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s ■*S i a*«r k ^ SA NO » tO r» ) P O S I Ih u t» r The Sífndy Post ’ I i____________________________________________ Sports In his football-playing days at Sandy High School, Ben Glawe's performance was somewhat hidden — he was a quietly effective defender for the Pioneers His talent often went unnoticed by spec tators. His quiet effectiveness, however, did not go unnoticed by his Sandy teammates and coaches, players and coaches in the Mount Hood Conference, or by the coaches from around the state Glawe, who was named to the firs t team all-MHC both offensively and defensively his senior year last season, w ill play in the 40th Annual S h rin ers N orth-S outh A ll-S ta r Game this Saturday night at Civic Stadium. The Shrine game is an annual fo o tb a ll gam e, com posed of Oregon’s off finest football players just coming their last year as high "O ur team played just excellent tlie whole tim e ," said Rex B rittle, CCR’s coach. Aquntic center adds swim lessons Defensive end Ben Glawe (72) sets his sights on tackling a Central Catholic b all-carrier In a game last season at Civic Stadium. On Saturday, Glawe w ill be playing on the same field in the 1987 Shrine North-South All-Star Game. always played to his potential. He was an outstanding leader; all the kids respected him. "H e was an intelligent player who h a rd ly e ve r m ade any mistakes.” Glawe is the firs t Sandy High player to make the Shrine team sine 1*«H1 Mike Jorgensen, who was a tour-year letterm an as the University of Oregon's quarter- bat k. was the last Sandy represen tative to make tlie Shrine team. “ I think it's a great deal for a k id ,” Funderburg said of making the Shrine team. Glawe said he was honored to be among the state’s 72 best seniors He said he was somewhat awed by playing with many of the athletes whom he had seen on TV, read about in the newspaper and heard about from friends, but had never played with " I t ’s hard to get to know some of the players here." he said following a liio i mug j'ta c li. c vcssioii at i < College last week 'They’re just totally different. They come from a ll walks of life, I guess. They’re great athletes, every single one of them ." The North team is coached by Craig Ruecker, who coached Glen- aoe to the state class .^AA title last season. The team w ill utilize a Glencoe offense and a 5-2 defensive alignment, which gives Glawe a challenge in adapting to a new I Junior State squad shows offense but loses at state s n c> - division II Juiuoi State b? ••■b tl’ i ■ ¡ill was elim inated quit kly ¿r un tin state tournament last weekend al Shenlon Meadow- in Fugen« Ir- tht liouble-eiimiiiation lourna « • • « J • I I ! ' 1 • ! . J S 2 fi 2 5 v [ S, uth Albany score i once tie top of the fo u rth , upping its lead to 10-3 Then in the bottom of the fourth, Sandy center fielder Mack Jer- nigan led off with a walk Second baseman Pete Rusaw then singled on a hard grounder to left field, sen ding Jernigan to third I i > ’ I • 5 A fte r Rusaw stole second, Wheeler hit a single to right, scor ing Jernigan Rusaw moved to th ird on a pass- ed ball, then Schiel tripled to right, scoring Rusaw and Wheeler and slicing South Albany'» lead to 10-6 Knotts hit a shot to center field While Schiel crossed the plate, cut- Local team places 7tli tit playoffs CCB then lost its second game of the tournament to laicheroon of lxingview, Wash , 6-5 in seven inn ings, and was elim inated from the tournament. Division II team eliminated n u n l. Sandy sp u ts o rt d by Gresham hold, jia rtii ipated in a pan of offense-oriented contests with tin South Albany Rein Is ami the rinn ston < oils Openiiig with .south Mbaiiv Ci dav night, Sardy played well throughout hul t . i' c U|- • en run in the Hard inning losii'o >1 The Rebels led oft w ill . run in tht top ot tin firs t Sandv then tied it at ■ 1 With mie out -hortstop Riekes Wheeler walked men stole second Then ri^ht fit Id " Jes.se Schiel doubled Ii eelltel fienl, -i of • Illg W heel« I South Albany then - -«red in th< top iif If« se'«md «.