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Thur». AAofch » . 19»2 ($•< The Sttnüy Post Sports I) SANDY (O f« ., POST— 7 and Recreation State tournaments a tradition for Aubins by M U T T S E W TOS It s hectic, and it takes up a lot of time, but Miles and Eleanor Aubin enjoy it. Going to state basketball tour namenls is getting to be a tradition with them Miles, who has been running the clock at Sandy Union High School games since 1973. worked 22 of the 26 games at the AAA state tournament this year, which is probably the most he's done. He was working Benson High School and Portland Community College games when the state tour nament was moved from Eugene to Portland in 1966 Aubin had been working with Roger Mockford, PCC athletic director, timing P IL games, when Mockford was asked to round up a crew for the state tournament in 1966 “I happened to be in the right place at the right time so I got the job,” Aubin said Eor awhile Aubin also worked Portland State games, and so was going to Benson, PCC and PSU games, as II as the state tourna ment When Aubin retired in 1970 as a biology teacher at Benson, he and his wife moved to rural Sandy, and so he gave up timing some of the events as the drive to Portland got to be too much But of course the state tourna ment us a premier event, and Aubin kept working it In 1974 a new clock was purchas ed at Memorial Coliseum, and so for several years the coliseum pro vided the crew In 1979 Aubm again got the chance to work at the state tourna ment, and has done so for the last tour years According to Aubin there is one trick to running the clock: "Keep your eye on the officials at all times ” Also, he said, it's a good idea to remember and turn the horn on There's only one time he was really put on that spot, and fo r tunately, he handled the situation well In 1970, in the championship round, two of the favored teams, Jesuit and Central Catholic, were playing "Jesuit was two points ahead, and it was a jump ball on the Jesuit end of the floor,” Aubm recalled "W ell, they tipped it ahead and a Central Catholic boy got it, took two dribbles and cast off. and the ball went through. "The referee waved it off, but the coach, C liff Shelton, rushed over to the clock and wanted to know what I would call it. " I had sense enough to say, ‘Well, i t ’s all over.” ’ “ Then one of the writers from one of the papers came down and charged the clock, and wanted to know what I called it. " I gave him the same answer. Well, he got kind of perturbed, dike) I should have enough in testinal fortitude to tell him what I thought it was." Of course, Aubin was right by pointing out that it's the referee’s decision as to whether there was time on the clock when the Central Catholic player put up the shot. "Well, also, they had trouble with some of the Central Catholic people,” Aubin said They "charg ed out on the floor, and I think there might have been some fists swung, too.” Aubin said that he runs into C liff Shelton occasionally, and that they're friends “ Every once in a while we'll talk abut it," Aubin said of the incident. In talking about tournament peo ple, B ill Mulslur of the Catholic Sentinal wrote on March 27, 1970, "Aubin comes in for praise, too. He kept his cool despite pressure from coaches, fans and press. His deci sion in this dispute could only be known if the referee asked for help.” Asked if he thinks, 12 years later, that the referee made the right decision, Aubin said, " I forgot about it from then on.” Although Aubin started timing games in 1957, he doesn’t feel he really learned to do it right until he started working the state tourna ment In explaining that, he said, " I suppose that when you work high school games, oftentimes, there isn't the crowd, and you can hear the whistle at all times Maybe there isn’t so much importance at tached to each game “ And, the games are generally not as close At a state tournament every quarter there’s a little crisis right at the end because they all run down the clock.” And in the closing seconds of a close game “ you’re always in a precarious position ” Aubin said that he thinks he becomes more relaxed, and thus does a better job, as the tourna ment goes on “I always pray for no overtim e,” Eleanor Aubin adds One of the most embarrassing things that can happen, Miles said, is to have to put time back up on the clock. Sometimes this happens when a referee is “ covered up” by one of the big men. Aubin, a 1933 SUHS graduate who grew up in the Boring area, played baseball at the Oregon Nor mal School, now Western Oregon State College, and has “ practically watched OSU teams grow up” at state tournaments, as Eleanor puts has probably been the most en joyable experience he's had in athletics. Unlike basketball and baseball, the calls are closer to being clear- cut, he said “ You know, half the people think you're wrong in basketball,” he points out He said he enjoyed watching the Pioneers this year, and expects them to improve as they have some young players He adds, however, “ I ’m not a very good judge of basketball talent. Every time I say something about basketball one of the experts w ill contradict me, so evidently I don’t know much about it ” He feels that perhaps too much emphasis is being placed on winn ing, with some parents now mov