¡ports__________ Runner adapts to ‘big time’ ¡(¡pation in junior college !(an be a letdown for the lyoung athlete. It is not ¡mon for an athlete to inior college as the “two before 1 reach the big diversity.” beat everyone in the field to finish first in her debut as a collegiate runner. In the Bend Invitational earlier this month, she laid back and coasted to a 13th place finish as the Cougars took 11 of the first 13 spots. f so for Leandra iga, freshman cross ¡star for CCC. “At Bend, we ran as a team in a pack,” commented the the shy Barinaga, CCC big time.” A high school it in the small eastern slim freshman. “It was a lot of fun to see the whole team finish together.” The sweep at Bend kept the Cougars undefeated for the season. (community of Ontario, ja has traveled all the loss the state to help the The only problem Barinaga seems to have is homesickness, something almost every college student away from home ex periences. “Adjusting has been kind of hard,” she said. “But, I try to keep busy so I can keep my mind off of home. is defend their 1977 il championship . Ad- to college life hasn’t asp, but she has had no i getting' motivated for »liege competition. i; never really had a iwith motivation,” said ■year-old Barinaga. “I’ve i enjoyed running, ip, you can’t lack fen when you run for uber one team in the ithe looks of Barinaga’s ¡»year, she hasn’t lacked (anything. In the first of the season, the «as Classic, Barinaga “Roger Smith, our coach, makes it easier,” she con tinued. “He makes workouts a lot of fun. But, I’m still ready to go home for Thanksgiving.” Goals are something Barinaga sets during spring track season, not during the fall cross country season. “I have no real goals during cross country,” she said. “I just try to run my hardest every meet.” Barinaga runs the 3,000- Leandra Barinaga loss -bailers tied for first ¡only four league mat wining, the Clackamas is volleyball team is tied ine Community College ¡place by virtue of a 14- ¡5,15-17 loss to Lane I facing match-point ite and serving into the ¡1 each occasion, the is let the match slip | their fingers and into feds of their visiting coun should have won,” ¡Nary Rubright said. “We k match and we just Numb mistakes really Moo. I’m disappointed pe just going to have to Pt time,” Rubright said, feet that both teams fling for sole possesion .top, made the game a W one. The Cougars tagh first game and then feck to take the second l^sily. In the third game, fe®s had an 11-7 lead M and enabled Lane pack. After Lane tied pat 15 the Cougs had a ¡fepull ahead, but again served into the net. Although Clackamas lost Saturday they are still tied with Lane for the number one spot in the league as both have 8-2 records. But this would not have been possible had not the Cougars swept two league mat ches on Friday night. The Cougs also took a match from tljeOCE J.V.’s in a non-league match last week. The Cougs faced Blue Mountain and Chemeketa Friday and after a slow start in the first game, went on to win both games easily. Against Blue Mountain, the Cougars lost the first game 12- 15 before coming back to win the match easily 15-4, 15-4. But these slow starts worry Rubriqht. “I don’t know whether we’re just not warming up enough or what,” Rubright said, “But we just don’t seem to be ready to play that first game. This we are going to have to work on,” Rubright commented on the outstanding play of Nancy Perkins and Lisa Laurent against Blue Mountain. “I would have to say Lisa and Nancy were the brightest spots in that game,” Rubright 'as Community College centimeters said, “it’s hard to pick outsan- ding efforts but theirs stick out.” In Fridays’ second match the Cougars needed little help in destroying an inferior Chemeketa team 15-5, 15-7. “This wasn’t a real tough match,” Rubright said, “but I was happy* with the way it tur ned out. “We just played up to poten tial and did well. Mary (Manley) did a real good job hustling and spiking. Also Kelly (Kosik) really helped. She has really improved on her blocking and she was hitting from the middle more,” Rubright said. The next action for the Cougars is today against Mt. Hood and Clark at Mt. Hood. Clackamas then travels to Bend Saturday for an all-day tourney. All this week’s mat ches are all non-league. re-elect COMMISSIONER qualified Pd by Re-Elect Stan Skoko Comm.. G. Tuor, Treos. 2410 S.E. 5th Avenue, West Linn, Ore.. 97068 meters during track, and she is looking forward to breaking her lifetime best of 10:14. “I set more goals in track,” said the first-year star. “Goals make me work harder in the spring. ” She has set some long-range goals for the future, including a running career at a major university. “I want to even tually run at a four-year school,” said Barinaga. “But, 1 have no idea where.” Asked if the Cougars will be better this year than last, Barinaga was unsure. “I can’t really say,” she said. “I hope we can win again, but 1 just don’t know since I wasn’t here last year.” If Leandra Barinaga stays motivated, chances are CCC will .be the women’s national junior .college cross country champion in 1978, too. Soccer players gain poise, respect By Mark McNeary Print Sports Editor The Clackamas Soccer team picked up its first two wins of the season last week while losing only once. On Wednesday, coach Rich Taylor’s young team gained its first win with a 3-1' victory over Lewis and Clark before losing Saturday 7-0 to Portland Community College and win ning Sunday versus Oregon State University, 1-0. On Wednesday, the Cougars completely controlled the game as they allowed Lewis and Clark only six shots at the goal. “We played real well,” Taylor said. “We wanted to win and we moved the ball well.” Massoud Bahrani provided the offense for the Cougars as he scored all three Clackamas goals. The win was pleasing to Taylor and he commented on his team’s effort. “We finally started playing the way we should,” Taylor said. “We played as a team and controlled the ball.” Saturday, the Cougars played Portland Community College at home and experien ced the feeling of being totally dominated, as they were hum bled 7-0. “We were out-manned,” Taylor said, “they dominated the whole game and we just couldn’t keep up.” PCC won Jhe Oregon collegiate championship in its division last year and the Cougars were slightly psyched out. “PCC is a very good team, even better than last year,” Taylor said. “I think we were somewhat wary about playing them in the first place because of their reputation.” The Cougars traveled to Oregon State Sunday and got back on the winning road with a 1-0 victory. Once again Clackamas had complete control from the beginning, holding OSU to only four shots at goal while keeping the ball in their possession for most of the game. The match’s only point was scored on a header off of Gregorio Manzano’s corner shot by Randy Doris. The transition from playing a team such as PCC to OSU made the win come much easier for the Cougs. “OSU simply wasn’t the same caliber team as Por tland,” Taylor said, “it was a much easier game.” Taylor’s team must now win the rest of their games to achieve a winning season. Clackamas’ record is 2-4-1. “We want to have a winning record,” Taylor said, “and I think we can do it. “We play Lane and Judson Baptist this weekend and I’m pretty sure we can win them both. We tied Lane before and we should win that one, but we haven’t seen Judson Baptist yet,” Taylor said. The Judson Baptist game will be played on Thursday with the Lane game following on Saturday. TRI-CITY BOWL NICHOLS SERVICE MAJOR AND MINOR REPAIB TUNE-UP WHEEL ALIGNMENT BRAKES AIR CONDITIONING 24 HR. TOWING 656-1971 410 MOI Al I A AN I. 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