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*• r* I'D» Thun SANDY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1981 The Séndy Post Sports June 18 1981 (S « . I) SANDY (O»e ) POST Z and Recreation Bruce Cook explodes to claim victory The third inning wasn’t to kind to the Sandy Paola's American Legion baseball team. I.arry's of Clackamas scores its eighth run here as Sandy catcher Mo Contreras goes after a late throw. I.a rry ’s went on to post an 11-4 w in over Paola’s, the fifth straight loss for the Sandy team. Paola's had taken a 3-0 lead after two innings. Clackamas overcomes Paola’s 11-4 by MARK FLOYD The unscheduled vacation caused by rain had its effect on the Sandy Paola's Legion baseball team, which dropped three games this week Reynolds halted Sandy on two hits Thursday and claimed a 15-0 win. “ We just didn’t get the h its ," Sandy assistant coach John Rohr said. "The long layoff hurt. We hit the ball hard a few times, but always to someone And Reynolds made some nice plays." Mo Contreras and Jerry Bennett got Sandy’s only hits, both singles Bennett, a freshman last year at Sandy High, p it ched for Paola's and “ didn't do a bad jo b ," Rohr said. “ He threw strikes and th a t’s im portant at that age. Now he's got to learn location in the strike zone Bashor's of Parkrose took a quick five-run lead overf Sandy and withstood a Paola's ra lly , winning 5-4 Sandy chipped away w ith thr<.*e in the fourth and one in the sixth, but a seventh inning ra lly came up just short. Paola's got its runs in the fifth after Troy Wolf led off w ith a walk Keith Powell sacrificed him to second and Contreras sent him home on a single. Gordon Brinser and Mike Lund were hit by pitches and Dan Paola singled in another run Kraig G ifford then worked a base on balls to drive in the third run In the sixth, Lund walked. Paola hit into a fielder's choice and Wolf drew a base on balls Lund then scored on a w ild pitch. Sandy threatened in the seventh Wolf drew a one out walk, then Powell hit in to a force play. Contreras then flew out to right field on a hit and run to end the game “ Any tim e you've got Mo at bat with our firs t and second batters on base, you’ve got a chance to score," Rohr said "E xce pt for one bad inning, we played well It was our best ball game since school as far as capitalizing on hits and opportunities. I thought we showed a lot of character, coming back after being down 5-0 With a young team, you’ve got to learn to keep b a ttl ing ’’ L a rry ’s of Clackamas scored an 114 win over Paola's Monday night Sandy jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but an eight- run third inning quickly took the wind out of Paola's sails. Sandy scored in the first when Wolf singled, Contreras sent him to third on a hit and run single and Mitch Paola slapped an RBI single John M artin drew a walk, then Lund sent two run ners home w ith a sharp single to center Sandy scored again in the third when Contreras sing.ed, stole second, went to th ird on a wild pitch, then stole home “ I didn’t even give Mo an okay on that one," Rohr chuckled “ He got a good jum p and just went He's got a knack for doing that - reading the p it cher It wasn’t a great time to steal, down eight runs, but i t ’s good practice. We may need that later when we're down by just a ru n ." Again. Rohr felt his team played good ball for three innings, but got hurt by one big inning defensively. In this case, it was the eight runs Clackamas scored in the third. “ We're young, though, w ith three freshmen and four sophomores," he said. "We re going to be a lrig h t It's just a m atter of tim e for Sandy." The long layoff had its biggest effect on the Paola's bats Sandy scored eight runs in the three games on just 11 hits Paola's did take advantage of its oppor tunities with good baserunning. stuff shuts--------- -------------------- ------ SUHS coach out of a job by MARK FLOYD Sports E d ito r One of the most versatile and hard-working coaches at Sandy High School this year may be out of a job. Mike Blair came to SUHS to replace Bert Key. who had a year's leave of absence. Key is returning for the 1981-82 year and Blair is spending his summer looking for a job. Key is a good man and has every right to come back. But it appears that the school district hasn’t really gone out of its way to find a job for Blair This is a man who coach ed football, girls basketball and track this season in addition to his teaching duties. Ask most any coach, and they will tell you that coaching two sports is almost too much. Blair kicked in with triple duty and sacrific ed a lot of weekends for his teams. He is also one of the most personable poo pie at the school. He is young and gets along with the athletes perhaps l>etter than any coach at SUHS That can be a much more im portant factor than many people realize. Blair is out of a job because, with the return of Key, there are no social studies teaching positions. At least, that is what Blair was told. However, there are ways to get around that problem. Perhaps a special temporary waiver by the school district would allow him to teach in another area; Blair would likely be more than happy to return to school for the different credits he would need. It is ironic that Sandy is ridding itself of one of the coaches who likes the school the most. There are teachers and coaches at SUHS who are staying only because of the job security and the fact that they would have to take a pay cut to start fresh at another school. Blair has said that he would give his eye Pioneers shine at state Jr. Olympic meet teeth to stay at Sandy. He likes the school, the area and most of all, the kids. That ought to be worth something these days. Speaking of co a ch es, Sandy High is cer tainly in the spotlight these days. Former SUHS basketball coach Dennis Warren has been busy with the State-Metro basketball series. As president of the Oregon High School Basketball