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Thwr» The Srfndy Post Sports X»*y ». 1WJ (Sec I) SANOV (Oro ) BOST--7 and Recreation Rasmussen wins state cow cutting title by SCOTT NEWTON Mollie Smith was also third ru n n e r-u p in the rodeo association's queen contest, hav ing been selected to represent the Tim ber Valley League after selec tion by her peers She is secretary-treasurer of the T VL club, as well as the SUHS • F i n a l l y '” That was Kim Rasmussen's reaction to winning the girls cow cutting competition at the Oregon High School State Finals Rodeo Last y e a r Rasmussen was reserve champion in the State Finals Rodeo She was also reserve champion in Oregon Northwest Cutting Horse Association com petition Now it's one title down and one to go During the first round of com p etition F rid a y at Redmond everything went well " It went just great.” Rasmussen said. "M y horse worked. I worked and the cattle worked ” Rasmussen was the leader going into the second round, but Satur years working on it." The future looks bright for the club, said Smith, who works at Boeing of Portland and farms ber ries on the side "Any kid that wants to high school rodeo, we want him ” He added, "You can’t find a bet Photo* by Scott Newton Kim Rasmussen and Dribble Chick keep a calf away from the herd during the finals Sunday at Redmond. Rick Quillin day conditions weren't as nice. Rasmussen and others competed in the rain. " It was terrible, but we did as much as we could, consider ing the circumstances," she said She said she should be used to the rain, adding, "But it's not suppos ed to rain in Redmond " Still she kept the lead going into the final round Sunday, and though she does not feel she, her horse D rib b le Chick or the livestock were reacting particular ly well, she did well enough to win the belt buckle that's a part of be ing a state rodeo champion Rasmussen also served as cut ting horse director at the State Finals Rodeo, helping to run off the event She was selected as cutting horse director by fellow com petitors at a state meeting. “ You just see that everything goes all righ ," Rasmussen said of the position She also solicited donations for the buckles. The 1962 Sandy Union High School graduate took a perfect 30 score into the State Finals Rodeo, have won three qualifying com petitions for a total of 30 points. She’s been competing in cow cut ting for five years, and plans on studying veterinary medicine in college She is currently employed at the Rainbow Ridge Ranch. Rasmussen will be competing at the National High School Finals Rodeo July 25 through Aug 1 in Douglas, Wyo. According to Ernie Smith, rodeo club advisor, this is the largest rodeo in the world, with over 1000 competitors from 36 states ex pected to compete Donations to help cover the ex pense of the trip would be ap preciated. Call 668 7226 for more information In a related item, it has been learned that Rasmussen is not first alternate, as reported in last week’s Post, to the American J u n io r Q u a rte r H orse Association’s 1982 World Cham pionship Show in Tulsa. An error was discovered, and Rasmussen has found herself in the number two position from Oregon, which means she has qualified for the competition. Although as cutting director and top contender, Rasmussen was a visible part of the State Finals Rodeo, others from Sandy com peted as well. Rick Quillin, who will be a junior at SUHS next year, competed in the bull riding, filling the 20th posi tion going in. He did not complete the eight- second ride, either Friday or Mollie Smith runs the barrels in the rain Saturday. “Things just didn’t click for him ," Smith said. H. pointed out that these are the same bulls pro fessionals ride. Only four bull riders stayed on long enough to get a score in Friday’s first round of competition. Quillin has two more years to compete, Smith added. Mollie Smith, daughter of Ernie S m ith , also co m p ete d th is weekend She went into the rodeo 19th out of 57 in barrel racing, but didn’t qualify for the finals Sun day. Mollie competed on her horse, Penokie She did "all right,” Smith, the rodeo club advisor, said. "This is Mollie’s second year,” he said "She’s training her own horse. It takes time. "She gave 100 percent, so we're more than happy." rodeo club. She was Miss Congeniality, voted on by the queen candidates, last year. Activities the queen’s candidates participated in included the ride out, which is done at the start of each round of competition. The candidates, in dress clothes, ride out and circle the arena, waving to the audience They are judged on the grand en tries, horsemanship and dress. Mollie gave a speech Friday morn ing to the judges, detailing the history of Sandy and the Mt. Hood area About the rodeo club, Smith said, “We tried to get the club started last year. We weren’t really that successful. “ You might say we’ve been two ter group of kids, really It s something that the kids do on their own. This is all self-supportive.” The