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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1981
The Slfndy Post
Sports
and Recreation
Pioneer girl skiers
demolish opposition
Cross country
ski tours set
Keep Listening Wilderness Trips, an
outdoor recreation group for women, is
offering a cross country ski package for
beginners Feb 14-16.
The weekend w ill be in honor of Susan
B Anthony’s birthday.
Three days of skiing instruction and
tours are included in the package.
Instruction w ill include basic cross
country techniques, including diagonal
stride, step turns, wedge turns, side
stepping and double poling
Winter survival skills w ill also be
taught, including map and compass
re a d in g , h yp o th e rm ia p re ve n tio n ,
avalanche procedures and construction
of emergency shelters
Keep Listening is also offering other
skiing packages this w inter and spring
for both beginners and intermediates
A ll w ill be on Mt Hood
Keep Listening, which originated in
Sandy, is a non-profit organization. For
more inform ation on the group or the
ski tours contact Keep Listening, P.O.
Box 14743, Portland, OR, 97214 or call
239-6896
The Sandy High girls ski team proved
that their victory last week was no
fluke.
The P io n e e rs , b o a s tin g th e ir
strongest girls team ever, roared down
the slopes of Mt Hood Meadows and
claimed a most impressive victory over
the rest of the Valley League teams.
Sandy was first in the short giant
slalom run. w ith a total time of 118.4
seconds Lake Oswego was second,
126 2; Lakeridge third, 130 9; and L in
coln fourth, 144 8
The eight-second victory was, in the
words of Sandy coach Bob Karsten,
“ just incredible.”
“ I was very pleased with the g irls ,”
he said. “ They’re going to be a real
team to watch. They’re all young and
they’re trying very hard to be good
skiers.”
Sophomore Anne Sarich, competing
in her firs t meet as a Pioneer, was
simply awesome. She won the race by a
whopping 2.3 seconds and led a strong
Sandy effort.
“ Anne’s tim e was just astounding,’’
Karsten said. “ You just don’t win by
two seconds. She skied very well. In
fact, most of the competition our girls
are getting is from our own team.
That s a nice feeling.”
S arich n a vig ate d the Meadows
course in 37.0 seconds. Freshman Ulla
SUHS slates
benefit jog
Sandy High School w ill hold a
jogathon for spring sports Friday, Feb
27 at the school track
Coaches and athletes from the
baseball, softball, tennis and track
teams w ill solicit pledges from spon
sors prio r to the event They w ill run
one hour on the track and accumulate
as many laps as possible
The minim um pledge is 25 cents for
each individual.
Each athlete and coach w ill collect
money for their sport only.
Persons wishing to donate money to
the spring sports programs should con
tact a member of their favorite sport or
call Sandy High School, 668-8011.
The jogathon w ill begin at 1:30 p.m
youths chance
to meet Blazers
The second annual Jack Ramsey
Basketball Shootout is a benefit for
Easter Seals It is open to persons 18
years of age or under.
Shootout participants w ill sign up
sponsors who w ill make pledges based
on the number of baskets sunk by the
player in a three-minute period
Seven regional winners w ill be
selected in the statewide event based on
the amount of money turned in. The
money w ill help provide services to
Oregon children and adults w ith
physical disabilities
The winners w ill travel to Portland
Tuesday, March 24, to be guests at a
T ra il Blazer practice, have lunch w ith
Ramsey, who is a member of the Na
tional Easter Seals Sports Council, a t
tend that evening's game with the
Phoenix Suns and be introduced from
center court at halftime.
The top fund-raiser in each city w ill
be invited to appear on his regional
Easter Seal Telethon broadcast March
28 29 Each Shootout participant who
turns in $25 or more w ill win a special
T-shirt and all participants w ill receive
1981 Jack Ramsey Shootout c e r
tificates
The Sandy Shootout w ill be held this
Saturday, Feb 14, at Sandy High School
from 10 a m to 1 p.m
For more inform ation, contact Sandy
chairman W illis Middlemiss at 668-8240
"Scott did really well Saturday,”
Karsten said. “ The giant slalom has
been his weaker race but he's been
training hard at it and obviously it's
paid off.
" I think next week we m ight be able to
take Lakeridge,” Karsten added
Jerry Heacock finished second for
Sandy in the junior varsity race w ith a
40.5 time. Don Bennett was third in 41 9.
