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6 Sports Clackamas Pri Wednesday, May 24, 2006 SOFTBALL: success slips in ‘shi Continued from SOFTBALL, Page 1 13-12. Ooley led off the game with her fourth home run of the tournament and the team scored in each of the first six innings enroute to the win. Snyder was 3-5 at the plate, Schell was 2-3 and scored four runs, Howard was 2-3 with two RBI and Jennah Cowper came off, die bench in the fifth and smacked a two-run homerun. Mt. Hood made it a 13-12 game in the seventh, but the Cougars got three ground-ball outs to hang on to the victory. Cristofaro pitched* 5 and 2/3 innings to get the victory, with Torgersen picking up the save. “I wish that I could have done better, but we all did well enough to win the game,” said Cristofaro. The Cougars ended the sea son with a 27-21 record and their fourth second-place finish in the NWAACC tournament in school history. Cristofaro, Angelone, Middagh and Ooley were named to the all-tournament team. Next up on Friday was a date with South Puget Sound CC. The best hitting team in the N WAACC was no match for the Cougars, as CCC defeated SPSCC 12-3. Jessica Schell led the hitting display by going 2-3 with a single, a double and three RBI. On Saturday, the Cougars took on Chemeketa CC and their All- American pitcher, Katie Fleer. The Cougars battled all game and got a two-run homer from Casey Middagh to keep Clackamas in the game. Chemeketa led 5-2 going to the bottom of the seventh when Katie King reached base on a single and Brianna Mondragon reached on an error. Angelone singled up the middle on a 3-1 pitch, scoring Heather Rightley, who had pinch- ran for King, making the score 5-3. Ooley stepped to the plate with Matt Olson C/fldiflfflas ] two outs and two on, and promptly ABOVE: Sophomore 1B Anna Alcala connects with the ball, taking advantage of Chemeketta smacked the most memorable hit pitching in this matchup. in recent Clackamas histoiy, a three-run walk-off home run over the Centerfield fence to win the game 6-5. Clackamas had to take the field again a mere 45 minutes after the dramatic win over Chemeketa, this time against Lower Columbia. The champi onship game was over almost before it began as the Red Devils batted around in the first, scoring eight runs on the way to a 20-7 win over CCC. “We just had a great win [over Chemeketa] and then we had the wind knocked out of our sails right off the bat,” said Fiskum. “I really don’t know what hap ■ IM pened, but we got our rear ends handed to us. Lower Columbia is a dam good team and they showed us.” The coaching staff had a long talk with their team both Saturday night and Sunday morning before taking on Mt. Hood CC in an elimination game. The words paid off as Middagh led a 19-hit Jeff Sorensen Clackamasl attack with five hits of her own The 2006 Clackamas cougars posing in front of their second-place trophy. Despite not winning the championship the Cougars as Clackamas defeated the Saints were overachievers, overcoming various ailments and injuries throughout the entire season. Irli PUT A FOUNDATION UNDER YOUR DREAMS We Provide Training <S Support for These Exciting Careers Medical Transcriptionist | work from home Court Reporter | $64,500 average income Paralegal | $42,000 median income Correctional Officer | high demand COLLEGE OF L egal A rts Financial aid availabj for those who quali! 503-223-51 . CollegeofLegalArts.d
