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Thvr». Moy » . 1903 (S m . I) SANO* (O r*.) FO S Ï— 1 The SdSntfy Post Sports an d R ecreation Sandy girls down West Linn for a 7-0 dual-meet record Before the Sandy girls traveled to West Lann Coach Kandy Hutchinson, using league statistics, figured the scoring He figured Sandy would win by a single point. Hutchinson wasn’t even close The Pioneers won 75-52 The girls went over to win, he said. “ We competed extremely well ” The win gives them a 7-0 dual-meet record. “ Considering the workouts we had last week, and the weeks’ previous, I was surprised we had any HRs.” Hut chinson said About being 7-0 Hutchinson said, “ Other than to say, ‘Hey, we’re dual meet champions,’ there's no noterie- ty “ Now there was a bit of pride in volved. And I think that’s why we won, because of a little bit of pride. They certainly had the potential to beat us.” Hutchinson likes those “ I ’m tired but I ’m going to go after it anyway” attitudes. P o lly K elley broke her own sophomore record in the 400, turning in a 59.33 and taking first. Senior Gayle Roth set a personal record in the 100-meter high hurdles, taking first. Hutchinson said Roth ran the event because they thought Sandy would need the points. “ That ’s what I ’m talking about,” Hutchinson said, “ our senior leadership.” Roth also won the 800-meter run and the 300 intermediate hurdles, and ran on the winning 1600-meter relay team. Hutchinson said, “ When Gayle was a freshman I said, What am I going Hawn New makes the play at first for the Pioneers during a playoff lose to Canby Friday. Photo by Scoti Newton Slow start fatal to girls in playoffs Canby dashed the Pioneer girls' playoff hopes Friday, taking a 9-2 win. Wednesday morning it was an nounced that senior Patty Gray and freshman Wendy Heckard were nam ed to the second team all-star squad Gray, who received the most votes as second team pitcher, was also the top bat for Sandy, hitting .317 She had a 860 fielding average. H e c k a rd , a fie ld e r , second baseman and shortstop, had seven put-outs to her credit, as well as a .244 batting average After the first three innings, Sandy played competitively with Canby. “ The playoff jitters, if you w ill,” Coach Gary Curtis said Both teams had two errors, with Sandy getting six hits to Canby’s eight Canby took a nine-run lead into the fourth inning Gray hit a single and a double F ri day, senior Allison Carpenter hit a triple, Heckard hit two singles and junior Kim Pearson hit a single. , The Pioneers, who were 8-6 in TVL play, won 6-5 over Sweet Home Wednesday to qualify for the league playoff game against Canby. “ M ig h ty M o ’ ’ B e c k e tt, a sophomore, hit a solo home run A throwing error by Sweet Home’s shortstop also helped the Sandy ef fort. The shortstop's wide throw “ rolled almost as far as Mo Beckett’s home run.” The ball being in fair ter rito ry, the Pioneers were able to empty the previously-loaded bases, except for Pearson (whose hit resulted in the error», who ended up on second. Curtis said that he was very satisfied with the Sweet Home win. With one out, the Huskies got within a run of Sandy in the top of the seventh, but Heckard caught two pop flies for the final two outs Curtis was pleased that "the girls didn’t get shook ” Curtis is losing five starting seniors off this team, which was 10-8 overall Gray, Carpenter, Dawn New, J ill Dahlager and Cindi Coleman will have to be replaced. New, a first baseman, had 77 put outs (to only two errors) and six assists to her credit. Dahlager had 19 put-outs, eight assists and a 250 bat ting averaged to her credit. Coleman had 12 put-outs and Carpenter had 12 put-outs, seven assists and a 283 bat ting average. R e tu rn in g w ill be a m uch- improved J ill Ingram, Anne Sarich, “ who played well despite a broken fin g e r,” and Pearson, who has thrown three people out at first from right field, and has a 308 batting average (with 13 at-bats>. Tammy Edwards, with nine put- outs and two assists, w ill also be returning, as w ill Beckett, third baseman. Curtis said that he’s been pleased with senior Shelley Petrie’s play. She has seven put-outs, one assist and a perfect fielding average to her credit. SlIHS 8HHS l« O — 18 4— X < 2 3 100—e o i-3 3 7 3 Canby SUHS 324—0 0 0 —0 8 8 2 0 0 0 — 100—1202 Karsten selected to school Robert Karsten, who has coached two Sandy girls ski teams to state titles, was recently selected to attend the Alpine Coaches School of the United States Ski Coaches Associa tion. He was one of 40 coaches across the United States to have been selected He is reportedly the first high school coach ever selected for the training. The United States Ski Coaches Association is affiliated with the U S. Ski Association. The week-long training session, which runs from May 16 through the 23rd, is being held at Mt. Bachelor this year. Karsten is training, along with wat ching film s and receiving other in struction. He said the coaches association is dealing with the latest in ski racing technique He is pleased to have the “ hardy approval of the adm inistration," and said that this opportunity w ill help in keeping the SUHS program com petitive. to do three years from now when she graduates?