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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
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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).
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