school and area businesses have been helpful, Smith said. "We had a tremendous amount of support on the local level for our high school (TVL) rodeo that was held the fifth and sixth of June in Canby. "The businesses of Sandy were just great. Without their support we wouldn’t have had it.” Rodeo contestants pay an entry fee. but Smith said it costs about $3,000 just for the stock at a rodeo like the one the TVL put on Though the high school season is over, more rodeos and other events are coming up this summer. Rasmussen, for example, will be in Klamath Falls this weekend at a cutting horse futurity. lst-place finish gives basketball coach reason for optimism A first-place finish in a practice tournament gave John Smith reason to be optimistic earlier this week. The Sandy girls basketball coach said that this is the first time in three years he's had six lettermen back, and so though they'll have a smaller team, he sees no reason why they can't be successful In a nine game summer schedule the girls went 6-3, finishing in a tie for second in a league comprised prim arily of WILCO opponents. Parkrose won the summer league with a 9-0 record, and Smith assured The Post they’ll be tough next winter In the tournament Monday evening at Sandy, the girls won four 15-minute “ ru n n in g ” q uarters, beating Columbia 14-12 in the fourth game (quarter) for the tournament title. Sandy lost 5-10 torward-post Cindy McCoy and 6-foot post Dawn New to graduation, with no one over 5-9 to fill Exchange team: Fat and undefeated by SCOTT NEWTON One can excuse Chuck Kearney for yawning a lot and peppering his language with German phrases. He and his son. Chuck Jr., got back Monday from a two-week trip to West Germany, where Oregon wrestling gained a little respect. The trip back, including a trip to the airport at Frankfurt, took about 25 hours, including about a four-hour layover in Chicago " It was a terrific trip ,” said Coach Kearney. Indeed Before the wrestlers even left the United States they had whip ped all-star teams from Illinois, Wyoming, California and Wisconsin. They sought out the toughest teams at the AAU’s training camp in Chicago, Kearney reports The freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments and clinics across the state, as well as the quality of coaching, contributes to the strength of wrestling in Oregon, Kearney said Their entire trip was spent in the Schwarzwald, or the Black Forest, in southern Germany The first stop was in Kandern, a village of about 3,000 set near the Rhein River, about 15 miles from the border of France The view of the mountains was “ b re a th ta k in g ’ ’ K a n d e rn is reportedly the birth place of the pretzel, an appropriate place for a Throw o f 218-7good fo r SUHS javelin record Scott Skipper set a Sandy Union High School and Oregon Junior Olympics decathlon record with his 216-7 throw in the javelin recently. His throw at the Junior Olympics was the fourth-best throw in the state this season Skipper, who will be a senior next fall, will compete in the Regional J u n io r O lym p ics decathlon in Yakim a. Wash., July 10. In the Oregon Junior Olympics he ran an 11.4 100-meter dash, a 54-second 600. long jumped 18-0, high jumped 84, pole vaulted 04, tossed the shot 46 feet, threw the discus 134 feet, ran the 100-meter hurdles in 18 seconds, and ran the 1800 in 8:01.08. He finished fourth overall in the decathlon. He has a personal best in the shot put of 83-8 and one-half, so his throw in the Oregon Junior Olym- pics could have cost him as much as 200 points, he said. He said he’s been changing his style in the shot, which caused him to be off. He was pleased with his 13th- place finish (out of 27) in the 1500. That was “ real good, 'cause I was about dead,” he joked. He was also pleased with his throw in the javelin Skipper and Gordon Brinser just got back from a football camp in Riverside, Calif. Both made the number one defense at the camp, where over 1000 were in attendance Brinser, playing defensive bock, knocked down two passes during a final scrimmage between the offense and the defense, which the defense won 9 4 (not by traditional scoring). Twenty-seven professional players and 87 college coaches worked at the camp. bunch of always-hungry wrestlers to be. The Oregon crew downed the local team 9-1, with Chuck Jr beating a town favorite, pinning him right away. The man was in his 30s, and a senior national champion. Kearney Jr. is also an age-group AAU national champion They went deeper into the Black Forest after three days, traveling to Tennenbronn, where they were again greeted by the town band The wrestling club has 60 to 70 years of history behind it, and they fared a little better against Oregon, losing 8-2 Siegfried Flaig was pinned by Kearney Jr. in 2:30 Tennenbronn has a population of 12,000 After three days there they went to Brucksal, with a population of about 30.000 They stayed there about a week Again they were greeted by a brass band and the b u rg e rm e is