Ne tiers raise funds for trave
Cougar netters devoted
their last weekend before
Regionals Nov. 13-14 to suc
cessfully completing a 24-hour
marathon that served to raise
$900 to $1,000 for Regional
and National travel.
“The marathon was to
raise money for helping our
budget and for Regional and
National travel if need be,” said
Coach Loren Swivel.
The netters kept the ball
going in some fashion from Fri
day 2 p.m. until Saturday 2
p.m. with the help of other
Cougar teams. CCC’s soccer,
basketball, wrestling and
baseball players dropped in to
play and help the tiring netters
stay awake throughout the
night.
Other activities used to.
keep the ball going were record
breaking attempts at bumping,
setting, serving, hitting against
the wall and down-ball hits, as
well as spiking.
Mary Imper and Pam
Burkert set the bumping record
with 4,620 continuous bumps.
Setting was scored by assistant
coach Mary Budnick and Cin
dy Jensen at 1,068. Kristen
Woolheiser served 200 serves
clearing the net and hitting in
bounds. Barb MacDonald hit
against the wall 225 times and
set a spiking record of 135.
Beyond the efforts of the
College’s healthy netters, Ron
da Western who broke
hand in a recent match coul
stay out of action as she hit
down-ball hits with her
hand.
Terry Kelly was the i
netter to stay aw
throughout the maratl
Having not slept for 29 h
due to Friday classes prece
the marathon, she c
mented, “I’ll probably go
and sleep.”
Kelly’s wakefulness
followed by Pam Burkert
slept only 1 hour in the ni
“It was a really exci
team effort,” Swivel said,
tough and everyone did at
job.”
Fifth annual turkey trot scheduled
Photo by Wanda Percival
CCC NETTER PAM Burkert shines a sleepy smile during a
recent 24 hour volleyball marathon that served to raise
$900 to $1,000 for the team.
TURKEY TROT-1981 Nov. 18 with an entry fee of
sponsored by Clackamas Com $5; $6 for late registration.
munity College, Recreation
Registration forms may be
Department and Community obtained at Local Community
Schools will be held Nov. 21 at Schools and at the CCC
9 a.m. beginning and ending at Recreation Department.
All participants will receive
Stafford’School in West Linn.
Registration deadline is a T-shirt and a turkey will be
awarded to the winner of]
age division: 12 years
under, 13-18, 19-29, 3|
40-60, and 60 and over.
For more information
tact Community Recrea
657-8400, ext. 211.
Cougar netters fall to Ricks/Lane at regionals
The Volleyball team made ed Rick’s Collège, who was
it to Regional competition in playing at home, Lane Com
Rexburg, Idaho last weekend, munity and the Cougars. Lane
where they were eliminated emerged on top of the pack,
after a tough, Friday the 13th with Rick’s in second and the
Cougars being dealt back-to-
round of play.
“The teams at regionals back losses the first day.
were definitely tough,” explain
“We played pretty con
ed coach Loren Swivel, “but sistently, but there was a lot of
we 'were competitive. The pressure and everyone played
game against Rick’s could have well,” Swivel said.
gone either way.”
The first game of the day
The regional meet includ- was Rick’s versus Clackamas.
The Cougar netters took two
matches, 15-13 and 15-13,
with Rick’s taking the first, forth
and fifth matches 1541,15-12
and 15-3.
“We let down a bit at the
of three matches 15-6, 15-13
and 15-9.
Swivel is not disappointed
by the season, however.
“Looking at the years as a
This year’s netters w(
young team, with
returnees and everyone
Freshmen. The early se
end,” Swivel commented, “but
all the matches were good.” ~
echoed that problem. “We
whole, the competition was a lot of games earlier this ye
stronger than usual. There Swivel said, “but by the en
were more truly competitive
The second match-up of
the day was CCC against Lane
Community. Lane took three
teams. Usually there are two or
three. This,year there were five
tough teams,” she said.
the season we were'doing
We won eight of th? Iasi
games.”
Booters off to finals
we can-maintain the title. We
shouldn’t have any problem.
We have a very fine team.”
Last year PCC was the
Cougar confrontation for the ti
tle and Clackamas downed
them 3-0.
In the Cougar’s semi-final
game with OSU “Our biggest
opponent was the wind and
rain,” Szanto said. “It rained so
hard we couldn’t see across the
field and you can’t play good
soccer in the mud. We got the
one goaL and just wanted to
maintain,” Szanto added.
The Cougar’s are nervous
now as they approach the final
game of the season, the one
that determines whether they
maintain their state title.
“Everybody’s nervous,”
Szanto feels that the vic
tory f6r either team will depend Szanto said. “I’m nervous too.
on many things, and he stated, Almost everyone is expecting
“If we play like we have been. us to win.”
Clackanlas soccer made
three recent victories that earn
ed them an 8-0-1 league
record and opportunity to de
fend their state championship
against Portland Community
College next weekend.
The Cougar booters
defeated Judson Baptist 4-3
Nov. 4 and went on to beat
Lane CC 4-2 and then Oregon
State University 1-0 in the
OISA semi-finals last weekend.
Four teams went to play
offs last weekend and with a
PCC victory over Southern
Oregon State College and the
Cougar victory over OSU
Clackamas will play in the final
round of action.
SPORTS ACTION:
Soccer-Nov. 21-OISA finals-2 p.m.-TBA
Men’s Basketball-Nov. 21-Alumni
game-8 p.m.-Randall Gym
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Staff photo by Duffy Co
CLACKAMAS BOOTER SCUFFLES with an opponent over the ball in a recef
game. The Cougars will defend their state championship against Portland CC nei
Saturday at the Civic stadium at 2 p.m.