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striking out nine Spokane hitters.
Winkley tied the game at one in
the fifth with an RBI on a sacrifice
fly. In the sixth, after Spokane took a
2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth,
CCC got an RBI double from all­
tournament infielder Randi Middagh
and an RBI single from Kraxberger
to give the Cougars a momentary 3“
2 lead. Spokane tied the score in the
bottom of the sixth, but the Cougars
got a Nicole Obrist single, then
Winkley reached on an error. Olsen
then sliced a 2-1 pitch into left field
for the game-winning RBI.
CCC 0 MHCC 3
Game three of the tourney on
Saturday morning saw the Cougars
take on Southern Division cham­
pions Mt. Hood CC and the Saints
got a four-hitter and eight strike­
outs from Alexis Hadenfeld to
shut out CJackamas 3-0. Crystal
Brooks of Mt. Hood went 2-4 at
the plate and drove in all three
Saints’ runs during the game.
Marlow again went the distance
on the mound for Clackamas, giv­
ing up five hits, striking out nine
and walking three to take the loss.
CCC 5 SHCC 2
Game four, the Cougars fell into
the losers’ bracket to /ake on the
Northern
Division
champion
Shoreline CC Dolphins. Clackamas
jumped on Shoreline for three runs
in the first, and then got RBI doubles
from Kraxberger and Kelly Rattay in
the fifth to lead CCC to the 5-2 win.
Cijay Koanui led off the game for
the Cougars by slapping a single to
left, then stealing second base. After
a fielder’s choice, Middagh drove
home Koanui with a single to center
for a quick 1-0 lead. After a
Kraxberger single and Rattay reach­
ing on a fielder’s choice, Angie
Roberta drove a pitch to the fence in
right for a two-RBI double for the
CCC 3-0 lead.
Marlow went the distance for the
fourth game, striking out seven
Dolphins and walking only two.
“We may have relaxed in the
seventh inning too much,” said
Fiskum. “We were up 5-0 at that
point, but Shoreline made it inter­
esting with two hits and two errors
by us to get within 5-2. But
Marlow mowed them down when
she had to to pick up the win.”
CCC 9 SCC 4
The Cougars’ first game on
Sunday was a loser-out game and a
rematch with Spokane CC. The
Clackamas bats came alive and the
Cougars scored early and often in
the 9-4 victory to keep CCC alive in
the tournament.
Marlow threw the strangest
game of the tournament, Fiskum
said. She allowed four runs on only
one base hit, but she walked nine
Sasquatch while striking out seven
in picking up her fourth win of the
tournament with her fifth consecu­
tive complete game. <
Clackamas got RBI singles from
Middagh and Rattay and a two-out,
two-RBI single from Roberti in the
bottom of the first to jump the
Cougars to a quick 4-0 lead.
Middagh and Rattay added RBI sin­
gles in the second for a 6-1 lead, and
then Brady Adelhart got an RBI sin­
gle in the third to stake a 7-1 lead.
Middagh capped another out­
standing tournament game with a
line-drive home run in the sixth
and Winkley wrapped up the game
with an RBI single in the seventh.
Spokane used two hits, two walks
and three Clackamas errors in the
seventh to score three runs and
make the score respectable, but the
Sasquatch still came up short.
“We came alive offensively and it
sure was nice to see,” said Fiskum.
“[Marlow] was struggling a bit, but
we gave her Some support. A real
nice effort by the girls.” ■
CCC 9 MHCC 4
The stage was set for a rematch
with Mt. Hood in the semifinals, and
Clackamas changed up the rotation a
little bit by starting Chelsea Koch on
the mound for her first tournament
action. Mt. Hood took advantage of
Koch’s inaction by scoring three runs
in the first to take the quick lead.
Marlow ended up relieving Koch in
the first and got her teammates out
of the inning with three strikeouts.
The Cougars came right back
with an RBI double by Middagh
and an RBI single by Kraxberger
to draw Clackamas closer after one
inning at 3-2. The Cougars, tied
the game in the second as Koanui
singled, stole second and scored
<>n an RBI single by Olsen.
Clackamas broke the game open
in the fifth as Middagh led off with
a single, Kraxberger reached on a
Mt. Hood error and Rattay
dropped a beautiful squeeze bunt
for an RBI and a 4-3 Cougar lead.
Roberti then singled Kraxberger to
third and Obrist drove her home
with a single. Winklèy reached on
an error to load the bases and
Koanui smacked a double to center
to clear thé bases and give CCC an
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Cijay Koanui (far left) is forced out at first by LCC in the last game of the regular seas]
8-3 lead. Roberti closed the scoring
and Wrapped up the win with an
RBI single in the sixth as
Clackamas held off the Saints 9-4.
Marlow struck out seven Mt.
Hood batters and Walked four to
pick up her fifth win of the tourney.
“By beating Mt. Hood, we ended
up knocking all three division cham­
pions out of the tournament (Mt.
Hood, Shoreline and Spokane).
That in itself is quite a feat in a sin­
gle tournament,” said Fiskum.
“Helluva way to do it though, having
to go through the losers’ bracket.”
CCC 7 LCC 8
The win over Mt. Hood set up
the long-anticipated showdown with
five-time ¿defending NWAACC
champion lower Columbia College
Red Devils in the championship
game. This also marked the third
consecutive year that LCC and
Clackamas had met in the title game.
Marlow started the game and
promptly gave up two runs on three
hits in the top of the first for a 2-0
Red Devil lead. But the Cougars
came back for three in the bottom of
the first, with Middagh getting an
RBI double and Kraxberger and
Robert! hitting RBI singles to give
the Cougars a short-lived 3-2 advan­
tage.
D)wer Columbia fought
back for single runs in the second
and third innings to take back the
lead at 4-3, and then extended it to 8-
3 with two runs in each of the fifth
and sixth innings. But the neyer-say-
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weekend that we have preached all-
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