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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
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occer team falls again
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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.
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