Gresham favored at
district swim meet
Shootout gives
Sandy area boys and girls w ill have a
chance to shoot baskets and try to win a
day w ith the Portland T ra il Blazers.
Pearson was fourth for the Pioneers in
39 3 and Char Bridge was fifth in 40.3.
The Pioneers might have done even
better if Sue Sarich, Anne’s twin sister,
hadn't overrun a gate. She had to hike
back up the hill, but still managed to
finish 10th in the race with a time of
44 4. Karsten said she was skiing as
well as Anne at the time of the mishap.
For the second week in a row, the
Sandy boys finished second behind
Lakeridge, but the margin is getting
closer.
Lakeridge won w ith a time of 110.1,
Sandy was second, 111.0; Lake Oswego
was third, 113.2; and the Oregon
Episcopal School was fourth, 132 3.
Sandy senior Scott Graham won the
individual race for the second week in a
row, taking the giant slalom in 35.3
seconds. Darren Schouten was fourth
for the Pioneers, 36.3, and Kip O’Connor
was Uth, 39 4.
Photo by Mark Floyd
Sandy'« Ban M artin puts the clamp on Rob Gump of West Linn during the Pioneers’ 60-3 pasting of the Lions. M artin won the
168-pound match 3-1 over the West Linn wrestler.
No. 4 wrestlers pummel Lions
by MARK FLOYD
The Sandy wrestling team just keeps
rolling right along
The Pioneers, ranked fourth in the
s ta te am ong Class AAA team s,
demolished West Linn 60-3 Friday in
their final home appearance of the
season.
The outcome of the match was never
in doubt, although there were some
fa irly close individual contests. West
Linn didn’t have anyone at 98 or 106 and
that gave the Pioneers a 12-0 lead
before the firs t whistle ever blew G iv
ing a team like Sandy a 12-0 lead is not a
wise move.
Sandy probably would have gotten off
to a hot start anyway L a rry Topliff,
who picked up the easiest win of his life
at 98. had pinned the last dozen
wrestlers to face him Perhaps the
Lions figured the 98 pound match was a
foregone conclusion.
At any rate, the large and vocal
crowd got to see some action at 115
Mike Rohweder, back to form after an
early-season slump, pounded Lane
W illiam s 12-4 to gain a four-point deci
sion
Robert Paul came on strong in the
last two rounds at 123 and picked up
another four-pointer for Sandy w ith a
9-1 whipping of Troy Halstead Senior
Scott Quick made his final home ap
pearance a memorable one for the
Pioneers by topping Blain Schutzer of
West Linn 6-2 at 130
A fter five weight classes, or three
matches, the score was 23-0 in favor of
the Pioneers and the partisan Sandy
crowd was sensing a shutout. They
might have gotten one too, were it not
for some confusion in the next match.
The best match of the night came at
136, where Sandy’s Carey Larson lock
ed up with John Brewer. It was an even
match the entire way and the West Linn
wrestler held a slim , one-point lead late
in the final round Larson broke out of a
hold and appeared to either escape or
gain a reversal, but the official ruled
that the timekeeper had started the
clock too late and given the wrestlers
an extra few seconds
As a result. Brewer claimed a 7-6 win,
a lth o u g h
C a lh o u n
c o m p la in e d
vehemently that Larson should have
gotten one point for the escape
It went down in the books as a West
Linn win, however, but it was to be the
Lions' last hurrah.
Mike Russell took just 1:15 to flatten
Rich Stark in the 141-pound match and
put Sandy up 29-3. The Pioneers extend
ed that when Chris Jones worked over
Mark Halquist 13-1 at 148, a decision
worth five points.
Dan M artin had a slightly tougher
time, but scored a 3-1 win for Sandy at
157 over Rob Gump
Sandy’s Cal McKinnis continued his
strong performances of late by flipping
Tim Medearis on his back and pinning
the West Linn wrestler in 1:46
Frank Sacoskey also went out w ith a
blaze of glory The Sandy senior
manhandled Carl Foulke 19-4 in the
178-pound match.
A t 191, Randy Carmony picked up a
win by default for Sandy when West
Linn wrestler Jack McAvoy injured a
knee Carmony was ahead 8-0 at the
tim e of the in ju ry
Tim Sytsma capped off the evening
for Sandy by turning John Buse and pin
ning the West Linn wrestler in the first
round. Sytsma was w re s tlin g at
heavyweight for the Pioneers.
by MARK FLOYD
The battle lines have been drawn and
the pre-meet juggling is over. Now all
th a t’s left is for the swimmers to go out
and do what they’re supposed to do.
