Baseballers suffer
early season slump
By Tracy Sumner
hits.
Of The Print
Clackamas hitting wa
equally impotent for the game
The College baseball team Nine Cougar hitters struck-ot
suffered through weak pit and the team managed onl
ching, non-existent hitting, and four hits.
a four-game losing streak last
In the first half of a twi Ai
week as the team stumbled to a here last Saturday, Mt. Hoo
2-4 start in league play.
used a seven-run fourth-innin
A pair of fourth-inning as the deciding factor in th
home runs by Linn-Benton CC team’s
9-2 win owe
helped them to a 6-0 victory Clackamas. The Cougars con
and the Cougars to their se tinued a team batting slum
cond straight loss (thè first was with a pathetic four-hit garB
to Blue Mountain CC) in the
Clay Baggerly pitched
first game of the double-header two-hitter and Leonard Shelle
here last Friday. Clackamas hit led a balanced Cougar off As
ters were held to two hits for with a home run in the fourt
the game.
inning as Clackamas reboiAc
In the second game, Linn- ed for a 5-2 win in the secpn
Benton rolled up 17 hits on game.
Clackamas pitchers as the
The
double-heade
Cougars were bombed 19-1. scheduled for yesterday wit
The Clackamas defense ap Chemeketa was rained out
peared helpless in the sixth inn The men’s next action is wit
ing when Linn-Benton shelled Umpqua CC in Roseburg nex
the Cougs for 13 runs on 10 Saturday at 1 p.m.
Staff phóto by Mike Cato
UP AT BAT, Cougar batter, Jerry Smelling participates during last Friday’s game against
Linn-Benton. Clackamas lost both games 6-0 and 19-1.
Tennis season looks bright
for this year’s men’s squad
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
After a couple weeks of
waiting for the rain to end, the
College men’s tennis team has
finally been able to play some
matches to gain a record of
0-1-1.
Although tennis Coach
Dave Buckley’s squad has
competed with two teams,
Monday’s match with Mt.
Hood was played indoors. The
day did not go too well, as far
as the Cougars defeating their
opponent. The team came
away with a 7-2 loss.
Even though the Mt.
Hood competition was a loss
for the Cougars as far as
records go, Buckley was pleas
ed with his team’s perfor
mance. “We did real well
against Mt. Hood,” Buckley
said. “They are one of the best
teams in the state, and it was a
fairly close match up, although
the final score does not indicate
that,” Buckley said'.
Oddys Trillo and Mike
Wofford were the only two
Cougar victors, with scores of
6-4, 6-4, and 6-4, 6-0, respec
tively.
The Cougars also playe *
Blue Mountain to a 4-4 tic
Mike Doane and Robb Andei
son teamed to give the
Cougars a 6-4, 6-3 doubles vic
tory.
Two other Cougars wffo
gave the Clackamas squad a
doubles victory were Ruddy
Martinez and Ben Camobell.
who faltered in the first set los
ing 3-6, but came through
when it counted to win the next
two games and the match 6-1,
6-3.
Oregon spring rain has
held the Cougars from too
much more competition,
although they did travel to
California during the term
break to gain experience.
Buckley said, “California’s
calliber of play is well above
anything found here.”
Although the men's tennis
squad d*d not win any matches
in California, Buckley felt it was
a good experience for his team.
The tennis squad includes
Mike Doane, who was sixth in
state while playing for Oregon
City High School last year,
Mike Wofford, who did welLin
the high school AAA doubles
tourney at state last season
while playing for Milwaukie
High School.
Referring to Wofford, a
victim of cerebral palsy,
Buckley said, “He plays
remarkably well for the han
dicap he has.”
Martinez has never
seriously competed before this
year, and Buckley is' amazed at
how well he plays. Playing
behind Martinez is the Cougars’
only returning player, Oddys
Trillo.
Ben Campbell played
doubles for West Linn High
School last year, as Rob
Anderson did for Milwaukie.
Ken Lindhorst was a high
school teammate of Anerson
last year, as he played singles
for West Linn. Rounding out
the eight member tennis squad
is a former Franklin High
School singles player, Rob
Alseth.
Buckley feels his team has
a good chance of going to
regionals this year, with
possibly a fourth in state.
Buckley said the toughest com
petition for the Cougars will be
the defending Regional Cham
pions Treasure Valley.
The Cougar squad has
depth this season, which is
something that was missing
from last year’s team. “If our
number one and two players
are playing weak, four, five,
and six should still be able to
score points for us,” Buckley
said.
The Cougars are having to
resort to playing in the gym
since the weather is not
cooperating too well. Buckley
feels it is tougher to play in
doors since it demands quicker
reactions, “but it is better than
nothing.”
Lady tracksters I
wind up second!
By Gary Wagner
Of The Print
The Clackamas Com
munity College women’s track
team finished second to host
Linn-Benton in OCCAA track
and field action last Saturday in
Albany.
The meet included teams
from Clackamas, Linn-Benton
CC and Central Oregon CC.
When all events were over,
Linn-Benton owned 84 points,
Clackamas 51, and Central
Oregon 7.
“We could have done bet
ter,” said Coach Marilyn
Wynia. She explained that the
team didn’t perform up to its
potential.
Even though the team
finished second, there were
some definite bright spots. Cyd
McCormick won two field
events! She edged out Sandy
Bean of Linn-Benton in the
shot-put with a toss of 32’3”
and she outclassed her cqm
petition in the discus by heav
ing the plate lll-91/2. The se
cond place throw was over 3(
feet short of McCormack’;
mark.
Other winners incluB
Debbie Simon who won B
800 meter run with a tim®ol
2:23.6, and Alice Huinger who
came away with the 3.00C
meter win clocking a timefcf
11:06.8.
Coach Wynia feels
the meet might have been
closer if the team would have
had a mile relay entrant. Mane
Freedman, who managed tlB
in the 400 meter, was not
to compete in the relay,
because of an injury, lea\K
the Linn-Benton relay t^H
unchallenged in that race. I
The Cougar women will
compete next at the Mt. F^B
relays this Saturday.
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