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
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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,
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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
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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.
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Third baseman Doug Jensen holds
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