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1985 (See I ) SANDY (O ra ) POST - 9
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Sandy gets fifth at state AAA playoff
by MARTY MORRISON
The Sandy girls basketball team
proved that polls can be true as the
Pioneers captured fifth place in the
Class AAA G irls State High School
B a s k e tb a ll T o u rn a m e n t la s t
weekend
The Pioneers were ranked fifth in
the prep polls going into the tourna
ment, a ranking which they earned
half way through the regular season
and m aintained it through the
playoffs.
With the fifth place trophy now en
cased in the Sandy High trophy case,
the Pioneers wrap up their longest
season with a 21-3 win record
"T hat's ten more wins than any
other ig irls basketball team ), in a
single season since girls basketball
was initiated ten years ago,” said
coach John Smith
The Pioneers, despite a 42-28 loss to
Lake Oswego in the first round of the
state tournament bounced back in to
consolation round posting wins over
Beaverton 46-42, McM innville 42-36
and Newberg 50-26 for the fifth place
trophy.
Wendy Colem an and Shanna Daniels
Young hoopsters
dominate inside
EIHST BOUND
SANDY 28. LAKE OSWEGO 12
by MARTY MORRISON
Sandy High's girls basketball coach. John Smith, is a happy man and
with giiod reason as his team captured the fifth place trophy a, the Class
AAA Girls Basketball Tournament last weekend
But Smith has something more than just a trophy to smile about It
comes in the form of sophomores Shanna Daniels and Wendy Coleman
Daniels. 6 0" and Coleman. 5'9", provide the Pioneers with a front line
that could easily dominate the Mt Hood Conference for the next two years
Smith also believes his front line posseses characteristics needed to win
the conference
"Daniels and Coleman are as good a post combination you'll find return
ing in the state next ye a r," said Smith
"Along with iju n io r) Coral Howells improvement this season, these
three should be a strong nucleus to defend the Mt. Hood Conference cham
pionship
This year the three Pioneers were cast into the limelight as Daniels was
selected to the all-league first team in the Mt Conference while Coleman
received honorable mention by the league
A fter the AAA tournament, Daniels was also choosen to the all-tourney
second team as she scored 70 points in four games to become the highest
scorer in the tournament Inaddition to averaging 17.5 points per game,
Daniels also made her presence known on the boards during the tourna
ment as she reeled in 36 rebounds to be the eighth leading rebounder
"This is a super accomplishment for a sophomore." said Smith
Howell got distinction in the AAA tournament blocking four shots to rank
as the fourth leading shot blocker in the tourney
During the regular season Daniels led the Pioneers in the scoring and re
bounding department averaging 15'. points per game while gabbing nine
rebounds per game
While Daniels leads the team in points the stats show that she doesn't
play selfishly as she averages 3‘ 2 assists per game to rank second in that
department on the team
"U nselfish" is the word Smith uses to describe Coleman's play on of
fense. and hopes to convert it into aggressiveness next year
"Coleman is one of the better shooters but doesn't always take the shots
she should." said Smith
While the 5'9" forward may play catious on the offensive end of the court,
her position at the hub of a 2-3 zone displays her aggressiveness on the
defensive end
"E ven though she often gives away two to four inches ill height, we still
have her front the other team's post,” said Smith
Last year as a freshman. Coleman pulled down 194 rebounds to fall shy of
the school's 209 record
This season, Coleman averaged eight rebounds per game to set a new
school record with 225 rebounds
While one might venture to guess that there exists a riv a lry between
these two girls on the court, there is no evidence of it
' They complement each other well When either one is sandw iched, the
other one slides over 4o help out," said Smith
Eor Coleman, whos first love is volleyball, she admits that sometimes
she isn't always psyched up to play basketball, and said that Daniels helps
inspire her and get her going
Coleman and Daniels are both varsity players on the Pioneer's volley ball
team and have logged many hours on the Sandy High court
"We get along good on and off the co u rt," said Daniels as she added that
the two were friends long before high school
Daniels transfered Irom Estacada High School last year where she
play ed on their varsity basketball team which struggled to a 3-14 record in
the T ri Valley league
The 6 0" post said she didn't like playing on the Estacada team where she
was "high Heading scorer) this and high th a t." because there wasn't any
competition
Furthermore. Daniels said, " I don't like to loose, and our team did too
m uch." with a record 3 14 and last place in the T ri Valley league last year
Daniels has a tremendous head for the game She knows where to pass,
and when to hit the outlets." said Smith, as he attributed her skills Io long
hours of playing
Daniels is sim ila r to the University of Washington's star forward Detlel
Schrempf. in that she loves to play basketball
" I started play ing when eight years ago We ( Daniels fam ily I used to live
in apartments where there was full court and I used to play against high
school guys." said Daniels
Daniels has gone from rat ball games in the summer to organized
basketball in the Nike summer league. Basketball Congress International
and the AAU Junior Olympics
The Pioneer's senior point guard. Wendy Heckard. believes Daniels and
Coleman have great potential
" I wish I had one more year If we had just one more year we could take
it (the state title» "
Deckard's dream might not be to far fetched for the Pioneers if the chips
fall the right way
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It was a spine tingling moment
when the Pioneers took the floor for
the first tim e in the state tourna
ment's history to warm-up
You could see by the look and the
color of the girls faces (w hite) that
they were more tense than the
Reynolds showdown
Unfortunately for the Pioneers,
that tension reverted in to te n
tativeness and caution as the Lakers
came out with fire in their eyes and
wanting a victory very badly
The state tourney was not a new ex
perience for the Lakers as they made
it to the semifinals last year to battle
St. M ary's to a 38-32 loss. St. M a ry’s
went on to win the championship.
