Clackamas Print
Sports 7
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Softball team heals, perseveres-
frank Jordan
Caitlin Ooley led a balanced
offense with two hits and
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Clackamas softball got healthier last week,
¿ng three out of four games from league
aonents Chemeketa CC and Clark College,
jh Katie King hitting two long home runs
Clark and strong pitching from Janelie
Jtofaro and Jamie Torgersen.
> Cougars took on Chemeketa in a home
jibleheader Friday, and Clackamas got taken
K in game one by the Chiefs number-one
¿er and some questionable umpiring in a
Sloss-
“Considering the umpiring, we consider this
ss to Chemeketa a gift. They only scored one
¡rued run on us, but that was mostly our fault,
¡ye errors will do that,” said Head Coach Paul
tan.
“There was a very inconsistent strike zone
[ougliont the game being called and it may
iie affected us mentally, players as well as
¡coaches,” Fiskun continued.” I wasn’t very
ppy at all and you expect to see that from
je to time, just not that blatant.”
King was the offensive show in game one
she blasted a three-run homer to momen
tly give the Cougars a 3-2 lead in the fifth.
Bieketa scored two runs in both the sixth
RBI. Heather Rightley was
2-4, Cotie Howard was 2-3
with two RBI, Kelly Stratton
was 2-4 with three RBI, and
King blasted another home
run, a two-run shot and had
four RBI.
The Cougars took on Clark
at home Saturday, and in game
one, Clackamas got a one-out
RBI infield single from Ooley
to score Tara Angelone from
third to give Clackamas the
1-0 eight-inning victory.
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“The Clark pitcher was
very tough and we had a real
Pitcher Lindsay Olin (left) has the whole world in her
hard time figuring out how to
hand while fellow pitcher Jamie Torgerson looks on.
hit her,” said Fiskum. “Her
fastball was really working
and seventh innings to get the victory however.
and by the time the eighth
Cristofaro only gave up four hits from the inning rolled around, we went into our slap-hit
mound, but was hurt by her defense behind her. ting game, just trying to get someone on.
She fell to 7-3 on the season with the loss.
“Tara (Angelone) worked a walk with one
Game two was a different story as the out, and she proceeded to steal second. A wild
Cougars exploded for six runs in the first pitch got her to third, and I told her to run
and six runs in the second to take a 12-1 lead on anything hit up the middle,” said Fiskum.
after two innings. Torgersen picked up her “Ooley hit a sharp grounder and Tara was off
fifth win of the season on the mound, while like a shot She slid under the tag and that was
the ball game. It really is exciting to win those
kinds of games.”
Cristofaro picked up her eighth win of the
season on die hill, giving up only three hits and
striking out five in the shutout victory.
Game two was over in a hurry. Clackamas
scored three in the first, four in the second and
three more in the third enroute to the 12-0 vic
tory. Stratton was the big stick in the lineup,
belting a three-run homer in the third to seal the
win. Casey Middagh was 3-3 with two RBI
and three runs scored; Howard was 2-3 with
three runs scored as well. Brianna Mondragon
was 2-3 and scored twice, while Stratton was
2-2 and had four RBI in the game.
Torgersen was sharp on the mound, giving
up only three hits, striking out four on the way
to her first shutout of the season.
“We are coming along pretty nicely, con
sidering all of the trials that this team has gone
through recently,” said Fiskum.” We are still
in second place in the division and we will
get better as we enter the home stretch of the
season.”
Clackamas took on Mt Hood CC in a home
doubleheader yesterday; results were not avail
able at press time. The Cougars go on the road
to Coos Bay on Friday to take on Southwestern
Oregon CC and to Salem for a rematch with
Chemeketa on Saturday.
iaseball team consistently inconsistent, 16-14 overall
N.P. Delzell
me Clackamas Print
With an up-and-down NWAACC southern league
tord, pitching seems to be holding the Clackamas
eball team (4-10 league, 16-14 overall) back, but the
tense has carried the load most of the season, Head
Coach Robin Robinson said.
“It’s really been a dilemma ... our pitching is good
it’s just not that consistent,” Robinson said.