Mt. Hood Community College w ill be
the scene of the Wilco League district
swimm ing meet this weekend and, to no
one’s great surprise, Gresham has
emerged as the team to beat in both the
boys and girls competition.
The seeding meeting was held Mon
day night and coaches fin a lly were forc
ed to end the speculation and put their
swimmers in specific events.
If times hold up, Gresham would win
the girls competition with 193 points.
Sandy would be second w ith 174, Barlow
third w ith 155 and Centennial fourth
w ith 153. That’s pretty close.
The boys race looks to be a little more
one-sided. Again, the Gophers are
favored w ith a total of 213 points.
Reynolds is second w ith 184, Barlow
third w ith 155 and Sandy fourth with
148
S andy
co a ch
M a rk
S m ith
acknowledges that the pre-meet ta lly is
helpful in discovering just how many
points a team has to make up and he
isn’t at all ready to concede the girls
race to Gresham.
“ I think there’s a 50-50 chance for us
to catch Gresham, or at least, give
them a race,” Smith said. “ The
movements up or down in the stan
dings, or positions in a relay are exten
sive. It all depends on which swimmers
are up that day.”
Sandy is seeded firs t in three events.
A top seed means that the person or
relay team has the best tim e and w ill
autom atically get a middle lane
Gayle Roth is seeded first in the
50-yard freestyle and the 100-freestyle.
She has a time of 25.1 in the 50, which is
the fourth fastest tim e in the state and
puts her on top at d istrict by a fu ll two
seconds Roth, along with Jean Crane,
Teresa Lamer and Bonita Connelly,
w ill swim on the 400 freestyle relay
team which is ranked first.
Connelly is second to Roth in the
100-freestyle Roth has a season best
tim e of 57.0 while Connelly has a 59 0.
Connelly is also ranked second in the
200 freestyle with a 2:11.6.
Several other Pioneers are in the
200-free Lamer is ranked sixth, Lisa
Izer, eighth, and Heidi Lamer, 11th
In the 200 individual medley, Crane is
seventh and Nici DuBois, 11th.
The Pioneers don’t have any sw im
mers in the butterfly, but Crane is th ird
in the 500-freestyle w ith a 5:59.8, and
could sneak in for second. The top two
in each event autom atically qualify for
the state meet. Teresa Lamer is fourth
in the 500 and Izer is seventh.
D u B o is
is
s e v e n th
in
th e
100-backstroke, Heidi Lamer is sixth in
the 100-breaststroke and the Pioneers
are seventh in the g irls 200-medley
relay.
Smith is hopeful that the Pioneers can
move up in that relay as well as in some
of the individual events.
The same is true of the Sandy boys.
The Pioneers have no chance of over
taking Gresham, but Smith is hopeful
that Sandy could nip Barlow for third,
which would be quite a feat. Barlow has
about 20 swimmers in the meet, while
the Pioneers have just six.
Sandy is third in the medley relay,
but very close to Canby for the second
state spot. The Pioneers have a best of
1:52.2.
Glenn Izer is ranked first in the
100-freestyle with a tim e of 51.09 and
th ird in the 200-freestyle, 1:55.9. He
could qualify for state with a second
place finish.
Right behind Izer is Rick Topliff.
T o p liff is fourth in the 200 and third in
the 100.
Shawn Burns is ranked fifth in the
200-freestyle for Sandy and third in the
500-freestyle
The Pioneers have no one in the
50-freestyle, but M att Falgout is rated
th ird in the 100-butterfly w ith a chance
to move up His best tim e is 1:00.3.
F a lg o u t is a ls o s ix th in th e
200-individual medley.
Bret Crane is fourth behind Falgout
in the b u tte rfly and fifth in the
100-backstroke. However, a personal
best tim e in the back would give him
fourth place and he is close to the state
qualifying mark of 1 00.2.
H arry Hazelett is rated seventh in the
100-breaststroke and 13th in the
100 fre e s ty le
H a ze le tt is ju s t a
freshman.
The meet w ill be held at the MHCC
pool this Friday and Saturday, Feb.
13-14 Prelim inaries w ill begin at 2 p m.
