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Clackamas Print 7
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Cougs drop ball, look to regroup
Clackamas was confided but quickly
Mike Guidice
fell victim yet again.
I Sports Editor
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Game one featured freshman pitch
er Russ Lende who threw a complete
game in a 4-1 loss.
Clackamas baseball is coming off
“All their hits were dinks that fell
less-than-stellar stretch of games,
for them, while nothing fell for us,”
etting swept in two doubleheaders
Lende said.
efore splitting a series with Lane
Game two was an even greater
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pitching battle as Bryce Roby fought
Last Thursday, the team traveled
the good fight despite not getting any
a Gresham to take on the current
run support. The Cougars would go
iouthern Division leader, Mt. Hood
extra innings but suffer a disappoint
C.
ing loss by a score of 2-1.
Game one saw Clackamas play
Perhaps of even more concern
[ood tough, taking them to extra
«lings before losing by a score of 9-8. after this series was the injury sus
tained by sophomore co-captain, SS
reshman pitcher Kyle Burright, who
Eric Renander. Early word is that it’s
eads the team in saves, took the loss,
a strained back muscle, leaving his
reshman Cameron Childress was the
availability for upcoming games in
jne bright spot for Clackamas, mak-
question.
ig solid contact all day and going
The Cougs won 12-11 in 13 innings
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yesterday at Lane before losing 7-1
Game two was far less dramatic as
in the second game.
le Cougars were dominated from the
“We have to get to a consis
utset, losing by a score of 14-2, get-
tent level where we are hitting and
ing out-hit 14-5 in the process.
pitching well all at once,” pitcher
Freshman pitcher Tyler Huett was
Jeff Bjorklund said. “If we do that,
anded the lopsided loss in the con-
there’s no reason we shouldn’t get
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second in the South.”
“In game one, our pitchers strug-
led to find the strike zone but our
ffense was solid and put up a lot of
★ Editor’s note: For more in depth
uns. In the second game, our pitch-
rs did a great job, we just didn’t coverage of the series @ Lane CC,
lit well; to say the least,” freshman access the school’s website and search
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atcher Ben Janal relayed.
Over the weekend, the team trav- org also has scores, standings, and
schedules for all the community col
led to Coos Bay for two against
iouthwestern Oregon CC. Going leges in Oregon and Washington.
gainst a struggling SWOCC club,
MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY
Freshman
catcher,
Ben Janal,
rounds the
bases in a
game ear
lier this sea
son. Janal
is from
Lakeridge
High School
and has
caught, hit,
run and
played stel
lar defense
all year
long.
Photo contributed by Tracy Swisher
T&F get strong personal performances
Jesse Dees
The Clackamas Print
This past weekend the track team
competed in the Western Oregon
Twilight in Monmouth Oregon.
For the men, Kenjamine Jackson,
Wesley Keller, Matt Tweedy and Joe
Gobel all had strong performances.
Jackson took first place in both the
100 meter and the 200 meter dash
with times of 10.71 seconds and
21.70 seconds. Jackson is currently
number six on the CCC all time list
Keller took second in the 100 meter
dash with a time of 10.74 seconds
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and is currently ranked seventh on
the Clackamas all time list
Matt Tweedy ran for second place
in the 400 meter dash with a time of
48.91 seconds. Along with their solo
performances, the 4x400 meter relay
team of Gobel, Jackson, Keller, and
Tweedy took first place and are cur
rently die fastest team in not only the
4x400 but also the 4x100.
For the women, Rachel Hemphill,
Tricia Bollier, Jamie Burg, Meaghan
Durand and Stefani Dittmar all post
ed strong performances. Hemphill
took fourth place in the 100 meter
dash with a time of 12.70 seconds.
Bollier got some good weather and
had a big day taking first in the pole
vault' with a jump of 3.60 meters,
also adding eight inches to her per
sonal record on die day.
The 4x100 relay team of
Hemphi 11, Burg, Durand, and Dittmar
ran for third place overall. Although
the 4x400 relay team of Hemphill,
Burg, Dittmar, and Lindsey Mckillip
took fifth place, posting a two second
personal record and are currently
ranked sixth on the CCC all time
fist.
The track and field team now looks
forward to the Oregon Twilight meet
this weekend at the University of
Oregon in Eugene.
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