Sports
Pg. 8 The Clackamas Print
Wednesday. May 19. 1993
Pitching, defense please Fiskum
by Frank Jordan
Staff Writer
The Clackamas softball team
rolled through another week of
games, splitting doubleheaders
with Pierce College and Green
River CC and sweeping a twinbill
from Olympic CC.
“Oùr pitching and defense
has been outstanding for the last
month,” commented Head Coach
Paul Fiskum. “We know that we
have one of the best hitting teams
in the conference, but our de
fense is catching up, and our pitch
ing is becoming more dominant”
Clackamas started the week
with a doubleheader split with
Pierce Collège, taking game one
by a 6-0 count, while losing the
nightcap 3-1.
Jennifer Hefflinger contin
ued her hot streak on the mound
in game one, throwing a three-
hitter and striking out a career-
high 13.
“Hefflinger is the most
dominant pitcher in the NWAACC
right now,” Fiskum said. “She
has allowed no more than one
earned run a game since early in
the season.”
Pierce came back from the
first game whitewash to shut down
the Cougars in game two. Becky
Cordill pitched very well for
Clackamas, giving up only three
hits, while striking out five.
“Cordill is throwing very well
as of late,” Fiskum commented.
“She has been getting a lot more
work lately and it is really paying
off. She had some tough luck
against Pierce, but that is not
indicative of how she has pitched.”
The Cougars faced Green
River CC on Friday, splitting a
doubleheader with a 2-0 win in
game one and a 3-2 extra-inning
loss in game two.
Hefflinger threw a one-hit
ter in game one, striking out eight
and walking only two. Tracy
Parnell was the star at the plate,
going 2 for 3, with a run scored
and an RBI.
In game two, GRCC scored
on a one-out single in the bottom
of the eighth inning to post a 3-2
win against the Cougars.
“It just goes to show you,
Green River is in the middle of
the pack in the division, but the
way the league is this year, any
team on any day can jump up and
biteyou,”Fiskumsaid. “Nobody
is giving anything away this year,
which should make the stretch
run very interesting.”
The Cougars finished off the
week with a2-l and 10-1 double
header sweep of Olympic CC on
Saturday.
Hefflinger gave up her first
run in her last seven starts, but
still threw a one-hitter and struck
out four in running her record to
10-4 on the season. Emily Rout-
son went 2 for 3 at the plate,
scoring one run and driving in the
other in the fifth inning.
In game two, the Cougars
pounded out 10 hits in the 10-1
romp. Suzie Burk and Kari
Gunderson each had two hits,
while every other batter in the
lineup had at least one hit. Cor-
dill shut down Olympic on the
mound, striking out five and al
lowing only two hits.
“We are excited about what
we are accomplishing at the pres
ent time. We have had some
tough ball games lately, but that
can only help us once the
NW A ACC tournament rolls
around,’’Fiskum said. “We have
four home games coming up this
week and we need a little mo
mentum coming down the stretch.
I’ve tended to over-analyze the
losses, but I’m extremely happy
with the play. I am looking for
ward, definitely, to the next two
weeks.”
On the injury beat, Wynta
Thompson hurt her knee against
Olympic CC and will be out a
week. The coach says that she
should be ready to play in the
games just before the NWAACC
tournament on May 28 and 29.
Today, Clackamas travels to
Tacoma to take on Pierce Col
lege in a doubleheader beginning
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Kemp's Korner
by Jeff Kemp
Staff Writer
It’s time for our Portland
Trail Blazers to make some
serious changes. Remember
the 80s when the Blazers still
flaunted those exotic red uni
forms and would lose to the
Lakers religiously. Welcome
to the 90s Portland, where the
attire has gone to black and
white and the Blazers' hopes
for a championship have fallen
by the way side.
Kevin Duckworth will be
gone, put your money on that.
He will probably be packing
his bags for Detroit, which re
portedly is in desire of his
services. Duck should fit in
nicely with the Pistons, who
need a center who can provide
some inside power. Detroit
has relied on Laimbeer and
their other aging big men too
long.
In return for Duckworth,
the Blazers will get the ab
sent-minded, suicidal-prone
and rebounding king, Dennis
Rodman. Rodman will be a
key for Portland next year.
With Rodman and Williams,
who plays well when the rest
of the team is, on the boards,
the Blazers should be tops in
the league in rebounding.
With Rodman coming in,
you’ll see Kersey heading out.
These two stalwarts are essen
tially the same type of player,
which no team really needs
two of. It would be ingenious
on -the Blazers part to give
Kersey and Tracy Murray a
free plane ticket to Charlotte,
who have offered the streak
shooting Kendall Gill to Port
land. If the Blazers were able
to sting the Hornets with a
trade like that, they could get
a future all-star off guard that
can actually shoot.
Clyde Drexler is the best
stock the Blazers own. If they
were able to find the courage
to really shop him around to
the highest bidder, they would
find that he will draw a high
price on the open market My
suggestion to the Blazers: trade
Drexler to the team that wins
the draft lottery, With the first
pick in the draft you can really
improve your team. This year
is an excellent chance for
Portland to get a franchise
player. Chris Webber, Jamal
Mashburn, Anfemee Harda
way and J.R. Rider are just a
few of the big names waiting
to make a lottery pick’s wages.
Finally, I believe that Rick
Adelman has overstayed his
welcome in the head coaching
position. Let’s face it, Adel
man is just too nice to his
players. He finds it hard to
discipline people that he has
spent years becoming buddies
with. It worked out well for
the first few years, but now it
seems as though the players
are taking advantage of the
situation.
Sports Brief
Come watcli the 3-on-3 coed
intramural volleyball tourney
championships Thursday at
12:30 p.m. in the gym.