Wednesday,
October 8, 1997
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Clackamas faces Chiefs in showdown
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JOHN THORBURN
Sports Editor
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The Clackamas volleyball team has
their sights set on a championship.
After winning their 22nd consecutive
league game, the Cougars [5-0,16-5] are
well on their way to capturing the North
west Athletic Association of Community
College's [NWAACC] title for the sec
ond year in a row. The streak dates back
to October 11, 1995.
"We're going to win NWAACC's,"
said Head Coach Kathy Woods. "Last
year we had an awesome team, this year
we have an awesome team. Last year we
won the title because of our defense. This
year we have excellent defense but we're
combined with a little more offense. That
combination is going to win the title this
year."
Clackamas faced its first true test of
the season against Mt. Hood Commu
nity College this past Saturday.
"Along with Clackamas and
Chemeketa," said Woods, "Mt. Hood is
one of the best teams in the NWAACC
this year and we knew that going into
the game."
In a game that lasted more than two
hours, the Cougars outlasted the Saints 15-
10, 16-14,-13-15, and 15-10.
"It was an intense battle between two
teams that wanted to prove they were
the dominant one in the league," said
Woods. "We won the long rallies, we
played awesome defense, and just tre
mendous team ball."
This season's squad is captained by
three vbteráh áophomorés in Amy
Felando, Mattye Walsworth, and Jodi
Stirmlinger.
Walsworth's play against Mt. Hood and
Lane on Friday earned her Player of the
Week honors from her coach and team.
Walsworth, usually known for her de
fensive skills, stepped up her offense as
she finished the weekend with 45 digs
and 20 kills.
"She has always been our strongest, most
aggressive player on the floor," said Coach
Woods. "She's our digger, that's her role.
But instead of just being the most aggres
sive defender, she stepped up her game on
offense and got some kills."
Cougars look
for improvement
after weekend
meet results
ADAM CRUM
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Cross Country
teams traveled to Salem this week
end, where they competed in the
Willamette Invitational.
The women's team finished 21st
in a 28-team meet. The Cougars
were led by Cody Hayes, who fin
ished the 5K race with a time of
20:13. Twenty seconds behind at a
time of 20:33 was Tyana Moralez.
JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print
Sophomore Mattye Walsworth [right] and the Cougars put their
22-game winning streak on the line against the visting
Chemeketa Chiefs in an NWAACC volleyball showdown.
When asked about her thoughts on the
win over Mt. Hood, Walsworth re
sponded with a straight face.
"It was a warning signal," said
Walsworth. "This tells teams that are
watching us to look out because we're
good. We're real good."
Coach Woods has been ecstatic by the
play of the freshmen on the team but
points out Amy Kraljev as becoming a
true leader on the floor.
In the Cougars' past four games, Kraljev
has recorded kills at 14,9,18,and 16along
with 19 digs against Mt. Hood.
"All of our freshmen have done an out
standing job," said Woods. "But I think
she stands out a little bit because of her
athleticism. She's really stepped up as a
leader not only because of her athletic
ability, but also her maturity and com
petitive nature as well."
With the
tremendous win over
Mt Hood, the Cou
gars need to quickly
reload for tonight's
game against the vis
iting Chemeketa
Chiefs.
"This
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could easily be a preview of this year's
NWAACC championship game," said
Woods." I believe that the Southern Di
vision is the strongest in the league un
doubtedly. At the end of the season it
could be Clackamas and Chemeketa or
Clackamas and Mt. Hood."
The Chiefs came into this 1997 sea
son as one of the favorites to win the title
because they have six returning players.
"They weren't that successful last
year," said Woods. "But they have six
people returning and that's a jump on any
team. We played against Chemeketa in
a tournament in the preseason and we
lost but that doesn't mean anything be
cause games and strategies are different
in tournaments and we didn't have
Mattye against them for that tournament.
This is the real true test."
When asked if the team would make
any adjustments for the Chiefs, Coach
Woods responded frankly.
"They are going to have to adjust
around us. We don't make adjustments
for teams because we feel we're the best
team in the NWAACC. We'll play smart
and we'll play with strategies but we
won't have to make any changes. We're
the champions."
Other top individual performances
included Emily Shmear, 21:27,
Anthea Dejarnette, 21:52, and
Cassie Moorhouse, who finished in
25:17.
Despite not finishing amongst the
leaders, the ladies have continued to
improve every week.
»YWe had a good meet because [the
top five ladies] ran their seasons
bestthis weekend," said Coach Jack
Kegg. Kegg is in his first year of
duties as head coach after spending
the past three years as assistant
coach.
The men's team fared a little bet
ter than the women, placing 14th out
of 29 teams. In the 8K race, the
Cougars were led by Andy Bradley,
who placed 29th overall with a time
of 25:38. The second through fifth
place runners all finished within
eight seconds of one another. Chris
Chatfield finished with a time of
27:17. Just behind him was David
Lamar, 27:20, Jason Bennett,
27:22, and Jason Fryberg, 27:25.
Kegg was pleased with his team's
improvement, but eluded to the fact
that after Bradley, there is a dra
matic drop off.
"If our second through fifth men
run just a little bit faster, we're go
ing to be competing with the other
Southern Region schools really well
and be right in the middle of it."
The Cougar men and women
travel to Tacoma next week, where
they will compete in the Pacific
Lutheran Invitational.
Looking ahead to the meet, Kegg
feels good about both of his teams'
progress. "Our guys are running real
well as a group, but we need to move
that up a little bit and run with the
next group of runners," said Kegg.
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