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Thur» The Slinäy Post Sports Docemtxr IQ 1981 (Soc I) SANDV (Oro.) POST—7 and Recreation Gresham between Sandy girls and Wilco title This is the year for the Sandy girls swim team to go for it, according to Coach Mark Smith “ T h is is the y e a r to ta ke Gresham." The girls Io6t the Wilco League (D istrict 3) title to Gresham by six points last year Neither team has lost a swimmer, and though Sandy may not have the depth Gresham has. the Pioneers have the quality, according to Smith About the boys, he said, "They have a difficult task ahead of them " I do believe they ’ll be able to pull through They've got a lot of deter mination and desire " I f this positive attitude continues, which I'm sure it w ill, I believe we could give Reynolds and Gresham a run for their money " The season opened for the Pioneers on Friday at the 10th annual League Relay Meet. They girls finished 14 points out of first, and the boys finish ed fourth Several members of the boys team are not eligible yet because of the two-week rule (one must be out for a sport a full two weeks before being eligible for competition). Smith said that he has a young boys team, but it is a team with a lot of AAU experience. Me was extremely pleased with the tim e s d ro p p e d F r id a y , w ay Freshman Richard Rolph, pictured above, lowered his times in three events at the League Relays Friday. Fourth period fatal twice to Pioneers The SUHS boys basketball team has fallen twice in close games the past week Friday, against Gresham, they were not able to hold on to a 13-point th ird -q u a rte r advantage, losing 51-50. Tuesday they played Centennial close until the fourth quarter, losing 88-63. About the team’s second loss. Coach Dan Brisbin said, " I t came down to a very good ball team taking us out of our game in the fourth quarter ” He said that Mitch Paola played a "super ball game," shooting well and staying in good defensive position "H e played the way I want him to play all year," Brisbin said. Paola and Bob Nippert each con tributed 16 points, with Steve Palmer adding 14. The score was 56-55 in Centennial’s favor going into the fourth quarter. Nippert drew his fourth foul in the final period, which keep him from defending 6-7 center Ben Carson as aggressively as he might have. Brisbin said that they handled Centennial's different presses well the first three quarters, but turned the ball over a lot in the fourth period Also, he said that they need to be more aggressive on the boards He said there were times when they gave Centennial three or four shots in the fourth quarter. The com bination of letting up on the boards and turning the ball over allowed Centennial to make about a 15-point run at one point in the fourth period. Brisbin said that Centennial has one the best shooting teams he’s seen About the Gresham game, Brisbin said, “ I thought we played good defense the entire game They got a few points there in the end inside our zone, but for the most part, our zone was pretty effective. I was encourag ed by the defense." Again, letting up on the boards hurt them. "They got two or three shots when we’d have liked to have lim ited them to one,” Brisbin said. He added, "The shot selection was not as good as it should be with a 13-point lead, and that allowed them to get back in the ball gartie.” Palmer was the leading scorer in that game with 13. Brisbin said that having Paola out a good part of the second half also hurt " I t ’s noticeable when he’s not in. He p ro v id e s s t a b ilit y and leadership." Brisbin added that in the first half they shot pretty well. above are Pioneer wrestler» Uiat won cham •tops to either varsity er Junior varsity com ped al the Carey Larsen Memorial Tournament Bach “ W e’ re v e ry p le a se d , C a rl (Neuenfeldt, assistant coach) and I, with what the girls and boys teams Freshman Richard Rolph lowered his time in the 50 fly from 30 seconds to 28.7 His time in the 50 back drop ped from 32 to 29.9, and his time in the 200 IM (individual medley: but terfly, back, breast and free) drop ped from 2:21.6 to 2:20 6 Another freshman, Jamie Tuttle, also set personal records in three events. He dropped his time in the 50 breast from 32.4 to 31 9, his 200 IM from 2:32 84 to 2:25.0, and the 50 free from 27 47 to 26 2. Junior Mark Gunderson dropped his 50 free time from 30.3 to 25.9, and his 50 fly time from 33.9 to 28 6 Junior Shawn Burns dropped his 50 free time from 27.7 to 25.7, and his 50 fly time from 28.4 to 27 5. Junior Steve Clark dropped his 50 free time from 31.8 to 29.1. For the girls, sophomore Shauny Thoreson lowered times in all three of her events. In the 50 free she went from 33.47 to 30.7. In the 50 back she went from 39.7 to 36.6, and in the 50 breast she went from 41.1 to 39.1. Freshman Julie Dasher lowered her 50 breast time from 40 9 to 36.8 Senior Bonita Connelly lowered her 100 fly time from 1:09.5 to 1:08.5. S ophom ore B re n d a D eB ois lowered her 50 fly time from 48 7 to 46 1, and her 50 back time from 42.3 to 40.1. Junior Lisa Izer lowered her 50 fly time from 39.1 to 38.9, and her 50 breast time from 43.3 to 42.4. did ," Smith said. "N aturally, we were disappointed that the girls couldn't overcome Gresham." It would have been the third con secutive League Relay title for the Pioneers, which hasn't been done in the meet’s 10-year history. Senior Gayle Roth, who finished third at state last year in the 50 free, Connelly and senior Teresa Lamer are the foundation of the team. Con nelly and Lamer also competed in the state meet It seems to be the attitude of the team that encourages Smith