-gaining the iead. 2-1 S a 1 seven-run third inning, which up ped their lead to 9-1 In the inning. South Albany ran up tin* score with five hits two walks ind two errois Sandy countered with a pair of runs in the th ird inning With one out Schiel reached base on a walk Ther. catcher Ao u K tts reached on an error -ending Schiel to se cond After another out. relief pit- cher Ty Beckley hit a double to cenn-: field, scoring Seine' and Knotts and cutting the Hebt ad to 9 3 1 In its second game, Sandy beat the David Douglas Rebels, 7-5. In its third game, CCB defeated Tacoma's Narrows Manna, 11-4 Then Sandy beat the Kalama (Wash.) Strikers, 3-2 1 • I) The season came to a close last weekend for Sandy’s Clackamas County Bank softball team, as it tied for seventh place in Northwest regional playoffs in Tacoma, Wash Sandy played league ball in the Mount Hixxi G irls Softball Associa tion and claimed the league title en route to finishing fourth in the state championships CCB tied with M ilw aukie’s Four Seasons for seventh place overall in the '20-team, d o u b le -e lim in a tio n regional tournament In its firs t game, Sandy dropped a contest to Hillsboro’s Creative Im pact 74), sending CCB to the loser’s bracket But CCB performed well in the loser's bracket, winning its next three contests J school athletes Glawe was one of 4 six MHC players selected to plaj m j the Shrine game I ‘i t ’s g re at," Glawe said of being s a part of the North team The firs t 5 day I of practice, last Wednesday), I didn’t really understand what was . going on, but then we went to the J Shriners Hospital and found out - what this game was really for. “ It felt really weird You look around and you don’t know if you should re a lly touch them or anything," he said of the Px-hour hospital visit last Thursday. “ But pretty soon, they're sitting there, talking with you and making you laugh." - Glawe said he was impressed by the work that the hospital does. “ I t ’s really remarkable what they do.” Glawe was a three-year starter I on the Pioneers’ varsity program. J His favorite and most memorable J moments came during last year's ‘ 5-4 season, when Sandy surprised some teams by contending to make the playoffs. i Defensive statistics were not kept J at Sandy last year, but Glawe was J among the finest coachable playei s fcas an athlete and a person, said ’ Mike Eunderburg, the Pioneers t'.W W fccW Ben’s one ot tiie best kids I've i .ached, ’ Funderburg said “ He I ’ « ’ |S«< ________ ______ ______ BMMi^MBMI— ■■ by DAVE M AG N l SON Stall w rite r " A uçu»t 6 and Recreation Sandy star will play in Shrine áame i I • .' < %* «w ' ' style What i the North team coaching staff is) doing is really a lot d if ferent that what I ’m used to doing at Sandy," Glawe said. " I t's really d iffic u lt for me to get a hold of what I ’m supposed to be doing, so I'm messing up a lot But I have high hopes.” The Shrine game w iliS e televised on KGIN-TV «6) Saturday night The pre-game show begins at 6:30 p.m.; kick-off is at 7:05 p m. The Sandy Aquatic Center is ad ding a sixth session of swim lessons for 3- to 6-year-olds in novice and he,'.inner classes. len sessions of 40 minutes each w ill be scheduled The program w ill take place Monday, Aug 24, through Friday , Sept 4, at the Sandy Aquatic Center, 38955 Pleasant St. Entrants have their choice in times they wish to swim 9 a m. to 9 40 a in , 9:45 a.m to 10:25 a.m., 10:30 a in to 11 10 a m and 11.15 a.m . to 11:55 a.m. For more information on classes, call the center at 668-4400, or register at the fa cility from 8:30 a in. to noon weekdays. River Hawks to host 1987 Junior Olympics The Sandy River Hawks Track Club has been chosen to host the 1987 Junior Olympu s in cross country Teams from the 13th Region, which consists of Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho, w ill participate in the Junior O lym pus Saturday, Nov 21 a t Pop R aniiow S ta d iu m , southwest of Sandy Union High School. 171«) Bluff Rd To kick off the event, the club is an nouncing a logo contest The River Hawks are looking for a design for the sweatshirts and programs that w ill be sold that day as souvenirs Rules of the contest are as follows • Contest runs from Aug 6 through Sept 5. • Entrants must be aged 6 through 18 • Entries w ill be judged by the Board of Directors of the Sandy River Hawks Track Club All entries w ill become the property of the club and w ill not be returned • Prizes awarded to the winner w ill be $25 cash and a free sweatshirt with the entrant's winning logo on it The winner w ill he contacted by phone and receive awards at a special ceremony. • Mail entries along with name, address and telephone number to: Ixigo Contest, Sandy River Hawks Track Club, 40075 Gary St., Sandy, 970H Eor more information, call 668-8728 or 668-7255 Mount Hood YMCA takes early football registration Saudv * Division II Junior Slate baseball team competed last weekend in the state