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ports LACK AMAS April 13, 2005 Print * *9 iconsistent play plauges Cougars had McCormack this Saturday when Lane visits Clackamas. Editor ■ “Defensively we are play ing really well. We’re continu ie 2005 baseball cam- ing to get better, but our play i for Clackamas has had is inconsistent,” Robinson “We’re getting better are of ups and downs this said. 3n sporting an 11-9 record at playing small ball, but we [gli the first 20 games, but need to be consistent every | Coach Robbie Robinson day.” On April 2 the Cougars took ■s what has to be done to on the top team in the divi the season successful, ie’re hitting .220 as a sion, Mt. Hood CC. Clackamas , Guys are hitting for the showed the league that they and not using their hit are a team to be reckoned intelligence,” Robinson with by beating Hood in both “We need timely hit- games of the double dip. In ind guys to come through the first game Jason Hart got the win in a relief appearance, i we have men on.” toughout the month of while Mike Veselick tallied :h Clackamas played in two hits, while DJ Johnson kous NWAACC tour- had three RBIs in the 12-5 nts, including a cham- victory. In the second game hip appearance in the' Howard “Hap” Purden pitched ¡nbia Basin tourney in a complete game allowing six h they lost 10-0 to host hits in an 8-4 win. Veselick flColumbia Basin. Before again came through with two pss Clackamas tallied up more base knocks and Frank wins in the tournament’s Palletta added three RBIs giv ing Clackamas a well deserved victory. “Hap has been one of our top guys, he has really exceeded our expectations,” Robinson said. pus games, The following week ¡March 31 division play i with Clackamas head- Clackamas had -a pair of dou outh to Eugene to take ble-headers against league foes tne Community College, Chemeketa and Linn-Benton. the first game the Cougars In the first game versus ie able to force extra Chemeketa sophomore pitcher Igs, but lost in the 10th, Travis Galbraith threw a com K Lucas Pfaller contributed plete game shut-out, striking of the four Cougar hits, out six, including four back jfosh Breslaw drove in the ward Ks. Tyldr Liebelt went ly two Clackamas runs. The one for three and knocked nsistent hitting cost the in one run helping preserve ngars the win. The night- a 2-0 victory. In game two plf the double-header was led short because of dark- s. The score at the time luspension was 3-3; the s will finish up the game Clackamas wasn’t able to find the holes in the Chemeketa defense, getting only four hits while in route to a 4-2 loss. In the games against Linn- Benton, Clackamas again showed inconsistency in their play, splitting the games with a 6-5 loss and a 10-0 win. “We have to play consis tent everyday,” l^pbinson expressed. “We come out and sweep Hood, and begin to think that maybe we finally put it all together, but then come back and split games against teams that we need to beat.” In the 10-0 win, Purden showed off his arm again with another complete game, allow ing LBCC to get only get two hits. Linn-Benton didn’t help their cause in the field either, committing eight errors. Clackamas was to play two games versus SWOCC on Tuesday, but they were can celled due to weather. The next scheduled games are this Saturday when Lane comes to town. The Clackamas players are still optimistic for the sea son, and while their optimism mounts, their team camarade rie is only getting stronger. “We’re playing better than we were last season due to our great team chemistry. Egos got in the way last year, but this year everyone shows up on time and everyone wants to be here,” Purden s.aid. “One thing we need to do is sweep the teams we tan sweep and we will be in good shape.” Saturday’s first game will begin at 1 p.m. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print- Lucas Pfaller takes a pitch in a recent home game versus Mt. Hood Community College. Pfaller reached base six times in the double-header helping the Cougs walk away with two wins. Aden take first at relays I I Jimi McDonnell The Clackamas Print Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print e: Robert Badilla (19) looks on as Mike McNally (32) dives in to, home safely. Below: ¡ar Designated Hitter DJ Johnson takes a hack at a pitch delieverd from Mt. Hood. I you have questions or comments about sports at Clackamas or around te world? Maybe you have an argument that can’t be settled or a certain Pinion on a controversial topic relating to the sports world? Send a letter to our Sports Editor: sportsed(^lackamas.edu On Saturday, the Clackamas Cougar track team traveled to Willamette University to compete in the Mt Hood relays, and once again did very well. The women’s team had two second-place finishes in both the distance medley relay, with a time of 13:05.74, and the 4x800 meter relay, recording a time of10:39.84. "The women also placed fourth in the 4x200 meter relay with a finishing time of 1:54.49. The Cougars’ Enn Shafer placed first in the women’s pole vault with a height of 11 ’6”. Emma Ward won the long jump with a leap of 16’8.75”. Following Watd in second place was Shafer, with a jump of 16’.75”. Miranda Carter also displayed her talent by taking third in the pole vault with a height of 10’3”. The Lady Cougars finished in the middle of the pack, taking fourth in the relays with an overall score of 60. The men’s track team, how ever, finished first in the overall team rankings with a score of 142. The Cougar men placed first in both the distance medley relay, with a time of 10:56.53, and the 4x800 relay, with a time of 8:18.96. In addition to those relays, they finished first in the 4x100 relay for throwers, with a time of51.26 seconds. The men finished second in both the 4x100 relay, with a time of43.80, and the 4x400 relay, with atimeof3:24.52. They took third in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:35.62. Troy Sexton, Lucas Ohmes, and Jon Nelson placed first, second and third, respectively, in Saturday’s 110-meter hurdles, with times of 1531,16.32, and 17.01, simply leaving the competition in the dust. Other first-place finishers in Saturday’s meet were pole-vaulter Sean Jones, who recorded a height of 15’8”, and Dave Arndt in the ham mer throw, with a heave of 150’1”. • The track season started on March 1 and will end on May 26. The Cougar team has reached the halfway mark of the season this week, and has a lot to be proud of “On the women’s side we are about the same as last year and are probably somewhere in the middle of the overall standings, but we do have a few girls to watch out for,” I lead Coach Jack Kegg said. “As far as the men go, we are significantly better and should finish in the top three, due to the fact that last year we had 22 freshmen and ■t back 22 of them.” • Clackamas track team is by no means shabby, and can only get better as the season progresses. As far as bringing home some hardware at the end of the season, Kegg said, “We have brought home a trophy the past five years, and would like to continue that trend.”
