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The S^ndy Post
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Track team
com petes
at district
Sandy golfers
head to state
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The Sand} High Sc hool track team,
completing its regular season last
Tuesday, has geared its attention to
the district meet no» under »ay at
Mt Hood Community College
Staff w rite r
Unfortunately for a handful of
golf teams in tile Mount Hood Con
ference. only the top two squads are
eligible to compete m the state tour
nament
The Mill' was a tough, if no' the
toughest, league in the stale this
year As many as five teems had
strong shots at making :t to state
competition
One of the most overlooked
teams, the Sandy Pioneers, will lx-
vying for a tropin in the state golf
championships, to be held Tuesday
and Wednesdav at Fast Portland's
Glendoveer Golf Course I he
Pioneers were runners up to David
Douglas in '.he MHC district tourna
nielli, held at West Delta Golf
Course last Wednesday and lhurs
day
David Douglas and Sandy will be
strong competition in the 16 team
field The Scots and Pioneers used
consistent scoring in the two-day
district tournament, ousting such
powers as Centennial. Reynolds
and Central Catholic from the state
tourney
The Scots won the 36-hole tourna
ment shooting 602 Sandy was close
behind with »'»00 But the Pioneers
had an early seven-stroke lead over
David Douglas going into the se
cond day of competition
Sandy's Russ 1 ¿Minus shot an
opening-day two-under-par 70 He
was outstanding on the front nine,
shooting 34. while maintaining par
on the back nine, shooting 38. Only
C entennial's Terry Blake and
Gresham's Shaughn Belmore shot
better than laxunis
But Centennial and Gresham did
not have the consistent depth that
Sandy had
Seniors Ron Sey ler, Tony Jensen
and Scott Shields shot rounds of 73,
74 and 75. respectively, rounding off
the sc oring four
The Pioneers' score on Wednes
day of 292 was a school record
through 18 holes In fact, Sandy 's in
score of 147 was a school record
through nine holes That record
was quickly broken when the
Pioneers shot a 145 for their out
score.
Sandy coach Dan Brisbin was im
pressed with his players' first-day
The meet started Wednesday after
noon and continues through Thurs
day night, but initial results were
unavailable at press time
For the boys, David Douglas claim
ed first place during the regular
season, followed by Gresham and
three teams tied for third Barlow
Centennial and Sandy.
Barlow took first in girls regular-
season competition, followed by
G resh am , C en ten n ial, C en tral
Catholic and David Douglas and San
dy. which were tied for fourth
Coach Handy Hutchinson said the
Pioneers were ready for the meet
and that the boy s team could surprise
some of the tough teams, such as
David Douglas
"i The Scots are i not going to score
as many points as they think they re
going to score," Hutchinson said
On paper, they should score 150
points, e asily."
The district meet is the final meet
of the season before the state meet
From district, the top two athletes
from the conference in each event
will go on to compete at state
Hutchinson said that one relay
team and seven individuals on the
Sandy boys team have potential to go
to state
Junior Art Skipper, who has the
state's longest javelin throw this
year of 218 feet, 8 inches, is expected
to make it to the state level
Hutchinson said other possibilities
in clu d e M arc M a le k . J u s tin
Y u n g eb erg , P au l W iese, Dan
Weaver, Brad Schinautz, Bandy
Ixiinm and Tony Hale In addition,
the mile relay team of Yungeberg.
Schinautz, Robert Kruger and kim in
has a shot at the state competition,
Hutchinson said
For the girls, Wendy Coleman
(shot put and discus) and Shanna
Daniels i javelin) also are solid can
didates for state competition
Sophomores Denise Toyooka and
Melinda Kai each have "outside
shots” at making the state finals,
Hutchinson said
On Thursday, the district meet
resumes at t pm . and continues
through 10 p m at MHCC
performances
Ron Seyler led a consistent Pioneer attack with Mi-hole tournament score of 150 in last week s Mount Hood
Conference district golf finals at West Delta Golf C ourse Sandy captured second overall and earned a berth
into the state tournament, which will be held at Glendoveer Golf Course May 26-27.
