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Thur* The Siindy Post Sports o « k 2 1982 (tec I, SANO* (Or*.) POST—I I and Recreation A t Mt. Hood C om m unity College Locals added to successful program Dorian Harris. Mt. Hood Com munity College volleyball coach, said she'll take Sandy people anytim e if her experiences this past season are an indication of what they're like The Saints were 10-2 in league play, earning co-Oregon Community Col lege Athletic Association honors " I'v e got no complaints, that's for sure." said Harris, whose team also finished third in the Region 18 playoffs "O ur Sandy people did a bang-up job." Stephanie Hagstrom. a substitute front-line hitter and blocker, "did an excellent job." Julie Coleman got in 98 percent of her serves this season, and as am az ing as that is. her mam strength to the team was as a hitter In addition, said Harris, Coleman probably improved the most defen sively through the season “ She didn't start out as one of our best back people but she really came along." H arris said T ra its like "p e rs o n a lity ” and “ sense of dedication" contributed to their season. Harris said And if she thought they all came out of Sandy- like Coleman and Hagstrom. “ I'd take 'em sight unseen, I'll tell you th at.” H arris added. “ I can’t say enough about them .” She said this is the first year all the players came to her from "q u a lity” programs. “ I t ’s nice to start out at a higher level," Harris said Overall the OCCAA was more balanced, said H arris, who has coached volleyball at MHCC since 1970 Coleman, who plans to play on the East Wind w inter volleyball team 'sanctioned by tlie United States Volleyball Association), said learn ing basics at Sandy made all the d if ference in making the team With nine freshmen and only two sophomores on the team, she said she II have to tryout again next year A strong-side hitter. Coleman was in the starting rotation by the end of the season A 1982 graduate and first- team a ll-T V L selection her senior year, Coleman said there is a lot of difference between high school and college volleyball The competition is tougher, she said, adding. " I liked it a lot I'm looking forw ard to next year ” Coleman, the daughter of Ron and Joyce Coleman, is undecided on a m ajor She's currently working part tim e at the Clackamas Town Center in addition to attending school About the difference between col lege and high school volleyball. Hagstrom said, “ You have to be the one who wants to do it. It takes a lot out of you” Julie Coleman and Stephanie Hagstrom Hagstrom also credits the staff at Sandy as being responsible for her track season seems to be out of the Olympic competition, again in the having made the team question. javelin. Her shoulder, once again, kept her “ I don't know what I ’d do if I miss Presently her studies are keeping from having as successful a season ed a season,” Hagstrom said. her busy—she's a physical education as she would have liked Hagstrom is the owner of two m ajor now but may change to tra in It is a problem that plagued her her district javelin titles, and finisied ing, and would like to coach—and w ill entire senior year at SUHS. fifth at state her senior year. be working part tim e refereeing in It was so bad at times this fall her As a junior, she scored the most tram u ral volleyball games. hand would go numb Although she’s points for the track team She also Hagstrom lives with her parents in going to rest it this winter, missing finished fourth in the nation in Junior the Redland area. Woman from Boring always on the go Esme Jensen always seems to keep busy. This fall the Lewis & Clark College senior played on the volleyball team. She’s working at Nordstrom's until school s ta r ts up a g a in a f t e r Christmas, and is already getting ready for track season. The Lewis & Clark volleyball team was 4-6 Though it wasn’t a banner year, Jensen gives the impression it was a positive experience First of all, Lewis & Clark had three coaches, instead of one, as was th e c a se h e r fre s h m a n and sophomore years. Her coach, M ary Hunter, has been at it a long time. "She sees the little things that are going rig ht or wrong," Jensen said. She added, “ It helps to have so meone who gives me positive feed back.” Jensen, a 1979 SUHS graduate, started her junior and senior years on the Pioneer volleyball team. They made it to the state playoffs both years, and Jensen was selected to the Metro All-Star team her senior year, the first year a team was selected She was also a four-year letterman in track at Sandy At Lewis & Clark she plans to con centrate on the 400-meter hurdles She recently learned the new con ference they'll be joining won't be sponsoring heptathlon competition, which is a disappointment There will be heptathlon competi tions for her to participate in, however Jensen holds the Lewis & Clark heptathlon record with a total