Coach confident of Blues’ chances at state
Photo by Scott Newton
Che ri Schuller makes the catch at second base for the San
dy Blues during a win in the district tournament over
Lynch.
The Sandy Blues, with
one of the youngest teams
in the state, finished second
this weekend at the district
tournament in Lynch.
They 'll begin play in the
13-15 girls state tourna
ment Friday at St Helens
The Blues were unable to
upset Boyd's Coffee of
Rockwood for the district
title, falling »-5 and 15-13 in
extra innings
Though Boyd's Coffee
has p la y e d
to g e th e r
several seasons and is com
prised prim arily of 15 year
olds. Coach Marie Rudisill
is confident the Blues can
beat them should the teams
meet again
“ I know we ll beat 'em ,’’
she said “ They'll beat
themselves "
T h e d iffe re n c e , a p
parently. is mental Blues
players will sget down, but
th ey'll pull themselves
back up.** Rudisill said.
Cottrell had the Blues down
9-1 once, but won 11-9.
“ They just came back,"
Rudisill said.
Against Rockwood Sun
day the Blue were down
seven runs in the first inn
ing, but battled back, final
ly losing 15-13
“ W e’ve got a good at
titude." Rudisill said "We
know how to lose " They
also know how to win The have to trade off as both
Blues were 1(H) in Tri
suffer knee injuries
County league play.
Rudisill does more than
Rudisill feels they have a just change pitchers and
good chance to win the catchers around
Any of
state tournament, despite the kids could be switched
the fact that most of the around and be able to han
girls are 13, and one is 12 dle the position," she said
• Tarni Tin jum )
“ T h a t w ill help (th is
The state tournament at
weekend i."
St Helens is “ B” level.
Candi Rudisill and Tami
Should this group of girls Tinjum, if not power hitters
s ta y to g e th e r a few
are reportedly always good
seasons. Rudisill said they for singles and doubles,
should be able to play with and Laura Williamson also
any " A " team
is a "good hitter ”
In fact, one " A ” coach
Williamson and Waits
told her after a practice were depended upon in the
game she had the only field this weekend Boyd
groups of girls able to com Coffee's 15-year-old hitters
pete against his team
were getting the ball out
Pitching has a lot to do th e re
R u d is ill
said
with that success. Candi
Williamson and Waits can
Rudisill and Judi Duff are
both not only make the
both very capable, accor
plays, but can also make
ding to Coach Rudisill
the throw to home plate
“ Having two pitchers is
R u d is ill said she's
real nice,'' she said
received a lot of help from
Duff can also contribute Gary Curtis, Sandy Union
home runs, as can Brenda
High School softball coach
Waits
He's “ taken his own tim e’’
The Blues have two to help the girls, which in
"super" catchers in Bren cludes setting up the pit
da M a r tin and C h eri ching machine After some
Schuller. Ironically, they time in front of the pitching
machine one learns how to
deal with a good, fast pit
cher. the Blues coach said
“ We really appreciate
his help." she added
The parents and spec
tators have also been
“ re a lly g re a t " Blues
players have made friends
with the girls from Lynch,
with Lynch cheering the
Blues on Sunday against
Boyd's Coffee
The Sandy girls downed
Lynch 15-6 in the first
round of the district tourna
ment Waits hit a home run
The largest fisheries law
enforcement effort in the
history of the Columbia
River began July 15 with a
m ulti-agency effo rt to
“stop any substantial theft
of salmon through illegal
fishing methods," accor
ding to Oregon State Police
Lieutenant Robert Lane
State, federal and local
enforcement, and natural
resource agencies will pool
their efforts to halt illegal
catching and selling of
salmon and steelhead
“ from the sea to the spawn
ing beds," I-ane said.
The operation is ex
pected to last until October
15, by which time most
migratory fish will have
reached the upper Col urn
bia and Snake R iv e r
systems, or returned to
hatcheries.
Enforcement activities
w ill follow fish runs
upstream well into Idaho
Participants in this land,
water and air operation in
clude the Oregon State
Police, Oregon D epart
ment of Fish and Wildlife,
Washington Department of
F is h e rie s , W ashington
D e p a rtm e n t of G am e,
Idaho Department of Fish
and G a m e , N a tio n a l
Marine Fisheries Service,
US Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice, US Coast Guard,
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Colum bia R ive r In t e r
tribal Fish Commission,
local sheriff’s offices and
city police, sportsmens'
cluh, and citizens who can
provide Information
Phase one of (he pro
gram began with the ar
rival of the US Coast Guard
cutter "Venturous" at the
mouth of the Columbia
near Astoria.
