Sports
The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, March 12, 1997 £
This “Sports Special” edition of The Clackamas Print
was edited by Brendon Neal and John Thorburn.
Christina Mueller and Laney Fouse, Writers
Joel Coreson, Photo Editor
Cindy Hines Kurfman, Copy Editor
Linda Vogt, Advisor
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Brendon Neal
Sports Editor
The softball team heads into the
preseason this year following back-
to-back Northwest Athletic Asso
ciation of Community ^Colleges
(NWAACC) championships^ ‘95
and ‘96.
Head Coach Paul Fiskum sdes
team chemistry as an important
factor. ®
“The^ey is how we do as faras
attitude,” dsaid Fiskum. “We have
been great so far and realize the
importance [of team work], but the
hard times are ahead. Everyone
will have to make personal sacri
fices for the good of the team.
“The league is stronger this year
and whether we post the same
record is really out of our hands.
We are capable of doing what pre
vious [Clackamas] teams have
done,” said Fiskum.
Most of Clackamas’ players
have both good hitting and good
defensive abilities. The Cougars
have seven returners from last
year’s team and eight total sopho
mores, giving the team a solid mix
of youth and experience.
Sophomore Robin Viol was the
lead-off hitter for Clackamas last
year. Viol was also named to the
all NWAACC tournament and all
Southern Region first team as a
freshman. Viol scored two clutch
runs in the tournament last year,
giving the team a closely-con
tended semifinal win.
“She [Viol] led us in runs
scored and had an overall out
standing year,” said Fiskum.
“She is also a great outfielder.”
Kriss Demos, second base, is
coming off a .380-plus hitting year
and was tied for the most home
runs on the team with four. Demos
was on the tournament first team.
“Kriss plays excellent defense.
She is one of the best divers on the
field as we have ever had,” said
Fiskum. “She will step into the
three spot in the batting order for
us this year.”
Nicole Lindgren is a utility
player for Clackamas. Lindgren’s
strongest position is second base,
but she will mostly play third in
order to use Demos and her at the
same time.
“Nicole can play a lot of posi
tions - second base is probably her
best spot. She can play infield,
outfield and she played third base
in the fall [scrimmages],” said
Fiskum. “Her RBI total compared
to the number of ‘at bats’ is excel
lent. Hitting Coach Bob Rapp told
me she was the most consistent
hitter this past winter.”
Robin Lisak was first team all
league last year and pitched a
nearly perfect season with a record
of 15-1 and an ERA of 1.3. The
team voted her Most Valuable
Player for the regular season.
Megan Thompson, third base,
took off last year from school after
having a strong hitting season the
year before. She had a .380 bat
ting average as a freshman with
limited at bats.
“When you think of Megan, you
think of hits. She is a big hitter
and she works as hard as any player
I have had at hitting. She was one
of the top hitters in the four scrim
mages last fall,” said Fiskum.
Joell Whitton, catcher, was the
starting catcher for Clackamas last
year.
“I think she is the best catcher
in the league. You rarely have to
call plays from the bench, and no
one steals on her,” said Fiskum.
“She is like a coach on the field.”
Whitton also had a batting av
erage of .300 last year and has
added power to her swings. She
will start in one of the RBI spots
[second or third] in the hitting or
der for the Cougars this year.
Laurie Nielson, outfield, com
bines good speed and the ability to
slide, giving strong offense from
the second hitting spot.
“I classify her as one of the hard
est workers on the team. She has
good foot speed and is a good
hunter, slapper,” said Fiskum.
Clackamas has 10 games left be
fore division action. Fiskum wants
to play everyone during the pre
season to find the best fit “like all
the pieces to put a puzzle together.”
The Cougars began the season
last night against Pacific
University’s varsity team.
“Typically they are our tough
est opponent. We play every year;
it is a great measuring stick to see
how ready we are,” said Fiskum.
The game is not scored, but
“let us practice in a game-like
condition.”
Clackamas’ first home game
is Saturday against Highline in a
12:30 p.m.doubleheader.
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