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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1979)
Netmen win national berth Ifthe outset of any new en- |ior, be it the start of a cam- Lorthe commencement of L quarter, certain goals are [forth. Although many times ■realization of these goals I By Brian Rood I Of The Print Ins to crumble away as time Jgresses and the sometimes |h realities of the situation [old, there is always hope of foment in the heart and H fill. [he CCC men’s tennis team no exception. With the lining of the 1979 càm- paign in front of them, the CCC racquetmen set a series of what looked like rather insurr- mountable goals. But such was not the case. Coach Rich Taylor and his team set as their somewhat more difficult than seeds. We had seeds in the the first two, it also was com middle of the pack, con pleted and qualified them for a sequently, we had tougher trip to Waco, Texas, and the matches at the beginning and we got a couple of scares,” NJCAA national tournament. Taylor said. Although Coach Taylor ad As the second and final day first goal the capturing of the mits that; the chances of the OCCAA league title...It was team’s winning the national of competition opened, CCC champioship are quite slim, he players had their backs to the realized. is optimistic and feels that a six wall to some extent, but Second objective, to win the. th place finish is not out of the. responded well under the state tournament. This they did question. Taylor comented on pressure. “We had been with ease, winning 17 out of 20 the team’s chances, “I wouldn’t looking for the opportunity to matches which provided them take the guys down there if I play Treasure Valley,” said with much needed momentum didn’t think we had a chance. I Taylor. “We played eight mat as they drew closer to grasping think we can get eight to 14 ches with them (Treasure yet another goal: the regional points.” Taylor added, “I think Valley),and won five,” which championships. Although the Tim Qualls is better than the ultimately preserved the win for attainment of this goal was number three player who won the Cougs as the two teams it last year and Dave Long ended the tourney in a virtual Due to the fact that plays the type of game that tie. could win some matches. And Clackamas had the edge on with Steve Anast, it just head-to-head victories, they depends on the draw. Rick received the title. Bobzien could do well at num Individually, for the Cougar Schroder, best defensive ber four,’’Taylor added. racquetmen, Steve Anast player; and Randy Wor- In retracing CCC’s qualifying finished second to Treasure sech, scholastic athlete. for the national tournament, Valley’s Mark Gustus at the Track first there was the capturing of number one singles position. The women’s track team the OCCAA league title. Next, Dave Long continued his win will be defending their it was the cake walk at the state ding ways, capturing what national title at the National tournament, which saw CCC Coach Taylor called a “pivotal Junior College Athletic players win first place in match” over Treasure Valley’s Association championships dividual state titles at all four Mike Swope, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. this weekend. Qualifiers singles slots along with cap Ever consistent Tim Qualls baf from the men’s team also turing one of the two doubles fled tournament opponents will be participating in the enroute to the title at the num titles. event which takes place in ber three singles position. Eugene. But it was not as easy at the regional tournament in Salem, Baseball Rick Bobzien, who has where the Cougs found them played extremely well down Clackamas’ baseball team selves in what turned out to be the stretch, captured the num was scheduled to finish their a two-horse race with a tough ber four singles along with season last week. However, ream trom Treasure Valley. at presstime, there was still a gaining another title on the possiblity that a make-up At the end of the first day of second doubles team where he game against Mt.- Hood competition, the Cougs trailed was partnered with Alan might be played this week. Treasure Valley by two points, Clevinger. Jock Shorts Golf The CCC golf team cap- ured a second place finish itthe TokateeGolf Club last Tuesday. Curt Adamski timed medalist honors as je shot a 74 to pace Clackamas’ 320 total. Chemeketa won the event nth a 313 while Central Dregon carded 323 and ann-Benton, 348. Next action for CCC will be May 20-22 at Tokatee in he state and regional tour ament. Basketball Basketball award recipien- || were named last week »¡th Johnny Williams grab- bing the coveted MVP trophy. Other winners in- Buded Tom Tirrill, most in- rotational; Frank Beard, Kost improved; Mark Tennis The College men’s tennis team will be competing at the national meet irrWaco, Texas, this weekend. which could have been due to the fact that they did not The title turned out to be ex tremely important as they eliminated the Treasure Valley team in the semi-finals before receive the most admirable seeds. “We didn’t get the good capturing the title won over the team from Blue Mountain. Jeff Alexander was seeded fourth in the number six singles but came through to gain another important win in the finals where he defeated Treasure Valley’s Dwight Geise, 6-4, 4- 6, 6-2. Dave Long and Tim Qualls finished second at num ber one double.s. The team will be leaving late Saturday night for Texas where they will get one day’s rest before the matches commence on Monday. In recent years the tournament has been dominated by schools from Texas and Florida. Coach Taylor said the team will be set ting new goals in regard to the national tournament, which will probably include a possible top 10 finish. No Region 18 team has finished better than twelfth. Tim Qualls, who played at the number one position for three quarters of the season,, sounded optimistic in viewing the trip to Waco commenting, “I think it’s a well deserved trip, we deserve to go.” Qualls also added, “I think we hve a good chance of finishing in the top 10.”... The team will practice the rest of the week, working on both doubles and singles play. The atmosphere at Monday’s practice was somewhat relaxed, but a feeling of con fidence loomed. Rick Bobzien summed up the trip nicely as he half jokingly said, “I’m not sure if I’ll do well, but I hope it’s sunny so I can get a good tan.” When the competition gets un derway, Bobzien and the rest of his team will not be worrying about their suntans. Glovemen sweep four Clackamas pitchers com bined for a total of 37 strikeouts in four games last week as they paced the CCC baseball team to two double-header sweeps. CCC is now 14-19 on the to rip the ball as he had twc hits, including a home run, Friday CCC dumped Chemeketa twice, 3-1 and 7-6, while Denny Hynes added two but collected only five hits in hits. Kevin Barry drove home the process. Chemeketa walked a total of 15 batters in two runs in the game. the game to aid the Cougar Dave Coghill struck out an sweep. incredible 16 batters in game On Wednesday the Cougars In game one, Jim Schrieber used a complete game five- two, while walking four as threw a five hitter, struck out CCC grabbed the win, 6-4, in hitter from Mike Golka in game five and walked six to get the one to defeat home team Jud 10 innings. Coghill went the win while CCC’s only hit was son Baptist, 3-0. Golka whiffed distance to get the win which collected by Barry who Clackamas squeaked out in the eight Judson batters in the doubled. Game two saw Mike game and walked only three in top of the tenth on a squeeze Golka strike out eight and walk bunt by Dave Charles. At the recording the win. one to gain the victory. Kelly Clackamas out hit the hosts, plate, the Cougars were led by Sutton went 2-3 with a double Kevin Barry ’ s double as they 7-5, as Ron Northcutt had to pace the CCC hitting. 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