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An unidentified HSMXer throws up a mud-screen to hide embarrassment.
Columbia bags
HSMXwins
By Jan Newman
PORTLAND,OR, MA Y 20
Delta Park's H igh School moto cross , rained out a month ago,
was greeted by good weather.
Suddenly, after weeks of rain
and coo l weather, Saturday was a real
scorcher.
Columbia River High School had
the biggest turnout , followed by David
Douglas, Benson and Evergreen , eac h
with one less rider than t he 'school
ahead of it . T he final results wer e in
the exact same order, even though
only the top six riders in each class
received points for the overall tally.
Columbia River was also the 1977
winn er .
Sub totals as the even ing wore on
showed a very close ra ce between the
top two schools. They were virt ually
tied halfway thro ugh th e final rnoto,
but Co lumbia River finished well
ah ead of David- Douglas by ha ving
more entrants in the big bike classes.
David Douglas had onl y two riders
.en tered on 250cc bikes and none in the
Open classes. That left a long d ry spe ll
for them.
Da vid Douglas started .piling up
po ints ea rly in the small bike sizes.
Jerry Anderson took both motes in the
100ccJunior. Columbia River cinched
the 100cc 1ntermediate with a win for
Jeff Bechtold and second for Dale
Semmler, the only two riders entered . .
Mike Beall won the 125cc Beginner
and Doug Olsen the 125ccJunior B for
David Douglas.
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The 125cc Intermediate win went to
Denny Reynolds for Benson's first
sweep , then Brady Joy went 1-2 for th e
250cc Beginner win for Benson.
Den Barbier brought in two firsts in
the 250cc Intermediate class for
Evergreen's first big win .
Benson added points in the Open
Beginner with Chuck Ra z a nd Richard
Ba rrow s, th e on ly entrants.
J oe Thu ney swept th e Open Junior
for Columbia River. His second in t he
250ccJunior helpe d .
One th ing high schools do n't seem
to pr od uce in q uantity are Pros. T here
were only seven who rod e. J im
. Anderson took th e lead from Allen
Pitts in bo th 125cc Pro m otos. J im is
from Kelso High . Ron Dim eo was ou t
fron t all th e way for Aloh a H igh in th e
250cc class.
Results
100 BEG: 1. Scon Senour tSuzl; 2. J ohn Tolletson
ISul l; 3. IrwinWall ISUll .
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100 JR: I . Je
