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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1981)
Thur» TheSdndy Post Syorts June 25 1981 ($•< I) SANDY ( O r.., and Recreation Advantage pulls off double whitewash The y o u th fu l Sandy P a o la 's American Legion baseball team got a lesson Tuesday from its Gresham counterpart Advantage Paola Advantage swept a doubleheader " * *“ C0m" ,u" i'> Advantage, comprised mainly of u i ei Su ir ?n’ Gresh*m and Barlow High Schools, was simply too strong for bandy, a team loaded with freshmen and sophomores Advantage pounded out 32 hits in the two games to just five for Sandy That statistic told the whole story. We re lacking in pitching,” Sandy coach < urtis Heath admitted “ John Martin started the first game and got a sore arm in the first inning We had to take him out " Freshman Jerry Bennett came on in ' i n ; pre"v j"b un,ii , fifth. Heath noted Then Advan tage got to the young hurler and Kraig Gilford came in to mop up The second game was an instant rt play Advantage used 15 hits and held Sandy to just two, singles by Mitch J aola and Mo Contreras. Gordon r inser started the game on the mound or Sandy, one of the few times he has ever pitched Brinser lasted four plus innings and did a creditable job con s'd‘‘nng the circumstances Gifford pit- ched the rest of the way. Steve Weitzel pitched six innings for Advantage and held Sandy at bay. but when Guy Norman came on to pitch the seventh, all thoughts of a comeback went down the tubes Norman, a junior v'f l ur (i|n| moves to summer guards ” Smith Smiih admitted our point guards,” “ They're both doing a really gixxl job right now There are some little things that they need to work on. but both have the overall skills to help us next year ” I ndoubtably, the guards w ill be passing inside a lot, because a ma jo rity of the Sandy offense is centered in the post plav of seniors Dawn New and Cindy McCoy As a junior, the 6-foot New was second team All Tnnlx.r Valley League and McCoy was one of the most improv ed players on the team At 5 foot 11 she can sub for New or play strong forward, giving the Pioneers an im Posing front line < indi Rasmussen and Denise Pro ctor have also been playing summer ball and should be greatly improved on the JV team next season The way I look at it, summer ball is like putting money in the bank ” Smith said “ I t ’s going to pay off for those two in a year or so when their skills improve ” Smith is generally happy with his Post play, although he said that both New and McCoy need to be more ag gressive on the boards Smith said that the Pioneers will also be much stronger in the wing positions, thanks to summer ball Linda Mosbrucker, who w ill be a junior, is playing with more authori ty this year, and Sandy also has a letterman in Becky Rodrigues The idea of summer basketball is to move around a bit, keep in touch with the ol’ instincts and get used to playing with new teammates. Summer ball is more important to some teams than others Sandy High girls coach John Smith feels it is crucial for upgrading the Pioneer program and, so far, he has been pleased with the results ‘ It s a voluntary thing, but one sure way to improve the program is through summer ball,” Smith said We \egot 15 or 16 out this summer, compared with eight or nine last year We have a much better turnout from the girls who w ill make up this year s jayvees and that will help that program ” Smith said the goal he has for sum mer ball is simply to get the girls with a basketball in their hand as much as possible After watching the Pioneers for two weeks. Smith feels that next year's varsity team will have much belter speed than this year and that can be a key ingre dient in high school ball But he has seen a few bad things too ’ “One negative aspect of our team which summer ball has reinforced is bad shooting.” Smith said. “ We’re like a bunch of unionized bricklayers out there ” One way to get around bad shooting is to pass the ball inside and Smith has been pleased with the Two others on the summer team summer development of two point who will be “ fighting for varsity guards, senior Nancy Rohweder and position», are sophomore Sharon junior Paige Daugherty Jensen and junior Amy Aschoff O ur offense will be successful or Both are pleasant surprises whose unsuccessful based on the play of strongest trait is coachability and Sandy's P a ig t Da ugherl x • topi will hr dm of __ the Pioneers' lop hopes at point guard next year; Cindv Mc Coy (far right» fakes an oppo nent into the air, a trick coach John Smith hopes his 5-foot-ll senior will rem em ber; Dawn New (right) Hill return alter being named to the second team of the Tim ber Valley League All-Stars this year. photos by Mark Floyd We re finding that our youth is cat v img up w ith us," he said "A lot of oui kids are playing against people three years older than them We re taking our lumps right now, but we're not plav8 mg all that badly Mitch Paola caught some shots at third base and Jerry Ben nett looks really go<xl at first ; We re holding our own.” Heath said lop^idedh“URh thV S<°reS may f*‘a htl,e Heath is using the summer Legion ex- v ^a 'A V ‘ l.