“ * All three shot putters set personal records Junior Paige Daugherty won w ith a 39-8 and one half, sophomore Denise Proctor was se cond with a 37-0 and senior Stephanie Hagstrom was third with a 36-6 and one-half. Hagstrom has been competing most of the season with a shoulder and elbow injury She’ll still win the district javelin throw, Hutchinson predicted. “ 1 don’t care if her arm's broken, she's still going to w in,” he said "She’s a com petitor." For the boys, who lost 94 51, junior Chris Crabtree “ looked great.” He set a personal record in the pole vault, taking first with a 13-0 vault. He’s figured out how to turn going over the bar, Hutchinson said. “ Bob Karsten made him stop vaulting at 13 because he had it won. W p didn’t want him to know what his upper potential might be He cleared 13 feet by more than a foot.” Hank Grenier set a freshman record in the high jump, finishing se cond with a 6-foot jump. “ That’s a super e ffo rt,” Hutchin son said. “ T h a t’s probably the outstanding performance of the meet.” Senior Steve Brader set a personal record in the 110-meter hurdles, run ning a 16.78. “ He doesn’t like that race but I asked him to run it because we might have needed the points," Hutchinson said. Junior Russell Fork set a personal record in the 400-meter run, finishing second with a 51.7. “ A super jo b ," Hutchinson said. The girls won the last Coast Valley League meet a couple years ago. He feels Sandy can exit the Tim ber Valley with the last girls title F or the boys, he's figuring third. But then Hutchinson also thought the girls meet last week would be close. “ With a couple of breaks the boys could finish even higher than th a t," Hutchinson said. The district meet w ill be Friday and ¿Saturday at the Sandy track. S a M y girl« 73. Wool Uoo 32 1300 Sharon Jenoen. lot, 4 30 70. Laura Sir inghar.i, 3rd, 4 30 23. seaoun's beat Shot pul P aigr Dougherty, lot, JO-8 >«, HR; Denis«I Hroclor, 2nd, 37-0, P R ; Stephanie H agstiom . 3rd. 33-0 •>. PR 200 Lisa Hasaelt, 2nd. 27 30 Jav elin Hagstrom. 1st, 1113-3. Daugherty. 3rd, 103-3 100 Cryotol Calkina, 2nd 13 33 Discua Hagstrom. 1st, 111 3 4 . 300 intermediate hurdles Roth. 1st. 40 71; Jensen . 3rd, 33 10 400 Polly Kelley, 1st. 3« 33. PR Lonii; jum p Jensen. 2nd. 13-0. Calkins, 3rd. 13-7 3000 Donna Nelson, 2nd. 11:10 38 ¡00 il liel m ediair hui ui«, Roth, 1st, 17.31, PR. 000 Roth, 1st, 2 28 82 High jum p Shelby Dries. 2nd. 4-10 400-m e te r relay Calkins. Hasaett. Tamee Lind say aid d Julie Dasher. 2nd, 33 07 1600 meter relay: Kelley. Hassell. Jensen and Roth, lot, 4:13 06 SUHS bays 31. West Man 04 134.« Sam Romey, 1st, 4 00 34 800: Metelak. 2nd. 2.00 77 300 intermediate hurdles Steve Brader. 3rd. 43 28 Ja<et tlln. Scot* Skipper, tot, 200-1 Pole vault. Cnrls Crabtree, 1st. 13-0, PR Shot put Skipper, 1st. 48 8, Dale Rasmussen. 2nd, 411-3. Roland Aumueller, 3rd, 43-1 tfe. T r Ip le jump: Bob Nipper!. 3rd, 30-1 40t,i; Russell Fork. 2nd. 31.74, PR H l|(.!iju m p Hank Grenier. 2nd, 6-foot, PR and freslurnan record. Nippert. 3rd, 3-10 110 I tigh hurdles: Brader. 1st, 10,78. 20): Tyson Cummins, 3rd, 23 61, PR Diiit* us Steve Pettingill, 1st, 1304) 4 . Skipper. 2nd, 1,‘ 14-4; Mike Marleau, 3rd, 132-0 400 r.neter relay: Fork, Cummins. Brader and Ryai I 'Coombs, 2nd, 45 78 1« «1 m eter relay Brader. Cummins. Fork and Mete In k , 2nd, 3 :30 24 Baseball fin a le upbeat 7 I te baseball season ended on a pos i live note with the Pioneers winn ing * 7-2 over Molalla Friday. T1 oy Wolf takes the win. He went the distance on the mound. He was als o three-for-four at the plate. In . a related item, junior Steve “ IV lo.” Contreras, catcher, junior M i Ixe L u n d , o u tfie ld e r , and sof iliomore Jerry Bennett, pitcher, we r e named to the second team all- sta r team, it was announced Wednes da; f morning. 1 'h e season ends with six Pioneer bal Iters hitting over .300. Contreras em Ilt*d up with a .457 and 16 RBIs. Lu n d was 385, with nine RBIs. Wolf wa • .353, with four RBIs. Robert Karsten Please turn to Page K. Metelak plans on putting the two-minute barrier to rest by SCOTT NEWTON “ I've had a lot of potential, and that’s about all I ’ve had,” SUHS senior Steve Metelak said last week That’s no, the way Coach Randy Hutchinson sees it. Metelak. working without a solid distance base, is the fifth-fastest «no man in school history He’s the fourth leading point scorer on the team with 52, ranking behind junior Scot, Skipper, sophomore Sam Romey and junior Russell Fork. He ran a 2:00.2 at Oregon City (TVL Relays), a 2:00.3 at the San dy Invitational, a 2:00.8 at the Barlow Invitational and a 2:00.7 at Wes, Linn