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Canby edged; West Linn next
Steve Palmer scored a season high
19 points as the Pioneer boys downed
Canby in TVL play Friday night.
Sandy trailed most of the first half,
but took a $5-24 lead on an inside shot
from Bob Nippert with 2 45 left in the
first half
Mitch Paola and Palmer each add
ed a bucket to give Sandy a 30-26
halftime lead
The Pioneers kept the lead all
through the second half, winning
55-52 Coach Dan Brisbin was pleased
with the way they played under
pressure, saying that they had good
shot selection and played under con
trol
He was disappointed with the free
throw shooting in the fourth quarter,
as the Pioneers made only five of 13
Both teams shot about 48 percent
from the field, with Canby winning
the battle of the boards. 28-21
Brisbin said that they made a
defensive change in the th ird
quarter, from a 12-2 zone to a 1-3-1
zone, and during the time it took Can
by to adjust Sandy had gained a nine
point lead.
He was pleased w ith Gordon
Brinser. who went in off the bench to
grab some key rebounds and play
“ really good defense ”
Friday Sandy w ill host West Linn
at 7 30 p m
“ I'm very glad we have them here
this h a lf." Brisbin said
He said that they play a physical,
inside game He said that a team
c a n t get behind because “ they'll
freeze the ball on you." playing a
deliberate game
The Pioneers w ill play Oregon Ci
ty, Sweet Home and Canby on the
road the second time around
He was the leading rebounder
against Canby, grabbing 11
In addition to scoring 19 points on
eight of 14 from the field and three of
five free throws. Palmer had five
assists
Brisbin said, “ If we're going to be a
factor in the end. we've got to win on
the road second half "
About N ip p e rt, B risb in said,
"Bob's been doing a super job He's
been playing very, very w ell.”
Even though he's a marked man,
he always gets the job done. Brisbin
said.
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For Sandy Sieve Palm er H J-J I I Troy W’oll
20-0-4 Mitch Paola OO-I 18 Robert Krader
0-0-50, Bob Nipper! 443-12 Gordon Bruner
I 00-2. Sieve Brader 0 0 -1 0 Total« 24 7 12-55
For Canby Sisul 10-12. Talone 4 0 4 12.
Marston 5 0 3 10 Herman 9-2-5-20 Goldman
12-4-4 Wilson IO 1 2 McElroy 1 0 0 2 Totals
24-4-18 52
Paola represents change at SUHS
by SCOTT NEWTON
In a way, Mitch Paola represents
something of a change for Sandy
Union High School in boys sports
Last year the football team was 1-8,
and the basketball team was 7-13.
This fall the football team, with
Paola at quarterback, had a 6-4
record and advanced to the state
playoffs The basketball team is in
the thick of the TVL title chase
This senior class has some good
athletes, Paola said last week
“ They've shown a lot more leader
ship, like in football.“
He added. “ Last year we had more
of a junior team, and were inex
perienced This year we have more of
a s e n io r te a m , and
m ore
experience.”
Paola, a 6-foot forw ard, has
averaged about 14 points a game
through Friday's win over Canby.
In seven league games he’s con
tributed 46 rebounds and 21 assists
It was the first two league games
that stand out most in Coach Dan
Brisbin's mind
A tall West Linn team sagged in on
6-5 senior Bob Nippert. “ We gave
Mitch the ball, and we let him go a lit
tle bit on that one side,” Brisbin said,
adding that Paola shot about 60 per
cent from the field
When Nippert fouled out before the
overtime, that left Paola as the only
really experienced player (i.e.,
returning starter) on the court. “ He
was the leader out there, and he did a
tremendous job,” Brisbin said.
Paola ended up with 23 points dur
ing that overtime win, and scored
another 20 the next night at Molalla
“ He's the main reason we got off to
the start we d id ." Brisbip said
Paola's scoring average dipped
before the Canby game, and he ad
mitted he was in somewhat of a
slump
The slump was compounded by the
fact that opposing teams quit playing
Nippert so close, and started shadow
ing Paola
Nippert found his game them, scor
ing 25 against Silverton and 20
against Oregon City.
