Baseball team
mixes luck
By Wanda Percival
ching,” said Coach Peterson.
“If they keep playing like they
did, they could be pretty­
The Cougar baseball team tough. ”
But in their game against
“got off to a good start,” accor7
ding to Coach Gene Peterson, Linn-Benton they “didn’t quite
as they defeated Blue Moun­ capitalize,” said Peterson. They
tain Community College in were defeated 3-0 and 5-4,
their first league double-header with pitching from Jerry Schell­
Thursday. But they dropped ing and Victor Boughn.
The Cougars were rained
their season record to 2-2, fall­
ing to Linn-Benton Communi­ out of their game Monday with
Pacific University, but are ex­
ty College Saturday.
I In the first game, Larry pected to make road trips to
Jones pitched a three-hitter Judson Baptist College today
with one earned run. Cougar and Mt. Hood Community
runs were scored by Jamie College Saturday. Game time
Johnly and Bob Theist aiding is 1 p.m.
in an 8-3 victory.
The second game victory of
17-9 was pitched, by Ken
Bugvaughen with relief from
Brad Roberts.
Outstanding Cougar hitters
included Craig Volinies hitting
four for six, Keil Erwin at four By Rick Obritschkewitsch
for seven, Gary Smelsing, Of The Print
three for six, and Mike Gard­
ner, four for six.
“When the opportunity
“The Cougar team hit the arose, ! took it,” stated David
ball quite well, played a good Buckley, student programs
defense and had good pit- specialist, who is now the head
Of The Print
GETTING INTO HIS WORK--David Buckley demonstrating technique, has a different
approach to coaching than most players are used to.
Buckley's not a Vince Lombardi
men’s tennis coach, after Rich
Taylor left the position vacant
last summer.
“I don’t coach like Vince
Lombardi,” stated Buckley.
“Winning isn’t everything.”
Every time an athlete makes
Patton drowned while canoeing
This year’s Cougar wrestling
season ended in sadness when
Clackamas Community Col­
lege’s 167 lbs. wrestler,
Michael W*. Patton, was the
drowning victim of a.canoeing
accident during a team
barbecue March 12.
Born in Portland Dec. 11,
>1961, Patton grew up atten-
Mike Patton
ding Portland schools. He coach. “He created a sense of
wrestled four years at Madison humor among the wrestling
High School, two' of which team and kept our spirits high
were .varsity. As a junior he with
his
humorous
captured third place in district personality.*’
and went ort competing at. state
Patton also competed in
his senior year.
football and track at Madison.
' “Mike was a very well liked
“He was a hard working athlete
kid at Madison,” said Ron Dex­
in practice and always in top
ter, former Madison wrestling
physical condition,” said Dex­
ter.
a mistake, and knows he has,
it stays with him and causes
more mistakes. It can even be a
problem when an athlete does
something the way he wants,
and keeps trying to do the ex­
act same thing all the time. In
his coaching techniques,
Buckley tried to get thé “inner
person” out and “get rid of the
inner dialogue,” stated
Buckley.
The inner dialogue is that
which tells a person that he’s
made a mistake, and that he’s
got to do better.
Buckley feels, “Everyone
has potential and has to strive
to reach a high potential.”
' In helping all the men who
play for the Cougars reach as
high a potential as possible in
tennis, “I try to give individual
attention to each player,”
Graduating in 1980, Patton stated Buckley.
began studying law enforce­
“Some of my techniques are
ment at CCC last fall. “He got different than what most of the
pretty good grades; average,” players were used to in high
commented one of his friends. school,” stated Buckley. Only
When wrestling season one player, Charlie Martell, has
began, he worked hard and competed in tennis on the col­
never missed practice. “Mike lege level before this season.
was one of the hardest workers
we’ve had here in the past few
years,” said Coach Norm
Berney. “He was very
coachable. He always made
practice and wanted to do his
best, he gave 100 percent. He
was a positive asset to the team
and had a good attitude.”
By his peers, Patton was
spoken of highly as a student,
athlete and friend. “Mike was a
fun guy to be around,” com­
mented one friend, and a
teammate said, “he always
worked hard at practice. He
was always there doing more
than the others.”
Away from school and off
the mats, PattoTr enjoyed play­
ing Asteroids, pool, various
sports including intramural
volleyball on campus and dan­
cing. “He was a happy, likable
guy, he never got mad,” said
one of Patton’s good friends.
ednesday, April 8, 1981
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From
his
background in
Buckley seems
qualified to coach
lege.
extensive
coaching,
extremely
at the Col­
Buckley coached tennis and
football at Aragon High SchoQl
in California, and has given
tennis lessons in the Redland
Park recreation program, and
to kids at the YMCA, and was
head of recreation at the
Special Job Corps in Estacada,
although there was really no
tennis team there.
Last Saturday, Coach
Buckley led his troops through
two victories against Umpqua
CC, and four losses.
Mark Sanford won his
match, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, as did
Rusty Harris, 6-2, 7-5.
Clackamas losses went to
Martell, 3-6, 3-7, and Allan
Cloud, 5-7, 2-6.
In doubles it was Martell and
Harris losing, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6,
and Cloud and Sanford. 4-6,
2-6.
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