Heading for Nationals
Women claim state OCCAA title
By Ann Breyne
Of The Print
Lisa Nickel lead the CCC womens' cross
country team to the Oregon Community
Colleges State Athletic Association's state
title with a 15:55 first place last Saturday
at Eugene.
"It was the best performance we've had
all year," said Coach Roger Smith. "We're
peaking good and haven't had any serious
injuries."
Clackamas easily outdistanced Central
Oregon, the second place finisher, 29—54.
Sheryl Thomas ran a 16:43 for third with
Jean Sandwick running fourth at 16:54.
"We plan to make an impressive showing
at the Nationals. We and last year's National
track and field champions will be the teams
to beat at Regionals," said Smith.
Because of a difference in course lengths
Smith is not sure of the competition the team
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Mary Rasmussen took fifth with Sally
Arthur and Barbara Young placing seventh
and eighth, respectively, Completing the
Cougar pack was Vicky Paddock with a
17:16 for ninth place over the 2.7 mile
course.
"We just couldn't give enough]
that it was worth paying that mua
Hudson said. "We're hanging onf
ing that costs will go down and]
up."
Other schools are having these
lem. Several schools have called™
department trying to sell their tra
because when their insurance pff
they can't afford to pay for ne«i|
said Hudson.
"If we could get an expert]
gymnastics we would probablyff
interest but we don't have theft™
equipment to merit it," said Hudsffl
"Lisa was her usual self, it was her finest
effort and she ran away with the race," said
Smith. "Other strong efforts were run by
Sally Arthur who moved from eighth position
on our team to fifth and Jean Sandwick who
has continued to improve each week and is
peaking for Nationals."
"Mary Rasmussen still came back strong,"
Smith said, even after missing two practices
last week."
The team is trying to qualify for the
National Championships to be held at Tuscon,
Arizona on Saturday, Nov. 12, but still must
contend with the Regional race next Saturday
at Couer d' Alene, Idaho.
will find when they get to J
said, "We're ready though."
Coach Smith was elect®
the Year" along with lasfl
Terry Schukart from Central 0
his first year as womens'crosJ
Lisa Nickel
. . . best in state meet
However, Brian Snook, a co>
more, has written a constitute
trying to form a gymnastics club]
viser is needed for the club as wellal
and place to meet.
"Hopefully, through the club, I
can be generated and we could fl
have a team in the future," Snook
Wrestling— The Clackamas wrestlers
are preparing for their season by run
ning and lifting weights. According
to Coach Rich Taylor, team members
have shown quite a bit of progress,
especially in their running. Some wrest
lers are approaching the sub-five min
ute mile mark.
Anyone interested in wrestling or
helping, contact Taylor at ext. 291.
Community Services— The
Road
Run that was tentatively scheduled for
some time next month has been can
celled.
"It seemed to be a duplication of
the one that is going to be held by the
Gladstone, Oregon City and West Linn
Community Services some time in Nov
ember, so we cancelled the one that we
had planned," said Paul Fiskum, spon
sor of the event.
Football— The Cougar stars for the
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game last Saturday against Walla Walla
were Rex Schade on offense, Mike Le-
Roy on defense and Mark LeRoy on
speciality teams.
Schade was Brad Robert's leading
receiver as he caught five passes for
78 yards.
Mike LeRoy, the Cougar's defen
sive back, was credited with a two
point safety as he tackled the Walla
Walla quarterback in the end zone and
he also had three quarterback sacks.
Mark LeRoy, constantly gave the
Cougars good field position as he main
tained a 42 yard punting average
throughout the afternoon.
The Cougar's game with the Uni
versity of Oregon J.V.'s scheduled for
this Friday, has been canceled due to a
lack of players. However, the team is
trying to work out a game with either
Lewis and Clark or Portland State
J.V.'s.
According to Doug Roberts, sports
information director, "This type of
thing happens quite frequently with
J.V. teams as they find a hard time
getting enough players to field a team.
I had the feeling all along that this
game with Oregon would be cancelled,
but they didn't seem to believe me."
Archery— Despite rain and wind!
archery tournament scheduled fori
day was on with limited partici»
as only six of the registered 12 co
testants showed up.
Bowling— The Clackamas bóff
dropped their first two matches,fai
ing to Lower Columbia and Mt. Ho
by hefty margains.
"We're gradually improving,9
we've got a long way to go beforew
catch up with the rest of the league,j
said Coach Markson.
"We were hurt by a lack of turnou
The fact that we only have seven UH
and seven women takes away]H
possibility of selecting the top five™
each match and their averages of Ili
to 155 are still behind a good com
petition level," said Harkson, I
"The biggest problem is not that
our bowlers are not talented, butthat
they simply don't have enough expeif
ience," Harkson said.
Their next practice is Tuesday at
3:30 p.m. at Tri-City Bowl and Harla
son invites all those "who want®
give it a whirl" with free shoes and
bowling should come out.
The next match is against Pacific
on Thursday.
Thursday, November 3, fl