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The Sflncfy Post Sports and Recreation , Pioneers show potential for winning ways Sandy drops a close one to Lancers, beats Eagles by DAVE MAGNUSON Staff w riter TR O U TD ALE The Sandy Pioneers are giving other baseball teams in the Mount Hood Con ference something to think about Sands came close to knocking off the state's No Wanked team, the Reynolds I-ancers. Tuesday, but lapses gave Reynolds a come-from- behind win The Pioneers' almost-win against the Lancers, coupled with a 4-1 trium ph at Centennial Monday. has elevated Sandy to a hignei status in the MHC And the team is on the verge of putting together the suc cessful season that has eluded so often in the past. "W e're so close to where we re supposed to be," said Pioneer coach Rob D'Aboy. Where is Sandy supposed to be "(Reynolds) is in second place in league Potentially, that's where we could be and should be ” Sandy has never been known as a baseball powerhouse, which is something D'Aboy would love to see changed. • W in n in g is so m uch an attitu d e ,” he said Once we believe we can win. it'll happen " In the game against Reynolds, Sandy, behind the pitching of Mike Senn, jumped out to a 5-1 lead through 44 innings. In the top of the third inning. Pete Rusaw scored on a single by Ty Beckley Then, after the second out had been call ed. Nick Phillips pounded a single, scoring Binkley, and the Pioneers were up 2-0 After Reynolds had scored a rui Wes Kelley hit a solo home run over the left field fence in the fourth inn ing Then, in the fifth inning, Rusaw got on w ith an error and Tony Hale knocked the game's second round trip , mt Sandy held a 5-1 lead But in the bottom of the fifth, Reynolds stored three runs, then threatened to score again, leaving the bases loaded at the end of the in ning However, it didn't take the l-ancers long to load the bases again in the bottom of the sixth Then. Reynolds l-ouie Nasuta hit a single to shallow left field, which was followed by two Pioneer er rors Three I.ancers scored, giving Reynolds a 7-5 lead Sandy had its chance in the top of the seventh, loading the bases, but could not come up with the clutch play, and Reynolds managed to hold on to the w in "We should've won that one, D'Aboy said Mike Senn went out and pitched a good four innings, as is our plan Our relief pitching just didn't do the job " SANDY 4. CENTENNIAL I The Pioneers got their first M IK win Monday by surprising the hosting Eagles We've always played well against Centennial,” D'Aboy said "O ur defense played really well and Tony Hale pitched seven strong innings ” In the third inning, after Ken Ouderkirk and Senn walked con secutively. Rusaw hit a sacrifice fly and Ouderkirk scored, lifting Sandy Sxn<1> first b « r m ^ n Tonv Hale put* «hr tag on D ou g G reen e nt «hr Barlow Bruins Iriday. to its fragile lead Then, in the fourth. Kelley stored on a Rob Barrett single with two out. upping the Pioneers' lead to 2-0 In the fifth. Senn, who was on sc cond base, moved to third on a Beckley single Beckley then stole second and the hall from the cat cher was overthrown Senn scored on the e rror and Beckley moved Io th ird Bet klev then scored on a passed ball and Sandy held on Io win the contest. 4-1 «>f their four runs, the Pioneers had just one RRI KAKI.OW 7. SANDY I I he M arks fall at Sandy Invitational Traditionally, the Sandy Invitational track and field meet has been a showcase of athletic talent The marks don’t lie, as athletes in Saturday s event preserved tradition by setting nine state and two national bests this year Also traditionally, Sandy Pioneers Coach Ban dy Hutchinson has enjoy ed putting on the mt na tional. This year, he said he broke with tradition “ We tried to get the invitational together in two days For 32 teams, it went off better than I ever hoped it would,” Hutchinson said, adding that because of the averted teachers strike, which would have canceled the invitational, get ting preparations made for the meet was a frustrating task " I ’m really glad the meet is over with he -said It's always been a fun thing for the kids and it's always been real enjoyable for me I -can't really say that this year The most en- ■ joyable part for me was when it was over • Still, the nationally recognized marks can help - to bring back some of that enjoyment -U, ■ .... ....... -— Half of the "Gray" sprint sensation from David Douglas. Boh Gray, tied a national mark in the 110-meter high hurdles, with a 13 7-second clocking Also, Aloha's Alan Foster claimed a US high in the 1,500-meter run. finishing the race in 3 minutes. 