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Section II The Séndy Post Sports inside: ( îenerul news and Recreation SANDV iO>« POS! Ihui» Jun» 18 I «»8 1 Sandy resident gets OSU post Successful volleyball coach will leave Gresham High by DAVE MAGNUSON Staff w rite r A group of about SO youth» attended Tuesday’» »e«»lon of the 2nd Annual Jerry's Suburban Ford Basketball Clinic. Clinicians Included G rant High School girl» basketball roach Jeff Campbell (w ith ball) and Portland T ra il Blazers Kevin Duckworth (center) and Charles Jones. Duckworth helps kids hone talents by DAVE MAGNUSON Staff w riter For three hours Tuesday, about 50 children were on the same level as a National Basketball Association player Many of the children who attended Tuesday’s session of J e rry ’s Suburban Ford’s second an nual Youth Basketball Clinic were delighted to see Kevin Duckworth, the 6-foot-ll center for the Portland T ra il Blazers, who was a featured guest at the clinic. During the three-hour session, the centcr- turned-clinician helped the young people to im prove their talents in the world of basketball Duckworth was joined by three other c lin i cians: Charles Jones, also with the Blazers; Troy Berry, a guard at Oregon State U niversity, and Jeff Campbell, who is Grant High School's girls basketball coach. The annual clinic is sponsored by the Jerry Jaksich-owned car dealer, and is headed by John Phillips, who is an agent for several National Basketball Association players. Phillips, along with his partner, James Taylor, works for PAC Management Group Inc., an agency in Southwest Portland. Phillips said the purpose of the clinic was not only to aid the young people's basketball skills, but also to give them the opportunity to meet NBA stars that they would perhaps otherwise not see, except on TV. Phillips said the clinic such is beneficial to children in both the short term and long term The short-term benefit, Phillips said, is the experience of having these kids go home now and say. Boy, I was with Kevin D uckw orth!’ and Geez he was a great g uy!' Those things you can't pay for There's no value you can put on th a t." The long-term benefit is "th a t lasting impres sion a kid w ill get from having a positive ex perience with a professional athlete When you see this type of attitude (from the athletei. a kid w ill watch the game on TV and they go, Hey, I know him Kevin and 1 (are friends), it makes all the difference in the w o rld ," Phillips said. Duckworth had only one week’s notice that he was going to help with the clinic. But he said he was pleased to be a part of it “ I was looking forward to it,” Duckworth said during a break Tuesday. "1 like kids 1 like to teach them the things that I learned when I was growing u p." Obviously, the » -in c h -ta ll Duckworth did a lot Spring chinook runs look strong harvest since 1974 However, when the catch is compared against the total run, the harvest percentage is the lowest since 1977, according to Bohn. The combination of abundant fish and spotty catch is a product of low, clear and warm water in the rive r. "E ve ry tim e we have this com bination of conditions, we see a reduced harvest ra te ," Bohn said Water is also low and clear on the Rogue, with a corresponding drop in catch rates, biologists report While the lower W illamette spring run is essentially over, there is still the potential for an in creased harvest of re tu rn in g Rogue fish, should riv e r conditions improve. Commission to Consider The clinic w ill have a second session Thursday with appearances from T ra il Blazer forwards Kenny Carr and Ken Johnson Also appearing w ill tie the Ix>s Angeles In k e rs ' Mychal Thomp son, who was part of last year's clinic. The Thursday session is also at the Sandy High gymnasium and runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no cost and no advanced registration is required The clinic is open to basketball en thusiasts aged 11 to IB Guy Enrique* coaching, he realized the importance of setting goals especially in his in itia l seasons as the Gophers' coach. "M y a bility to set goals got better as 1 spent more years here." E n ri ques said " In my firs t years here, I would have to say 1 was not very good at goal-setting "Setting goals. I've found, was pro bably the most im portant thing in developing a good program , a good success." Enriques became interested in volleyball during his sophomore year in high school He wanted to go out for football, but his father would not allow it, saying Enriques was too sm all and could get hurt R eluctantly. Enriques complied with his father's wishes and began seeking other interests. His high school basketball coach also was the school’s volleyball coach and he per suaded Enriques to try out for