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LACK AMAS
April 13, 2005
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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.
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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.”