Friday and finals w ill start at 2 p m.
Saturday.
Admission w ill be charged
Pioneer cagers drop to cellar after pair of losses
Just when coach Dennis Warren
thought he had his Sandy High basket
ball team figured out, the Pioneers
changed their style on him
Sandy had played one of its better
games last week, dealing Silverton a
defeat by combining a tough defense
with good shot selection
That style of play sim ply disappeared
in two games this week.
The Pioneers traveled to Oregon City
Friday and suffered a 73-80 defeat, a
game that could have been won.
although Warren wasn’t too upset since
the Pioneers played fa irly well The
same wasn't true Tuesday. however. as
Sandy journeyed to Molalla and came
back on the short end of a 65-45 score
The Pioneers were out of the game
from the start and reverted to one-on
one play instead of the impressive team
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game which has led to their wins
“ I thought we had a very poor team
p e rform ance,” Warren said “ We
played like five individuals on the court
instead of a team The rest of the season
is going to be pretty long unless we get
squared away.
“ Our performance in the guard posi
tions was very weak.” he added “ We
had d iffic u lty generating an offense -it
was a one-pass, or no-pass offense We
didn't get the ball inside to take the
pressure off the guards, but the guards
certainly didn’t help themselves.”
Warren tried a variety of combina
tions and was pleased w ith the play of
Steve Brade, who came in off the bench
and scored 12 points Jeff Yoder also
got a lot of playing time at guard and
led the Pioneers with 17
But the Pioneers c o u ld n 't stop
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Molalla from scoring The Indians have
been the surprise of the Tim ber Valley
League this season and have pushed
their record to 8-2, good enough for se
cond place One of the reasons has been
the play of their big man, 6-foot-5 Tom
Welle Welle worked well inside against
Sandy and came up with 16 points.
Teammate Jim Schmader. a 6-3 fo r
ward, had 17 points as four Indians hit
double figures.
“ U ntil we figure out that it takes five
guys working as a unit on the court, we
are not going to win ball games,” War
ren stated fla tly “ We re not talented
enough to get away w ith individual
styles of play and win ball games It
takes a team effort
Our defense was
horrendous.”
Molalla sank 24 of 54 shots from the
field, which isn’t p articularly awesome,
but Sandy could manage only 18 of 57.
Molalla won the battle of the boards
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Warren was pleased with the fact that
his team committed just 12 turnovers in
the game, a noticable improvement
over early season play
“ There were some bright spots out
there,” Warren said. "Steve Brader
played a good game once he settled
down and Bob Nippert did a good job on
the boards He just didn’t get much
help ”
The Oregon City loss was sim ply a
case of being outquicked Oregon City
scratched out a 34-27 lead at the half,
then held on the rest of the way.
Once behind. Sandy was forced to foul
and the fourth quarter became a track
meet Both teams broke the 20 point
mark in the period and the Pioneers
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could never quite catch up
“ The key there was our inability to
stop them from scoring,” Warren said.
“ We got outquicked I was pleased with
some things out there, though I thought
Mitch Paola played a pretty good
game We got a solid, all around perfor
mance from him ”
Paola led the Pioneers with 20 points
on eight of 14 from the field and added
three assists For the game, Sandy was
20 of 49 from the field and 20 of 29 from
the line
But that wasn't quite good enough to
overtake Oregon City The hosts fired
the ball up 43 times and sank 27 of them,
well over 50 percent from the field
They also made 19 of 24 from the line,
including 14 of 16 in the pivotal fourth
quarter As Warren said, “ They made
the shots when it counted ”
Oregon City also grabbed a 31 20 re
bound edge.
Nippert added 11 for Sandy, Yoder
had eight and Marvin Schaffer nine
Oregon City was led by Scott Fish
w ith 16.
The losses dropped Sandy into the
T V L cellar with a 2-8 m ark The
Pioneers w ill have a chance to escape
sole possession of last place this F ri
d a y , h o w e v e r, w hen th e y host
Estacada. 3-7. One of Sandy’s two wins
this season came at Estacada
Canby continues to lead the league
w ith a 9-1 record, overcoming its early-
season woes Molalla is second. 8-2, and
Oregon City and Sweet Home are in a
dead heat for th ird w ith 5-5 records
The Pioneers w ill host the Rangers
this Fnday st the SUHS gym T ipoff is
scheduled for 7:46 p m