Clackamas Print
Sports 7
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
ady Cougs split six, drop to third
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fig Clackamas softball team had
j,and-<lown week, splitting six
£ to fall into third place in the
¿eni Division of the NWAACC.
jig Cougars went to Longview,
jmgton on May 2 to face Lower
jnbia College and split a double-
jj with the Red Devils, losing
eone 7-0 before bouncing back
unetwotowin 10-1.
:y girls were disappointed with
(effort in game one, and after a
;chat between games they really
(¿d up the offense,” said Head
di Paul Fiskum. “I was very
py with the effort in game two
and we are really starting to show
some fight and perseverance with our
efforts.”
The Cougars were one-hit in
game one, with Caitlin Oole/ get
ting a single to lead off the first for
Clackamas Community College’s
only base knock. The bats came
alive in game two, however, as Ooley
and Casey Middagh each had three
hits, while Code Howard, Brianna
Mondragon and Jessica Schell each
had two hits to lead the Cougars to a
14-hit and 10-1 victory.
Friday, Clackamas got an RBI
single from Ooley in the bottom of
the eighth, scoring Heather Rightley
from second base with the winning
run in the Cougar’s 5-4 game one
win over Mt Hood CC. Ooley was
2-4 at the plate, Schell continued her
strong play with two hits and two
RBI, and Katie King had two doubles
in the game. Janelle Cristofaro tossed
a six-tatter to get the victory on the
mound.
“We kept on battling all the way to
the end, even after Mt Hood tied the
game in the top of the seventh,” said
Fiskum. “Our girls have anever-say-
die attitude; they just buckled down
and went out and won the game.”
Game two was over early as Erin
Snyder bombed a three-run homer in
the bottom of the first and Ooley hit
her first collegiate home run, a two-
run shot, in the bottom of the second,
as Clackamas ran away to a 9-1 vic
tory. Jamie Torgersen gave up only
three hits and struck out 13 Saints in
only five innings netting her 10th vic
tory of lhe season.
The Cougars played Chemeketa
CC last Saturday, and got rude
treatment from the visitors as the
Chiefs swept a doubleheader from
Clackamas to take over second place
in tiie division, winning 14-5 and
4-3.
“We were really competitive all
day, we just didn’t get any breaks,”
said Fiskum. “Especially the first
game. We battled hard and the final
score was not indicative of the effort
that we gave.”
Mondragon led Cougar hitters in
game one with a single and a three-
run homer; while Schell became the
10th Cougar hitter this season to hit
at least one home run with her solo
Baseball
shot in the fourth. Torgersen battled
a back strain all game, but she took
tiie loss.
Clackamas jumped out to a 3-0
lead in game two, and a tight strike
zone allowed tiie Chiefs to come
back with tiie help of eight walks to
claim a 4-3 victory.
The Cougars traveled to Coos
Bay Tuesday to take on Southwestern
Oregon CC; results were not avail
able at press time. The Cougars
take on Lower Columbia College on
Friday in the last home doubleheader
oftiieseason. Game time is 3 p.m. at
the Cougar Softball Complex. The
Cougars will then travel to Vancouver,
Washington to take on Clark College
in a doubleheader beginning at noon
on Saturday.
Field events
prosper
May 9 vs. Chemeketa
. Results:
Gamel:W4-3
Game 2: L(M
Last home game:
May 13 at 1 p.m.
vs. Linn Benton
Last away game:
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lougar Chris Oki slides into home for the game-winning run in the first of two games
esterday against Chemeketa. Oki serves the team as a utility player, posessing the
bility to play both the outfield and second base positions.
Coos Bay
May 16 at 1 p.m.
vs. SW Oregon
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II The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas Community
College Track and Field team
competed in the Ken Shannon
Invitational at Husky Stadium
on May 6.
“We really had a big per
formance in field areas,” said
Head Coach Jack Kegg.
“On the women’s side, Jeeni
Shantin threw and tied her per
sonal record from high school,”
said Kegg.
Shantin threw a final distance
of 45.97 meters in the Women’s
Javelin Throw to place first.
Right now Shantin leads the
NWAAC in the Javelin Throw
by 12 feet.
“The guys did really well
in the Discus Throw. Quintin
[Baxter] threw well,” said
Kegg.
Baxter threw a final distance
of 42.10 meters in the Men’s
Discus Throw, placing seventh.
Rhys Perkins threw a final dis
tance of 39.29 meters to place
eighth.
“Baxter had a PR in the dis
cus - he added 3 feet,” said
Assistant Coach Keoni McHone,
who also coaches field events.
“Lindsey [McKillip] dropped
the Steeple Chase [school
record] by 30 seconds. She set
it earlier this year. She leads
the NWAAC by one minute,”
said Kegg.
McKillip placed fifth in the
Women’s 3000-Meter Steeple
Chase with a final time of 11
minutes 55.88 seconds.
“It may not look like she did
well, but she competed against
the -eighth ranked in American
history,” said Kegg.
“Perkins had a solid perfor
mance in the Hammer Throw.
He was only one foot under his
PR,” said McHone.
Perkins threw a final distance
of 48.78 meters in the Men’s
Hammer Throw, placing fifth.
Baxter threw a final distance of
46.43 meters' to finish sixth.
“The Hammer Throw is
stacking up to be intense. There
are seven guys within seven
feet of each other.
There’s
intense competition here get
ting the men prepared,” said
McHone.
“[The invitational was a]
good tune-up for the team to get
ready for the [Southern Region
Championships],” said Kegg.
The
Southern
Region
Championships will be held at
Mt. Hood CC, Saturday, May
13.