Sports THE CLACKAMAS PRINT May 31,1989 Page 20 Kvarnstrom shines brightly in season of darkness by Mark A. Borrelli Sports Editor photo by JiHian Porter Despite a horrid season by the Clackamas Cougars, Sophomore first baseman Kevin Kvarnstrom posted some very good numbers. He batted .353, hit 9 home runs and drove in 30 runs. There can’t be a lot of bright spots in a season that saw the Clackamas Cougars win just 6 gamesand lose 24. Oneofthefew bright spots in a year filled with losses was the drive of sophomore Kevin Kvarnstrom. Kvarnstrom played first base for the Cougars this past season and didn’t have a whole lot to smile about as his team was a dis­ mal sight to behold. Despite his team’s failure, Kvarnstrom posted some very impressive numbers in his last year as a Cougar. Kvarn­ strom hit a sultry .353, with 30 RBI’s and 9 home runs. His 9 dingers and 30 RBI’s were tops on the team. He and teammate Dino Fiarito were named first team all­ league for their fine individual numbers. Kvarnstrom came to Clacka­ mas from Tigard High School where he played baseball with his long-time friend, Dino Fiarito. Fiarito came to Clackamas and at his urging, Kvarnstrom decided to give Clackamas a try. “He (Paul Roeder) recruited Dino and Dino introduced me to him. He gave me a one term schol­ arship, so I said *what the hell?’ and came up,” said Kvarnstrom. Clackamas to offer summer sports by Amber Cordry Staff Writer The end of another school year is approaching with finals here and most of the activity at Clacka­ mas will be completed until fall. But for those taking summer classes or for those who would just like to spend the summer at Clackamas, the community recreation will be offering a wide variety of summer sports to keep your summer occu­ pied. Tennis lessons for all levels will be offered to get things started off. Beginning lessons will start June 19 and run through July 12. Classes will be Monday and Wed­ nesday for fourweeks. Thefeefor the lessons is $15. Intermediate lessons will immediately follow the beginner’s lessons. The inter­ mediateswill start July 17 and run through August 9. Lessons will also be four weeks long and be held on Monday and Wednesday. Class times for both lessons are 6:30 to 8 p.m. A tennis tournament will be offered for those craving compe­ tition. The tournament will run June 28 through July 2. Singles, doublesand mixed doubles will be offered. There is a $5 fee. Regis­ tration is in the community rec­ reation office. For the first time ever, Clacka­ mas will be offering volleyball as a summer sport. Three-on-three co­ ed action will start Saturday July 22. The matches will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is a $21 fee and teams must not have more than 4 players. A B-division tournament will be held Sunday, July 23. For you serious, hardcore volley­ ball players, a six-on-six reverse grass co-ed tournament will be held August 19 at 9 a.m. The cost for the tournament is $40. The final event of the sum­ mer is The Summer Classic Ten­ nis Tournament. Singles, doubles arid mixed doubles will be offered for a $5 fee. Ifyou need any infor­ mation for any summer sport, contact Dianna Fine in the com­ munity recreation department at 657-6958 ext. 211. Kvarnstrom just turned in some average numbers last year, while watching his team have a good year and missing a chance to go to the playoffs in the last week of the season. This year, amongst coaching changes and team dis­ sention, Clackamas was never in contention. “We had the talent, that was not it at all. They (the administra­ tion) didn’t hire a coach until one week before school and he didn’t even get here until two weeks into college education. Iwouldloveto play professional baseball, but if it doesn’t happen, it’s no big deal,” said Kvarnstrom. Kvarnstrom’s immediate goals are to get a good education and to move on to a four year school and get a degree in business admini­ stration. Some schools in the running as of now are George Fox, Concordia and Central Ore­ gon. He would however, like for baseball to be in his future. “I have the size to play base­ "IVe had the talent, that was not it at all. They, (the administration) didn't hire a coach until one week before school and he didn't even get here until two weeks into school. Right away, we were off to a slow start.” school. Right away, we were off to a slow start. Then a lot of guys came back because they thought Paul was gone and when he came back, a lot of people didn’t like him. A lot of guys quit because