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Section SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1981 The Sandy Post Sports and Recreation Pioneers falter in late going; drop 3 games by MARK FLOYD The old late inning jin x got to the San dy High baseball team again The Pioneers played a lot of good baseball, but faltered in the late going and suffered three losses last week, all to non league opponents Gresham claimed a 6 1 win over the Pioneers, Thursday, and Sandy lost a doubleheader to Class A A power St Helens Saturday. The visitors took a 10 squeaker in the first game, then unload ed the big tim ber in the nightcap for a 9-3 win. Sandy and Gresham locked up in a pitchers’ dual for five innings, the Gophers taking a 2 1 lead at that point Mike Contreras pitched for Sandy and "d id a pretty fa ir jo b ," according to coach Curtis Heath But Contreras tired in the sixth and Gresham came up with a pair of runs on an error, a single and two doubles Contreras yielded to Keith Powell, but the Gophers came up with two more in the seventh to put the game on ice “ Gresham didn't hit us a ll that hard, but errors in the fifth and sixth really hurt us," Heath said "They got most of their hits in those last innings ” Sandy, meanwhile, rapped eight hits but stranded eight runners. The Pioneers just never bunched their hits and couldn't get a ra lly going They scored their only run in the fifth when Mitch Paola singled, stole second and scored on a single by Mo Contreras. Gresham scored five of its six runs in the last three innings The Pioneers got into another p it chers’ dual Saturday in the opener w ith St. Helens, the defending state AA champs The Lions scored once in the second and the run stood up as St. Helens held on to take the 1-0 win. Lori Shelton (left) takes the handoff from Sandy teammate Gayle Both to start the second leg of the 100-meter relay. Jackson won Ihe race, but Sandy took the meet in the girls competition. I’holo by Murk Floyd Pioneers split opener with Raiders by MARK FLOYD A powerful Jackson squad humbled the Sandy High boys track team 100 45. Thursday, but the Pioneer girls claim ed a 68*2-564 win over the visiting Raiders The g irls' win came despite the absence of two strong distance runners, Laura Stringharn and Donna Nelson. Roth were out with an illness and both were likely first place points. But the Pioneers made up for the absence with depth and some good ef forts from their underclassmen. ‘‘I was pleased with the p erfor mances of our freshmen, in fact, everyone competed w ell,” Sandy coach Randy Hutchinson said "A lot of kids got PRs and we were ahead of our first meet performance of last year.” Sandy scored heavily in the field events The Pioneers swept the shot put. the high jum p and the javelin and won every fie ld event Stephanie Hagstrom took the javelin with a good early-season throw of 124-8, then came back to win the discus at 104-3. Paige Daugherty took the shot with a put of 32-2 and had impressive marks in the javelin, 110-3 for second, and discus, 103-2, also good for second Freshman Shawny Thoreson cleared 4 9 in the high jum p to take that event "T h a t was a pleasant surprise,” Hut chinson said “ She hasn't jumped much and we haven't had many jumpers late ly. She’s got a lot of potential.” Hutchinson was also pleased with the long jumpers Shelby Dries won with a 15-1*2 jum p and teammate Sandra Peterson was second, 15-0 Jackson scored heavily in the sprints, but the Pioneers got a win from Renee Hess in the 1,500 meters The senior was timed in 5:30.7. Sandy also got some important second places Darby Binder clocked a 1.05.2 in the 400 for se cond and Sharon Jensen was a second behind in third Dries was second in the 8(Hl, 2:39 2, and Kelly Douglas came up with a second in the .3.