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WedNEsdAy, ApRil 11, 2001
TN e CI ac I camas P rint
Team playing well, but having trouble putting teams away
FRANKJORDAN
Sports Editor
The Clackamas Cougar baseball
team has suffered the late-inning
blues lately, falling to 0-5 in the
Southern Division standings.
Last Thursday, the Cougars had
division leader Chemeketa on the
ropes in game one of a double
header, leading 3-0 in the eighth
inning? A combination of untimely
pitching and shoddy defense led
to a six-run outburst, which proved
to be costly in Chemeketa’s 6-3
win.
The Cougars' bad luck contin
ued in the second game of the
twinbill, with Clackamas being held
to three hits in a 3-0 loss.
“We played pretty well, but we
carried over the bad momentum
from the first game and we just
never could put anything positive
together once the second game
started,” Head Coach Robin
Robinson said. “Chemeketa has a
very talented group of kids and
when talented teams are on a roll
many good things will happen
with them; unfortunately, that was
a bad thing for us.”
The Cougars took on Linfield
College on Saturday at Cougar
Field, with Clackamas getting
outplayed in a 7-2 loss.
“Some of the same troubles that
have been hitting us lately just
came out against Linfield, although
at a much earlier time,” Robinson
said. “Our timing in batting just
wasn’t there and Linfield took care
of what they had to do to get the
win.”
“Our pitching has been solid, but
not spectacular,” stated Robinson.
“Just like the rest of our game, if
we could hold our momentum
through until the end of the game
instead of it just leaving us in the
late innings, we would be much
better off than we have been.”
Clackamas began a long
homestand yesterday with a
doubleheader against Mt. Hood.
Results were not available at press
time but a complete recap of those
games will be in the next edition of
the Print.
“It’s going to be good for us to
play some games at home for a
change; we just haven’t had a lot
of games, on our own turf as of yet,”
said Robinson.
All Cougar home games begin
at 1p.m.
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Cougar infielder Jeff Mi ken (11) slides into second base with a run-producing double in the bottom of
the second inning in Clackamas' game with Chemeketa CC last Thursday. The Cougars eventually
lost the first game of the doubleheader 6-3. CCC also lost the second game by a score of 3-0.
Cougar softball loses doubleheader to
DAISY BAIN
Staff Writer
The Lady Cougars lost both ends
of a doubleheader on Monday to
Lower Columbia CC. LowerColum-
bia is the defending champions this
year and were expected to be a hard
team to beat.
“We didn’t have our best game, but
wedidn’tplay bad,” said Head Coach
Paul Fiskum.
Their pitcher was conference MVP
her freshman year.
‘We hit well against her. We only
had one strikeout, and we hit a lot of
line drives,” saidFiskum.
Darcy Hertel hit two doubles dur
ing the first game but was injured while
covering home plate. She was taken
to the hospital, and was declared O.K.,
but didn’t get to return for the second
game.
“It was tough losing her,” said Fis-
kum. The Cougars lost the first game
by a score of 7-2.
Game two looked a little better for
Clackamas. Holm pitched well and
Cheristy Hargrave tied the game in the
fifth inning, hitting a triple, which
knocked in Tiffany Lepschat. Later,
Melissa Borde hit a single bringing
home Hargrave. Unfortunately that
wasn’t enough. Lower Columbia got
one more run to win the game 3-2.
The Lady Cougars softball team
started their pre-season in Arizona,
leaving with a 2-2 record.
The first game was against Chan
dler-Gilbert Community College on Fri
day March 23, where the Lady Cou
gars won in 10 innings.
Casey Lapp threw very well, toss
ing 11 strikeouts, and Cathy Lawrence
hit a single bringing in Erin Murphy
with the winning run in the top of the
10th inning.
In game two, Vanessa Holm pitched
well with eight strikeouts. Nicole Staley
and Melissa Borde were the leading
hitters of the game with two hits apiece.
CCC won game two by a score of 6-4.
Also in Arizona, the softball team
played against Scottsdale Community
College.
“We played horribly,” said Fiskum,
referring to their 8-0 loss with seven
errors made by the Cougars. Game
two was better,but the Cougars suf
fered a 3-2 loss.
On March 30, the game against Mt.
Hood Community College was moved
to Clackamas.
“We played really well,” said Fis
kum. The Cougars took the win by a
score of 6-4.
‘ Wereally hit the ball well,” saidFis-
S
kum. LeadingoffensivelywereCathy
Lawrence, Darcy Hertel and Julia
Driggers with two hits each. The Cou
gars had 11 base hits altogether. ‘We
showed what we’re really capable of,”
saidFiskum.
With four errors, the girls were down
6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh
inning.
“It was one of the more exciting in
nings I’ve ever been around,” said Fis
kum. The Cougars retaliated with five
base hits, bringing home four runs.
Julia Driggers had the winning base
hit, which brought Darcy Hertel home,
winning the game 7-6.
The next game will be at home
against Grays Harbor on April 13.
Starting pitch is scheduled at 3p.m.
Holliday sets U.S. junior college pole vault record
Track returns from successful Stanford trip
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On the road is where the Clacka
mas track team has been lately.
March 31 and April 1, the Cougars
were in sunny California for the
Stanford Invite.
Mary Murphy, the current
NWAACC leader in the high jump,
was able to capture sixth place
overall with her 5’ 7” jump. This is
especially notable because most of
the other jumpers were from Divi
sion 1 schools. Murphy was the
only junior college competitor to
place in the top 20.
In pole vaulting, Becky Holliday
finished sixth, but her high point
came a couple weeks prior. Holliday
broke the national record for jun
ior college pole vault and she now
holds the record for highest jump.
. Clackamas’ other woman athlete
who did exceptionally well at
Stanford was Krystal Schneider.
Her 41’5” shot put was the second
farthest throw in her life.
Cory Loebl and Matt Solosabal
were the leaders in the men’s com
petition. Loebl broke Clackamas’
record in discus by throwing 100’
2” at Stanford. Solosabal had an
excellent run in the 5000, finishing
at 15:28.94. This is a “great fresh
man time,” according to Head
Track Coach Jack Kegg.
After the weekend in California
and a short break, the teams went
to Coos Bay for the Southern Re
gion Preview. This was another
very
strong
showing for
Clackamas, who had four athletes
finish in the top five in their events,
and five number one finishes.
Jonas Welsch placed third in the
400 and also made a qualifying mark
for this year’s NWAACC Champi
onships.
Matt Tondreau, who competed
in his first event of the year be
cause of the conclusion of basket
ball, won the high jump, with a
jump of 6’2”. He also placed fifth
in the triple jump.
Rounding out the men’s perfor
mances was Cory Loebl who out-
threw the competition to win both
the discus and shot put events.
Whitney Bond, who won the
high jump with a 5’2” finish, led
the women. This was good enough
for a top-10 performance in
Clackamas’ school history. Bond
is number three in the NWAACC
for high jump, behind her teammate
Mary Murphy. Becky Holliday won
the 200, placed second in the 100
and in the long jump. With all of
these accomplishments, Head
Coach Jack Kegg is pleased with
how the season is going.
“We started well. We’re a little
stronger this year,” said Kegg. “We
have several conference leaders.”