m u n c h in g a candy b a r o r
lo«-
pm
Jor
p.m
Jor
7 45
jon
27 SendV a* Cono* 7 45
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22 Es’ocodc o’ Sandy 7 45
26 Sandy o’ 0-»9o<- City
p.m
29 Sandy a* Silvw’on 7 45
WȣS TUNG
Jar 22 Sondy o' Es’ocodc 6
p.fYI
Jar 24 Sandy o’ Hood
’Ou»n«y Q o rr
Jor 29 Sitwar’ or o’ Sondy 7
p.m
SWIMMING
Jan 22 g o -’©’* O' Sandy 4 p m
JOT 27 A>o*>c O' Sandy 4 p m
Jar 29 Sandy and uoka-'dg« o’
Tigo-e 4 p m
“ Chess p la y e rs a re e x tre m e ly
c o m p e titiv e p e o p le ," F o rd added
“ They a lw a y s lik e to say they
c rush e d th e opponents Som e of
th e m m ay not be a th le tic and th e y
ta k e c a re of th e ir c o m p e titiv e urges
th ro u g h chess.
Club
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Jor 23 Sandy a' W «*' L.nn 6
p.m
Jon 27 Sandy o’ Conby 6 p m
p.m
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Jan 22 Conby A and B o’
Sandy 4 p m
Jon 26 Dov«d Ooupios 8 a ’
Sandy 5 30 p m
Jan 26 Moiolto A o’ Sandy
5 30pm
Jon 29 Portland Ch'is’ ion 8
o’ Sandy 5 30 p m
J a r 2« Es'OCOOC *
O’ Sondy 4
p.m
Jon 22 Sandy o’ Mo*» 4 p.m
Jon 26 Sondy O' G f l'd in r 6
p.m
Jan 29 Sondy o’ SHwarton 6
p.m.
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Jan 22 Es’ocodc o’ Sandy 6
p.m
Jon 26 Sandy o' O»«go<- City 6
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10 o.m
Jan 27 Orton’ o’ Coda- 8>d$jo
3 45 p.m
Jon 29 C orbo f o’ Codor RidQ«
3 45 p.m
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Jan 22 Rodiond o’ Coda' P dg«
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Jan 27 Coda- Ptdgo a’ Es’oeodc
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C o rls o n C h e v ro le t re jo ic e s th a t o u r h o s ta g e s
f in a lly fr e e — b u t — C a rls o n C h e v ro le t s t ill has
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n e g o tia te
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in carcerated ot Corlson C h ev ro le t.
The H e arin g w i l l be held ot our
convenience — AH we osk is thot you Set our Chevy s fre e
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hostage at Corlson C h evro let. These cors & trucks w ont th e .r fre e d o m & both
C h evro let M o tor Division & G M A C w on t us to re le o se these vehicles to some
deserving o w n er In ad d itio n — w e w ill co o p e ra te by not ask,ng fo r ransom .
W e must poy 2 0 .7 5 *'. in te res t on our n ew C h ev ro le t inven tory — yet w e w ill
chorae you only 14.34*» for 48 months
A e also hove o huge selection of C optive 1980 Chev Pickups Luvs Sport
Vons etc Because our J a il ' to o vercro w d ed w e w ill re le o se these vehicles
w ith tim e off for good b eh av io r by reducing the fm e ossessed to eoch
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1:16.69
T he P io n e e rs also won the
400-f re e s ty le re la y as the
te a m
of C o n n e lly, R o th ,
T ere sa learner and J e a n
C ra ne ro lle d to a 45-second
w in w ith a tim e o f 4:10.76.
“ Chess p la y e rs a re the k in d of
people w h o w ill shake y o u r hand
a fte r a m a tc h , then ru n o u tsid e and
k ic k in a g a rb a g e ca n ’
125 Hostages!
12 year-old Doug Crane
seventh-grader at Cedar
Ridge won three of six races
he entered recently at the
T u a la tin H ills In v ita tio n a l
His time in the » -y a rd free
style race was only half a
second slower ’.har the state
record time In fact he se*
new personal records in all six
swimming his best
races
ever He competes for the
local Blue M ar hr Aquatics
S haw n
best.
S andy got ju s t one o th e r
in d iv id u a l w in , th a t c o m in g
fro m ju n io r G a y le R oth. R o th
hung on to w in the 200-
m d iv id u a l m e d le y w ith a
2:23.81 tim e . She was edged
in the 10O-breaststroke by
C e n te n n ia l's T a m i S h e a rer,
w ho w on w ith a p e rso n a l best
1:16.22. R o th was tu n e d in
so m e th in g
c^le r I n
•OVS
Jor 23 Sondy O* V»«V lin r 7 45
a nd
te a m .
T he Sandy g ir ls tr a ile d the
e n tire m ee t, b u t k e p t w ith in
s tr ik in g d is ta n c e u n til the
la s t tw o o r th re e e vents
C e n te n n ia l p u t a lid on the
c o ffin by going fir s t, th ir d
and f if t h in both the 100-
b a c k s tro k e
and
100-
b re a s ts tro k e
T he P io n e e r g ir ls w ere led
by ju n io r B o n ita C o n n e lly ,
th e m ost co n siste nt of the
Sandy g ir ls th is y e a r, won
the 5 0 -fre e style in 27.74, then
ca m e ba ck to ta k e the 100-
b u tte r fly w ith a 1.09.50. T he
la tte r tim e tie d h e r p e rso n a l
L ib ra r y
M a tc h e s w ill be g in a t S
a .m . Sandy sh o u ld be in a b a ttle w ith
O regon C ity fo r the to p spot a fte r
c la im in g a tig h t 21-19 w in e a r lie r th is
D e a n e W e s s e lin k
SANDY HIGH
H a z e le tt
B um s.
C e n te n n ia l was paced by
M a rk E a s t, w ho won the 200
and 500-f re e s ty le s and an
chored the 400-free relay
For SUHS' chess club
Prep of the Week:
t < M ill
■«Jv to r
q.» *oun®r»
re la y .
C ra n e 's
v ic to rie s
w ere
esp e cia lly e n c o u ra g in g T he
Sandy
se n io r
has
been
s tru g g lin g to get back in to
shape a fte r a long illn e ss
caused h im to m iss m u c h of
the e a rly season B u t C rane
ca m e th ro u g h w ith a fir s t
p lace in the 100-backstroke,
1 06.11, and tie d h is pe rso n a l
best
in
the
5 0-freestyle.
w h e re he w as f ir s t w ith a
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