Sports
TU e CI ac I camas P rint
Error leads to only CCC win of week
Cougar baseball drops three
of four; end of season near
though he pitched a decent
bailgame, the SWOCC offense was
too much on this night. Clackamas
strung 10 hits together on the
night, but CCC couldn’t bunch the
hits together enough to keep them
in the ballgame.
Saturday, the Cougars again
took on SWOCC in a home double
header. Clackamas survived seven
field-
ing errors in the
first game to
win 5-4 in
10 in
nings,
but
SWOCC
came back
in the sec
ond game
defeating
Clackamas
FRANKJORDAN
Sports Editor
The Cougars’ baseball team
suffered through another week,
losing three out of four to di
vision rivals.
Thursday, Clackamas ,
played a makeup game
against Chemeketa CC and
despite a quick start, the
Cougars fell to the Chiefs
8-6.
Matt Cooksey contin I
i
ued his hot hitting, belt
ing a two-run homer
in the bottom of
the first to
give CCC a
quick 2-0
lead.
Chemeketa countered the
Cougar effort with two runs
of their own in the top of
the second, then added
three more runs in the fourth
to take a lead that they
wouldn ’ t relinquish.
“We played pretty well
early
on
against
Chemeketa but we
couldn’t keep up the
momentum,” said Head
Coach Robin Robin
son. “If we hit late .’
against them instead
w
of early then we could
have beat a very
good team.”
Friday, the Cou
gars took on South
western Oregon CC ~
in a nine-inning 4VPHL
contest on the CCC
t R.
diamond.
Clackamas came out
swinging from the start but
couldn’t put enough hits at key
times together and lost the game
12-4.
Luke Holscher was the starting
pitcher for Clackamas, and al
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Clackamas
came out in the
first inning
t a k -
P
Clackamas freshman
outfielder J.R.
Richardson gets ready
to make contact at the
plate during a recent
game.
ing a quick 1-0 lead but Southwest
ern Oregon came back in the sec
ond scoring three runs to take the
lead. SWOCC led 4-2 in the eighth
inning before CCC got a couple of
key hits to plate two runs and tie
the game at 4. In the bottom of the
tenth, with the score still tied, Matt
Paulsen got on base with one out.
He took second on a fielder’s
choice, then tried to steal third.
SWOCC’s catcher made a less-
than-perfect throw to third, the
third baseman couldn’t field the
throw, and Paulsen trotted home
with the winning run.
“We took a serious gamble on
that play; common baseball logic
says that you don’t try to steal
third if you have a man in scoring
position,” said Robinson. “The
problem is that logic only applies
when your team is hitting well,
which we aren’t. We thought it was
a good time to try to manufacture a
run. I thought that the next pitch
was going to be a curveball, so we
gave Paulsen the green light. He
probably should have been out on
that play but we got a break when
the catcher made a poor throw. We
will take the win.”
In the second game, Brandon
Gleich threw a solid ballgame, but
the Cougars came up on the losing
end of the scoreboard, 4-1.
SWOCC came up with single tal
lies in the second, fourth, sixth and
seventh innings to win the game.
Clackamas could only muster three
hits and a single run in the fifth.
“All of our pitchers have been
throwing a lot better lately, espe
cially Aaron (Shanks),” said Rob
inson. “He is just throwing aw
fully well. Itisjusttoobadthatwe
haven’t given any of our throwers
apy run support. We are playing
much better defense, save for the
first game Saturday against
Southwestern Oregon. We
are almost the worst team
JF in the NWAACC in hitting
the ball; we just need to
string together some runs.”
Clackamas finishes up the regu
lar season next week on the road for
a single game against Lane CC in
Eugene, in Corvallis for a double-
header against Linn-Benton on Sat
urday and the final home action on
Thursday, May 17 against Lane CC.
The Lane CC doubleheader begins
at 1 p.m. on the CCC diamond.
WEdNEsdAy, M ay 9, 2001
Softball players of
the week
Hertel
Hertel, a sophomore
catcher and a
graduate of Madison
School in
Portland, has gone 11
for 23 at the plate this
season, has knocked
in seven runs and
stolen eight bases.
Casey Lapp
Lapp, a freshman
pitcher and a
graduate of Forest
Grove High School,
has allowed only two
earned runs in her
last four starts on the
mound. She has
struck out 20 batters
and allowed only
seven walks.
Baseball schedule
Sat., May 12 vs. Linn-Benton @ Albany
Thur., May 17 vs. Lane @ Eugene 1 p.m.
Softball schedule
Fri., May 11 vs. Centralia @ home 3 p.m.
Sat., May 12 vs. Pierce College @ home
p.m.
Coach says ’’Toughest week we’ve ever faced”
Hard week in softball leaves Cougars with split record
DAISY BAIN
Staff Writer
The Lady Cougar’s softball
team played five double head
ers in seven days, bringing
home a four and four record last
week that proved to be one of
the toughest weeks softball
has seen in years.
“The way we played excited
me a lot,” said Coach Paul
Fiskum. “It was the toughest
week schedule we’ve ever
faced.”
On Sunday, May 6 the Cou
gars had two victories against
Pierce College.
Vanessa Holm threw an im
pressive 10 strikeouts and no
walks. Multiple hits made by
Darcy
Hertel,
Cheristy
Hargrave and Erin Murphy
helped win the game 6-1.
In game two Casey Lapp
threw another outstanding
game with seven strikeouts and
no walks. At the plate Hertel,
Hargrave and Julia Driggers
were all two for three, and
Lindsey O’Byrne was two for
five.
“We did what we had to do
to win the game,” said Fiskum.
Friday, May 4 was a split
against Chemeketa Community
College. Clackamas is tied for
second with Chemeketa in the
NWAACC standings.
“This game was very intense
and competitive,” said Fiskum.
Game one was in the hands of
an international tiebreaker in
the eighth inning. Game one
ended at a 1-0 loss by the Cou
gars.
Game two ended the day on
a happier note with a 2-1 win.
Lapp threw seven strikeouts
and two walks. Melissa Borde
was two for three at the plate
bringing in one run.
Thursday, May 3 was a
double loss against Lower Co
lumbia Community College,
who is currently number one in
the NWAACC standings.
Game one was originally
scheduled for May 1, but was
rained out after three innings.
There is no official rule in the
collegiate rule handbook for
rain delays, so they referred to
ASA rules and started game
one in the third inning the next
day.
Lower Columbia started the
third inning with a 1-0 lead and
ended the game with a 3-2 win.
“We lost a heartbreaker though
we felt we played pretty well,”
said Fiskum. “They look like
they may be the champions.”
Game two was a one-point
game at a 4-3 loss for the Cou
gars.
The Cougars were ahead 3-0
most of the game yet lost four
runs in the sixth inning.
Hertel was two for three at the
plate and had one run and one
RBI. Hargrave hit a triple bring
ing in one run and Borde also
had one RBI.
On Wednesday, May 2
Clackamas split with Mt. Hood
CC.
Game one was one of the
worst games the team has
played all year with a 6-3 loss.
The team had four errors and
only two of the six runs made
by Mt. Hood were earned.
“We were all disappointed
about the way we played,” said
Fiskum.
Game two looked up when
Clackamas shut out Mt. Hood
at 4-0. Casey Lapp threw five
strikeouts, three walks and al
lowed only four hits. Erin
Murphy hit two for three and
Hertel was one for one.
The Lady Cougars are play
ing Centralia on Friday, May 11
at Clackamas. First pitch is
scheduled for 3 p.m. Another
home game against Pierce Com
munity College is scheduled for
Saturday at 3 p.m.