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About Cougar print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1976-1977 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1977)
Nugenheads for nation Cougar trackster Mark Nugen qualified himself for National competition in the decathlon when he placed third with his 5951 point total in a two-day contest in Pendleton last weekend. •*''r which was worth 717 points, an W 100 meter dash, which earned points, 625 points earned from a jump, and a 400 meter run of I 610 points. The second day's competitio Nugen, a freshman at Clackamas, traveled to the competition held at Blue Mountain 9:30 a.m. and Nugen started ¡to] CC with hopes of scoring high enough to earning 621 points in the 110 qualify for the upcoming Region 18 meet. hurdles with a 17.5 time. The However, he surpassed his expectations and was where Nugen picked up tallied up enough points to send him to the score. A twelve-foot vault brougt] National Junior College Athletic Association points. His lowest score was 399f Championships which will be held in Hou toss of 88'6". The day's tota was rounded off by a 597 total p ston .Texas on May 19, 20 and 21. a 155'6" javelin throw and 524p At the end of Nugen's first day at Pendle a 4:40.2 1500 meter run. When| ton, the lone competitor from Clackamas his 415 point total in the shot had tallied 3077 points. Highlights of that put of 30'8" from the first day'j first half were a 21' 4 1/4" long jump. tion, Nugen had a 5951 grand tota ■'•■nifc-. IBS Mark Nugen . . .qualified for national competition in decathlon Cougars win three, split double Clackamas Community College's base ball team rode the hot hitting of Mickey Wilson and strong pitching of Bob Tollefson and Jim Coffman to three wins as the Cou gars hung onto second place in the Oregon Community College Athletic Association standings. Clackamas used the talents of Tollefson and Coffman to get by a tough Concordia club in a doubleheader, 6-1 and 5-3. Against Chemeketa CC on Saturday, the Cougars had a tougher time of it as they could only manage a split, winning the first game 4-0 and losing the second game in extra innings, 6-4. Gals win relays The Cougar women's track team finished first place out of 12 teams at the Mt. Hood Relays track meet held last Friday, April 22. Tough competition from Idaho and Wash ington held down the Clackamas women's dominance, but over all depth tallied 62 points, enough for a six point lead over second place team, Olympic. Barbara Johnson ran a winning 14.9 in the high hurdles, breaking her old school record of 15.2. Johnson also ran legs on the third place 880 yd. relay and the third place 880 yd. medley relay. Verna Simon ran in four relays, the mile, distance medley, sprint medley, and quarter mile which placed first, second, third and fourth consecutively. The mile relay squad of Simon, Debbie Leathers, Tammy Likens and Amanda Eggle ston smashed their old school mark of 4:17 by seven seconds with their first place finish. Thus far on the season, Clackamas has won three meets, finished second twice and won a dual meet with Linfield. Next meet for the Cougars will be the Portland State Invitational at Lewis and Clark College where the team is figured among the favor ites. The Cougars also had a non-league en counter with the Linfield J.V.'s as Clack amas swept the doubleheader, 5-0 and 8-2 behind the strong efforts of Bob Simril and Steve Shirley. In the first game against Concordia, Mickey Wilson, Lynn Dyer and Rick Jones led the way with a total of seven hits and four runs batted in to back Tollefson's two hit pitching. In the second game, Mickey Wilson's two run homer in the fifth inning broke a 3-3 tie as the Cougars went to win behind Coffman's three hit pitching. Against Chemeketa CC on Saturday, Wayne Snoderly's triple, followed by back to back doubles from Tim Wach and Shawn Riley, gave Gary Fiorante all the support he needed as he struck out seven to even his record at 2-2. In the second game, a fielder's choice with a man on first, a single and a costly error led to two runs as Cheme in 9 innings, 6-4 as Tollefson sJ first loss of the year when he gavel unearned runs which makes him] for the year. The loss overshadowed Wilson's) noon as the sophomore continued! hottest hitter in the league. At one point during the weeke had a string of nine consecutiv raise his average to an unbelievablj 30 hits on 58 times at bat. This week the Cougars have t most crucial games of the season face Umpqua on Tuesday at Ross’ then they host Lane CC on Saturn last home twin ba 11 of the season and Lane are the two teams that gars are tied with for second pl identical 12-4 marks with Lio leading with their 11-3 record. INTRODUCING The Bridge-Keeper Inn Ballroom and Family Steak House *Live Music Nightly *Two Stainless Steel Dance Floors * Dance Contest every Thursday Night *Win the Dance Contest and a Trip to Hawaii *Watch the paper each week for new specials 266-9135 Across the bridge south of Canby on 99E Page 8 Clackamas Community inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density
