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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
April 19,1989
Page 8
Cougars still hot, winners of seven games in a row
by Staci Beard
Staff Writer
The Cougar softball team
completed a successful week of
action against two of the league’s
best teams.
Tuesday the team swept visit
ing Olympic 5-3 and 11-1.
In the first game Yvonne
Johnson raised her record to 5-0,
while striking out ten.
Offensively Kristi Northcutt
and Johnson each led the way with
two for three days. Coach Paul
Fiskum felt they could have gen
erated more runs.
“We had a runner’s interfer
ence call and a couple of other bad
breaks that could have been scor
ing opportunities,” stated Fiskum.
The team must have thought
so too. The next game they came
out with bats blazing.
In the first inning the Cou-
Baseball team struggling
by Mark A. Borrelli
Sports Editor
League power Linn-Benton’s
powerful hitting attack proved to
be too much for the Cougars as
Clackamas dropped their third
league game of the season-12-9.
Clackamas starter Mike
Houck (1-2), got hit hard-and often
by Roadrunner batters. Houck
went 3 innings-giving up 6 runs,
and three home runs.
“They really liked Houck; they
hit him hard,” said Coach Paul
Roeder.
Tim Arendell came in to put
out the'fire but, wasn’t able to
hold down the Linn-Benton bats.
Arendell pitched three innings,
giving up 3 runs, and one home
run. John Inman pitched the sev
enth in relief of Arendell and was
shelled. Inman pitched one in
ning and gave up three runs. Steve
Huffaker was the only Clackamas
pitcher able to shut down Linn-
Benton as he came pitched the
eight inning and retired the Road
Runners in order.
“Our hitting is our strong
point. We are not strong defen
sively,” said Roeder.
Sophomore Kevin Kvam-
strom led the hitting attack for
the Cougars. Kvamstrom, the
Cougars’ only bright spot of the
day, had three hits-5 RBI’s and a
titanic home run to center field.
Clackamas is now 2-3 in league
play and is tied for third place with
Chemeketa and Clark. They will
play Eastern Oregon in a non
league game tomorrow, and will
battle Chemeketa Saturday in a
double header starting at 1 p.m.
Track teams compete at relays
Roscann Wentworth
Copy Editor
The track teams of CCC con
sistently broke personal records
and kept producing ‘seasonal bests’
throughout Saturday’s Mt. Hood
relays.
For the men, Jim Allen broke
two personal records by throwing
the discus 148’10", which also
served as first place for this event;
and heaving the shotput 475* which
placed him second in this event.
The relay proved to be a
strong suit for the men’s team
as they took home the first and
second place ribbons for the 400m
and 1600m relays. Both times are
also seasonal bests.
Sanders, Hess, Golden and
Gibson, the 400m Relay team,
jetted into first with the time of
42.7 seconds. Second place was
achieved with the time of 3:23.03
for the Men’s 1600m Relay by
Gibson, Hess, Nichol and Golden.
Other Men’s team members
that should not be left out are
Nate Golden’s jump of 6’6", which
earned him second place in the
high jump, and second place spot
in the Long Jump with 23T"; the
Men’s 800m Relay team of Sand
ers, Nichol, Golden and Gibson
who tied for second with the
popular time of1:30.07; and Greg
Hess’ third place tie in the Pole
Vaulting event reaching 14’6".
The Women’s Team could
only muster up 38 total points
through 13 events. Enough to
place them in fifth, even though
MHCC came in fourth with 61
points.
Outstanding performances by
the women’s team include Chris
Nylen’s 140’2" second place throw
in the Javelin event; the third place
time of13:23.04in the4000m Dis
tance Medley by Wright, Bates,
McElheney and Merritt; and
1:49.01 was enough to place
Robarge, Chandler, Neiman and
Bates in third for the800m Relay.
Total points for the top five
finishing schools at the Mt. Hood
meet were as follows:
Lane, 162; Spokane, 147; Bellevue,
143; Clackamas Community, 111;
Mt.Hood, 110.5.
gars scored ten runs on eleven
hits, six of them consecutive. Patty
Abell, Merry Ferguson and Di
onne Madigan each produced two
hits in the first inning.
“That was the biggest inning
we have had since I have been
here. It was just great,” Fiskum
enthusiastically declared.
Heather McCorkle helped the
cause by holding the Olympic
offense to one run and only four
hits.
“Heather had good velocity.
Her fastball was really coming
around. She was in a couple of
tight situations with runners at
the comers and she came up with
great pitches in those situations,”
explained Fiskum.
Friday’s games against league
rival and last year’s league cham
pion Green River also included a
dash of the dramatic.
In the bottom of the seventh
in the first game and behind by a
run, Ferguson, with two outs and
two strikes, singled home Abell to
tie the game at three. Dionne
Madigan then came to the plate
and singled to left to score Tracy
Wilbem (who had replaced
Ferguson as a runner.)
Members of the team felt they
would have to go out and play
even tougher for the second game
towin. But no last-second heroics
were needed as the Cougars went
out and claimed a solid 5-1 vic
tory.
Le Anna Helvig provided some
excitement with a three run homer.
Helvig’s blast came in the fifth
inning to strengthen the Cougars’
lead.
Clackamas finished the week
on Saturday by beating Clark
College 3-0 in a non-league game.
The Cougars have now won
seven games in a row and will play
at Grays Harbor this Friday.
Fiskum still going strong after 12 years
by Staci Beard
Staff Writer
Softball coach Paul Fiskum
has been at Clackamas for 12 years .
and would love to remain until he
retires.
“Clackamas is a great place
with outstanding faculty and great
administration. I feel good talk
ing to high school students about
coming here because we have the
people to help them meet their
educational goals,” stated Fiskum.
Fiskum has been here for 12
years as the community recrea
tion director and part-time instruc
tor. This year, however, he be
came a full-time teacher in health
and P.E. classes.
Fiskum started out his coach
ing at Clackamas in football and
nine years as an assistant to the
men’s basketball team.
photo by Julie Church
“One of the highlights of my
Clackamas softball Coach Paul Fiskum prepares his team for
career was when the basketball
battle with another strenuous practice.
team won the NWAAC champi
onship,” explained Fiskum.
Kiser, but I realize how much time life. I hope to help a few people
It was not until three' years was taken with basketball,” Fiskum along the way like I was helped,”
ago that Fiskum picked up the said.
said Fiskum.
reigns of the softball team.
“I like the interaction; you
Coaches in Fiskum’s life
“I enjoyed the experience of . helped Fiskum make the decision get to know people better than
basketball, but I had to give it up to go into coaching after graduat just in the classroom setting. I
to give the time that I needed to ing from Western Oregon State.
also like the competition in the
the softball program and my teach
“I had coaches that were a good healthy setting of athletics,”
ing. I miss working with Royce positive influenceon me and my explained Fiskum.
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