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player on defense
South beats North
in Shrine Bowl
by DAVE MAGNUSON
S ta ll w rite r
PORTLAND
The biggest crowd
in eight years attended the 40th An­
nual Oregon Shrine Bowl Saturday
night, as 13,255 people turned out to
Civic Stadium in the 95-degree heat
to watch the South All-Stars defeat
the North All-Stars, 17-15.
S a n d y 's Ben G la w e p la y e d
linebacker for the North team m the
contest Glawe was a three-year
starter for the Pioneers as an offen­
sive tackle and defensive back He
played about half the Shrine game,
being sent in and out periodically
He was not credited with any
tackles, but he was involved with
several defensive plays in the game
Glawe said he was pleased to be a
part of the Shrine team, despite the
North loss
" I t was fu n ," Glawe said of playing
against the South team. " I t ’s not fun
losing, but they were good 1 didn't
think they were good enough to beat
us, but they did
The South won the coin toss, but
deferred to the North, which chose to
receive But the North was unable to
take advantage of the opening drive
and had a field goal attempt blocked
by South defensive lineman Bryan
Pinney of Sheldon
I^ te r, South quarterback Rich
Ekinan of Bend rolled right and lobb­
ed the ball to South Eugene's Mark
Koenig for the nine-yard touchdown
pass. The South’s point-after try was
blocked by the North's Craig Valero
of Glencoe, as the South took a 6-0
lead with 5:04 to go in the firs t
quarter.
Ixite r, with 8 11 to go in the second
quarter, the North had a fourth down
and 15 situation on the South 25-yard
line. North starting quarterback
Denver Skalbeck of Benson was be­
ing pursued, then had his pass in­
tercepted by W illa m e tte ’s Andy
Gray, who charged upfield 65 yards
for the touchdown. Ekman then ran
the ball in for the two-point conver­
sion and the South led 14-0.
The North had a better offensive
firs t half than the South, but was
unable to find the end zone. The
North had 18»; first-half yards to the
South's 73. But interceptions and a
lost fumble made it d ifficult for Glen­
coe coach Craig Reucker’s North
squad to claim any points.
In the second half, the North did
retaliate, but not offensively. The
South was in a fourth-and-16 situation
on the North 47-yard line. South
punter Robert M iller of North Salem
booted the ball to the North's Iierron
Moreland of Putnam at the North 9.
Moreland then weaved his way
around the South defenders and rac­
ed 91 yards for the punt-return
touchdown with 6 44 to go in the
third.
After Aloha's Robert Moore kicked
the extra point, the North cut the
South's lead to 14-7.
In a drive that bridged the span
betw een the th ird and fo u rth
quarters, the South went from m id­
field to the North 12 But it was
caught in a fourth-and-9 situation and
had to settle for the 29-y ard field goal
bv lx*banon's Leonard Troxel, which
boosted the South lead to 17-7 with
14 18 to go.
The North failed to produce any of­
fense in its next drive and had to punt
the ball just 1:11 later
The South then punted the ball
away after playing nearly three
minutes off the clock The North,
playing the ball from its own 30.
drove the ball to the SOuth 20 in just a
little under four minutes
Then. North quarterback Jason
Palumbus of laikendge, who was
scheduled to start but was unable to
because of a groin inju ry, passed the
ball to Hillsboro's Alan Boschma
after a draw fake to Glencoe’s Brett
Collins anil the North cut the South's
lead to 17-13
A f te r the to u c h d o w n , o n ly
U ikeridge players handled the ball
for the two-point attempt Pacer
center Shawen Smith snapped to
Palumbus, who threw to teammate
Ted Rose, who made a pretty catch
for the conversion With 4:51 to go,
the South led by only two. 17-15
However, the South played the
clock down to exactly 1 minute for
the North In that minute, the North
would have had to travel 80 yards for
the touchdown and at least 60 for a
possible field goal.
