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Thur» The Slfndy Post Sports O k 14. 1982 (Sac I) SANOV (O r*.) POST— IS and Recreation Wrestlers get key win over David Douglas by SCOTT N E W T O N In a dual meet of the type that threaten to m ake wrestling a popular spectator sport, the Pioneers edged David Douglas 30-23 C o ac h R on C a lh o u n p ic k e d Gresham. Barlow and David Douglas as the top teams in the M t Hood Con ference ‘So that was a crucial w in," he said. “ It shows we have the ability to be in the top three.” On paper, Calhoun had figured the match for a 28-28 tie. Fortunately, Calhoun doesn't always get it right "on paper " Several of his wrestlers did get it right on the m at, beginning with 98-pounder John Cox. who won by a fall when Calhoun had only expected a win i a three-point difference in the team score*. Sophomore Tony Barnes, though inexperienced, looked like a veteran against his opponent, a second-place finisher in the M etro League’s district tournament last year "H e did so well before he made one crucial m ista ke ,'* Calhoun said Barnes was ahead 15-9 before get'ing caught on his back, and pinned David Douglas, "perennial” Metro champs before joining the Mt Hood Conference, boasted several district champions, including L arry Topliff's opponent, Chris Creelman. T o p liff, w re s tlin g up in the 115-pound weight division, found out Creelman is "a very good wrestler and fine technician in the first period when he got taken down Sandy fans, who came close to f ill ing one side of the SUHS gym. aren't used to seeing someone get a fast takedown on Topliff, a state freestyle champion two years ago Topliff dominated later, getting a 6-3 win Hui Choi, at this tim e "our most improved w restler," said Calhoun, scored 10 points in the first period en route to an 11-4 win over another defending district champion David Douglas fans got to cheer as Randy Swanson, at 130 pounds, and Dave Gibson, at 136. Io6t decisions Robert Paul, at 141 pounds, fell 3-1 to a wrestler who beat out a district champion to make the Scots' team "M aybe the next tim e we wrestle him we can change that around,” Calhoun said. M ike Rohweder, a 148 pounder, won "a real barn burner." The match was tied 6-6 after a fast- paced first period Rohweder stayed in control the entire second period, and got a two-point reversal in the third. His opponent got an escape as the period came to an end, with both w re s tle rs w o rkin g to b rea k a stalemate (for the takedown) as the match ended with Rohweder ahead 8-7 Calhoun was pleased with a "good effo rt” from Frank McKinnis, who lost to the winner of the large Pacific Tournament, a preseason tourney that's billed as the largest one-day collegiate style w restling tourna ment in the country Sandy's hopes were pretty much dashed when Loren Bateman lost in the 168-pound w eigh t division "We re not sure what happened to h im ." Calhoun said about the 20-2 loss, which gave David Douglas a 23-15 advantage in the team score. Sandy's next two wrestlers, ob Wantowski and Chris Davenport, lack varsity experience Wantowski had never won a varsity match, and Davenport had never even wrest'?d varsity before " I t looked dism al," Calhoun said. As it turned out they wrestled two of the most exciting matches of the evening, Wantowski and Davenport turned out to be "the heros of the night." The score was tied at 8-8 before Wantowski. a 178 pounder, caught his opponent on his back and pinned him. "Bob gave us a chance to w in,” said Calhoun Davenport, a junior, had never wrestled on the high school level before this year, but one would never had guessed it Thursday night He kept a slight lead throughout, winning the six-minute match 9-3, much to the delight of the hometown crowd. "As tired as he was it seemed like he always went for a fa ll,” Calhoun said. "H e kept right after him ." Chuck Kearney added the icing to the cake The triple-crown winner couldn't even tip the scales at the 191-pound minimum required of a heavyweight ihe won the 168-pound AAA title last year, though Calhoun uses him at whatever weight he feels w ill be to the team's advantage). Three hot dogs, four Cokes and a lot of water later he made the m inim um , but refused to wrestle like a junk-food junkie He pinned his opponent in one minute and 17 