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► . y » P *♦- The Sandy Post e * e » -»■•w iS r - v *- » * • «e*~ >• r* r Sports and Recreation Thu'% July 21 ’ 9Kb Se< Jays jump Sandy, 17-7 Paola's players bat w ell, defense proves in e ffe ctive by D A \F MAGNt M t\ Staff writer HAZEL DELL Wash It wasn't a fun outing for the Paola's Pioneers baseball team Monday as the host Hazel Dell Jays annihilated the Pioneers, 17-7, in Junior State action With tem peratures in the upper 80s, both teams clobbered the ball ef fectively However, Paola's, the Junior State team from Sandy, com mitted eight errors in the game which lasted just 4‘j innings The loss lowered the Pioneers' league record to 7-8-1 and 9-9-1 overall They are tied with the Barlow Bruins for fifth in league standings We hit the ball real well,' said Clyde Kusaw. coach of the Pioneers 'That's what bothered me the most, is that we got the hits but couldn't get anything going offensively." The final score, officially, was 17-7 However. Hazel I M-ll scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth and Paola's couldn't make the third out But the game was technically over after 4‘x innings Paola's held a 1-4) lead after the first half inning, when Pete Busaw scored on a single by Wes Kelley, who played in his first game since June 15 due to a wrist injury But the Jays answered in the bot tom half of the first w ith eight runs all of which were unearned, taking an 8-1 lead The Pioneers had a big second inn ing, scoring five runs on as many hits leading off the second was pitcher Mike Senn, who singled and later moved to second base on an over throw during a pick off attempt After Paola's made its first out H«xl Schilperoort hit a stand-up triple, scoring Senn The second Pioneer out was made and, after Aaron Knotts walked, another stand-up triple was hit. this time by Pete Busaw. who knocked hi Schilperoort and Knotts in the pro cess. Then, Bob Barrett hit a sharp grounder through the legs of the Hazel Ik-11 third baseman, giving Busaw thv easy score Kelley then earned his second single of his return to the Pioneer ac tive squad, scoring Barrett, who had earlier stolen second base The Jays went scoreless in the bot tom of the second but still m aintcned an 8-6 lead In the third inning, the Jays had another big inning, scoring nine runs and upping their lead to 17-6 The Pioneers could only muster one run in the fourth on a freak plav in the outfield With Knotts on third and Busaw on firs,. Barrett hit a fly ball to right field Busaw, who was attempting to steal second on the run- and-hit play, saw that the trail was apparently going to be caught However, tha- Jay right fielder drop ped the ball and Busaw was forced out at second Barrett, however, was safe at first ami Knotts had time to cross the plate, cutting the Hazel Ik-Il lead to 17-7. But the hole was too deep for the Pioneers and Hazel Dell won the con test due to the lft-run rule " D e fe n s iv e ly , we ju st took ourselves out of the game said Clyde Busaw whose team hadn’t played or practiced consistently for six days Hazel Ik-Il, meanwhile, had played in a four-game tournament during the weekend The thing with these tournaments is that they may wear out your pit i hing but they keep the res, of your team sharp," Busaw said After a non-league game W'ednes day, the results of which were not available at press time, Paola's has two remaining scheduled league con tests Friday and Monday However, the Pioneers might make up a game against Prairie i Wash i either Satur day or Wednesday, depending upon whether the game would affect league standings Five players on the Pioneer team are batting 333 and above Kelley unofficially leads the team at 429 However, his average is based on on ly 21 at bats Busaw bats 370 and leads the team in on-base percentage at 582. drawing 23 walks Barrett and Adam Cannon are each batting 353 and Knotts is at .333 Barrett leads the team in home runs i five), runs tiatted in 27 i and stolen bases < 14 > Doug Cassidy has 15 BBI, good for second on tlx- club Busaw has scored a team-leading 24 times and has nine steals Knotts is second in the runs-si ored depart merit with 20 F o otball cam p o p e n s in A u g u s t Football season will be here soon and w ith