The North managed just 15 yards
m the tim e it had, as the South held
on to win, breaking a three-game
winning streak by the North. In the 40
Shrine Bowls, it was the South's 20th
victory to the North's 17. The teams
tied in 1955, 1961 and 1976
" I just don't think we played as
good as we could have," Glawe said
of his North squad, adding that the
team didn't je ll until the second
quarter "Some of the people were
screa m in g and y e llin g on the
sidelines, trying to get every one else
pumped up Then there were the
other half just standing there I guess
it took us being down 14-0 to have
everyone start coming together "
Five other Mount Hood Conference
players competed for the North
team They were A1 Blain, defensive
back from David Douglas; Rip
Napoli, center from Barlow; Ryan
Prusse, tight end from Barlow; Zac
Stokes, free safety from Reynolds;
and Kris Welch, offensive lineman
from Central Catholic.
Derek Spires and Robyn Hayball w ill be competing in the U.S. Western Zone Championships at Mt. Hood Community 4 allege through this weekend.
Swimmers compete in biggest meet
by D A VE MAGNUSON
Staff w riter
The opportunity to compete in one of the
largest swim meets in the United States does not
cotne around often.
For a pair of Sandy swimmers, however, such
an opportunity has arisen, as Robyn Hayball and
Derek Spires each qualified to compete in the
U.S. Western Zone Championships at Mt Hood
Community College, which started Wednesday
and w ill continue through the weekend.
Hayball and Spires say making the Western
Zone Championships is an honor.
‘•I think it’s a p rivile g e ," the 14-year-old Spires
said, adding that qualifying (or the Western Zone
Championships is the highlight of his swimming
career
Spires and Hayball both swim for the Blue
M arlin Aquatic Club, an organization of Sandy-
area swimmers that is composed of elementary-
to high school-aged athletes.
The Western Zone meet is a stepping stone to
the ju n io r nationals and senior nationals.
Athletes from 12 states w ill represent their in­
dividual states at the Western Zone meet.
California has three teams, while Oregon,
Alaska, Washington. Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Col­
orado, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and
Hawaii each have one.
Each team has 16 to 20 swimmers in each of
five age groups Thus, a team would have 80 to
110 members. Hayball and Spires are two of
Oregon's 109 swimmers.
Hayball and Spires each had to meet or beat a
pre-determined tim e to earn a spot on the Oregon
team. H ayball qualified in the 100-meter
breaststroke, while Spires did the same in the
100- and 200-meter breaststroke.
Hay ball said her objective in the Western Zone
meet is to compete in the finals.
" I 'l l be happy if I make the fin a ls." said
Hay ball, who w ill be a sophomore at Sandy High
School this fall.
An estimated 1,200 to 1,500 people w ill attend or
compete in the championship meet. It is one of
the biggest age-group meets in the country and is
the largest meet MHCC has ever held
Hayball said her biggest moment in swimming
was last winter, when she qualified for state by
winning d istrict at Sandy as a freshman
" I t was really cool," she said of making state.
"AU these kids were really proud of me at
school.”
Hayball started swimming when she was 10,
five years ago. Her p rim ary inspiration was her
older sister Barbie, who was on a swim team.
Hayball's goats in swimm ing, which are
sim ilar to Spires's goals, are to earn national
recognition, then to work on becoming an Olym ­
pic competitor.
" I want to get all-Am erican, either this year or
next ye ar," Hayball said. "Then, from that, I'd
like to try out for the Olympics. Every thing takes
hard work ”
Spires was introduced to swimming, p rim arily
by his mother, 2 ti years ago.
" I wanted to do something," Spires said. “ I
didn't like football and the bowling league was
fu ll, so I went to sw im m ing."
Spires, who w ill be an eighth-grader at Cedar
Ridge School in September, said that swimming
benefits both the body and the mind, which is one
of the reasons he lias stayed with the sport.
"1 think it’s physically toned m e,” he said.
It's aUowed me to become better acquainted
with fa ir play, such as that, and to be honest
about it. When people beat you, you’ve got to
take it with a g rin .”
The trip to the Western Zone is the firs t such
trip for both athletes.
"We were so happy, we were just bouncing off
the w alls," Hayball said of the pair's reaction
when finding out they qualified.
In competitions throughout the year, Hayball's
best performance in the 100 breaststroke is 1
minute, 23.16 seconds Spires' best in the 100 is
1:17.21 and in the 200 is 2:46.7. Both athletes'
times have been dropping in their respective
events. They said they believe their times w ill
drop in the Western Zone meet as well.
