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
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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. The
three base raps including a collected five h ts, equal to the Cougars had four hits in thé
double. Jeff McCall continued amount gained by Judson.
game.
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