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- • . Thur» The Sflndy Post Sports Mofch I I I W {Set I) SANO Y (Of«.) POST -7 and Recreation Track teams boast good distance runners Distance runners and ja v e lin throwers offer the Pioneer boys and girls track teams the best oppor tunities to score points Junior Scott Skipper, the district champion last year in the javelin, is expected to score points regularly for Sandy “ He s going to be a significant fac tor in the league this year for us," Coach Handy Hutchinson said Richard Doering is probably the second best javelin thrower in the league, according to Hutchinson “ He's been doing real well so fa r.“ he said, adding that he's been throw ing in the 170- to 180-foot range Skipper was third in the shot, and is backed up in the throw ing events by Locke Christman. Dale Rasmussen, Roland Aumueller. Mike Marleau. Steve Pettengill and Doering "T hose kids are a ll v a rs ity athletes, ' Hutchinson said This is the seventh season for Hut chinson. and he said that he has his best distance team ever One person expected to score a lot w ill be sophomore Sam Romey, the 1981 district cross country champion Hutchinson is also pleased to have seniors Craig and Clark Watts out “ I ’ve been trying to get them out for four years They ’re both just load ed with talent “ They're going to be a real factor for us They’ve made us strong.” Others out include Phil Burks, a 3 ,0 00-m eter c a n d id a te , Steve Metelack, Brian Reick and Andy Romey There are also a lot of freshmen and sophomores that are expected to contribute “ It looks to be a real good crew. We've got about 14 distance runners We usually have five,' he said “ So we re really pleased with the group of kids we have out There's a lot of leadership There's some great potential there “ I think we’re going to get some real significant points out of these guys They're starting to mature, physically and mentally Mentally is the most important thing They’re handling their workouts better, and their attitudes are improving “ The boys distance team just has a real good attitude. They're really responding well to training so far I'm excited about 'em ” Although the distance and throw ing events hold the potential for the most points, the boys also have an improved crew of sprinters Five of the Sandy runners have turned in 55 or better 400-meter runs "Gosh, that's great,” Hutchinson said "Last year we didn’t have any ” Metelak was one of the five Others include Skipper, junior Russell Fork, and sophomores Ryan Coombs and Brian Prosser "We might even have a mile relay team this year that consists of all sprinters.“ Hutchinson said, explain ing that he s used distance runners in the mile relay for several years “ We still don’t have that hundred speed, you know, that you need to break up a lot of points, but I think we re going to be able to develop a couple of 200 runners, and we ll be really strong in the 400 ” Senior Steve Brader may be on that mile relay team, and w ill also run the intermediate hurdles T think I ’ll see some good things out of him this year I'm kind of ex cited about h«m He's really starting to come along ” In the high jump, senior Doug Baucom cleared 5-10 regularly last year, and freshman Hank Grenier shows a lot of promise. “ They’ll be pretty effective in the high jum p,“ Hutchinson said Senior Chris Crabtree pole vaulted in the 11-foot range as a junior And, Skipper might vault also “ It wouldn't surprise me to find out that he can do that, too,” Hutchinson said Oregon City and West Linn are the teams to beat, both for the girls and for the boys. Hutchinson said The girls won the league two years ago. and he considers last year, when they finished tnird. an off season The boys also finished third last year There are three girls that have turned in sub-60 400s One is an 800 m eter runner, the other a 1.500-me ter person “ That detracts a little bit from your sprints,” Hutchinson said There are seven girls on the team that can run a 63 400, although that isn't the kind of speed that w ill earn them great numbers of points in the 100 or 200 Hutchinson said that they w ill try to develop the sprinters so that they peak at the district meet Therefore, he said i t ’s kind of hard to tell “ where we ae.” H u tc h in s o n is h o p in g th a t Margaret Blackburn and Sandra Peterson do the job. Blackburn is also an intermediate hurdler P olly K e lly, a tra n sfe r from Centennial, has turned in a 59.6 400 Other sprinters include C rystal Calkins, Lisa Hassett, Shelby Dries. Karen Fuller and Tammi Lindsay. “ Out of that group. I think we’re going to develop some really outstan ding runners." Hutchinson said. Peterson was a member