it comes the Pioneer Drive Football ( amp at Sandy Union High School It is for players who will lx- enter ing the sixth through ninth grades this fall The t amp runs from Aug 1 toSatW F Pop" Bannow Stadium The Pioneer Drive Camp is a non- contact. fundamental skill camp The philosophy is to create an en thusiastic environment for the learn ing of gixxl football fundamentals Skills, technique and fun will be em p hasized The organizers of the camp, head ed by Bic Fllsberry. head coach of the Sandy Pioneers foottvall team are primarily concerned with the teaching of fundamentals and techni ques to pre-high school and high school players Cost for the week-long camp which runs from 9 a in to noon each of the five days, is $34) jx-r student To register, call Fllsberry a, Sandy Union High School, 668-8011, or at home, 668-9892 Ry a n O liv le», le ft, of I h r S andy I m id g e t N a tio n a l t r a m g e t* a le a d o ff firs t h a v e a g a in s t I y nc I» in th e d i s t i l o p la y o ff to u r n a m e n t in R o c k w o o d M o n d a y . Many kids’ teams make playoffs ne, hi, a solo home i un to i ight fi I 111 till- top ot the second, tv mg a by I » \V i M At.Nt SON Stall writer score a, 1 1 Later in the inning, infiehr I histin (¡rue,ter singled home Mike Schnekenhurger from third has« . giving Sandy Thriftway a 2 I ad As the tem peratures reach the sizzling point this summer, so does tht- excitement for some of the team s in the Sandy Summer Baseball and Softball Association, which is a part of the Tri -County la-ague Several of the association s 21 team s are playing or have played in their respective district playoff tournaments I bus far, three Sandy teams have qualified for st.de playoff competition Idle following is a listing of the teams that fared well in the season and district playoffs M IIM .F I F F D F K A I.S vantage BOYS Coach Bolx-rt York guided the team to a state tournament berth, finishing fourth in the district toui na merit July 9-10 The team was only 3 9 in the regular season, hut this Sandy team played in tin- Clackamas L ea g u e, not the Tri-C ounty la-ague, thus hav ing to play teams such as district champion Oregon City, Canby and Con« ord Bex Pul nam i In th«- district playoffs, the Sandy midget Federal*, s|x»nsor«-d by Jo J o s New York Style Pizza tx-a, C oncord in th e c o n s o la tio n semifinals anil later lost to Canby . 11-7, in the third-place final, thus finishing fourth overall and quali fying for the state tournament held in Hillsboro July 29-31 Yol k said he was pleased that the Sandy team shifted into the Clackamas la-ague, regardless of the 3-9 record I'm glad we did because) a Io, of times a team learns more from losing and tries harder when they're losing than they do when th ey 're winning," York said We've got a lot of kids who are P itt h o f l i t A ris e n of th e S an d y IV m id g e t N a tio n a l t r a m s h o w s th e a g o n y of th r o w in g a fa s tb a ll a g a in s t W r i t hes in th e d is t r it t p la y o ff to u r n a m e n t in R o c k w o o d T u e s d a y . smart and they know that there's a flip side to losing " Some of those sm art" players, who helped the team reap the state berth were catcher David Mills, first baseman Nick York, second baseman Aaron Swiggert and pit cher Willie Olson, who. through four innings in the third-place final, gave up only one hit and one walk while striking out 12 MIIM.IT NATIONAI-S BOYS I The Sandy I baseball team, spoil sored by Sandy Thriftway. t<w>k first in their league, finishing with a 12-2 record overall The Thriftway team lost to Ly nch in the opening round of the district tournament at Hockwood Monday, 5-3. Lynch t<»«»k a 1-4» lead in the first inning before outfielder Dm Ben However, Lynch scored tho«- runs in the bottom of the sec <1 and regained the lead. 4-2 Lynch again scored in the fourth inning, upping its lead to 5 .’ In tin- top of the fifth. Gruell.