te r (mayor). The Oregon Cultural Exchange team downed Brucksal 6 4 and 6 4 Kearney Jr. beat Gerharg Weber by 11 in the first dual, and pinned him the second time the two teams wrestled. The wrestlers weighed in only once, upon their arrival in Germany, and spent a lot of time eating and touring The "land of the cuckoo clcck" is not unlike this area in Oregon, Kearney said Coach Kearney said several of the wrestlers commented on how much they enjoyed their stay in Sandy He added that Ruth Sherman, an in structor at SUHS, had them better prepared for the exchange than were moat of the teams in Chicago at the training camp. in the void. (McCoy, by the way, is reportedly going to play next winter at Mt. Hood Community College, while New is ex pected to be at Clark County Com munity College in Vancouver.) A change of style, therefore, was called for. Smith said he thinks they made a lot of advances toward that goal this summer. “ I think this was a tremendous confidence-builder," Smith said of the summer league. He said the players adjusted well "from tall to fast.” Smith said a couple of coaches commented about how thin the Sandy girls are They look like a track team, he said. All six returning lettermen made it to most of the games, he said, ob viously pleased Jill Ingram, Linda Mosbrucker, Kellie Garlock, Amy Aschoff, Peggy Gillies and Sharon Jensen all played well, he reports Ingram has been moved from off guard to point guard, and "did an ex cellent job." Jensen did a lot of the scoring, and Smith said she should be the team's leading scorer next year. Rebounding was one concern, but Tam ee L in d s a y and C in d y Rasmussen eased Smith’s worries a little about that. Heather Kostrba reportedly did a good job of backing up Ingram at point guard, and Crystal Calkins got her foot in the door with some "ex cellent summer play." Three sophomores-to-be assured the program of some long-term stability. Christa Searls, Chris Muff and Tami Fraser were credited with playing well. Smith said he has considered using some of his sophomores on the varsi ty, but said with Lindsay and Rasmussen playing so well, it will allow the younger players to gain ex perience on the junior varsity. Wy’East club plans powder shoot The Wy'East Mountain Men are sponsoring a black powder shoot and rendezvous July 3, 4 and 5 at 36246 S.E Rude Road A 31 target trail walk, a moving boar shoot, a target shoot and novelty shoots will be among the events run off July 3 and 4. Prizes will be awarded up to 25th place. A rendezvous, which derives from when mountain men in the Rockies used to trade furs for supplies from peddlers from St. Louis (in the 1820s through the 1840s), will be held July 5. Buckboard Pizza ups record w ith a win jver Paola's Buckboard Pizza upped its record to 6-3 in men's softball league action, winning a third straight game at the expense of Paola's, 16-7. Dodson's Store hung onto its perfect record, edging the Inn Bet ween 8-6 Ron’s No Place won 15-11 over Circle D, Timberline Lodge beat Brightwood Tavern, 11-7, and Carey Construction tied for second place with Buckboard Pizza, winning 6-1 over Brian’s Sports. M e a ’« (la n d in g * Dodaon'* Store Carey Construction Buckboard P lu s Ron a No Place Circle D B ria n * Sport* Brightwood Tavern Tlmbarllne bodge Sandy Z'a Hoodview Royal* Inn Between Paola’* P tu a Locals join football team Cal McKinnis, a 1902 graduate of Sandy Union High School, has signed on w ith the O regon C ity Steelheaders, it was announced recently. Kevin Peterson, a 1979 SUHS graduate who played for Portland State, has also signed with the team, which reportedly >s to be a farm team of the new United States Football league McKinnis said he won’t be paid, and therefore will remain eligible for wrestling at Clackamas County Com munity College McKinnis will play defensive back and ru n n in g b ack fo r th e Steelheaders Dean Fischer, Tim Sytsma and Mike M artin (a I960 SUHS graduate) are also expected to be wrestling for CCC next winter. i Registration for the shoots will be held Saturday and Sunday from 8 to 10 a m., with the shooting starting about 9 The W y’East Mountain Men spon sor a shoot the third Sunday of every month (except in July, because of the July Fourth shoot). For more information, contact Dave Lambert at 666 1442, Bob Town send at 668 5876, or Tiny Bales at 2524818. The Store gets two key wins In women's softball league play, The Store played two of its best games of the season and ended up with two important wins First The Store shut out Carlson's Chevrolet, 1(H), and then proceeded to upset Dodson's Store, 17-5, to move within one game of second place In other games. Paola's continued its winning ways with an 11-2 win over Brightwood Store, while Carlson Chevrolet won its first game, poun ding out the runs to win over the In dependents. 22-17 W em ee'i (landtag» P e o ta * P itta DodMMi '« Store The Store Brightwood Store Wholesale Auto Independent* Cartoon'* Chevrolet f • i i s j J * J « s I 7 1
