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SANDY ( O f . ) POST Thur»
June 21. 1984 (Sec I)
Sports
The Slinäy Post
and Recreation
College a lesson for SUHS Hall of Famers
Contreras is
still hitting
at LBCC
Skipper to be
a two sport
athlete at UO
by DANIEL CRAWFORD
for The Post
by H A NK E M R IC H
The way Scott Skipper performed
in three sports at Sandy High School,
the question was not whether to put
him in the school’s Hall of Fam e. A
more difficult decision was choosing
which sport to honor the 1983
graduate Skipper competed in foot
ball. wrestling, and track.
Football was the choice, in part
because of the full scholarship Skip
per received to the University of
Oregon, and his being honored as a
m ember of the Shriner’s All-Star
team.
Skipper, who finished second in the
state in javelin his senior year, could
have just as well been chosen for
track, and plans to compete for the
NCAA champion Ducks this year.
" I would have been out this year,
but they pretty much want the
freshmen to concentrate on spring
football practice,” said Skipper.
Skipper, who redshirted his first
season, said his introduction to col
lege football was abrupt.
“ The first day I was lined up
against G ary Z im m erm an,” he said.
Zim m erm an graduated this year
from UO and signed a 2.2 million
dollar contract with the LA Express
of the United States Football League.
“ He pretty much welcomed me to
the Pac-10,” said Skipper.
“ By the end of the season, I got so 1
could either dodge him, or get in a lit
tle stalem ate,” he said.
Skipper said the Pac-10 level has no
room for players who do not give 100
percent.
” 1 don’t have any problem with
t h a t , " he s a id , " b u t a lm o s t
everybody else feels the same w ay.”
You have to go that much harder,”
said Skipper
"You can pretty much lose your
spot in one day.”
Skipper, who carried an 18 hour
class load, said redshirting his
fre sh m a n y e a r w ill help him
academically as well as on the foot
ball field. He plans to m ajor in
business or telecommunications, and
is taking the education seriously.
" I would like to play pro, but a lot
of things can happen,” he said.
"A person is really down here to go
to school, a lot of kids wait too long to
realize that,” said Skipper
Skipper said athletes have to set
priorities early, in academics and in
Photo by Scott Newton
Scott Skipper during the I9H3 state AAA championships
Moe Contreras shows the batting form that put him in SVHS Hall of Fame.
training Skipper has a big hand in
helping his younger brother, Art Jr.,
in his training program. Art will be a
freshman at SUHS next year The
Skipper's are a close knit fam ily, and
it does not take much to get Scott
talking about his brother.
“ I think Toad is stronger than 1
was at that age,” he said.
"Toad” is the fam ily nickname for
Art Jr. Scott is referred to as "The
Bear.”
“ He also has one heck of an arm for
a quarterback," said "The B ear.”
Skipper believes in conditioning for
his brother and himself, one reason
playing tim e on the varsity next
year, both as an outside linebacker
and on special teams.
" T h e y ta k e th e top th re e
linebackers on each side, and
linebackers get hurt pretty fast,” ex
plained Skipper.
Randy Hutchinson, who coached
Skipper in both track and football,
thinks Skipper can play varsity in
both track and football next year at
UO.
“ He is a hard worker and just
ornery enough to make him good,”
said Hutchinson.
Skipper evidently has some ad-
being his need to "bulk up" for the
coming football season. He played at
“ under 200 pounds" at SUHS, and
wants to be at 230-235 by fall.
The extra weight has not cut into
Skipper's speed He recently clocked
4.8 in the 40 yard dash
A break from school does not mean
a break from the weights for Skipper.
“ I started working out the first
night home,” he said.
“ The guys that don't work out over
the summer seem to get hurt regular
ly ,” said Skipper.
Skipper’s position on the depth
chart should call for quite a bit of
Jensen grabs a win at
MHCC in Heptathlon
Sharon Jensen, a Sandy High
graduate who w ill be playing in the
Metro State All-Star basketball con
test June 23 at Portland State, show
ed last week that her athletic abilities
are not confined to the basketball
court
Jensen finished first at the Junior
Olympic Heptahlon held June 14 and
15 at M t Hood Community College
Jensen’s score of 4,413 bettered that
set by All-American Gayle Roth, also
an SUHS graduate, when she com
peted several years ago It is the fifth
highest point total scored in district
Junior Olympic competition.
"Sharon’s score is a reflection of
how good an all around athlete she
is," said Coach Wayne Keuchler
While Jensen and her coach are
certain she can tally a sim ilar score
at regionals to qualify for the na
tional competition, there are still pro
blems to be overcome
“ The finals are in Baton Rouge,
and I am not sure how she can go if
we don’t raise the funds,” said
Keuchler.
