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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
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competition on Saturday,”he said.
With the amount of
points scored, it is easy to believe
that several Cougars, not just the
captains' contributed to the victo
ries. Mike Thompson was one of
those. He earned a PR and was in
the top-10 all-time at Clackamas
witfi a 55.2 timing in the 400
hurdles.
“This was our easy be
ginning,’’Hodges saidof the meet.
“But we will be in a battle for the
next four weeks.’’. ,
This week, the team trav
els to Albany to take on several
schools, including one of the
league’s favorite, Lane CC. Next
week, the Cougars will perform in
the Mt. Hood Relays. After that,
there will be two meets in a row at
Clark CC, another tough oppo
nent for the Cougars.
“We’re going to find out
whether we’re any good or not,”
Hodges explained.
Track and Field note:
So far this year, the men’s team
hasqualified27 spots in the North
west Championship, while the
women have secured 22 spots.
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