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I) SANDY (Or. ) POST - , a n d P p c rp n tio n Pioneers best marks at Barlow Invite back as a team Friday in the annual Barlow Invitational Track Meet Host Barlow won the girls compete tion with 134 points, while Sandy was fourth with 56; Beaverton took the boys meet with 149, while Sandy was seventh with 24 points. The Pioneers got a win from Stephanie Hagstrom. who continued a Sandy tradition by claiming the girls javelin. Her winning throw of 135 8 was a season best. The other top performance came from sophomore Donna Nelson, who placed second in the 3,(MX) meters and set a school record with her time of 10:58 2. The record had been on the books since 1977, Barlow's Sheryl Culver won the race with a 10:53 4 time. The Pioneers other distance runners also fared well. I^u ra Stringham was second in the 1,500 meters with a season best time of 5:00 3 and teammate Renee Hess was right behind in fourth; Gayle Roth was third in the 800 meters with a 2:28 4 time; and Shelby Dries was fifth in the 800 with a 2:34 0 On the boys’ side, Sandy’s Steve Metelak was fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03 2, just ahead of teammate Steve Swanson, fifth in a per sonal best 2:05 0 Running the steeplechase isn't quite as easy as it looks, especially the first t out. Brian Reick found that out Friday a, the Barlow Invitational as he Ux, Sandy claims 4-3 net win Sandy came from behind in the last match to defeat Oregon City 4-3 in girls tennis and finish the season with a 6-8 Timber Valley League record The Pioneers also suffered a 4-3 loss to West Linn last week. The Oregon City match was tied 3-3 going into the fourth doubles contest. Alice Schoppert and Denise Shokey outlasted Oregon City's Kim Kylie and Diane Gerkman to give the Pioneers a win They took the No 4 doubles match 6 4, 2-6, 6-4. Sandy Y antes got the Pioneers off to a go<xl start, taking the No. l singles match 6-0, 7-6. She won the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-4. At No. 2 singles it was Sandy's Tami Shafer over Lisa Hiesch by a 6 1 6 1 score. Oregon City s Julie Gesley claimed the No 3 singles match 6-1 6 o over Jody Robbins. Julie Coleman and Sandv Shreeve of Sandy won the No 1 doubles match, topping Kim Singleterry and Dana But- tolph 7-5, 6-4 Pat Wesselink and Becky Rodrigues suffered a 7-5, 6-2 loss at No 2 doubles to Eileen Dietz and Molly McKmght of Oregon City Sandy's Zina Seal and Tracy Tool dropped the No 3 doubles match to Kim Pottratz and Karen Casebeer. 6-2, 6-0, Sandy won two marathon doubles matches against West Linn, but the Lions held on to defeat the Pioneers 4-3 Defending district champion Jane Paulson came from behind to edge Yantes 4 6. 6-2. 6-2 Shafer claimed a 6-1, 74 win over Desi Holt at No. 2 singles She won the tiebreaker by a 7-5 score In the final singles match, West Linn’s Colleen ()gburn beat Robbins 6 2 6-3 The Lions Janet Holland and Kris Wehler handed Coleman and Shreeve a 6-4. 6-4 setback at No l doubles I Rtxlngues and Wesselink rebounded to hand Angie Cloud and Vickie Rakel a 6-L 4 6. 6-2 loss at No 2 doubles Seal and Tool came from behind in the No 3 doubles match and beat Bren da Btxik and Brook Craig 2-6. 6 4. 6-2 In the final match. Suzy Rice and Heidi Geldaker of West Linn scored a 6 3. 6-4 win over Schoppert and Shokey I’holoby Mark Hoy, * * ........" ................. .......................... The throwing events were also a San dy strong point. In addition to her winn ing javelin throw. Hagstrom scored personal bests in the shot put and discus Her throw of 109-7 was good for fifth place in the disc Teammate Paige Daugherty was fourth in the shot put Scott Skipper ttxik second for Sandj in the javelin, despite an injury Skip per took one throw, which went 183-3 then sat out the rest of the competitior with a slight arm strain The throw held up for second behind Ken Warner oi Barlow s 192-9 Skipper also took fourth in the shot with a 45-9 put Mike Marleau set a personal record in the discus with a 133-3. good enough for fifth place. In other field events. Bob Nippert was fourth in the boys high jump with a 5-11 effort He also recorded a personal best of 39-9 in the triple jump, but did not place. Lori Shelton set a sophomore school record in the g irl’s triple jump with a 31-0 mark. Freshman Sharon Jensen placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 1 5 -1 1 and ran on the Sandy mile relay team which took fourth in a season best time of 4:14.0 In the boys long jump, Rob Edwards was fifth with a personal best of 19-6 Roth, in addition to her 800 effort was a surprising fifth in the KMXmeter hurdles. Her time was a season best 17.4. BA,YS ^ O R E S - Beaverton 149 Oregon City 121, Gresham 118 Barlow 93, Fort Vancouver 41, David Douglas 33, Sandy 24, Franklin 