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S ports N ovember 19,2003 T he C lackamas P rint • 11 CHRISTINE MCHONE contributed Clackamas Cross Country celebrates their finish at the NWAACC championship. Pictured from left to right: Ashley Adams, Eli Nevarez, Samantha Cox, Issac Guzman, Lyndsey Bartell, Leslie Bartell, Juanita Curry, Jeremy Branson, Tiffany Passi, Hipolito Gonzalez, John Butkey, Ira LaFontaine and Ben Dowdy. The Cougar men’s and women’s teams both placed second overall. The Cougar runners also won the co-ed combined title. Cross Country runs away with combined team title Nic Delzell S ports E ditor A stellar performance at the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) championships ended the 2003 sea son for Clackamas Cross Country. “Overall at the NWAACC’s, we raced well as a team,” said Head Coach Keoni McHone. The championships were held on Nov. 8 at Spokane Falls Community College; participating NWAACC schools were Clark, Lane, Highline, Spokane, Mt. Hood, Bellevue, Treasure Valley and Skagit Valley community colleges. The Cougar runners took home second place on the men and women’s side. The women finished with a team score of 56, just behind champion Clark CC. The men fin ished with a team score of 59 behind the team champion Spokane CC. Spokane has won the NWAACC team title three years in a row. According to McHone, Spokane’s cross-country program is not far behind some of the Division One schools that Clackamas and Spokane competed against earlier this year. The Cougars were able to come home with the co-ed combined team title. The men and women’s com bined team score was 115. According to www.nwaacc.org, no other NWAACC team has won the co-ed combined title without winning the team title. Jon Butkey led the men, finishing 5th overall with a time of 25:44. “Butkey has a winner’s type atti tude. He’ll do whatever needs to be done and is really confident under pressure,” said McHone. Isaac Guzman and Eli Nevarez finished 10th and 11th respectively. Hipolito Gonzales finished 15th with Ira Lafontaine just behind him in 18th place, Jeremy Branson in 41st and Ben Dowdy finishing in 43rd place. Dylan Bailey of Highline CC took home the men’s individual title. Butkey, Guzman and Gonzales will return to help next year’s men’s team. Leslie Bartell led the women, with a 4th place finish and a time of 19:53. Lyndsey Bartell and Tiffany Passi finished 8th and 9th respec tively. In 13th place was Ashley, then Samantha Cox in 27th and Juanita Curry finished in 29th place. Highline CC’s Amanda Kamm won the women’s individual title. “The women were very competi tive...even though they didn’t win the NWAACC’s,” said McHone. Next year’s women’s team will be loaded with experience; all of the women are freshman and will return to next year’s crew. McHone is happy with his team’s chemistry as well the success the runners had this year. “They really conducted them selves well as teammates,” said McHone. “Everybody did a good job of respecting each other and understanding each other as well as getting a grasp on each other’s dif ferences. That positive attitude helped everyone be the best they could possibly be...they really sup ported each other.” The entire Cross Country team will also participate in track this year, which takes place during spring term. Upcoming Sports: Women’s Volleyball NWAACC Championship Nov. 21-23 in Auburn, WA Women’s Basketball Thanksgiving Tourney Nov. 28-30 @ Mt. Hood CC Men’s Basketball Concordia JV Nov. 22 @ HOME 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Southern Oregon Open Nov. 22 in Ashland,OR EARN YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE IN 15-17 MONTHS EARL ENGLAND C lackamas P rint The women’s soccer team works out in a recent practice. The Cougars lost to North Idaho College 3-2 in an overtime shootout on Nov. 8, ending the Cougars’ season. Soccer loses to North Idaho in playoffs Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint The Clackamas soccer team suf fered through a heart-breaking overtime loss to North Idaho College on Nov. 8, missing three shots in the shootout and losing by a score of 3-2. Kaitlin: Mitchell of North Idaho scored just 34 seconds into the game to give the Cardinals the early lead. The Cougars’ Ashlee Strahan scored the equalizer' in the 16th minute bn a 'feross from Megan Moore. The teams went into the halftime break tied at one, but North Idaho took a 2-1 lead in the 67th minute Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the shootout. on a goal by Rebecca Thompson. After Walker made a save on Clackamas tied the game at two in Clackamas’ fourth shot in the the 74th minute on a goal by shootout, the game was over and Moore, with an assist credited to North Idaho went back to Coeur D’Alene, Idaho with the 3-2 win. Cheyenne DeAngelo. “We had a tough game, but the Both teams remained scoreless through the rest of regulation play girls battled the whole game,” said and the two 15-minute overtime Head Coach Tracy Nelson. “I periods, which sent the game into a couldn’t be more proud of them. b.est-of-five penalty kick shootout They came a long way from the beginning of the season and sur to decide the winner. North Idaho goalkeeper Krysti prised a lot of people.” Last weekend, North. Idaho won Walker made saves on the Cougars’’ first two shots in the shootout,: their second Northwest Athletic of Community whilé ■ thé Cardinals’ Chelsey Association Zenner scored on North Idaho’s Colleges . (NWAACC) champi second shot. Erica Hauck scored on onship in the last three years with a 1-0 win over Highline CC. North Idaho’s third shot, giving the • Attend class one night a week • Earn credit for life-learning experiences • Personalized academic advising Classes in Portland, Clackamas, Salem, Eugene and Redmond INFORMATION MEETINGS: 6:30 P.M. Monday, Dec. 1 and Tuesday, December 16 12753 SW 68th Ave., Portland