of 4,365 points She also holds the school's 400-meter hurdles record, with a time of 66 9, and the javelin record, with a toes of 116-3 Jensen said she enjoys p a r ticipating in lots of different events. Although some would say the hep tathlon offers lots of different events in which one could fail. " I look at it the other w ay," said Jensen All those different events to suc ceed in include, on the first day of a h e p ta th lo n c o m p e titio n , th e 100-meter hurdles, the high jump, the shot put and the 206-meter run On the second day. heptathletes compete in the javelin throw, the long jump and the 800-meter run Jensen said she has a tendency to faver the sport that's in season “ I t ’s harder for me to lose when I'm on a team ." she said "There are so many variables About track season, she said, “ I feel I'm in control and I can deter mine the outcome ” Training pretty much year-round has been important She feels a “ fo un dation of en d u ran ce and strength' are to her advantage in heptathlon competition Jensen s range of experiences has not been lim ited to fields of competi tion Bowling Miwlv Forty Mr*« ter n Ratted? Ana » a Andy Toe Bnstiiwond S tan Zig Za« Inn Weal CoeM Hendln« Fa « le F n u B *y M 1* >7 >1 » » n M Jl J7 Tnt i I* » Individual (e m r Ruth South. IM . Individual •arlea Irene RiauM 4 « . Team (a m r and team •erie. Rasardy A m a a Andy Ton, 71« and M M I Her junior year she participated in an overseas p ro gram , spending seven months in Australia She is an English literature m ajor, and work ed on an independent project (study in g c o n te m p o r a r y A u s t r a lia n poetry), but also studied in the disciplines of anthropology, marine biology and natural history They never stayed in the same place more than two or three weeks, and Jensen pointed out that Australia is about as wide, from east to west, as the continental United States They did a lot of camping and d iv ing, and the trip only whetted Jensen’s interest in overseas travel. In fact, with the seasons in Australia the opposite of what they are here, it ’s only natural that going back would be on her mind Jensen, who was interviewed by telephone, said she is preparing to take the Foreign Service exam this weekend Graduate school m ay be in the future, “ but probably not right aw a y.” She is the daughter of Ralph and Esm e Jensen of.Boring. Photo by Scott Newton Gordon Brinser puts up a shot during the Pioneers’ intrasquad scrimmage. Winter sports underway at SUHS by SCOTT NEW TO N p e titiv e ,” he said. Barlow and Parkrose are the teams to beat, he The winter sports season gets said, adding that from experience underway this week for SUHS teams this fall, they know the new M t Hood The boys and girls basketball Conference w ill be balanced. teams have hopefully filled the voids Six lettermen return. They are Lin caused by graduation, the wrestling da Mosbrucker, 5-7 senior, Kellie team faces an extrem ely tough Garlock, 5-8 senior Peggy Gillies, 5-9 schedule, the swim teams will enter senior, Am i Aschoff, 5-7 senior, fa m ilia r waters and the ski teams ap Sharon Jensen, 5-7 junior, and Jill In pear strong again gram , 5-5 junior. This is Mosbrucker’s fourth season on the varsity, and her third year as a starter She has “ excellent offensive potential,” Smith said Though she Anne Sarich, Sue Sarich, Ulla , had a 7.5 point per game scoring average, she averaged 17 per outing Pearson, Charr Bridge, M arci Huff the last five games of the season. and Nicole Schouten—th ey’re all when it was do-or-die. back The Pioneer girls will go for In a varsity girls-freshman boys their third state title this winter scrimm age, Jensen, the T V L leader “ It looks real good," admitted in steals and a returning starter, Coach Robert Karsten. scored 21 points, made four steals About 40 turned out for skiing, and and grabbed nine rebounds. they've been practicing for a month The girls, by the w !y , nipped the T hey’ll practice on snow for the first boys, 69-64 tim e Saturday, with the first meet Others competing for a starting not scheduled until January. spot include Wendy Heckard, 5-4 Although the boys didn’t get to the state meet last year, they did help the girls win the Mt Hood Champion ship, which comes with an ugly trophy that Karsten is quite proud of. In the M t Hood Championship meet the boys finished one second behind Hood River, the team that Sam Romey, standout runner turned out to be the second-best in the from the Sandy area, would like to state. compete in the Junior Olympics Ing rid Peterson transfered to national meet in Cincinnati, Ohio Lakeridge. M ike Wall won't be back As of Tuesday evening he was due to an injury, and two varsity still $120 short of having the money skiers graduated needed for the trip Otherwise. Karsten, in his fourth Romey recently told The Post he season and for the second year presi would like to compete against