seconds. S IM S M . OOMS 23 W John Cox won by fall. « IS 10* Tony Barnes w a* pinned, 3 1* IIS L a rry Topliff won *-3 133 Hui Choi won 11-4 130 Randy Swinaon loal 7-0 13* D ave Gibaon loal SC 1*1 Robert Paul loal 3-1 1 « M ike Rohweder won 0-7 137 F rank M cK innu loal 14-7 ISO Loren Batem an loat » 2 17* Bob Wanto-waki won by fall. 1 3* 101 Chris Davenport won 0-3 H W T Chuck Kearney won by fa ll. I 17 For Rebecca Koepke Persistence paid off well by SCOTT NEWTON Rebecca Koepke s persistence has paid off, and rather well at that Her credentials coming out of high school weren't especially im pressive She lettered in tennis, swimming and volleyball, an ac complishment in itself As a starter her senior year the volleyball team made it to the state tournament, also noteworthy, but not awe inspiring. She said she got enthusiastic about volleyball while at Sandy This weekend she finished the season w ith one of the top volleyball teams in the nation. Koepke, a senior at Arizona State University at Tempe, was at San Luis Obispo, Calif., where the Sun Devils lost in the first round to eighth-ranked Cal-Poly in four games in the NCAA Division I Nor thwest Regional Volleyball Cham pionship. It was the second year in a row the Sun Devils, with Koepke on the roster, made it to the national tour nament, which put them among the top 16 teams in the nation (with the w in n er of each regional meeting to play for the national ti tle). Arizona State ended up with a 36-15 record, and finished fourth in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, which includes na tional powers USC and UCLA. Koepke, who played regularly as a back row (defensive) specialist, said they competed well this season. ASU, as well as the University of Arizona, are coming nto their own as far as volleyball is concerned, she said. At ASU the athletic programs are pretty well supported, she said. “ We fly just about everywhere, which is real nice," she said. Last year they flew to Alabama for the national tournament at Tuscaloosa, and last spring she was on a United States Volleyball Association team that made a trip to Hawaii. As a freshman in college Koepke played at Portland State Universi ty. She redshirted the next year, and used her second year of eligibility at PSU also, though she didn’t start. She felt she needed a change, and her junior year walked on at Arizona State, making the varsity. Most of the players there that August were already on scholar ship, although four or five others were also at the tryout hoping to m ake the team. She admits the whole ordeal was "pretty scary.” But, she also said she wasn't sur prised to make the team " I didn’t know if I ’d make it or not. I believ ed in myself. I went out and gave it a shot." This year she's on full scholar ship. She’s the daughter of Frank and Joan Koepke of Sandy She said her fam ily has been behind her all through her college career. She'll receive her bachelor of arts degree in French in the spr ing She's not sure what kind of job she’ll be looking for, though she's Local named Outstanding cyclist At th e O re g o n C y c lin g Association's banquet in Portland Saturday M ike Sheppard of Sandy was named the state's Most Outstan ding Junior Racer. Sheppard, 17, received more state medals than anyone at the banquet. He owns the gold medal for pursuit, a three-kilometer race. He received silver i dais for the one-kilometer tim e trial and the omnium, which is a collection of three races. And he received bronze medals for the sprints and the road race (a 57-mile event). Sheppard, a senior at Sandy Union High School, attended the United States Cycling Federation national The bright spot of the night was sophomore Wendy Heckard's ball handling, he said. The Dalles tried to press and run a half-court trap, but n e ith e r w as e ffe c tiv e a g a in s t Heckard. Her ball handling was “ excellent,” he said She scored 11 points. Linda Mosbrucker scored 10 points and Sharon Jensen scored eight Boys fall to Jesuit, 66-54 Pat Baird scored 17 points and Robert Brader scored 11 points and nabbed 10 rebounds but the Sandy Pioneers fell 66-54 to Jesuit Tuesday evening Coach Dan Brisbin said they played “ fa irly w e ll," except for a four or five m inute stretch in the se cond quarter, when Jesuit improved its lead from two to 11 points