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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
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< 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
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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
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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...
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