^Clackamas Print
Sports 7
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Baseball down and out in South**
Photos by Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print
ygar pitcher Chad Bennett throws fire as he serves up his special delivery during a recent cougar home game. The cougar diamond men finished 8-21 in
gue play and 20-26 overall. After a decent start the cougars struggled as a team to finish off Southern Division, falling to the seller in the South.
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Clackamas Print
Clackamas baseball fin
ed a lackluster season last
ek, losing a double header
Jinn-Benton CC while win-
,g one out of three games
iinst Southwestern Oregon
Head Coach Robin Robinson
ributed the undistinguished
season to inconsistent pitch
ing and team chemistry.
“We had a group of kids
that didn’t handle baseball
adversity and a good group
of athletes who wouldn’t play
roles,” Robinson said. “They
weren’t as positive and direc
tive as they could have been.
“Right now we are recruit
ing for pitching. We have some
verbal commitments. We just
need to get them signed.”
The cougar diamond men
’ enture .
into this
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took on SWOCC May 16 in a
three game series that includ
ed a make up game after the
original double header.
The cougars fell in game
one 7-2 with only four total
team hits; they were routed
9-2 in game two, but bounced
back in game three to knock
out SWOCC 16-4.
Playing,the role of knock-
around ball players they added
Gripping the
wood grain bat
Marcos Quintero
blasts a shot
during a recent
home game.
Quintero went
yard five times
this season and
made second
team all-league.
He split his time
this season at
first base and
designated hitter.
15 team hits producing one
of their highest offensive out
puts of the season.
“In game three they kept
their composure; in the first
games we didn’t take our
opportunities,”
Robinson
said. “I was very pleased the
way the guys played the last
game.
At last place in the Southern
Division (8-21 league, 20-26
overall) the cougars didn’t
have to stay and play game
three, but opted to play any
way.
Falling back, the cougars
also lost on May 13 against
LBCC 15-2 in game one, and
13-1 in game two.
Two cougars were voted
second team all-Southern
Division: Jake Evans as des
ignated hitter and Marco
Quintero at first base.
Among the challenges the
cougars faced this season
according to Robinson were:
adversity and the teams’ wood
bat transition. High school
baseball is played with alumi
num bats, turning even high
school all-stars bats stagnant
at times.
Clackamas baseball looks
to improve as they move into
next season to bigger and bet
ter things with, more wins and
new productivity.
“Some kids we will really
miss,” Robinson said. “And
we have some great freshmen
... so we will be better next
year.”
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