-i scored oil a fielder s choice hit tiv outfielder K C Kraningei helpn pull Sandy to within two, However, it wasn't enough as Lynch entered the upper lira, k. i and sending Sandy to th« lowei bracket With .mother loss So lv w ill be eliminated 'rom the toui Ila men, It was one of those ( lose ones." said coach Dennis Huntei hu, we didn't make tier Sandy utilized two pitchers, Nicholas Hun,ei and Mat I) Neil Hunter allowed three run while striking out five hatters O'Neil allowed two and also strt k old five Jus, three hours prior to ,h« eon test, s ta rtin g sh o rtsto p I D Malone reportedly fell off a i and broke his right arm. th-as pi . ing a burden on his ll teammat.- The Sandy 'Thriftway team play ed .another tournament on,« si Wedne sday hu, re su lts w e n unavail able at press time MIIM .11 N AT ION Al S BOA S l\ I In■ Sandy IA baseball t> on cn-< oa< bed by Dennis Turin and K e rry la w . was league runnel tip to Sandy I and. p rio r to it Tuesdav evening d is tric t pin ff gam e a g a in s t W e lc h . H im kwixxl. w as 111 I H e su lts of T u e s d a y 's gam e I urn Io PI A A l ll I s. Page K SPORTS ROUNDUP W o o d c u p Race set for Saturday Th«- third annual Salmon Biver Woodcup Baee takes plai t- Saturday , July 23 at 1 p in at the Arrahwanna Bridge in Wemme The event is held annually to benefit the Hixxlland Area Senior Citizens Center and usually raises more than $¡1,000 The race started in 1986 with 72 whde oak engraved woodcups and has increased to 200 cups, which will be sold for $25 apiece The race starts in the Salmon Biver at a point just above th«- Ar rahwanna Bridge by releasing all '200 cups into the river Competitors then try to acquire the cups in the 45 minutes to 1 hour it takes th«- cups to travel downstream to the Wildwood Park Footbridge in Wildwood The awards ceremony is held at the Whistle Stop Pub and Grub on Highway 26 in Wildwood Transportation is being donated by the Mount Hood Express, which will provide free shuttle service to and i from the W histle Stop from designated parking areas along tin- highway For more information, contact Doug Kinne at 622-3787 or 1» k Jansen at 622-9990. G olf tourney to benefit team A golf tournament for four-player teams will take place Monday. July 25, at 3 p m at Mountain View Golf Course in Boring It is a fund-raiser for th«- Sandy Pioneers football team The first Pioneer Drive team scramble golf tournament is a nine hole, best-ball tournament for all comers who put together a team of four players Teams will he divided into groups of age categories and prizes will be awarded Cost for the tournament is $40 pel team Begistration before the Pioneer Drive event would be appreciated I ■ register, call Kic ElLsberry «-vent organizer, afternoons or evenings a, 668 9892, or Sandy High School a, Ii4i8-8n 11 U-ave a list of tin- names of team memlx-rs during th«- phon« registi a,ion Reber earns second place Sandy s Katie Belier earned se cond place in the 1988 State < lames of Oregon tennis competition in the 10 and-younger division at the Tualatin Hills I emus ( enter Satur day, July 9 Heber, 8. beat Jane Clark. 7-5. 6-2. and was defeated by I rvn Weggeli man, 6-0, 6-0 Shei- th« daughter of Nar and'l n n Relx-r with 143 jxiin ts. behind Hillsboro's Jim Paulson w Ith 201 Fisher will compete Friday, July 22 in the ( ours 100 N/YSCAB stock car i ace w ln< h w ill pav $l.ooo cash to the winner and is expected to attract some of the region's best auto racers Boring's I I lloglan is eighth in N 'irthw es, Sportsm an standings w ith 82 points In Jalopy division. Willard Allen of B"iing is tied with Halt Williams of Portland for fourth plat«- with 105 points Portland's John Dyler is first with 325 YMCA camp signups continue Fisher ranked 2nd in divisio n Begistration for the Sum m er Discovery Days eamp for boys and girls ages 6 to 12 continues through Sandy s Terry Fisher is second in th«- Northw« st Sportsman division of the W nston Ka-uig Series standings Weekly « amps run through Aug 26 from 9 a m to 4 p m , with early and late « are available th«- Mount Ih xxl YM CA C h am p io n s The S andy II p o n y ta il te a m w e n t I? I a n d w a v le a g u e c h a m p io n t h i* y e a i. The te a m In c lu d e s (le ft to rig h t): l i o n t ro w : K elly K e y , N icky |o h n s o n (ly in g d o w n ), I r i n D o h in , Zoey Z im m e r ly . M id d le ro w : Shaw na A y e rs , A ln o D u b ra w s k y , A lb e r tin a D u b r a w s k y . Rack ro w : a s s is ta n t c o a c h B ert K e y . K e n d a O N e ill I ear n R. n tin g , M in d y Z im m e rly , co ach R ita |o h n s o n