Last year the Lakers were powered
by sophomore Katy Steding, a 5*11*’
post, selected to the tourney’s first
team.
This year proved to be no different.
"The Lake Oswego team is spelled
with seven letters. S-t-e-d-i-n-g," said
Sandy coach John Smith after the
game
Steding, now a junior, playedwith
poise as she worked over the fifth-
ranked Pioneers for 23 points and 10
rebounds.
In the first half the Lakers lead by
as much as 11 in the first half, but
Shanna Daniels, Coral Howell and
Christa Searls closed the gap Io 21-14
at the half.
In the third quarter the Pioneers
double teamed Steding, which kept
the Laker off the boards and denied
her the ball, but the Laker guards
started sinking "bom bs" from the-
outside.
While the Pioneers shut off Steding
in the third quarter they made tu rn
over after turn-over to cripple any
chance of a come back
At the begining of the fourth
quarter the Lakers smelled the k ill
w ith a 30-21 lead, as the Pioneers
struggled to get their offense rolling
with a nine point deficeit
The Pioneers however refused to
fold as Howell made some good
drives to the bucket while Daniels
and Coleman got the ball inside to get
hard earned lay-ups
D a n ie ls led the sco rin g fo r
Pioneers with 13 points, while Howell
got 6 points
CONSOLATION QUARTER FINALS
SANDY 16, BEAVERTON 42
In a topsy turvey game, the
Pioneers posted their first win over
the Beavers of Beaverton.
The Beavers entered the round
posting wins over South Salem and
Oregon C ity b e fo re lo sin g to
Roseburg in the Chiles Center on the
University of Portland campus
Incidentally, Oregon City handed
the Pioneers a 41-43 loss in the
regular season
"W e knew Beaverton would be
tough, they had beaten some good
teams to get to us and they came on
strong against Roseburg at the end,”
said Smith.
The Pioneerrs weren't to be in
timidated in this match as they had
the k ille r instinct in this game,
something they lacked against Lake
Oswego.
Reserve guard Kenda Whitlock
was a prime example of this as she
buried two free throws with 35
seconds remaining in the game to put
the Pioneers out of reach.
Smith was very pleased w ith
Whitlocks play.
“ She took o v e r fo r W endy
(Heckard) in the fourth quarter,
after she had fouled out, and provid
ed good leadership at the point posi
tion.”
In the first half, the Pioneers were
in control of a "a th le tica lly strong
game" as Daniels and Heckard led
the Pioneers to a 17-10 lead
Daniels was in control on the inside
while Heckard accounted for all the
Pioneers perimeter points.
The Beavers however refused to
fall as they climbed w ithin two points
at halftim e 23-21
In the third quarter, Beaverton's
Kandi Hudspeth evened the game at
23-23, as the Beavers picked up
steam.
The Beavers rattled off nine more
points to the Pioneers six to com
mand the third period out scoring the
Pioneers 11-6.
The Beavers were unable to con
tain the Pioneers's Daniels as she
kept Sandy moving with her season
high 25 points, as the Pioneers moved
ahead by one.
Enter Whitlock to the foul line, and
the game was history.
" I t was a good win and the most
satisfying game of the tournament
because it was our first tournament
win," said Smith.