The seven event competition in
cludes 100m hurdles, shot put. high
jump. 200m, long jump, javelin and
800m
Lisa Lind, a junior at SUHS, scored
4,102 for second at the meet Both
qualify for regionals
“ Lisa did a great job, especially
considering it was her first time for
this type of com petition,” said
Keuchler
“ With some hard work in the next
tw o w e e k s , she c o u ld m a k e
nationals.”
Bob Collins competed in the
decathlon, finishing eighth with 4,775
points.
“ Bob is a very hard worker and
wanted to try something different,”
said Keuchler. “ he did very well in
miration for his former coach as
well.
"H e is one of the best around."
“ He is willing help with other
things than just practice.”
Skipper said Hutchinson was a
large part of the reason for his get
ting the scholarship at Oregon.
With a position on the football team
almost certain, and javelin throws
"stepped off at about 235 feet,” Skip
per is beginning to make that
scholarship pay for UO.
Maybe in four years, the Ducks will
have a difficult time figuring out in
which sport to hand out the honors
Sandy baseball teams
vying for top spot
Sharon Jensen
his strong event and will do better the
next time he competes ”
After a week of solid rain, the
Senior division Bruce Cook In
surance team finally got some games
in last week, beginning with a lopsid
ed victory over Corbett.
The following day, BCI was match
ed against the Mt Hood Dairy Queen
and it turned into a classic pitching
duel. DQ pitcher Robert Rodriquez
and BCI pitcher Randy Wheeler each
allowed only one hit in the game, en
ding in a 1-0 BCI win.
BCI traveled to the Canby Invita
tional over the weekend, taking se
cond place among some of the state's
toughest teams. In their first game,
the Sandy team faced Gladstone, a
team that had not lost a game this
season
Randy Gifford and Tony Hale com
bined to pitch a three-hitter, ending
Gladstone's win streak with a 3-1
score Wheeler also added a single
and a double in the game
The second game was a rout of
Canby II. with Hale leading a steadv
offensive attack in the 11-1 win Hale
had a homerun and a double, Gifford
had two hits, and Wheeler added a
single and a double. Gifford and
Wheeler were the pitchers.
Untimely errors in the first inning
gave Canby I an early lead in the
championship game, and BCI was
unable to recover, losing 10-4 to take
second place.
Sandy VFW holds an identical 8-1
record after two wins this week in the
same Senior league One victory
came at the expense of Mt. Hood
Dairy Queen, just recovering from
the tough game with BCI.
Wes Kelley and Jeff Ullmen pitch
ed the team to a 12-8 win John Peter
son. Donavon Buhl. Doug Cassidy
and Lance Conger all had three hits
in the game
Ullmen combined with Dale Boyd
for a 7-2 win over Welches earlier.
Peterson's home run was the first of
the year for VFW.
After a season of baseball at Linn-
Benton C o m m u n ity College in
Albany, Steven "M oe" Contreras is
well entrenched on the team
Contreras, a 1983 Sandy High
graduate, hit .569 in his senior year of
high school. That batting average
was the best in the state and good
enough to earn him a spot in the
State-Metro All-Star series. He is
also the only baseball player in the
SUHS Hall of Fam e
Being the third of four brothers
(M ark, Mike, Moe and Scott) to play
varsity baseball for the Pioneers,
Contreras has some extra pressure to
go with “ living up to" his awards.
He says it helps.
"Playing under a lot of pressure is
a plus for m e,” said Contreras, "it
brings out the best in m e.”
P rim arily a catcher at SUHS, Con
treras has since adopted Jekyll and
Hyde characteristics. He viewed the
battery from the pitchers standpoint
this season at Linn-Benton, turning in
some impressive statistics. They in
clude a 2—0 won-lost record and a
microscopic 0.50 ERA. He also fann
ed 12 while walking only 5 in 16 inn
ings of work.
The difference between college
level and high school baseball
became immediately apparent to
Contreras.
"Everybody is just as good or bet
ter than m e,” he said.
“ It is just a m atter of how much
you want to play the gam e.”
Contreras wanted to play enough to
garner an impressive .308 average at
the plate. At least it impressed
everyone but Contreras.
" It is a good average, but not after
you just hit .569,” he said.
He also found some other dif
ferences in college ball.
"Everybody says I am too small to
play catcher and I am beginning to
believe them ,” said Contreras.
With the current major league
prescription calling for about 6-4 and
210 pounds. Contreras’ 5-8, 150 pound
fram e does not seem to fill that bill.
H is h it t in g
and d e fe n s iv e
capabilities were good enough to rate
a trip by scouts to Sandy, however.
As luck would have it, Contreras was
filling in at first base both times the
scouts came to visit.
He hopes to play at several posi
tions, including pitcher and catcher
next season Second base would be
the most likely place for him to fu r
ther a career in baseball, he said.
Contreras refuses to give up on his
hopes of p la y in g p ro fess io n al
baseball.