"T heir games are really com
plementary.” Brisbin said “ If they
get out on Mitch, then Bob's free If
they collapse on Bob, then Mitch has
a lot of openings ”
Before the Canby game, Brisbin
said, “ He's going to start shooting
well again. He's too good an athlete
to stay in a slump very long ”
Friday night Paola scored 18, hit
ting nine of 13 from the field
Nippert and Paola go back a few
years They played under Brisbin as
freshmen, going 11-0 against league
competition They were 15-2 overall,
losing those two by ore and two
points.
About Brisbin, Paola said, “ I like
him a lot . I think he’s a good coach
“ I like his style of basketball. He
wants to get the ball up court, run it I
like the running game.”
Paola is an ex-guard So having
him in is almost like having three
guards in the game, Brisbin said.
“ He drives the basket real w ell,"
Brisbin said. “ He’s got a pretty good
base line shot, from around 15 feet or
so
have to get things done “
About the season so far, Brisbin
said. “ 1 think a lot of people are,
maybe, surprised
“ We re disappointed we re not bet
ter We feel that we had a chance to
beat Sweet Home, and we feel we
should have beat Oregon C ity."
Pa la agrees Against Sweet Home
Alan Vasey was hot, scoring 29
points He said that S.,eet Home's
hot shooting may have given them a
“ little scare," and they didn’t handle
it well.
“ Against Oregon City I think we
just got pulled out of our offense," be
said
Mitch Paola
“ And, he was getting those shots
Now people a re c o n c e rn in g
themselves with stopping him .”
About Paola’s role on the team,
Brisbin said, "P rim a rily , we like him
to score."
I t ’s also important for him to help
run the offense, set things up. Brisbin
said that sometimes things get hectic
with the younger players.
Paola “ really helps settle them
down He's a real stable ball player.
He doesn't make a lot of mistakes
“ He shows a lot of leadership on
the court.”
Brisbin said, “ We look to those two
returning starters as team leaders
Those are the guys we go to when we
Inexperience may have hurt them
a little, he said about the games,
which were lost p rim a rily in the
fourth quarter.
But even with some tough games
on the road in the coming weeks,
Paola is optimistic.
He has been involved with a
number of successful teams, having
a long history of playing organized
sports The highlight may have been
this fall, however
“ It was really nice being in the
playoffs in football, really nice.
“ I ’d never been there, and it was
fun. I had more fun this year than I
have ever had.
“ I ’m having fun in basketball too,
because we’re having a winning
season.”
He smiles, and adds, “ You always
have fun when you w in."
And he’s hoping they keep having
fun in basketball, all the way through
the playoffs.
Boys, girls win swim duals against Barlow
The girls swim team got its record
to 5-1 Tuesday with a 81-75 win over
Redmond
event before the 50 free Smith feels
she can take those tenths of a second
off if she goes into the event fresh.
The boys are 4-2, having won 83-72
Tuesday.
The boys had nine first-place
finishes and eight personal records,
while the girls had five first-place
finishes and five personal records.
Smith said Friday that Heidi
Lamer is doing a good job bringing
her times down in the 200 IM Tues
day she again lowered her time in the
event, turning in a 2 40 4.
B rian Stamm, Lisa Izer and
Shauny Thoreson qualified in addi
tional events for the upcoming
district meet.
Coach Mark Smith was surprised
the girls won by 12 points over
Barlow last week He’d expected a
two-point win, or maybe even a tie
They won 84-72.
They boys won 84-57 Thursday, and
Smith said he continues to be pleased
with the team
He said that Gayle Roth is getting
close to all American qualifying
standards in the 50 free
She turned in a 25 58 performance
against Barlow, and all-American
consideration is 24 9
Roth won the 200 IM. which was the
SUNS boy« 44. Barlow »
200 Medley Relay Richard Rolph. Jamie Tut
tie. Kurt Herzog and Mark Gunderson. 1st.
1 54 43
200 Free Rick Topliff. 1st. I 59 88 Rolph 2nd.
2 01 10 Steve Clark. 5th. 2 27 35
200 IM
Tuttle. 2nd. 2 22 45, Herzog. 3rd.
2 30 73
50 Free Shawn Bum«. 2nd. 24 94. Gundenon,
Donna Nelson and Dawn M iller. 1st. 2 10 40.