they didn’t like him,” said Kvarn­ strom. With the season behind him, Kvarnstrom has set some goals that he hopes to achieve. “I want baseball to pay for my ball, but there is always things to improve on. I’d love to be trotting around the bases in an open sta­ dium with the Oakland A’s, or Texas Rangers,” said Kvarnstrom. More realistically, ten years from now, Kvarnstrom wants to have a degree and a good job and some luxuries... “A bachelor pad, with a big screen T.V. and at least one girl­ friend,” said Kvarnstrom. CCC Rally to hold tryouts Attention all spirited, en­ thusiastic people with school pride, who want to help cheer your team on to victory next season. Cheerleader tryouts are going to be held June 6 in Ran­ dall Hall. Registration will be held at 3 p.m. and tryouts will be at 3:30. Shelley Burck is the adviser. She and Wendy Jensen (88-89 cheer leading captain) will run the tryouts and judge partici­ pants on two cheers. Partici­ pants will have an opportunity to perform a cheer that they know and a cheer taught to them and will be judged on the way per­ formed. Should you be one of the lucky ones to be selected to be a CCC cheerleader, you will have to be registered in 8 credit hours and must maintain at least an 2.0 GPA. If you are interested, you can pick up an application at The Student Government office. Ifyou have questions, call Paul Kyllo at ext. 562. Year as Sports Editor easier thanks to good writers Another outstanding year of athletics is complete at Clacka­ mas Community College. The end of the school year also marks the end of my first year as sports edi­ tor for “The Clackamas Print.” The year got off to a rocky start and without the help and patience of our adviser Linda Vogt, I would have been in some serious trouble. The year started with thé Print getting a new computer sys­ tem and me not be a computer whiz kid, was lost for the first two weeks. But as I became more experienced at using this new sys­ tem and gained more confidence as sports editor, the year began to go much more smoothly. Luis Perez was the man that I most relied on through fall and winter term to turn in quality stories which he always delivered. There was no one more dependable than Luis. What can I say about him, except that he was the pro from Dover. Staci Beard joined the Print staff winter term and immediately made an impression. Her enthu­ siasm and willingness to take any story made her very valuable to the Print. I would be remiss in not mentioning a few more names of people who helped out this year. (Ravishing) Ray Marcham, de­ serted us and went to Mt. Hood spring term. Ray was a good writer and his knowledge of sports--any sports-could not be questioned by anyone. Dan Fulton is the other regular sports writer. Dan started the year with no journalism expe­ rience, but improved greatly as the year went along and became a pretty good writer by spring term. A few other people who contrib­ uted to the sports section deserve to have their names mentioned. Roseann Wentworth never wanted to write sports and thought she didn’t know how. She was finally convinced to write a few track stories and turned in some very good stories. The only prob­ lem with her, was that sometimes no one’s perfect. But I can sleep at she was just a little bit lengthy night knowing that no matter what, we were better than Chemeketa’s ; with her stories. Angela Wilson and Amber paper The Courier-4. Next year, Staci Beard and Cordry also wrote sports. All of these writers made my job so much myself will team up as sports edi­ easier, because without them 1 tor. Hopefully, the two of us will. would have been writing a lot of be able to improve even more and bring our readers the best sports stories by myself. Some of the most interesting coverage possible. That’s what I times of the year came on the of­ strive for, that’s our reward fot ten dreaded Tuesday mornings. writing, to know that weare doing There were those times when the our best by providing timely, ac­ computers broke down, or I mis­ curate, interesting sports to you, placed a stoiy..those were the days. our readers. This year has most certainly But all in all, things came together and the Print sports department, been interesting, fun and at times supported by a strong writing cast, frustrating. But, I wouldn’t trade; delivered a strong section pretty the experience for anything in the much every week. I can’t say we world. Have a fun summer and See were strong every week, because you next year. inches L* a* b* Goldenli