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Sports
WedNEsdAy, ApRil 25, 2001
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Shanks, Holscher, Warfield pitch well, but no offense sinks Cougars
Baseball loses four of five, fall to 6-14 on the season
FRANKJORDAN
Sports Editor
The Clackamas baseball team
had another dismal week, losing
four out of five games and falling
to 6-14 on the season.
Tuesday, CCC took on Linn-
Benton on the Cougar diamond.
Clackamas fell behind early, trail
ing 8-3 in the fourth inning.
Clackamas rallied with five runs in
the fifth, two more in the sixth and
a single tally in the eighth in the
11-8 comeback win.
Kevin Lupp was the winning
pitcher for CCC, pitching “a half
way decent ballgame,” according
to Head Coach Robin Robinson.
“We had some defensive problems
early on in the game but the kids
held in there and we finally strung
some hits together to make up the
ground.”
Thursday, CCC took on Mt.
Hood CC in a make-up double
header on the Clackamas field. The
Cougars played one good game
and one bad one, eventually los
ing both ends of the twinbill by
scores of 11 -1 and 1 -0.
In the first game, a combination
of poor defense and poor pitching
proved to be the Cougars’ undo
ing. Mt. Hood put together sepa
rate four-run rallies in-the second
and third innings enroute to the 11-
1 romp.
Aaron Shanks threw a three-hit
ter from the mound in the second
game, but the Cougars could only
scratch out two hits in the 1 -0 loss.
“Shanks threw another great
game for us, but again we couldn’t
come up with any offense, as has
been the case much of this year,”
said Robinson. “If we could come
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Jeff Mi ken of Clackamas gets a base hit against Linn-Benton CC in the first game of a doubleheader held yesterday on the Cougar
diamond. Results were not available at press time. Complete results will be published in next week's edition of The Print.
up with some runs, our record
would be looking much better than
it actually is.”
Saturday, the Cougars took on
league-leading Chemeketa CC in a
home doubleheader. Luke
Holscher and Wes Warfield com
bined on a six-hitter for CCC, but
the Cougar offense couldn’t come
up with the hits at. the right times
in a 3-2 loss.
“Both Luke and Wes pitched
great games for us, but we didn’t
hit the ball when we heeded to give
them some support,” Robinson
said. “Same old story for us this
season. Another solid pitching
effort wasted.”
In the second game, Clackamas
used several pitchers, although
none had particularly good out
ings, and the Cougars fell to
Chemeketa 10-1.
“We used five pitchers in the
nightcap, but no one had any
rhythm, and Chemeketa beat the
heck out of us,” Robinson com
mented. “A combination of field
ing errors and a lack of offense put
us in a hole, and we couldn’t dig
ourselves out of it.”
Clackamas takes on Mt. Hood
CC on Saturday in Gresham, then
comes back home for a nine-in
ning game against Chemeketa on
Tuesday. The Mt. Hood double
header begins at 1 p.m., and the
Cougars’ home game against
Chemeketa begins at 3 p.m. on the
Cougar diamond.
Softball s plits four last week
DAISY BAIN
Staff Writer
Clackamas softball hosted a 16-
iam crossover tournament at Delta
Park last weekend where they
ilayed two games. They were
*ained out the second day.
In Saturday's game one, the
gars played Green River Com
ity College, who have an 18-9
nd, and brought home a 3-2 win.
Darby Needham, who had been
n rehabilitation the last few
lonths, pitched for the first time
his season, throwing three in-
ings.
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“She brings a different style of
pitching to the team,” said Coach
Paul Fiskum.
Vanessa Holm threw the last four
innings, allowing no hits.
The second game sent the Cou
gars home with long faces.
Chemeketa crushed Clackamas 8-
0.
“They have a great pitcher, the
best we’ve seen all year,” said
Fiskum. “We got out-played.”
In the NWAA£C Softball stand
ings, Chemeketa and Clackamas
are tied for second place.
On Thursday, the Cougars
played Centralia, coming home with
one loss and one win.
In game one, Clackamas won 5-
2. Holm pitched six innings with
one walk, one strikeout and gave
up six hits. Casey Lapp relieved in
the seventh, contributing three
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Week
walks.
Players with multiple hits were
Hargrave, batting three out of four
with three singles and two RBI’s.
Lawrence was two for three at the
plate with two singles and one RBI.
Game two was a loss for the Lady
Cougars, 3-2. Lapp threw three
strikeouts, allowing four walks and
six hits.
“We thought the umpire's zone
was really hurting us,” said
Fiskum. “Yet there were very few
mistakes by either team.”
Multiple hits included Lepschat,
hitting two for three, a single and a
double and Hargrave hitting two
for three.
The Lady Cougars will be play
ing again at home against Mt.
Hood Community College. First
pitch is scheduled at 2 p.m. Satur
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MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Tiffany Lepschat is
hitting .370 this year and
has thrown out two po
tential winning runs at
the plate so far this
year. Her position in
Centerfield makes her
the captain of the out
field. Lepschat is a
freshman at Clackamas
and is a graduate of
Forest Grove High
School.