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Thur» The Sflndv Post Spor ts July 23 1981 (S*< I ) SANDY (O r» ) POST 7 and Recreation Five Sandy teams in Tri-County tourneys Photo« by Mark Floyd Unbeaten Blues win tournament, eye state playoffs The Sandy Blues kept their unbeaten re co rd in ta c t th is weekend, sweeping to first place in the Tri-County girls softball league district tournament The Blues won three straight games and qualified as the d istrict’s top representative at state. Sandy. 16-0. w ill travel to Yoncalla Aug. 1-2 for the state tournament. The Blues opener! with a 9-4 win over the Sandy Whites. They broke open a close game in the fifth with a six run burst Stephanie Lofgren and Debbie Evans led the Blues’ hitting attack with three hits apiece and Candi Kudisill stretched a triple into a home run with some good baserun ning She also got the win on the mound, whiffing five The win put the Blues up against a tough C o rb e tt team in the semifinals The game was scoreless through three innings, then Corbett picked up four runs in the bottom of the fourth and threatened to make the game a runaway But the Blues fought back in the fifth with six big runs and picked up a pair of in surance runs in the sixth Kudisill poked a three-run homer and Laura Williamson had a clutch single in the rally The Blues needed just one more win in the finals to take first and the foe was once again Corbett A Cor bett w in would have forced an extra game, since both teams would have had one loss, but the Blues came through with a 6-5 win to clinch the tourney Jackie Kunkel started the Blues off with a triple and she scored on Kudisills single. Corbett picked up two runs in the second and three in The regular season came to an end last week for Tri-County baseball and five Sandy teams have qualified for the district playoffs Sandy Coast to Coast w ill play Satur day at 11:30 a m at Wilkes School in a Midget Federal League game In Midget American play. Sandy and Orient were scheduled to meet Wednes day at 6:30 pm at Wilkes In Midget National action. Sandy and Lynch were to meet Tuesday night. Results of neither game were available at press time. Sandy has two teams in the Junior District tournament, scheduled for Orient School The Sandy Junior Na tional team will go up against Sandy Palisades at 6:30 p m Thursday In the Federal League, Sandy Bruce Cook Ins will take on Lynch this Saturday at 9 a m The Federal teams need just two wins to automatically advance to state Meanwhile, the National and American teams must do battle with each other for the right to play the second Federal team for the remaining state playoff spot In games last week, the Sandy Truck Liners warmed up for district by stopp ing Welches 7-2 in Midget American ball on Tony Stadsted’s no hitter. Stadsted faced just 20 batters and whiff ed 11. Welches got its two runs on er rors Stadsted helped his own cause by going two-for-three, including a double Toby Jewell also had a double for the Liners. Mt Hood Dairy Queen, 4 9, ended its season on a winning note, dumping Orient 27-11 Thursday Dale Boyd got the win on the mound for Sandy, with some good relef help from Kandy Lamm and Janies Hopkins Boyd had a big triple in the second, then stole home, but the big blow came in the fourth when Mike Sullivan walloped a three-run homer Everyone on Dairy Queen scored at least once in the slugfest In Junior Federal play, Sandy Bruce Cook Ins placed sixth in the 12-team Aloha Tournament over the weekend Sandy opened the tourney by dropp ing an 11-7 game to Cedar Hills Sandy pitchers walked 10 batters in the third inning, allowing Cedar Hill to come up with eight big runs and that turned ou, to be the game Sandy came back against Kockwood. though, blanking the Tri-County team 7-0 on Darren Pullen's two-hitter He went the distance and struck out 10 Matt Novotny went three for three in the game and he and Tony Hale blasted home runs Bruce Cook Ins then nipped Canby 12-9, keeping Sandy alive in the tourna ment Novotny cleared the bases with a double and Morgan Emrich and Hale had two hits apiece Kandy Wheeler got the win for Sandy In the battle for fourth place, though. Sandy ran into a tough Sunset Valley team and dropped a 13-1 decision It was the second straight game on the hot Sunday for Sandy, which ran out of steam Gerald Hale had two hits in a losing effort for Sandy. Paola’s drops tw inbill Sandy Paola’s American Legion baseball team closed out its season Sun day dropping a doubleheader to a tough Benson team from Portland Benson took the opener 6 4, then won the second game 13-5 Sandy trailed 6 1 going into the bot tom of the seventh inning in the first game, but started a rally. Melvin Gedde reached base on an error and Mike Lund slapp'd a double Dan Paola singled Gedde home and Troy Wolf sacrificed the runners After Mo Con treras drew a base on balls, John Mar tin singled home Lund and Paola, but the rally ended there Paola’s got its run in the fifth when Keith Powell hit a shot that the Benson second baseman misplayed and Lund scored on the error Lund had reached base on a walk Lund and Martin led Paola's with two hits apiece. the third to go up 5-1, but the Blues came back in their half of the third when Kunkel and Kudisill singled, then scored on Williamson’s double Kudisill singled again in the fifth and Williamson drove her home once more. The Sandy defense, meanwhile, kept Corbett in check during the last three innings with er rorless ball. Sandy tied the score when Ta mi Tinjum slammed a sixth inning tri pie and scored on Lofgren s single That knotted it at 5-5 and sent the game into extra innings Melissa O’Malley then knocked home the winning run in the seventh inning with a double over the second baseman’s head Sandy hud kept Benson in check on one run for five innings, but the visitors came up with four in the sixth Kraig Gifford pitched for Sandy and did quite well, according to pitching coach John Rohr. “ Kraig turned in a real strong five in nings,’ ’ Kohr said. “ It was probably his best outing of the summer. He baffled them with his off -speed pitches, but he just got a little tired out there “ In the second game, Benson rolled to a 10 0 lead before Paola's could get on the board Sandy came up with three in the fifth on four walks and Gordon Brinser’s two-run single. Paola's got two more in the sixth when Gedde reached on an error. Wolf singled. Powell hit an KBI single, John Martin walked and Kandy Martin singl ed home Wolf But Benson scored three more in the sixth and won it 13-5. City playoffs underway ....................