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6- SANDY (O r« .) FOST Thur» 0« 73 1902 (S m 1) Sports The Srfnüy Post and Recreation Sandy boys ‘wild’ about beating Gresham by SCOTT NEW TON Christinas came a little early lor the Sandy boys swim team They downed Gresham 61-54 in dual-meet action last week When Gresham left the Sandy Aquatic Center Coach M ark Smith let out a “ victory yell,” and everybody “just really went w ild.” said Shawn Bums. a senior and team captian Beating Gresham is a goal of most Sandy teams, with the rivalry bet ween the aquatics squads being com mon knowledge Though members of the swim team were happy. Burns doesn’t think it really carried over that much at the high school “ W e're kind of apart from the high school.” Burns said "They're up there and we’re here,” he said, seated at Smith's desk at the Aquatic Center Bums and Heidi Lam er were co- ch airm en of the co m m ittee to Reinstate Sandy Swim Teams The committee raised about $7,000 to the movie "Rocky H I . ” As for Burns's season, he said it's going “ pretty good, nothing to write home about " His right calf has been cramping, but he hopes he has the problem taken care of He finished second in the 200 and 500 free, and the 400 free relay team, of which he is a member, also finished second In the 200 and 500 he competed against Gresham's Kenny Fitch, an "excellent" swim mer. according to Smith. to keep the swim teams going after the SUHS board of directors put the pool fund on the " B ” ballot " It struck us as funny they d abolish swimm ing," Bums said He s a id th e r e w as ‘ ‘ d e fin ite resentment," though not focused on any one person, and "disappoint ment" over the decision He said that by raising the money he hopes they showed that the com munity does support swimming He said it would be difficult for any organization to raise $7,000 year after year The fund raising “ brought the team a lot closer together. I think,” Burnt: said “ In the clinch, everybody pulls through I don't know why that is.” Bums said hard work has been part of the Sandy program as long as he's been there^Fnday, for example. Smith set up a particularly tough w o rk o u t, and then to ld tea m members "only the tough could com plete it. I t ’s an eye of the tiger type situation," Burns said, in reference Sandy's loaded sophomore class came through, with M att Roth taking first in the 100 fly and the 100 back Richard Rolph won the 200 individual medley and the 100 free Jam ie Tuttle won the 100 breast Senior Kirk Benson contributed a win in the 50 free, and swam with Roth. Rolph and Tuttle on the winn ing 200 medley relay team About the 1:49 40 finish of the relay team, Smith said, " I was very pleas ed with that." They swam in the 1:46 range at state (with Rick Topliff in stead of Benson i last season Smith said the 61 54 victory was "a tremendous win We were red hot and rolling " He added. "No one individual on the boys team did more than anyone else Everyone gave 110 percent.” Depth did turn out to be imOortant. When the Pioneers didn’t win an event, they usually took second and third, with every point counting The win provided "a strong u plift,” which the boys need considering the power of David Douglas, a team they’ll face after Christmas break Both the girls, who are rebuilding, and the boys ‘are more mature than many of the teams I ’ve had in the past," Smith said “They are able to recognize and ac cept the discipline in training needed to be successful "They’re out there and they're working hard There's no coasting ” Nine boys set 12 individual records Thursday, and five girls broke seven person bests in their 70-45 loss Smith described their rivalry with Gresham as friendly, not bitter He said they have "fun. competitive meets with some good races ” Gresham Coach Scott McKechnie reportedly has said publicly that he sets a line-up to lose, and then it’s up to the swimmers to prove him wrong This time, Smith said, the Pioneers were glad to help him lose “ We read him like a book," Smith said of the line-up The last time the Sandy boys beat Gresham was in 1976 Burns realizes the boys aren’t home-free yet “ I think they're going to be ready for us at district I don’t think they were prepared for that loss at a ll," he said St HS bo*» ti. G i w I mmb m 200 medley relay Richard Rolph. Jam ie Tuttle M att Roth and Kirk Benson 1st. 1 48 40 John Haugan. Victor M artinez Kevin Beaudoin and John Rodrigues 3rd, 2 IS M 200 free Shawn Bums 2nd. 1 57 21 M ark Gunderson. 3rd. 2 06 04 200 IM Rolph, 1st. 2 17 44 Tuttle. 