"E ve ry tune I've swam (the 100 breaststroke),
I've dropped two seconds,” Hayball said.
"W e'll get it while it's good," Spires said.
Other members of the BMAC team who
achieved regional times this spring/summ er
season were Scott D rill, N ikki Hanson, Jason
Smith and Adam Hayball The latter pair com­
peted in the regional meet in Wenatchee. Wash,,
July 31-Aug. 2, along with Spires and Robyn
Hayball.
Teams âct ready for Hood-to-Goast Relay
by DAVE MAGNUSON
Staff w riter
For most participants, the Hood-to-
Coast Relay race is a way to run in
good, old-fashioned friendly competi­
tion.
The 168-mile race begins at 7 p in
Friday at Tim berline Ixxlge and ends
Saturday in Pacific City
“ I t ’s a fun relay race that allows a
team to develop a lot of camaraderie
amongst its team members,” said
Gresham's Rod Cox, team coor­
dinator for the Portland division of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Cox's team is entered in the men’s
corporate division of the Hood-to-
Coast race and w ill tie competing in
its third consecutive Hood-to-Coast
event
Although they are in the men's cor­
porate category, the Engineer E x­
press has enlisted a female, Cox’s
wife, Kaycee Carlson. But since
there is only one woman on the team,
it does not qualify for the mixed cor­
porate team However, Carlson is not
to be overlooked, said her teammate
Steve Wagner, a third Gresham resi­
dent on the team
Kaycee's a real athlete," Wagner
said. She was the captain of the ten­
nis team at West Point and she holds
the sit-up record for women at West
Point "
" I 'm not a super fast, six-minute
m ile r," Carlson said. " I put out my
best in the race and have a lot of fun
That's really the key to it."
Swim center still lit is
openings for lessons
Openings are still available in
the Mt Hood Conununity College
Aquatic Center's fifth and final
summ er session of children's
swim m ing lessons, Aug 17-28.
Registration is open in the Aquatic-
Center office
The session is designed for
children of all ages. Skill levels for
th e
lessons
ra n g e
fro m
parent/child water adjustment to
advanced beginning swim m ing
A ll co urses a re ta u g h t by
American Red Cross water safety-
instructors The only prerequisite
is that children be- toilet trained
Although the Aquatic Center w ill
be closed to public swimming
through Sunday. Aug. 16 due to the
United States Swimming Western
Zone Championships, the office
w ill lx- open for lesson registration
from 6:30 p m to 9 p m . daily.
The MHCC Aquatic Center add­
ed a record fifth session of summer
lessons when pcx»l closures and
canceled swimming lessons at two
high schools in the Gresham High
School D istrict left a large number
of fam ilies without swimming in­
struction facilities
Those pools were closed to the
public due to budget cuts man­
dated by the d istrict's defeated tax
levy proposal for 1987-88
For additional information, call
the Aquatic Center at 667-7244
The H ood-to-C oast s ta rts at
T im b e rlin e Lodge and ends at
Gabriel Park in Pacific City. The
record time for the relay race is 13
hours, 36 minutes and 43 seconds.
However, the Express is not out to
break any records
"T his year, we're supposed to
finish in 19*-2 hours," Cox said. "B u t I
think w e'll finish in the high 18s
He explained that the officials of
the race give each member on each
team a medal, which shows the
predicted finish time for the team,
based on computer using data regar­
ding each runner, such as speed of a
certain distance, fatigue, course d if­
ficulty and so on
Last ye ar, the Express was
penalized for finishing the race too
quickly. Since officials could not be
present for the entire race, they
allegedly assumed the team cheated
" I don't know about their program,
how accurate it is ," Cox said. " I t cer­
tainly wasn't for us."
The Express team is composed of
11 runners from Gresham, Beaver­
ton, Tigard, Portland, Oregon City
and V a n c o u v e r, W ash
The
Engineers Express finished eighth
out of 40 corporate teams in 1986
This year, the Express has added
some faster runners and is now aim ­
ing for a third- or fourth-place rank
The trio does not necessarily have
a stric t training program Each of
the three Gresham athletes run five
to six miles, five to six days a week
We usually run a variety of d if­
ferent places," Wagner said "One
day we’ll go strictly up hills and other
days w e'll go on the flat, so it's a
variety of terrain.
