Sports
Grout keeps Cougar athletes on their toes
By Wanda Percival
pany until a position came up
at Clackamas Community Col
lege;
When this job opened,
Grout certainly had no
qualification difficulties. “I
worked with the handicapped,
in hospitals and in physical
therapy since the seventh
grade,” Grout said.
Of the Print
College athletes suffer a
number of injuries during their
sports season, but seldom is it
said who cares for these
devoted people and mends
them back- to health.
Mary Grout, the Cougar
athletic trainer and women’s
locker room attendant', is “real
ly conscientious” according to
.Lynn Vaught, secretary in P.E.
and athletic^ and “she’s always
willing to help out, always
cheerful and a hard worker,”
athletic director Chuck Hudson
added.
"■ . - "
Grout was born in Ann Ar
bor, Michigan. At the age of
! three, her native Portland
parents returned with the fami
ly-
Growing up and attending
¡Portland schools, Grout par
ticipated in competitive swim
ming and skiing since the third
grade. She also, received two
¡ trophies in golf though she
I played a mere three times.
Upon graduation from St.
Mary’s - Academys ' Grout
I entered the University of Utah
where she studied physical
therapy.
<Tve always been in-
terestech^n physical therapy,”
Grout is satisfied with her
job at CCC, but she has goaly
above and beyond community
college training.
Staff photo by Duane Hiersche
COUGAR ATHLETIC TRAINER Mary Grout puts tape on an athlete’s knee to
prepare him for his daily practice. Grout graduated from Pacific University in
sports medicine and has been with CCC for four years.
She did the training at
Pacific throughout her school
ing, but after graduating she
was left waiting for an*opening
in her field. Grout worked in
delivery for a lithograph com
University and continued her
studies even though she wasn’t
accepted into their physical
therapy program. She
graduate^ instead in sports
medicine. -
she said. “I was the first female
trainer out erf U of Utah in the
western conference.”
When a physical therapy
program opened up in Oregon,
Grout transferred to Pacific
She said, “I’ve met a. lot of
great people here,” but she ad
ded, “my dream has always
been to work for a team.’’
Grout wishes to-work for a
basketball or soccer team,
preferably in Oregon. “I really,
like- Oregon,” she said. “If I
could get a job ih Oregon, I
would.”
Grout’s not making
definite plans though. “I don’t
like to plan things,” she said.. “I
like to do things on the spur of
the moment. Maybe I would go
somewhere else.”
Grout said she’d like to
open a spa of her own with
massage... and later travel in
Europe, but for now she’ll stay
with CCC and keeping our
athletes in top condition.
Cougars take third at Metro Tourney
By Tracy Sumner
Of the Print
John Welle and Mike
Raines combined for 37 points
and 16 rebounds leading the
Cougar men’s basketball team
to a 117-58 demolition of
Pacific University JV. The
game was held in last
Saturday’s consolation ‘ round
of the Metro Tournament held
in Vancouver, Washington.
In the opening round loss
to Mt. Hood, the Cougars were
victimized by Hood’s, blistering
58 percent field goal percen
tage , 'which coach Kiser blam
ed, on a poor.defensive effort.
“We played well most of
the game except early in the
game we played poorly on
defense,” Kiser stated.
The Cougars were led by
Dan Hanson’s 16 points follow
/
CCC stllDENT^
The win earped the
Cougars a third place finish in
the tourney after an 83-75 first
round loss to eventual tourna
ment champion Mt. Hood CC
¡Friday.
The Cougs bolted to a
60-31 halftime lead over P.U.
and steadily increased the ad-
I vantage through the second
half.
'
• ’ a
ed by John and Tom Welle’s
12 arid 10 points respectively.
Tom also added a team leading
17 rebounds. In other hoop ac
tion, the Cougars blasted
Pacific University JV 107-51
last Tuesday night.
The Cougars play Pacific’s
JV again Tuesday and are
scheduled to entertain Clark
Community College Thursday.
Both games begin at 8 p.m. on
the home court.
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