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CHRISTINE MCHONE CONTRIBUTED
key (283) skates the corner during a recent track meet at George Fox University. Butkey ran a 14:58.47 at the Ken Shannon invite in the 5000 meter.
cock looks towards
Track
rticipated in
the Ken
mon Invite last
>ek in Seattle
Nie Delzell
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he<jseason comes to a
ackamas Track is closing
■the
NWAACC
:ms|iips.
t week, we have the
n
Region
11
Championships” said Head
Coach Jack Kegg. “We should do
okay but we are not really load
ing up because we are getting
ready for NWAACCs; we look to
win a couple of individual
events at the Southern Region
Championships.”
The Cougars traveled to
Seattle last Saturday to partici
pate in the Ken Shannon Invite,
matching up against a number of
four-year universities. Highline
CC was the only other partici
pating NWAACC school.
“These four-year schools are
winding down,” Kegg said.
“Most of their kids are done for
the season, so it’s basical
ly the best kids from
these four-year schools.
It was a good meet for
us. It was a very good
competition; we found
out who really could
compete.”
On the women’s
side, Megan Odom finished
fifth in the 200-rneter dash
with a time of 26.75. Elise
Megale placed fourth in the
800-meter dash with a time of
2:19.76.
“Elise Megale ran the No.
10 all time for Clackamas,” /
Kegg said. “She ran the
NWAACs
I NWAACC
x leader to the
t wire, which is
a good sign/’
In the
women’s 5000-
meter run, Leslie
Bartell finished
eighth followed
Lyndsey
by
Bartell in 11th
place.
Juanita
Curry
and
£ Samantha Cox fin-
ished 13th and 14th,
respectively.
The men also
had a stellar showing as
Josh Cain finished second in the
100-meter dash with a time of
11.38. He also finished fifth in
the 200-meter dash. Ryan
Richards finished'eighth in the
400-meter dash with a time of
50.92,. which was a personal
record.
Troy Sexton finished first
overall in the 110-meter hurdles
with a time of 14.94. Jon Butkey
finished second in the 5000-
meter run with a time of
14:58.47.
“Butkey ran a big 5000-meter
run,” Kegg said. “He’s the
fastest freshman that I have had
in 10 years; he’s a stud.”
pport CCC sports Cougar baseball drops four games
Nic-Delzell
last week, nine games under .500
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ailing ¡Clackamas students
ilty out; that’s right, I’m
I of y’all out.
i it egmes to Clackamas
tere is not enough faculty
ent support. As the sports
■ The Print, I attend as
tekamas games as possible
n’t see enough of my fcl-
ents present. 1 rarely sec
Ity other than those that
’■ thè Ispt >rts department,
is the last time any of you
à softball or baseball
>r any Clackamas sports
r that matter?
all this in the mental, let
at y’all and bring a few
light.|This way, there will
:xcuse to miss another
is sports event.
ie dibp a little science;
currently nine sports at
is. Durine the fall, there is
l, cross country and
soccèr. Winter term, is
d women’s basketball, as
resiling. And spring term,
:Ttbal| baseball and men’s
en’s.track.
an break it down iller so
;et to a |oftball or baseball
,s spring, the Clackamas
ield is located next to the
Center building, the base-
¡S next to the tennis courts
3arlow parking lot and the
1 the [middle of the soft-
baseball diamonds. Track
■avels, but you can catch
OR’S NOTE
the CCC Invite. every spring.
Scheduled softball and baseball
games take place on Tuesdays,
Fridays and - Saturdays with the
occasional make up game on other'
daysiof the week.
If Tgtiorance is'yóüt excuse Tór
missing games, th ere will be plenty,
of Clackamas sports schedules in
The Print, so there will be
absolutely no excuse not to attend
at the bare • minimum of one
Clackamas sports event. See page
10 for this week’s sports calendar.
Let me pass off some history to
my wonderful readers. All of the
Clackamas teams play in the
Northwest Athletic Association of
Community College’s (NWAACC)
Southern Division. The NWAACC
is made up of community colleges
from Oregon and Washington.
Up-to-date information on current
Clackamas sports is always avail
able at www.nwaacc.org.
The Clackamas sports depart
ment is more than stellar. The ath
letes and coaches work very hard
and deserve support of the stu
dents and the faculty. So like I said,
I’m calling everyone at Clackamas
out. Go to a game!
From the administrators, to the
student taking one class at
Clackamas this spring, to the com
munity member who wants to sup
port their local community col
lege—I need to see more people at
Clackamas sporting events. Y’all
need to get at these kids and their
coaches.
So go to a game this spring and
I hope to see you there. Holla!
Clackamas softball sqaures off with rival
olumbia today at the Cougar Softball diamond at 3 p.m.
a to support the Lady Softballers!
Nic Delzell
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Clackamas baseball was unable
to pick up a win last week as the.
Cougars fell to Lane CC and Mt.
Hood.CC in four.close games.
Both doubleheaders were
close throughout each' game;
however, the Cougars didn’t get.
timely hitting, Head Coach Robin':
Robinson said.
“Our pitching is getting betA
ter,” Robinson said. “We are play
ing great, it’s just that one little
thing in games that we not get
ting. We are getting guys on base
and having trouble scoring them.
And we are not closing out
games.”
The Cougars squared off with
Lane CC last Saturday, and fell 4-
2 in game one as they left 10 base
runners stranded. Chris Kosmas
had a stellar plate performance
going 3-4 with one run scored.
Josh Bresiaw went 2-4 with a sin
gle that drove in the only two
: Cougar runs.
■“Travis Galbraith pitched very
well fpr six innings;” Robinson
said. “He. had one bad inning.”
Robinson said the Cougars
were able to play good defense,
only committing one error in
game one.
Game two, the Cougars were
shutout as the offense was only
able to generate two hits, losing
2-0.
Ben Corser pitched three
innings, giving up five hits, two
runs and three walks.
Last Tuesday, the Cougars
fought hard with Mt. Hood CC,
losing game one 4-3. Humphrey
led the Cougar offense again,
going 3-4.
“Humphrey was on fire at the
plate,” Robinson said. “Brad
Neffendorf pitched a tremendous
six-plus innings.”
Ingame two, the Cougars were
shutout 1-0, despite the effort of
Jordan Denney.
““Jordan. Denney pitched a
great eight innings against the No.
1 hitting team in the NWAACC,”
Robinson said. “We played good
defense against Lane.”
These losses leave the
Cougars at 9-15 in league and 13-
22 overall. Clackamas plays their
final home doubleheaders of the
season this Saturday against
Linn-Benton CC at 1 p.m. and
next Tuesday against Chemeketa
CC, also at 1 p.m. on the Cougar
diamond.
Cougar base-
baller Ben
Corser (21) toes
the mound and
goes through
his motion dur
ing a recent
home game.
The Cougars
are now 9-1 5 in
league play and
13—22 overall.
They currently
hold the No. 5
spot in the
NWAACC South.