< mm > meters with a 14 22 o Gayle Roth won the 300-intermediate hurdles in 52 3. but w ill be out of action for a while after having her tonsils removed She also placed second in the h ig h jum p The boys competition wasn't par ticu la rly close, but the Pioneers did have several bright spots, mainly in the field events Scott Skipper won the shot and ja v e lin and set SUHS sophomore records in both In fact, his winning 180 2 throw in the shot was the best throw in the state early this season. Skipper won the shot w ith a put of 46-5 The javelin was Sandy's best event The Pioneers swept as Richard Doering took second, 149 10, and Mike Marleau c la im e d t h ir d , 130 11 Bob Nippert claimed the high jum p with a best of 5-10, narrowly missing on two attempts at 6-feet. Sandy's only other win came in the 400 meters as Steve Metelak came on to win in 54 4 He also took second in the trip le jum p with a personal best 37-7*2. The Pioneers showed a lot of potential despite the loss Dale Rasmussen got off a 45 6 shot put effort with a standing throw, Doug Baucom was second in the high jum p with a 5 6 personal best; Locke Christman came up with his best discus throw, a 122 0 for second; freshman Sam Romey turned in a very respectable 4:32 4 third place in the 1,500-meters, Kevin Layng and Russell F o rk broke up Jackson's s p rin t dominance w ith third places, and a number of Pioneers on the ju n io r varsi ty came up w ith good marks. Sandy's JV team won the meet 62 35 Sandy w in n e rs w ere Joel Dose, 1,500-meters; Christman, shot put, B ill Bowman, high jum p, Bob Rathke, 100 meters, Rasmussen, discus; Kevin Weister, javelin, and Nippert, trip le jum p The Sandy girls won their JV contest by a tight 42 40 score Sandy winners were Denise Proctor, discus and shot p u t, and Hess, 3 0 0 -in te rm e d ia te hurdles. The next meet for the Pioneers w ill be this Thursday when Sandy hosts Estacada The meet was scheduled for Tuesday but postponed due to cold, rainy conditions The first event w ill Ix’gin at 3:45 p m. Sandy nabs softball win Sandy picked up its first softball win of the season Friday and it couldn’t have come at a better time The 1-7 Pioneers have been playing teams tough all season, but losing by a run or two Friday, however, the p it ching jelled and the Pioneers came away with a 3-1 win over Silverton on the Foxes' home field The win was significant because it came in Tim ber Valley League play. Sandy stands 1-1 in the TVL after the win and a surprisingly close 7-1 defeat at the hands of state power and league favorite Oregon City Wednesday But it was the Silverton win which pleased Sandy coach Gary Curtis the most "We maintained our mental com posure.” he said "We kept our com posure and didn't get rattled Once they loaded the bases and we shut them down without a run “ In fact, Sandy shut down the Foxes for the first six innings without a run Silverton got its lone run, an unearned one at that in the seventh and final inn ing Sandy, meanwhile, picked up a run in the first and two in the fifth , thanks to a couple of hits, a few walks and some ag gressive baserunning Debbie Rudisill led the Pioneer bat ting attack w ith a two for four after noon, but the standout of the game had to be Patty Gray The southpaw fired a six h itte r on the mound and fanned five Silverton batters More im portantly, she held down her base on balls to just two, never allowing the Foxes to get a ra lly started The Pioneers w ill now face Molalla and Estacada, both teams picked for the second division of the TVL But a bigger problem looms with the recent rainouts, keeping the team sharp for whenever the next game might be played "We are looking forward to Molalla and Estacada, but our biggest problem w ill be m aintaining our attitude and in tensity," Curtis said “ I'm happy with our progress, though We're not com placent in our project We know we can improve some more ‘ But I'm pleased with the progress we've shown so fa r ” Rain erases prep slate A week of downpours has wreaked havoc on the spring sports schedule at Sandy High School. As expected, baseball, tennis and softball contests were rained out, as well as track and golf, sports which are usually played under adverse condi tions The calendar on page 2 of this section carries the original slate of games scheduled for next week A number of additions have been made This Thursday, A pril 2. the SUHS baseball team w ill travel to Sweet Home The freshmen baseball team w ill be at Oregon City A softball game, varsity only, is scheduled for Estacada and the track team w ill boat Estacada. Sandy's boys tennis team w ill travel to Molalla while the girls w ill host the In dians. The Pioneer softball team w ill host Canby Friday. The baseball team is also at home, taking on West Linn w hile the freshmen baseball team w ill play at the Lions' home field A golf match is scheduled at Canby S andy w il l p la y a b a s e b a ll doubleheader this Saturday at Centen nial and the track team w ill compete at the Tim ber Valley league Invitational at Oregon