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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
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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
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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.
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