17 GIRLS TEAM SCORES - Barlow 134 .Beaverton 90, Oregon City 78. San dy 56, David Douglas 54, Gresham 51, F ranklin 29, F ort Vancouver 0. Bumper crop of freshmen hold Sandy’s future hopes included were impressive wins over Timber Valley League rivals — 15-4 over West Linn, 21-1 over Estacada and a pair of 7-2 wins over a strong Canby team This bumper crop of Sandy freshmen is one that comes along about once a decade, if that, accor ding to frosh coach Joe Kniser. "We've got about nine or 10 kids who should go on to play varsity," Kniser said "Probably about four of them next year We've got some ex ceptionally kids, gtxxl athletes who are the same ones who played freshmen football and basketball A lot of them played all three sports, but we re fortunate that baseball is their favorite " W hy are the Pioneers suddenly so tough9 For one, it is a truly gifted group of athletes But an important factor is the patience of varsity coach ( urtis Heath, who elected at the beginning of the season to keep the Pioneer frosh together as a team, rather than elevating them to junior varsity or varsity. And both teams could have used some help this season. Staying together has helped develop a strong, and positive spirit on the ball club and that is sometimes difficult when you have 15 or 16 players fighting for playing time. ' The hardest thing is getting all the kids in the ball game," admitted Kniser "We've got some good kids on the bench who would be starting any other year." They are forced to the bench because some freshmen just can t be kept out of the lineup Jerry Kennett is a good example The big first baseman is batting 526, leads the team in RBIs with 19, has a 20 record on the tnound and hasn't committed an error all season Ben nett also became the first freshman to knock a home run over Sandy's * fence this year There are others. Dan Paola is batting 444 and has 14 RBIs; leadoff hitter Doug Jensen is hatting .382 and is a magician with the bat; Troy Wolf has the lowest average of all the starters. 272, but is a dem on on I throw them knucklers, curves and change ups, too There are some guys I just can't get out." Kniser. who used to play for the • University of Oregon, figures his sore arm is worth it. He’d sacrifice his arm for 500 pitches a day to get a 3.35 team batting average any time What has the Pioneer coaches drooling is the pitching, a traditional Sandy weakness Bennett has the 2 0 record and both w ins were shutouts Tony Kaufman was 5 0 after the first ,1 games and Jerry* Byers was 3-1 All of them can throw the ball and have good command of their pitches Kaufman is the workhorse, but Bennett may be the pitcher of the future Both players have gixxi size and should get even better as they mature It 's hard to single out one or two players, though," Kniser said They all pull their weight out there Our defense is good overall, our pit ching is g<xxi overall and our hitting is VERY gtxxl overall These kids just do things you don't see many freshmen doing " Kniser can't really pick out a weakness on the team Pressed, he said that throwing from the catching position had been a problem in the early season, but it had improved significantly over the past few games. Freshman first baseman Jerry Kennett "Most of these players have the little things that it takes to w in." practice all the time — in the pour squads in the state All of which Kniser said "They play good, ing rain — when the varsity and makes the future of baseball at San heads up baseball and make the junior varsity wouldn t think of dy High a bright prospect, indeed right plays on defense Some of the practicing The kids are ready to teams they've beaten badly were not play no matter what the condition If these kids stay together and bad teams The Pioneer frosh are as good as improve, they'll be a very strong "But those scores aren't by acci any freshmen team in the league team in a couple of years." Kniser dent." Kniser added quickly "We and could take on most freshmen predicted i Soccer signup set in May Registration for the Sandy Cascade Soccer Club will take place this month for youngsters in the Sandy and Hoodland areas. Registration for the Sandy area will be held Saturday, May 9. between 10 a m and 2 p m ; Wednesday, May 20, from 6 to 9 a m. ; and Saturday, June 6, from 10 a m to 2 p m All signups will be at Griff's Ixingburger Registration for the Welches area w ill be at Welches School Saturday, May 16, from 10 a m to 2 p m ; and Wednesday, May 27. from 6 to 9 p m The league is for boys and girls ages five to 13 Birth certificates mu<l be shown at registration Cost w ill be 112 50 a player with a maximum charge of 125 a family Per sona must register even if they have already completed questionnaire forms distributed earlier this year. t * Third baseman Doug Jensen holds I £
