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The CkckAMAS 8________ P rint Wednesday, October 7, 1998 Spirit, hard work leads small squad Clackamas determined for success as strong competition looms ahead JOHN THORBURN Sports Editor Cougar Football The first annual Pigskin Pandemonium is set for Tues day and Thursday, Oct. 20 and 22 from 12-1 p.m. The friendly football games are are open to Clackamas stu dents and staff. Teams will be six players, co-ed, and a mini mum of two players from each gender must be represented. High action and low action levels are offered. For more information, call ext. 2298. This is an official Cougar Club event. FCA Come and learn about the fun, challenge and adventure of the Christian life! The Fellowship of Christian Athletes meets every Thurs day from 12-1 p.m. in Randall 012 for fellowship, games, food and fun. Everyone is welcome. Volleyball Tonight For information and direc tions for tonight's volleyball match against Chemeketa at Salem, call ext. 2298 or stop in the P.E./Athletic Office in Randall Hall. The men's and women's cross country-teams have had a tough but succesful start to their season. The Cougars remain contenders in the hunt for a Southern Region title despite having only five com petitors on the women's side of the course while the men face strong competition in the nearby Mt. Hood Saints. "The men and women are steadily improving every week," said first-year Head Coach Mike Hickey. "The men have a good shot at the Southern Region title and an outside shot at the north west title. "The women have a great team attitude," added Hickey. "We only have five runners and all five are very good, but it makes it tough. It’s great to watch them, though, because their spirit really brings the team together." At the recent Willamette Uni versity Invite on Saturday, the women turned in a hard-fought performance. Tyana Moralez was the first Cougar to cross the finish line with a season's best time of 19:18. Coach Hickey's top freshman recruit, Tiffany Edwards, soon fol lowed at 20:46. Emily Schmierer [21:29], Erin Stapish [22:24] and Jamie Reidy [22:50] rounded out the Cougars' competitors. Stapish, also a starting out fielder on last year's softball team, TIM BELL / Clackamas Print Clackamas Cross Country 1998: The Cougars have been succesful In the team's early going and look to have a strong showing in the upcoming Southern Region Championships as well as the 1998 NW A ACC Championships in November. and Reidy each earned season's best times. On the men's side, the Cougars finished 12th among 32 .schools competing in at the meet held at Bush Park in Salem. Ahrlin Bauman led Clackamas in the 8150 meters; as he finished 20th in a time of 25:59. Bauman earned himself an all-star award for his personal best finish. Paul Kezes was the second Cou gar runner to finish as he placed 41st among 298 competitors as he recorded a time of 26:41. Tim Winter [27:14], Andy Monhead [27:45], Jason Bennet [27:49], Jay Hawkey [28:09] and Andrew Wall [28:11] also re corded times for Clackamas. Winter, Monhead, Bennet and Hawkey all recorded personal bests. This week, Clackamas travels to Tacoma, Washington to compete in the Pacific Lutheran Invite. "Our success will really depend on the training and conditioning we do in the next month," noted Coach Hickey. • The Clackamas Cross Country Team is headed up by a new face this fall. Former Clackamas runner Mike Hickey [1992-94] takes over for Mike Hodges -one of the most succesful coaches in league history. Hickey won two NWAACC individual championships as a Cougar. "As a coach," noted Hickey "I'm using the same fundamentals that Mike Hodges used. It just works.' Moss: New teammates support troubled player Continued from page 7 good kid. It’s easy to say "once a trouble maker, always a troublemaker," but people can change and clean up their act, much like cleaning up a room. Something clicked in his mind after he was forced out of his second college. Randy cleaned him self up. He went back to West Vir ginia, where Marshall University of fered him a scholarship. They may have been a poor team, but a chance was a chance. Randy responded quickly to the chance, catching 78 passes for 1709 yards and 28 touchdowns and aver aging 34.5 yards pre kickoff return as a freshman. He broke several of Jerry Rice’s receiving records that year. That performance prompted Marshall to move up to the tough est Division, Division 1-A. Randy put up phenomenal numbers the next year (1997), catching 90 passes for 1647 yards and 25 touchdowns while breaking his own records and setting several new ones. He even finished in the top five in Heisman Trophy voting (awarded to college football's Best Player.). He entered the National Foot ball League draft last spring where he was expected to be a Top Five pick. But reputations follow you,, and his highly public reputation caused him to drop to the 21st overall pick. There the Minnesota Vikings picked him, seeing a per son who has been clean of all problems for two years. This was the best thing to ever happen to him. Coach Dennis Green had a reputation himself. He was known for cleaning up troubled people, and Randy has been clean for two years. To ensure further progress, Randy has chosen fellow teammate Cris Carter (an All-Pro and future Hall of Famer who used to be abu sive and Mixed up in Alcohol and drugs, but has been clean for over 10 years and is now an ordained minister) as a mentor, buying a house next door to him. Living next to Cris both in-season and off-season, Randy has shown more improvement, quickly becoming one of the teams most popular and pro ductive players. He leads the Vikings in three out of four receiving catego ries with 22 catches for 463 yards and 6 touchdowns while averaging 21.0 yards per catch after just five games. Improving more every day, Randy has now achieved what he always wanted-playing on the same NFL team as his half-brother Eric Moss for team mates and fans that love him. Randy is on his way to a Hall of Fame and All- Pro career, and this time around, noth ing can stop him. A glimpse of life as a Concordia student! 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