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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
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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
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°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