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Champions: Demos powers team past Spokane Clackamas players surround sophomore Kriss Demos after her three-run home run in the first game against Spokane on Saturday. Continued from page 1 Joell Whitton had a strong defensive showing in thé game that helped shutout SWOCC. “Joell Whittoh had à great’ throw to third base to catch a girl stealing and picked off the saine gift at first base. She is S WOCC’s most dangerous base run ner,” said Fiskum. “She made two great plays that were instrumental in the win afe-Qift jüfi b j'jii ai f Saturday was a rematch of last.year’s tournament. Clackamas beat. Spokane twiceio win the tournament. This is the second year Clackamas has had to béat Spokape twice on the way to the cham pionship. Spokane, Clackamas and Lower Columbia are the only teams to win a NWAACC championship in the last eleven years. “When I came into the league, Spo kane was the powerhouse. Since I have been in the league, three schools have won the championship. Lower Colum bia beat Spokane in the final in '94. Spo- Summer Jobs! Advertising /sales 20% Commission. All Star Publications 234-5633 Help! Graduate in June is receiving slack for not requiring enough tickets for family members! If you have not petitioned for graduation and have extra tickets I would greatly appreciate your help in receiving extras to get family members off my back! 6 more are needed to fulfill this. Please call at 65.0- 3690. Do You Study On Campus? We Want To Hear From You! Do you feel there is not enough study space on campus? Does the available study space meet your needs? Can you study with/without noise? Do you have suggestions for better study space? Please email: FROE2093@Clackamas.cc.or.us. Shelter Program Supervisor, Comprehensive Domestic Violence Agency. Oversee shelter program. Supervise all direct service shelter staff. Agency committed to diversity. Excellent benefits. Salary $21,000 annually. For agency application call 722-2366. Closes April 21, 1997. Equal Opportunity Employer. '78 VW Van, five passenger, 85,000 miles, one owner, with mounted snow tires. $18,000. For more info call 632-7648. kane has got almost all second and third place,” said Fiskum. “Those people in Spokane have to wonder what they could have done with out Clackamas in NWAACC. In the last two cross-over tournaments and the last two NWAACCs, we h'aVe beaten them four [total] times,” Said Fiskum. Clackamas beat Spokane 4-3 in the first game after coming back twice. ‘ “We basically came back twice. They scored on a ball that Kelly Comstock lost in the sun. We had trouble getting much going until the fifth,” said Fiskum. • “We didn’t have the great defense we had on Friday. We had two errors that contributed.to runs. If we hadn’t made any errors, Lisak would have had a shut out,” said Fiskum. . After going down. 1 -0 Stacy Peacock tied the game in the fifth. “Stacey had a solid season when she got to play. It was a kind of situation where we had too many people. The people who were ahead were all sopho mores,” Said Fiskum. However, Clackamas went into the Summer Work! Excellent resume experience.No experience necessary, training pro vided. Excellent compensation. Pay up to $10.25/ hr. Plus incentives. All majors apply. Conditions exist. Call after finals. Portland (503)641-1995 or Vancouver (360) 735-1587. bottom of the sixth down 3-1. “Now we were down 3-1 and had two more chances to tie it up,” said Fiskum. Jackie Obrust and Koehler got on base in the first two at bats of the inning. With two outs, Demos stepped up to the plate and hit a three-run homer, giving the Cougars the lead for good. “Demos earned her MVP [tourna ment] right there without a doubt. That is ‘the’ hit. You could very well say that hit won the tournament for us. If you lose that game, it is extremely difficult to do,” said Fiskum. Clackamas won the championship in '95, coming back through the losers’ bracket. “She got all of it [the ball]. Everyone was like ‘It is gone! ’ There was no doubt. It left the park in a hurry and landed 30 feet beyond the fence. That is one of the more dramatic hits a kid can have in a life,” said Fiskum. Demos won the MVP beating out Lisak. Each coach gets one vote. “More pitchers won the MVP than any other position. You could certainly have made a very good case for Robin. All the coaches voted. I only got one vote. It really came down to Kriss or Robin,” said Fiskum, “A really deserving award, considering her RBI production for the tournament. Especially when you are down and you don’t do what happened [the home run], you are probably going to lose a game." "Kriss has had two good years for us, two-time all league player. To step up big as a batter like that, she has a lot of heart. RBIs for the tournament, Clackamas 12, Demos 6,” said Fiskum. After Spokane came back through the losers’ bracket, Clackamas beat them 4- 2 in them in the championship