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.
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