of the mile relay team, which won the district ti tle Also on that relay were Darby Binder, Gayle Roth and Sharon Jensen “ I feel we’ve got the best distance team in the state," Hutchinson said. “ I ’ve felt that all along “ It just remains to be seen the m aturity of those girls, how they mature through the season. They have all the potential." Jensen, a sophomore, finished se cond at the district cross country meet last fall, and was 16th at the AAA state meet Roth, a senior, was the 800-meter district champion last year, and finished second in the 30(h meter hurdles She finished sixth at the AAA state meet in the 800 Binder, who finished fifth at the district meet, is versatile enough “ to run anything from the 400 up ” Laura Stringham was described as “ an excellent 1,500-meter runner She has all the potential to be a great, great runner ” Another proven distance runner w ill be Donna Nelson in the 3,000-meter run She was second in the district last year, and finished eighth at state Hutchinson said that the competi tion for the mile relay team, “ almost a sure bet for the state meet," w ill be fierce “ Ideally, that’s what we would like to see,” Hutchinson said “ We would like to see the intrasquad competition being our most stressful situation, and then the meets being a lot of fun “ Hopefully, we can generate that We haven’t been able to do that for Key people returning include Mo Contreras, a second team all TVL catcher, senior Mitch Paola, a first team all-league second baseman, and senior C raig G iffo rd , an honorable mention pitcher. Pitching w ill most definitely be a key, according to Heath Gifford hasn't been allowed to throw yet because of tendonitis It is hoped that he’ll be healthy by the time league play gets underway. "He did a good job, won several key games for us last year,” Heath said. “ He could be a contributing fac tor again this year if he comes on ” “ All my seniors, basically, are go ing to contribute a lo t," he said Pitching and defense are im por tant at any level of baseball, Heath said A lot of the team’s pitching suc cess last year can be attributed to John Rohr, assistant coach, Heath said "H e ’s done a good job of pulling the pitchers together—to help them become a little more confident up there on the mound.” If they can keep runners from op posing teams off the bases, Heath feels they have the offensive power to win games l^ast year Contreras hit in the .360 range, while Paola hit about .310. Powell hit well at the close of the season, he said, hitting 295 Bennett h it over .500 on the freshman team last year, and Wolf hit 290, Other pitchers include senior Ran dy Martin, sophomore Jerry Bennett and senior Keith Powell. Also, Con treras and sophomore Troy Wolf could be called upon to do mound du ty. Bennett was described as a “ big kid, a strong kid,” who throws the ball "extremely hard “ Right now the team's top pitcher, most likely, is Martin He throws the ball hard and has good quickness. About Wolf, who also plays short stop, Heath said, "H e ’s got the tools to do a real fine job." Other varsity players include Mike Lund, Mel Gedde and Gordon Brinser Heath said On top of that, he's “ wild enough to make hitters respect him .” Powell “ did a really good job for us last year and can play just about any position,” Heath said "They w ill, with time, do a lot of contributing to the team ," Heath said Lund filled in at second base and in the outfield last year, and “ sparked" them during a win over Canby. Besides pitching, his main duty w ill probably be as a third baseman. Another senior on the team is Da ve Kirkland, an outfielder who started at times last year He has good quickness and is a good contact h it ter, according to Heath Brinser is a backup catcher. Two transfer students are also ei pected to help. Stu Hoffman, a junioi played for Parkrose last year Pat Baird, also a junior, was on th Gresham varsity last year “ We could finish up in the tc three,” Heath said about the leagt race. “ That may be going out on tki lim b a little bit, but we talk aboi goals and we talk about what we ca do physically “ And physically, on paper, we'r probably as good as any team in th league. “ We have the offense to compete,' he said. " I think we have th< quickness afoot to play good defense “ It just comes back to what our pit chers are able to do ” Heath said it ’s hard to be positiv as the Sandy program has been dow for some time. He’s hoping the eight wins las season got them headed in the righ direction. If they can win on the road the fin of the season they should be in goo shape After playing a second leagu game at home April 2, they have si games on the road “ I think it could be an exciting