ing just to get their son or daughter into a winning program. " I t ’s nice to win,” he said, but added that people should support their local teams regardless of the kind of a season they’re having. it. But refereeing football games Miles and Eleanor Aubin Pioneers tie Barlow, 8-8, in topsy-turvy baseball game The Pioneers had a chance, but couldn’t quite pull off a win over Barlow in a topsy-turvy game played here Monday. The game ended in an 8-8 tie. giv ing the Pioneers an 0-3-1 record. Barlow was ahead 8-6 going into the bottom, of the sixth Mo Contreras started the inning off right, hitting a single and then stealing second. Stu Hoffman singled, driving in Contreras, and that’s when Barlow's players "went crazy,” as Coach Cur tis Heath put it. First they threw to third, trying to put out C ontreras. The th ird baseman then overthrew the second baseman, and the ball went on through the fielder's legs, allowing Hoffman to score. Hoffman s run tied the game at 8 8 The first out for Sandy came when Keith Powell struck out. Dave Kirkland got on because of an error by the shortstop. The second out came when Randy Martin struck out. While M artin was at the plate, Kirkland stole second. Jerry Bennett singled, and as Kirkland was rounding third he miss ed the bag, went back, hesitated a moment and then was thrown out at home. The seventh inning wasn't played due to darkness. Heath said that the game was "kind of a fiasco.” That was the closest the Pioneers have come to beating Barlow since Kearney makes triple crown sweep SUHS junior Chuck Kearney joined an elite group earlier this week The AAA state champion won the Oregon Cultural Exchange's state freestyle championship Monday Tuesday he won the state Greco- Roman title. He is one of only six high school juniors to have ever won the triple crown in Oregon. As if all that weren’t enough, Kearney found out Tuesday that he's been selected to participate in an AAU exchange to Germany. The Oregon team w ill be flown to a training camp somewhere in the United States early this summer, and then w ill fly to Germany where they’ll stay in homes and compete against clubs and high schools Kearney competed in the 165-pound division Dan Martin, SUHS senior, finished fourth in freestyle in the 154-pound weight division. The freestyle championships were held Sunday and Monday at Red mond. The Greco-Roman tourna ment, also at Redmond, was held Tuesday. It had the largest field of any wrestling tournament in the state (including the AAA state meet) this year with 547 participants Sophomore Frank McKinnis took second in the 178-pound division in the freestyle developmental tourna ment. Junior Bob Wantowski pinned two opponents in Greco-Roman in the 165-pound weight division, but didn't advance to the finals. Sixty-five com peted at that weight SUHS sophomore Dan King finish ed fo u r th in the fr e e s ty le Photo by Scott Newton Becky ( lift return* a shot during a match with a Gresham opponent. developmental tournament. Scott Kearney, 13, finished fifth in the freestyle developmental tourna ment. Freestyle differs from collegiate (high school style) in that the wrestlers spend more time on their feet going for takedowns Greco- Roman involves the use of upper- body throws. A dance to benefit wrestling pro grams at the high school w ill be held Friday night. Some of the money raised w ill help finance Kearney’s trip to Germany. He’ll need to pay $300 towards the exchange. Heath has headed the program. Barlow has a good program, Heath said. He was especially pleased with his sophomores, Jerry Bennett and Troy Wolf Bennett was credited with doing the job offensively, while Wolf was credited with playing well at short stop Heath said that they need to minimize mistakes, and with league coming up, he said, “We’ll come around.” He said that they are much further ahead than they were last year at this time “ We re not as aggressive as I ’d like us to be, hitting wise,” he said. “ The potential is there The kids just need to believe in themselves ” He said that there have been several times when they’ve had peo ple down but didn’t put them away. M artin pitched a good part of the game, and Heath said he did well at times, although he has to get over his "early-season wildness.” Powell did a good job in relief, he said. The Pioneers dropped two games to Mazama High School last week on a road trip to Klamath Falls They fell 6-1 and 7-2. They played in snow fluries from the third inning of the second game on Heath said the Klamath Falls trip was a good learning experience with a lot of players seeing time. “ I think we got what we wanted out of the trip .” SKI Is SUHS In league opener Canby girls edge Sandy netters, 4-3 If Jeannie Rossos could play it again, she'd use the same strategy she used Tuesday. She put her best players in doubles but lost her first league meet as a head tennis coach, 4-3. The second, th ird and fourth doubles teams won against Canby, but the number one team, comprised of seniors Becky Rodrigues and Alice Schoppert, fell 3-6, 6-7, losing the tie breaker on the second set Rossos said that Rodrigues and Schoppert played well against tough com petition Monday, when the Pioneers hosted Gresham. “ If they'd have played like they did yesterday they would have done real w ell,” Rossos said Tuesday. The Pioneers fell 6-1 to Gresham, with the number three doubles team, comprised of junior Elizabeth Heckel and senior Denise Shokey, winning 6-6, 7-5. Gresham has one of the best teams they'll play all season, according to Rossos She said that the entire Wilco League is strong as they have tennis clubs to draw from Still, she felt overall that the Sandy ¡Jjyers performed well, and added tha* it was a good learning ex perience The number two doubles team, c o m p ris e d of s e n io rs P a ts y Wesselink and Tracy Toole, lost two close sets Monday (4 6. 