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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
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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
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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-
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