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May 21, 2003 • The Clackamas Print • 7
Softball: Nagi provides key to taking lead
CC (27-11, 21-5) to win 12-1 and
advance to the championship game.
The turning point came
the fifth inning with
game tied 1-1. Jessica
Nagi was on third
base with one out
when
Gibson
slapped a weak |
grounder toward the
mound. Nagi broke !
for home, but turned
around and headed
back to the third base
bag. Gibson beat out .
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the throw to first, 1
and then Nagi broke 1
for home again. She
got caught in a
;
rundown
between
third
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and Brieanne Thum was brought in
for the save.
Clackamas opened Monday play
with a game against Chemeketa CC
(29-12, 22-10) that featured numer­
ous lead changes. The Cougars led
1-0 in the third, until Chemeketa
scored twice with a homerun and an
RBI single in the bottom of the
inning. Clackamas tied it in the
fourth, but Chemeketa connected on
another homerun in the sixth for a 3-
2 lead. Kraxberger, Gibson and
Comstock came through with RBI
base hits to help Clackamas to a 5-4
victory.
In
the
semifinal
game,
Clackamas scored five runs in both
the sixth and seventh innings against
Eastern Division champion Spokane
and home and was eventually
tagged out. On the play, Gibson
moved to third, and scored on the
next play to give Clackamas a 2-1
lead.
“Jessica was pretty tom up
between innings, but I told her that
her hustle and desire were the keys
to us taking the lead,” Fiskum said.
“If not for her determination to stay
alive on that play, Gibson does not
go to third, and we eventually do not
take the lead.”
Clackamas takes on
new wrestling coach
After some time away, Mike
Haluska returns for another
go at the head coaching spot
Carla Lillis helps the
Cougars battle all the
way into the champi­
onship game after a day
tw0 !°ss- Clackamas
eventually lost to Lower
Columbia, 3-2.
Clackamas baseball ended its season with two losses to Chemeketa CC on May 13.
The Cougars entered the doubleheader with hopes of climbing into a three-way tie
with Chemeketa and Linn-Benton CC for a chance to compete in the postseason. But
the dream faded as Clackamas lost the opener by a score of 4-2 after giving up
eight hits and committing two errors, and lost game two by a score of 6-5.
Clackamas fin­
ished the season
16-23 overall
and 11-19 in
league play, for
fifth place in the
Southern Region.
Lane CC and Mt.
Hood finished
first and second,
respectively, and
will represent the
South in the
NWAACC tourna­
ment, which will
be held May 22-
26 in Pasco,
Wash.
MIKE HALUSKA
Elena Boryska
Sports Editor
The wrestling program here at
Clackamas seems to. be going
through some sort of déjà vu these
days: Mike Haluska, who man­
aged the wrestling team years ago,
has stepped in once again to take
on the head coaching position.
Haluska, who has years of
experience in the sport of
wrestling, first came to Clackamas
in the early 90s while current ath­
letic director Jim Jackson was the
head wrestling coach. Jackson
asked Haluska to be his assistant,
and when Jackson got the athletic
director position, Haluska moved
into the head coaching slot.
“That was probably the great­
est experience I ever had, was
coaching with Jim and the kids
that were here at the time,” said
Haluska. “I really fell in love with
Clackamas Community College
and their sports that give kids in
the community a chance.”
After a time of leading the
wrestling team, Haluska decided
to step down to spend more time
with his young daughter as well as
his father, who moved from Iowa
to live with him.
“It just wasn’t fair to the kids
that I was coaching to not give
them the time,” said Haluska.
The coaching vacancy was
filled by then-Assistant Coach
Lloyd Martindale, who handled
the reins of the wrestling team
until just recently, when he hand­
ed them back in order to go to
school to finish his degree.
During Haluska’s time here
years ago, he really emphasized
the importance of getting local
athletes into the wrestling pro­
gram, and that is one of the things
that he wants to get back to. With
all of the high school wrestling
programs in the area, there stands
a lot of potential for Clackamas to
take on many talented athletes.
“Right now what I’m really
focused on is letting the local
coaches and the local kids know
that they have a place to come,”
said Haluska. “My biggest success
when I was here before was get­
ting fourth in the nation and one
match away... from second in the
nation. That’s pretty good on its
own, but the 10 kids we had were
all from within a 50 mile radius of
the school;”
This local emphasis is espe­
cially important now that schools
“I really fell in
love with
Clackamas
Community
College...”
Mike Haluska
Head Wrestling
Coach
all over the country are dropping
wrestling programs, which makes
it even harder for athletes to find
somewhere to continue with the
sport they love.
As far as expectations go for
being a part of the CCC team,
Haluska maintains that every
wrestler must always do the very
best that they are able, and if it’s
their best, then it is good enough.
“I expect them to work hard -
not just at wrestling, but family,
friends and...especially school -
and to work hard so that they are
as good as they can possibly be.”
2003 NWAACC Track and Field Conference Meet Qualifiers
Clackamas Community College
will host the 2003 NWAACC Track
and Field Championships on the
Cougar track tomorrow and Friday.
Events will begin tomorrow at 1
p.m. and Friday at noon, and run
for about four hours each day. The
following is a list of the times/dis-
tances that qualified Clackamas ath-
letes for the meet.
4 OOM
50.38
800M
Rusty Pruden
1:56.46
1500M
Rusty Pruden
4:02.90
5000M
Pat Searing
15:26.44
15:37.64
POLE VAULT
Sean Jones
15-01
10000M
Pat Searing
33:25.19
HAMMER
Paul Etter
Kelly Howlett
195-0
160-0
400M I. HURDLES
55.24
Nate Henry
TRIPLE JUMP
Steve Groff
44-0
1600M RELAY
Clackamas
3:27.21
15:24.62
DISCUS
Paul Etter
David Amdt
SHOT PUT
David Amdt
Paul Etter
JAVELIN
Josh Carlson
Ryan Brandel
Ray Kauffman
151-10
138-01
1500M
Kari Rissmiller
4:40.90
Rebekah Yancoskie 5:03.24
Jenn Peterson
5:06.62
HIGH JUMP
Kasie Gillespie
Chelsey Fuller
5-02
5-02
123-02
120-05
36-07 ¥i
3000M
Kari Rissmiller
10:26.01
DISCUS
Kerby Boschee
Rachel Lofting
5000M
Kari Rissmiller
18:47.48
SHOT PUT
Ashlyn Lofting
WOMEN’S TEAM
••
MEN’S TEAM
T. Harris
Mike Schwoebel
Eli Nevarez
100M
Megan Odom
13.04
49-10
48-07
400M
Rebekah Yancoskie 1:01.13
1:01.79
Brooke Urhausen
1:01.87
Chelsey Fuller
206-08
195-10
189-01
800M
Kari Rissmiller
2:18.56
Rebekah Yancoskie 2:19.42
2:24.48
Jenn Peterson
100M H. HURDLES
15.75
Jenna Bird
Kasie Gillespie
15.83
Kim Provost
16.24
400M I. HURDLES
Jenna Bird
1:05.45
1:08.98
Kasie Gillespie
LONG JUMP
Kasie Gillespie
Elisabeth Malsey
17-11 %
16-10
POLE VAULT
Erin Schafer
Tiara Krismunando
Elisabeth Malsey
Natalie Walruff
• Kim Provost
12-0
11-06
11-0
11-0
9-0
400M RELAY
Clackamas
51.05
1600M RELAY
Clackamas
4:05.83