game Saturday afternoon. The Cougars jumped out to a two to nothing lead in tffcsecond. " ' ;■ “We jumped up to a 2-0 lead. Robin [Lisak] was in total control, shutting them down,” said Fiskum. Clackamas doubled the lead in the fourth with runs scored by Peacock and Obrust. “Another of the big hits of the tourna ment was a single to left center by Lisa Hosford knocking in two runsj Those two runs proved to be the game winning runs,” said Fiskum. bi Spokane came back with two runs, but Clackamas did not let up. “Robin may have been getting tired by then [sixth inning]. She hadn’t played 14 innings [in one day] all year. They ended up scoring another run off three straight base hits. She had only given up three hits up until then [in the game]. She had six strike outs and two walks. Against a, good hitting team like Spo kane, that is a good day’s work,” said Fiskum. “We still had the two run lead. We were never in major trouble. She shut them down then in the seventh. -Jackie Obrust had a real nice Catch for the last play of the day. They hit it hard. Jackie made a real nice catch on it.” Jodi Koehler led the team in the sea son and during the tournament in bat ting average and got all-tournament hon ors. ■ “She led us ,in runs, scored four. She really knows her strike zone. She went 5-9 and had a couple of walks. She was on base eight times,” said Fiskum. “She also made a major league slide in the Highline game, with a big old catcher on the plate coming in the back door. It isn’t a play everyone can make. She had a great tour nament like she did all year.” Viol and Comstock also got all-touma- ment honors. “Viol was our lead-off hitter. She went 4-13, but hit the cover off the ball. She knocked in a run when we were down l-0 in the first Spo kane game,” said Fiskum. “Comstock’s per formance was a com- bination of great pitching and batting. She started the tour nament with a shut out She. had solid hitting, but it wasn’t up to.her caliber,” said Fiskum. “Mentally we were right where we needed to be. • Not cocky, but totally confident. We really played well, jumping JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print on that pitcher.” One of Clackamas’ strengths through out the tournament was bunting. Four Cougars had multiple sacrifice bunts. Another of “We bunted as well as we have all year. the big hits We really focused on that. So many of the RBIs won’t be there if you don’t put the tournament runners into the position,” saicfFiskum. tt “It looks so routine, but it is not easy. As a team, during the tournament, we had sacrifice bunts, and we executed very, very well.” Lisak, Viol, Koehler and Whitton will partici pate in the Sophomore All- Star game in Bremerton, Wash. Thursday. Fiskum feels six Cougars could go, but NWAACC rules say each team must have at least one player in the Are you interested in making a difference in a child's life? Volunters are needed for a new after school state program for kids. If you would like to be a part of this new program begin ning fall 1997, stop by CC140 and ask for Tiffany Fine. game. Demos will travel with the group and Fiskum hopes to get her in as an al ternate. Clackamas has won six championships in the last seven years. However, Your Fellow Students Need You! Incom ing students need your help to discover what Clackamas has to offer. If you would like to be part of this new program that will run this .summer, Please stop by CC140 and talk to Tiffany Fine or call X2247, for more information. Thanks! Part-Time Work if you are interested in jour nalism and have some experience with publishing newsletters, Wilson Construction Company is look ing for a person to develop and publish a monthly newsletter for our company. Please contact Patti at 263-6882. Volunteer for parents anonymous childrens groups. 1981 VW Jetta 700 miles rebuilt engineArans- mission, new breaks, 5-speed, 4-door, AC, alloy wheels, excellent condition inside and out, extra goodies forCCC students/staff! $2,300 Call Tim atX2277. Wednesday, May 21, 1997 The Childrens Group is dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect and providing a safe environment. One year commitment Training starts on June 2. Contact Lynette at 238-8819. Also need Children Group Specialist for summer only. yy Paul Fiskum Softball Coach Fiskum notes that what this team did was special in it self. “What these kids ac complished this year is what is important. They did it themselves. They came back from behind all Help! Need graduation tickets. If you have ex tras, could you please contact me. Kathleen Milne- 622-37578. was a single by Lisa Hosford [above] knocking in two runs. Those two runs proved to be the game winning runs. BRENDON NEAL,/ Clackamas Print Joell Whitton was named to the Southwest Division All-Star team and will be playing in the Sophomore All-Star game, Thursday. year and that shows heart and character,” said Fiskum. Volume XXX, Issue 26 7
