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Th«í» The b^ncfy Post Sports Faòruory 23 1962 (Soc. 1) SANDY (Oro.) ROST— and Recreation Seven wrestlers advance to state meet by SCOTT NEWTON It was billed as the toughest district tournament in the state, and Sandy had two finals matches go into overtime S till, the general consensus seemed to be "You ain’t seen nothing ye t.” The state tournament, at David Douglas High School, began today at 10 a m The first round for the lower weights w ill run until about 5 p m , with the 6 o’clock session beginning with the 157 pounders The Pioneers finished third in the team standings at the district meet with 259 points Oregon City took first, with 297 5, and Canby was second, with 270 Sweet Home was a distant fourth, with 181 Junior Larry Topliff started the finals out right for Sandy The 106 pounder downed Troy Santana of Sweet Home 10-5. Topliff beat Santana 4-3 for third place in the state tournament last year m the 96-pound division Senior Dan Martin, returning state champion at 157. beat rival Mike McCarty of Oregon City in the finals. Martin bea' McCarty in over time last yeat in the finals of the district tournament and won 3-2 in the Oregon C’ty d»tf‘ . Calhoun described McCarty as a ‘ ‘sm art, powerful, (and) fast” ’ -«stler, and said that Martin wiestled well against him M artin had a 3-1 lead for a good part of the «latch, and pleased the vo ca l Sandy cro w d w ith a takedown in the final seconds to decisively take the district title. Junior Chuck Kearney won the title in the 168-pound weight d ivi sion, winning 13-1 over teammate Cal McKinnis, a senior, as the coaches sat by quietly. Calhoun said that all he asks of his wrestlers in a situation like that is that they don’t hurt one another Calhoun added that McKinnis “ wrestled very tough ” Kearney, a transfer student, finished second at the AAA state tournament last year. Senior Randy Carmony, a 191 pounder, beat David Priest of Oregon City, but it took an over time to do it. Calhoun said that an overtime is to Carmony’s advantage because he’s such a hard worker and is therefore in good shape Carmon> also wrestled and won in overtime in the semifinals, this time to Pnest’s brother, Tom. Sandy heavyweight Tim Sytsma took a 22-0-1 record into the district m e e t, and O regon C ity heavyweight Rob Burns had a 20-0-1 record They tied in dual meet competition, but Burns got the best of S * aa in the district finals, finally > inning in overtime Sytsma exploded out of the bot tom position in the closing seconds of regulation time to tie the match up, scoring a one-point escape He fell 3-1 in the overtime. Sophomore Loren Bateman sur prised people with his perfor mance. He wrestled second varsity, at 168 pounds, all season. But last weekend, wrestling up a weight class, he won in the consolation finals over Joel Belgarde of Canby for third and a trip to the state meet »the top three place winners adve.^e). In his first match Bateman beat Tom Steinbacker of Sweet Home, the number three seed, '«tein- backer, only a few weeks ago, beat Carmony 6-5 in a dual at Sweet Home. Sandy junior Mike Rohweder finished fourth. About the 136 pounder, Calhoun said, “ He tried to wrestle Greco-Roman and the game plan called for collegiate style.” Greco-Roman is a style that utilizes the upper body. Rohweder is a small 136 pounder, Calhoun pointed out. Junior Scott Skipper, a 191 pounder, finished fourth. He down ed Jeff LaRose of Molalla 15-10 se cond round, then lost in overtime to Tom Priest (who. remember, was in that overtime with Carmony). One time he shot in, and with his head, broke the skin on La Rose 's face. Skipper then beat the number four seed, John Green of Canby, qualifying for the consolation finals, where he ran into LaRose again. Then, working a takedown set-up called a touch and-go, Skipper “ touched" LaRose a little too hard, and a one-point penalty was assessed against him With one minute left in the match, and the score tied 3-3, Skip per let LaRose go, He was then down by a point, but was working for a two-point takedown Now it was 5-3, and Skipper had to have the takedown just to tie it up Skipper was sporting over a dozen stiches in his lip, from an in ju ry suffered in practice, and coupled with his aggressive style, he projected somewhat of a fierce aura In the end it didn’t do him much good though LaRose got ahold of his leg, and held on In desperation Skipper tried to kick free The referee considered this flagrant, and awarded the match to LaRose Only a few seconds remained on the clock when the match was call ed, Randy Carmony works for near-fall points in the district finals, Other wrestlers that placed in clude senior B ill Mathews, a 123 pounder. 5th, junior Robert Paul, a 130 pounder. 5th; junior Mo Con treras, a 141 pounder, 5th; junior Bob Weyer. a 157 pounder, 6th, and junior Randy Swan.,on, a 115 pounder, 6th Topliff, 20-1, Kearney, 26-0, and Martin, 25-1, received first-place seeds at state. Topliff faces James Hawthorne of La Grande in a key first-round matchup. pho‘° by ScoM New,°" SUHS boys lose key game to Canby; girls fall in playoffs Tuesday night was not a good night for Sandy basketball. The boys lost a key TVL game to Canby, 64-56, and the Sandy girls lost a playoff game for a state berth, 56-38, to West Linn The girls ended up with an 11-11 record, while the boys were 8-6. The boys ended up in a tie for fourth, with the top three teams in the league (Oregon City, West Linn and Canby) advancing to the state tournament. The girls also ended up in fourth, but had beaten third-place finisher Silverton West Linn and Oregon City advance to the state meet. The boys went basket for