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14 • June 1, 2005 Spor ^ÙLACKAMASPf^flf Cougars produce four champion Volleyball Frank Jordan The Clackamas Print The 2004-2005 school year was a banner year for Clackamas Community College athletics as four teams took home Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championships and several other sports kept up their respective winning tra ditions. Soccer The women’s soccer team won their first NWAACC championship in only the third year of the program, getting two goals apiece from Southwest Division MVP Vicki Rodríguez and All Conference performer Tianna Meduri in the 6-0 rout of Tacoma in the final. The team finished with a 21-0- 1 overall record and allowed an NWAACC-low five goals all season. Amanda Triller, Jessica Engemann, Trisha Little and Megan Diebel were also selected as All Conference playets and Head Coach Tracy Nelson was hon ored as Southwest Division Coach of the Year. The women’s volleyball team defeated Walla Walla CC 30-32, 27-30, 30-23, 30-28 and 15-9 to win the NWAACC championship on Nov. 20. It was the second title overall for the Cougars, who won their first in 1996. Clackamas defeated Edmonds CC, Columbia Basin College and Spokane CC in the NWAACC tournament on the way to the title. Brianna McLeod was named tournament MVP, while Lindsey Girod-Burgess, Kristen Diehl and Karrin Orr were named tournament All Stars. Head Coach Kathie Woods was named Coach of the Year. McLeod was also honored as a junior college All-American. Cross-Country The women’s cross-coun try team, led by Ashley Adams’ seventh-place finish, won the NWAACC cham pionship in Seattle on Nov. 13. Lyndsey Bartell finished in ninth, Tiffany Passi was 10th, Leslie Bartell was 12th, Jessica Harper was 13th and Samantha was 20th in the championship race. Adams was awarded All-American status based on her finish in Frank Jordan Clackamas Print Clackamas softball proved for the eighth time in school his tory that they were the best in the Northwest. Jeff Sorensen CZaclmiJ The Cougars’ volleyball team started the athletic year off with a bang, winning the NWAACC’s in convincing fashion, and ending the year with a 43-9 record. the race. Head Coach Keoni McHone was voted Coach of the Year for the second time in the last four ye.ars. The men’s cross-coun try team finished in Second place at the NWAACC cham pionships on Nov. 13, as Jon Butkey set an NWAACC Championship, meet record on his way to the individual title. Butkey was the first man to break the 2 5-minute barrier in the title race, finishing with a time of 24:55. Hipolito Gonzales finished in sixth overall, joining Butkey in being awarded All-American status. Josh Cobb finished ninth, Chris Smith finished No. 30, Trevor Snook was No. 31, James Stevens was No. 43 and Terran Swehosky was No. 46. Basketball Denise Nasuta Contributed The women’s basketball team wasn’t fortunate enough to win the NWAACC title, but hard work earned them third. The women’s basketball team defeated the Yakima Valley CC Yaks 75-69 in overtime to capture the third- place trophy at the NWAACC championships in Kennewick, Wash. The defending cham pion Cougars lost in the semifinals to eventual cham pion Columbia Basin College.. Freshman guard LaToya Hill led all players in scoring at the tournament with 26 points per game and was named to the All-Tournament first team. The women finished the season with a 26-7 overall record. The men’s basketball team won the third-place trophy at the NWAACC championships by defeating Grays Harbor College 83-73 in Kennewick, Wash. The Cougars lost in the semifinals to Pierce College the night before. Sophomore Wes Jensen capped an out standing junior college career by being named to the All Tournament first team, while sophomore Matt Sanders was named to the second team. The Cougars finished the sea son with a record of 24-7, their seventh consecutive 20- win season. Wrestling Chaz Cointment capped an outstanding season on the mats as he took home eighth place and All-American honors in. the 197-pound class at the NJCAA national tournament in Rochester, Minn. Shane Slover, Don Bastings, Nick Stacks and Jimmy Crisman all qualified and wrestled well at nationals, each finishing out of the top eight in their respec tive weight classes. Cointment