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The Sííndy Post
Aug 12
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I SANDV (Ore.) POST
and Recreation
Dodson’s Bargain Store wins title
b\ SCOTT NEWTON
When one talks about men's soft
ball in Sandy, the family connec
tions keep coming up
Joe Kern who without a doubt a
contributes to Ron s No Place,
twice hit into double plays in the
final game of the SASA city league
tournament this weekend
Dodson s Bargain Store players,
because Kern does contribute, took
additional satisfaction in turning
the double plays Joe’s brother,
Mike, was on the mound
There are other fam ily connec
tions. but none so obvious as the
Dodson family itself John Dodson
coaches, and his sons Dirk Don
and Dan. along w ith Jo h n ’s
nephew. Jay, all play on the team
The feeling of a fam ily unit goes
beyond bloodlines ‘'I'd take any of
them (the players» tor my own."
John Dodson said
Ihidson's Bargain Store handily
downed Ron’s No Place in the
finals, winning 112
The win puts their record at 19-0
against Sandy teams They won
the preseason tournament, regular
league play, and the city tourna
ment title
They’ll represent Sandy in the
32 team ASA state tournament in
Gresham Aug 21 and 22 Overall.
Dodson s Bargain store is W 13.
having placed in live tournaments
other than those in Sandy this
season
”, m just so tickled with ’em it s
p a th e tic .’ ’ John Dodson said
"T h e y’re just great "
He admits this is a hand picked
team, and in the past two years
everyone on the team has been
selected to one all star team or
another
H aving played 150 games
together in two seasons, we know
each others' moves, Dan Dodson
said
Though it sounds as though IkxJ
sons wins easily in Sandy. Dan
w ill disagree Rons. Buckboard
P izza .
B ria n s S p o rts
or
Brightwood Tavern could have
won the tournament. Dan said
Though slowpitch is an offensive
game. John credits defensive play
as being a key factor in their suc
cess
Though defense may be a
strength, they're batting 445 for
the season as a team
Mark Naylor, coach of Ron's No
Place, said that Kern. Royal Proc
tor and Mike M artin have led their
batting attack We have "no
superstars.” he said "They just
play well together We re a team’s
team ."
Team members for Ron’s No
Place include Don Schneider,
Butch Woodard. Proctor, Kern.
M a rtin . Bob V a lits k i, T e rry
Blaske, Kevin Kuzmesky. Troy
Kuzmesky, Rick Snyder. Mike
Yeager, Ron Long and Allen Fry
Photos by Stott Newton
Above: Don Dodson makes the play at first. Top right: Mike M artin of Ron s No Place puts Jack Layton out at se
cond. At right: Dodson's Bargain Store, tournament champions. Back row. from left to right, is Dan Dodson, Jay
Dodson, Larry Dahrens. Scott Hunter, John Dodson. Gary Moody and Dubby Hayes. From row. from left to right, is
Dirk Dodson. Jack Layton. Don Dodson. Dave Jordan. Kevin Hunter. Mike Kern and Greg Jordan. Bottom left: Dan
Dodson fields the ball. Bottom center: Terry Blaske of Ron’s No Place heads for third. Bottom right: Larry Dahrens
douses John Dodson with champagne.
Shrine experience was ‘fun’
for ‘the boy from Sandy’
by SCOTT NEWTON
Dan Martin started on the kickoff
return team for the North in the 35th
annual Shrine All-Star game He got
in the game several times that way
as the South took a 34-7 win Saturday
night in Civic Stadium
M artin also got playing time in the
second half as an offensive guard and
as a linebacker
"When they let me in there we
were blown away so bad it seemed
like the other team wasn't even try
ing that hard," M artin said " I d id n t
have any problems."
