The Srfndy Post
Sports
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Semipro football ‘enjoyable,’ serves purpose
by MOTT NEWTON
There was a decent sized crowd at
the O regon C ity St eel h e a d s-
Washington County Grizzlies game
Saturday night at Tigard, a contest in
which three Sandy Union High School
graduates played
Kim Johns, head coach and kicking
specialist, estimated the crowd from
2.000 to 3,000 He credited publicity
from area newspapers as being
responsible
An article in the Oregon Journal
was discussed a lot Saturday night
The Jo urnal had depicted the
Steelheads as "fun loving ' and had
them working out to disco music.
Washington County was described as
• w e ll
d is c ip lin e d "
and
‘ regimented.’’
"We proved a guy with a bunch of
buddies who want to play football can
go out and kick people in the behind.”
Johns said in a telephone interview
Monday
After the game Cal McKinnis Sr., a
1962 SUHS graduate, said. "This
team here, they're getting in the
papers about how they've got a lot of
coaches and how they practice a lot
And we re supposed to be the ragtime
I team i of the league
"You can look up at the scoreboard
and see who's ragtime ’’
Indeed, the Steelheads won 31 9,
with the outcome in question only
before the game
Oregon City also has a 26-0 win
over Puget Sound, and a 41-0 win over
West Seattle, to its credit
Highlights of the game Saturday
night included two touchdown cat
ches by Daryl Wilkerson, a 6-3 and
206-pound re c e iv e r
The tw o
touchdown passes covered over 100
yards
And then there was Keggie
Ogburn. form erly of the University of
Oregon, who was good for 102 yards
on the ground and another 160 in the
a ir as the quarterback
All together Ogburn has run for 575
yards and passed for another 599. all
in three games
"We can play with any team in the
country.” McKinnis Sr said, adding
that they were ranked sixth out of 200
semipro teams in the country last
year
That regimented "s tu ff” doesn’t
win games at this level, McKinnis
said "We got a bunch of guys who’ve
got a lot of heart, and they come out
to play ball.
"And we didn't say nothing We did
our talking on the fie ld ."
McKinnis Sr is 38 years old He
began playing organized football
when he was 12, and hasn't missed a
season of semipro since he graduated
from Sandy High.
Cal McKinnis Jr., 18. is a 1982
SUHS graduate About playing with
his father, he said, " I t ’s an ex
perience, you know ’ He treats me a
lot different than he used too. It's
more of a buddy system now
"On the field he treats me like any
other player "
Before coming to Oregon for his
senior year in high school. McKinnis
Sr played for Evans City, Penn He
started on defense against this
"great athlete" with a million dollar
arm from Beaver Falls, Joe Namath.
Evans City (now Butler County)
beat Beaver Falls that year Evans
Allen Fry, Cal McKinnis Jr. and Cal McKinnis Sr.
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C ity’s other claim to fame is Terry
Hanratty, another NFL quarterback
McKinnis Sr , a noseguard, still ap
pears to be amazed when consider
ing Namath's quick release
McKinnis Sr was asked if one
season in his long career stands out.
"They're all fun," he said " L ife ’s
fun Don’t you know that?"
What about when you made a ll
league Iasi season, McKinnis Jr.
reminded him
"That was all rig h t," McKinnis Sr
said
"He's a helluva ball player," Johns
said of McKinnis Sr "You didn't see
too much going up the middle when
he was in there, did you?"
Joe Johns, Kim's brother and the
general manager, has a short
description of McKinnis Sr.: "Spark
plug ”
McKinnis Jr didn’t play Saturday
night as he broke the middle bone in
his hand a month ago He practiced
with the injury for two weeks before
getting his hand x-rayed.
cond team all-league selection his
senior year, he "didn't get a lot of
looks from colleges ”
He said there are a lot of good
players on the team he can learn
from, " I ’ll get a lot of experience
here so I'll be ready for college." he
said
He plans to attend either Mt. Hood
Community College or Clackamas
Community College, and w ill wrestle
this winter. Playing football on a col
lege team is a goal for a year or two
in the future
He plans to pursue horticulture.
He’s currently working for his father
at McKinnis Landscaping and Con
struction in Redland, and puts up hay
in season
Another SUHS graduate who plays
for the Steelheadis is Allen Fry, a
former starter as an offensive and
defensive tackle for the Pioneers
He’ll attest to the fact a lot of hard
hitting goes on "I'v e got bruises all
over me," he said, adding that he
feels he hangs in there pretty well.
He started on the special teams
Saturday night
" I t ’s a real close team ," he said,
predicting they’ll win the Northwest
International Football League.
Playing semipro football is "ve ry
enjoyable," F ry said
"They don’t know what pain is in
the McKinnis fa m ily," joked Dan
M artin, a form er teammate of
McKinnis Jr.
" I got tackled by an all-American
from OIT and a linebacker from
Oregon," McKinnis Jr. said when
asked about his injury.
Ralph Balducci, 6-3 and 259 pounds,
and Greg Milton, 6-3 and 242 pounds,
respectively, were the two players he
was referring to.
McKinnis Jr., a lineman at SUHS,
is a running back for the Steelheads
When he got injured, in practice, the
play was on the second count but the
quarterback went on one. So, he took
a jab step, and then took the pitch.
According to Kim Johns, who has
booted (with a bare foot) 11 of 11 ex
tra points and two of three field goals
this season in addition to his coaching
duties, players get a uniform and in
s u ra n c e fo r p la y in g fo r the
Steelheads.
He said they play to have fun and to
promote amateur football, which
allows someone like McKinnis Jr. to
play and not lose college eligibility.
"As soon as I got the ball, boom,
they sandwiched me," he said.
He plans to be practicing soon,
however, if he’s not already.
Playing with the Steelheads w ill
give him an opportunity to prove
himself, he said. Being "o n ly” a se-
Perhaps F ry summed it up best.
He said, " I ’m playing because I want
to.’’
The Steelheads play home games
on Saturday nights in Oregon City
beginning at 7.30. Coming home
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