April 23, 2003
The Clackamas Print
Baseball goes through the motions
feam follows pattern of ups and downs, still searching for consistency
Nic Delzell
The Clackamas Print
Clackamas baseball is still going
hrough the motions. The team won
hree out of six games last week.
Last Tuesday’s doubleheader
;nded with two decisive wins over
Southwestern Oregon CC, 8-3 and 5-
2. Chris Runyan set the jump off in
game one with a first inning home-
run. Cougar catcher Barry Humphrey
went 2-for-5, driving in three runs.
Pitcher Ty Combs got the win.
In game two Tim Dumas pitched
a complete game win. SWOCC man
aged only two runs on four team hits.
Outfielder Chris Kosmas went 1-for-
3 with two runs scored and one stolen
base. Second basemen Jake Austin
went 2-for-4 with one run scored and
one run batted in.
Last Thursday the Cougars
played a doubleheader at Linn-
Benton CC. Each team took home a
victory. Game one was a lopsided
affair with LBCC pounding the
Cougars 10-2. Brad Neffendorf
pitched the loss; however, he still
struck out four LBCC batters.
Humphrey went an impressive 3-for-
3, including one double.
Game two went to Clackamas 4-
2. Jesse Gaylord went 3-for-5 at the
plate with two runs scored, two
stolen bases and one run batted in.
Humphrey came up big again going
2-for-5 at the plate.
According to Head Coach Robin
Robinson, Mo Burgess and Gaylord
both pitched great in game two.
Burgess hurled the win and Gaylord
closed the game.
‘'Well done,” said Robinson.
Unable to produce runs, the
Cougars lost a doubleheader last
Saturday at home against SWOCC,
4-1 and 3-1.
strikeouts.
Gaylord was hit by pitch in game
Results for Tuesday’s game were
one with the bases loaded, producing
not available at press time.
the lone Cougar run. Nick Mason
Saturday the Cougars
came up short on the mound. He i
travel to Eugene to play
pitched seven innings and gave up g
a doubleheader at Lane
all four runs. He also allowed three I
CC. Lane is currently
free passes on balls but struck out 1
first in the NWAACC
three SWOCC batters.
southern region and
In game two, shortstop
ranked eighth
Jason Chan had his bat in
X in the most
check. He went 2-for-2
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NIC DELZELL Clackamas Print
Chris Kosmas (4) crosses the plate during the April 15 match-up against Southwestern Oregon. Tommy Johnson (12) waits patiently on deck for
his chance to take his cuts. Clackamas swept the doubleheader and improved their record to 12-11.
Track sees several improvements, postseason
qualifying marks while hosting Cougar Invite
Elena Boryska
Sports Editor
NIC DELZELL Clackamas Print
Clackamas played host to a number of competitors at
the Cougar invite on April 19.
At the Cougar Invite on
Saturday, Clackamas’ track teams
took it easy and ended up with 20
improvements on qualifying marks
for the postseason conference
championships.
“I thought we had some really
good improvements in some key
areas, which is what we were really
looking for,” said Head Coach Jack
Kegg. “Everyone competed, but we
didn’t compete very hard. We just
picked an event and tried to run
hard or throw far in that event.”
On the women’s side, Chelsea
Fuller raced her season best in the
400 yard dash after being out for a
month. Her time of 1:01 was good
enough to qualify her for the post
season. She also achieved another
best as she won the high jump with
a height of 5-2.
Jenn Petersen ran her lifetime
best and qualified in the 800 with a
time of 2:25.94. In the 100 yard
high hurdles, Jenna Bird, Kasie
Gillespie and Kim Provost all ran a
16.24; this was a new qualifying
time for Provost. Bird had a lifetime
best in the 400 yard low hurdles;
her time of 1:08.27 was good
enough for second best in the con
ference. Erin Shafer, Natalie
Walruff, Elisabeth Malsey and Tiara
Krismunando swept the pole vault
for Clackamas with heights of 11-0,
10-6, 10-0 and 10-0, respectively,
which is always a strong area for
the Cougars.
In the discus, Rachel Lofting
came up eight inches short of her
season best throw with a distance of
119-02. Lofting’s sister Ashland,
arid Kerby Boschee also had a good
showings, throwing their seasori’s
bests of 115-11 and 113-09, respec
tively. Boschee also did well in the
hammer, throwing a nine foot
improvement of 122-11.
For the men, Nate Henry had a
good day after recovering from an
accident during practice. Last
Wednesday, Henry tripped while
pushing the hurdle cart around and
ended up knocking out his four
front teeth; he missed some practice
time but still ran some really good
races over the weekend. He ran
11.44 in the 100, which was his life
time best and was good enough for
eighth place. His time of 55.24 in
the 400 yard intermediate hurdles
won the event and was also good
enough for second in the confer
ence, despite it only beirig his third
time ever competing in them. Henry
hasn’t lost in that event yet, and has
seen a two second improvement
each time he has run it.
Paul Etter had a great meet. He
took second in the event with a 48-
07 distance, coming within two
inches of his lifetime best. He also
won the discus and threw a new
school record of 195-0 in the ham
mer, beating the previous school
record that he set last season as a
freshman.
After being sidelined for a
month by a hamstring injury, T.
Harris came back to win the 400
with a time of 50.76. Rusty Pruden
raced pretty well in the 1500 yard
run, coming in third place with a
time of 4:04.24 but beating out last
year’s NWAACC champion, Danny
Dobra, who took fourth.
The Cougar men’s performance
in the 1600 relay was good enough
to qualify for the postseason despite
the absence of Harris, who should
bring in a four to five second
improvement when fully healthy.
Sean Jones had a good finish in the
pole vault with a height of 14-6
after going 15 feet in practice the
week before.
Next up for the Cougars is a meet
at the University of Oregon, as well
as the heptathlon competition that a
few Cougars will be taking part in.
“We have a lot of people who are
really trying to be focused on this
next week,” said Kegg.