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THE CLACKAMAS
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May 1,1991
Lady Cougars continue to bat away offenders
by Lane Schcidcman
Staff Writer
The weather has proven to be
the toughest opponent for the
Clackamas Cougar softball team.
Last Friday the Cougars were
to meet the softball team from
Green River CC, who should be
one of the tougnest teams Clacka
mas meets .this year, according to
Coach Paul Fiskum.
“It was really unfortunate that
we weren’t able to play them,”
said Fiskum.
The next scheduled date
against Green River is May 10 on
Green River’s home field.
The 23-1 Cougars picked up
two more of these wins last Satur
day against Olympic College in a
double-header at home.
The Cougars won by the score
of 3-2 in the first game and 7-2 in
the second game.
“We didn’t have our best game
in the first game,” commented
Fiskum.
The Cougars committed five
errors which resulted in Olym
pic’s two runs in the third inning.
These two runs tied the score up
at two, and that’s where the score
stayed until the sixth inning.
“In the sixth, Christy Tuma
scored the winning run single
handedly,” commented Fiskum.
Tuma got on base with a single;
she then stole second and after
reading the defense, she made her
own decision to steal third. She
made a good decision and made it
safely to third. She finally reached
home after scoring on a wild pitch.
Linda Gross pitched for her
tenth win and did not give up an
earned run.
In game two the Cougars got
behind on the scoreboard early,
but were able to get back in the
game.
“We had to battle back to win
this one,” said Fiskum.
The Cougars got within one
run in the third inning when Corie
Peck drove in Launa Meek. They
then took over the lead in the
fourth inning when Tricia Soli
knocked in Julie Braman and Tuma
scored on a wild pitch after hitting
a double.
The fifth inning showed the
Cougars’ bats awake in dramatic
fashion with Kenna Skinner,
Denise Miner, Jacque Romine,
and Peck getting singles, and
Braman hit for a double.
“In the game every player had
one hit and seven different people
scored runs,” said Fiskum.
Dawn Seastrom pitched for
her sixth win on the season and
didn’t face more than four batters
in an inning after thesecond inning
The next game will be played
athomeSaturdayat2p.m.against
Grays Harbor CC and is a must-
see for all sports fans.
Pole vault and 10,000 records shattered...
Photo by Lane Scheideman
Sophomore catcher Jacque Romine awaits a pitch during
practice. "Romine has directed most of the team's no-hitters
this year and is an important part of our team," said coach Paul
Fiskum.
Spikers set new records, prepare for CCC Invitational
by Brenda Hodgcn
Sports Editor
The Cougar track members
put out some excellent perform
ances last weekend in Eugene at
the Oregon Open Invitational.
The non-scoring meet gave
the members an opportunity to
compete against some strong
contenders from the state schools
and other community colleges on
an individual basis, while perfect
ing their specialty events. Several
of Clackamas’ participants did
exactly that.
“We had some real outstand
ing performances,” stated Coach
Mike Hodges.
“Two highlights,” as Hodges
expresses, were new school rec
ords set by Greg Hess in the pole
vault and Kristy Blair in the
10,000m.
Hess broke the record of 15’6"
that he set in 1989 with a jump of
15’ 7 3/4", and Blair broke the
record of 40:16 set by Angie Wright,
also in 1989, with a time of 40:01.3.
Other hot finishes in the
Photo by Greg Hess
Freshman Alicia Smith fights for distance in the long jump
during last weekend's Oregon Open in Eugene. Several Cou
gars competed, improving their personal records in event
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daylight hours were Gene Bran-
derhorst in the 5,000m with a
personal record (PR) of 15:14.2,
which leaves him with the leading
time in the Northwest for this event
this spring. Pam Raade came
through in 2nd place in the 200m
with a PR of 25.7. The men’s400m
relay team, made up of Tim Grady,
Dean Jolley, Tony Brown, and
Dwayne Arnold, also took 2nd
place with a season’s best time of
42.8 seconds, while the women’s
team of Jenny Gay, Kathie Muck,
Raade, and Alicia Smith finished
4th with a season’s best of 51.6.
Also in the 10,000m was Sonia
Schmuland with a PR of 41:16.9,
leaving Schmuland and Blair with
“the two fastest times in the North
west,” according to Hodges.
Ryan Parshall shined in the
hammer throw, where he improved
his PR by 15’ landing 126’8", as
well as giving the discus a good
toss hitting 134’8".
Two 1st place rankings went
to Jolley in the long jump who
leaped 22’ 21/2" and Arnold in the
110m hurdles where he finished
in 14.6 seconds. Finally, compet
ing for the Cougar Club-after using
up his two years of eligibility-was
Todd Gibson, who came in 3rd in
the 200m with 22.1 and 6th in the
400m in 49.4.
Later in the Twilight meet,
where the level of competition
was higher, three Cougars again
landed well.
Arnold hit 6th in the 110m
hurdles finishing at 14.6 again and
4th in the 400m hurdles with 52.8,
both times matching his previous
PRs. Also, Richie Taylor jumped
a season’s best distance in the triple
jump reaching 46’5" for 4th place,
and Kyle Riggs took 5th in the
longjumpwithajump of22’ 101/
2".
The team achieved all they
had hoped for last weekend by
improving PRs and school rec
ords alike. This weekend the
Cougars will host 10-12 other
community college programs at
the Clackamas Invitational begin
ning Saturday at 11 a.m.
Cougar baseball team struggles
over league leader MHCC
by Frank Jordan
Staff Writer
The Clackamas men’s base
ball team continued on the rough
road last week, losing three out of
four games at home.
Tuesday, the Cougars took on
Chemeketa Community College
on the home diamond, and lost
both ends of a doubleheader, 16-
13 and 11-6.
“We hit the cover off the ball
again, and played some good de
fense, ’Jr
” commented Coach Rob-
bie Robinson, “but our pitching
staff failed to show up again.”
After the less-than-great
showing on the field Tuesday,
Robinson and his staff had a seri
ous heart-to-heart talk with the
team, basically to “reinforce the
fact that in order to accomplish
what we want to do, we just have
got to play better from start to
finish,” according to Robinson.
Following practice on
Wednesday, Coach Robinson had
another talk with his team like the
one the day before. On Saturday,
the Cougars hosted league leader
Mt. Hood Community College in
a double-header, and took those
words to heart, splitting the twinbill
with a 9-4 win, followed by a 5-0
loss.
“Bill Beck pitched a great eight
innings, and we scored a lot of
runs early,” said Robinson. “We
had a little bit of a different men
tal approach to the game, proba
bly because we led the entire game.”
“My staff and I were real proud
of the way the kids responded,”
commented Robinson. “Wewere
so mentally tough, and it helped
our confidence quite a bit. We
realized that we can play with
anyone in this league [by beating
the league leader].”
“We still need to work with
our pitchers quite a bit, but our
hitting and defense are carrying
us right now,” said Robinson. “We
need to take two from Lane [C.C.]
this week, before taking on Clark
and Linfield this weekend.”
The next action for Clacka
mas will be Saturday, with a double
header with Clark College. The
action begins at noon on the
Cougar diamond. Then the Cou
gars swing back into action on
Sunday, with a single game with
Linfield College, again beginning
at noon on the CCC field.