Brenda DuBois. Shauny Thoreson. Lisa Izer and
Shelly Erickson. 4th, 2 29 92
200 Free Bonita Connelly. 1st. 2 11 78, Teresa
laim er 3rd. 2 14 79 Izer. 5th. 2 :I5 92
200 IM Roth, 1st. 2 23 83 Heidi U m e r 3rd,
2 44 28. Kelly Russell. 4th. 3 30 29
50 Free Roth. 1st, 25 58. Thoreson. 3rd. 30 47.
M iller. 6th. 32 09
100 Fly Nicl DuBois, 3rd. I 25 59. B DuBois,
5th. I 49 40. Russell. 6th. I 55 32
100 Free Connelly. 1st. I 00 77. Nelson. 2nd,
I 05 6.1. M iller. 4th. I l l 78
500 Free T (aim er. 2nd. 6 02 97. Izer. 4th,
7 00 41. Erickson. 4th. 8 04 56
100 Back Nelson. 1st. I 16 94. N DuBois. 2nd
I 18 10. B DuBois. 6th. I 28 Hl
100 Breast H lu m e r. 2nd. I 21 03. Dasher. 3rd.
1 24 59. Thoreson Slh. I 27 39
400 Free Relay T Lam er H l-am er, N
DuBois. Connelly. 1st. 4 25.35
26 66
100 Fly M att Roth. l i t 55 91. Herzog. 3rd.
I 05 81
100 Free Brian Stamm. 3rd. I 02 57. ( la r k . 4th,
1 07 08. D arrin Britton. 5th. I OB 32
500 Free Roth. I«t. 5 19 10 Gundenon. 2nd,
5 46 82
100 Back
Rolph. 1st. 1 06 43, Burns 2nd,
I 08 08 SU m m . 4th, I 24 75
100 Hreaal Tuttle, lat. I 10 38 Britton 4th
I : IS 38
400 Free Relay Tophff. Stamm Burns and
Roth 1st. 3 48 53
St MS girl« M . Barlow 72
200 Medley Relay
Gayle Roth Julie Dasher
tbelly Erickson swims In the SM free during the Barlow dual.
P ersonal reco rd *
For the boys Steve Clark. 200 Free. 2 31 62 Io
2 27 35. and 100 Free. I 24 5 Io I 07 0 Richard
Rolph. I« ) Free. 2 01 5 (o 2 01 I. Jam ie Tuille 200
IM . 2 25 0 I o 2 22 45 Shawn Burns 50 Free. 25 7 to
24 95. and 100 Back I 09 4 to I 08 4 Matt Both
loo Fly. 58 12 to 55 91 Kuri Herzog HR) Fly.
I 07 15 (o I 05 81 Brian Stamm, too Free I 03 48
Io I 02 57 Mark Gunderson. SOO Free 5 53 .31 Io
5 46 8 D arrin Bntlon, IMI Brea si I 2129 In
1 18 38
For the girls Heidi I aimer 2MI IM 2 46 6 Io
2 44 28 Shauny Thoreson 5o Free. :MI 7 In Ml 47
and KRl Breast I 28 31 In I 27 39 N in DuBois IMI
Fly. I 27 8 Io I 25 5 Donna Nelson IMI Free
Photo b \ Scoli N e u lo n
I 06 0 Io I 05 43. and 100 Back. I 17 7 to I 16 9
Julie Dasher. Ilk) Breast I 26 9 to I 24 5
Martin on
Shrine team
Dan Martin, a senior at Sandy
Union High School, has been selected
to play in the 1982 Shrine AH Star
Football game.
Randy Carmony, SUHS senior, was
selected as an alternate.
Ron Linehan of Sunset w ill coach
the North team, which is comprised
of players from the Metro AAA
leagues
The coaches that advance the fu r
thest in the state playoffs from their
respective regions are selected to
coach the North and South squads
Sunset was e lim in a te d in the
semifinals this past season
Players for the All Star games are
selected by the coaches
Pioneers compete
in Oregon Indoor
A number of Sandy Union High
School athletes competed at the
Oregon Indoor Invitational track and
field meet at Memorial Coliseum in
Portland last weekend
To participate one must have met
the qualifying standard in 1961, and
have been invited
Paige Daugherty finished third out
of 40 competitors in the shot pu, with
a throw of 37 9 and one-half
Dale Kasmussen was 10th out of 40,
also in the shot put His best throw
was 45-9
Both Daugherty and Rasmussen
are off to a good start for the season,
said Coach Randy Hutchinson
Sam Romey finished 11th out of 30
in the mile run He ran a 5 03. which
is not as good a time as he is capable
of, according to Hutchinson He said
that Romey was boxed in at one
point, which hurts when one is on a
track that is only about 160 yards in
circumference (with 11 laps equaling
a mile).