The cutter will join Coast
Guard helicopters, state
patrol boats, and officers
on the docks to enforce the
c u rr e n t
c o m m e rc ia l
salmon fishing closure bet
ween Cape Falcon in
Oregon and Leadbetter
Point in Washington
Phase two will have en
forcement efforts moving
into the estuary then up
river with the fish
In addition to patrolling
boats arid dork sites, of
fleers will also be checking
r e s ta u r a n ts and fish
dealers. I^ine said
Up to 36 to 40 agents and
officers will be assigned Io
the special opeiabon dur
Ing peak periods. I-an» add
ed
While the state agencies
will have primary respon
sihility for the action,
federal agents will also be
brought in as needed ac
cording to Wayne Lawta of
the
National
Marina
xN M P S i
Bal mon poaching hae
boon a traditional problem
ea the CefcanlMa, hut the
of the illegal fishing
ito fatua
rer e/itly
a NMFS
operation
A NMFB agent puaang aa
an illegal ft»h buyer was
able to purenase over W
tons of illegally-caught
salmon and steelhead in
the lower and upper Colum
bia.
As a result of this
18 month undercover ef
fort. federal and state in
dictments are being sought
against 75 people Many of
the ind ictm ents c a rry
felony charges. Lewis says
While thia recent in
vestigation was a dramatic
illustration of the poaching
problem, it was not the in
spiration for the current
crackdown. Lewis noted
that new effort has been in
planning for almost two
years
Over the past 20 y ars.
salmon runs on the Colum
hia have been declining
While dams are still con
sidered a major reason for
Tinjum hit her first home
run ever in an 11-10 win
over Lynch In the fourth
inning Sandy scored four
ru n s, w ith D u ff and
W illiamson contributing
doubles
Lynch ra llied in the
seventh, but the Blues
defense held
Sandy then faced Boyd's
Coffee of Rockwood again,
losing by two runs Schuller
tied the game at 13-13 in the
seventh with a homer, but
Rockwood scored two runs
in the eighth
In the second game the
Blues fell 9-5 to Rockwood
It was the third inning
before Sandy scored, with
Martin and Candi Rudisill
h ittin g
s in g le s ,
and
Schuller hitting a triple and
again stealing home
Aggressive base running
is the only way. Coach
Rudisill said
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Sandy Truck Lines drop
ped a Midget American
League game to Rockwood
“ B," and dropped three
games in the Aloha Invita
tional this weekend
Since
th ey
w ere
guaranteed third place in
the upcom ing d is tric t
playoffs, they used pitchers
they hadn’t used for awhile
against Rockwood
Brian Cox started and
pitched one inning, and was
relieved by Justin Rusan,
who pitched two innings
This was Rusan’s first
outing since he broke his
arm
Sandy pitchers only gave
up two hits, but issued 19
walks Rockwood won the
game 17-10
Kent Taylor led Sandy's
offense, going three for
three with two RBIs Rusan
was two-for-two with one
RBI
At the Aloha Invitational
Sandy dropped a 15-7 deci
sion to Rockwood, a 12-1
decision to Aloha and an 8-7
decision to Aloha No 2
Tournament set
The senior tri-county
district tournament, for
boys 13 and 14. will be held
this weekend at Welches.
The top four teams in the
Tri-County League w ill
play for the title, with the
top two teams advancing to
the state tournament
Corbett, Sandy “ A ,“
Rockw ood
“ A“
and
Welches will be competing
Enforcement effort set
by J IM G LADSO N
Oregon Departm ent of Fish
A W ild life
and a triple, stealing home
after the three bagger
The girls started slow,
but had no problems in the
stretch
All games will be played on
the Salmon River Road
field
Rockwood will play Cor
bett at 10 a m Saturday
Sandy will play Welches at
l p m The losers will play
at 4 p m that day
Sunday the two winners
will play at noon, with the
game for second at 3 p m.
fish losses, intensive illegal
fishing is also taking a toll
Biologists estimate that
up to 40.000 salmon are lost
between Bonneville a n d
McNary dams each year
An increasing portion of
those losses may be at
tributable to illegal fishing,
Lewis said.
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Congratulations to:
Brenda Waits
"Salmon poaching has
always been a problem on
the Columbia River But
the efficiency of these ac
tivities has gone up con
siderably in recent years."
Lewis said
“We are dealing with
p ro fe s s io n a l,
w e ll-
organized business people
who quite frequently ban
die thousands of dollars a
day in illegal fish The
market for these fish is
worldwide." he said
Brenda W aits, an
SUHS freshman-to-be,
is prep of the week,
A member of the San
dy Blues softball team.
Waits hit a home run
and a triple during the
Blues’ first game in the
district tournament, a
15-6 win over Lynch.
The girls went on to
finish second in the tour
nament
Way to go, Brenda!
Photo by Scott Newton
F ran lla il slips pant the catcher to score a run for Brian's Sports, one of the team s in (he
Sandy Area Softball Association l-eagur The picture was taken at a tournament at Wood
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