5-7). Tuesday Wesselink and Toole teamed up again, downing Canby 6-0. 6-1 "They were fantastic,” Rossos said They worked together as a team Tuesday, she said Shokey and Heckel won 4 6, 6-3 and 6-4, playing improved tennis the last two sets, according to Rossos. The number four doubles team, comprised of sophomores Shirley Boitano and Linda H illiard, won 7-6, 5-7 and 7-6, "which is about as close as you can get.” Rossos said that she feels good about the play of both the third and fourth doubles teams She said they learned what they need to work on While the Sandy singles players are at the bottom of the ladder, Can by’s singles players are all seniors “ That was rough going,” Rossos said. A ll three singles players lost. Sophomore Becky C lift was the number one singles player, junior Mindy Congdon was number two, and junior Heidi Lamer was number three. “ For being out of position like that they did real well,” Rossos said. The Pioneer girls, coached by Deb bie Hunter, were 8-8 overall last year, 6-8 in league Seven of the team's top 11 were lost to graduation, which includes Tami Shafer, who qualified for the state meet. Rossos played tennis for Gresham High School, Mt Hood Community College and Oregon State University, and coaching tennis seems to run in the fam ily, she said. She thinks that West Linn, Sweet Home and Oregon City w ill be the toughest teams in the TVL. One thing that pleases her is that she has out a lot of freshmen who show potential. Twenty-four are out for tennis, which is about all they have the facilities to handle. " I feel really good about the kids I have. They all work hard,” Rossos said The junior varsity won 3-1, and were ahead in two matches that were called because of darkness Sophomore Lori Armstrong, the number one singles player, won 6-3. The second singles player, junior Sandy Geissler, won 8-2. Senior Susan Clift, the number three singles player, lost 3 6 The number one doubles team, com prised of freshmen Kendra Rowland and Angie Conibear, won 8-6. The second doubles team, compris ed of junior Christine Pettingill and freshman Charrise Flatt, was ahead 4-3 when the set was called The number three doubles team, comprised of freshmen Carla Heckel and Valerie Master, was ahead 1-0 when the match was called Kathy Thomas is the junior varsity coach SUHS tennis team falls 4-3 to Canby boys in TV L obéi The Sandy boys tennis team lost its TVL opener 4-3 Tuesday at Canby Coach T e rry Chung felt they played well overall, showing im provement from their first match Monday against Gresham, a 7-0 loss He said that at this point they have only three players “ who actually understand the game of tennis well and can play it com petitively." We have to spend more time on the courts, he said Number one singles player Pete Kallen, a junior, lost 6 2. 1-6 and 1-4. Kallen is having to make the ad justment from being the number three to the number one player, which is a big jump, Chung said Number two singles player Joe Rowland won 7-5, 6-1. A first-year senior, Rowland is a good competitor, Chung said "H e ’s still learning to play and win at the game of tennis ” Likewise, number three singles player Steve Palmer has some learn ing to do Chung said he is a good athlete. The first year senior won 6-2, 2-6 and 6 2. " I think that both Joe and Steve w ill develop into good singles tennis players,” Chung said The number one doubles team comprised of seniors Pat Spriggel and Scott Bender, lost 4-6, 2-6 Chung said that they are probably the best players in the program He felt they played well, and added that this was the first time they’d played together this season They’ve been working on their singles game The number two doubles team, comprised of juniors Brian Buhler and Randy Swanson, lost 7-6, 1-6 and 06 " I thought Randy played very w ell," Chung said He added that they played against two tall players who dominated at the net Sophomores E ric Jones and E ric Frost, the number three doubles team, won 7-6, 6 1 "They're putting a lot of effort into the matches but they still need a lot of w ork," Chung said Sophomores Tim Elliot and Ron Fehringer, the number four doubles team, fell 1-6, 0-6. "T im has a lot of potential and played well last night." Chung said " I think the m ajor reason they lost last night is a lack of playing ex perience as this is heir first year out," he said Wednesday morning Chung said that they hope to finish in the middle of the pack this season He expects M olalla. Estacada, Oregon City and Sweet Home to have the best teams Realistically, he said, we have too many young players to be a con tender. The Pioneers were 1-15 last year, and lost five players out of the top l l Chung is in his fourth season at San dy
