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Clackamas Community College • Oregon City
Cougars take second at NWAACCs
Tina Tate
&
Frank Jordan
The Clackamas Print
Clackamas softball concluded
mother outstanding season with a
econd-place finish at the Northwest
kthletic Association of Community
Colleges tournament over the week­
ind.
After facing single elimination
ifter a Saturday loss, the Cougars
26-6, 38-13) battled back for five
traight wins to secure a spot in the
itle game against four-time defend-
ng champion Lower Columbia
College (36-4, 28-4). Though the
Zougars fought hard, they fell to
.CC by a score of 3-2.
“Lower Columbia played great.
They are the best team in the
4WAACC for the fifth straight year,
md my hat’s off to them,” said Head
2oach Paul Fiskum. “I have never
>een prouder of a group of ladies as I
im with this group...They were
»reat, all the way to the end.”
Morgan Huffstutter, Brooke
Comstock and Carla Lillis got the
Cougars off to a strong start as they
ipened with consecutive singles,
luffstutter scored to give Clackamas
in early 1-0 lead. Lower Columbia
ame back to take a 2-1 lead after
hree innings off a homerun and an
’BI single, then scored again in the
ixth for a 3-1 advantage.
In the seventh, Nagi reached base
m a fielder’s choice, then advanced
o second on a Roberti single. Nicole
)brist pinch-ran for Nagi and scored
on a Huffstutter single to make the
score 3-2. But the rally ended there
as Comstock hit a ground ball to the
second baseman, who forced out
Huffstutter to end the game and the
season for Clackamas.
Kim Kraxberger, Randi Middagh,
Carleen Lessard and Lillis were
named to the all-tournament team.
Clackamas achieved the second
highest number of season wins in
school history with 38.
Clackamas capitalized on open­
ing day with a 6-2 win over Blue
“I have never
been prouder
of a group of
ladies as I am
with this
group.”
Paul Fiskum
Softball Head Coach
Mountain CC (18-18, . 14-14).
Lessard threw a four-hitter to bring
Clackamas back from an early 2-0
deficit. Melissa Gibson went 4-for-4
at the plate as she scored three runs
and drove in three with three singles
and a double.
Clackamas lost 3-2 to Highline
CC (31-4, 31-1) on Saturday after
two questionable calls. Down 2-1 in
the seventh, Gibson was called out
for leaving the base early on an
attempted steal. Clackamas battled
back as Huffstutter singled, then
Brooke Comstock reached base on
an error. Both advanced on a wild
pitch, and then both appeared to
score off a Lillis single to take the
lead - until Comstock was called out
for not stepping on home plate.
Highline scored in the bottom of the
inning for the win.
“It was probably the strangest
game I’ve been involved with,” said
Fiskum. “What a knife in the heart
when you’ve got the tying run on
base and they call her out on a bad
call...Then we get a run taken away
from us after we take a dramatic 3-2
lead. The emotion of those two bad
calls really, really killed us.”
Thunderstorms delayed further
play until Sunday, when Clackamas
swept its three games of the day. The
Cougars won 8-0 in five innings in
their opener against Olympic CC
(17-20, 17-15). Clackamas had nine
hits, including a homerun by Angie
Roberti - and what looked like a
home run by Middagh.
“Randi hit a three-run homer in
the first inning that the umpire said
bounced over the fence - but it did­
n’t bounce over the fence,” said
Fiskum. “The outfielder was going
back and she knocked into the fence
and the ball landed over the fence.
The umpire said the ball hit on the
ground and rolled through the
fence, and said it was a ground-rule
double.”
Clackamas followed with a 4-1
win over Mt. Hood CC (23-14,23-9).
Huffstutter drove in the game’s first
run in the second inning. Kraxberger
was 2-for-3 with two RBI.
TINA TATE Clackamas Print
Kim Kraxberger connects on an RBI double during a
4-1 win over Mt. Hood CC. Kraxberger was one of
four Cougars named to the all-tournament team.
