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Track team competes well at Mt. Hffod
NICK BARRON
Business Manager
The Clackamas track team
left the Mt. Hood Open Track
and Field Meet on March 9
with some positive individual
marks.
In the men’s long jump, the
Cougars’ Isaac Frederick
placed first. Frederick fin
ished third in the first heat of
the 100 meter dash, with a time
of 11:03. In the second heat,
Emil Schaffroth captured first,
while John Knez placed sec
ond in the fourth heat.
The Cougars took the top
three spots in the men’s pole
vault with Jesse Dean placing
first with a height of 15'0". Tuk
Hodgen took second with a
height of 14'6", as Matt
Muravez ended up in third
with a vault of 14'0".
• Sarah Rose took first in the
women’s pole vault as well as
placing second in the women’s
hammer. In the men’s hammer
throw, Paul Etter finished sec
ond, followed by Kelly
Howlett who placed third.
Etter also took second in the
men’s discus.
In the relays, the Clackamas
women’s team finished second
in the 400 meter relay and the
1600 meter relay.
Kari Rissmiller placed first
in the women’s 800 meter.
Maria Skipper took first in the
first heat of the women’s 200
meter. For the men’s 200 meter,
Emil Schafforth finished sec
ond in the third heat.
Cory Swim beat out the
competition in the men’s triple
and high jump, placing first in
both competitions.
On March 16, the Cougars
travel to Bellingham, Wash.,
for the Western Dual, facing
Highline Community College
in a dual meet. Head Coach
Jack Kegg is looking for a
tough competition with
Highline’s men’s squad.
“Highline’s got a pretty
good men’s team, so we expect
a battle,” Kegg said.
Highline’s women’s program
was nearly extinct last year,
but with the addition of a new
coach, they look to improve.
Coach Kegg feels that his
women should conquer the
Thunderbirds.
To reach Nick Barron e-mail
barronoru@hotmail.com or
drop by B-104.
Upcoming Meets
March 16 - Western Dual
(Seattle)
March 22 - Lane Invite
(Eugene)
March 25*26 - Mt Hood Multi.
(Gresham)
March 30-31-Stanford
Invitational
(Palo Alto,Calif.)
April 6 - Southern Region
Preview
(Gresham)
April 13 - Mt Hood Relays
(Gresham)
Emil Schaffroth passes off the baton to Isaac Frederick at
the Mt. Hood Open Track and Field Meet on March 9.
Softball grabs second Cougar offense carries team in victory
DAISY BAIN
,
A&E Editor
The women’s softball team
placed second last weekend at
the Chucker Classic tournament
in Ontario, Oregon, a seven
team tournament where most
opponents had one extra month
of playing time, a luxury
Clackamas did not have.
Saturday, game one against
Idaho State, was the Cougars
first win of the season, 6-1.
“It was a great way to start
our season,” said Coach Paul
Fiskum. Casey Lapp, a sopho
more pitcher, threw four strikeouts
and allowed only one walk and
one run was attributed to an er
ror.
Game two, against Ricks Com
munity College, “overall may
have been our best game in the
tournament,” said Fiskum. “We
shut them out.”
Vanessa Holm, also a sopho
more pitcher, allowed seven hits,
had six strikeouts and one walk.
With the bases loaded in the first
inning, she was able to get out of
the jam with three strikeouts.
“We played good defense. We
had no errors,” said Fiskum.
Game three was against the
Treasure Valley Chuckers, the
first place winners and host of
tournament.
Chucker’s pitcher,VanKampen,
is from Holland and was an Olym
pic pitcher.
“It was a pitcher’s duel all the
way,” said Fiskum about the first
game against Treasure Valley.
“She (VanKampen) was very,
very talented,” said Fiskum.
VanKampen
threw
12
strikeouts, making it an amazing
1-0 win for the Cougars.
“We had more strikeouts than
we’ve ever had in a win in my his
tory of coaching,” said Fiskum.
Miranda Gillaspie, pitched a
no-hitter up until the seventh in
ning for the Cougars.
“She was in command the
whole game,” said Fiskum.
The Cougars played the
Chuckers on Sunday for the
Championship. The Cougars
were undefeated, requiring the
Chuckers to win two in a row to
bring home the championship.
According to Fiskum, the Cou
gars thought they had it in the
bag. The Chuckers thought dif
ferently. Three out of five wins
fell short of the first place trophy.
Fiskum thought they should have
brought it home.
“I think we have the caliber of
team that we should be looking
at the other trophy. It’s hard not
to be disappointed. I think we
just ran out of gas,” said Fiskum.
With seven- strikeouts, the Cou
gars didn’t produce much offen
sively. The first championship
game loss, 3-0, left both teams
riding into game two of the cham
pionship.
The first four innings the game
remained tied with no runs
scored. Fifth inning, four runs
scored with two errors.
“They had some nice hits,”
said Fiskum. Once again the Cou
gars had a hard time offensively.
“We just couldn’t generate any
offense.”
The rest of the game remained
about the same as the first four
innings, Cougars losing 4 - 0.
“You can’t win if you don’t
score,” sighed Fiskum. “Second
place is good. We had trouble
hitting the ball.”
The Cougars play Pima and
Chandler-Gilbert Community Col
leges in Arizona, March 22 and
25. ‘‘They have a great softball
program over there,” said Jim
Jackson; athletic director. “It
should really show what our team
is made of.”
To reach Daisy Bain e-mail
Daisypdwer2@yahoo.com or
drop by B-104.
ELENA BORYSKA
Sports Editor
The Cougar diamond-men
traveled to Longview, Wash.,
on March 9 to take on the
highly ranked Red Devils of
Lower Columbia College, and
split the double-header.
The first game ended in a
Cougar loss, 4-1, as freshman
Jordan Denney threw a com
plete game of six innings but
was unable to prevent the loss.
“That’s a well pitched base
ball game, we just didn’t make
a couple of plays behind him,”
said Head Coach Robin Rob
inson.
According to Robinson,
Lower Columbia has a tremen
dous hitting program, but they
were off-balance and unsure
against Clackamas on Satur
day. The pitching was the main
reason that Lower Columbia
had so much trouble, as many
times Denney started the bat
ters off with a strike, which
allowed him to mix his pitches
as much as he wanted. Denney
finished the game with six
strikeouts, two walks and two
hit batters.
Offensively, Matt Paulsen
led off the fourth inning by
getting on base on an error,
then drew a balk to advance
to second and proceeded to
score on a single by Jesse
Gaylord. This was the only run
scored by the Cougars in the
first game of the day, but they
made it on base multiple times.
The Cougars came out for
the second game with an of
fensive punch and beat Lower
Columbia with a score of 6-5.
Colin Griffen, Scott Hunter
and Paul Monroe were all two-
for-four in the game, with
Griffen scoring two runs and
Hunter scoring one. Nik Ma
son squeeze bunted in a run
and kept the offense rolling.
“That’s pretty good produc
tion throughout the line up,”
said Robinson.
Matt Paulsen went five in
nings for the Cougars and al
lowed three runs, and Brandon
Gleich was the winning pitcher
after going two innings.
Next up for the Cougar base
ball team is another double
header, this time taking them to
McMinnville to battle against
the Linfield JV on Thursday
March 14.
To reach Elena Boryska e-mail
MightyMouse030@hotmail.com
or drop by B-104.
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