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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4/22 SWOCC @ 1 p.m. *
4/25 Mt. Hood @ 1 p.m. *
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5/6 Linn-Benton @ 1 p.m.*
5/9 Lane @ 3 p.m.
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