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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Smith feels he can swim in the 1:05
range
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week
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