tournament in Eugene, but was ousted from the double-elimination championship in two games. Appearing here arc, kneeling from left: Pete Rusaw, Adam Cannon, Jeff Spanier. Aaron Knotts; standing from left: coach ( ly.le Rusaw, Ted Aubin. Mike Senn, Ty Wallace, Jesse Schiel, Rick Wheeler, Mack Jernigan; not pic tured. assistant coach John Knotts, Ty Beckley, Brian Walters. tried to reach second, but he was ♦bro’wc out S i Albany scored twice in the •ix'h and «nice u the sev e ith, own ing a omfortable 13-7 lead g ang in to the final ha,f innir.g. Sandy, however, made a run at the Rebels in the bottom of the seventh as Knotts led off with an infield single and moved to second on an error by the Rebel shortstop i irst has« nan Ty Wallace then doubled to right field, scoring Knotts. After pitcher Mike Senn walked. Sandy's Jeff Spanier hit in to a fielder's choice, pitcher to third base, getting Wallace out. Catcher Adam Cannon singled to left, scoring Senn and pulling Sandy .9. After right fielder Ted \u b ln walked, loading the bases, Rusaw hit a hard grounder for a single to left, scoring Spanier and Cannon Rut it was not enough as Sandy lost 13-11 and went to the laser’s bracket to face Thurston on Satur day morning Against the Colts, Sandy led off with a single by Rusaw, who later scored on a double by .Schiel in the top of the first Thurston tied the score in the bot tom of the second before Sandy scored four in the top of the third S c h ie l, W a lla c e , Senn and Spanier each scored a run, giving Sandy a 5-1 lead. Thurston scored three in the third and four In the fourth, taking the lead away from Sandy, 8-5. Spanier scored In the fifth inning as Rusaw reached base on an error by Thurston's shortstop, pulling Sandy to 8-6 The Colts scored twice In the bot tom of the fifth . In the top of the sixth, Beckley walked. Then Knotts hit a fust- pitch single to left field, moving Beckley to second. Wallace then grounded out to first base, moving the runners. Senn grounded to the shortstop, as Beckley scored Aubin reached on an error and Knotts scored, pulling Sandy to 10-6 But Sandy couldn't muster any more offense as the Colts held on and eliminated Sandy from the tournament In the two games, Knotts went 4-for-7, finishing the season with a 451 batting average and a 684 on- base average Pete Rusaw went 4-for-9 In the to u rn a m e n t w ith fo u r R B I, finishing the season batting 429 and with a 648 on-base average Schiel went 3-for-5. two doubles and a triple, with four R BI, ending the season with a 400 batting average. The Mount Hood YMCA is taking early registrations for its fall flag hxithall program Children in grades 2 through 6 are eligible to participate Registration w ill continue through Sept. 16, at which tim e teams w ill la- formed, coaches selected and prac tices w ill begin. The firs t of eight league games w ill be played Oct I Games w ill be played every Sunday a fte rn o o n on fie ld s in E a s t Multnomah County Elag football uses 10 players per team, with seven playing at one tune. Every player is guaranteed to be able to play half of each game Hunters and anglers spent a record $624 m illion on state licenses and per m its in 1986. Participation in fishing increased, but hunting dipped slightly from tin- previous year, according to statistics released by U S. Fish and W ildlife Service D irector Frank Dunkle "Once again, hunters and anglers have made a m ajor contribution to fish and w ild life conservation,” Dunkle said. “ When state license payments are added to the record $248 m illion these sportsmen paid in federal excise taxes for their equip ment last year, the total la an Im pressive $872 m illion, all earmarked for state fish and w ildlife program s.” Early registration is being held this year because of the popularity of the program The numlx-r of teams and players is lim ited, so those wan ting to play should sign up early The cost is $25 for YM< A members and $«) for non-members. Sign-ups are at the Mount Hood YMCA office, 236 N.E. Roberts, Gresham Eor fu r ther information, call 665-8150 Hunters spent $322 6 m illion and anglers spent $301 8 m illion in 1986 for licenses, tags, perm its and stamps In 1985 they spent $300 7 m illion and $'282 3 m illion , respec tively The number of paid fishing license holders totaled almost 30 5 million in 1986, which Is about a 2 percent In crease from 1985 P aid hunting license holders In 1986 numbered atxiut 15.8 m illion, which is less than 1 percent lower than the 1985 sum.