52 1 seconds State marks, obviously. also were set those two events, as in the boy s 200, 3.000 and high jump and in the girls 400, 1.500. javelin and long jump Oil the local end. Pioneer shot putter Marc Malek set a new Sandy HighSchool re< ord. with a throw of 53 feet. 51; inches Malek broke his own record set a couple of weeks ago Thrower Art Skip, m t . who has earned some na tmnal renown for his performance in the javelin, took third in the shot ■ 52-01 and not surprisingly first m the javelin, with a throw of 239-9 Malek was sixth in the javelin at 170-7 Skipper's high this year is 244-4, which is the fourth-best all-time throw in the nation and the best this year In the discus, Malek and Paul Weise took fifth and sixth, respectively Malek threw the disk by DAYE MAGNUSON Words are hard to come by after an opposing pitcher hurls a no-hitter in softball, one batter shy of tossing a perfect game Coach Gary Curtis knows the find ing. as his Sandy Pioneers were blanked by Reeky Hoddevick and the Reynolds lancers Tuesday, 7-0 at Sandy in Mount Hood Conference ac tion. "They hit the b a ll," Curtis said plainly. "We didn't." Accurately put. no matter how sim ply Hoddevick walked just Pioneer catcher Chris Lopez in the third inning and that was the extent of her downfall Hoddevick struck out 10 of the 22 Sandy batters Reynolds scored three runs in the top of the third inning, including a two-run triple to left field by I-eslie Pteiss In the top of the fifth. Reynolds scored three more and had a hard-to- overcome 6-0 lead on the Pioneers. Reynolds scored once more and contained the win The lancers had five hits Perhaps the highlight of Sandy 's game was in the first inning, when Pioneer second baseman Shannon Baker made a major-league diving stop of a ground ball and managed the put-out at first Also, first baseman Monica M errill made two tough catches and third baseman Tricia Davis had two d if ficult put-outs from across the dia mond So, all puns aside, Sandy has all the bases covered The outfield is fast, B0 points We scored about as many jxMnts as I thought we were capable of. so I'm pleased w ith oiii , mt formances on the tra c k ." Hutchinson said They're starting to get com petitive and th a t’s where we've fx-en hurting a little bit It s exciting to see those kids starting, to get after it On ttie g irls end. Sandy managed just 7 p ■nts. which was only a 14th place showing I he Beaverton Beavers won ttie girls com petition scoring 75 points In the 200. Melinda Kai was fifth with a 27 9-second finish Janet King was fiftti in ttie stmt put at 32-10 and ttie Pioneers 400 relav team w as also fifth , w itli a tim e of 53 se« onds Bat The long jum p was won by Oiegon City's Karen A lcoin. who set a state best w itli an IB leap Barlow had a 7-0 lead through ft1. innings before the Pioneers stored on a freak p la t Sandy 's one bit was a screaming tri,tie Io rig h t by B arrett in the seventh W ith two out. Sandy's Sean Peterson struck out. hut the Brum catcher drop,ied and lost sight of ttie ball Peterson made it safely to lu st and B arrett managed to i ross the plate on a play that should hate liven the final out Young golf team hopes to improve It s been a long Mount Hood Con ference golf season for the Sandy Pioneers and It's not «•veil halfway finished Sandy, which is b attlin g inex- jMTience on the team, has yet to claim a victory in Mil« contests But the potential for betterm ent is certainly there, said Dan Brisbin, coach of the Pioneers W ith the exception ol Buss l.tM»mis. the only returning varsity player who averages just under 40 slro ke si, most ol out kids are youngei than the .IV kids we're plav mg. Bushin said So we can't i eallstli ally go out and tieat them right away But by tin end of the Mason. I l x v ’le going Io t>e more colli,M’tltlV e Sandv faced Reynolds Mondav at Glendoveer Golf Course and lost to ttie I juicers, 150 178 <In the par-37 course, I xmiiihs shot a team leading 40. while senior An- thonv Cannon had a 44 and freshmen Erie Ix ’kburg and Gavin Lindberg shot 4«> and 4B. i esjM'ctlV ely We tut ttie Gall lietter than the si ore ind u a te d ,'' B ris b in said W ere just ho|»ng that individual ii ii j i i oveinent w ill im prove the team score h rulav at Progress Downs Gulf i ourse, Sandv finished last in the mi team B eaverton In v ita tio n a l, w hleh was won by the ( orv allis S p ar tans w ith 31*. strokes The Pioneers shot a 360 I hat was a little d ifferent course than what we were used to ." Brisbin said ---------------- Softball team falls victim to no-hitter Staff w riter 148-9 while Weise went 14.