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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.
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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
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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. .