basket with Canby in the first half, with both teams shooting well. Sandy had a three point lead towards the end of the third quarter, but had a bad two minutes, and lost the lead. Brisbin said that the team had been improving all along, and that he'd hoped to be able to coach them a little longer. He said that they’re a good group with a good attitude The Pioneers were 5 2 on the road, but just couldn't get the wins at home. Bob Nippert scored 18 points and had nine rebounds Tuesday night. Mitch Paolo contributed 16 points and seven assists. For the girls, who haven't been able to beat West Linn all season, it was the same old story. Debbie Wolcott, the Lions' 6-2 center, scored a game-high 26 points “ We just couldn’t stop her,” Smith said. “ She took charge in the third quarter (with 13 points) and there wasn’t anything we could do to slow her up.” Sandy was down 28-24 at halftime. Smith said that they played ex tremely well in the first half. In the second half, he said, " I can remember four or five close-in shots we couldn't get to go down." Cindy McCoy contribued 12 points and 11 rebounds to the effort Smith said that they could have let up before the Canby game They had achieved their season goals of a 500 season and a place among the top four Instead, he said, the girls played well against Canby, Silverton and West Linn. " I t ’s sad you have to end the season that w ay," Smith said. “ That we made it this far is quite signifi cant.” Gayle Roth takes silver at state swim meet by SCOTT NEWTON w Scoff Newton ( Indy McCoy puts up a shot for the girls during a win at Canby. 3.56 0. Topliff, a senior, finished ninth with a Douglas won, and said that there Heidi Lamer turned in good splits, time of 1.-46 56 Gayle Roth may have finished se were a lot of disqualifications from both in the preliminaries and in the They were 26-hundredths off the false starts on relay exchanges cond in the 50 free at the state meet finals, and Roth pretty much held her 1977 record, owned by Gary Roth, last weekend, but she can still claim “ Our kids handled that w ell,” he own, but Connelly and Teresa Lamer Chris Roth. Jon Swails and Jeff said. the AAA championship didn't turn in the times expected. Youngbluth. Tanya Nofziger of Rainer, the win Smith said that next year the girls All in all, however, it was a sue The relay team finished first in the team w ill need rebuilding, while he ner of the event, is from an AA cessful finish to another good year. district meet with a time of 1:4C 98 school expects to have a strong boys team, The girls finished 14th (out of 42 Their time in the preliminaries Coach Mark Smith said he is “ ex especially if some Blue Marlin sw im teams) with 32 points. It was the best wasn’t that good, probably due in tremely pleased” with Roth's efforts. mers go out. finish for Smith since he came here in part to “ freshman jitte rs ." Roth said that she was “ happy” “ We’re looking forward, with ex 1974 Smith said they all turned in w ith the second-place fin is h , citement, to next year,” Smith said. The girls were 6-1 in dual-meet “ outstanding swims” in the finals although she wanted the gold pretty Smith said that he'll miss Topliff com petition, which put S m ith ’s He added, “ We're looking forward to badly. and the senior girls. overall record at 64 26 1. breaking that medley relay record “ I'm glad it's all over and the “ I t ’s been a pleasure working With The boys were 26th (out of 40 next year " pressure's o ff,” she said Monday. them,” he said teams). Smith was also pleased with “ Right now I ’m thinking about He said that they’ve set some high They were 5-2 in dual meet com T o p liff’s performance in the 50 free. track " standards, in attitude and pride as petition, which puts Smith’s overall He finished 14th, and missed qualify Roth came down with a cold the well as times. record at 69-24-1, for a combined ing in the consolation finals by two- night before the meet, and said that it Gayle Roth ends her career at San 133-50-1 record. hundredths of a second especially affected her breathing in dy with four school records (in the 50 Smith had the youngest relay "He had an excellent sw im ,” Smith the 100 free, in which she placed sixth and 100 free, the 100 back and the 200 team, the 200 individual medley, at said. with a time of 56.3. IM ). She also holds the district the state meet The team, comprised Lincoln won the girls state title. She turned in a 56 17 to win the records in the 50 and 100 free of Richard Rolph, Jamie Tuttle and David Douglas took it for the boys. district title Topliff ends his career with the 50 Matt Roth, all freshmen, and R .:k Smith was surprised that David Smith pointed out that in the 50 free free record, set with a time of 22 98 she did beat rival Julie I.eep of Tigard, against whom she's been competing for four years Leep was third with a 25.33, and was ranked first going into the finals Roth had a 25.1 in the finals while Nofziger, a junior, had a 24 83 Smith said that Roth had a g<xxi start and executed an excellent turn in the 50, and "was ahead by an arm stroke” in the final stretch. “ I thought for sure she'd won,” said Smith, who explained, however, that he was at an angle. “ I believe she put everything into it humanly possible,” he said One disappointment was the finish of the 400 free relay team They had set a goal going into the state meet of finishing in the top six. The team, comprised of Bonita Con nelly, Teresa Lamer, Heidi learner and Roth, finished eighth with a time of 4.01.19 Smith was hoping they'd go under four minutes, and possibly break the school record set two years ago of Teresa Lamer, lle id i Lamer. Gayle Roth and Bonita Connelly.