volleyball After high school, Enriques went to the U n iv e rs ity of H a w a ii and Washington State U niversity. He has since received his master's degree from Portland State University Following his years in college, Enriques coached volleyball at T ri- C ities High School in Eastern Washington p rio r to taking the Gresham job and moving to Sandy Enriques said he was trying to teach to his players that success is a step-by-step process and cannot be Turn to OSU, Page t. Pioneers lose in late innings Outdoors Springers Plentiful This Year — Coho salmon returns to Oregon may be shaky this year, but fishery managers are smiling over the strength of many chinook runs Oregon’s two m a jo r spring chinook stocks that enter the Willamette and Rogue rivers are both looking good this year Through May 10, the spring chinook count over Willamette Falla at Oregon City has topped 50,000 fish Biologists predict the ta lly w ill top out at 55,000 spr ingers, making this total the best since the early 1950s The overall total of Willamette- bound spring chinook entering the Columbia River could reach 90,000 for the year, according to Depart ment of Fish and W ildlife biologist Burnie Bohn "A very good jack count and a strong run of 4-year-old fish this year makes the 1988 return look even better,” Bohn said "We could hit 100.000 fish for that total run next year " Good numbers of spring chinook are also pushing up the Rogue River By the end of May, more than 28,000 chinook had passed over Gold Ray Dam, which is, at this time, slightly ahead of last year's record count. If the Rogue return is following the 1986 pattern, then less than one- third of the run has passed Gold Ray However, there is a chance this run is m irroring W illamette springers by showing up early It is too soon to consider another new record on the Rogue, but biologists are confident the run w ill be good P re lim in a ry catch estimates c re d it W illa m e tte m a in -ste m anglers w ith landing 21,200 spr ingers this year, the th ird highest of growing up While growing up, Duckworth learned about dreams and goals and he said he hopes to share what he learned to people growing up now. “ I try to tell them that dreams are im portant," the second-year Blazer said. " It's all right to dream because that gives you something to shoot for in life. " I 'm a person who tru ly believes in goals Sometimes I meet my goals and sometunes I don't, but I don't give up,” Duckworth said. • When I make my goals, 1 make sure they're realistic. I don't make goals that are so fa r fetched. ‘ There's dreams and there's goals and they re im portant in life If you don't have any goals in life, then what are you living fo r? " It has been eight months of celebration for Guy Enriques, a San dy resident who has been Gresham High School's volleyball coach for the past eight years And the celebration was topped last week when Enriques was named the new volleyball coach at Oregon State U niversity When the news OSU Job came, Enriques said he was excited " It's a good honor and it presents me with a lot of challenges." E n ri ques said "There's a lot of visions and goals that pop in and out of my mind daily I Just need to get my foot in the door and get myself organized This year, I need to go out and make a m ark someplace. " It's exciting I t ’s really exciting ” If anybody should know how excite ment feels. Enriques should In nine months' tim e, Enriques has obtained a new coaching Job, won a high school state championship trophy and seen the a rriv a l of his firs t child During the 1986 volleyball season, Enriques and his wife, Iaiurie, ex perienced the b irth of their firs t ' child, Cory Benjamin Soon afterward, after earning an undefeated Mount Hood Conference title , Enriques’ Gophers met MHC riv a l Barlow in the state champion ship match After beating the Bruins 15-13, 6-15, 15-11, Gresham celebrated its first-ever state volleyball title Then last week, Enriques was hired as the new volleyball coach at OSU, replacing Tino Keyes His d u tie s w ill in c lu d e c o a c h in g , recruiting and budgeting Because he has never coached on the college level, Enriques is simply planning to find a niche and plant his feet, getting comfortable at the Cor vallis school After a year of coaching the Beavers, Enriques said he should be able to set some goals "N ext year, I'll know where I can better start fro m ," he said. " I Just need to get out there, make my m ark Then 1 can set some realistic goals after th a t." Goals, Enriques says, are a m ajor p a r t o f c o a c h in g o r p la y in g volleyball He adds that, through Ba> Crabbing Issue — The future of commercial crabbing in Oregon’s bays w ill be debated before the Fish and W ildlife Commission d u r ing a monthly business