Sandy JV players
look to next year
Sandy High School's junior v ar
sity baseball team finished the
season with a 500 record and manv
of the players are looking forward
to the major leagues" of varsity
baseball next year
Sandy's varsity team will have
at least eight openings next year,
as eight seniors from this year's
team will graduate
The JV team finished its regular
season recently with an 11-11
overall record and 8-7 record
against the Mount Hood Con
ference JV teams
Several of Sandy's JV players
had some noteworthy statistics
this season
It is not certain that these
players will make the varsity next
year, but their numbers cannot lx1
ignored
Rob Barrett led the JV Pioneers
with a 474 batting average and
was flirting with 500 throughout
the season
Sean Peterson batted .153 for
Sandy, while Robert Rising had a
307 batting average
Pitching was a strong point for
the JV squad, coached by Mike
Vanoudenhaegen Jason Nall was
5-2 on the year, with a 2 59 earned
run average Nall had a 76 to 16
strikeout-to-walk ratio, which,
through 54 innings pitched, helped
the Pioneers' cause
Barrett had a fine year on the
mound as well He went 4-5 on the
year, with one save Barrett had a
2 97 ERA and struck out 1 1 batters
[x-r inning
As a team, the Sandy JV pitching
staff struck out 58 more batters
than it walked
The Pioneers were 6-11 at one
point of the season, then came
back to win their last five contests
a g a in s t C en ten n ial, B arlow .
Parkrose, Central Catholic and
Columbia
A lot of these guys did come
through at the end of the season
with some big plays and the team
really started to play together.
Vanoudenhaegen said. "All of
them are potential varsity can
didates
The regulars for the team were
B arrett, Lee Buchanan. Doug
Cassidy, Wes Kelley. Nall. Sean
P eterson. Joe P latz, Rising.
Rodney Schilperoort and Mike
Senn
Siindy High junior wins
sttite powerliftinii title
Sandy High School junior Robert
Rcxlriguez won the 145-pound division
of the Oregon State High School
Powerlifting Championships on May
9
Rodriguez s total in the three-event
weight lifting competition was 740
pounds
Another Sandy High School junior,
Kenny Ouderkirk. took fourth in the
132-pound division with a 565-pound
total
I thought we'd play well (going
into the tournam ent)," Brisbin
said, but we played extremely
well
The Pioneers were not nearly as
t,'» '
impressive m the second day. but,
as Brisbin said, they didn t need to
lx-
Our first »lay score was the real
kev for us." Brisbin said "When
we came back the second day and
we'd had that seven-point lead i in
the standings we were pretty well
assured of a state shot after day
one
So it was a m atter of us going
out and winning district." he add
ed David Douglas had a round the
sec ond day which was really the
equivalent to our first dav
On Thursday. the second day of
the tournament. David Douglas
outpaced its nearest competitors by
shooting well from the back tees
On Wednesdav. the tees were
placed closer to the holes, making
the accumulative first-day scores
lower than second day scores
The Scots claimed first place
with a second clay round of 303 San
dv and Centennial each shot 317,
making the second dav s runner-up
race more interesting than the win
ner's race
Overall. Seylei finished with a
151) score, followed by Shields anil
Ixxiiius with 152 and Jensen with
161 Senior Casey Beaudoin played
but did not figure into the scoring
with a 184
l.cMunis was [»leased his opening-
day performance' and was in
strumental in helping his team
claim runner u[> honors
I don't know what got into me,"
I ¿»onus said I w is just hitting the
ball so good that 1 hit about 16
greens \nd when you do that kind
of stuff, it s not that hard to shoot. I
didn't feel any pi essure "
Loomis is confident going into the
state tournament
I've . it a lot of c onfidence in the
team right now." the junior said
'Everybody s play mg good
"I think the state title is what we
want. l.cMunis said "We're not
holding back We re going for the
state title
Seyler, who finished the district
tournament tied for fourth-best in
dividual performance, is eager to
do well m the state match, but says
he'll take things in increments
I'm not really thinking of what
to shoot. I'm taking it shot-by-shot,
hole by -hole," Sey ler said "I'm not
going to worry about bad shots and
just come back from that
Personally. Seyler said he wants
to finish the state tournament as
one of the s ta te s top five in
dividuals
It s my senior year and I want to
make it happen," lie said
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Palmer earns berth at state
T en n is player makes it to sent ¡finals at (listriet meet
Making it to the state boys tennis
tournament tasted sweet for Sandy 's
Chris Palmer, who competed in the
Mount H chm I Conference district tour
nament at Cascade Athletic Club last
Thursday and Friday
Palm er was defeated in the
semifinals Friday by Yugoslavian
transfer student Igor Vuletic of
Rey nolds, 6-0, 6-0 Before the match
with Vuletic, however. P alm er
already had achieved the pinnacle of
his tennis career a shot at state com
petition
Palmer won a place in the state
to u rn a m e n t
by
d e fe a tin g
Centennial's Dan Adams in the F ri
day morning quarterfinals, the win
ner of which automatically went on to
state Palmer defeated Adams in
straight sets, 6-2, 7-5
On Thursday, Palmer defeated
Rich Hires of I iavid I louglas, 6-1,64),
and Columbia's Craig Peterson. 6-4,
6-3 Palmer was the No 4 seed hi the
MHC going into the district tourna
ment
"It's sweet," Palmer said Tuesday
of making it to state
It's all 1
wanted to do, throughout the whole
year "
Vuletic, who went on to win the
MHC singles crown, was simply too
tough a competitor for Palmer, ac
cording to Palmer
"i He's i a little above everybody,"
Palmer said He added that just mak
ing it to the state tournament is
trophy enough for him I'd like to
win. but it'd just be extra
Palmer, who will be attending
Pacific University in Forest Grove
next fall, competes in the first round
of state Thursday at 2 p in at the
Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in
Beaverton His opponent has no,
been determined, but Palmer say s he
will [»lay his best
Wes Williams. Palm er's and San
dy's coach, had nothing but praises
for his first state entry in his two-
year career at Sandy
"I thought (Palm er's season ( was
great," Williams said "It was neat
Ix'cause you could always rely on
him to play gixxl and he tried He's
very dedicated and that's why lie did
so well.