The diamond men took the field at Chemeketa CC
(8-6, 16-13) last week and split their double header.
Game one went to Clackamas 10-7.
“We started to hit the ball again,” Robinson said.
“The guys went back to the way we are supposed to-
swing a bat.”
Game two went to Chemeketa by a score
of 5-6, with the Cougar offense knocking
eight hits for the game and five homeruns
as a team for the series. Marco Quintero,
sophomore first baseman, went yard in
both games giving him four overall for
the season and tying him for third in the
NWAACC. Cameron Ferguson and Chris
Derthick picked up a win and a loss respec
tively. Derthick currently has a .82 earned
run average, sixth overall in the NWAACC.
The Cougars battled 1-205 rival Mt. Hood
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CC (10-4, 22-7) last Tuesday. The Cougars were routed
in game one 14-2, giving up 19 hits to Mt. Hood as well
as two homeruns. Game two went to the Cougars- 7-5
behind the arm of Ferguson. Quintero added a homer
in the win.
“We have been more offensive this year then we
have in the past, but we have hit well over the years,”
Robinson said.
“The game of college baseball with a wood bat is
all about the little details and consistency,” Robinson
said.
Robinson said he has some key sophomores and
good freshman that should help the program. He attri
butes the up and down league play to the southern
league’s dominance.
“The guys are all feeling good about their play,”
Robinson said. “The problem is our excellent league.”
The Cougars are still over .500, but currently still in
the cellar of the NWAACC south. The Cougars battled
Linn Benton CC (7-9, 14-14). Results were not avail
able at print time.
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Mike Guidlce
Sports Editor
Recently I had the plea
sure of having lunch with two
well respected sports writers
from The Oregonian - John
Canzano and Ken Goe.
Canzano is the main col
umnist for the sports section,
while Goe primarily covers
Pac-10 athletics.
During our conversa
tion I was told of countless
adventures and interactions
Canzano had experienced
during his time as a sports
journalist. Canzano’s sto
ries ranged from interviews
with various Blazers players
and management to running
a marathon in Greece and
hitchhiking with the locals.
I was in awe with all the
things Canzano had expe
rienced and accomplished.
Travelling around the world
attending sporting events,
interviewing and meeting
athletes is what I have want
ed to do since I was as big as
Mugsy Bogues (eight or nine
years old).
Canzano and Goe eventu
ally did point out something
that I can honestly say dis-
couraged and disappointed
me. They said that they had
lost their love for sports to
an extent.
Canzano told me he no
longer went to sporting
events for fun, and was actu
ally surprised when he found
out one of his colleagues
still sporadically attended
baseball games. They said
that by getting behind-the-
scenes access to professional
athletes they had become
jaded and desensitized after
encountering so many ego
tistical, , selfish players
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and
being exposed to so many
scandals.
Canzano explained how
when he first broke into cov
ering sports in California,
he tried to interview Barry
Bonds
when
somebody
stepped in front of him and
told him that if he had any
questions he would have to
write them out first and then
have Bonds review them.
Canzano obliged and did
what was demanded of him,
only to have all his questions
dismissed. This was just one
instance of an athlete leaving
a bad taste in a sports jour
nalist’s mouth, and it hap
pens everywhere every day.
I understand sports is a
multi-billion dollar business
and no longer is seen as sim
ply a form of entertainment,
but even with this being said,
it saddens and disgusts me to
hear about so many ungrate
ful, disrespectful ball play
ersand the people associated
with them.
I’m not completely oblivi
ous to the ways of the world.
Living in West Linn I have
had multiple discouraging
encounters with members of
the Trail Blazers. That said,
it still bothered me to hear
the various accounts from
the sports journalists from
our area.
I hope I never lose the pas
sion I have for sports. In my
future endeavors I’m sure |I
will run into difficult athletes
and disrespectful players, but
I can only hope and pray that
it doesn’t leave me perma
nently jaded. If I get to the
point where I can no longer
sit and enjoy a game or root
for my favorite player I will
know something is wrong.
Over time sports may have
become something less than
holy, but I always intend to
be mixing pleasure with my
business as I cover it.