“ Following the win I could see con
fidence coming from the g irl that I
didn't notice in the first two games.”
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
sandy 42. M c M in n v il l e 36
In a tightly contested match, the
Pioneers prevailed in overtim e as
Daniels sank a free throw with one
minute remaining to break a 36-36 tie
to boost Sandy into the championship
round
"M cM innville, H9-1, Valley Con
ference Champs), was probably our
best game of the season,” said Smith.
The Pioneers held a one point lead,
aquired in the first quarter, and ket it
throughout the second and third
quarters to stay close so that
anything could happen in the end, (a
position Smith hoped for in the Lake
Dswego game).
According to Smith the game didn't
begin the way he had hoped as two
M cM innville sharpshooters, Jami
Molberg and Kathy Morris combined
for 49 of the team’ 67 points. "We ob
viously needed to slop them
Three minutes into the game, and
M cM innville on top 10-4, Smith called
a timeout to regroup and discuss
strategy.
The timeout was effective as the
Pioneers got on top with their one
point 11-10, first quarter lead
"F ro m the timeout forward, the
girls played outstanding defense It
was a demonstration of perfect ex
ecution on team defense "
The key to our win was the defense
on Molberg and M orris," said Smith
Daniels led the Pioneers with 17
points Heckard got 11, Coleman
tallied eight, Howell got four and
Searls had two
CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND
SANDY 5«. NEWBERG 26
The turning point in this game
came in the second and th ird
quarters as the Pioneers bagged 23
unanswered points against Newbergs
slow-down strategy.
Sandy was expecting a tougher
match as the Tigers had beaten
Reynolds "in a fine gam e."
T h e f i r s t q u a r te r w as in
conspicuous as Sandy got the nod 8-6
after eight minutes of play.
From that point on it was all Sandy
as the Pioneers sported a well round
ed offensive attack.
Heckard led the charge in the se
cond quarter "picking up the pace on
the transition, as Howell was the
recipient of four Heckard assists and
converted them fo eight points.”
Howell had an outstanding game
hitting four-for-four from the field
and playing tough on defense." said
Smith
Helping Heckard on the transition
were Daniels and Coleman as they
"h it the board real hard in the second
q u a rte r." Daniels collected 12 re
bounds while Coleman grabbed 10 for
the game.
At halftim e, the Pioneers held a
comfortable 19-6 lead
In the second half, Daniels got the
coaches o ff the bench w ith a " D r J ”
underhand shot from the foul line
With the Pioneers in complete com
mand in the fourth quarter with a
32-12 lead. Smith brought in the
reserves.
Shelly Tykeson contributed to the
Pioneers effort adding three points in
six minutes as did center Chris Muff,
adding for points.
Julie Clark, Maria Rowlandson,
and Amy McCoy also got into the ac
tion but failed to score any points.
"The best part of the Newberg
game for me was to see everybody
play and contribute," said Smith
TOURNAMENT AWARDS
With the Newberg v ic to ry , the
Pioneers laid claim to the fifth place
trophy.
Inaddition to the trophy, Daniels
was recognized as the top scorer in
the tournament with 70 points and
selected by the coaches to the tourna
ment's second team
C o ra l H o w e ll a lso re c e iv e d
recognition for her four blocked
shots, tieing with St M a ry’s star,
Karon Howell, to be ranked fourth in
the blocked shot category
OUTLOOK
At the team's awards dinner Mon
day night in the Sandy High School
Commons, coach Smith pointed to
the Mt. Hood Conference Champion
ship trophy w ith a picture of Mt.
Hood on it and said, “ ...right now
we’re at the top, but next year people
are going to be shooting at us, and
we're going to have to be ready "
The Pioneers should be ready as
Smith has probably one of the
strongest front lines in the stale
returning in sophomores Daniels and
Coleman.
The Pioneers w ill sorely miss the
leadership of point guard Heckard,
and reserve point guard Kenda
Whitlock.
"F illin g Heckards shoes is going to
be no easy chore,” said Smith, but
added that 5'5" ju n io r Tykeson
should get the nod for the position.
"Shelly (Tykeson) has shown real
improvement this year and looks real
good at the ball handling sk ills ." said
Smith
Smith is also pleased to have junior
starting forward Howell returning
for one more year
R ounding ou, the le tte rm a n
returnees are Rowlandson at guard
and Amy McCoy at forward
While Smith has called for his girls
to take a two month rest after a job
well done, he is busy planning sum
mer camps for his players
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