the dent of the Oregon Interscholastic caliber of runners that w ill be at Ski Racing Association, has his team the national meet He would like to back intact finish in the top 25, with a field of R eturnin g boys include Steve 250 expected Sarich, Chris Welch, Jeff Day. Brian Scott McMullen said after the Silvey and E ric M arter state cross country meet it is a Pern 11 la Fack, a Swedish exchange pleasure to coach Romey because student, is expected to contribute to he has always had "total trust" the girls team that he'd complete his workout Romey often ran to school, or home fom school, in addition to the regular workouts « Romey qualified for the national meet by finishing fifth at the The girls basketball team was 10-10 R egional Junior O lym pics in last year, and a win away from going Euphrata. Wash to the state tournament A junior. Romey recently took Coach John Smith has lost his two 15th in the AAA cross country big girls, and as a result they'll have championships. a different look this year. He was undefeated in Mt Hood “ If basketball were based on runn Conference cross country competi ing relays, we'd win the league,” tion, and won his second district ti Smith joked tle this fall. In all seriousness though, there are Last spring he was the district still nine girls battling for five star 1500-meter and 3000 meter cham ting spots on Tuesday Sandy 's depth pion, placing eighth in the 1500 at and overall talent is as good as it has state and 12th in the 3000. ever been, according to Smith State champs looking good sophomore, Crystal Calkins, 5-7 junior, and Tam ee Lindsay, 5-8 junior. Heather Kostrba, 5-6 junior, w ill split time between the varsity and the junior varsity. Though they’ll be sm all. Smith hopes with lots of running and substituting they'll be able to wear people down. Their goal is to outscore people in the fourth quarter, and Smith said th at’s "realistic.” Boys ahead o f schedule The boys basketball team scrim maged Tuesday night, and Coach Dan Brisbin was pleased with what he saw. “ W e're where we should be, if not a little ahead," he said. The Pioneers were 9-10 last season, and return five lettermen. Although a starting guard, Troy Wolf, transferred to Gresham, and some key seniors graduated. Brisbin said he’s got a "pretty good” group He said they’re good shooters and “ extrem ely intelligent.” Intelligence is a trait not discussed that much, but Brisbin sees it as a real advantage. He said they players learn quickly, make adjustments. He hopes that by being able to execute a number of defenses, they'll be able to keep a step ahead of opponents. He feels the M t Hood Conference w ill be a “ really strong" league, and that good rivalries should develop Parkrose, the defending state champions, Gresham and David Douglas are the teams to beat, from what he can tell. Returning lettermen include Mike Lund, 6-foot senior, M ike Marleau, 6-1 senior, Gordon Brinser, 6-2 senior, Steve Pettingill, 6-3 junior, and Robert Brader, 6-6 junior. Pettingill started most of the season last year, and Brader started a few times toward the end of the season. Brisbin said he's glad to have Pat Baird. 6-3 senior, on the team Baird transferred from Gresham "H e has a quality that we need in that he's an excellent passer,” Brisbin said Ron Muck, 6-1 junior, "looked real ly good in the scrim m age.” M a rk Beck, 5-8 senior. Pete Schmautz, 6-1 senior, and David Ben nett, 6-4 junior, round out the varsity, with M ark Shelton, 5-11 junior, and Brian Prosser. 6-foot guard, splitting time between the varsity and the junior varsity. Swimmers keep same company Swim Coach M ark Smith, first of all, wished to express "a big thank you" to the community for suppor ting the com m itte to Reinstate Sandy Swim Teams, which raised $6.955 after the pool fund was put on the un successful " B " ballot in September About 15 lettermen return, with about 30 out all together Please turn to Page 12. With goal set, funds for trip needed He owns the school record for the 3000. and the sophomore school records for the 800, the 1500 and the 3000 As a sophomore he set the school cross country record, and finished 29th in the state meet (in addition to his district title). Even as a freshman Romey was making waves He qualified for the state meet, and was the second fastest freshman ever in the state in the 1500 deductible donations may be made to this non-profit organization He was T V L runner-up in the 1500, and set the freshman records for the 1500 and 3000. Romey would leave Dec 9, and needs to know by this weekend if he’ll be able to raise the needed $576 Romey would be competing at the nationals for the local Oregon Cinder Hawks track club Tax For more information contact Randy Hutchinson at Sandy Union High School, 668 8011 Girls boast good balance .-»■m n o m e y a u r in a ■ q u i n m o m m i a lt e r a m e e t. “We w ill, without a doubt, be com- »
