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Cougars excel in tournament
NICK BARRON
Staff Writer
The Cougars volleyball team
continued their winning ways
this weekend in Spokane,
Washington, as they placed
fourth out of 12 teams in the
Spokane Crossover.
Tournament play began Fri
day, with the teams participat
ing in the Crossover being
placed in four pools of three
each. Clackamas’ first oppo
nent was North Idaho, a team
that the Cougars tore apart in
three games. Next up for the
Cougars were the Trailblazers
of Centralia College, who
posed no threat to Clackamas,
as the Cougars swept all three
games in the match. The vic
tory gave the Cougars first
place in their opening round
pool, and advanced them to the
second pool, against Shoreline
and Linn-Benton.
Clackamas faced Shoreline in
the first match of the second
pool, and finished off the Dol
phins in three games. With the
defeat of Shoreline, that left
only Linn-Benton standing in
the Cougar’s way for the cham
pionship bracket. Linn-Benton
fell prey to the Cougars attack
in three games, assuring the
Cougars at least fourth in the
Crossover.
Clackamas' volleyball team takes time for a photo at a tournament in Walla Walla.
The Cougars faced a tough
challenge in their first match in
the championship bracket, as
they faced Ricks College, a
team that ranks among the top
volleyball teams in the nation.
Clackamas lost the match
against the eventual champi
ons from Ricks, yet the Cou
gars were the only team to take
a game away from Ricks. After
the loss to Ricks, the Cougars
faced Mount Hood Community
College, a school that
Clackamas knows well.
Throughout
the
match
Clackamas fought hard, but in
the end Mount Hood were the
victors in a match that went all
five games. The loss to Ricks
and Mount Hood, coupled by
Spokane’s defeat of Mount
Hood, placed the Cougars
fourth in the tournament.
After the tournament, Cou
gars’ coach Kathie Woods had
nothing but praise for her team.
“We are playing better than
ever, and are taking the perfect
steps toward the NWAACC
(Northwest Athletic Associa
tion of Community Colleges)
Championships.” According to
Coach Woods, Clackamas is
“playing better than any other
NWAACC team.”
All-tournament honors went
to Sarah Entenman, who had
112 assists to her credit, along
with 34 digs for the Crossover.
Another benefit of Entenman's
superior play in the tournament
is her being named NWAACC
Southern Region Defensive
Player of the Week. Lori Free
finished the weekend with 61
kills, followed by Corinne
Lawrence with 41. Free also led
the team with 72 digs, while
Raine Miller came in second on
the team with 71 digs.
Cougar's Volleyball
Major League Baseball in Portland?
By Nick Barron
Support your
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Recently I was driving on 1-205
when an 18-wheeler decided that
a seven-foot space was enough
room to fit in and therefore cut
me off. Normally I would have
been on my horn and told the
driver what I thought of his
mother, but on the back of this
particular trailer was an adver
tisement for an organization that
is working to bring Major League
Baseball to Portland. When I
first read it, I thought it sounded
like a good idea, something that
if I found myself with a few hun
dred million dollars, I just might
try myself. Yet the more I have
thought about it, the less this
idea makes any sense to. me at
all.
In a time in which two unspeci
fied major league teams could
possibly become non-existent,
there is no way Baseball Commis
sioner Bud Selig and the owners
would approve a new franchise
for Portland. The reasons for
such an idea are few, if not ludi
crous, and the arguments against
are many and strong.
I am sure some people in the
Portland area would like to have
a major league team call Oregon
home, but then again, I bet
Scappoose, Michigan, would like
one too. Major League Baseball
is not only a sport but a billion-
dollar industry, and the pure eco
nomics of the issue do not sup
port a team in Portland. Even a
metropolitan area such as Min
neapolis-St. Paul, with nearly
three million people, cannot
support a major league team.
Portland claims 1.5 million
people living here, a number
that is good enough for a mi
nor league baseball team.
Sure there are baseball fans
here, but in order for a major
league team to be successful on
In a state
that...would rather
hug a tree than a
Major League
Baseball player...
the field, it must bring fans
through the turnstiles to gen
erate revenue. There are two
major ways this can happen: A
team can be located in such a
large metropolitan area that
enough people will always
show up or will have a die-hard
group of fans that idolizes its
team. The Green Bay Packers
are a perfect example of this, as
the city of Green Bay contains
only
97,789
residents
(www.ohwy.com). yet draws in
larger crowds to its football
games than many larger cities.
In order for a major league
team to be enticed here, it must
have a place to play, and I can
assure you that PGE Park is not
going to do it. So then that
would mean a new, larger base
ball stadium must be built, cost
ing more millions. The newest
baseball stadium in the major
leagues is Miller Park in Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, and the
cost of building that venue was
just under $400 million. This
money would only become
available if the taxpayers of
Oregon approve some tax bill
that would funnel money into
a new stadium for a new major
league team. In a state that
makes sure it has enough
money to spend on lanes for bi
cycles, and people would rather
hug a tree than a Major League
Baseball player, a tax bill such
as this would not become real
ity.
So to the few of you who
wish the Portland Trail Blazers
wasn’t the only major sports
franchise in this beautiful city,
your dreams will probably re
main just that. As Major
League Baseball debates col
lapsing two teams and the
economy in Oregon ranks as
one of the worse in the United
States, placing a major league
team here does not seem rea
sonable.
Clackamas’ excellent
performance in the Spokane
Crossover
gives
the
Cougar’s an over-all record
to 29-14, and places them
among some of the elite
NWAACC teams. As the cru
cial part of the season nears,
the Cougars seem to be at
the top of their game, as they
have lost only two of their
last six matches. Some of the
teams the Cougars have
beaten recently were schools
that Clackamas had struggled
against earlier in the season.
In
summing
up
Clackamas’ performance over
the past week, Coach Woods
commended her team. “The
girls are willing to work
hard...and I couldn’t be hap
pier.”
Today Clackamas travels to
Salem to take on the Chemeketa
Storm, a game in which pride
will be more on the line than
standings. Chemeketa is two
wins better in the league stand
ings than the Cougars, a gap
that Clackamas cannot close,
but a victory over the Storm
would boost the Cougar morale
even more. If the Cougars can
sustain the momentum they
built over the last two weeks,
they will be the only ones who
can limit what they can accom
plish in the postseason.
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November 7
7 PM
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