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Sports
TI he CI ac I< amas P rínt
The Road
to the Cup
Sophomore Dani
Sol dan i gets a sign from
Clackamas Head Coach
Denise Nasuta. Both
Soldani and Nasuta
haven't enjoyed the
same success that they
did last year but are in a
position to make a run
for the playoffs in the
next two weeks.
KIM HARNEY
Contributing Writer
The Portland Winter Hawks are on more than one mis
sion in this '98 postseason.
They are not only out to win the league and advance to
the Memorial Cup tournament, they are out to prove that
they are worthy of their #1 ranking in all of junior hockey.
They are talented, determined, focused, and just two wins
away from the Memorial Cup having defeated the 6th place
Seattle Thunderbirds in 5 games and earning a second round
bye, due to their regular season championship.
The Hawks were rested and eager to meet the Spokane
Chiefs who many felt would be the Hawks strongest com
petition in the post-season. The Hawks would take a two-
week break into the series while the Chiefs had won two
hard-fought series with the Kelowna Rockets and Prince
George Cougars and would come in with just two days rest.
The two teams would not disappoint. Fighting through
nagging injuries, hard-fought games, and unbelievable
goaltending the teams would take the series to an emotional
game 7 in Portland. The teams never said die with the Hawks
scoring the eventual game and series winner with 15 min
utes left in game 7.
Brent Belecki was stellar in goal and held the swarming
Chiefs off in the final minute of play to help the Hawks
become the Western Division Champions and advance to
the WHL finals.
Despite the thrilling game 7 win the Hawks were already
preparing to meet the Eastern Division Champions Bran
don Wheat Kings.
Despite the Hawks season-long number one ranking, many
believed the bigger, stronger, Wheat Kings would be quite a
challenge for the finesse-oriented Hawks.
The Hawks would once^gain make non-believers believ
ers with a convincing 7-3 win in game 1 and a 5-1 thrashing
in game 2.
The Hawks are currently taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-
seven series on the road and will play game 3 tonight, the
first of three games in Brandon.
Should the Hawks win the series they will be bringing
home the president’s trophy for the first time since 1982.
If Brandon is able to regroup, games 6 and 7 will be next
Tuesday and Wednesday in Portland.
The Hawks season-long goal, the Memorial Cup, will
take place May 9-17 in Spokane and will feature the three
best teams in junior hockey with representatives from the
WHL, Ontario league, and Quebec league along with the
host team, Spokane Chiefs. The tournament will be a
week-long round-robin to determine who will become the
1998 champions.
The Hawks believe this is their year, you can listen to
tonight's Game 3 on 970 AM and follow the Hawks Road to
the Cup at www.winterhawks.com.
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Sports Editor
The softball team looked good on Friday.
They didn't on Saturday.
Things have gone that way all season for the three-time de
fending Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
[NWAACC] champions.
"I've been saying it all year," said Clackamas Head Coach Denise
Nasuta. "Inconsistency is kind of becoming our theme this spring."
The frustrated coach watched her team explode for nine runs
against first place Lower Columbia in game one of a double
header.
The Red Devils of the southern Washington school were the
only team to have swept the Cougars [7-9, 14-11] going into
Friday's contests.
With rain threatening, Kelley Comstock pitched a five-hitter
against a powerful team.
"Kelley had a great game," noted Nasuta. "Lower Columbia is
a tough squad and she did a really good job.
'We scored runs in almost every inning. We did well because
everybody on the team contributed. It wasn't just the three or four
players that we've been used to this season."
Freshmen batters led the way for the Cougars.
Cecily Burton was 4-4 with two doubles and two runs batted
in. Billie Williams was 2-4 with two runs batted in, one homerun
and one double while Marissa Smith was 1-3 with a homerun,
one run batted in and two runs scored.
In game two, Cortney DuPree started the game strong as the
Cougars jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
DuPree was then chased from the game in the fifth inning after
giving up three runs and Megan Smythe replaced her.
In the sixth, the Devils scored two more runs to mkae the score
5-3.
In the seventh, Clackamas threatened but could only manage
one run and lost 5-4.
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Williams was 2-4, Burton was 2-3 while freshman Lisa Cullison
was 2-4 at the plate.
'"Ibis was a good day for us," noted Coach Nasuta. 'We played
hard all day and played with intensity. In the second game we just
came up a little short in runs but I was very pleased. It was the first
time we played as to our potential since spring break."
On Saturday, the Cougars did their best Portland Trailblazers
impression against the Centralia Trailblazers.
"It's very frustrating," noted Nasuta. 'We never know who's
going to show up and play. The inconsistent play is killing us."
Clackamas committed
seven hours in game one and
couldn't produce arun in the
3-0 loss.
In the second game, the
Cougars outhitCentialia 10-
9 but lost 6-3 for the sweep.
With only two weeks re
maining before the playofis,
the Cougars need to make
up one place in the stand
ings to qualify.
With games against
Green River and Grays Har
bor, traditionally weaker
teams, the Cougars should
make postseason play.
Coach Nasuta, however,
is not certain of anything
right now.
'We play up to the level
against teams like Lower
Columbia," said Nasuta,
"but then we turn around
and get swept by a team that
we can beat"
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