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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
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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
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