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SANDY. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1981
The Séndy Post
Sports
June 18 1981 (S « . I) SANDY (O»e ) POST
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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.
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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.