"Gresham's a good place to run for
training because you've got enough
hills, enough variety that you could
keep your pace I ’ve found that if you
go out and train on the hills and go
out on the flats in the Hood-to-Coast,
you really move out."
Carlson and Wagner are each runn­
ing "m oderate" legs of the relay in
term s of difficulty, while Cox is ta k­
ing on a more challenging leg
The three members of the team
said that when the race was finished
last year, their muscles were so sore.
even a celebration was d ifficult
Some of the teams w ill all race in
as a group, a ll 11 of them ," Wagner
said of what happens at the end of the
168-mile journey . ' They hide up over
the hill and when the last runner
comes in, they join in and they all
cheer and they run into the finish
line
H ist year, we were going to do
that
we were going to run in as a
group," he added "When it came
tune to do it, everybody climbed out
of the van and their legs were so s tiff
and sore, feet were hurting, knees
were sore."
So, instead what did they do’
We all stood on the sideline and
cheered our last man in ."
Masters swimmers set new world reeords
Six world records and 34 regional
marks were set at the Region 12
Masters Ixing Course Swimming
Championships last weekend at Mt.
Hood Community College
Meanwhile, 14 members of the
Mount Hood Masters Swim Team
helped represent Oregon at the meet,
which featured 144 swimmers from
Washington and Oregon
Seattle's Greg Harrison set a new
record in the 200-meter breaststroke
for the ages 35 to 39 group His mark
of 2 35 86 broke the old record by
about five seconds
Robert Proebsting, also of Seattle,
swam a 29 80 in the 50 butterfly for a
new mark in the 50 to 54 age group
Herb Eisenschmidt, of St Helens,
swam the 50 butterfly in 56 27 to
break the record in the 80 to 84 group
Portland's ta v ille Steinoff broke
Volleyball registration starts
The Mount Hood YMCA is taking
registrations for its adult coed
volleyball league
The teams of half men and half
women w ill play one match per week
for eight consecutive weeks. Games
w ill be played on weeknights and
start at either 6 p m. or 7 p m.
The registration fee is $120 and is
payable when the registration form
is turned in.
Deadline for registration is Friday,
Sept 4 league size is lim ited and
teams are accepted on a first-paid,
first-served basis
Anyone interested in the league
should stop by the Mount Hood YM ­
CA office, 236 N E Roberts in
Gresham, and pick up a registration
form.
For more information, call the Y M ­
CA at 665-8150
two of her own records for the 50 to 54
division She swain the 8(»o freestyle
in 11:40 86 and the 1,500 freestyle in
20.00.06, easily breaking her old
marks in each event
The Oregon mixed relay team,
combined ages of 200 and over, set a
new record in the 200 medley with a
tim e of 2:20 00 Members of the team
were Bert Petersen of Gresham,
Hugh Richards of Corbett, Barbara
F rill of Portland, and Ginger Pierson
of Vancouver, Wash Petersen and
Richards are members of the Mount
Hood team
Richards. 66, also broke state and
regional records in the 50 freestyle
and 50 butterfly Dick Boyd. 44. broke
a state record in the 400 freestyle
while E ric Guest, 57. set a state mark
in the 50 butterfly for his age group
Center adds 6th session
The Sandy Aquatic Center is ad­
ding a sixth session of swim
lessons for 3- to 6-year-olds in
novice and beginner classes
Ten sessions of 40 minutes each
w ill be scheduled The program
w ill take place Monday, Aug 24,
through Friday, Sept 4, at the San­
dy Aquatic Center, 38995 Pleasant
St
Entrants have their choice in
times they wish to swim — 9 a m.
to 9 40 a m., 9 45 a.m to 10:25
a m., 10 30 a m. to 11:10 a.m. and
11:15 a m to 11:55 a m.
F o r m o re in fo r m a tio n on
classes, call the center at 668-4400,
or register at the fa c ility fro m 8.30
a m to noon weekdays.
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