Sandy was within five at the end of the third q u a rte r. Jesuit got inside on the defense in the first half. Brisbin said “ We didn’t have that defensive intensity for about four or five minutes, and that's aH it takes Brisbin said they put up more shots, though Jesuit had a better percentage The Pioneers also outre- bounded Jesuit M ike Lund contributed four assists and Ron Muck had three steals The Pioneers, now 1-2, fell 71-59 to Tigard last week Brader scored 14 points and Lund scored 10. Brisbin said Brader played a good. I all-around game, “ but you need five guys against Tigard " He said Tigard has a good team "Ron (M uck) did a good job getting us off the m a rk ," Brisbin said "H e was the only offense we had the first four or five minutes '* Gordon Brinser was credited with doing a good job going in off the bench Tam ee Lindsay and Jensen both fouled out, and Smith said Jill In gram and Peggy Gillies did well go ing in off the bench. Smith said their press worked well, and that they "played well in the stretch." He said poor play in the third quarter hurt them Friday the Pioneers take on David Douglas at home at 7:30 p m Last week the Pioneers, now 0-4, fell 93-39 to Tigard “ We opened with some fairly tough team s." Smith said "Considering we've had to play Virginia. Georgetown and UCLA, we have learned some things and the girls still have a good attitude about the upcoming season "W e really believe that we will be competitive in our league “W e’re going to get better but it’s going to lake some hard work ” Lindsay scored 10 points against Tigard Mosbrucker contributed 11 Boys swim team wins two The Sandy boys swim team swept every event Tuesday, winning two duals The boys won 84-28 over Bend, and 73-36 over Mt. View The girls lost 66-49 to Bend and 66-51 to M t View. Heidi Lam er was the only winner for the girls, taking the 100 breast M att Roth was first in the 200 IM and the 100 fly. K irk Benson won the 100 free and the 50 free Shawn Bums won the 300 free and the 500 free Richard Rolph won the 100 back meet this summer, finishing eighth in the points race and 17th in pursuit. He said he considers pursuit his strongest event. He set a personal record of 4:02 in the pursuit at the national meet He'd like to take 15 seconds off that time next season, and has set a goal of making the top four in both of those events at nationals next year In addition, he feels it is possible for him to win all six events in Oregon next season. The tandem tim e trial was added to the list of competitions this year Sheppard just turned 17, and will be able to compete in the Juniors again next season Though he'd like to sweep the state events next year, he said there are a lot of good riders coming up. Sheppard, a National Honor Socie ty member, and M ojayv of Oregon t e a m m a te R o b e rt B u rn e y of P o rtla n d , w ere know n as the “ dynam“- duo " Burney was named Oregon s Most Outstanding Senior Racer Saturday night. Between the two of them they near ly won Mojayv of Oregon (one team member contributed a point) the three-foot-tall point trophy. Instead, the Beaverton Bicycle Club, with about 50 members, took the honors. Sheppard said he’s cycled over 4,500 miles so far this year. Rebecca Koepke considered translating, and work ing for one of the airlines She'd like to travel, and has been taking international business classes Asked if the changes and the red- shirting all worked out to her ad vantage. she said, “ Perfectly." Sandy girls lose by 1 to Indians The Sandy girls fell 47 46 Tuesday night to The Dalles It was their se cond M t Hood Conference loss. W ith two minutes to go Sandy was down by seven They got two shots off in the last eight seconds, according to Coach John Smith, who added that both came close He said they played “ excellent defense," and that he was “ en couraged with the intensity.” Hui Choi shakes things up in a dual against David Douglas. Jam ie Tuttle won the 100 breast Bums. M ark Gunderson, Brian Stamm and Benson comprised the winning 400 free relay team Rolph. Tuttle, Roth and Javier Herrero comprised the winning 200 medley relay team. Coach M ark Smith credited John H a u g a n w ith s w im m in g w e ll. Freshmen Kathy Weidman. Debbie Izer and Kim Howell also performed well, he said Romey 75th at national meet Sam