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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Clack, Lower Columbia, redundancy!
Continued from SOFTBALL, Page 1
Jessica Schell was 2-3 at the
plate with a home run, while
Heather Rightley had three hits,
Janelle Cristofaro had two hits,
including a triple, and Slocum
had two hits to lead the Cougar
offense.
Game 2
The Cougar win advanced the
team into a second-round show
down with Eastern Region champ
Wenatchee Valley CC. Cotie
Howard led off the bottom of the
sixth in a scoreless game with a
triple. Howard was pinch-ran for
by Jessica Calderon, who scored
on an RBI groundout by Forbito
to give CCC a 1-0 lead. Santos
mowed down WVCC in the sev
enth, and Clackamas held on for
the win.
Game 3
The win over Wenatchee
Valley propelled the Cougars
into a quarterfinal matchup with
Lower Columbia Saturday morn
ing, and the Red Devils wasted no
time getting started, hitting three
homers in the first inning and
building a 4-0 lead. Clackamas
pushed three runs across in the
fifth to tie the game at four, but
LCC’s Ashlea Strode hit a grand
slam homer in the seventh to give
LCC a 9-4 lead.
Clackamas battled back in the
bottom of the final frame, pushing Pitcher Renee Santos prepares to unleash the beast on the
a run across to get the score to 9- mound. Santos led the free world in K’s this season.
5, before Howard belted a three-
run home run to close the deficit
the Cougars got solid pitching per
to 9-8. CCC got two more runners and get ready for the long haul formances from both Cristofaro
on base, but couldn’t push them that faced the team on Monday.
and Santos, while Daline and
Game 5
across, and Lower Columbia held
King supplied the power as CCC
CCC opened Monday play with defeated the. Saints 5-1.
on for the 9-8 victory.
“This might have been one of a 9 a.m. game versus Wenatchee
With the game tied at one,
our best hitting performances of Valley, and Santos spun another King stepped to the plate with a
the season. We were so patient at masterpiece on the mound, allow runner on and blasted a ball over
the plate, and we got some timely ing only two hits and striking the fence to give CCC a 3-1 lead.
base hits,” said Farnsworth. “We out 10 in the Clackamas 4-0 vic Daline extended the lead in the
gave ourselves chances to win, tory. Forbito had a solo homer fifth with a two-run homer of
and that is all you can ask for. to give Clackamas the lead, then her own to give the Cougars the
Lower Columbia is a great team, King blasted a three-run tater in 5-1 lead. Great relief pitching by
and they won the game, simple the sixth inning to put the game Santos and solid defense the rest
as that.”
away. Rightley had another four- of the way gave Clackamas the
Rightley had four hits, all sin hit game for the Cougars, and she 5-1 win and sent the Cougars into
gles, and stole two bases for CCC. stole two mdre bases to lead the the championship matchup with
King had two hits and two RBIs, offense.
Lower Columbia.
and Ashley Roy hit two doubles
Clackamas would have to
for the Cougars against LCC.
defeat the Red Devils twice to
Cristofaro had a solid game on the
win their ninth title overall, but
mound with nine strikeouts.
Lower Columbia got the timely
Game 4
hits and defeated Clackamas 3-2
The loss dropped Clackamas
to win the NWAACC champion
■ into a losers-bracket game against
ship.
Walla Walla CC, and the Warriors
“Renee and Janelle pitched as
took a quick 1-0 lead before the
well as they have pitched all sea
Cougars bats warmed up. Slocum
son; we asked a lot from those
hit a solo home run in the fourth
two girls all season and they
to give CCC a 2-1 lead. Walla
really delivered. Renee’s perfor
Walla tied the game in the fifth,
mance on Monday was really
but King hit a homer of her own
clutch,” said Farnsworth. “We
in the bottom of the fifth to give
just battled and battled all day
Clackamas the 3-2 victory.
and all weekend, and I am so
Slocum made the defensive
proud of this team that words just
play of the tournament in the
can’t describe it.”
seventh with a sprawling catch of
Clackamas now has eight
a long drive in left field to save Sophomore pitcher Janelle NWAACC titles and five second-
the game for CCC. Santos had Christofaro rounds the bases.
place finishes in their softball
another stellar game on the hill,
history. King, Santos, Schell and
✓
striking out 14 and allowing only
Slocum were named to the All
six hits.
Tournament team for their efforts.
All of Sunday’s games at
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Lower Columbia shortstop Jessie
the tournament were rained out,
The win over Wenatchee Valley Hanna was named tournament
allowing the Clackamas team to sent the Cougars into a semifinal most valuable player, and Tim
regroup mentally and physically matchup with Mt. Hood CC, and Mackin of LCC was named
Coach of the Year.
“Clackamas and Lower
Columbia are the two best pro
grams in the NWAACC, and both
teams showed it again this week
end,” said Farnsworth. “We both
get great players every year, and
although there are other good pro
grams, everyone just expects us
and LCC to be around at the end
come tournament time. Again, we
did not disappoint.”
It was a very successful
year for first-year Head Coach
Farnsworth. Clackamas set a
school record for victories with
40 and set numerous individual
and team offensive and pitching
records. King broke the single
season record for home runs, and
Daline broke the single-season
record for hits. As for the future,
the coach is hoping for the best
and preparing for it.
“I owe a lot to the players
and the absolutely terrific coach
ing staff that we have. Paul
Fiskum, Denise Nasuta and Larry
Chapman are the rocks of Cougar
softball, along with Denise’s hus
band, Louie; they have taught
me a lot of things about being a
coach,” said Farnsworth. “We get
tremendous support from the col
lege, and it really has been a great
experience.
“I can’t wait for next year
to start. We should have a great
nucleus coming back. Hopefiilly,
Renee will be back. With the sea
son she had, there will be a great
deal of interest about her and her
pitching. She deserves all of the
attention. She had a memorable
year.”
Awards
galore
The Northwest Athlet
Association of Communit
Colleges handed out the
postseason softball aware
at a banquet in Portlan
last Thursday, and seve
Clackamas Cougars wet
selected to the Southei
Region all-star team fi
2007.
Catcher/1B Katie Kinj
Catcher/1B Cotie Howan
Shortstop Samantha Dalit
and Pitcher Renee Sank
were named to the fir
team. Pitcher/OF Janel
Cristofaro, OF Heath
Rightley and OF Lace
Forbito were named to the
second team.
In addition, Santos w®
named as the Southern *
Region pitcher of the year
and was also selected as one
of 12 NWAACC players tp '
the 2007 Louisville Slugge
National Fastpitch Coachí
Association (NFCA) Al
American team.
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