Thursday, Obviously, the two-minute bar rie r is eluding him " It's just like there's somebody there with an anchor and they throw it out just before he gets to the finish line,” Hutchinson said “ I ’ve told him all year that when he does it, it’s not going to be by one tenth of a second No, the way he’s running He's running too con sistently.” What Hutchinson is hoping lor is a sonic boom, a big drop in time and a first place finish at the district meet, which is being held in Sandy this weekend. " I hope that's what happens Everything we've done so far has pointed ,0 it , ” Hutchinson said He rested Metelak before the West Linn dual, hoping he’d break two minutes there The day before the dual, however, Metelak went to the senior picnic, and like others on the team played in a pickup football game, which was supposed to be touch but turned out ,0 be tackle Hutchinson said, “ He admitted to me after the race, Well, I was just a little tire d .’” That’s just the point. If he can run two minutes flat with tired legs, w hat'll happen when he’s rested. Said Hutchinson, “ We haven’t just said, ’Okay, take a break now. Go home and take your vitamins and eat your pancakes and stand by because we’re going to tear the world apart.” ’ That was the message this week Metelak thinks Tyler Radtke of West Linn is the person to beat " I ’m going after him ,” he said Radtke edged Metelak in the 800 at Wes, Linn last week. Radtke’s run a 1:58 3. Tim Gerkman of Oregon City has run a 1:58 0 Hutchinson doesn't think a 1 58 0 w ill take it, unless perhaps the weather's bad. “ I haven’t had much speed, so I ’ve had ,0 take guys e a rly," M etelak said of his ra c in g strategy By early, he means kick ing with as much as 500 meters left in the race A, the district meet he plans to take off with about 300 meters left. " I haven't had a really decent race ye, this year, no, to where I know I can be," Metelak said He said he feels good, despite the lack of a long-distance base His lack of a solid base goes back to last season It was a down season for the boys. A gainst Estacada the 1600-meter relay turned out ,0 be the key to a win. Metelak and Mark Buswell, an old rival, were running the anchor legs for their respective teams. Buswell passed Metelak on the back straight, but Metelak won in the kick Competitors from both teams were aware of the fact that the race was for the dual win They lin ed both sides of the track “ It was real exciting,” Hutchin son said “ It did a lo, ,0 lift the team’s spirits There were kids hooping and hollering for two days afterward ’’ So Metelak was ready to “ pop a 1:57” at the district meet Bu, he fell the Sunday before the meet, having slipped off a window sill while changing an outdoor light bulb He landed on a rock, twisting an ankle, tearing ligam ents and crushing the hone So, he leaned on crutches wat ching a race he could have won He also missed last fall's cross coun try season In October he damaged the hone again playing a pickup game of basketball. He finally started running about 15 miles a week, on soft surfaces, in March I^ast year's injury was not the first disappointment for Metelak As a sophomore, the cross country team missed qualifying for state by three points He injured his back during the spring track season. but still competed His junior year on the cross country team he dealt with the flu most of the season Although his Achilles tendon is “ still a bother,” he’s finally ready again. His mother and stepfather have been at every meet this season. “ T h e y ’ re r e a lly , r e a lly supportive,” he said, “They’ve really gone through a lot, you know, with me being injured and stuff, and being grouchy when I ’m peaking.” If Metelak is grouchy, he doesn't take it to practice Hutchinson describes him as coachable, com petitive and popular with his team mates. "He’s really contributed over the years ,0 the positive things we’ve had going around here,” Hutchin son said “ I don’t think I've ever had to chew him out for anything That's unusual because usually I chew everybody out sooner or la te r." This weekend Metelak w ill also be running the anchor leg on the 1600meter relay team, which is comprised of Tyson Cummins, Steve Brader and Fork Metelak feels they have a chance of qualify ing for stAe Although he plans to run for L in field College next year (at 6-3 and 170 pounds, he's got the size as well as the potential, according to Hut chinson), the next two weekends w ill be it for Metelak end others Boh Nippert, Locke Christman, Dale Rasmussen, Doug Baucom, D a rb y B in d e r, S te p h a n ie Hagstrom and Gayle Roth, like Metelak. are fourth-year seniors “ The m ajority of people around here don’t have any idea what these kids do for workouts, how many miles they run in a season, in a week," Hutchinson said. I t ’s time for that work to pay off. Now, if we can just keep Metelak aw. ay from football fields, basket- bal 1 courts and light sockets. .