°,PreP h'S team f0r tht‘ sch‘x>l g ra m s ™ "eparate the Pro We re taking our lumps “ he repeated, "because we do it a little dif ferently But that is the reason we did n.uch I’etter last year during school a«o W h Prt,parat,on fro" ’ « summer •go We have a lot of young kids, three te u o ^ h "' Wh‘,e SOme Of ,he o,h«*r o^r e 8UyS Wh° are sen,ors or Local fun runs spice Ju ly sports calendar Pioneers eye improvement mark FLOYD ru m , by MARK Irom Gresham, simply fired the b; past Sandy batters, striking out the si< to end the game That guy is the fastest pitcher I'i ever seen in the Portland area Heal marveled “ The kids never even sa tne ball He was really throwing BB's Sandy was hurt by the fact that a coi P e ol its players had commitments , summer basketball Heath wasn't making excuses, but h felt hat his team is just a bit overmal ched in age and experience He alsi leels that this will work to Sandy’s ad vantage a year or two down the road good attitude,” Smith said Wings on the summer team who may see J V action are junior Shelby Dries and sophomores J ill Ingram and Crystal Calkins. J ill could be now. and w ill be in a year, our best man-to-man defensive Player," Smith said “ She has quick reactions and plays g<xxl fundamen tal defense. Crystal is the fastest person on the team and that really helps the program This is Shelby's first time out. but she has a lot'of energy and a gocxl attitude, and with a year of experience, she may help us out ” So far, the Pioneers haven’t set the East ( ounty league on fire, but they ve been competitive. The eague began with lo teams, but Lutheran. Parkrose and Columbia dropped out The remaining seven however, have staged some pretty fierce games 7 The class of the league may be I lass A power Corbett But peren mal playoff team St Mary's is in here as is Barlow and David Douglas Sandy. Reynolds and < entennial are right behind Summer basketball is loose, with everyone out for a gixxl tune But it ls also a chance to learn a few things and a golden opportunity for the young Pioneers to boost their pro Kranj. v The dividends w ill show this winter *3* '**“ s* „..¡J °ia l fun runs have Sli ; (,u dur,nK ^ e early days of July I he July Fly w ill be held as part of the sixth annual July Fourth celebra mn sponsored by the Hoodland a m ber of C om m erce. The Ok.lometer run is sponsored by the Hoodland V o lun te er F ire fig h te r Association « ‘‘K'strat.on will be $6 50 prior to July 30 of the race The race R(«idU‘K,n 31 * P m ‘ ° n Salmon K,ver The annual Sandy Mountain Festival Almost 10 Kilometer Run is scheduled this year for July 11 at 9 a m Sponsored by Camera Connection tht annual race will be approximate!» over a hilly course that begin'. ru n s '°to *; B° U,eVard Th** course ther runs o Langensand Road, Trubel Bom stedt, Highway 2 li, Meinïg Barker, Gary, back to Langensand M?’ I.ne a i'r ‘° and back to the f>n.sh one at ( amera ( onnection Trophies w ill be awarded to the first and second place finishers for men women and participants under 14 (herace '* " ' ," ‘," Vel>' « ' « for Dairy Queen sweeps Junior National games A l» k .v ..-L < a A lth o u g h the c a le n d a r was Adam Cannon went two-for two dominated by rainouts. the first week of Sandy got back on the winning track summer turned out to be a g<xxl one for however, w.th a 17-9 win over Reynolds a couple of Sandy baseball teams East IV Kent Taylor went the distance Dairy Queen won a pair of Junior Na for Sandy and recorded the win in his tional League games this week to even first ever pitching performance Jacob its record at 3-3 Iverson turned in an unassisted double Sandy beat Lynch 9 6 Wednesday piny, the first of the season for Sandy behind the solid pitching of James Corey Grant led the batting attack Hopkins and Dale Boyd Most of the slashing an RBI double. runs Dairy Queen gave up were unearn Sandy really unloaded Monday night ed and the Sandy team stiffened after a using a no hitter by Jacob Iverson to four run first inning score a 21 1 win over Orient II Iverson DQ also played Lynch Monday night struck out 12 and gave up six base on scoring a 12 4 win over the host team balls in his five inning gem He struck this time Boyd got the win on the out the side in the first and second inn mound and Jeff Lewis got the save ings Lynch pitchers gave up 20 walks in the Doug Hodge had the only extra base game and hit two batters to give Sandy hit of the night for Sandy, a double to •II the help it needed Chris Robins had lead off the third inning a triple and a single for Dairy Queen In Midget American league play, and Doug Simonson had a double and a Sandy Truck Line split a pair of games single last week to go 4 2 In Midget League play. Sandy II pick Reynolds East scored a 12 8 win over ed up two wins against one loss and im Sandy, which couldn’t get the key hits proved its record to 6 2 on the season according to coach Bob Gedde Sandy Sandy opened with a 13-11 loss to was led by Tony Skadstad. who went Reynolds East II last week Trailing by two for three, including a triple five. Sandy went into the last inning and The Truck Liners came back Friday started a rally But the three runs it night to score a 12 9 win over Troutdale scored came up two short and host Sandy trailed 6-1 at one point, but Reynolds won Sandy had five runners rallied to pull it out Lance Conger put out because of “ mental errors." ac came on in relief of Rick Wheeler and cording to coach Glenn Abbott, which pitched exceptionally well until he was made the difference in the ball game hit by a pitch while batting in the fourth Doug Hodge was three for three with a inning Conger was taken to the double for Sandy. Aaron Knotts was hospital, but was released and is ex two-for three and Kent Taylor and pected to rejoin the team this week Slow pitch tournament set at Boring School The fourth annual Sandy Invitational I-a nee s will open Friday at 6 45 p m fast pitch softball tournament w ill get against Gladstone on one field while underway this Friday, June 26 at 6 45 Milwaukie and Canby w ill tangle on p m another Lance’s Ladies w ill host the 12 team Saturday’s first round games, which tourney, which will continue through w ill begin at 8 45 a m , w ill p.t Marv's Sunday at Boring Grade School (hevron of Portland against Aloha and Lance s is coming off a sixth place 1 utnam against Lake Oswego finish in the I6team Portland Metro League tournament last weekend If there is a favorite in the tourna Included in this weekend's field are ment it would have to be Lake Oswego Lancets, three teams from Eugene, one The Inkers have the services of Lisa from Aloha. Gladstone. Portland Van Veneen on the mound, a standout for c o u ve r Wash, P u tnam H igh . Hetland State University women's Milwaukie High. Canby and l i k e softball team Oswego. Admission to the tournament is free First round games w ill be played F ri and there will be a concession stand o«y evening and Saturday morning open to spectators