meeting Friday in downtown Portland Commissioners w ill conduct a public hearing to consider a peti tion calling for closure of all com m ercial crabbing on coastal bays The hearing and petition w ill have no effect on ocean commercial crabbing seasons Review of the crab petition w ill include a department staff presen tation, public testimony and com mission action. This hearing w ill follow another p e titio n h e a rin g , c a llin g fo r closure of Whale Cove in Lincoln County to all angling and spear fishing Other business on the half-day meeting agenda includes review of a Bureau of I .and Management Turn to OUTDOORS, Page 2. The past week has not been an easy one for the Paola's Pioneers Junior State baseball team, as it let two straight games get away in the late innings But the team's showing of late is something that gives Paola’s coach Bob D'Aboy hope for success “ Only eight games into the season and already we re 100 percent better than at the beginning of the season," D'Aboy said "(T he playersi are im proving every single gam e." The Pioneers saw their record drop to 0-8 with back-to-back losses at Gresham F rid a y and at home against Fort Vancouver Monday Against F ort Vancouver, Paola's players found their way onto the bases, but could not find the clutch hits as the Trappers pulled off the victory in extra innings, 8-5 At the end of the firs t inning. Fort Vancouver had a 2-0 lead Then, with two outs in the bottom of the second. Pioneer players Mike Senn, Doug Cassidy and Rod Schilperoort each got aboard with consecutive walks They were each left stranded after an inning-ending strikeout The Trappers scored a run in the th ird to up their lead to 3-0 Paola's countered with a run as shortstop Ty Beckley scored on a two-out, right- fie ld s in g le by c a tc h e r Ken Ouderkirk A fter three. F ort Van couver maintained a 3-1 advantage l^ te r , in the fifth , the Trappers up ped their lead to 4-1 on a squeeze bunt up the third-base line In the bottom of the fifth , the Pioneers rallied for four hits and three walks but managed only three runs as, once again, three players were left on base following an inning ending strikeout Designated hitter Wes Kelley led off the bottom of the fifth with a single to right But Kelley was later caught trying to steal second Then s ta rtin g p itc h e r-tu rn e d - shortstop Pete Rusaw got on with a walk After Ouderkirk ripped a single to right. Rusaw went to second Senn loaded the bases with an infield single Cassidy then filed out to right with Robby B arrett take* a ru t lu Sandy’s Junior State game against f o r t Vancouver Monday. a line-hugging shot that was deep enough for Rusaw to tag up at third and score, pulling Paola's to 4-2. When the bases were again loaded a fte r Schilperoort drew another walk, left fielder Robert Rising nail ed a shot straight up the middle for a two-run single, scoring Ouderkirk and Senn As Beckley was walked, the bases were loaded for the third tim e in the in n in g B ut the in n in g -e n d in g strikeout plague hit again and the game was tied 4-4 after five innings In the sixth, the Pioneers pulled ahead of the Trappers, when Jason N a ll crossed the p la te on an Ouderkirk single to rig ht For the th ird tim e in the game, the inning ended with a bases-loaded strikeout. After six, Paola's had a 5-4 advan tage. Fort Vancouver tied it up in the seventh as it led off the inning with th re e s tra ig h t w alks A fte r a sacrifice fly to center, the Trappers tied the game at 5-5. The Pioneers were unable to get any runners in the seventh, sending the game to extra innings F ort Vancouver then scored three runs in the top of the eighth, taking an 8-5 lead The Pioneers started off the eighth with Rusaw obtaining a walk But Ouderkirk then hit into a routine dou ble play, shortstop to second to firs t Again the inning ended with a strikeout Paola's left 14 players on base and received 13 walks In comparison. F ort Vancouver left just four players on and had only six walks, four of which were in the last two innings In G resham on F rid a y , the Pioneers led by one run twice during the game, but were unable to hold on as Gresham won 6-5 Paola's tixik a 1-0 lead in the third, as B a rre tt d o u b le d hom e Schilperoort, who got on with a walk Gresham scored twice in the bot tom of the fourth but Schilperoort scored on a Rusaw single in the top of the fifth to square the game at 2-2 In the top of the sixth, Senn singled home Kelley from second, as the Pioneers regained the slim m argin, 3-2. Kelley was 3-for-4 on the night. Gresham struck Paola's for four runs in the bottom of the sixth, taking a 6-3 lead. The Pioneers had a strong oppor tunity to come back from the three- run deficit, but could not produce enough offense.
