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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1978)
ports t no cigar Women come close to title but no cigar ... or Kteryet, close, but no cham- ^Bhip Buch was the case for the Bmerh cross country team B t Saturday in Champagne, ■site of the 1978 National Bnior College Athletic Bociation's cross country ^Mionships. Brhe Cougars, defending ■CAA national champions, 'Bitheir hearts out but came jBnort. finishing second to Bdge City, Kan., 48-51. jBlden Valley Lutheran. Bhn., finished a distant third Bh77 points. HisaNickel, sophomore sen- Btion from LaSalle High Bool led the Cougar girls Bth ? third place finish, ^Bating' her performance at -Biyear s NJCAA finals. ^Bandra Barinaga. freshman Bltintario, was next as she Biinlhe 11th spot. Freshman Bonda Weidman from Lake B mo was the next Cougar Kier, placing loth, and Mary Bnson of Reedsport followed, '^Bngin a tight 18th place. ^Blly Arthur, sophomore Kn Beaverton and eighth f^kefinisher last year, ran to wL ftlace while freshman Kie|loreheart, a sprinter JBm Tacoma. Wash., finished Kith. Rounding 0lJt the .Bugar runners ted,” said head coach Roger Smith. “That was the Clackamas girls’ first defeat in cross country or track since the inception of the program.” Though disappointed not to repeat as champions, Smith was pleased with the perfor mance of some of his girls. “Lisa Nickel ran extremely well. She has a lot of poten tial,” said the women’s coach. “I learned a great deal about Lisa at nationals. I wish I could coach her for two more years. “Rhonda and Mary came through for us, too,” offered Smith. “They ran really well.” Although Clackamas finished second, they didn’t run at full strength. Injuries to Vickey Paddock and Julie Larkins, plus the loss of Angella Cotton very early in the year, greatly hampered the Cougars’ chances of a repeat performance. Paddock of Klamath Falls and Larkins of Forest Grove ran consistently in the top six all year, while Cotton, a 14th place finisher at last year’s nationals, quit the team for personal reasons. "We went in with some in juries,” said Smith. “Had we been 100 percent healthy, nobody in the country would have touched us.” Smith is looking forward to track season, where his team must face the challenge of defending another national championship, which the Cougars won last year. “These girls are the finest group of athletes I’ve ever been associated with,” commented Smith. “That includes football, anything. They’re coachable. It’s a pleasure to work with them.” Those are big words of praise from a man who has defending last year’s track championship will be met in the same way that defending the cross country title was met, with confidence. Chances are that CCC will be somewhere near the top. Dave Ellison Doug Oberst Oberst, Ellison race in nationals was i^Bomora Barb Rost from -Best Linn with a strong 41st ^^Bish. i^Bappointed at first, the ijKugs realized that finishing Bond is still an excellent per- JKiance “At first, we were "Brt of down,” said ^fcaga "But we did finish ’ ■Krone! and that’s pretty good.” ^KWe were very disappoin worked with athletes Ike Fred Lynn, all-star centerfielder for the Boston Red Sox. Smith’s standards are high, as evident at disappointment in being the Second best team in the country. The challenge of Photo by Greg Kienzle Basketball team prepares for season opener Nov. 29. In the men’s national meet/ Clackamas’ own Dave Ellison and Doug Oberst finished 79 and 113, respectively, out of the field of 300. Otis Sanders of Hagerstown Community College won the race but had to use his best kick to win at the wire over Southern Idaho’s Jario Correa. “Those two dueled the whole race and nobody else was really close to them,” Clackamas men’s coach Buck Monroe said. “Sanders just outkicked him at the end.” While Sanders and Correa dominated the race, the team champ was Southwest Michigan while Lane Com munity College, the Northwest regional champ, tied for fourth. “Lane did a tremendous job,” said Monroe. “I was really surprised.” Dave Magnes, Lanes’ top runner, finished 16 overall, but Monroe had only the best to say for his runners. “Dave and Doug did a fine job of representing our team,” Monroe said. “But I just hope that next year the whole team will be there.” etters come up too short Mark McNeary pit ports Editor IL® weekend in Ontario the Backamas Women’s Bball team found out what Experienced” means. The ■ugars traveled to Treasure Bey Community College for ■regional championships Btgainst a team with five Burners from last year’s Bond place regional team, By nearly won a second fchtnational berth. 13 I In the regional finale versus Iks Community College, ■ckalnas showed ■ their Benin losing straight games B15,B-15. |,We played well but we just a little uptight,” she said. The Cougars really didn’t play that bad, however, as Rubright explains. “We played pretty well really,” Rubright said, “but we had a long wait before the final and we just came out on the short end of too many long rallies.” In getting Ito the finals, the Cougs had to knock off some pretty distinguished teams, one of them being league arch-rival Lane Community College. On Friday, Clackamas split a match with Treasure Valley, losing the first game 14-16 and coming back to win the second 15-5. In the nights’ second match the Cougs intimidated co-champion Lane 15-6, 15- 12. Clackamas then lost to Ricks 13-15, 6-15 but due to a com plicated pattern * of wins and losses in the rest of the tourney, Clackamas was able to reach the semi-finals opposite Treasure Valley. “We played very well,” said Rubright of the 15-5, 15-6 vic tory. “It was a good sign to play that well in the semis, but in the lay-off before the finals, we just tightened up.” Monica Reed, . Nancy Perkins, and Kelly Kosik all made the regional first team and Rubright had good things to say about the trio. “Monica, Nancy and Kelly ■ned awed by the whole frtior Coach Mary fright said. “We were just K arawn to ourselves a lit- RBuch. and I think we were lay, November 15,1978 T ’ T'..../... Æ.... Cr.J, Or,. 4002 “Sue (Shirley) and Lisa (Laurent) also had a good tourney,” Rubright said. “Sue played well in the back court and Lisa performed well all around.” The future is a bright one for the young Cougs and Rubright, as well as the rest of the team, is looking forward to » 97M4 it. “Next year we won’t be so new to the whole experience of the regionals,” Rubright said, “and everybody on the team is confident we’ll be back in it again.” Even though the season is virtually over for the Cougars, they do play a re-scheduled match tonight at Linfield. “It ought to be fun,” Rubright said, “and we can start looking at next years’ team.” TRI-CITY BOWL MOLALLA AVE AT WARNER MILNE RD PO BOX 292 SEVHARKSON Owner Manager Pinball Pool Bowling 656-5229 P O BOX 92 I ^■didn't seem fired up played fantastic,” Rubright said. “They played up to potential and deserved to make the first all-region team.” NICHOLS SERVICT MAJOR AND MINOR HI i' • • TC’NE-CP H HEEL .1 L ION MEN T HR A KES AIR CONDITIONING 24 HR. 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