The girls mile relay was one of five
to he invited to participate in the
night meet The team was comprised
of Darby Binder, Laura Stringham,
Caryn Fuller and Polly Kelly They
finished fourth in 4.06
Steve Palmer slips inside for a shot against Canby F rid a y.Pho'° by
N* * ,on
Pioneer boys shoot well
as title chase continues
The Sandy boys remain in the
league race, having won 63-50 over
Molalla Tuesday night
Coach Dan Brisbin said that he was
concerned going into the game as
Molalla has been playing well of late.
He said the Indians played well
Tuesday, i t ’s just that the Pioneers
played better They hit 18 of 30 from
the field first half
“ Troy Wolf was tremendous first
half last night," Brisbin said Wednes
day. He hit six of seven all in the
17-foot range.
Steve Palmer also hit some long
shots, connecting on four of eight
first half
That opens things up inside for Nip
pert, Brisbin said He was pleased
with the 6-5 center’s efforts Nippert
scored 14, had nine rebounds, four
steals and six blocked shots.
Mitch Paola scored 10 points and
had five assists.
Brisbin said that in the last two
games they've had better movement
on offense, and are starting to work
together as a team.
F o r the ga m e , the Sandy
sophomore hit seven of eight, and
three of four free throws, for 17
points.
SUMS
Molalla
Sophomore Robert Brader was
also credited with playing a "trem en
dous game " He had nine rebounds
and was credited with being p rim a ri
ly responsible for holding Molalla’s
David Shultz to four points in the se
cond half.
For Sandy Palm er 4-31 I I , laind O-l-O-l,
Schaffer 10-02 M arlin 10-0-2. Wolf 7 3-0-17.
Paola 4 2 3 10; H Brader 2-0-4^, Nippert
8 2 2 14. S Brader 1-0 2 2. Total« 28 11 12 43
For Molalla Satium M il 2. Tallan 0-2-0-2
Shultz
4-3-3 IS. Friedrich
3-0-4 6. Banta
5-0-1 10. Robert« 2 2-44, Vandrrwal 3-I-4-7.
Total* 218 14 50
20 38 M <3
IS 29 33 SO
Pioneer girls ski team
gets second meet victory
Even without the team's number
one skier, the Sandy girls finished
first
Anne Sarich was in Colorado com
peting in the North American Ski
Association competition (called Nor
Ams) She was one of 15 girls to make
the Pacific Northwest Ski Associa
tion «PNSA) team
Meanwhile, at M ultorpor this
weekend, Ulla Pearson tied for first
in the giant slalom Sue Sarich was
third, and Charr Bridge finished
sixth
Coach Robert Karsten said that he
expects those top girls to do well
An 11th place finish by Ingrid
Peterson pleased Karsten I t ’s nice
seeing her develop into a good racer,
he said
Nicole Schouten finished 20th “ For
a freshman in her first major race, I
feel she did well finishing 20th,"
Karsten said
T hirty four Valley league skiers
competed in the girls division
The top two teams in the league go
to state, and the Sandy girls, with two
meet wins, are in a comfortable posi
lion.
The boys, however, finished third
They finished fourth in Valley
league competition two weeks ago
“ They have the ability to make it to
state." Karsten said “ They just
have to tie it all together "
Lakeridge won the meet l^ake
Oswego was second
Steve Sarich was second, and Bob
Spradling was 11th Both are going to
be real good performers, Karsten
said
“ I expect them to be placing higher
in the future "
Chris Welch finished 12th, and
Mike Wall was 15th
Day finished 25th, skiing well, ac
cording to Karsten
Brian Silvey was 31st. He perform
ed well, but lost a ski, Karsten sad.
Thirty-two competed in the boys
division
Tyson Cummings was fifth, out of
22, in the junior varsity race.
Peter Valian was eighth in that
race B illy Van M nen and Steve Ben
ny finished 15th and 16th respective
ly