and Stacks each finished third at the Region 18 tournament, CCC’s highest regional fin ishes. Baseball The baseball team fin a disappointing fifth in Southern Division with] 26 overall record and 1] in the division. One o| highlights of the season] tripleheader sweep of eve playoff team Lane CC on 3. All-Conference selec] had not been announced] NWAACC at press time. J Softball The softball team end! six-year run by Lower Coll College by defeating Coll Basin College 8-1 on May] win the NWAACC Cham] ship. The title was the eight] overall by the Cougars an] first since 1997. Sopll Holly Marlow won four] on the mound for CCC l the NWAACC tournam] Portland and was named] tournament MVP. AnnaA] Casey Middagh, Erin s| and Chelsea Koch were nl to the All-Tournament tel their outstanding efforts.] Coach Paul Fiskum was] NWAACC Coach of the | guiding the Cougars to a] overall record and 25-7 ini sional play. This year’s] set a slew of school recorl offense, including Mid] school-record 10 homer] Cougar track teams earn fourth and fifth place respectiva on. While he was catching meter, and didn’t let us down, his much needed breath, Lane taking first with a time of The Clackamas Print C.C. runners Jeff Drouet and 15:05.59. Matt Barnhart passed him up. After a season filled with On. Thursday and Friday of “I really thought I was records it was time for David last week, the NWAACC Track going to have to stop, but I Arndt to do his thing at the and Field Championships were realized there were only three championships. Arndt was in held Mt. Hood Community laps to go so I got up and just the hammer throw, thé shot- College. Clackamas did well ran my hardest,” said Butkey. put, and the discus; and he despite the dominance of “I had to aim for second at did well in each. Arndt placed that point, ‘realizing that first third in the shot-put with a Spokane C.C. The first event for the cou was probably out of reach.” throw of 48 feet, fifth in the While I am sitting there hammer with a heave of 147 gars was the men’s 10,000- meter. Clackamas runner John watching the race after Butkey feet, 3 inches, and sixth in the Butkey was the favorite to had gotten up from his short discus with a toss of 142 feet. take first, but with three laps break, I see the gap between One of Clackamas’ only to go and about a 25-meter Butkey and the other runners first place finishers was Erin in first and second .get short Shafer. Shafer looked good all lead for first, he had to stop. “I just felt like I was over er and shorter, until finally year but really stepped it up heating and was going to pass Butkey was able to pass up in the championships, taking out,” said Butkey, “so I just Barnhart and take home sec first in the pole vault with a took a little break.” ond place. He finished with a vault of 11 feet, 6 inches. He stopped for about 15 to time of 32:51.18. Another Clackamas athlete 20 seconds and for a moment Butkey was also the favor that did really well in this looked like he couldn’t go ite going into the men’s 500- year’s championship was Troy Jimi McDonnell Sexton. Sexton took second in en’s 800-meter and fin] the men’s 110-meter hurdles, with a time of 2:21.08;I with a finishing time of 15 mate Elise Megale foil seconds. Teammates Lucas her and finished in sei Ohmes and Chris Hoppie Harper also finished si finished back-to-back in the in the 1500-meter with] event, taking sixth and sev of 4:47.48. Megale fol] her in this race as well, t] enth. Hoppie also placed fifth in fifth. the men’s long jump with a Trevor Snook was al leap of 21 feet, 11.5 inches. take home a first place] In the women’s long jump, in the men’s 800-meter. SI Clackamas’ Emma Ward per took sixth in the prelimi] formed impressively, taking for the event, then step] third with a jump of 17 feet, up when it mattered. Hl ished with the winning] 4 inches. i Another Cougar athlete that ’of 1:53.95. All in all, the Cougar] took home a first place finish was Sean Jones. Jones was in a decent finish in the ch| the pole vault and finished onships, taking fourth ] with a winning height of 16 men’s overall team sc] and fifth in the women’s] feet, 6 inches. Jessica Harper of Clackamas scores, with point total] had a strong performance as 102 and 61. Not that bad] well. Harper ran the wom way to wrap up the seaso]
