Image provided by: Friends of the Sandy Public Library; Sandy, OR
About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1981)
Thur« The Shindy Post Sports November 19 ,901 (Sec ,) SANDY (O re .) POST— 7 and Recreation Sam Kornev Sharon Jensen SUHS sophomores place well Darby Binder, SUHS senior, leads the pack going Into the firs, hill of the Oregon Stale Cross Country Meet Saturday in Eugene. Photo» by Scott Newton Sandy Union H igh School sophomore Sam Homey finished 29th at the state cross country meet at Lane Community College in Eugene Saturday, and sophomore Sharon Jensen finished 16th Homey, the District 9 champion, was the district's top finisher with a time of 17:08 on the 5,000 meter course. Jensen, who finished second in district competition, was the second fastest runner from District 9 in state competition She ran the 3,000-meter course in 11:30.2 Coach Scott McMullen said that the course was wet and muddy, which is why the times were slow Senior Darby Hinder started out fast, but fell later m the race, and didn't recover She finished ll»th with a time of 12:10.1. Binder told McMullen after the race, in explaining her fast start, that she felt gcxxl other runners fell go ing down the same hill that Binder fell on ’ I ’m really pleased with all of them." McMullen said SUHS water polo team refused to let its season fall apart bv SCOTT NEWTON VCWTOV by The regular season wasn't too outstanding (3-6) for the SUHS girls water polo team, but the Pioneers got it together at the end of the season and became the first Sandy girls water polo team to make it to the state tournament "Everyone on the girls team was really dedicated to what they were doing,” senior Bonita Connelly said last week "We really wanted to w in," added senior Teresa Lamer The Pioneers fell in the first round of the tournament, losing to the even tual state champions. Cottage Grove. Teresa Lam er and Bonita Connelly ..mu •_ .. , _ .. "They're all together," Connelly said about Cottage Grove, explaining that they have a fast team and good shooters Another team that had it all together was the state runners-up, Gresham Gresham won the district meet handily So, one might expect that the district tournament's Most Valuable Player would be from Gresham Instead, the referees selected Connelly and Lamer as co MVP» Connelly and Lamer were also first team Wilco all stars They also have a few other things in common Both are National Honor Society members, work at the Sandy S iali phoh Swim Center, plan to study business in college, and hope to play water polo in college We re looking for somebody to put out the word that we re available, Lamer joked when asked if she wanted to continue playing water polo They've played in enough all star games to have been noticed They played in the Wilco Metro all star game " It really went pretty well un til the last quarter." Lamer said, ex Hawkins advances to state Sandy Union High School senior Janice Hawkins qualified for the state gymnastics meet by finishing in a tie for fifth place in the balance beam at the district meet last week in West Linn She turned in a "re a lly nice routine" in the preliminaries at West Linn, according to Coach Molly Knudson Her 8 35 score placed her third She fell once in the finals, while do ing her mount, and received a score of 8 05, which gave her a combined score of 16 4. The Oregon State Gymnastics Meet will be at Heynolds High School Saturday "W e re real excited for her," Knudson said plaining that it was a close game un we lost We just walk into the locker "They know I'm really involved i til the fourth quarter "They ended room and go, 'Hey, we played a g<xxl i, and they are receptive to wha, up in the last quarter just pumping game,' if we thought we did." have to say," Neuenfeldt said ’em in," she said about the 8-3 loss Connelly added. "The team this High, now the swim team is on ,h learner and Connelly also par year was young, and we lost two of minds of all three of them ticipated in the North South game, our gcxxl players (for disciplinary Neuenfeldt is the assistant coach which the North lost 9-7 reasons» Lamar finished second in th Connelly, the team's leading "They (the team) came back and 500-yard freestyle in district competi scorer, scored a goal in each of the worked just really hard I think we tion las, year, which earned her i all star games Lamer, Sandy's stan were pretty successful " berth in the state meet dout defensive player, probably turn Neuenfeldt said that he agrees with Connelly has been to state in thi ed in the best defensive performance that observation "They really 200 yard freestyle for the pas, ,hre< of the night during the Wilco Metro played well considering we lost a Io, years all star game, according to Coach of team speed,' he said "They made And wha, are the prospects for tin Carl Neuenfeldt. up for it with good, aggressive play " swim team this winter Neuenfeldt has pointed out in the Both said that they enjoyed playing "Oh, number one in districts,’ past that they can both play either of under Neuenfeldt Connelly said fense or defense well Likewise, Neuenfeldt said that he learner agrees "We plan on taking Connelly, ui explaining why learner enjoyed coaching Connelly and firs, in districts, and going on tt is prim arily a defensive player, said, Lamer state " "You need a person on the outside that can bring the ball down She car handle the ball really well against pressure," And, being that she was back, she was usually the first person down on defense. A couple of things make it hard for SUHS water polo teams to compete While a number of Wilco and Metro League schools play water polo in the sum m er, Sandy has no AAU- sanctioned program Also, Neuenfeldt is not in the high school building to recruit players or talk to team members He teaches at Cedar Hidge "We have to be the people to sup port it, and do all the things at the school," Connelly said Asked if it's discouraging losing by a lopsided score, to a team like Gresham, for example. Lamer said, "We just give it all we have It might be discouraging, but not really." Connelly said, "Afterwards we don t feel sorry for ourselves because Volleyball team falls in playoffs i. aaun- vs me ™ nuy nrcreauon d ep artm en ts “ A dlvblon volleyball league title last week. Caai ( onstruction bad to g e t p a s t Mountain Realty to take possession of the trophy, and edged them 15-13 In the third gar i righl ,g T ° m WeU Ra" d> ( ■, U k •"» 1 R k iront row. from lefl right, b Penny Matroa. Colene McDonald and K arla Rate*. The Sandy Union High School girls volleyball team fell to South Albany Saturday 15-7, 4-15 and 9J5 in the first round of the state playoffs. Coach Ron Grantz said he is disap pointed about losing the game, and added that he thinks the girls are too. We realize we didn't play that well, Grantz said The game was played at Albany in front of a good-sized crowd. About the season, Grantz said, "Anytim e you advance to the state playoffs, It ’s a pretty successful season.” The Pioneers were one of 20 teams in the playoffs Eight teams played last weekend for four berths in the state tournament, which w ill be held thia weekend Photo by Scot! Senior Julie Coleman hito owe for Sandy during last weekend's playoff ga »er.
