Draw hurts Cougs at regionals
Netmen fail at repeat attempt
By Brian Rood
Of The Print
We have all heard the old
adage, “Luck of the draw.”
Well, for the men’s tennis team
it may well have been the
luck—or unluck—of the draw
that virtually eclipsed the
teams’ chances of repeating as
the Region 18 champs.
According to CCC tennis
Coach Rich Taylor, “After the
draw, Treasure Valley had the
tournament won.” And as
Taylor predicted, Treasure
Valley indeed did win the tour
ney, totaling 23 points to 12 for
the Cougs who finished
second, two points ahead of
third place Mt. Hood. Lane
finished fourth followed by
Chemeketa, Blue Mountain,
and Southwestern Oregon
Community College.
The way the draw went, the
team from Ontario drew
schools seeded in the fifth, six
th, and seventh positions while
the Cougs, Mt. Hood and Lane
virtually beat each other up on
the other side of the ladder. In
stead of the Cougs getting help
from Hood and Lane, they
hurt each other, and Treasure
Valley glided to the title.
A perfect case in point was at
the number-one singles slot
where Dave Thomas was
playing for the CCC netmen.
Thomas entered the semi-finals
against Mt. Hood’s Steve
Pouppirt and blitzed Pouppirt
in the first set, 6-0. Thomas led
in the second set, 4-2, and
even had his opponent at mat
ch point.
Then things began to fall
apart. Thomas apparently hit a
ball that was out that would
have been match point. The
point was played and Pouppirt
came back to win the game and
eventually the set, in a 7-6 tie
breaker. Pouppirt then won the
decisive set, 6-4, and Dave
Thomas was eliminated.
Pouppirt then lost in the finals
to Treasure Valley’s Mike
Machado, who Thomas had
defeated earlier in the seasor\.
In the finals of the number-
two singles, it was a match
between CCC’s rocket-handed
redhead, Dave Long, and
T.V.’s Parry O’Keefe. The
match went three sets but the
result was a duplicate of ther
prior confrontation as O’Keefe
took the match, 6-7, 6-4,6-3.
Dave Savage of the Cougs
was eliminated in the quarter
finals at the number-three
singles slot by Scott Elliot,
again of Mt. Hood. The scoring
went 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Jeff Alexander lasted until
the finals at number four but
lost in straight sets to Treasure
Valley’s Greg Freitas. At num
ber-five singles, Dan Alexander
lost in three sets to Joe Scir-
meyer from Hood, 2-6, 6-4, 6-
0, while John Hazlett lost in the
semi-finals to John Geise of
T.V. at number six, 6-2, 6-3.
The only regional title for the
Cougs came at the number-
one doubles slot where Long
and Thomas gained a three-set
win over Treasure Valley’s
Mike Machado and Parry
O’Keefe, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, to gain
a bit of revenge for earlier
losses.
Dan Alexander and Dave
Savage lost in the semi-finals of
the number-two doubles com
petition while John Hazlett and
Jeff Alexander lost in the finals
of the number-three doubles.
Coach Taylor probably
summed up the tournament
the best saying, “The draw did
not go our way. We were
hoping to get some help from
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Tennis Tourney Slated
Community recreation will be sponsoring a ten
nis tournament, scheduled for May 30, 31 and
June 1.
Community recreation coordinator, Paul
Fiskum, has set up five divisions for both men and
women. The division will be divided into a 35-
and-over group, an open division, intermediate,
high school and novice.
The tournament will get underway at 6 p.m.
Friday with matches until about 10. Play will
resume the next day at 9 a.m. and will continue
until 10 p.m. that night. Finals will be on Sunday
beginning at 1 p.m. and will last until ap-j
proximately 10 p .m._
Trophies will be awarded to the champions ini
each division with ribbons going to second, third,
fourth and fifth place finishers.
Single elimination will be in effect but there will
be a consolation bracket.
There is a $2 registration fee and the deadline
for sign-ups if Thursday at 5 p.m. If you are in
terested in competing in the tournament, contact]
Community Services at ext. 211.
Tracksters return
from nationals
By Brian Rood
Of The Print
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For a select few CCC track
athletes, Waco, Texas, will
probably be etched in their
memories for some time as that
was the sight of the National
Junior
College
Athletic
Association track and Jield
championships last week.
Men’s track Coach Buck
Monroe took four of his
athletes to Waco and all were
confronted with the intense
competition that goes along
with national competition.
Sprinters Bret Brouse and
John Martin competed in the
100 meters. Brouse managed
to place fourth in his heat to
qualify for another race, where
he was eliminated. Martin
failed to qualify as he did not
place in his heat.
Bob Ryan went to test his
decathalon skills against some
of the best on the community
college level. Ryan finished up
with 5935 points which placed
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him 14th overall. Jim Colgan
did not place in the steeple
chase.
Monroe and his assistant,
Kelly Sullivan, have already
begun the tedious and tough
task of recruiting and will
probably be looking to add
some field event people to give
the team some much needed
depth next year.
Monroe said he expects all of
his freshmen to return next
year which should give himza
strong nucleus. With the ad
dition of some shot putters and
discus throwers, as well as
other field specialists, the
Cougs may be contenders next
season.
Nancy Reynolds was the top
woman finisher, placing
second in the 5,000 meters
with a time of 17 minutes, 52
seconds. Sue Hanneman also
placed in Waco as she clocked
a 56.52 in the 400 meters
which was good enough for
third place.
The mile relay team of
Hanneman, Dani Varner, Lisa
Pierce and Jodi Moore
managed an 11th place finish
out of 17 schools.
Several of the women’s field
athletes responded well in
Texas with Joy Czmowski pit
ching the discus just over 120
feet to take fifth in that event.
Cathy Gross gained a seventh
in the javelin with a toss of 123’
1” and Dani Varner placed
eighth in the javelin, throwing
the spear 120 ’ 10.”
Hood and Lane.” Taylor ad
ded„-“By the end of the toil
nament, we were mental
worn out and T.V. waltze
right through.”
All is not lost for the CC
netmen, however, as it appeal
the team will end the seasq
with a trip to Florida and th
national tournament in Ocala]
Taylor said Long an
Thomas are going for sure bi
that the whole team has a got
chance of going. Athletic Dire
tor Chuck Hudson allows
Taylor to make reservations fi
the whole team, so if all go]
according to schedule, til
team will leave Saturday f<
Ocala. Maybe they can fin
room aboard for one humb
sports reporter.
Intramurals
The CCC intramural softball league is now uni
derway and the Banchiez have broken on top with]
two wins in as many outings.
The Banchiez gained a forfeit win over Cindy s
last Thursday and defeated the Ball Team th J
following Tuesday, 6-4.
Also last Thursday, the Green M and M’s slip!
ped past the Draft T’s, 6-5. In the other game o|
Tuesday, Cindy’s blanked the Draft T’s, 6-0.
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