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ports ive game winning streak for Ladies y Sherri Michaels hours. “If we can improve our The lady Cougars handed defense we have a chance to be a reen River, the number one good play of team,” said am in the. league, their two only Fiskum. Part of being a good sses. team is having good pitchers. Those were part of a five game “Two of the best pitchers in inning streak that ended in a the league” play on the Lady juble header where Tacoma Cougars team. Both Niki Biser ole the second game 12-2. The and Wendy Morton “throw irlier game against Tacoma was harder than anyone else in the ne inning game that the Lady conference.” ougars snatched a one run win With the goal of having a Bom them. good defense there has been “Since the winning streak we some position changes such as iven’t been consistent,” said Kim Stewart moving in the >ach Paul Fiskum. “We have short stop from center field. id one good and one bad game Fiskum felt “we needed to get r each double header.” more quickness up the middle According to Fiskum some of and she offers the greatest e inconsistency come from the range.” As for consistency iveling. “It is hard to travel “Stewart has been our most r three hours on a van and consistent player over the en want to play softball.” The course of the year,” said erage traveling distance fro Fiskum. imes is approxiamately three With “trying to put the best Burs with Spokane being the team on the field” other moves rthest by another three to four have been with Morton at center aff Writer I - •/, Cougar player wonders if he hit the ball. when she is not pitching and Jackie Butsch at center from left field when Morton piches. Biser has “helped us a lot” by being able to play a lot of posi tions well. The top batters are Michelle Day with .326 BA, Stewart close behind with a .321 and Morton following at .297. So far the Lady Cougars haven’t come up with any home runs but they have had several triples. Biser leads the triples with three followed by Morton with two and Stewart, Butsch and Sherri Levi each have one. Sue Richardson leads the Lady Cougars in field average (FA) with 1000, with Stewart at 977 followed by Kim Beeson at 966, and catcher Petrece Kraft Photo by Both Coffey bring up the bottom at 914. "Mad” Bret Hodgert takes a wild swing al intramural game. The Lady Cougars play here next week on Tuesday and Wednesday and they play at Canby field Friday at 3 p.m. against Shoreline. major in Law Enforcement and by Sherri Michaels play baseball. Staff Writer “I just hope I can continue to A future law enforcement of ficer is batting .375 this season. be as good as I am here,” said Scott Brown is following up Brown. “But some of my best last seasons great playing with years are yet to come.” Brown has been playing even better odds. Brown is batting at lead this baseball since he was five or six season. “My job is to get on years old in Little League. From base, not to hit,” said Brown. there he played on up the ranks Though his hitting is still superb and continued through high his other offenses “have gone school, Centennial in Gresham where he played football and tip.” He was not just looking for wrestled to stay in shape for baseball but for schooling when baseball. Brown’s dad also played he came here to Clackamas. Clackamas has one of the best baseball. He had signed with the law enforcement departments in Dodgers but injured his shoulder that first faithful summer. Oregon. All in all Brown is a pretty im “I like Jr. College because you don’t sit for two years learning pressive athlete and scholar with the ropes but you play for four a GPA of 3.34. Not bad for last years,” said Brown. Brown is year’s Most Valuable Offensive planning to transfer to Warner Player, who also learns a little of R»oto by Staven Zlolkowakl Pacific where he will continue to something from everyone. Scholar plays baseball Off season vollyball for team The scores of yesterdays games in Eugene are Clackamas -vs- Lane by Sherri Michaels Lane 4 Lane 4 CCC 14 CCC 3 COUPON Staff Writer Spec*1 Sweetheart Roses One Dozen Only $12.95 offer good thru June 6, 1987 Sattezcap Phone 655-3555 Oregon City Shopping Center ^OUPON^^^ * . It may be off season for volleyball but the returning Clackamas players are starting to work out. They are playing volleyball in a required class that has been out in the courtyard playing dur ing the great weather Oregon has been having. “The class is to give the girls hands on playing time so there is not such a ball in playing time,” said Kathy Woods, volleyball coach. “Mostly they are just scrim maging to get their heads back into volleyball and to get them back into shape for the start of the season at the end of August,” commented Woods. The number of returning players has been “disappoin ting.” Out of the eight possible returning players only two are playing next season. Both Cyn thia Otis and Nicki Biser are coming back. Otis has “very much improv Melanie Walker of Tigard, hit ed” since the beginning of last ter, and Cheryl Marthaller, out season according to Woods. of Rex Putnum, also with all Otis brings a great leapus abili league honors is a middle ty and is very fast. Hopefully blocker. she is going to be a great offen Both Tammy Hatcher and sive threat to other teams. Chris McAllister come from Biser is “a great all-around Oregon City and are primarly player.” She should be a setters. Canby offers Yvonne dominant leader for the team. Johnson, an all-around player. Also she will be a dominating There has been some other player in the league. students that are freshman As for the other possibilities, here this year that are trying such as Kim Stewart, are mov out and those are Eldonna ing on to a four year college or Schnell from North Clackamas playing other sports as in the Christian, Cherie Davis, Debby case of Cami White, who is tur Weser, of Colton, who has ning out for basketball. . shown a lot of promise as a hit “The- recruiting has gone ter and Kim Stardig. well so far,” said Woods. There Woods said “I will take peo have been six letters of intent ple till the very first practice.” signed. Though Woods is still She does have open gym for in looking for a middle blocker terested people who would and one good setterT like to play starting July 21 and Her signed letters of intent every Tuesday there after until include Marti Petri, 5’10”, out the season starts at the end of of North Clackamas Christian August. who is a good hitter and has all league honors. Also 5’10” is Pag« 7