The Cougars were given another
chance against Highline, and this
time fought to a 1-0 victory. Miranda
Gillaspie put Clackamas on the
scoreboard with a homerun in the
fifth. Lessard threw a near-perfect
game as no Highline player reached
base until one singled with two outs
in the seventh inning. Tension levels
rose in the elimination game as two
subsequent walks loaded the bases,
Please see SOFTBALL pa0e 7
'Pathway to Peace' raises awareness, funds
Tina Tate
News Editor
I Clackamas Women’s Services
IcWS) hosted its fourth annual
I Pathway to Peace” walk and run at
I :CC on Sunday in an effort both to
laise awareness about domestic vio­
lence and gain funding for its pro-
| rams for victims.
In addition to the walk and run,
■ther presentations were available to
participants, including health screen­
ings
by
presenting
sponsor
Providence Milwaukie Hospital and
a segment of a national art exhibit
entitled “Silent Partners,” which
commemorates the memory of
women killed by their partners.
Not only did individual partici­
pants come to the event, several
groups were on hand in support of
CWS, including the Criminal Justice
Club and relatives of Donna Paulson
Stewart, who was murdered by her
husband last year. Organizers hoped
to raise $30,000 and their target was
met, as proceeds from registrations,
prize drawings and sponsor contribu­
tions totaled $33,950.
“The primary goal is awareness,”
said Tammy Turner, development
coordinator for CWS. .“The fact that
we also raise money is excellent. It’s
so great. All the expenses that we
have are paid for by sponsors, so all
TINA TATE Clackamas Print
Participants of the ‘Pathway to Peace’ walk and run included individuals as well as
1 roups, such as the Criminal Justice Club. An art exhibit entitled ‘Silent Partners’ was
\lso on display at the event, which was hosted by Clackamas Women’s Services.
F ive day
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the money we make (from the event)
goes right to our program.”
Turner said CWS’s mission is “to
end domestic and sexual violence
against women and children.” With
this objective in mind, the 17-year-
old Clackamas County organization
has designed four main programs:
the shelter, outreach and education,
children’s and transitional housing
programs.
The 22-bed emergency shelter
offers a place for victimized women
and children to stay for 30 days;
CWS has sheltered over 5765
women and children in its history.
CWS also provides support groups
for people who are not ready to move
into a shelter.
The second largest program, the
outreach and education program,
focuses on prevention; CWS has pre­
sented at over 250 speaking engage­
ments. Turner said that Domestic
Violence in the Workplace is one
course of training offered to managers
so that they might recognize when an
employee is in a violent situation.
“We will talk to anyone either
about CWS or about domestic vio­
lence, whether it’s just information
that you need or whether it’s more in-
depth training,” said Turner. “We’re
hoping if we can just tell people and
educate them before, then they won’t
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need to go to shelter.”
Turner said that CWS is feeling
the negative effects of the current
economic crunch. She said that CWS
does not receive county or state fund­
ing, and instead writes grant propos­
als for federal funding. Additionally,
she said CWS generally relies on
public funding, which contributes
approximately 40 percent of the
organization’s funds.
“We ask corporations and founda­
tions for money,” said Turner. “Lots
of people who give money are being
asked by everyone who has been cut
by the state and the county because
they don’t have the funds, so the
competition for the dollars is higher.”
Dimer said another challenge is
that people who normally would con­
tribute to events such as “Pathway to
Peace” have been laid off and do not
have the money to donate.
“A lot of folks I’ve talked to in
the last week have asked if they had
to pay, and I’ve said, ‘God no, you
don’t have to pay. We don’t turn any­
one away. If you want to come and
support us, we’d love to have you
come,”’ said Dimer. “It is about
awareness, not just funds. Having
this many people out here really
makes us feel good. It makes us feel
good to know that what we’re doing,
people are supporting.”
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