At practice, he found the going was
plenty tough "A ll of 'em are a foot
H unter’s safety
course offered
A hunter’s safety course is being
offered Aug 23 26, from 7 to 9 p m
each evening, at the Sandy Senior
Center
There is a 11 registration fee Kelly
Adovmk, Sandy police officer, w ill be
teaching the class Sign up at the San
dy police department
taller than me, and a hundred pounds
heavier," M artin said
"E very time we went through full -
speed hitting it was like. How long is
it going to take me to get up?' and
'Where's it going to hurt the worst?’
"They all called me the boy from
Sandy,’ because I'm so small They
always made fun of me." Martin jo k
ed
" I had a good time "
He shared a room with Toby Volz of
Sweet Home. David Harpe of Hood
River and Robert Merwin of Tigard
They stayed on the Concordia College
campus, and dressed up and ate
steaks a lot when they weren't train
mg.
" I , was pretty fun We got to know
each other," M artin said
They visited the Shrine Hospital,
and got to see movies free at the Rose
Moyer Theaters
"We got together as a team pretty
fast," M artin said He didn't feel they
made too good of a showing Saturday
night.
"We just didn't get any breaks at
all Our passes." Martin said, paus
ing, "ju st were nowhere "
A crowd of I2.4UO attended the
game
Kearney 2nd at national tourney
Dan Martin
Chuck Kearney, Sandy Union High
School's trip le crown w restling
champion, had saved a spot on his
wall for a championship plaque from
the US Wrestling Federation's Na
tional High School Tournament
But, this has been one of the few
titles to elude him He finished se
cond in the 165-pound division for the
second year in a row
Ohio's Greg Elinsky beat him twice
to take the national title The
U S W F tournament is considered
one of the most prestigious for high
school aged competitors
Kearney, who wrestled 10 times for
the second p la ce fin is h , fe lt
hampered by the referees who of
ficiated the last two matches against
Elinsky
Kearney had a 4-1 lead at one time
in the first match With seconds left
to go it was 4-4, and the match was
called because of stalling penalties
against the Sandy wrestler
Kearney lost the second match 7-2,
and again felt intimidated by the
referees " I wasn't wrestling well,
he said, "but I wasn’t stalling "
One of the coaches in Kearney’s
corner got thrown ou, of the gym for
protesting the stalling calls
The Oregon City Steelheaders won
their season opener against the
Puget Sound Kings 26-0 Saturday
night.
"We l<»oked fantastic We have a
fantastic team ." said Joe Johns,
general manager
The Steelheaders have a unique
father-son co m b in a tio n in Cal
McKinnis S r, 39. and his son, Cal Jr.,
who graduated from SUHS in the spr
•ng
About defensive guard Cal Sr ,
Johns said, "He's not the biggest guy
in our line, but he's got heart " Johns
credits the elder McKinnis with 9 solo
tackles and 15 assists
Allen Fry and Kevin Peterson are
also playing for the Steelheaders
When Scott Olson developed "The
U ltim ate," a versatile roller skate,
he couldn’t get retailers to carry it
So, he'd send his brother and his
young friends in to stores to ask for
the roller skates "with the wheels in
a straight line "
According to Leslie Riven. The
Ultimate, with the top-of the line
model selling for H50. has caught on
in the Midwest The Super Street
Skate Company's headquarters are
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After a full summer of wrestling.
Kearney said he is anxious for
football to get underway
Ultimate proves popular for
Sandy businessman Carlson
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Steelheaders win opener
The tournament wasn’t without
highlights for Kearney He beat last
year's 154 pound champion. Ricco
Chiapparelli, who reportedly w ill be
attending the University of Iowa next
year on a full ride scholarship
Kearney's second place finishes
have made him (he top Oregon
finisher for the past two years
in Minneapolis, Minn
Riven is now trying to sell the
skates in the Northwest, and the un
tapped ski market is supposedly ripe
Olson, who played hockey for the
Winnepeg Jets for a tim e ," pattern
ed The Ultimate on ice skates Riven
contends the skates are just the thing
for the off season skier,
A motion sim ila r to skiing can be
em p lo ye d . Resides d e ve lo p in g
balance and movement, the skates
also p ro vid e a c a rd io v a s c u la r
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