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Sports Clackamas Print Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7 Blast off: Softball secures two seed Frank Jordan I The Clackamas Print J The Clackamas softball team ■concluded the regular season ■sith a number two seed from the Southern Division and will take on Highline CC in the first round of the NWAACC softball championship tournament at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at Delta Park in north Portland. “We beat Highline at the NWAACC crossover a few weeks ago, so we are familiar with them and what they try to do,” said Head Coach Jessica Farnsworth. “We are tested and ready, so it ought to be an exciting weekend for us.” The Cougars finished the regular season last Saturday with a 19-0 and 19-1 pounding of Clark College. Clackamas brought out the whiip- jing stick in both games as five different Cougars each hit two home tins on the day, including an almost- jever-heard-of five homers in one nning. Sam Daline, Janelle Cristofaro aid Renee Santos each hit two mmers in game one, while Jessica Slocum hit a solo homer as the Cougars ended the first game early ¡vith 17 runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Cristofaro and Santos. each hitting two homers in the fourtly inning. “Renee only had seven at-bats all season, but she hit two homers in one inning,” commented assistant coach Paul Fiskum. “Both of our pitchers hit multiple home runs in the same inning; I never have seen anything like that in all my years.” Santos picked up her 20th win on the season, striking out 12 to finish her freshman season with a Clackamas-record 336 strikeouts for the season, breaking the old record of 223 by Holly Marlow in 2004. Cristofaro struck out a career-high 14 in game two in getting her 14th victory of the season. Friday, the Cougars took on Lower Columbia College, and despite giving up only one run all day, CCC split a doubleheader with the Lady Red Devils, losing game one 1-0 and winning game two 4-0. The Cougars fought hard all game long in game one, but just couldn’t take advantage of the opportuni ties that they had. Lower Columbia ended the game as a Red Devil bat ter sent a long one over the fence in the bottom of the seventh, ending the game with LCC winning 1-0. “We fought and fought all game long, but we just couldn’t push one across,” said Farnsworth. “They hit a walk-off home run to end it, but we felt confident that we could get it back in game two, and we did.” Daline and Lacey Forbito each went 2-3 at the plate, each hitting a single and a double to spearhead the Cougar offense. Cristofaro tossed a three-hitter while striking out six to pick up the victory. The Cougars finished the reg ular season with a 35-10 overall record, including 23-7 in divisional play, two games behind division champion Mt. Hood CC and two games ahead of Lower Columbia. Farnsworth is excited about what lies ahead this weekend. “We come into the weekend pret ty healthy, and our spirits are high,” die said. “Our pitching is solid, and our bats are swinging great. We keep our heads on task, and we can do some great things at the NWAACC tournament.” If Clackamas wins game one at the tournament, they will take on the winner of Wenatchee Valley CC- Peninsula College at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at Delta Park. Tournament information is available at www. nwaacc.org, or by visiting the Cougar athletic offices in Randall Hall. Santos winds up for a pitch in the game against Chemeketa Community College. PRs put Cougars on track for NWAACC championship Jesse Dees The Clackamas Print This past weekend the track team ompeted in the Southern Region ’hampionships at Mt Hood CC, “I really liked how people stepped ip and competed,” Coach Keoni IcHone said after his squad racked p 23 lifetime or seasonal personal ecords on the day. For the men, standouts were ienjamine Jackson, Wesley Keller, Itan Wester, Joe Gobel, Brandon Snook, Quinton Baxter, Chris Dilly and Mike Simmons. Jackson posted a strong day, taking first in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Keller took second place in the 100-meter dash, and Tweedy ran for first in the 400-meter dash. Wester took second in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, and Snook took second in the 3000-meter steeple chase, also achieving a personal record. Simmons threw for first place in Javelin. Baxter posted a huge day, achieving three personal records in three events. He threw for a four-foot personal record in shot put, two-foot in the discuss throw and three-foot in the hammer throw. Dilly came up big, taking first place in both the hammer throw and javelin. The 4xl00-meter relay team of Gobel, Keller, Jackson and Wester took first place and grabbed a personal record. The 4x400-meter relay team of Gobel, Jackson, Keller and Tweedy took first place. For the women, standouts were Rachel Hemphill, Andria Scheese, Lyndsey McKillip, Jamie Burg, Meaghan Durand, Stefani Dittmar, Allison Body and Tricia Bolier. Please see TRACK, Page 8 Baseball team looks to stay alive Mike Guldice Sports Editor Do or die. This is the situation lat the baseball team is faced with s they ready themselves for their hal regular-season games: a twin- ill vs. Southwestern Oregon CC morrow. If they sweep the two games and Linn-Benton fairs worse in their match-up with Chemeketa, then Clack will almost certainly get into the NWAACC tourney as a two seed out of the South. If they flounder, however, they will more than likely find themselves on the outside of the playoff bubble look ing in. Last week saw the team split two doubleheaders with Chemeketa, )ny Stutevoss (Madison HS) snags the double-play to help lackamas win against Chemeketa. and most recently, one with Linn- Benton on Saturday. In the first game, the Cougars managed a measly five hits, while committing three errors en route to a 5-2 loss. Sophomore Jess Jensen took the loss. “We couldn’t get anything going on offense. We just didn’t come up big when we needed to,” OF Todd McBride said. Game two was a different story, however, as Clackamas was victo rious behind a dominant pitching performance from freshman flame thrower Nate Reif. In their 3-1 win, Clack reversed the rolls as the game saw LBCC commit four errors and only register six hits throughout “I was just trying to keep the ball down and work at a quick pace. I wanted to get my defense off the field as fast as possible,” Reif said. “They were getting themselves out, but our D was making some great plays as well.” The significance of what is on the horizon is lost on no one, espe cially the athletes involved in the push for the postseason. “If we play to the best of our capabilities, we should be fine — there shouldn’t be any doubts,” Reif said. “It would be awesome; file school hasn’t been to the playoffs for a while, so it would be great to get back to a winning tradition. 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