sports
All that sweat, all that glory, all that partying
If Cougar sports fans expect to see even better action from College athletes «next year than they’ve seen this year, Clackamas athletes of
the coming seasons have quite a task ahead of them. The following is a review of the seasons of those 10 teams.
Financial immovability
halts soccer progress
The joyous, “get a match,
get a match, burn it, burn it,
blow our noses in it first,” of the
Cougar soccer team holding a
Portland Community College
T-shirt after defeating the team
to clinch the division title-, can
still be heard.
The soccer team, which had
worked * so hard in regular
season action, was now to,
begin post-season play, not on-
ly to remain undefeated, but to
once again hurdle over the
the defeat. Thé defending
champs were so confident in
once again recovering the state
trophy that they already had
their name inscribed on it.
three-time defending cham
pion PCC team. But that’s
where it would stop because of
financial and invitational pro
blems.
The Cougar state champion
ship was something that
nobody expected, save the
championship team and fans
thereof. The biggest crowd
the Cougar kickers had seen all
season, estimated at about
600, was on hahd to watch the
unsuspecting PCC team take
The team that had ac
complished this remarkable
feat, including 45 total goals all
season, and allowing only eight
to get through their defenses
(including post-season' play),
was not made up of a couple
super stars, but instead a long
list of names would keep popp
ing up as reasons why a game
was won. Names like: Cleve
Nyberg, Mark Gibson, Rick
Zyeliriskie, John Welle, Sean
O’Brien, Jeff Johnson, and the
list goes pn.
Fate leads volleyballers
to seventh in nation
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LOST THAT ONE-Lewis and Clark player steals the ball [
from Mark Gibson. No matter, the team finished 1
.
undefeated.
Cougar v-ballers were about at least the seventh best team in
one-third the way through the the nation, as that’s where they
season with al9-5 record when ended their national competi
they earned the rank of second tion.
in the league. After the tourna
After the volleyballers had
ment in which the College gained the title of second in the
spikers had gained this distinc league, they couldn’t be beaten
tion, Coach Loren Swivel, as they went the remainder of
eventually to be named Coach the season undefeated to end
of the Year, stated, “If we cart regular season action at 26-5.
hold our standings, we can go
This meant an appearance in
to the regionals.”
the Region 8 Volleyball Cham
As it turned out, this'dream pionships for the young
was short of her team’s abilities, Cougar squad,' all but one of
as they not only went to the whom were freshmen. The
regionals, but then became the courageous cats found difficul
state and region champions, to ty in their first game of the
go on and prove that they were regional, being defeated by a
tough Mt. Hood Community
College team, 15-2. As ft look
ed like the College’s season
was about over, the determin
ed women bounced back ra
soundly overcome Mt. Hood,
15-8, 15-9, and 15-11.
As a result of the victory!
Cougars Ronda Westeren and
Lou Ann Garvin were named
All-Tournament, and Debbie
Nolz, All-Region, plus now the
nation would get the privilege
of seeing the Cougar power.
The Cougars ended their na
tional action with three wins
and three losses.
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