Sandy High School - Mee Ma Yearbook (Sandy, OR)

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PIONEER PRESS SANDY UNION HIGH SCHOOL, SANDY, OREGON Vol. XV, No. 5 November 16, 1962 Varsity IVSeason Starts SlowlyEnds With Bang Sandy Pioneers finished a winning season on the grid iron in Wilco league with four wins and three losses for a fourth place finish. Sandy’s offense scored 128 points, and the defense allowed 97. All three losses were by one touchdown. The wins came over Silverton, Reynolds, Mollalla, and Scappoose while Parkrose, Jesuit, and Wy'East turned Sandy threats away. Hoffman’s two regular re- ceivers. Dale Carpenter and Dan Nichols, both fared very well. Carpenter nailed down se- cond place in league scoring with 38 league points. He sco- red seven touchdowns and three extra points during the entire year. Junior Carpenter caught 26 passes for 236 yards and a 9.1 yard average. He also intercepted 3 passes for 82 yards. “He is smart, tough and played his position well,” Mr. Potter said. The coach rates Don Boyles as the most aggressive defen- sive end on the squad. Don averaged eight tackles per game. Pioneers boasted the league top quarter back in Mick Hoffman. Hoffman hit on 81 out of 155 passes for 52 per cent. The passes totaled 972 yards for an average of 12 yards per play. He was res- ponsible for nine league TD’s and eight extra points. Reynolds was his best game for total yardage as he passed for 206 yards and ran for 22 more. Best percentage was the season closing Scappoose game when he hit on 10 out of 12 throws. Halfback Rick Bodley ir the entire year netted 520 rush- ing yards averaging 4.4 yards per carry and caught nine passes for 111 yards. Richard Clubb, who missed much of the season, rushed 205 yards in his four games and caught three passes for 32 yards. Sophomore Jon Sandstrom playing regularly at the end of the season, played only four games but picked up an phen- omenal 268 yards in 44 at- tempts to average 6.1 yards per carry. He also caught two passes for 33 yards. Senior Dan Nichols placed third in Wilco scoring as he scored six TD’s and six extra points for 42 points, 36 of them n league. He caught 41 passes for 559 yards and a 13.6 yard average. Nichols snatched five enemy aerials for 104 yards. He ran back 29 punts for 356 yards. Center Hawley Burns, guard Ed Holt, and Tackle Carrol Platz led the work on the offen- sive line. A1 Fleischman, team captain, led the defensive charge with 166 tackles throughout the league season. “Al’s a great competitor.” Coach George Potter states, “And he never had a bad game on defense.” Ed Holt played defensive lineman, lineback and corner back. Ed’s 187 lbs. accounted for an average of 13 tackles per game, and he intercepted three passes for 51 yards. Mike Murray, 215 lbs., came up with 11 tackles per game at guard. Coach Potter rates him as one of the most im- proved ball players on the tp»m Offensive Ends Nichols and Carpenter played defense mainly at half back positions. Dan was commended as a “very good tackier” and “tops on defense at halfback.” Be- tween them, they pulled down 15 runners per game. Probably the biggest man in the league, Rodney Delong, 260 lb. tackle, averaged only six tackles per game. Coach Potter explains that no one would try to run in his area. Delong was also mentioned among those who had improved greatly. Mike Platz, 230 lb. junior tackle, and Hoffman, who saw scant action last year as a junior, were the others named as having improved. Many were disappointed that we didn't win all of our games, but we did well for having lost seven bacjks in one way or another,” Coach Potter stated in summing up the season. “The team played excellent ball despite inexper- ience. We were hurt at defen- sive halfback position by lack of experience and a lot got through that shouldn’t have.” 6

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Students Busy First Week Of School Freshmen swamp committee members at the annual Frosh Party held during the first week of school. More than 110 students came, the largest number ever to attend the party sponsored by the student council. As the doors open Sept. 4, 1962, 630 students pour into the cafetor- ium for the annual orientation as- sembly. The foreign exchange student, Jasper Potharst, is intro- duced and Ed Holt, student body president tells of challenging the Parkrose president in a contest for selling student body cards. For the first time in S.U.H.S. his- tory, the “Pioneer Press, featur- ing floor plans of the school build- ings and articles on registration figures, new faculty members and up-coming sports events, is distri- buted after the assembly. Key Club members assist rooks and transfer students in finding classrooms and opening lockers. 5

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Gridders Pose In Fall Sunshine Row 1, from left: A. Fleischman, M. Hoffman, R. Clubb, R. Bodley, D. Nichols, B. Decker, E. Holt, R. Burns, H. Dyal, C. Platz, D. Carpenter. Row 2: D. Boyles, J. Moore, D. Bartley, A. Trail, L. Asakawa, P. Miller, P. Smoke, J. Knoll, B. Lake, M. Murray, M. Bauer. Row 3: Mgr. B. Lane, C. McKinnis, L. Eblen, J. Sandstrom, M. Motejl, M. Marcy, M. Platz, P. Gregson, H. Enz, R. DeLong, R. Mason, J. Lymp, E. Horn, Mgr. C. Hedden. Football naturally brings injuries. Assistant Coach Gernhart tapes Don Boyle’s wrist. 7