yea for our baseball program if thes kids gel,” Heath said and two outs, Sandy put a player ou at first. The Klamath Falls statist cian gave KUHS a run on that pla ( they had a player on third), and th Pioneers didn't notice the error unt near the end of the game Despite the error, Heath was pleas ed “ Everyone contributed, all th way down the line," he said Tuesda night in a telephone interview Stu Hoffman was two-for-five a the plate, doubling twice and earnini two RBIs Dave Kirkland was also two-for five, with two RBIs Tim Zimmerman, a junior at San Randy Martin was one-for foui dy Union High School, finished in a with two RBIs, and Mike Lund wai tie for 22nd at the OMSI Oregon one for three with two RBIs Chess Federation chess tournament Heath said they played well this weekend especially considering it was then Forty eight competed in the high first outing For example, they turn school reserve division ed two double plays He scored two and a half points, Also, they only made one error out of a possible five, in the five Pitching was a weakness, bul rounds of play Heath said he expected that He said He won one of the 24 regional quali they gave up too many walks Jerry fying tournaments Teams from all Bennett takes the loss, which Heath over Oregon, and counties in said isn’t really fair as he pitched Washington bordering the state, pretty well competed. Heath said that Klamath Falls has At the high school level as many as a good program, and so he feels good 10,000 competed at one time or about the showing another in the different levels of com A double header was scheduled, petition. which included individual but the weather caused a change in school playoffs, according to Clay plans Heath said they warmed in a Kelleher, who helped run off the hail-snow storm It blew over by meet game time This was the 12th annual OMNI SUHS J 2 0 3 J 0 I I] * chess tournament. KUHS 0 0 0 1 * 3 X 14 3 Zim m erm an 22nd at chess meet Sophomore Denise Proctor also is doing well, and Hutchinson said there are a couple f freshmen that could be helping out as well Daugherty also is a good discus thrower, as is senior Stephanie Hagstrom and Proctor Hagstrom. the district champion in the javelin, had the sixth best throw- in the state last year Daugherty was third in district competition last year Discussing Oregon City's feeder system, and comparing it to Sandy 's, which is almost non existent. Hut chinson said, “ We kind of start from ground base zero and see what we can do with it “ We have some super kids who put in a lot of time, a lot of tim e ." Photo by Scott Newton Pioneers edged in opener Coach Curtis Heath was pleased with the way the Pioneers' baseball season got underway, although he would've liked to have gotten in the win column. The boys fell 14-13 to Klamath Falls Tuesday, in part because of an error by the hometown statisticians In the fourth inning, with a 9-0 lead "Greg tO Meara) does a real good job with those people Taking 'em to state is a tradition in the weight events." Roland Aumueller, left, and Scott Skipper will be depended upon to score points lor the boys in throwing events. Skipper is also a sprinter. Offense baseball team’s main strength The Pioneer baseball team is due to arrive back today after opening the season with a trip to Klamath Falls. They went into the games, a game with Klamath Falls on Tuesday (a 14-13 loss, see next story) and a dou ble header with Mazama (the other high school in Klamath Falls) with less than two weeks of practice time behind them “ This trip to Klamath Falls should be a real indicator for the program,” Coach Curtis Heath said last week The Pioneers finished well last year, winning three of their la d four, and finished fifth in the league They ended the 1980-81 season with an extra-innings win over Silverton, a team that went on to earn the se cond TVL state playoff spot “ I think West Linn w ill be the team to beat in the Timber Valley this year,” Heath said Heath, in his third year as head coach, hopes to see the kind of pro gress he saw when coaching at Bonanza, an A division school. His first year there they won one game, but in his fourth year they made it to the slate finals, losing the championship to Regis, 7-5 That was in 1974. “ It takes a period of time to build character, pride and class in a pro gram It's starting to come about slowly,” Heath said "The trouble is,” he joked, “ I don't have a lot of patience, the older I get ” Missing from last year's team w ill be John Martin, a first-team a ll league selection, and Troy Bangs and Matt Falgout awhile and this year we ll have that opportunity again “ A lot of this depends on the emo tional m aturity of the kids They have to