He played a lot of tennis It [»ays
off," Williams said
In other district action for Sandy.
Ben Fisk defeated Jim Ixiwes of
Barlow in the firs, round. 6 3, 6-1 But
Fisk had difficulty with Centennial's
T J Dyar, who beat the Sandy junior,
6-3, 64)
In doubles action, senior Marc
Sc (u p p e r and ju n io r Z oltán
Dubrawsky made it to the quarter
finals, but lost to their I )avid I hiuglas
opponents, 6-4. 64
.Schipper and Dubrawsky had
earlier ousted duos from Columbia.
6-4, 24», (84ii, and Barlow, 6-7, 6-3,
17 -4 i
Meanwhile, the- Pioneer team of
\aron .lime-- and Jeff Klaus defeated
their Barlow opponents, 64). 6-1, but
lost tu i nmpeliton from Reynolds,
6-1, 6 1
As a team, the Pioneers managed
sev enth place honors in the MIK ', but
Williams was not disappointed with
his team s performance
I thought they did really wcdl at
the district tournament. Williams
said We plaved as wcdl as we could
[»lay. whereas during the season,
there were some matches when, I
feed, we didn't [»lay to our potential
It's OK if you [»lay to your poten
tial and lose, but when you [»lay half
way and lose, that's pretty ag
gravating." W illiams said
Tinjum in state meet despite injury
Sandy High Sc hool Junior Tami
Tinjum earned a berth in the state
girls tennis tournament in a painful
way Friday during the two-day
Mount Hood Conference district tour
nament at Cascade Athletic < lub in
Gresham
In her quarterfinal match against
Rey nolds' Tracy Davies, Tinjum in
jured her ankle while celebrating a
key point
Tinjum went on to defeat Davies in
a four-hour match, 34», 6-3 and 7-5 It
was a win that Tinjum was pleased to
get
She had beaten me twice already
in the season i." Tinjum said, ad
ding that she wanted to gain revenge
for Davies’ two wins in as many
meetings this year
After Tinjum defeated Davies, she
was scheduled to face Lori Mildrex-
ler of Parkrose in the quarterfinals
But T in ju m 's sp ra in e d ankle-
prevented her from [»laying, and
final matefi with Davies I be- winnei
then would have an automatic Ix-rtti
in the state competition, whic h will
I m - held at Mt Hcxxl Community Col
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Mildrexler won by default
On Thursday. Tinjum opened up
against Columbia High's Melissa
McIntyre and cased her wav past
her. 6-1. 641 Ialter, Tinjum defeated
Gresham s Katie Wesson in [»lit
sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
After her win over Wesson, Iinjuin
was scheduled for Friday s quarter
lege Thursday and Friday
Tinjum and Davies went at I, for
four hours and Tinjum. despite the
injury, handled Davies and earned
her second consecutive state (x-r, It
1 hope to do better than last
year," Tinjum said She- had lost in
the opening round of the tournament
last year 1 want to go to at least the
second round
In other Sandy district action,
senior 'Tc-ri Bliss defeated Btlffy Ogle
of (entennial. 6-1, 24», 7 5 Buss was
not as successful against Teresa
Toenjes of Columbia, losing 44», 24»
In doubles competiton. sisters Jen
ny and Amy Safi defeated their
opening round opponents from < ol-
uinbia. 6-2. 6-3 They then were
ousted from the- tournament by
Barlow s Teresa 1 arlson and I ami
Russell, 6 |. 74»
The Pioneer pair of llaruko Inoue
and I'rac y Buss lost to Centennial's
Sogene Mali and Mindy Hash, but it
took a tie breaker to do it Inoue and
Buss won the first set, but could not
hold on, as Mah and Hash won. 34»,
6-1. 13-11.
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