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SPORTS May 13,1992 THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Page 7 Cougar track teams head into NWAACC championships favorites by Lane Scheideman photo by L»rry Marg oil* of Creative Photography, Color and Deaign (From left to right) Cliff Toney, Kyle Riggs, Curtis Arrayan andTroy Merrill rejoice over their victory at the May 2 Chrysler Corporation Half-Court Three-on-Three Intramural Basketball Invitational Tournament. These four CCC students will play at Lewis and Cark College at 6 p.m. on Friday May 15. Intramural basketball team to face Yale squad by Daphne Hartt Staff Writer This Friday the Clackamas Community College intramural basketball team, which consists of Curtis Arrayan, Troy Merrill, Kyle Riggs, and Cliff Toney, will take on Yale University to com pete for the National Champion ship of the Chrysler Corporation Half-Court Three-on-Three In vitational Intramural Basketball Tournament The tournament, which is a continuation of the May 2 tour ney, will take place this Friday night at 6 pm. in the Lewis and Clark College gym. Since it is a double-elimination event, the team who wins two out of three will be recognized as National Half-Court Three-on-Three Champions. The games will be 20 min utes long, and professional offi cials will be present After the men’s first 20 min ute game the women’s tourna ment will begin. Yale also won the women’s eastern division title for this tournament They will face Lane Community College. Even though Yale is viewed by many people as one of the best Ivy League schools, Merrill is very confident about his team’s ability. “When we were playing at Willamette against all those uni versities like Oregon State and Portland State, no one even came close to us until the final game,” says Merrill. Arrayan shares Merrill’s enthu siastic attitude and adds, ”1 believe we have a lot of potential. We can do it if we outhussle our oppo nent.” Merrill also believes that then- strong offense is the key to their game. He feels that Toney and Arrayan contribute a lot with their outside shots, while Riggs is ag gressive at blocking shots and re bounding. When asked about the upcom ing game against Yale, Merrill comments, ”1 predict we will beat them in two. We are a complete team. Everyone has some skills to contribute.” Arrayan agrees by saying, ’’Everyone depends on each other. For never playing together be fore, it is incredible how well we blend together on the court.” The team, along with CCC Intramural Director Kathie Woods, also feel good about the fact that the proceeds from the May 2 tournament benefited the Inter national City of Care Founda tion, an AIDS organization, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital. Woods says,’The Half-Court Three-on-Three Association is really trying to build up the tour nament. Since it is in its first year of existence, not many people know about it I think it would be great if students and faculty could come and support our team.” Besides the fact that it could be considered an honor to play Yale, it is also a great honor to play in the gym where the Port land Trailblazers practice to try and become the ‘best in the west’. Woods also comments,” I am really proud of these guys. They just relaxed, went into the game, Linn Benton spoils Cougars' postseason hopes CCC baseball team knocked out of playoff contention by Kevin Shields Staff Writer A doubleheader sweep last Sat urday by Linn Benton mathemati cally eliminated the Cougars from any postseason action. Linn Benton 2, Clackamas 0. Linn Benton’s pitcher hurled a shutout in the first game allowing only 4 hits in the nine-inning affair. J.R. Lesch pitched nine innings of five-hit ball but the two runs he gave up in the first inning cost him the win. Lesch finished the game with 7 strikeouts while allowing 5 walks. Down 2-0 in the eighth the Cougars attempted to mount a comeback. Jon Bukowski got the Cougars started with a single and Eric Nielson walked putting the Cougars in scoring position with one out. The rally came to an abrupt halt after Brandon Bittner hit into a fielder’s choice, forcing Nielson at second and when Tim Ensley lined out to end the inning. Jon Bukowski and Ben Nichols each managed a hit to pick up half of the Cougar’s total. Linn Benton 4, Clackamas 3. Two first inning errors by the Cougar infield and more strong pitching by Linn Benton was enough to hold off the Cougars in another close game. The Cougars picked up six hits for the game with the bulk of the damage coming in a fourth inning comeback