realize that the type of com petition we want is a very healthy kind, not a negative thing " In the long jump, Jensen. Peterson and Lorne Shelton w ill be expected to contribute Roth is capable of earning points in the high jump, and Shauny Thoreson and Shelby Dries are also expected to contribute Like the boys, the girls are also strong in the throwing events Junior Paige Daugherty is the returning district champion in the shot put, and finished in the top 15 at the state meet She set a personal record by toss ing the shot 37 feet at state She threw 37-7 at the Oregon Indoor In vita tional. “ So, things are looking real good," Hutchinson said Tourney plans underway Plans are underway for the third Alumni Basketball Tournament. Persons interested in playing should contact Len Eaton, tourna ment director, at 668 8011. Two divisions have been set up this year. There w ill be eight teams in the A division and four teams in the B division Games w ill be held in both the upstairs and the downstairs gvms at SUHS. The tournament w ill begin on Thursday, A pril 15, with the cham pionship games on April 17. On Thursday, teams w ill play at 6:15 and 8 p m , with a total of four games played. Only A division teams w ill need to play Thursday night Friday six games w ill be played, with games at 5:30, 7:15 and 9. Twelve teams w ill be in action Saturday, with games at 4:45, 6:30 and 8:15 upstairs. Games downstairs w ill be at 4, 6 and 8 p m., with the B division final game at 6 and the A division cham pionship game at 8 Tickets are $2 Money raised from the tourna ment goes to the boys basketball team Also, the Future Farmers of America sponsor a barbecue on S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n s , w h ich benefits that organization The rally squad sells conces sions. The 1971 72 team has won the tournament both years The Sandy High School Booster Club w ill sponsor an alumni dance following the championship games Saturday Music w ill be provided by the SUHS stage band SUHS girls start season with win over Clackamas The Pioneers girls got the softball season underway with an 11-3 win at Clackamas Tuesday. Although the season started right, the game didn’t. Coach Gary Curtis said they had the bases loaded and no outs in the first inning Then, three girls in a row struck out Curtis said that when they'd make that last swing they’d be turned fac ing him, as he was coaching at third, and they could “ see the smoke " All in all, however, it was a good game, Curtis said, adding that they found out what they need to work on Patty Gray was the winning p it cher, throwing a no hitter She struck out four and walked tn The Pioneers had 11 runs on eight hits and committed four errors Clackamas got three runs on no hits and committed six errors Maureen Beckett snagged two “ screaming liners" at third, Curtis reports Gray helped her own cause by do ing a good job at the plate She hit a “ very nice triple' and a single Curtis was also pleased with two junior varsity pitchers Carrie Watt had seven strikeouts and seven walks, and Cindi Ewing had six strikeouts and six walks, for a 22-10 win Mighty Mite ski team wins Buddy Werner championship The Mighty Mite ski racing team won over 14 other teams from Oregon, Washington and Idaho to take the 1982 PNSA Buddy Werner Championship. This is the first time in 11 years that the Mt Hood racing club has won the Buddy Werner champion ship The Bogus Basin, Idaho, team has won the meet for seven- to 12yearold boys and girls six of the past 10 years The meet was held at Mission Ridge, Wash Duane Bridge of Sandy, who along with Matt Greenslade of Portland, is co-founder and co-director, said that l-ee Inglesbee, head coach, and Bill Gunish, Je ff Jarm er and Mike Greenslade, his assistants, “ have done an excellent job ” Holly Sarich, 12, of Government Camp was the top finisher for the girls She won the slalom and was third in the giant slalom Andy Nygard, 11, of Portland won both races last weekend The Mighty Mites are comprised of boys and girls from Portland to Governm ent Camp. Of the 52 members, nine boys and six girls competed at Mission Ridge Bridge said that the win was a team victory “ Every one of the kids contributed,” he said He said th a t the people at Timberline and Multorpor-Ski Bowl have been cooperative in working with them Englesbee is a former U S Na tional Ski Team coaching sta ff mem her Team m em ber, g irl, Holly Sanch and Kim Brock Government (a m p Amy Schrader Sun nyaide and Amy Ijiraon. Suaie M iller and Shelli (.reenalade Portland Boy, M ark Bruun. Happy Valley, and Andy Nygard Huntly Mnrriaon, Roy Anderaon John Kim berly. Deweon F a rr Brett Snyder and Todd Rruun all of Portland Z
