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Pg. 3 The Clackamas Print Sports lvr fl limit*’ Ar-;,< 1O<M Softball offense providesfootball-like scores by Frank Jordan The Print Staff The Clackamas Cougar softball team opened up the 1994 season with its annual trip to the San Diego area and gained a split with two of the better teams in that region. CCC opened with Grossmont College and proceeded to lose their opener by a score of 4- 2. Grossmont took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on a bloop single that scored a runner from third. The Cougars pulled ahead in the top of the sixth with a single by Danielle Fitzgerald, another single by Maja Wirkkala, an error that scored Fitzgerald and a booming liner by Becky Cordill thatscoredWirkkala. But Grossmont came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth that gave them the vic tory. “We thought that we played pretty well, considering the very good pitcher that we were facing,” stated Head Coach Paul Fiskum. “However, we had too many errors (four), and we told the girls this after the game. All in all, it was a good effort by the team to battle back in this one.” The final game of the trip was a see-saw affair with Mesa College of San Diego, and after all was said and done, Clackamas emerged with a 5-4 come-from- behind win. The Cougars took an early lead in the second, but Mesa came back to tie in the bottom half of the inning. The whole game was the same way, as the Cougars would pull ahead, then Mesa would come back to tie. CCC took the lead for the final time in the top of the sixth, after Michelle Kolbo singled to left, then Korrine Wellin followed with a sacrifice, moving Kolbo to second. A groundout moved Kolbo to third, then Emily Routson lined a shot to the second baseman, who bobbled the line drive for an error, allowing Kolbo to score the game-winner. “A real interesting game to watch, with the effort by both teams,” said Fiskum. “Becky Cordill battled really hard on the mound, getting herself out of the first four innings and really shut ting down Mesa in the late going. A real nice game by our ballclub.” The Cougars returned home to battle the elements, like they and all of the area teams do every spring in Oregon. But the team got in some batting practice last Saturday against Grays Har bor College, sweeping the double header by routing the Chokers by scores of 25-0 and 17-0. “Notreallyawholelotto say about the afternoon on Satur day, except we did a good job hitting the ball against relatively easy pitching,” commented Fiskum. “Hitting easy pitching is sometimes very difficult, but we did a great job maintaining our concentration, no matter what the score was.” CCC burst out of the gate in the first game, plating 11 runs to open the scoring parade, and closed it out by scoring eight more runs in the fourth inning. Danielle Madigan and Routson slammed homeruns in the rout, while Wellin had 3 hits and 4 RBIs. Becky Cordill went the distance on the mound, pitching a one-hitter to pick up her second win of the season and run her record to 2-0. In the second game, the Cougars one-upped themselves by scoring 12 runs in the first inning in the 17-0 whitewash. Wirkkala capped a perfect day by going 3-3, making it5-5on the day; Strouhal went 2-2, with a triple, 3 runs scored and 4 RBIs. Brandi Kamrath went 2-2 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBIs and Routson went 3-4 with 3 RBIs. Jennifer Hinman threw a two-hitter to win her first game of the season and even her record at 1-1. Kolbo, Strouhal, Madigan, Bridget Jones and Keri Gunderson are the top hitters after the first four games, with those five batting over .300. However, Wirkkala is leading the team at the plate, hitting at an .800 clip early on, going 12-15. Her bat “is absolutely on fire at this point on the season, and it has been a very pleasant surprise,” said Coach Fiskum. This Saturday’s game against Pierce College, scheduled for here at Clackamas at 3 p.m., has been moved to Erv Lind Sta dium in Portland at 5 p.m. Tuesday’s doubleheader with South Puget Sound CC will also be played at Erv Lind Sta dium, with the first game begin ning at 6 p.m. Track & field success still going by Paul Valencia The Print Editorial Staff In sports, teams have a tendency to play down to the level of their opponents. Good teams sometimes perform poorly when they are up against weaker com petition. Fortunately for Head Coach Mike. Hodges, his track & field teams didn’t do that on Sat urday. . The men’s squad cruised to a huge victory, scoring 269 and one-half points. The second place team, North Idaho, managed 117 points. The women blew their competition away, as well, scor ing 202 points. Chemeketa fin ished second with 93. “I was very pleased,” Hodges said. “We didn’t take the competition lightly. Everybody was getting after it. “One good thing about this meet is that it showed that we are a deep team,” Hodges contin ued. “Maybe that’s one of our most important strengths this year. We have a lot of people who can score in a lot of different things.” Four in particular were justelected team captains. Kristie Preiskom, Wendy Johnson, Kevin Bartholomae and Toby Anselmo each saw the victory line. Preiskom took first place in the triple jump with a personal record (PR) 34 feet, five inches. She also won the long jump with a PR of 16* 10". She qualified for the Northwest championships in both events. Preiskom finished her day by winning the 1,600-me ter relay. Johnson earned a PR and cracked the top 10 all-time at Clackamas in the 3,000 with a time of 10 minutes, 36.7 seconds. She also earned a PR in her first- place finish in the 800 at 2:26.8. Bartholomae won the men’s 800 with a time of 1:58.1. Anselmo ran a 22.9 200 for a PR and a first-place finish. He also won the 100 at 11.3. Anselmo was another three-time winner, being a member of the winning 400-meter relay team. Hodges was pleased with his captains and their perfor mances. “They followed up their election with true leadership in - CFCU - CLACKAMAS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION INVITES CCC STUDENTS TO JOIN! All full-time Clackamas Community College students are now eligible to join Clackamas Federal Credit Union, a non-profit financial cooperative. Once you join, your family members will also be eligible to become members/owners. Clackamas FCU offers a wide range of services such as: Checking accounts with no minimum bal ance & no monthly fees, free audio response and ATM’s, savings and Investment accounts, auto and other loans with low rates, VISA cards, safe deposit boxes and morel If you are 21 and under, you need only to maintain a savings account of $5, while those 22 and over will need a $100 savings. We have offices in the Hilltop Oregon City area and the Milwaukie Express way area. 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