when they were down 4- 0. Ensley walked to open the fourth and Jim Robertson singled to give the Cougars some life. Mike Christman delivered the big blow of the inning with an RBI double. However, the Cougars couldn’t keep the momentum going and settled for two runs in the inning. The bats went silent in the seventh as Linn Benton’s pitcher sent the Cougars down in order to end the game. Scott Timms gave up four runs on four hits, two of the m unearned. He struck out four while walking none. Timms gave up three of the hits in the third which led to two runs. He did settle down the rest of the way and gave up only one hit while facing the minimum nine batters over the last three innings. Ensley had a good all-around game, going 1-3 with an RBI, scor ing twice, while picking up two walks and two stolen bases. Jim Robertson went 2-2 with an RBI and a run to help the Cougar cause. The Cougars have a double header at Clark tomorrow to mark the end of their season. Sports Editor “First” seemed to be the word most often used in describing Clackamas’ performance at last week’s Southern Region Champi onship in Pendelton. In the women’s competition nine first place finishes occurred. Ilene Penas, Alicia Smith, and Heidi Spillum each had two first place finishes while Pam Raade had one. Clackamas women took first twice in team relay events. The men’s team finished first is seven events. Ryan Parshall, Gene Branderhorst, Steve Edwards, Darwin Arnold, and Mike Hieb each finished first in one event. Clacka mas also finished first in the 1600 meter relay. “This was the first women’s title since 1988,” said Coach Mike Hodges. “It was the third title in a row for the men.” The Southern Region Cham pionship was also the first time that in each event there were 40, a Cougar was placed. In 20 of the 40 events more than one Cougar was placed. “This was very gratifying to see,” said Hodges. Smith finished first in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. She also broke her own school record of 34’2" in the triple jump with a marie of 35’71/4". Smith also had a third place finish in the long jump. Jill Warrington had a second place finish in the javelin with a throw of 127’3", a fourth place finish in the shotput, and a fifth place finish in the discus. Kelli Temler had a seventh place finish in the javelin with a throw of 115’3". This distance al lowed her to qualify for the NWAACC championships. Penas finished first in both the shot put and discus events. In the discus she threw for 129’8”, which was a personal record. Roni DelSol had two second place finishes in the 3,000 meter run and in the 5,000 meter run with times of 11216 and 19:443 re spectively. Spillum had her first place finishes in the 1500, with a time of 5:02.7, and in the 800, with a time of 2:27.6, meter runs. Ahiy Hines had a second place finish in the400meterhurdles with a time of 65.2. Raade had her first place fin ish in the 400 meter dash with a time of 60.5. The 400 and 1600 meter relays were both won by the Clackamas women’s team. In men’s competition Oscar Bauman had two second place fin ishes in the 10,000 and die 5,000 meter runs. His mark of 15:50.9 in the 5,000 was a personal record. Ryan Parshall broke his school record in the hammer throw and had personal record in the discus. The distance on his hammer throw was 172’10" and the distance on his discus throw was 146’11". Dean Jolley had a second place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 46’1" and two third place finishes. Borkus had his first place fin ish in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:44.9. He also had a third place finish in the 5,000 me ter run. Branderhorst finished first in the 1500 meter ran with a time of 4:06.2. Scott Willhite had a second and a third place finish in the 200 and400meter dashes respectively. Edwards finished first in the high jump with a mark of 6’61/2". Arnold had a first place finish in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.5, a per son al record, and a second place finish in the 400 meter hurdles. The javelin contest belonged toHieb who threw for225’8". Mike Owings, who took fifth in the same event, qualified for the NWAACC championships with a throw of 177’5". “We had the highest scores we’ve ever had in this competi tion,” commented Hodges. had all areas of competition covered well.” “This season we scored more points than I predicted we would at the beginning of the year,” said Hodges. Get twice the pizza for the same $$$! 656-3555 All Small, Medium, & Large Pizzas U2 price in store every Monday 5pm through 8pm
