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15 WedNEsdAy, D ecem B er 1, 1999 TldE CI ac I camas P rint Clackamas gains respect, captures 5th SALENA DE LA CRUZ Sports Co-Editor Clackamas ended the season on a high note. Though the Volleyball women placed fifth in NWAACC (Northwestern Athletics Associa tion of Community Colleges) Cham pionships, it was what it took to get them there that mattered. “First of all, we concluded our sea son peaking at the right time. It was an incredible season. Clackamas did very well,” said Kathie Woods, head coach. Clackamas did very well and ex ceeded many people’s expectations. “We exceeded many other’s ex pectations of ourselves. We met my expectations and that’s hard to do. As a coach you set high expecta tions and we met them. I’m walking away thinking we did very well; and we did,” added Woods. Clackamas felt that during the sea son they lost a lot of respect from people. “We earned a lot of respect back. A lot of people thought Clackamas wasn’t the team it had been,” said Woods. Clackamas put up a fight through out the season and was able to main tain it throughout the NWAACC Championships. “This team learned what it was like to fight and they did fight. It was incredible because everyone was rooting for Clackamas because of how hard we played,” saidWoods. Clackamas had lost two players to unavoidable situations leaving eight people from the original ten. “You’re talking about eight people in a tournament situation fighting for their lives,” said Woods. Nikki Tilton played the middle blocker position. Being five feet four inches Tilton was fighting against blockers who were six feet and over. “Nikki had the tournament of her life,” said Woods. Clackamas lost to Big Bend in their first fight of the Championships, which put them in the losers’ bracket. The final score against Big Bend was 7-15,10-15,15-11, and 8- 15. Clackamas then took on Lower Columbia College and sent them packing with final scores 15-11,15- 9. The Cougars went on to play Pierce on Friday and defeated them in the second and third games. Pierce was ranked higher than Clackamas going into the match. Final score results were 8-15,15-9, 15-12. The Cougars then matched up against the Chemeketa Storm, but Storm swooped in the second and third games to blow Clackamas away. “We went in and beat them the first game. Then lost the second game be cause it was a kind of loss of intensity. The third game picked up again and it was a lot closer than the score said it was,’’said Woods. OnceChemeketaeliminatedClacka- mas, the Cougars were left in fifth place, tied with Big Bend. The final score was 16-14,6-15,and 8-15. Jessica Rowley, Kimber Yoik and Tilton will go onto the All-Star Tour nament to be held Dec. 4,1-3 p.m. Clackamas ended the season with a league record of seven wins and five losses. The overall record for Clacka mas was 30/18 win/loss. Cougars Kimber York and Dasha Wakefield battled many top schools at the NWAACC Championships in Green River, WA on Nov. 18-20, but were unable to dominate. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DICK CLOUSER Come Join Us! In the study of the historic and prophetic book of Daniel Clackamas Federal Credit Union McLoughlin Bldg, room 206 6 p.m to 8 p.m. Wednesdays 270 Warner Milne Road Oregon City 503-656-0671 Questions will be answered in the second hour of class on any Bible Prophesy or End Time topics. 10400 SE Main Milwaukie 503-653-7788 Call 503-656-6006 for info. Tuition: Free!