- ■>-«■ -W’SBES; ' ’'"“ ■.-'-ris#», - -w.. *.Jri < and! Kudisill scores a big sixth inning run for Sandy against Corbett, sen ding her teammates into celebration (top). The Blues* tough defense turned over a pair of double plays, including this tagout by catcher Tam i Tinjum <abo\ei. The Blues, coached by Marie Kudisill. (left! will play at state next week. The second annual Sandy Recreation Department’s slow pitch softball tour nament began Monday night and will run through this weekend Ron's No Place dump'd Circle D 113 in the opener and Hoodview Royals knocked off Reliable Realty 4 2. Other games were scheduled lor mid week, but results were not available by press time. Friday’s action calls for Hoodview to take on the winner of the Eastside Wallboard Zigzag Store con test at 6 p m at Cedar Ridge Dodson's Store w ill tangle with the w inner of the game between Buckboard Pizza and Brian's Spirting Goods this Saturday at 9 a m at Sandy High School. The semifinals are slated for 10:30 a m Sunday at SUHS and the finals will be at 1.30 p m that afternoon Dodson s, 8-2, ended the regular season with the Men's Division cham pionship Ron's No Place, Reliable Realty and Eastside tied for second at 7-3, forcing a three-way playoff for the second berth in the regional tourna ment Ron’s drew a bye in the first game and Reliable nipped Eastside 13-10 In the deciding game, Ron’s then squeak ed by Reliable 13-12 Dodson’s went on to the regional tour nament and lost to Milwaukie 13-3 Se cond place Ron’s went to Molalla for the " B ” tournament and lost 10-0 in the opener, but came back to win two more games Ron’s then suffered a 5-4 set back and settled for fifth in the tourna ment. Dub Hayes was named Most Valuable Player for Ron’s * G T E won the Women's Division of the Recreation league, but lost its first two games and was eliminated from the regional tournament Tualatin Hills won 15-5 over G T E. and Cascade scored an 118 win -Muff si < I »-------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baseball players taking leisurely part-time jobs for granted by MARK FLOYD Sports Editor It s hard to concentrate on anything for a great length of tim e in the summer, especial ly when it concerns work. But sitting back in a lounge chair, and perhaps sipping a gimlet or two, one can’t help but reflect on what a strange summer this has been without professional baseball. It seems that the fans have survived and gotten to the point where they don't care one way or the other whether the season resumes. Meanwhile, a m ajority of the ballplayers are working at various menial tasks, to ease the boredom and make a little beer money. Most of them seem to enjoy the labor, but they have a few hundred thou to fall back on. What would they think about hard labor if their fa m ily survival depended on it, year in and year out? Taking up the void, p a rticularly on cable television, has been m inor league baseball. A lot of people have found that Class AAA ball is even more entertaining, since you never know what to expect The play is good, but some classical faux pas can usually be view ed in the field or on the basepaths and some of the entertainment supplied by the fans and management can’t be found on the m ajor league level. Tennis continues to boom in the United States, and most of Portland's Davis Cup tickets have already been sold Of the 12,000 or so Memorial Coliseum season tickets, more than two-thirds have been gobbled up. That’s rather interesting, considering that the Portland Timbers soccer team has had a horrid tim e drawing fans this summer and the Beaver baseball team has had an up-and down attendance season. This promises to be one of the more in teresting basketball seasons locally in recent years Several players are trying to make the grade in the NBA, such as Oregon State’s Steve Johnson. Hay Blume and M ark Had- ford, while others, including form er U niver sity of Portland star Darwin Cook, are shooting for a starting spot. This w ill also be an exceptional year in the Pac-10 conference with one of the best races in a long tim e on tap Benson’s A C. Green should keep local w riters busy as he’ll blend in with another Oregon prep great, Charlie Sitton, at OSU. Football practice is just around the corner and Oregon’s Rich Brooks feels his team w ill be a contender. As usual, the California schools w ill be loaded and Washington w ill strong. The Ducks have a favorable schedule, however, and could conceivably sneak away with a Hose Bowl bid. They’re going to need some help down the road from other Pac-10 teams, though Football has already started in Canada and games can be seen on the ESPN network on cable. Canadian football is a little different and a lack of name fa m ilia rity prevents it from becoming much of a hit on TV. There are a few name players, though, such as form er Ham Vince Ferragamo, who looked absolutely horrid in his CFL debut on TV last week Ferragam o didn’t get much help, though, and a quarterback can’t block for himself. He may s till come around. Perhaps it is because of the baseball strike, but golf is even getting more interesting these days. Th^ m ajor tournaments have always been intriguing, but a number of human interest stories have put the hobby- sport back on the front pages There was N icklaus’ 83 at the B ritish Open, the resurgence of 51-year-old Arnold Palm er and, of course, the Jan Stephenson con troversy. The best golf story of the year, however, was Je rry Pate diving into the pond after winning his first tournament in years. The pictures in the papers the next day didn’t do the startling event credit; those who view ed his swan dive live got quite a treat. There are a lot of other things going on, but it s sim ply too hot to think. Perhaps another gim let... p F •*’< 4 '•’> * * Ì ■ V '
