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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
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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
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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]