> ' Skipper, Malek and W e re combined to seole 30 points for the Pioneer tx<y s team, which was good enough for eighth hi Ixtys team scoring D a tid Douglas shocked nolxxly by winning with Bruins, who had been stuggling to find the hits earlier in the season, ev idenlally decided to take It out oil tlx- Pioneers by one-hitting host Sandy hut inexperienced Only one starting outfielder has any varsity experience Jami B rittle and she had been a pitcher regularly at the V-level "I'v e got footspeed, but I don t have the experience in the outfield," Curtis said "Bu we re not going to fold up our tent and sneak away at night W ere learning from our mistakes " W e re n o t g o in g to fo ld u p o u r te n t a n d s n e a k a w a y at n ig h t. W e re in g fro m le a rn our m is ta k e s . — G a ry C u rtis The Pioneers lost to Centennial in a home game Monday, 11-2, scoring both runs in the bottom of the seventh. It was certainly one of the most forgettable games in Curtis' career, which started when Sandy integrated softball into its spring sports offer ing. After scoring one run and with players on second and third, Baker hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scor ing Kelli Portinga On F riday, Sandy play ed at Barlow and lost to the Bruins, 3-2 Each team had four hits, but Barlow edged past Sandy for the victory The Pioneers travel to face Central Catholic F riday at Normandale Park S w im m ers take part in m eet No w in s recorded in te n n is It's been a difficult time for the Sandy Pioneers boys tennis team, as it has lost every Mount Hood Conference match so far this season The Pioneers have given up two matches to forfeit because of the aborted teac hers strike but they also lost four others as well Could it be that Sandy isn't pro gressing as planned'’ Well, 1 don't know I thought we were,” said Pioneer Coach Wes Williams "A lot of it now is the point where you've got to prove to your players that it s more im p or tant to improve than it is to win Sandy suffered its sixth MIK lass of the season Monday at Centennial, being shut out by the Eagles five games to none However, in second singles, Ben Fisk went to split sets against the Eagles, who had to come from behind. 6-3, 5-7, 1-6 Sandy's first doubles team of Volker Henjes and Steve Klaus also split sets, losing to Centen nial. 7-5. 3-6, 5-6 The second doubles team of Mike Hogen and Chris Stone, play ing the first time at second doubles, played a tough match but lost in straight sets We need to work on some things," Williams said We need to be brave at the net in doubles and we need to do more volleys in practice." On F r id a y , the G resham Three swimm ers representing the Bine M arlin Aqnath ( lull ( ompeted A p tll 7 III at the T'BB Tai Western Short fours« swimming cham pion ship in Walnut 1 i«’«’k « aid Bobvn llavball. Derek S|»ii«-s and Jason Sm ith iepn-■••nleil the BMAt in 14 events S econ d s in g le s p la y ci Tracy Buss returns M onday's c o n te s l a g a in st C en ten n ial. Gophers shut out the hosting Pioneers In first singles. Zoltán Duhrawsky lost after having a one-game advantage, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 It's more im portant to develop a good, sportsm anlike attitude and to im p r o v e ," W illia m s said "Otherwise, you I m ’ coiih defeatist So that's what we're w orking on at th«1 moment We've got nothing, to a volley in lose Said Duhrawsky W e'll hâve a strong se« ond ball of the season tx i ause. right now. we don't have the right combination Sandy's g irls team lost Monday to the Eagles, 5-0, but defeated Gresham Fridav and Columbia las« Wednesday by the same 3-2 SCtlfP lla v h a ll. in the 15- Io IB veal-old age group. Ileal In i previous l»es| in the ."«Xi-vatd breaststroke Ty three sc« onds. finishing in minutes. 37.44 se« iiik I s lla v b a ll also < ompeted in the 100 breaststroke Spires, 13-14, was entered hi five ev cuts, the '.’00 llldiv idual medley . 200 breaststroke. 100 bleaststroke, 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle He rece iv ed person al best tim e s in 100 breaststroke while p la iin g fourth in the finals w ith a time of I 03 36 Spires also lietlercd his lim e in the KM» b u tte rfly , fin ish ing in 58 61 seconds Sm ith was entered in seven «’vents, setting a new persona I-lie.st tune in th«’ 100 breaststroke d 13 4 1 and p la it’d fourth in th«’ 50 backstroke and 10,h in the 100 backstroke «inly the top eight swimmers in each of th«’ 55-partn ipant events mad«’ d to th«' finals O ur swimmers swam extremely well in this high-caliber champion ship meet w ith the temperature rang ing around the high 80s," said Mark Smith, coach of the Blue Marlins The Kiw anis < lub of Sandy, the Sandy O ptim ist ( lub and the Blue M arlins Parents Group each sup ported and assisted the trio 's trip to ( altfornia
