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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1977)
orts lleyballers regionals. k toward amasCommunity College volley- danced to the national tourna- '(day as they defeated Rick's j-10, 15-8, 11-15 and 15-8 to 'Region 18 crown for the 1977 By Randy Frank Of The Print ltd up Cougars came out and y showed their home town fans done. They were in complete ™houtthe match. ¡simply put it all together. This -td well in every aspect of their hey blocked and served well, they [balls and everybody hit well, as Cougars win final game , 14-6 The College's football team ended their season on a high note Saturday as they de feated Treasure Valley 14-6. The Cougars put on one of their strongest defensive efforts of the season. The Cougar defense was at times simply awesome. They completely shut off the Treasure Valley offense and they limited them to just 45 yards on 5 for 16 passing and 109 yards rushing on 46 carries with Tom Fuller accounting for 95 of those 209 yards. Further proof of their dominance was that the Cougars ran 82 offensive plays to Treasure Valley's 62--for the most offensive yardage of the season. The Cougars opened the scoring early as they drove 36 yards for a touchdown, following a tumble recovery. Don Miller took it from the one-yard line to give the Cougars the early lead 7-0. The Cougars scored again in the first quarter as they drove 62 yards for the touchdown. Lucky Richardson took it in from the four-yard line to make the score 14-0. However, the end of the first quarter brought the season to a close for Robert;, 4-4 and 62 yards. He suffered a hand injury and had to leave the game. Richardson, who had 37 yards on 5 carries, was knocked out with a concussion. Backup quarterback Tom Hagensen step- ed in and did a strong job as he guided the team to one touchdown and completed 8 passes in 12 attempts for 74 yards. Before the half ended. Treasure Valley scored their only touchdown of the game when Fuller caught a nine-yard pass from Jeff Kenney. The extra point failed and Clackamas led at the half 14-6. In the second half neither team mounted a serious threat until Treasure Valley drove to the Clackamas 18 yard line. With 57 seconds left they were unable to score and time ran Statistically, it was the Cougars game the way as they had 18 first downs Treasure Valley's 9, and 286 total yards their 154. Both their passing and running games featured season highs as the 12-18 combined passing was by far the highest of the season and Ed McCallister's 73 yards rushing was also a season high. Defensively, Keith Perkins led the team in tackles with 14 (6 solo and 8 assisted). Marty Pinz had 12 (5 solo and 7 assisted) but the totals were down since the offense had the ball so often. Mark LeRoy played his last game as a Cougar and picked off his sixth pass of the season. He set a school career record for interceptions with 13. Later in the half he became a star of a much different sort. He was kicked out of the game following a fight that emptied both benches. LeRoy had just kicked a fourth down punt when a player from Treasure Valley delivered a late hit that knocked LeRoy to the ground. LeRjy got up and chased the offender and the fight ensued. "It was a great win because our defense stopped them so completely, especially their passing game," said Cougar linebacker Rocky Schneider. "That goal line stand at the end of the game was just great to be a part of. It showed the team's spirit and pride and it was just a great experience." Assistant Coach Dave Brown added much the same feeling. "The team did just a super job for having those key injuries and then coming back and holding onto the victory," he said. "It goes a long way to show the true character of this team, a team that refuses to quit." "The only regret I have is that we didn't win by a bigger margin so the players who haven't had a chance to play could have seen some action because they all have worked so hard this season," Brown said. littlest girl got two points off ey played just super," said assist- Nancy Mikleton. else can you say? This team went earned the Region 18 crown," she [tech Mary Rubright had much the n, Ke comfortable in what we were iiise we knew what we had to do «went out and did it. However, I [believe it," Rubright said. rebounded in strong fashion to Blue Mountain 15-5, 15-7 and 15-9 inrevenge fashion, 15-0, 15-12 and 'pin the finals. lical fashion, to the victors goes the s Mary Rubright was named a much .tach of the Year and Verna Simon, »andTammy Hinds were named lament's first team all-stars and wandTami White were named to didn't look all that great earlier in [«the Cougars, despite being hamp- R injuries, closed out their regular fth a tough victory over the Univers- Fortland JV's 15-13, 10-15, 9-15, lid 16-14, Mthe two losses, the Cougars played * without Monica Reed, who had a .mkle and one game without Verna had tissue damage on her foot. liams and subs Carol Orazio and flonsplusa brand new offense proved Rh as the Cougars pulled out the I They ended their regular season W record. ® Community College Photo by Lorraine Stratton Keith Perkins, foreground, Dan Clark, and Marty Pinz hold the defensive line in Clacka mas' 16-4 win over Treasure Valley last Saturday. Both Perkins and Pinz were defensive standouts. Page 11 centimeters Colors by Muriseli Color Services Lab