Sports
New head Coach Hodges readies track team
by Hdeen Veenstra
Staff Writer
“We try to key our season to
be at the very best at the Cham
pionships,” said Mike Hodges,
track coach expressing how he
felt about the coining season.
He said it would be nice to earn
high scores all the time, but he
tries to save the wins for later in
the season. The first meet will be
Saturday, March 9.
Hodges comes from South
western Oregon Community Col
lege, where he was cross country
and track coach, and the Athletic
Director.
Hodges said the athletes he ex
pects to be most consistent are,
for long distance: Willie Newson,
who is a transfer from Oregon
State University and a potential
northwest champion at the com
munity college level; Mike Smith;
Dan Muse; Scott Sheldon; Jack
Kegg|and Greg Suiter, who is the
only returning track member. He
was third in the northwest cham
pionship in 1500 meters.
In sprinting: Jeff Faust, Randy
Lynch' Brian Johnson, Casey
Verheist.
For Jumping: Eric Christen,
Rick Flemmer (both basketball
players) and Brett Livingston.
In the Hurdles: Rick Renner,
Rick Henson and Keith
Kimberlin.
In throwing: Tony Kinney and
Pat Knight.
Hodges said about these
athletes “Those are the ones who
we have to get top performances
out of.” He said that there still
are eight to ten athletes who are
still working to get in shape.
Renner and Christen “both
competed for me in SWOCC in
Coos Bay,” said Hodges. Renner
placed in two events at the state
championships last year. Christen
was the leading scorer and placed
in four events in state and two
events at northwest in 1985.
Hodges stated that the
toughest meets at state level will
be against Lane Community Col
lege and against Mt. Hood Com
munity College. At the northwest
level the toughest meets will be
against Lane, Mt. Hood,
Spokane Community College
and Highline Community Col
lege.
About women’s track, Hodges
said, “We’re mostly distance run
ners.” His most outstanding long
distance runners are: Jean
Barnett, Dena Raddle, Maggie
Stratte, Kelly Bieber, Christa
Caraher, Molly McArtor, who
will transfer from University of
Oregon at the start of spring
term. Sprint/Hurdles: Jackie
Harper. Throwing: Carrie
Novikoff and Erin O’Donohoe.
Jumping: Karla Tiano, who was
the leading scorer for the basket
ball team. Hodges said about
Tiano “she hasn’t turned out yet,
but we’re hoping she’ll turnout.
Hodges stated, “we woul
really like to finish among th
top three in women’s state, an
in the top five or six in the not
thwest.”
“As far as the men are con
cerned, we’d like to finish in th
top two in state, and in the to,
four in the northwest.” Hodgt
pointed out.
Hodges said he feels the teai
is competitive but “we need
few more women for the top.’
Hodges concluded, “It ha
been a real interesting chang
for me. For the last 15 years I’v
been one of Clackamas’s o;
ponents. I like the many athlete
and the good facilities.”
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The|first track meet is the Lin
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Lady Cougars looking for
a strong season next yea
by Sherri Michaels
Staff Writer
“Consistency was not there
with the 5-18 season record for
the Lady Cougars,” according
to coach Phil Garver.
“We were all young freshmen
and
couldn’t
get
any
leadership,” said Garver. The
team often lost with errors be
ing the major factor in the out
come of the games.
They did scream past the
Walla Walla scorers 67-39, with
the help of Karla Tiano’s 12
points. Other wins were Sand
Mateo 55-47, Oympic 71-69,
Umpqua 78-62, and WOSC JV
69-59.
They were “getting beat by
about an average of 5 points,”
pointed out Garver with the ma
jor loss coming from the
Sydney, Australia team. That
was loss by 50 points, 88-38.
With returning players such
as Tiano and Mitzi Finn they
are “looking forward to a
strong sophomore year.”
Guard Karla Tiano turned
out to be the Cougars’ bright
spot this season. Tiano averag
ed 13.5 points, hauled down 80
rebounds, and handed out 93
assists in 22 games.
Center Mitzi Finn was next i
the scoring column with a 9.
average and a team high 215 n
bounds in 23 games. Guard Ai
na Schlegelmilch match«
Finn’s 9.1 point average an
grabbed 81 rebounds of hi
own.
Bobbi Crensaw, a 5’11” fo
ward from Mill City, average
6.6 points and captured 96 r
bounds. Guard Niki Biesw
averaged 5.8 points, claimed ■
rebounds, and dished out ■
assists.
“We ’re looking forward to
a strong sophomore year.
Forward Angie Downey i
ted 4.3 points per game, pul
down 39 rebounds, and ham
out 20 assists. As the team’s
ly sophomore, Teri Bol
averaged 3.3 points and gra
ed 113 rebounds.
As a team, the Cou(
averaged 55 points, and pul
down 842 rebounds, 285
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the field and 59 percent fi
the free throw line.
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