Clackamas Print
Sports 7
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
oft ba 11 to NWAACC as three seed
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He Clackamas softball team
luded the regular season
»■eek by splitting double-
lets with Southwestern
(n CC and Clark College,
getting swept by division
’pion Lower Columbia
jge at home.
je Cougars traveled to
¡Bay May 9 to take on
ICC, and they took game
by a score of 4-2. Janelle
jjfaro stepped in for the
ed Jamie Torgersen and
;d a gem, allowing only
jit and two unearned runs
¡ck up the victory. Katie
led Clackamas’s hitting,
going 2-4.
Game two was a different
story as SWOCC, playing fast
and loose, piled up 12 hits
on Clackamas’ Lindsey Olin
en route to a 13-5 win. The
game was a sloppy on^ as
SWOCC committed six errors
and Clackamas had three mis
cues, but timely hitting and a
miniscule strike zone cost the
Cougars a potential sweep of
the twin bill.
“Lindsay has battled shin
splints all season. She wasn’t
moving very well and it
showed,” said Head Coach Paul
Fiskum. “That and some amaz
ing defense by the SWOCC
centerfielder did not help us.
That girl made two outstanding
catches; it probably saved three
or four runs. She only has one
arm due to a birth defect, but
she only needed one arm. She
was great.”
Last Friday, Clackamas
played their final home games
of the season, hosting Lower
Columbia. LCCC came to
Oregon City and stomped the
Cougars 10-1 and 14-5.
The only real highlight for
the home team in game one
was a solo home run by Cotie
Howard in the fifth for the
Cougars’ only run in the 10-1
loss.
In
game
two,
Casey
Middagh’s two-run homer was
not enough in Clackamas’s 14-
5 loss. Anna Alcala was 2-3
at the plate and Caitlin Ooley
was 2-4 and scored twice, but
it wasn’t enough.
Clackamas
traveled
to
Vancouver on Saturday to take
on Clark College. Game one
Cristofaro tossed her second
one-hitter of the week in the
Cougars’ 8-0 victory. Middagh
was 2*2and scored two runs.
Ooley was 2-4 with two RBI.
Game two saw the Cougars
jump out to a quick 4-0 lead
after two innings, but Clark
came back to lead 5-4 after six.
Clackamas forced extra innings
with a run in the seventh, but in
the 11th inning a bases-loaded
single gave Clark the winning
run. The final score stood at
7-6.
“The girls played their tails
off, considering the beating
that we took the day before
against Lower Columbia,” said
Fiskum.
Middagh led the Cougar hit
ters with a single, a double,
a triple and two RBI. Erin
Snyder was 2-3, and Brianna
Mondragon was 2-4 with a sin
gle and a double at the plate.
Cristofaro relieved Olin and
pitched the final seven innings,
coming up with the loss.
Clackamas travels to the
NWAACC tournament this
weekend at Delta Park as the
number-three seed from the
Southern Division. They will
face the number-two seed
from the Northern Division,
the Edmonds CC Tritons. The
game against Edmonds begins
Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Delta
Park.
ack and field participate in Southern Region Championships
Continued from TRACK, Page 1
Assistant
Coach
Keoni
McHone from Clackamas dialed
911 from his cell phone as soon
as he heard shouting and saw
Muhammad running toward
Marchant.
“I heard him yell and when
I turned around she was on the
ground,” McHone said.
Muhammad said that although
this type of accident is uncom
mon, something similar happens
just about every year at Track and
Field events around the country.
“That’s why some states
don’t have some events,” said
Muhammad. “It’s why Texas
doesn’t have the hammer or the
javelin ... it’s why we don’t have
the hammer.”
Muhammad also reported that
Marchant was conscious before
and after the ambulance arrived,
and that she could remember her
name, birthday and what high
school she graduated from. She
sustained no concussion or frac
tures and is expected to return to
her team soon.
i: Emma Ward competes in the hurdles event on Saturday, May 13 at Mt. Hood CC. Ward is also a member of the Cougars’
eball team, where she can play both guard posistions.
W: Sophrnore Mike Jenkins participates in the long jump competition. Jenkins, who graduated from Milwaukie High School,
runs sprints for Clackamas.
Editors note:
Track and field athletes will be
competing in the NWAACC
Championships held in
Spokane, Washington May 22
and 23.
Baseball: Cougars’
final home games
unsuccessful
May 13 vs. Linn Benton
Game 1: L 2-15
CCC: 4h, 5e
LBCC: 15h, 5e
Game 2: L1-13
CCC: 5h, le
LBCC: 19h, 2e
Clackamas played their final game of the
2006 campaign yesterday at Coos Bay
against SW Oregon CC. Results were
not available at time of publication.
Photos by Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print