City. Monday 's schedule includes a softball game at Tigard, baseball at Molalla, boys tennis at Sweet Home and g irls tennis at home against the Huskies Randy M artin opened on the mound for Sandy and survived some early wildness to settle down and pitch five good innings K raig G ifford came on in relief The two combined to halt St. Helens on one run, scattering 10 hits. But the Pioneer bats were a bit silent as Sandy could manage just three hits and stranded seven baserunners. In fact, Sandy loaded up the bases in the fifth w ith just one out and couldn’t pick up a run Mo Contreras grounded into a force out at home, then John M a r tin fanned with the bags fu ll to end the inning “ It was a case of us not cashing in ,” Heath said “ It was a good game, though Keith Powell played a te rrific defensive game for us at shortstop He had two or three diving saves on ground balls and caught two pop flies headed for the outfield " The pitchers' battle went out the w in dow in the second game, at least, after a while Powell got the call on the mound and held St Helens in check for four innings while the Pioneers got a 2-0 lead But in the fifth , the proverbial roof fell in St. Helens started to get to Powell, and Heath yanked him G ifford came in, but by the tim e the Pioneers could stem the tide, the Lions had five runs on seven hits in the inning Two of those hits were doubles St. Helens then got three hits in the sixth and four in the seventh to put the game away "Those firs t four innings were as good a pitching performance as we've had all year from a p itch e r," Heath said of Powell. "B u t then things fell apart a bit “ Sandy got two runs in the firs t on RBI grounders by Mo Contreras and Troy Bangs A solo run in the seventh resulted from an RBI single by Chris Davis, scoring Randy M artin Despite the losses, the 2-6-1 Pioneers rem ain in good shape in the topsy-turvy Tim ber Valley League. Sandy has an 0-1 record and there doesn't seem to be a powerhouse team this year Everyone looks capable of beating everyone else Sandy was scheduled to play Molalla Wednesday (results unavailable at press tim e !, then Sweet Home Thurs day and West Linn Friday A number of these players off the 1962 Sandy High team will be participating in the second annual Alumni Tourna ment Scheduled to play are Milt Marcy (fourth from left», Mick Hoffman (fifth from left», Gerald Hale (fourth from right * and Dan Nichols (third from right*. Alumni tourney opens April 9 The second annual Sandy High Alumni Basketball Tournament w ill get underway this Wednesday. April 9. and continue through Saturday. The field is expanded to 12 teams this season following the success of last year's tourney The defending champs, the Class of l97f-72, w ill be back to challenge for the trophy once more Also in this ye a r’s field w ill be a team from I960 and back and a team of grads from 1961 66 The oldest returning player w ill be Gordon Nilsen, who graduated in 1953 I^ist year's leading scorer, Alan Nippert. may be unable to play because of other commitments, but the other top players are all return ing, including form er Portland State player Jack Paola and 6 foot 9 Rick Zim merman, who played in Europe The first games w ill begin at 6 30 p m Wednesday in the upstairs and downstairs gyms at SUHS. The tourney w ill culminate .Satur day when 10 teams w ill play, in cluding two for the championship at 8 p.m. Also scheduled for “ Super Satur day' is an alumni barbecue and dance. The barbecue is sponsored by the Future Farm ers of Am erica, the dance by the SUHS booster club The Sandy High band w ill play music of the '50s, 60s. ’70s and 80 s. Tickets w ill be 82 each night for adults and students For more inform ation, call Sandy High at 668 8011. That many games in a row could deplete a pitching staff, but it may work to the Pioneers' advantage Sandy has five or six pitchers who are adequate, but no real stopper Their depth may neutralize some of the other teams that rely on one or two fireballers to get them through a season McDevitt tops in hoop benefit John M cD evitt of Sandy was the top local participant in the Jack Ramsay B asketball Shootout E a s te r Seals benefit. M cDevitt collected M2 in pledges Contributions were collected based on the number of baskets the participants could sink within a three m inute period Ramsay coach of the Portland T ra il Blasera, is a national Easter Seals of ficial.
