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Page 8 THE CLACKAMAS PRINT SPORTS October 17,1990 Athletes on campus breathe a sigh of relief... The Sporting Fool Speaks By Aaron T. Brown Hockey reflections... and other comments Well, the pro-hockey sea son is underway, and my team, the New Jersey Devils, promise to give every team a run for their money. My love affair with the Dev ils began back in 1985, when Kirk Muller, a hero of mine in Junior Hockey, was drafted by them. New Jersey was a hapless team then. In fact, they were so pitiful that they lost out on being the worst team to Pittsburgh, who went on to draft Mr. Mag nificent, Mario Lemieux (whose career is over as far as I’m con cerned.) Since then, New Jersey has steadily become a contender, avoiding previous pitfalls and developing young players in stead of trading them for has beens. I took this team under my wing and learned what made them tick, kept stats on the team, and even had pictures of the players on my wall. In fact, I even have a goalie mask that I wear when playing hockey that is painted in Devil colors. But New Jersey didn’t be come my team for life until three years ago when they drafted a guy that I had followed closely and had watched throughout many games, Brendan Sha nahan. He wasn’t big, but had the right combination of skills \ potentially become an NHL great. Well, Brendan has im proved from 26 points, to 50 his second year and to around 70 last year. Can he become the first Devil to score 100 points? ‘‘Just because I liked New Jersey, didn’t mean that they were a serious contender, but this year they will be. Last year, the Devils literally stole Peter Stastny from Quebec. Stastny is the first European player to ever reach the 1000 point plateau in career totals. They also picked up Viach Fetisov, the best Rus sian defenseman, and a poten tial rookie of the year, Paul Ysebaert. With a team lineup like the United Nations, some wonder about their toughness. Well, this year they acquired Claude Lemieux from Montreal, one of the most hated men in the NHL (unless he’s on your team), who was once voted the most annoy ing player in a Hockey News poll. Those of you who are fol lowers of the NHL, watch for New Jersey to take their division (if they can get by Pittsburgh), and possibly be in the Cup final! ...On a sad note, the game room looks like it is to be moved. If you don’t want this, do some thing about it. Let the faculty know that “the wrong element” does not hang out there. Geez, people like me (who attend this school, maintain a 3.4 GPA, and hold other jobs) use it. In fact, my sports writers must spend an hour a week in there to unwind and relax. Get above the petty politics. Public restrooms near completion By Heatherle Himes and Frank Jordan Staff Writers Along with the newly resur faced tennis court and track, the public restrooms and storage space for the CCC track team currently under construction is sure to be a welcome sight to both college athletes and community members who enjoy the use of Cougar playing fields. The ap proximately 12’ X 40’ facility is expected to be completed some time next month. “It’s a welcomed structure,” said Carol Peterson, director of athletics. The building has been funded by bond money from the $9.5 million dollar levy passed in 1988. The finished project should cost around $53,000, depending on weather conditions and the amount of complications at the building site. The storage area will be ready for use before the restrooms, due to the fact that the restrooms must be hooked up to the sewer line of South Douglas Loop before being functional. “The building has been in the planning for years and years,” said Head Track Coach Mike Hodges. The realization that CCC needed this facility arrived after it became a regular event for track athletes to struggle to find their needed equipment in one of the team’s two storage areas, and to haul it out to the track to use it The lack of outdoor restrooms made it impossible for players to relieve themselves be tween innings or events, and proved to be a hardship for com munity members playing on out door college recreational facili ties. Besides providing the track program with a more centrally located storage space, the shed will protect equipment from Oregon’s soggy weather. “We have about $4000 funds in high jump and pole vault pits,” said Hodges. “If you let the weather destroy them, that’s a tremendous amount of capital out laid to replace. “Our hurdles were deterio rating because we had to leave them on the track during the winter. It will be nice to have a place to store the bulk of them,” said Hodges. The baseball team will inherit one of the track team’s smaller storage areas. Other improvements made to the track area during the sum mer months include the resur facing and remarking of the track itself, and the movement of the bleachers to the homestretch to provide spectators with a better view of the races. The resurfacing of the tennis It's about time! Yes those plagued with bladder control I problems will need not worry. The "barn” is right on schedule. I courts is also complete. Cracks in the courts were covered up, and the rest of the courts were resur faced. The tennis courts were used for the first time on Oct 11. The improvements were delayed at various times during the proj ect, mostly due to the weather. “Atlas Tracks handled both the resurfacing of the track and that of the tennis courts, and they did a fine job,” Peterson said. “It was the first time in recent mem ory that the resurfacing of the tennis courts had taken place.” It should also be mentioned that both projects were finished on budget Coach Hodges takes 400th victory as Cross Country team finishes season by Aaron Brown Sports Editor Once again, the Clackamas Cross Country team kicked the competition, this time in La- Grande, where the women’s team finished first overall and the men’s team placed second. The story of the meet was on a more personal note for Coach Hodges. As the women’s team placed first, it also signalled Hodges’ 400th victory as a cross country coach. “It tells you how long I’ve been coaching,” laughed Hodges. The women’s team also pro vided another milestone as they finished the race with a perfect score of 15. f “We worked on our grouping this week, and they (the women’s team) finished with a 37 second differential, which is the best we’ve had,” commented Hodges. “The best time we had before was 1:17, and that was good.” Wendi Smith capped off the women’s performance, finishing second overall with a time of 20:17. “It was her first number one placing for us,” Hodges stated. Roni Del Sol broke her streak of under 20 finishes, but came in third overall at 20:19. Other finishers included Stepha nie Rosen (4th), Kristy Morgan (5th), and Sonia Schmuland (6th). 11 I OREGON CITY CO-ED FITNESS CENTER The men’s draw also focussed This meet concluded the on improving their grouping, regular season and also marks a which also paid dividends for the break for both the men’s and the team, and also saw the emergence women’s team. The teams will be preparing for and hosting the of Gene Branderhorst “The team was running close, Southern Regional champion but at the two mile mark, Gene ships on Saturday, Oct 27 at took off to catch everyone, caught Maclver Park. The women’s team is heavily the leaders, and moved away to his top performance,” com favored to take the Southern re gionals and are considered a dark mented a beaming Hodges. Branderhorst toasted the horse at the NWAACC regionals competition to a crisp and fin to be held the following three ished first overall with a time of weeks from Saturday. The men 26:10. Billy Borkus came in are one of the best in the South eighth overall at 26:50. Mike ern and one of the four teams bent Paulson turned in a solid per on taking one of the three tro- formance according to Hodges, phies in the Northwest regionals. and finished 11th. Nathan Mat lock came in at 14th, and Tim ARE YOU INTERESTED IN Marshall turned in his best per PLAYING FLOOR HOCKEY? formance of the season, placing Call Aaron Brown @ ext. 309 15th. for more information. fi o a ti s C Ji □ 3 yj ta an e ai n Jt iz K ~ I rt in ox For a quick pump, just hop, skip and jump west one mile on Molalla Ave. SPECIAL FOR CCC [GirMMElSBERSHff! Monthly Rates As Low as i18.33/Mo: STUDENTS Reg. $35.00/Mo. 3 months 10 FREE TANS I With Purchase of a I Year.Membership $59* at $220.00 ♦must show CCC student body card I With Coupon. 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