Coaches, Warren had a lot of responsibility for the two games, played in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum and Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Incidentally, the Metro teams swept the series in both the boys and girls competition. SUHS wrestling coach Ron Calhoun is busy these days preparing for this week’s State- Metro All-Star Wrestling meet. Calhoun is coach of the Metro team, after leading his Sandy Pioneers to fourth place in the state meet. A qualifying tournament was scheduled Tuesday night and there were no Sandy wrestlers in the field. That is good news and bad news. The bad news is that Sandy won’t be represented for the first time in a couple of years. The good news is that no SUHS wrestlers are in the field because they are all underclassmen. The series is for graduating seniors only. Sandy’s Ron Grantz is helping with the State Metro Volleyball Series, which is always a good one. Pioneer senior Cherie Elliott was selected for the Metro team after helping Sandy to a fourth place finish at state She was named to the all-tournament team. Grantz has led Sandy to the state tourna ment for the past four years. The Pioneers were fourth (consolation trophy winners) in 1980 and second the year before It’s nice to see the coaches, as well as the athletes, get some recognition for their ac complishments. T ra ilin g by five runs going into the last inning. Bruce Cook Insurance ex plodeci for nine runs and claimed a 12 H win over Troutdale in Junior Federal baseball action Even more amazing was the fact that the entire ra lly took place w ith two outs. Randy Wheeler drove in the tying and go-ahead runs w ith a sharp single and Morgan E m rich capped the rally w ith a base clearing trip le Randy G ilford and Matt Novotny turned in strong rebel performances on the mound for Sandy Bruce Cook Ins also blanked Corbett 11-0 Monday night to run its record to 4-2. Wheeler paced the Sandy hitters with a pair of doubles and three Sandy pitchers combined for a two h itte r In Junior National action, Sandy D airy Queen gave up seven runs in the first inning and suffered an 11 5 loss to Welches Sandy com m itted six errors in that first inning, then settled down to play some good ball. Dairy Queen couldn t overcome the lead, however The loss dropped DQ’s record to 1 3 Sandy Coast to Coast gave up a pair of runs in the top of the fifth and last in ning and it proved to be the difference, as Rockwood claimed a 6 4 win in Midget Federal play Both teams played well in the game and Sandy's Doug Stevenson pitched well, hurling a tw o-hitter Bu, four base-on balls and four Sandy errors enabled Rockwood to get on the board Sandy failed to get the key hits a, the rig h t tim e and left six runners strand ed. Coast to Coast also suffered an 11 5 loss to Lynch Sandy played errorless ball, but gave up too many walks to Lynch batters Sandy played well and Ty Beckley led the Coast to Coast h it ting attack by swatting a two-run homer to left field in the th ird inning Sandy II scored a 19-13 win over Orient I in a Midget National slugfest Friday Both teams started slow, then exploded in the m iddle innings Ryan Jones walked the firs t three Orient pitchers he faced, but fanned the next three He got the win, raising his record to 2-0 and Sandy im proved to 3 1 on the season Adam Cannon blasted u three run home run in the second inning and the firew orks kept going from there Sandy scored seven in the inning, got six in the th ird and five more in the fourth Chris Jones and Aaron Knotts slugg ed doubles for Sandy in the third Knotts also played well defensively, nailing two runners tryin g to steal home In softball action, the Sandy Sluggers raised their record to 6 0 w ith a 15-14 win over Rockwood I The game was tied going into the lx»t tom of the fifth inning when Lisa Wheeler smacked a single to score T if fany G riffin Sandy remained atop the P igtail league w ith the win Sheri B rittle smacked a home run lor the Sluggers and Missy Schwartz got the win on the mound Mark Floyd Her first try at the 1.360 meter race walk may have been embarrassing to Gayle Roth, but the results certainly weren’t. Roth set a state record in the 17-IM-year-otd girls division with a tim e of 8:48.1 and qualified for regional« where she'll have a chance to try again Sandy's versatile track athletes may have fin a lly found their specialty Scott Skipper won the 15-16 boy« state Junior Olympics decathlon (10 events» this week and teammates Sharon Jensen and Gayle Roth won the girls heptathlon (seven events) titles. Skipper amassed 5,419 points in the meet, held at Madison High School His marks were discus, 133-10; pole vault, 7-9; shot put, 494); javelin, 1659. 110-hurdles, 18 2 , 400 meters, 55 0, high jum p. 5-312; 100 meters. 118. long jum p. 18-6, 1,500 meters, 5:01 0 His discus throw was a sophomore school record Roth, a junior, won the 17-18 girls event of the heptathlon w ith a total of 4,172 points Her marks were 800 meters. 2 20 0 , 200 meters. 27 5; long jum p, 14-81»; 100-hurdles. 16 4; shot put, 27-0, javelin. 65-0, and high jump. 5-0 The freshman Jensen won the 15-16 g irls heptathlon, amassing 3,956 points Her marks were 800 meters, 2:37 6 , 200 m e te rs , 26 8; lo n g ju m p , 15-5; lOOhurdles, 17 1; shot put, 2 6 -t'i; javelin, 76-6, and high jum p. 4-6 Sandy freshman Crystal Calkins was third in the 15-16 girls heptathlon and sophomore Russell Fork was sixth in the boys 15-16 decathlon AU qualified for regionals at the University of Washington July 17-19 In the open m eet, S tephanie Hagstrom was second in the javelin, 132-7, Roth was first in the 1.500 meter race walk, 8 48 1 (a state record) and second in the 800 meters, 2:21.1; Renee Hess was second in the 1,500 meters, 5:15 5. Sam Romey was fifth in the boys 1.500 meters, 4:08 6. Skipper was fourth in the discus. 1306. and third in the shot put, 47-10; and Mike Marleau was fifth in the discus, 127-10.