the most. He reports good turnouts for volunteer practices over Thanksgiv ing break Every member of both teams is a hard worker, he said He added, "To get in condition it's not from the time you’re rested to the time you’re tired, i t ’s from the time you’re tired to the time you’re ex hausted." An average workout may be com prised of 4,500 yards, utilizing all strokes. As the season progresses an average workout w ill be comprised of 6,000 yards, with swimmers work ing on p rim a ry and secondary strokes. Smith feels that positioning girls in events could play a major part in whether they are able to overcome Gresham. Under Smith the boys and the girls dominated the old Coast Valley League, winning titles from 1974 through ’79. The girls have finished second in the Wilco League the past two years, and the boys have finished second, and then third. They had only six team members at the district meet last year To take third "showed a lot of class," Smith said. Senior Rick Tophff is the only member of the boys team that went to state last year. What Smith really wants at this point is a Wilco League title . Although he isn’t counting the boys out, it's the girls that he thinks have the most realistic shot at it. "They know they have the poten tial to be number one," he said, “ and they’re gonna go for it." The swim team w ill take on Canby this afternoon at the Sandy Swim Center at 4 p.m IWh Annual League Belay Meet Dee 5 Team scores, girls Gresham, 116. Sandy. 98; Harlow. M ; Keynolds. 72. Centennial. 4«. Oregon City, 44, Canby. 40 Team scores, hoys Greshum. 116. Keynolds. 62. Centennial. 6«. Sandy. 62. Barlow. 60. Canby. 56. Oregon City. 48. Columbia. I. In d iv id u a l g ir ls re s u lts 400 Medley Belay 3rd, 2.16.37, Donna Nelson. Julie Dasher. Nici DuBois and Dawn M illet 4«» Free 3rd, 4 41 65. Heidi turner and Bonita Connelly 400 IM 2nd. 5 I I 06. T Lamer and Koth 200 Free, 2nd. 2:04 88. Nelson. Shauny Thoreson, Lisa Izer and Dawn M iller 400 Medley 1st, 4 44 I I. Koth. H Lam er, Con nelly and T Lam er 200 Back 3rd. 2 32 96. Nici DuBois, Kelly Bussell. Brenda DuBois and Thoreson 400 Free: 1st. 4:11.04, Connelly, Nelson. T. Lam er and Koth Individual boys results 200 Medley 1st, I 57 37. Richard Bolph, Jam ie Tuttle, Kick Topllff and M ark Gunderson 400 Free: 2nd, 4 03 56, Topllff and Shawn Burns. 0 IM 5th. 4 «6 94. Bolph and Tuttle 200 Free 2nd. 1:47.05, Burns, Genderson, Steve Clark and Tuttle 2< hi Fly: 1st. 1:51 30, Bolph. Burns. Gunderson and Topllff For Martin, it’s not the same now by SCOTT NEWTON Some wrestlers just aren’t up to the challenge of taking on Dan Martin. Take the Carey (.arson Memorial Tournament, for instance. "The first guy, he just ran the whole time. The second guy stalled a lot,” M artin said, recognizing the fact that anyone who has ever wrestled him close w ill be looking to beat last year’s AAA 157-pound champion. "T h a t’s a lot better than the guys that are running from m e," M artin said. " I hate chasing ’em ." Martin was recently nominated for the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Award. An all-Timber Valley League guard and linebacker, M artin was chosen, along with Scott Fish of Oregon City, to represent the league. Two players were also selected from th e P IL , M e tro , W ilc o and Willamette Valley leagues to attend the prestigious banquet, which w ill be held at the Hilton Hotel Dec. 14. Martin, a National Honor Society member, "o n ly ” has a 3.76 grade point average. " I t could have been better," he said a fte r the C arey Larson Memorial, where he won 28-6, 8-0 and by a fall. M artin is also co-editor of Moun ta in E chos, the h ig h school newspaper, and had a part in "West Side Story.” Although everything appears to be going well for him, things could be better. Chris Jones, who was seriously in jured in an accident Nov. 6 that claimed the life of Carey Larson, has been a friend of M artin’s since the se cond grade, when M artin moved to Redland "H e made friends with me right away,” M artin said. with them that night "Lately, I think he’s been doing a lot better," said Martin, who has visited often. "H e ’s better every time I see him ." But, he adds, " I don’t like the way he is. I ’d rather have him back on the mat, and back like norm al." M a rtin showed him w restling moves, and it was the start of something special. They made the junior high wrestl ing team as fifth graders, and rarely lost, even in those early years. Last year they both won state titles, Jones as a 148 pounder. This w ill be the first season in seven years they haven’t wrestled together on the same team. "Chris and I used to work real hard, especially when we'd go against each other," M artin said. "We helped each other, more than anything else, I think, wrestling each other. " I t ’s not the same now.” Martin added, “ I had a lot of d if ferent feelings for awhile. " I was pretty upset when he was just laying there. I feel a lot better now that he’s started talking "When he was just laying there, and that machine was on...” He paused, and then added, "Those machines, he didn't ha"e any choice. That bothered me a lo t." And, he points out, it could have been him or a number of other people I)an Martin Photo by row. from left to right: Randy Sprenger. l-oren Bateman, Calvin McKinnls, Frank MrKinnis. Dan Martin. Vern Larson. Chuck Kearney Jr.. Randv Car« mony, Scott Skipper. Roland Aumueller. Coach Mark Mullens. Tim Systma and Coach Chuck Kearney. Front row. from left to right: Coach Ron Calhoun. Brad Emerson. John Cox. Larry Topliff, Randy Swanson. Jeff Smith. Hill Mathew«, Mike Sheppard. Paul Gagner and Mo Contreras.
