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S ports T he C lackamas P rint »11 WO ■PRIL 21, 2004 NIC DELZELL C lackamas P rint sshman infielder Cijay Koanui (12) takes a lead from third as Head Softball Coach Paul Fiskum coaches third base during a recent home game, le Cougar softballers went 3-1 last week bringing their overall record to 13-5 and their league record 12-2. Softball splits with Lower Columbia I I Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint The Clackamas softball team intained a hold on second place the Southern Division of the VAhCC. with a sweep of ntralia College and a doublehcad- split with the five-time defending Sons from Jxiwcr Columbia K: last week. April 13, the Trailblazers from ntralia College came down to egon City to take on the Cougars 1 went back home after losing to C by scores of 10-4 and 4-3 in ^Knings. “Cpntralia came out tough and npeted; we didn’t seem to be ally in the game from the outset,” 1 IHead Coach Paul Fiskum. ur girls didn’t seem to respect tn, from the start and the out- ne was dicey for awhile.” The first game was tied at four fee three innings, when the bats woke up and pounded sixjruns in the last three innings for the 10-4 victory. Freshman seeing-eyc singles and that kept them infielder Kelly Rattay led the hit in the game.” parade by going 3- With the score 4 at the plate and tied' in the ninth, scoring three runs; Ashley Olsen got on Cijay Koanui was base on a walk, and 3-4 with a double; then Brady Adelhatt Randi Middagh sacrificed Olsen to went 2-3 with second. Alison three RBIs and Hawes bunted Olsen Kim Kraxbcrgcr to third, then Rattay went 2-4 with a delivered the back- Paul Fiskum two-RBI double in breaker, lining a rope the fourth to break Head Softball Coach down the left-field the game open. line for the game Chelsea Koch winner. was not as sharp as usual, coming Saturday, the Cougars traveled to out after 2 1/3 innings. Holly I xingview, Wish., to take on I xJwer Marlow relieved Koch and struck Columbia. Koch gave up a two-run out five in 4 2/3 innings. homer in the third for a 2-0 LGC Came two was a tight one as the lead, but the Cougars got RBI sin Cougars eked out a 4-3 win with a gles from Nicole Winkley in the game-winning single by Rattay in fourth and Olsen in the seventh to the bottom of the ninth. tie the game at two. “Centralia had a pitcher that In the top of the ninth, Winkley moved the ball real well; she did a led off with a double and Olsen sin great job of keeping us off-balance,” gled. Adclhart hit into a fielder’s said Fiskum. “Centralia had a lot of choice,- keeping runners at first and “The team is coming along; their attitude is getting stronger.” 'òugars continue epson-long trend jst weekz splitting iree doubleheaders I Nic Delzell ■ S ports E ditor hci Clackamas baseball team an I up and down week, split- three doublehcaders against ield JV, Chcmeketa CC and )n ¡Sunday, the Cougars lost ,e one 5-2 against Linfield CC. td baseman Jason Short and bher Barry Humphrey both t 2-p. Jordan Denney and Pete ;hcs added RBIs for the gars. n game two, Clackamas had impressive offensive outing ling 12-7. The Cougars edl 2 runs off seven hits e only committing one field error. hortstop Jason Chan went 2-3 : three runs scored and two ■n bases. Chan has stolen 24 ■Sriis season and has only i caught stealing once. Josh law went 3-3 with a run ad. lead Coach Robin Robinson that the winning pitcher Jack iple did a great job in his first lg <|f the season. iturday, the Cougars split a ileheadcr against Chcmeketa CC. The Cougars lost 3-2 as Ben Corscr came on in relief and pitched the Cougar loss. “Ricky Gonzalez pitched a great five innings,” Robinson said. Gonzalez struck out four bat ters, gave up three base-on-balls and only one run as he left the game up 2-1. Game two, the Cougars shut out Chcmeketa 4-0 behind the arm of Johnny Bliss. “Johnny Bliss threw a great game, the kind of performance we have hoped for and expected,” Robinson said. Last Tuesday, the Cougars split against Lane CC, losing game one 7-5. Brad Ncffendorf pitched the loss going 6 1/3 innings while striking out eight Lane batters. Jake Austin and Tyler Smith both went 2-5 at the plate. The Cougars won game two 6- 3 as Humphrey blasted a home run. Denney tossed the win, strik ing out six. Josh Breslaw and Jake Austin both hit RBI singles in the win. •Tuesday’s game against Linn- Benton CC was rained out and will be. played Thursday at 1 p.m. on the Cougar diamond. third with one out. Rattay came through for the second game in a row, singling in Winkley with the game-winner. Marlow mowed down Ixiwer Columbia 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth for the 3-2 Clackamas victory. Came two with the Lady Red Devils was, in the words of Fiskum, “one of the strangest games I have ever witnessed.” LCC went up 2-0 after an inning, but Clackamas struck back with three runs in the second, the big blow from Koanui, who had a two-RBI single. LCC tied the game in the third and then Koch relieved Marlow. Koch gave up four runs in 1/3 of an inning, and pitching coach Kim Osdund put Angie Roberti on the mound to replace Koch. Roberti had not pitched all season, but with the injury-depleted staff at a breaking point, some relief was in order. Roberti promptly gave up an RBI single and a thrcc-RBI triple for the 9-3 LCC lead. Roberti also gave up a two-run homer in the sixth, finishing out the scoring in an 11-7 Ixawcr Columbia win. “The home plate umpire had a really tight strike zone, which forced our pitching staff to adjust Ixiwcr Columbia had the same problem—at least the ump was consistent,” said Fiskum. Nicole Winkley led the Cougars in game two, continuing her torrid hitting as of late with a 3-4 effort. Kraxbcrger had a two-RBI double in the fifth inning to help stop the bleeding, but it was too late. “Obviously, they are a good team, playing pretty well right now and they always have an enthusiastic crowd at their games,” Fiskum said. “We were real competitive the whole day. The team is coming along; their attitude is getting stronger and we have had some incredibly clutch hit ting performances.” .Clackamas competes in the NWAACC Crossover this Saturday in Salem and will travel to Coos Bay on. Tuesday to take on Southwestern Oregon CC. April 22 Baseball vs. Linn-Benton CC @ 1:00 p.m. April 24 Baseball @ Southwestern Oregon CC @ 12:00 p.m. April 24 & 25 Softball NWAACC Crossover Tourney in Salem (Time TBA) April 27 Baseball vs. Mt. Hood CC @ 1:00 p.m. April 27 Softball @ Southwestern Oregon CC @ 3:00 p.m. April 30 Softball vs. South Puget Sound CC @ 3:00 p.m. Baseball vs. Lane CC @ 1:00 p.m. "Home games m bolo May 1 SANDWICHES Original M Rolled Sandn jcemm I J Buy 1 whole i ■sandwich and* S get 1 of equal ! I or lesser [ value free ! Expires June 30, 2004 Danielson Shopping Center Î MiYpeiY Ï Ave ■JSS4. 1520 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 557-9949 CALL AHEAD FOR QUICK PICK-UP!!