2nd. 2 1» M 50 free Benson, 2nd. 24 S3 Jav ier Herrero 4th 26M 100 fly Roth 1st. 56 41 Gunderson 3rd 1 W » 100 free Rolph 2nd. 54 60 Benson Jrd. 56 66 MW) free Burns 2nd 5 23 61 Brian Stamm 3rd 6 01 45 100 hack Roth. 1st. 50 42 Haug an 3rd, 1 14 no 100 breast Tuttle. 1st. 1 07 73 Herrero 4th 1 1174 ' 4tX) free relay Gunderson H errero Burn* and Stam m 2nd J 35 47 St HS girls 45. Gresham 70 200 medley relay Shaun* Thoreson Heidi Lam er T e rn Hanson and Donnie T e rrill 2nd 2 17 50 P atti M eeker Julie Dasher Kathy Weid man. Kelly Russell 3rd, 2 32 06 200 free Hanson, 1st. 2 21 02 Debbie Ite r . 4th. 3 00 31 200 IM Lam er 2nd 2 40 75 50 free T e rn ll 3rd. 30 27 Shelby Dries 4th 32 23 100 fly Hanson. 1st. I I I 31 Lisa Ite r . 2nd. I 25 30 100 free laim er 3rd I 06 07 Thoreson 4th 1:11 27 500 free L Ite r . 2nd. 7 04 23. K im Howell. 4th. 7 56 W 100 back T e r n ll. 3rd. 1 24 61 Russell 4th 1 33« 100 breast Dasher 2nd. 1 24 »4 Thoreson 3rd. I 77 W 400 free relay Howell. D Ite r Dries and L Izer, 2nd 5 <W«2 Russell, M eeker Lisa Shep part! and Dasher 4th, 5 37 20 SUHS wrestlers win premier tournament in Washington The P io n e e r w re s tlin g team dominated what is considered the prem ier collegiate-style tournament in the state of Washington " It's such a big tournament I think they train for it kind of like they would for the state m eet," said Coach Ron Calhoun “ It's a beautiful way to end of the first half of our season.” The Pioneers handily won team titles in both the varsity and second varsity competitions, and won the team trophy for most falls In addition, Hui Choi was “ very spectacular" in the 122-pound weight division, pinning his way to first place and winning the trophy for most falls by an individual Choi pinned all three of his ponents in the first round L arry Topliff. at 106, “ dominated, and ended the tournament with a pin over their state champion in thr finals,” Calhoun said Last year at Tacoma Sandy had 11 wrestlers in the finals, but only five champions “ real powerful kid” and lost 8-1 for second place Mike Rohweder, a 148 pounder, lost in the finals 9-3 to last year's defen ding champion And Loren Bateman, at 178, fell 11-3 in the finals Bateman and Scott Skipper have been fighting colds or the flu. Skipper pinned his first opponent, and then ran into the number one seed, and got pinned Skipper who narrowly missed a trip to the state meet last wrestling season, only recently joined the team He’s been conditioning and lifting weights as a state javelin title is a goal Conditioning wasn't a problem. Calhoun said, “ but his timing is yet to come,” and "straight power" wasn't enough second round Calhoun added. "The more he wrestled the better his timing was. and by the time he got to the consola Champions this year included freshman 101 pounder Rod Smith: s o p h o m o re 108-p ou n der T on y Barnes; junior 122-pounder Jeff Smith, freshman 136-pounder Scott Kearney: junior 141-pounder Dan King, sophomore 148 pounder Brent Kearney, and junior 168-pounder Joe Betschart The Pioneers also had "a very classy evening” Thursday against C o lu m b ia, w inning th e ir th ird traight conference match Sandy won 63-6, with the Pioneers winning all three close matches Verses < «iumlMa M Cox won by fa ll. I M IM Barnes won by forfeit 115 Topliff won by fall, 2 52 1X1 (T km won by forfeit 130 Swanson won by forfeit. 136 Frey was pinned, 3 26 141 Paul won 5-2. I4fl Rohweder won 6-5. 157 MrKiruns won by fall. 2 25 IM Bob Wantowski won by fall. 1 I I . 171 Bateman won B-4. I l l Kearney won by fall l 22 HW T Skipper won by fall. 22 Julie Dauber en route to a second-plate finish in the breast stroke against Gresham. B o y s ta k e 5 -0 r e c o r d i n t o b r e a k The Sandy boys swim team downed Oregon City and Redmond Tuesday, “I t ’s such a big to u rn am en t I th in k The hoys downed Redmond, a team traditionally strong in swimming. 66-50 They won 72-44 over Oregon Ci ty The girts are 1-4, having downed Oregon City 71-37 Redmond edged the Pioneers 59-56. Coach M ark Smith said he's "hap py with the continued improvement" the girls are making Ten personal bests were recorded Tuesday, conti nuing a trend W ith additional seasoning, the girls w ill win some duals. Smith said Freshman Kathy Weidman "is do ing excellent in the 100 fly," he said, improving every tim e she swims it. She finished third in the event Two other freshmen, Donnie T e r rell and Kim Howell, each set two personal records Another freshman. Terri Hanson, was second in the 100 fly and 100 hack, and swam on the second-place 200 medley relay team they train for it kind of like they would for th e state m eet. I t ’s a beautiful way to end th e first half