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sports___________ Cross-country teams rolling arkMcNeary Sports Editor ¡ih Doug Oberst running a ¡second to Lane’s Dave nes, the Clackamas men’s country team fought to a j tie with Lane Com- [y College Saturday' at ;race started with three ¡entered but an injury to a al Oregon Community ¡e runner kept the host from scoring. ¡e course was a very rough lor a cross-country runner gh in the literal sense of ord. his was a beautiful course, in were jogging,” Coach Monroe said. “But it was irough terrain to run on. C’Sinjury proves that.” the 25 people who ied the race, three amas runners finished in ip five. Besides Oberst’s nd place, Dan Cobine and [Ellison finished fourth fth, respectively. lerst has consistently been among the top finishers in all the races he has participated in and Monroe sees this as quite an accomplishment. “Doug is really performing consistently and is becoming one of the best cross-country runners in the state,” Monroe said. “Magnes might be a little better now but Doug is right with him.” Monroe is impressed by the incredible amount of im provement of the whole team. But Dan Cobine’s progression over the past few weeks has been quite noticeable. “Dan did real well Satur day,” Monroe said. “He’s really becoming one of the better runners on the team.” Again, Lane seems to be the major obstacle in the Cougars’ path to state, and with the return of Dave. Magnes to top form, the threat would seem even greater. But Monroe . doesn’t see Lane as, an “un- fightable foe.” “Lane is tough, and Magnes is probably the best small college runner around, but they can be had. It’ll be hard, but it can be done,” said Monroe. Clackamas’ Saturday per formance against Lane was somewhat surprising con sidering the return of Magnes. The Cougar’s achievement of a tie was satisfying enough for Monroe. “I was happy to come out of it with a tie,” Monroe said. “I would have liked to have pulled off the win, but a tie this early is a good sign.” Rhonda Weidman finished number three for Clackamas and was followed by a host of Cougar teamates. Sally Arthur came in fourth; Mary Hanson fifth; Barb Rost, sixth; Julie Larkin, seventh; Susie Morehart, eighth;, Vicki Pad- dock, ninth; Lisa Nickel, tenth; Leandra Baranoga, eleventh; and Barb Young, twelfth. Smith was satisfied with his .team’efforts but says they must ■now prep for the nationals. “I was happy that we stuck to our plan so well, but I think it’s time to get psyched up for the nationals,” Smith said. “We are going to have to be ready for that.” The next meet for Clackamas will be at home Oct. 28 against Blue Mountain and Chemeketa. Women awesome The Clackamas women’s cross country team pift on a awesome display of teamwork at Central Oregon in Bend Saturday. The Cougars placed all 10 of their entries in the top 12, ranging from third place to twelfth. The Cougars, as a result, defeated both COCC and Lane, 25-45-95, respec tively. “For us this was a training session,” Coach Roger Smith said. “We ran as a group, which was our goal, and we won the meet, which was an added benefit. “A team can only get psyched up for so many weeks, so we came down for this one relaxed, ” said Smith. Photo by Chuck Quimby Women runners warm-up before practice. V-ballers earn tie for first By Mark McNeary Print Sports Editor photo by John Bosserman eve Thomas hustles after ball in recent match. occer team falls again ihn Bosserman Print e Cougar soccer team I down to a 3-1 defeat rday at the hands of hern Oregon State « Cougars were inated by the visiting Cteam during most of the half but managed to get l with only a one-goal it at half time. la Cougars came out tag fire at the start of the nd half, surprising their Rents and almost scoring [«) occasions. Then on a M play in front of the pmas goal, SOSC came *ith another goal at 39:14 (into the second half. That f it 2-0 and things did not Kood for Clackamas. With eight minutes to go in the game, the Cougar kickers got on the board with a break away goal by Massad Bahrani, bringing the score to 2-1 favor of SOSC. With 3:15 left, SOSC scored the clinching goal on a long looping shot from the left wing which sailed over the 'Clackamas goaltender’s head putting the game on ice for Southern Oregon State College. Coach Rich Taylor was pleased with his team’s perfor mance. “If we had come away with the right breaks, this game could have been ours. It was definately one of our better ef forts of the season,” he said. The next game for the Cougars is on Wednesday at home against Lewis and Clark College at 4p.m. ’nesday, October 18, 1978 The Clackamas women's volleyball team hit the road this weekend and in the progress gained three things: a tie for fir st place, the services of previously injured Mary Manley, and their first league loss. The Cougs’ devoured an unprepared Umpqua Com munity College team in Bend Friday night, 15-1, 15-10. But, before playing Central Oregon Community College the Cougars made the mistake of watching their opponents play first. The result was a 13-15, 12-15, loss. “We watched COCC before our game and they didn’t play real well,” Coach Mary R.ubright said. “I guess we probably were a little over confident, but we really didn’t play very well.” The match against COCC was not just another game. Clackamas defeated the Cen tral Oregon school in the state championships last year and the host team was fired up to taste the sweetness of revenge. “We beat them last year and so they were kind of pumped up,” Rubright said, “but I wasn’t disappointed. I know we can beat them. “If this would have hap pened later in the season I would be worried- But as it is, and as it turns out,, it only means we’re tied for first,” said Rubright. Clackamas has a 7.-1 league record and is tied with Blue Mountain and COCC for the number-one spot. Clackamas must face Blue Mountain Friday night as it travels to Salem for a double match. The Cougs also play Chemeketa. In two weeks Clackamas will once again meet COCC in Bend in an all-day tournament. The Cougars got back on the right track Saturday with dual victories over Southwestern Oregon Community College and Linn-Benton at Albany. Clackamas defeated SWOCC 15-8, 15-10, before obliviating Linn-Benton 15-4, 15-6. Saturday’s matches featured the return to form of Mary Manley who had been sidelined with an elbow injury. “Mary started for the first time and played very well,” Rubright said. “It’s good to have her back and playing well again.”- Besides Manley’s successful comeback, Rubright had the outstanding play of her bench to be proud of, and Jeri Trosko in particular, “Jeri came off the bench and did a super job of serving and setting for us'” Rubright said. Rubright also commented on the play of Nancy Perkins and Lisa Laurent. “Nancy’s blocking really im proved. She seems to be con centrating more on it. “I would have to say that Nancy and Lisa had the best weekends of anybody,” Rubright said. “Lisa just played real good all-around. Jeri and Mary also had good weeken ds.” Clackamas continues its pur suit of the title this weekend. Besides the Blue Mountain and Chemeketa matches on Friday, the Cougars also have a league match versus Lane Community College at home Saturday. TRI-CITY BOWL G MOLALLA AVE AT WARNER MILNE RD PO BOX 292 SEV HARKSON Owner Manager Pinball Pool Bowling 656-5229 Page 7
