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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.