Romey took 75th out of 170 at the Junior Olympics national meet in Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday Romey is a junior at SUHS and a tw o-tim e d is tric t cross country champion He ran the 5000-meter course in 16:24, quite a way off his personal best of 15:18, “ which would have won it .” Superintendent Jack Peters, who called Romey's finish "outstanding,” joked at the board of directors meeting Monday night about how Romey had trained at Government Camp to prepare for the cold, but that it wasn't cold enough there Romey confirmed that for The Post “ Compared to that, Govern ment Camp is the Bahamas." he said. The seven-degree-below chill fac tor and gusts of 30 miles per hour did take a toll, he said. About a quarter of a m ile into the race his nose "froze up,” and he couldn't breathe through it. Later he had a hard time swallowing, and dropped back to "about 100th" before recovering and passing some people “ I know I could have done better,” he said. A number of local contributors made the trip passible, with Romey having raised 6576 for the flight and two-day stay He roomed with M ike Miner of Philomath once in Cincinnati Miner attended the national meet with the Tim ber Hills Track Club of Corvallis, and finished 13th with a 15:45. Oregon was w ell represented, Romey said. Athletes from every state but Alaska were in attendance. Though he's flown before, he rode out on a new Boeing 767, which has a channel that allows one listen in on the pilot’s conversations He said it was especially interesting to listen in as they approached O’Hara Airport in Chicago. He said the meet was "really com petitive There was a lot of pushing and shoving, like at state ” He added that it was a good experience Though some runners might be content to take it easy before track season starts up, Romey is not This weekend he’ll be competing in the Heart of the Valley Run in Corvallis Barlow edges Sandy wrestlers Six wrestlers, out of 13 weight classes, won individual champion ships at Milwaukie Saturday, an ac complishment Coach Ron Calhoun termed “ outstanding.” Those w in n in g the fo u r-m an brackets w ere 115-pound L a rry Topliff, 130-pound Randy Swanson. 141-pound Robert Paul. 157-pound Frank McKinnis, 178-pound Loren B atem an and 191-pound Chuck Kearney Swanson receives the "upset of the week aw ard," said Calhoun He used a pinning hold called the guillotine to win 8-7 over an age group state cham pion from Milwaukie After a close loss to David Douglas. Paul “came back strong He's look ing pretty good " McKinnis won 8-5 over his oppo nent from Barlow and got an exciting 12-11 win against Milwaukie, Calhoun said Bateman came back from a 2-0 deficit to win by a fall in the third period against a Milwaukie wrestler Kearney won by straight falls, once a g a in ‘ ‘ B ut th e y w e re good w restlers," Calhoun said. Topliff “wrestled tough," he add ed The Pioneers handily won over M ilw aukie and Lebanon, but Barlow won its non-league matchup with SUHS Barlow took six firsts, three seconds, and two thirds Sandy had three second-place finishers and one third-place finisher, thus the three- point difference in the team stan dings. Second-place finishers for Sandy were 98-pound John Cox, 106-pound Tony Barnes and 148pound Mike Rohweder Hui Choi finished third. Cox tied his opponent from Barlow, but only decisioned his opponent from Milwaukie while the Barlow wrestler pinned him Calhoun has been pleased all season with Barnes, a sophomore "Tony’s been a big surprise." he said. "He's doing a heck of a job.” Rohweder lost 13-6 to "one of Barlow's best wrestlers " Choi fell 21-1 to Brad Rhodes of Barlow, who finished third in the state last season Calhoun said he'd set a goal of beating Rhodes, and when he loat didn't recover for his match against M ilw aukie Choi, like Barnes, has done a good job for lacking varsity experience. Calhoun said Calhoun has also been pleased with second varsity w restler Dan King, a 141 pounder with a 7-0 record and two tournament titles to his credit King won 12-8 Thursday over a Metro district champion who got be«., out for a position on David Douglas's first team Tournament scores: Barlow. 66, Sandy. 62; M ilw aukie. 53; Lebanon. 25 Dual meet scores: Barlow 29. San dy 28; Sandy 37, M ilw aukie 24. Sandy 57, Lebanon 6. »