" I f I have a good year. I'm sure I ’ll
get another look.” he said
Proctor gets
invite and
scholarship
Denise Proctor, Sandy High's top
shot putter this year who finished se
cond in state, has been invited to
compete in the Women’s Interna
tional Prep Classic in Beaverton
June 30.
The top 10-15 athletes in the nation
(in each event) are invited to com
pete in the prestigious event
Athletes from other nations compete
as w ell.
Proctor also recently decided to ac
cept a scholarship offer from the
University of Northern Colorado in
Greely, Colorado
Commission sets Oregon game mammals hunting rules
Following public hearings in Bend
and Coos Bay and on two different
days in Portland, the Oregon Fish
and W ildlife Commission set the 1984
game m am m al regulations
For the first tim e in recent history,
portions of eastern Oregon will be
closed entirely to mule deer hunting
In other units, the season will be
lim ited to 5 days and in a number of
units where severe winter conditions
did not occur, a 12-day season w ill be
the rule
Seasons for black-tailed deer in
western Oregon and elk on both sides
of the mountains are quite sim ilar to
the 1983 regulations
The opening date for deer season
statewide was set earlier this year
for Sept 29 However, the following
management units will have no open
season for mule deer Catherine
Creek. Keating. Lookout Mountain.
Pine Creek. Sumpter and the Oregon
portion of Hells Canyon Wilderness in
the Snake River unit.
In 19 other units where the winter
took a lighter toll on mule deer, a
five-day season ending on Oct. 3 was
set. The remaining 22 eastern Oregon
management units will have a 12-day
season ending on Oct 10 Bucks with
visible antlers will be legal in most
eastern Oregon open areas
Two existing permit entry hunts
w ill be continued for mule deer and
two new ones added The South
Steens Mountain hunt w ill continue
with a 4-point antler rule One thou
sand permits will be available in a
season closing Oct 10.
The Trout Creek Mountains season
w ill again be limited to 200 perm it
holders in a 12-day season for any
buck with visible antlers
A new permit entry hunt was set
for the Beatys Butte unit with 600 per
mils available for one buck with visi
ble antlers A 12-day season was set
The Silvies unit hunt will be held
this year as a permit entry hunt It
will last five days with 1.000 permits
proposed for bucks with visible
antlers
A new regulation this year closes
perm it entry deer hunting areas to
all other hunting with centerfire
rifles during the deer season
One thousand controlled hunt per
mits, mostly for antlerless deer, w ill
be issued to c o n tro l s p e c ific
agricultural damage problems in
five eastern Oregon areas
Seasons for black-tailed deer in
western Oregon are nearly identical
to last year Blacktail populations
are stable through most of their
range The general season will run 40
days, from Sept 29 through Nov. 7,
for bucks with forked antler or bet
ter
A "hunter's choice” either-sex
season from Nov 3 through 7 is again
on tap in all or parts of the ten nor
thwest Oregon management units
and a two-month either-sex deer
season in the W illamette unit from
Sept 29 through Nov 30
In addition. 8.400 antlerless per
mits w ill be available for southwest
and central coast management units.
100 more than last year Included is
the McDonald Forest hunt with a
lim it of 1,000 permits
A high Cascades buck hunt is set
for Sept 8 through 16 for buc + s with
at least a forked antler, and 3,500 per
mits Perm it holders may hunt dur
ing the later general blacktail season
if they are unsuccessful in the high
Cascades hunt
Split seasons were again set for elk
hunting on both sides of the
Cascades, with the hunter to choose a
first or second period hunt for either
Roosevelt elk or Rocky Mountain elk
at the tim e of tag purchase
In western Oregon, the general bull
seasons for Roœevelt elk will run
Nov 10 through 13 for the first period
and Nov 17 through 23 for the second,
for bulls with spike antler or better
Saddle Mountain and Tioga units
will remain under a 3-point antler
regulation, and again this year there
will be no quota on hunter numbers
A hunter simply buys a tag good for a
first or second period hunt in both of
these units The tag restricts the
hunter to that hunt for the season
Please turn to Page 9.
Gardner team fights to tie
Gardner Plumbing's womens soc
cer team took on the Bruisers last
Thursday with the end result a 3-3 tie,
thanks to the skills of Amy Lynch.
Lynch’s incredible ball handling
resulted in her scoring a "hat tric k .”
chalking up all three of Gardner's
goals The Bruisers' forward, a high
school first team all state pick
singlehandedly scored all three
Bruiser goals.
The game was a head to head con
test with each team taking 21 shots on
goal
Laurie Espenel. playing sweeper,
did an excellent job of hustling and
picking up any balls that got by the
defense, said Coach Don Gardner
Gardner s two goalies, Christa Searls
and Rhonda Schoppert. had a com
bined effort of 12 saves