of o u r season.” Robert Paul, at 141, “ quite easily" won his first two matches, and then won by fall f 1.16 in the first I for an individual championship Frank McKinnis, a 157 pounder, handily won in the first two rounds, and won an individual title with an 11-7 victory in the finals Chuck Kearney, at 190. "had no problem decisioning himself to a se cond C a r d in a l C l r t s ic championship." Calhoun salo Decisioning ' himself to a title ’’ In general, Calhoun said, the wrestlers in Washington were “ big and strong, and looked district ready " They were "lean and power ful " Kearney won 24-8 In the finals One factor that also pleases Calhoun Is that though Washington wrestlers may treat this tournament like a stale tournament. Sandy does not Not all Pioneer wrestlers are at their lowest weight or exhibiting their best form others in (he finals included John Cos. a 101 pounder, who ran into a tion finals he wrestled very well In winning third place," Calhoun said, "Having him out is a real mental plus for the attitude of the whole wrestling team .” Brad Emerson, at US. also took third, with a 15 2 win in the consola tlon finals Kandy Swanson, at 12«. lost second round to the eventual Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament, but won 4-0 in the consolation finals for third Destry Frey, wrest,mg up from 130 on the second varsity, took fifth in the 136 pound weight division The wrestlers were up at 6 a m., weighed in at 7, and trophies weren’t given out until about I I 30 p m . mak ing It a long day In Tacoma As far as learn scoring. Sandy had 277 5 points, to 156 5 for Elm a. 148 for boat Franklin Pierce and 128 5 for T lm b e rlln e R ig h t team s p a r ticipated The second varsity also dominated Seven wrestlers qualified for the finals, with seven winning champion shipa. "which is very unusual * getting their record to 5-0 going into the Christmas break Senior Lisa Izer won the 500 free and senior Heidi Lam er won the 100 The SUHS girls basketball team got in the win column Tuesday night with a 42-36 win over Columbia Coach John Smith said the first quarter "was the best quarter I'v e ever seen a Sandy girls team have.” Smith is in his fourth season as head coach "Superb defense, ex cellent ball handling and an outstsn ding fast break" combined to give the Pioneers a 20-5 start They kept the lead throughout, and ta r r y Topliff works for a fall against as opponent from (otum M a Hwy 26. Jondy <513 Bums also took first in the 200 and 500 free Burns is bringing his times down this season, though he's not breaking personal records yet, Smith said Roth won the 100 back and the 100 fly Rolph was first in the 200 individual medley The hoys turned in two personal bests, with Brian Stamm turning in the other, showing an improvement of 5.4 seconds in the 500 free Stamm was second with a time of 5:57.59 -P IZZA E GIFTS Better Nutrition • Free time • Enjoyment »educed (roevq bill» • Security I peace of mind • Ease I convenience of food preparation Come In W ell Demonstrate! Magic Mill Center 48 N.E. Division • Gresham (corner of Division 6 Main) 666*7188 Please turn to Page 9. SERVICE WE GIVE! BARN. Joe Betschart That K eep O n G ivin g went into a delay with about three minutes left and a ” 10 or 11 point" lead They failed to connect on the front ends of two one and-ones. but Smith said a victory "was never in doubt ” Columbia scored a basket in the clos ing seconds "We’re getting better," said Smith “ We had a slow start But we have a 660 o a so Congratulations to: I The 200 medley relay team, com prised of Tuttle. M att Roth. Richard Rolph and Shawn Burns took first, turning in a 1 49.4 The state qualify ing time is 1:47 1, and Smith said he's pleased they're swimming so well so early Sandy girls down Columbia Magic M ill Flour Grinder & BOSCH KITCHEN MACHINE tomemade Bread breast and the 100 free Jam ie Tuttle broke his personal record in the too breast, taking se cond with a 1 06 8 He swam a 1:07 2 at the district meet last season Smith feels he can swim in the 1:05 range S U H S ju n io r Joe Betschart is prep of the week He is the scholar of the month at the high school, having been n o m in a te d by th e science department Ac tivities he participates in include wrestling and fo o tb a ll H e is a member of the National Honor Society and Is co editor of the Echoes Way to go, Joe! tníoyfíro<TpíxxorT^¡©077ín»eret I IN S U R A N C E W E SELL . . . The personal insuronce counsol and odvico of o local agent is importom to you in planning a complota insuronco program ••i WALRAD ImvMly. 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