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
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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
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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
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