Duane Barrett says having his son Mike inducted into the West Albany Sports Hall of Fame "is the cake. My being inducted is the icing."

The Barretts are among four individuals and two teams being honored this year. The others are the 1952 Albany High School state champion baseball team, the 1996-97 state champion cheerleading squad, state wrestling champ Tod Surmon and longtime football assistant and head baseball coach Tom Hawkins.

The hall of fame's induction ceremony and banquet, sponsored by the West Albany Sports Foundation, will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center.

All are welcome to attend.

Duane Barrett coached basketball for 13 seasons and golf for five years, taking the Bulldogs to the state golf title in 1974.

His basketball teams went to state four times, making the semifinals in both 1982 and 1983. Barrett retired from education in 2000.

His own success aside, Barrett says he's thrilled to enter the hall with his son.

"Mike's success as a high school athlete, especially in baseball under Tom Hawkins, is a source of pride for our family. And the fact that he has been able to make a career in athletics as the play-by-play television announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers is something that I am very proud of."

Mike Barrett went 11-2 as a senior pitcher for the Bulldog baseball team. He struck out 92 in 752/3 innings and had a 2.12 earned-run average in 1986. He was an all-Valley League and all-state first team pick and played in the State-Metro all-state series, pitching a win in the opening game.

He also played a couple of seasons of basketball for his dad.

Mike graduated from Oregon State University in 1991. He joined the Blazers organization in 1999 and is in his seventh season as the team's TV play-by-play announcer.

"I have some great memories of my baseball career, and particularly of my senior season," he said. "This is especially special going into the hall of fame with my dad. He was a great basketball coach and very deserving of the honor."

Mike Barrett gave special thanks to Hawkins, who coached baseball from 1972 until 1986.

"Coach Tom Hawkins was a pleasure to play for, and he taught me a lot," Barrett said."

Hawkins was an assistant football coach from 1969 until 1991, most of those years as defensive coordinator.

As baseball coach, he led the Bulldogs to Valley League co-titles in 1972 and 1973.

Hawkins was instrumental in helping to bring a coordinated weight training and conditioning program to West Albany athletics, beginning in 1991, using training he received at the University of Oregon and at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

He said being inducted with Duane Barrett and joining Jim Luster and Roger Dasch was "a good feeling. I kind of grew up with all of those people."

Susie Orsborn, now principal at West Albany, took her cheerleaders to the title in the 1996-97 season. Orsborn coached cheerleading for 15 years at West from 1985 to 2000.

On the championship squad were Rachel Throop, Andrea Warren, Kristina Jamison, Stephanie Mills, Molly Petty, Heidi Hardenburger, Mandy Rebel, Marjorie Clark, Lindsey Clark, Carrie Casper, Jen Eagles, Courtney Smith, Michelle Edminster, Tia Stutzman, Crystal Coverstone, Kim Byers, Whitney Costain, Amber Surmon, Christine Claro and Alicia Jarvis.

"It's really great for the ladies," said Orsborn. "Not only were they great kids, they were talented, very athletic. They could all tumble and two of the girls were on the varsity basketball team."

Orsborn was inducted last year into the Oregon Cheerleading Coaches Hall of Fame. Three of her teams won state titles, four others were runners-up.

The 1952 baseball champs were coached by Chuck Kerr and assistant Stan Czech. Members of the team were Bob Andrews, LeRoy Babcock, Don Brenneman, Steve Cox, Dick Forster, Ronald Hall, Edward Kohout, Frank Burford, Ernie Smith, manager Dick Fisher, Bill Parrett, JR Stamps, Gary Torgeson, Jack Sease, Jack Weiss, Doy Gatlin, Dave Shelby, Ray Derrah, Tom Dorsing, Dean Sorensen and LaVerne Bradley.

The team won the 8-A-1 District title and defeated Burns twice in a playoff to enter the state tournament, which was played in Albany.

In the tourney were The Dalles, Medford, Central Catholic, Roosevelt, West Linn, Lincoln, Junction City and Albany.

The Bulldogs opened with a 14-3 win over Junction City behind a two-hitter by Babcock. Next came a 6-4 decision over Lincoln on the strength of a two-run homer by Torgeson and pitching by Burford.

In the title game, Babcock came back on one-day's rest and pitched Albany to a 9-1 win over Roosevelt. Albany was the first team outside the Portland area to win a state title.

Named to the all-state team were Babcock at pitcher, Brenneman at shortstop, Sease at third base, Burford at utility infield and Torgeson in the outfield.

"It was a pretty neat bunch of guys," said Babcock, who still lives in Albany. "We had a great coach in Chuck Kerr. We didn't realize we were as good as we were. We just came together at the right time."

Tod Surmon, who died in 2000, pulled off a rare feat his junior year, winning a wrestling triple crown with titles in high school state, freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions. He placed second at state as a senior, but went on to place third at the junior national championships, the first West wrestler to ever place in that tournament.

Over his high school careers Surmon went 108-12-1

He went on to become an All-American at Stanford, where he won a Pac-10 Conference title at 142 pounds and placed seventh that year at the NCAA tournament. He also had fifth-, fourth- and second-place finishes in Pac-10 action and two other trips to the NCAAs.

"This is really special for me," said former West coach Bruce Glenn. "He was just a kid that exuded confidence and picked up the whole team. "I'm so happy for his parents, Dave and Linda. They have been so faithful to the whole West program."