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SPORTS Trailing Blazers on road to destruction by Jesse Sowa Sports Editor Portland Trail Blazer Rod Strickland can’t seem to make up his mind when it comes to whether he will play for the team or not. Opinion First, last Thursday, Strickland basically said “I can’t stand him (Blazers coach P.J. Carlesimo) and after the season, I’m done here in Portland.” Then two days later he turns around and says that he can play for Portland, and that he doesn’t want to do anything that will hurt the team. This is definitely not what this team needs-just another con troversy that will send them in the opposite direction that they need to go. Not only is this team getting older, but they’re making mis takes deemed only capable of rookie players. Losing to Phila delphia (21-54) twice in one sea son? How far has this team fallen in a short three-vear sr>an? The Clackamas Print Page 7 Wednesday, April 12,1995 ‘ I ■1 Portland has gone from be- ing one of the most dominant teams in the NBA to not even hav ing the confidence of the sports writers at the local newspaper. Mr. Whitsitt and crew did a whole lot better job up north. Now he doesn’t even come to Portland unless there’s a game. He has no idea what goes on in practices or in the lockerroom. Believe me, this is not normal for a person in his position. Yes, I know, it’s only RJ.’s first year. But it’s April, and he doesn’t even have a set rotation . It seems so easy to make this team better, but those in charge don’t have a clue. First, Traitor Bob needs to make some major changes that will shake up the team, but get it headed in the right direction. Sec ond, Carlesimo needs to take con trol of the team and let these play ers know who’s boss. Last, but not least, the play ers need to regain that need to be successful. Striving to be better is not there in a majority of the play ers. Jaime Fairchild easily won the 10,000 meter race in 41:24. Also in the 10,000, Becky White finished third in 45:25, while Shilah Merrill finished fifth with a time of 47:44. Kami Sisk added two third- place finishes in the 100 and 200 meter dashes with times of 13.4 and 27.9, respectively. Christie Wells took fifth at 100 meters with a time of 13.8. Marea Crowe placed second in the 400 in 1:00.6 and fifth in the 200 with a time of 28.6. Kathy Shuey took sixth in the 200 in 29.6 and placed third in the 400 in 1:61.5. Melissa Abramson took sec ond in the long jump with a leap of 16-5.75. She also placed fourth in the 100 high hurdles in 16.6. Misty Forgey finished second in the high jump with a mark of 5-0. Casey Easlick took fourth in the high jump at 4-6. The 400 relay finished second in 50.9. Clackamas will travel to Gresham on Saturday to compete in the Mt. Hood CC Relays, a meet consisting of only relay events. The meet begins at noon. College Achievers Are you getting paid what you’re truly worth? Our growth has exceeded our expectations!! We desire specific people for Leadership and Marketing positions in our Clackamas and Vancouver offices. »Training Available • Full and Part-Time • Bonuses Call (360) 944-5490 r Photo by Josh Kehler Strong Lane CC teams beat Cougars at home by Jesse Sowa Sports Editor The Clackamas Community College track teams ran into a sea of strong competition at their home meet on Saturday. The Lane Community Col lege men won with 180 points, followed by Clackamas with 148, Highline CC (138), North Idaho (103), Chemeketa CC (22), Lower Columbia (19) and Umpqua CC (16). The Lane men’s strengths are seen in nearly every event, espe cially in thé field events. Of the seven men’s teams competing, the Eugene school won the 100, shot put, high jump, long jump, pole vault and both relays. The Clackamas women fin ished third with 101, trailing Lane CC (L72) and North Idaho (149). Chemeketa took fourth with 48, followed by Lower Co lumbia (18) and Umpqua CC (2). The Lane women are led by a strong contingent of sprinters that have personal bests that re semble many female sprinters at four-year colleges. The men’s team was led by Will Haskins, who won both the 1500 meters and 5000 meters with impressive efforts. Haskins was timed in 4:06.42 in the 1500 and 15:39 in the 5000. Leo Sanders won the 800 meter race in a time of 1:56.7. Brent Roeger won the 3000 meter steeplechase in 9:41.18, while Jim Hagemann took the javelin crown with a winning throw of 177-8. Leading the women’s team was Wendy Johnson, who placed first in the 5000 with a time of 1 19:48 and came in a close second in the 1500 with a 5:06 clocking. Rebecca Graham took fifth in the 1500 in 5:09. -. IB '» The Clackamas Community College softball team was able to practice last week, but had its home games last Friday and Saturday cancelled because of bad weather. The Cougars travelled to Olympia yesterday to take on South Puget Sound CC in a doubleheader. Clackamas will play Green River CC in Auburn, Wash., on Friday and Olympic CC in Bremerton, Wash., on Saturday. Both of the latter matchups are doubleheaders and begin at 3 p.m. r ■■■«* CougarJ*/*^ ■"' zri^Calendar Home '• ‘ Away 4/18 Chemeketa @ 3 p.m, 4/22 SWOCC @ 1 p.m. * 4/25 Mt. Hood @ 1 p.m. * ■ • ■ . " ■ . 4/15 Chemeketa @ 1 p.m. * 5/6 Linn-Benton @ 1 p.m.* 5/9 Lane @ 3 p.m. * denotes double header ■ . Home . g 4/18 Lower Columbia @ 3 p.m.(2 games) S g 4/25 Grays Harbor @ 3 p.m. 4/28 SWOCC @ 3 p.m. (2 games) g 4/14 Green River @ 3 p.m. (2 games) " _ s 4/15 Olympic @ 3 p.m. (2 games) \ , ^22 Pierce CC (Tacoma) @ 3 p m (2 games) 5/6 Clackamas Invitational | Away @ 12p.m. • - 8 4/15 ML Hood CC Relays @ '10a.m. ' '4/15tjofOInvite @ 10a.m, x
